2013 Ford F-150 complaints

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

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS MPH DROPS TO ZERO TRANSMISSION SHIFTS TO 5TH GEAR AIRBAG AND SEATBELT LIGHTS COME ON. TO RESET TRUCK MUST BE STOPPED TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. OTHER TIMES SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTED ERRATIC ALSO EVEN TO FIRST GEAR AT HWY SPEEDS.

TRUCK WENT IN TO "LIMP MODE" WHILE ACCELLERATING TO GET ON HIGHWAY. VEHICLE DECELLERATED. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE WAS SHUT DOWN AND TOWED. FOUND THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSYMBLY DEFECTIVE

MY TRUCK HAD 3 SEPARATE INCIDENCES, THE FIRST TWO TIMES THE TRUCK WOULD DOWNSHIFT WITHOUT WARNING AND THE TACHOMETER WOULD JUMP AROUND SPORADICALLY WHILE THE TRUCK LURCHED. THE THIRD INCIDENT WOULD BE THAT TAKING OFF FROM A COLD START THE VEHICLE WOULD START OUT IN 5TH GEAR AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD NOT MOVE FROM 0.

I WAS DRIVING ROUGHLY 30 MPH DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH SOME LOOSE ROCKS (DUE TO A RECENT STORM) WHEN MY F150 SUDDENLY DROPPED INTO FIRST GEAR CAUSING MY REAR WHEELS TO LOCK AND SLIDE A BIT. I WAS GOING STRAIGHT AND THERE WAS NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY GOING ON.

VEHICLE EXHIBITED A CRANK NON-START CONDITION. FUSE 27 WAS EXAMINED AND FOUND TO BE MELTED. THESE TWO OBSERVATIONS SATISFY FORD'S CONDITIONS OF TSB 15-0137. FORD KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THEIR DESIGN AND OFFERS A FUSE RELOCATION KIT (EL3Z-14293-A). THE FUSE WAS MELTED FROM POOR FUSE BOX CONTACT DESIGN. THANKFULLY, THIS HAPPENED ON STARTUP AND NOT WHILE THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (TAYLOR FORD, 13500 TELEGRAPH ROAD, TAYLOR, MI 48180), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. HE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 89,000.

WHILE DRIVING SATURDAY MORNING AROUND 7 AM ON MAY 26, 2018 MY BRAKE FLUID LIGHT CAME INTO THE DASH. WHEN I PRESSED ON MY BRAKES I NOTICED THERE WAS NOT MUCH RESISTANCE WHEN PRESSING THEN THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS FIRST ON RT37 IN RHODE ISLAND HEADING TOWARDS CRANSTON WHEN I NOTICED THE LIGHT AND EXITED IMMEDIATELY WHEN I THEN FOUND THAT MY BRAKES WERE NO LONGER WORKING. PER MY MECHANIC -THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER IS LEAKING FLUID INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER DEPLETING THE BREAK FLUID IN THE PRIMARY RESERVOIR MINIMIZING BRAKING CAPABILITIES. AFTER LEARNING WHAT THE PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK WAS I RESEARCHED ANY RECALLS. PER THE NHTSA THE SAME ISSUE ALREADY RECALLED ON MAY 26 2016 FOR 271000 OF THE SAME TRUCK MAKE MODEL AND YEAR. FORD IS DENYING THAT MY PERSONAL VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. THE TRUCK HAS ALL MAINTENANCE REQUIRED AND APPROXIMATELY 53000 MILES, FAR UNDER THE ESTIMATED TIME A PROBLEM LIKE THIS SHOULD ARISE.

HAD TO BUY A NEW ENGINE! THE TRUCK STARTED RUNNING ROUGH ON THE DRIVE HOME FROM WORK ON FRIDAY, APRIL 6. ON SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, I TOOK IT TO GET GAS. AFTER FILLING MY TANK, THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START BACK UP. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED FROM THE GAS STATION. TOWED IT TO KELLER FORD, GRAND RAPIDS, MI. CODES P0011, P0016, P0017, P0019, P0021, P0172, P0175, P0299, P0313, P0365, P0369, P0390, P0394, P0430 AND P052C. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO PERFORMED A POWER BALANCE TEST AND A COMPRESSION TEST, IT WAS DETERMINED HALF THE ENGINE HAD ZERO COMPRESSION AND THE OTHER HALF HAD LOWERED COMPRESSION. ALL OF THESE RESULTS INDICATED THE TRUCK NEEDED A FULL ENGINE REPLACEMENT. $7,650 FOR THE NEW ENGINE. A VEHICLE WITH 80,000 MILES AND ONLY 5 YEARS OLD SHOULD NOT NEED A NEW ENGINE. A MECHANIC TOLD US THIS IS A PROBLEM AND HE REPLACES AN ENGINE ON THESE FORD TRUCKS AT LEAST A FEW TIMES A MONTH. WE HAD THE ENGINE REPLACED AT SULFORCE AUTOMOTIVE, GRANDVILLE, MI

UPON START UP, WHEN LEAVING WALMART PARKING LOT HILL DESCENT CONTROL FAULT AND SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC CAME ON THE DISPLAY. I LOST ALL POWER STEERING!!! AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE.. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN! IF THIS HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEED IN A CORNER THIS COULD BE DEADLY!!! THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY FORD! MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE! NEEDS TO BE RECALLED....I AM TAKING IT TO LOCAL FORD DEALER ASAP!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKES SEIZED. ALSO, THE "CHECK BRAKES" WARNING INDICATOR AND THE FLUID INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED CARBONE FORD AT (802) 442-2888 (897 N BENNINGTON RD, BENNINGTON, VT 05201) AND WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING 75MPH VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM 6TH TO 3RD ON THE HIGHWAY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER PUTTING INTO PARK AND TURNING OFF TRUCK AND RESTARTING IT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF AND VEHICLE DROVE FINE FOR ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK. THIS TIME, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM 6TH TO 4TH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CODE SINCE TURNING THE TRUCK ON AND OFF DIDNT RESET ANYTHING. THE CODE WAS P0720 OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR "LEADFRAME". ODOMETER, MPH, SPEED, TRIP, FUEL USAGE DID NOT WORK. RPMS WORKED AND THE GEAR I WAS IN WORKED.

DRIVING IN TRAFFIC FRIDAY OF THE LONG MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, TRAVELING AT 75MPH, NO WARNING MY F150 STALLS. FINALLY GET PULLED ALL THE WAY TO THE SHOULDER. AFTER SITTING FOR AN HOUR AND GETTING HELP, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUSE FOR THE FUEL RELAY HAD MELTED. 50 CENT PART COULD HAVE CAUSED A DEADLY CRASH! WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL ON THIS? MECHANIC THAT WORKED ON MY F150 SAID THIS IS ABOUT THE 12TH ONE HE HAD WORKED ON. I ALSO SEE THAT FORD HAS ISSUED A TSB ON THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CONTINUES RUNNING BUT SUDDENLY DISCONTINUES MOVEMENT OF VEHICLE. AFTER COUPLE MINUTES WITH ENGINE OFF VEHICLE WILL RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. HAS HAPPENED TWICE, ONCE ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREET WHEN TURNING CORNER AND SECOND TIME ON FREEWAY TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH.

FAILURE OF MASTER CYLINDER WITH NO WARNING. ONLY INDICATION WAS A MESSAGE INDICATING LOW FLUID LEVEL AND BRAKE LIGHT ON DASH ILLUMINATING. SOME BREAKING ABILITY WAS RETAINED BUT WAS DIMISHED. ISSUE OCCURRED WHILE ONE A LIGHTLY TRAFFICED LOCAL ROAD. REFILLING OF FLUID ONLY RESULTED IN SAME LOSS OF FLUID AND WARNING LIGHTS REOCCURRING A FEW MOMENTS LATER. DIAGNOSED AS FAILED MASTER CYLINDER AND FLUID ACCUMULATION IN BRAKE BOOSTER ALSO NECESSITATED ITS REPLACEMENT, WITH BOTH REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IS A MY13 3.5 L ECOBOOST MODEL WITH A JULY 17 2013 BUILD DATE, AND 59500 MILES. THIS IS JUST 2 WEEKS OUTSIDE OF EFFECTED VEHICLES PREVIOUSLY RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE.

BRAKES DO NOT STOP TRUCK ,THE PEDAL PUSHES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, START TO GET A WHEEL VIBRATIONS AS VEHICLE SLOWS. WILL NOT STOP IN A PANIC SITUATION. VEHICLE IS DRIVEN MOSTLY CITY AT SPEEDS OF 35 TO 40 MILE PER HOUR. SEEMS MORE PRONOUNCED ON HILLS AND COMING TO A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. VEHICLE JUST TURNED 20,000 MILES, HAVE ALREADY REPLACED BRAKES AND ROTORS A TWO YEARS AGO .

OFF AN ON LOSING POWER STEERING. CAN BE VERY TIGHT TO STEER. NEARLY PULLED ME INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN STEERING WHEEL KINDA GOT STUCK AND DID NOT RECOVER TO STRAIGHTEN TRUCK. I HAD TO PULL WHEEL TO GET BACK IN LANE. BEEN GOING OFF AN ON BUT NOW MOSTLY MANUAL STEERING AND GETTING WORSE. NOTHING MECHANICAL, RACK N PINON, KNUCKLES, UJOINT, BRAKES, ETC. FORD HOOKED UP DIAGNOSTIC AND IT SHOWED ALL GOOD. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ON IN TRUCK.SOUNDS SIMILAR TO OTHER RECALLS YOU HAVE. FORD LOOKED AT IT A MONTH AGO. NOW CANT GET IN FOR 2 MORE WEEKS. IS IT SAFE TO DRIVE?

THE TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED CAUSING MY ENGINE TO MISS TIME. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF A FORD DEALER THAT IF THIS WAS AVOIDED LONG ENOUGH IT COULD HAVE BLOWN MY ENGINE. ALSO WHILE DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE WITH THE SERVICE MECHANIC HE INFORMED ME HE SEES THIS ISSUE FREQUENTLY. THIS TELLS ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT IS BRINGING GROSSLY IGNORED BY FORD.

MY 2013 FORD F150 WILL SHIFT INTO DIFFERENT GEARS WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE TRUCK TO LOCK UP. I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH DOWN THE INTERSTATE THIS MORNING WHEN IT SHIFTED INTO 1ST GEAR CAUSING MY TIRES TO LOCK UP AND SKID ALL OVER THE ROAD. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD BEFORE CRASHING. I HAVE HEARD THIS IS THE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR WHICH HAS HAPPENED TO MILLIONS OF OTHER F150'S. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN RECALLED?? THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD! HTTPS://WWW.SLASHGEAR.COM/FORD-FACES-1M-RECALL-EXPANSION-OVER-WORRYING-TRANSMISSION-FLAW-02513360/

VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY WITH NO WARNING. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AS I APPROACHED A STOP LIGHT WITH 2 CARD IN FRONT OF ME, I WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE THE E BRAKE TO STOP THE TRUCK. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS WELL AS THE LOW BRAKE FLUID WARNING INDICATOR. I REFILLED THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR BUT AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES THE ALARM SOUNDED AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE.

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK STEERING GOT LOCKED MAKING THE TRUCK UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. WE TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER, WHO COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY THIS HAPPENED. THE DEALER ALSO INFORMED US THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE SAME PART ON OTHER VEHICLES IN GUAM. ALSO, FORD HAS RECALLED 2014 F150S ASSEMBLED IN ONE PLANT FOR SIMILAR, IF NOT SAME PROBLEMS. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS REQUIRES FURTHER RESEARCH AND AN ACTION NEED TO BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS HAPPEN CAUSING LOSS OF LIFE. WE DID NOT GET A SATISFACTORY ANSWER FROM THE DEALER. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER THEY BROUGHT IT TO THE FORD ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND INFORMED THEM THAT THEY HAD TO PERFORM SAME WORK ON OTHER VEHICLES IN GUAM. I APPRECIATE IF NHTSA TAKE UP THIS ISSUE AND INVESTIGATE TO AVOID ACCIDENTS AND KEEP THE HIGHWAYS SAFE TO THE CITIZENS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND TIME TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. A BRAKE FAILURE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V345000 (SERVICE BRAKES), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL FORD DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK TODAY, AND MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN, MY VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THAT IS, THE ENGINE DIED, THE POWER STEERING DIED, AND THE BRAKES DIED WHILE THE TRUCK CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE. LET ME REITERATE - THE TRUCK COMPLETELY DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THERE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. HAD THERE BEEN ANOTHER VEHICLE, OBJECT, OR PERSON IN FRONT OF ME, I WOULD HAVE LIKELY COLLIDED WITH THEM (THANKFULLY THE ROAD WAS EMPTY) RESEARCH HAS LEAD ME TO FIND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH FORD AND THE F150 SERIES FROM YEARS 2010 TO APPROXIMATELY 2014. FUSE NUMBER 27 IN THE ENGINE FUSE BOX IS UNDERSIZED FROM THE FACTORY AND MELTS DUE TO THE INABILITY TO HANDLE THE AMPERAGE. I FOUND MINE MELTED AFTER TODAY AS WELL. FORD HAS "ADDRESSED" THIS ISSUE WITH A TSB (FORD TSB-15-0137 SEE ATTACHED) WHICH IT CHARGES CUSTOMERS FOR TO REPLACE THE FUSE AND WIRING FOR THE FUSE WITH A NEW, UP SIZED FUSE AND WIRES. THEY DO NOT COVER THIS FREE OF CHARGE UNLESS YOUR TRUCK IS UNDER WARRANTY. AS THIS IS A GLARING SAFETY ISSUE THAT NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED, I ASK THAT THE NHTSA INVESTIGATE THIS AND HAVE FORD INITIATE A RECALL ON THE AFFECTED VEHICLES, AND MAKE THE REPAIR FREE OF CHARGE TO CUSTOMERS. THIS ISSUE IS A MANUFACTURING FLAW AND ONE THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY DUE TO FAILURE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. SOME FORUMS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE: HTTP://WWW.FORDRAPTORFORUM.COM/F39/ENGINE-CU

THE STEERING AUTOMATICALLY STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY AT 70 MPH. AS I EXITED THE HIGHWAY, THE STEERING COUNTINULY WAS LOST OF POWER STEERING. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE TRUCK DRIVE HOME, BUT WAS VERY RISKY TO DRIVE TRYING TO AVOID DRIVING OFF ROAD, OR AVOIDING CAR ACCIDENT. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE INTO WORK TODAY, AND FEEL THIS TRUCK IT'S COMPLETELY NOT ROAD SAFE. THE FORD SERVICE CENTER HAS TOLD ME THE ELECTRIC STEERING SYSTEM EPAS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AND I AM NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR THIS SERVICE SINCE THE TRUCK HAS 45,000 MILES . I HAVE GOOGLED THIS EPAS ELECTRIC STEERING QUESTION, AND COME TO FIND OUT THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE IN ALL OF FORD PICK UP TRUCKS, WHICH FORD WILL NOT ADDRESS THIS MATTER. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? KEEP DRIVING ? WHAT WILL GEICO INSURANCE SAY ABOUT THIS IF I CAUSE AN ACCIDENT? WHO WOULD BE THE VICTIM? ME, THE OTHER DRIVER'S , FORD, AND GEICO PAYS THE BILL? THANKS ,

FORD USED CHEAP PLASTIC TRACKING FOR THEIR MOONROOFS. THESE COMPONENTS ARE NOW FAILING REGULARLY CREATING AN ISSUE WITH WATER LEAKING INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT ADVERSELY AFFECTING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND POTENTIALLY AIRBAGS. ONCE THE TRACK SYSTEM IS DAMAGED, THE MOONROOF WILL NOT SEAL/CLOSE. THIS FAULT HAPPENED ON MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE WHILE THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION.

MY TRUCK DOWNSHIFTS WITHOUT CAUSE, SOMETIMES TO 1ST GEAR, AND ON ONE OCCASION MY WHEELS SKIDDED (WHICH WAS WITNESSED BY MY NEIGHBOR WHO WAS WALKING HIS DOG AND WAS STARTLED BY THE SKID). THE SPEEDOMETER GOES TO ZERO EVEN WHILE MOVING - I HAVE VIDEO FROM MY CELL PHONE OF THIS HAPPENING WHILE GOING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH ON THE FREEWAY. WHEN THIS HAPPENS ALL OTHER GAUGES GO TO DASHES, INCLUDING THE MILEAGE, MPG, ETC. THE TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP INTO 2ND AND 5TH GEARS AND WILL NOT GO TO ANY OTHER GEARS. IT SOMETIMES REMAINS IN 3RD GEAR EVEN AT A DEAD STOP. TURNING THE TRUCK COMPLETELY OFF SOMETIMES "RESETS" THINGS, BUT ONLY TEMPORARILY. I HAVE CONTACTED A DEALER ABOUT THIS AND THEY LOOKED UP MY VIN AND TOLD ME THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR MY TRUCK YEAR - EVEN THOUGH THE SAME TYPES OF THINGS WERE OCCURRING WITH 2011-12 F150'S, AND THOSE ARE THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE: IT HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING, SOMETIMES ON THE FREEWAY TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS, SOMETIMES WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT AND IT SHIFTS TO 3RD GEAR AND HARDLY WILL GET GOING. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND EXPLAINED EVERYTHING AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD REPORT TO NHTSA BUT SINCE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THERE IS NO RECALL, I WOULD MOST LIKELY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF REPAIR. I POINTED OUT A LETTER SENT BY NHTSA TO FORD ON JANUARY 18, 2018 ADDRESSING ISSUES WITH MY TRUCK MODEL AND YEAR, BUT THAT DID NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE REPRESENTATIVE'S MIND. I BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSUMER PROTECTION O

WHEN TURNING INTO A CURVE A SPEED 20 MPH AND ABOVE THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VAN PULLS HARD TO THE LEFT. HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE FORD DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS TOLD THAT IT IS NOT PUTTING ANY ERROR CODES INTO THE COMPUTER AND THAT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS CAUSING IT. VAN IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE.

LEFT BRAKE LINE COLLAPSED RESULTING IN THE REPLACEMENT OF BRAKE LINE, CALIPER, BRAKE PADS AND ROTOR. I WAS DRIVING, APPLIED BRAKES AND HEARD SQUEALING. THIS WAS ON HIGHWAY DRIVING COMING INTO THE CITY. THE NEXT MORNING TOOK DROVE THE TRUCK TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THESE ITEMS HAD BEEN AFFECTED BY THE COLLAPSE OF THE BRAKE LINE.

REAR GLASS SHATTERED DUE TO DEFROSTER ISSUE DURING REMOTE START. THIS ISSUE WAS NOT DO TO HUMAN ERROR AND SOLELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY'S DEFECT IN THE REAR DEFROSTER/GLASS

MY TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN ACTING ERRATICALLY FOR THE PAST 30 DAYS. AT FIRST THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE ACCELERATION AND THEN THE RPMS WOULD JUMP 2000, AFTER A COUPLE SECONDS I WOULD HEAR A LOUD THUMP AS THE TRANSMISSION REENGAGED; THE SPEEDOMETER ALSO REGISTERED 0 A COUPLE TIMES WHEN THIS HAPPENED. OTHER TIMES THE TRANSMISSION WOULD REFUSE TO LEAVE FIRST GEAR OR I WOULD LOSE POWER WHILE IN FIRST GEAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS. THE WORST ISSUE HAPPENED WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO 1ST GEAR AND LOCKED UP MY REAR TIRES! THANKFULLY I DIDN'T GET REAR ENDED, OR WORSE, BEEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY; THERE IS NO WAY I COULD HAVE CONTROLLED THE VEHICLE AT HIGH SPEEDS AND COULD HAVE SERIOUSLY INJURED MYSELF OR OTHER DRIVERS. UNFORTUNATELY THESE TRANSMISSION ISSUES ARE INTERMITTENT AND DO NOT GENERATE ERROR CODES. I'VE BEEN TO TWO FORD DEALERS, THE FIRST COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE AND THE SECOND WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE ISSUE IS CAUSED BY A FAULTY ELECTRONIC CONTROL ASSEMBLY IN THE TRANSMISSION; THEY HAD TO SEARCH SERVICE BULLETINS IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING. WHILE THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH FORD OWNERS, 2013 VEHICLES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME $1412.75 TO FIX THE ISSUE. IN ADDITION, THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.

THE STEERING WHEEL ANCHOR BOLT 3/4 CAME LOOSE, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO ROCK UP AND DOWN WHEN SLIGHT HAND PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS FIRST HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY. THE STEERING WHEEL ALSO COULD BE ROCKED UP AND DOWN WHILE STATIONARY WITH THE ENGINE NOT RUNNING. THE REPAIR COST FOR THIS WAS $208.32 EXCLUDING TAX.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, PULLING A TRAILER AND THE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. TURNED IT OFF THEN BACK ON AND IT WAS FINE FOR 2 BLOCKS THEN DID IT AGAIN. IT TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY INFORMED IT IS ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILURE.

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING (EPS) SEEMS TO START TO GO OUT/OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHEN MAKING TURNS OR DRIVING STRAIGHT. BECOMES EXTREMELY HARD TO CONTROL KIND OF LIKE THE OLD NON-POWER STEERING CARS. ONE MINUTE YOUR GETTING ASSISTED TURNING (HARD OR SLIGHT), A SECOND LATER MANUAL STEERING, THEN BACK TO ASSISTED. WHEN PASSING ANOTHER CAR THE EPS SEEMS TO EVEN NOT WANT TO BE CONSISTENT WHEN I JUST SLIGHTLY TURN THE WHEEL AT HIGH SPEED. AGAIN, IT IS INTERMITTENT BUT BECOMING MORE FREQUENT.

WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AT AN INTERSECTION THE STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY TURNED TO THE RIGHT FORCING MY TRUCK TO SWERVE OFF THE ROAD. I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE CAR AND COULD NOT GET THE STEERING WHEEL TO MOVE. IMMEDIATELY THE ADVANCETRAC WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT. I DID NOT LOSE POWER TO THE TRUCK BUT WAS ON ABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL. AFTER A COUPLE ATTEMPTS OF TURNING OFF THE TRUCK AND STARTING IT AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO GET STEERING BACK. I TRIED TO MAKE IT OFF OF THE FREEWAY ON RAMP BUT WAS ONLY ABLE TO MAKE IT A FEW FEET UNTIL THE STEERING FAILED AGAIN AND SWUNG THE CAR TO THE RIGHT. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THE STEERING GEAR FAILED. I WAS QUOTED $1950 FOR THE PART. THE TRUCK IS JUST SHORT OF 60K MILES AND BEING OUT OF WARRANTY THEY SAID ALL I CAN DUE IS FILE A REPORT. I AM HAVING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS UNTIL MY REPORT IS REVIEWED. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM HAPPENING TO OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME YEAR AND MAKE AS MY TRUCK AND THINK THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT THAT ANY AUTOMOBILE CAN LOSE STEERING AT ANYTIME WITH OUT THE OPTION TO AT LEAST MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO SAFETY. I AM FILING A REPORT WITH FORD TO TRY AND GET REIMBURSED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY DOWNSHIFTED AND THEN SHIFTED BACK TO A DRIVABLE GEAR AFTER TWO SECONDS. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PREFERRED FORD (1401 S BEACON BLVD, GRAND HAVEN, MI 49417, (616) 842-0600) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000. *TT THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR AND STICKS WHILE DRIVING. *JS

BOUGHT THE TRUCK USED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO AND THE LEFT REAR AND PASSENGER RIGHT FRONT DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY WOULD NOT WORK. TOOK INTO THE SHOP AND THE DOOR LATCHES ON BOTH DOORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOW THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK OR OPEN.

THE BACK WINDOW, ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, SHATTERED WITH THE DEFROSTER ON WHEN ACTIVATED BY THE REMOTE START FUNCTION. IT WAS 25F, I PUT SOMETHING IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, LOCKED IT, HIT REMOTE START AND WALKED AWAY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. I CAME BACK, OPENED THE BACK DOOR TO REMOVE WHAT I NEEDED AND SAW THE WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. THE TRUCK WAS SITTING IN A PARKING LOT OVERNIGHT AND HAD NOT MOVED.

WHEN ACCELERATING ENGINE GOES INTO "LIMP MODE". THE RESULT IS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ON RAMP TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC AND MY TRUCK SHIFTED TO 1ST GEAR LOCKING UP THE BACK TIRES WHICH CAUSED ME TO ALMOST LOOSE CONTROL AND GET REAR ENDED BY THE PERSON BEHIND ME. CAUSE OF PROBLEM FOUND AT FORD DEALER WAS FAULTY MOLDED LEAD FRAME.

SPEED SENSOR. WHEN DRIVING YOU COULD BE STOPPED OR MOVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED FOR EXAMPLE I WAS GOING 50MPH WHEN THE TRUCK SHIFTED INTO FIRST CAUSING THE TRUCK TO COME ALMOST TO A COMPLETE STOP ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AT OTHER TIMES WHEB YOU START THE TRUCK IT WILL SHIFT FROM 1ST GEAR TO 5TH GEAR AND THE WRENCH INDICATOR WILL APPEAR ON DASH WHILE EVERYTHING ELSE TURNS TO DASHES (MILEAGE ETC). THE SPEEDOMETER WILL THEN SHOW ZERO EVEN WHILE STILL MOVING.

ON APRIL 14, 2018 I WAS DRIVING MY 2013 F-150 ON THE HIGHWAY APPROXIMATELY 70MPH IN THE RAIN WHEN THE BACK WHEELS SUDDENLY LOCKED UP AND I ABRUPTLY BEGAN STOPPING AND I LOST CONTROL, FISHTAILING TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT (ALMOST TO A SPIN), BARELY MISSING VEHICLES AROUND ME AND THE WALL TO THE LEFT. THE CAR BEHIND ME SOMEHOW VEERED AROUND AND MISSED ME TOO. AS THIS WAS HAPPENING THE TRUCK WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE AS IT AUTOMATICALLY SLOWED DOWN. I SOMEHOW MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE I PARKED AND SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND TRIED TO SETTLE DOWN AND GAIN MY COMPOSURE (...IT WAS SCARY, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE FROM THIS INCIDENT!). I RESTARTED THE TRUCK AND SLOWLY BEGAN DRIVE. IT SEEMED TO DRIVE OK SO I DECIDED TO TAKE THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. AS I WAS DRIVING CAUTIOUSLY, WELL BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT ON A 40MPH ROAD THE ENGINE THEN SHUT DOWN AND I COULD SEE A SCREEN APPEAR WITH "LOW OIL PRESSURE". I GLIDED TO A PARKING LOT AND HAD MY TRUCK TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK (SUBURBAN FORD OF WATERFORD MICHIGAN). THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS A KNOCK IN THE ENGINE AND SAID IT THREW A ROD. THEY SAID THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS THE RESULT OF THE WHEELS LOCKING UP. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND THE EXACT SAME ISSUE ON 2013 F-150'S WITH THE TRANSMISSION AUTOMATICALLY DOWNSHIFTING TO A LOW GEAR CAUSING THE REAR WHEELS TO LOCK UP. THE DEALER SAID THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS AND SAID THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS ON 2011 AND 2012 F-150'S FOR THIS BUT NO RECALL PRESENTLY ACTIVE ON TH

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN SEIZED AND IT REQUIRED ADDITIONAL EFFORT TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT AND OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 18,000. *TT

STARTED HAVING A PROBLEM YESTERDAY WITH THE STEERING CATCHING ON TURNS, IT FREEZES UP AND IS DIFFICULT TO TURN. HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND HE SAID THE ELECTRONIC STEERINIG ASSIST IS GOING BAD.

THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT OUT OF GEAR, INTO A HIGHER GEAR, OR INTO A LOWER GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. THE SPEEDOMETER GOES TO ZERO AND THE RPMS WILL RACE TO 5000 OR 6000. THE WORST INSTANCE OF THIS HAPPENED AT 60 MPH WHEN IT ALL OF A SUDDEN SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR CAUSING THE REAR TIRES TO SQUEAL, THE ENGINE TO REV, AND ALSO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE ERROR CODE OF A "WRENCH" POPPED UP ON THE DASHBOARD. IN MY RESEARCH, THE 2011 AND 2012 F150S HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECALLED BUT THIS NEEDS TO INCLUDE THE 2013 AS WELL. THE REPAIR IS THE "LEAD FRAME" IN THE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF OVER $1,000. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

UNEXPECTED VEHICLE DOWNSHIFT. UNEXPECTEDLY DOWNSHIFTS WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SPEEDOMETER WILL WAIVER ERRATICALLY OR BOTTOM OUT DOWN TO ZERO. GEAR INDICATOR WILL DROP TO 1ST, GO BACK TO 5TH, AND WAIVER ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN. VEHICLE COMES TO SUDDEN DROP IN SPEED WHICH BARKS THE TIRES AND THROWS THE DRIVER FORWARD.

TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTS, CAUSING BRAKE SQUEALING AND RAPID SPEED REDUCTION, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS HAS OCCURRED ON HIGHWAY. ALSO SOMETIMES WILL PUT IN DRIVE AND SAYS IS IN 5TH GEAR BUT WON'T MOVE, OR OTHER TIMES WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE! HAS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES OVER PAST MONTH BUT DOESN'T GENERATE A CODE OR WARNING LIGHTS.

TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS WITHOUT NOTICE FROM 6TH GEAR TO 1ST GEAR WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS RESULTING IN REAR TIRES LOCKING UP. PERIODICALLY SHIFTS FROM PARK DIRECTLY TO 5TH GEAR AND GEAR SELECTION CANNOT BE OVERRIDDEN BY THE DRIVER UNLESS THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED.

WHILE DRIVING 45 OR 50 MILES PER HOUR THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED FROM 6TH GEAR TO 1ST CAUSING THE WHEELS TO LOCK UP AND PUTTING ME INTO A SKID. THE REAR OF THE TRUCK FISHTAILED TO THE RIGHT HITTING A CURB. IF A CAR WAS PARKED THERE OR A PEDESTRIAN WAS WALKING, THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. UPON RESEARCHING THE MATTER, THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE FUEL PUMP FUSE WAS MELTING. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (MOYER FORD SALES INC., 10111 STATE HIGHWAY 59 S, DIRECTIONS FOLEY, AL 36535, (888) 699-3441) BUT WAS UNABLE TO SPEAK WITH ANYONE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY. SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT SHIFT DOWN FROM 5TH GEAR AND BOGS DOWN FROM A STANDING START (ONVIOUSLY) AND I HAVE TO STOP AND PUT IN PARK TO SHIFT AGAIN AND SOMETIMES THAT DOES NOT WORK. ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS IT SHIFTED DOWN TO FIRST ON IT'S OWN AND IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE THE JOLT WAS SO HARD. SERVICE DEPT SAYS THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT IS NOT RECALLED AND THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE IT (DANGEROUSLY HAPPENS AT RANDOM!). I DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE MY FAMILY IN THIS DANGEROUS TRUCK!