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2015 Ford F-150 complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2015 record →

Service Brakes
Filed Jun 18, 2018104,167 milesOH

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE LOW BRAKE FLUID WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE HAD TO DRIVE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLIED UNTIL HE REACHED HIS DESTINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,167.

Service Brakes
Filed Jun 18, 201837,383 milesPA

BRAKE PEDAL WENT DIRECTLY TO THE FLOOR THEN THE LOW BRAKE FLUID LEVEL CAME ON. THANK GOD I HAD JUST PARKED WHEN IT HAPPENED. I JUST DROVE HOME FROM A 2 HOUR LONG HIGHWAY TRIP WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR. I GUESS I COULD BE CONSIDERED LUCKY THAT IT HAPPENED WHEN I PARKED AND NOT GOING 75 MPH.

Service Brakes
Filed Jun 17, 201848,000 milesTX

I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET WHEN MY BRAKE FLUID WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I STOPPED IN A PARKING LOT TO CHECK THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR AND DISCOVERED IT WAS ALMOST EMPTY. WHEN I RESTARTED THE TRUCK THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR, SO THE TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE CLOSEST AUTO CENTER BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BRAKING ABILITY! WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER HAD FAILED - THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER SENSOR. A BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER SHOULD NOT FAIL ON A NEW VEHICLE THAT HAS ONLY BEEN ON THE ROAD 2.5 YEARS AND DRIVEN ONLY 48,000 MILES!

Service Brakes
Filed Jun 12, 201848,000 milesKY

WHILE DRIVING MY TRUCK ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, I ENTERED THE OFF RAMP AND APPLIED PRESSURE ON MY BRAKE PEDAL. MY BRAKES FAILED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I QUICKLY APPLIED MY PARKING BRAKE, LOCKING UP THE REAR WHEELS. WITH NO LOAD IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK, I SLID FOR WHAT SEEMED TO BE HUNDREDS OF FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME DURING THE SKID. I TOOK IT TO A TIRE REPAIR VENDOR CLOSE BY, AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE THAT ALSO RUINED THE BRAKE BOOSTER. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND OPENED A CASE FOR MY VEHICLE. I HAVE READ THAT THE 2013 AND 2014 MODELS OF THE F150 WITH THE 3.5L ENGINE WERE RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THAT 2015 MODELS SUCH AS MINE HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED AS OF THIS DATE.

Service Brakes
Filed Jun 11, 201851,000 milesCO

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE LEAKED BRAKE FLUID FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER IN THE BRAKE BOOSTER. THE LOW BRAKE FLUID INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED. AUTONATION FORD OF LITTLETON IN LITTLETON, COLORADO WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

Service Brakes
Filed Jun 9, 201854,000 milesLA

2015 F150, LARIATE, CREW CAB. COMPLETELY LOST THE BRAKES WITHOUT ANY WARNING, PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. HAD TO HIT THE DITCH TO AVOID SLAMMING INTO THE BACK OF A SCHOOL BUS.

Steering
Filed Jun 7, 201837,000 milesNH

WHILE DRIVING, A SLIGHT RATTLE IN THE STEERING WAS NOTICED. THE LAST TWO DAYS, STARTING ON JUNE 5, 2018, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOTICEABLY LOOSE WITH LOTS OF AXIAL MOVEMENT IN THE STEERING SHAFT WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN COVER. IT IS GETTING EXPONENTIALLY LOOSER EVERY TRIP. IN A SHORT TIME, THIS WILL NOT BE SAFE OR POSSIBLE TO DRIVE. THE STATE INSPECTION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL NOT LIKELY PASS THIS AS IT IS NOW. IT IS DISAPPOINTING AND WILL LIKELY BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO HAVE FIXED. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD COVER THIS KIND OF FAILURE, ESPECIALLY AT 37,000 MILES. I WOULD SIMPLY LIKE A DIAGNOSTIC AT A FORD DEALERSHIP, AT NO COST TO ME, WITH THE LIST OF PARTS WITH CORRESPONDING FORD PART NUMBERS WHICH I WILL NEED TO REPLACE WHEN I TEAR THIS DOWN. IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO REPAIR IT FOR ME, EVEN BETTER. I FIRST NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING EAST, APPROXIMATELY 50MPH ON NH STATE HIGHWAY 101 IN AMHERST, NH. WHEN LOOKING AT IT AGAIN IN THE PARKING LOT TODAY, THE WHEEL IS NOTICEABLY WOBBLING BY FEEL AND BY EYE. IT IS WITHIN MY BEST INTERESTS TO FIX THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Structure › Body
Filed Jun 5, 201844,000 milesOK

1FTEW1EG4FFC[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

Service Brakes
Filed Jun 3, 201839,000 milesCA

WHILE IN MOTION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, OUR F-150 LARIAT SUPERCREW 4X4 EXPERIENCED COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. AFTER FILLING THE RESERVOIR WITH RECOMMENDED DOT-4 BRAKING FLUID, THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN CAREFULLY TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, HARROLD FORD IN SACRAMENTO. UPON INSPECTION, THE TECHNICIAN IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT (VINCENT) DIAGNOSED A FAULTY MASTER CYLINDER, LEAKING FLUID INTO THE BOOSTER BEHIND. IN ADDITION TO THE MASTER CYLINDER, THE BOOSTER AND DIAPHRAGM ARE ALSO RECOMMENDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $1,000. THE VEHICLE HAS 39,000MILES AND IS LOVINGLY CARED FOR.

Structure › Body
Filed May 30, 201850,124 milesLA

MOONROOF WILL NOT OPEN. FABRIC MOONROOF COVER WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE; IT IS OPEN EXPOSING THE FRONT HALF OF THE MOONROOF, BUT LEAVING THE BACK COVERED. WHEN DRIVING, THE SOUND OF PASSING WIND IS LOUD. BEFORE THIS HAPPENED, I HAD ONLY OPENED THE MOON ROOF ONE OR TWO TIMES.

Engine
Filed May 29, 201820,000 milesCA

SOMETHING ATTACHED TO THE CRANKSHAFT CRACKED AND NOW THE ENTIRE ENGINE IS BEING REPLACED

Service Brakes
Filed May 25, 2018NJ

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY A BRAKE FLUID LOW MESSAGE CAME UP ON MY COMPUTER SCREEN. I IMMEDIATELY TESTED MY BRAKES AND THEY STILL WORKED SO I PLANNED ON PULLING INTO THE NEXT SERVICE STATION TO CHECK THE FLUID LEVEL AND POSSIBLY PURCHASE MORE FLUID. UPON HAVING TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO DEPRESS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THROTTLE IT UNTIL I WAS SAFELY OFF THE ROAD AND COULD PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. I WAS TOWED BACK TO MY SERVICE STATION WHERE MY MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE PROBLEM. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD FAILED AND LEAKED INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. MY MECHANIC REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER. I DO HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH FORD AND AFTER STARTING THE PROCESS TO GET THE WORK COVERED UNDER WARRANTY I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THE RUN AROUND. I WILL BE TRYING A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP TODAY.

Service Brakes
Filed May 23, 201851,400 milesTX

COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE, ALL BRAKE FLUID LEAKED OUT WITH NO SIGN OF A LEAK. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY RECEIVED A LOW BRAKE FLUID ERROR ON THE DASH AND UPON PRESSING THE BRAKES THEY WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR 2015 FORD F150 KING RANCH WITH 51,000 MILES.

Service Brakes
Filed May 23, 201841,000 milesTX

AFTER ABOUT 35,000 MILES I STARTED NOTICING A VIBRATION WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. TOOK TO A FORD DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS AND WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WAS FINE. TOOK TO CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ONE MONTH LATER AND WAS TOLD THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND NEEDED TO BE RESURFACED. 80% OF MY DRIVING IS INTERSTATE TRAVEL WITH VERY LITTLE STOP AND GO. I ALSO DO NOT DRIVE AROUND WITH ONE FOOT ON THE BRAKE ALL THE TIME. THEREFORE MY GUESS IS THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY A DESIGN PROBLEM OF SOME SORT. ROTOR SHOULD OBVIOUSLY LAST MUCH LONGER.

Engine
Filed May 18, 201884,129 milesIA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT OPERATED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BILLION AUTO FORD OF CLEAR LAKE (3101 WILLOW CREEK CT, CLEAR LAKE, IA 50428, (641) 903-2299) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,129.

Service Brakes
Filed May 17, 201856,000 milesFL

WARNING LIGHT ABOUT LOW BRAKE FLUID FOLLOWED BY TOTAL LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE PEDAL. TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED A FAULTY MASTER CYLINDER. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AS I WAS DRIVING MY 7MO DAUGHTER TO DAY CARE. LOST FULL PEDAL AS I WAS TURNING IN THE PARKING LOT.

Electrical System
Filed May 15, 2018FL

THE "THIRD BRAKE LIGHT" IS MELTING DUE TO EXCESS HEAT PUT OFF BY THE BULBS.NOT ONLY IS THE HOUSING MELTING BUT IT HAS ALLOWED LARGE AMOUNTS OF CONDENSATION IN WHEN IT RAINS. THIS PROBLEM WAS FIRST NOTICED ROUGHLY A YEAR AGO BUT CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. FORD NOT ONLY WANTS TO CHARGE ME FOR A REPAIR BUT THEY PLAN TO USE THE SAME PART WHICH I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN WITH THE SAME ISSUE IN ABOUT A DOZEN 2015 F150S AS WELL AS READ ABOUT IT IN VARIOUS FORUMS ONLINE EFFECTING COUNTLESS 2015 F150 OWNERS. I HAVE PHOTOS THAT DATE BACK TO OVER A YEAR AGO THAT SHOW THE PROGRESSION OF THE ISSUE OVER TIME. MY FEAR IS THAT WITH TIME IT MAY CAUSE AN EVEN BIGGER ISSUE BY ALLOWING WATER TO COME IN AND EVEN BE A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD.

Service Brakes
Filed May 12, 201850,000 milesFL

I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKE LIGHT WARNINGS ON DASH CAME ON. BRAKE FLUID RESIVOIR WAS EMPTY. CHECKED EVERY BRAKE LINE AND CONNECTION, ALL WERE TOTALLY DRY WITH NO LEAKS ANYWHERE. I READ ONLINE THIS IS VERY COMMON AND I AM NOT SEEING ANY LEAKS BECAUSE THE MASTER CYLINDER IS LEAKING AND FILLING UP THE BOOSTER. I AM GOING TO CALL THE DEALER ON MONDAY BUT I HAVE 50K MILES SO IT'S OUT OF FACTORY WARRANTY AND I DO NOT HAVE AN ACTIVE RECALL, SEEMS MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND IT'S A CRITICAL SAFETY CONCERN AND THE TRUCK CANNOT BE DRIVEN AS IS.

Engine
Filed May 7, 201861,000 milesOK

02/08/17NHTSA ID: 10090975 TSB ID: SSM 46139 SOME 2015-2016 F-150 VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT LOSS OF THROTTLE PEDAL RESPONSE, ILLUMINATED WRENCH, HILL DESCENT, AIRBAG, ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM(ABS) AND/OR ADVANCED TRAC WARNING INDICATORS AND/OR P2122, P2123, P2124, P2125, P212COMMUNICATION NUMBER: SSM 46829, DATE: 2017-09-20 CATEGORY: 118500 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL SUMMARY: SOME 2015-2017 F-150 VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT LOSS OF THROTTLE PEDAL RESPONSE, ILLUMINATED WRENCH, HILL DESCENT, AIRBAG, ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM(ABS) AND/OR ADVANCED TRAC WARNING INDICATORS HILL ASSIST TRACTION CONTROL LOSS OF POWER NO THROTTLE OR POWER STEERING I HAD SIMILAR ISSUE LAST WEEKEND IN MY 2015 F150 PLATINUM ECOBOOST WHILE PULLING MY BOAT ON SMOOTH LEVEL GROUND AT 50 MPH. NO HILL ASSIST FLASHED FIRST, THEN TRACTION CONTROL, THEN FLASHED CHECK ENGINE WARNING. ENGINE STAYED ON BUT IN IDLE ONLY WITH NO THROTTLE CONTROL, LOST POWER STEERING TOO. GOT TO SIDE OF ROAD. PUMPED THROTTLE. NO RESPONSE. TURNED OFF. RESTARTED AND CRANKED LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL AND STARTED BUT IDLING ROUGH. TURNED OFF AGAIN. RESTARTED. SMOOTH THAT TIME. DROPPED IN GEAR AND DROVE 4 HOURS HOME IN SPORT MODE AT 75 MPH. NO MORE ISSUES LAST WEEK TILL YESTERDAY MORNING. DROVE WIFE TO DR ON OUR 45 MILE BACK COUNTRY ROADS. ISSUE CAME BACK. THIS TIME RAN ROUGH WHEN RESTARTED. THEN SMOOTHED OUT. DID IT 3 MORE TIMES ON WAY THERE. WHICH WAS 6 MILES. ON WAY HOME, REOCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES

Fuel/Propulsion System
Filed May 5, 201835,600 milesIN

FUELCANASTER HAD UNDER 36000 MILE DEAL REFUSE TO REPAIR IT UNDER WARRENTY

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed May 2, 201836,000 milesFL

ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SENSOR AND BRAKING ACTIVATE IN ERROR WHEN THERE IS A LARGE TRUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WILL HARD BRAKES AS IT THINKS THE CAR IN FRONT HAS STOPPED WHEN THERE IS NO CAR IN FRONT OF YOU. IT IS FALSELY SEEING THE TRUCK IN THE OTHER LANE TO YOUR SIDE. I HAD IT INTO FORD FOR ANOTHER ISSUE AND TOLD THEM. THEY SAID THERE WAS "AN UPDATE" BUT IT IS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS THE VEHICLE SLAMS ON THE BRAKES BY ITSELF ALMOST CAUSING CARS BEHIND YOU TO HIT YOU. THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HARD BRAKE DUE TO A TRUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR!. JUST TODAY MY CAR DID IT TWICE ON THE HIGHWAY. ONCE THIS MORNING AND AGAIN ON THE DRIVE HOME. I AM DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CLEAR DAY, I'M IN MY LANE AND PASSING A SLOWER TRUCK ON MY RIGHT AND THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE BRAKING SLAMS ON THE BRAKES. IT IS INTERMITTENT AND I'M NOT SURE WHY ITS REACTING TO A LARGE TRUCK THAT IS NOT IN FRONT OF ME. WHILE IT DIDN'T RESULT IN A "CRASH" IT COULD HAVE IF THE PERSON BEHIND ME HADN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION. THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT!!

Structure › Body
Filed Apr 30, 201850,000 milesGA

I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FORD AFTER THEY' FIXED ' MY PERFECTLY WORKING DOORS AFTER A RECALL. THEY GAVE ME BACK MY VEHICLE AND THE DRIVERS DOOR DIDN'T WORK. THEY NEVER MENTIONED THAT PART UNTIL I GOT DOWN THE ROAD ... WHEN I CALLED THEY SAID THEY HAD THE WRONG PART AND TRIED TO FIX WITH A ZIP TIE... REALLY? LET'S FAST FORWARD FROM END OF MARCH... DOOR STILL DOESN'T WORK. I HAVE TO ROLL DOWN WINDOW TO GET OUT. PART IS ON BACK ORDER. AND THE BEST PART- THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REGISTERED AS FIXED IN THE RECALL DATABASE FOR FORD SO I CAN'T TAKE IT TO ANOTHER DEALER WITHOUT PAYING. SO I AM DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE NOW THAT WAS SAFE GO FIGURE.

Unknown or Other
Filed Apr 27, 201850,700 milesGA

TRAVELING NORTH ON I-85 IN GA AT 72 MPH; ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF EXIT 28. MEDIUM RAIN AND TEMP IN THE MID TO UPPER 60'S. THE TIRE FAILED ON THE LEFT REAR AND BLESSED THAT I COULD DRIVE ON THE MEDIAN ABOUT 225 FT. THERE WAS NOT ANY ROAD HAZARDS, STRICTLY TIRE FAILURE!! MY WIFE IS EYE WITNESS.

Engine
Filed Apr 26, 201854,000 milesNV

TRUCK STALLS DUE TO THROTTLE BODY ACTUATOR STICKING. VEHICLE BECOMES DISABLED/STALLED AND APPLIES THE BRAKES. OCCURS WITHOUT NOTICE AT ANY SPEED. OCCURS ON HIGHWAY, CITY STREETS, AND DIRT ROADS. REQUIRES THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT. SIMILAR RECALLS DID OCCUR FOR THE FORD THROTTLE BODY FOR OTHER MODELS AND YEARS (E.G. 13N03 PROGRAM). DEALER INDICATES IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY (ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD BE) AND COSTS $600 TO REPLACE.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Apr 26, 201847,000 milesMI

ON MOST OCCASIONS WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING, WINDSHIELD WASHER SOLVENT DOESN'T WORK TO CLEAR WINDSHIELD OF ICE AND SALT BUILDUP, CREATING LITTLE TO NO VISIBILITY. IT SPORADICALLY FUNCTIONS BETWEEN +25 TO +32 DEGREES AND RARELY EVER BELOW +25 DEGREES. USING WINTER BLENDED WASHER SOLVENT -25 DEGREES. FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE FIX IS TO REPLACE A RUBBER WASHER FLUID SUPPLY LINE. APPARENTLY, THERE IS A DEFECT WITH THE HOSE. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED TO CORRECT THESE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

Service Brakes
Filed Apr 20, 201850,000 milesFL

WHEN ENGAGING THE BRAKES, PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. CHECKED BRAKE FLUID RESIVOUIR AND IT WAS ALMOST EMPTY. REFILLED RESIVOUIR AND STILL SAME ISSUE. READ ONLINE ABOUT BREAKS AND SEEMS TO BE THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THE 2013 AND 2104 3.5 ECOBOOST MODELS. CURRENTLY A RECALL ON THOSE MODELS FOR BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER REPLACEMENT. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS KNOWN ISSUE, BUT 2015-2016 MODELS DON'T HAVE A CURRENT RECALL YET. PLEASE ASSIST WITH RECALL FOR 2015-2016 MOD LS

Unknown or Other
Filed Apr 17, 201849,000 milesSC

I HAVE A FORD F150 LARIAT THAT IS NOT 33 MONTHS OLD, HOWEVER I HAVE 49K MILES. I HAD TO REPLACE MY MOONROOF (OUT OF WARRANTY BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE, WHICH SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MOONROOF). THAT COST ME $2,155 IN SEPTEMBER 2017. ON 4/17/18, MY REPLACEMENT MADE THE SAME AWFUL SOUND AND IS BROKEN AGAIN THE MOONROOF MAKES A LOUD CRACKING SOUND LIKE IT WILL BREAK. IT THEN GETS STUCK OPEN OR CLOSED, BUT SOMETIMES NOT FULLY CLOSED. YOU HAVE TO PUSH IT WITH YOUR HAND WHILE PUSHING THE BUTTON SOMETIMES TO GET IT TO SEAL SHUT IN THE CASE OF RAIN OR OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS AND THIS IS QUITE REGULAR FOR FORD MOONROOFS. THEY SHOULD RECALL AND REIMBURSE ME FOR THE $2.1K I SPENT.

Engine
Filed Apr 10, 201849,000 milesAZ

ON FREEWAY WHEN LOST ACCELERATION. INDICATOR ON DASH SAID UP HILL ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE AND AFTER CLINKING OKAY IT THEN READ SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC WITH THE MECHANIC WRENCH SHOWING. I'M ON THE SHOULDER OF FREEWAY, IN PARK, AND ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH AS IF ON ONLY TWO CYLINDERS. I WENT AHEAD AND PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE AND THERE WAS NOT THROTTLE AND TRANS WOULD NOT KICK IN. TURNED KEY OFF READY TO CALL TOW TRUCK BUT WENT AHEAD AND RESTARTED THE TRUCK AND ISSUE CLEARED ITSELF SO WE MOVED DOWN THE ROAD. THERE IS STILL AN UNDERLYING ISSUE, AS I AM TOLD BY MY FORD SERVICE WRITER, THE ETB NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND FROM WHAT I SEE ONLINE THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON ISSUE WITH THE ETB AND F150. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN AND I WAS FORTUNATE I WAS NOT TOWING MY TRAVEL TRAILER AT TIME WHICH COULD HAVE HAD MAJOR ISSUE GETTING TO SIDE OF FREEWAY SAFELY WITHOUT POWER, IF NOT REAR ENDED. SHOULDN'T THERE BE A RECALL BECAUSE OF SAFETY? FORD IS SELLING F150 EB AS QUALITY TOW VEHICLE ALTHOUGH THIS COULD GET SOMEONE HURT OR EVEN WORSE. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE F150 ECO BOOST AND ITS PERFORMANCE BUT THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY FORD! AND NOT AT CUSTOMER EXPENSE!

Structure › Body
Filed Apr 10, 2018IN

I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL NUMBER 17V652 FORD RECALL NO 17S33 ABOUT DOOR LATCHES

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Apr 9, 201864,500 milesCA

MULTIPLE INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED WHERE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL APPLIES HARD DECELERATION TO THE VEHICLE WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITHOUT WARNING OR WITHOUT AN OBJECT IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. APPROX TRAVEL SPEED HAS BEEN 65MPH AND VEHICLE COLLISION WARNING COMES ON AND INSTANTLY BRAKES CAUSING A 10MPH OR MORE DECELERATION. IT HAS HAPPENED ON CURVES OR WHEN DRIVING NEAR A TRUCK. RECENT INCIDENT WAS MOVING FROM RIGHT LANE TO THE LEFT LANE OF A HIGHWAY TO PASS A TRUCK AND ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS FOLLOWING MINE. AS I APPROACHED THE TRACTOR PORTION OF THE TRACTOR/TRAILER, MY TRUCK BRAKED HARD AND THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME NEARLY CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF MY VEHICLE. THE OTHER DRIVER WASN'T EXPECTING ME TO BRAKE WHILE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE TO ITS LEFT. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND THEY ADMITTED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE SYSTEM AND THAT IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE BUT THEY HAD NO PLANS TO FIX/RECALL THE ISSUE. QUESTION - HOW MANY REAR IMPACT ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS/POTENTIAL INCIDENTS WILL IT TAKE FOR FORD TO ADDRESS THIS SERIOUS UNANNOUNCED BRAKING ISSUE. IT IS VERY UNNERVING TO BE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND THEN TO BE THROWN FORWARD FOR NO REASON BECAUSE YOUR VEHICLE BRAKES. FORD DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM AND YET DOES NOT WISH TO ADDRESS IT LIKELY UNTIL THERE IS DEATH TO LAWSUIT AFTER WHICH IT WILL HAVE BEEN TOO LATE FOR SOMEONE. PLEASE EXERT WHATEVER PRESSURE YOU CAN TO GET VERIFICATION FROM FORD AND HAVE THEM ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM

Service Brakes
Filed Apr 9, 201844,000 milesAZ

I HAD A WARNING ON THE DASH DISPLAY THAT THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW. I FIGURED I'D CHECK IT OUT AFTER I GOT HOME WHICH WAS ONLY 6 MILES AWAY. I CONTINUED TO GET ON THE FREEWAY (303 IN AZ) MY BRAKES SEEMED NORMAL. WHEN I STARTED TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY I NEEDED TO BRAKE TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKES ENGAGING. I TRIED TO PUMP THEM AND GOT MINIMAL BRAKE PRESSURE IN MY PANIC. I SWERVED TO THE SHOULDER GOING AROUND 60 MPH TO MISS TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME. I SLOWED AND STOPPED AT THE LIGHT AND VERY SLOWLY WITH VERY LITTLE BRAKING MADE IT HOME. TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE AND HAD THEM LOOK AT IT. MASTER CYLINDER FAILED IS WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND FOR A CAUSE. REPLACED IT AND WORKS AS IT SHOULD NOW. IF THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH F-150S IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. FROM WHAT I'VE READ ONLINE, IT IS. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 44K MILES AND SHOULDN'T NEED A MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED. THE WRONG PERSON BEHIND THE WHEEL HAVING THIS HAPPEN COULD OF LED TO A VERY SERIOUS COLLISION. I'M GRATEFUL IT DIDN'T WITH ME.

Unknown or Other
Filed Apr 8, 2018TX

I HAVE A MOON ROOF THAT HAS NEVER BEEN OPEN. IT'S MAKING A SOUND LIKE SOMETHING IS RATTLING. I WENT TO OPEN IT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I BOUGHT IT TO SEE IF THE NOISE WOULD STOP. BUT IT WONT OPEN. I TOOK IT INTO FORD AND THEY SAID I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE WHOLE THING.? WHY DO I NEED TOO? FORD NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND FIX THE CHEAP PARTS THEY TRIED TO GET BY WITH.

Wheels
Filed Apr 7, 201845,000 milesMD

LUG NUTS ON TRUCK GET SWOLLEN AND THE DEALER COULD NOT GET THE LUG NUTS OFF OF THE TRUCK. I HAD TO BUY TWELVE NEW LUG NUTS AT MY COST. THEY REPLACED WITH THE SAME LUG NUTS. IF YOU BREAK DOWN AND THE LUG NUTS ARE SWOLLEN YOU CAN NOT GET YOUR TIRE OFF TO CHANGE IT. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, FORD WILL NOT PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PART.

Service Brakes
Filed Apr 5, 201837,700 milesAZ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL AND THE PARKING BRAKE WAS APPLIED IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SAN TAN FORD (1429 E MOTORPLEX LOOP, GILBERT, AZ 85297, (480) 821-3200) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE RESULTS WERE UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,700.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 5, 201832,000 milesTX

TRUCK HAS LED TAIL LIGHTS WHICH PRODUCE POOR ILLUMINATION ESPECIALLY IN REDUCED VISIBILITY DRIVING CONDITIONS. OTHER DRIVERS REPORT THEY CAN BARELY SEE MY TRUCK WHEN DRIVING IN RAIN OR SNOW. BRAKE/TURN LIGHTS ARE FINE, IT IS JUST THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS THAT ARE A SAFETY ISSUE.

Engine
Filed Apr 5, 201832,804 milesCO

VEHICLE LOST POWER AND FLASHED 3 WARNING MESSAGES. 1) HILL START ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE. 2) SEE MANUAL. 3) SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC. IN ADDITION THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN IN TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING A COLLISION. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. AFTER FIRST TIME DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED NO PROBLEMS FOUND. APPOINTMENT CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN.

Steering
Filed Apr 2, 201814,187 milesNY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND FAILED TO MOVE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. THE CONTACT CALLED ALL AMERICAN FORD IN OLD BRIDGE (LOCATED AT 3698 ROUTE 9 S, OLD BRIDGE, NJ) AND WAS ADVISED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,187.

Service Brakes
Filed Mar 31, 201833,000 milesCA

I HAVE A 2015 F150 ECOBOOST WITH ABOUT 33000 MILES. I HAVE NOT YET HAD ANY BRAKES SERVICE. I HAVE BEEN TAKING MY TRUCK IN TO SERVICE REGULARLY AND JUST LAST WEEK HAD AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS INSPECTED AT FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS GOOD. FRIDAY MORNING AT 530AM I HAD MOVED MY TRUCK AND WORKED FINE, A COUPLE HOURS LATER I GOT BACK INTO MY TRUCK AND TRIED TO GO IN REVERSE BUT WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES THEY WERE COMPLETELY GONE. THE BRAKES WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR AND AN MESSAGED POPPED UP SAYING LOW BRAKE FLUID. I CHECKED AND THERE WAS NO LEAK ANYWHERE. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. I HAD CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS HAPPENING TO ANY OTHER TRUCKS BESIDE A RECALL OF PREVIOUS YEARS. MY 3 YEAR WARRANTY HAS JUST EXPIRED. THIS IS A VERY BIG SAFETY ISSUE.

Service Brakes
Filed Mar 30, 201850,000 milesCA

STARTED 2015 FORD F150 IN MY DRIVEWAY MORNING OF 3-30-2018 AND BRAKE WARNING CAME ON STATING FLUID WAS LOW. ALSO BRAKE INDICATOR WAS ON. TESTED THE BRAKES AND THEY FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. ENTERED THE FREEWAY AND WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH WHEN I HAD TO APPLY BRAKES DUE TO FAST SLOWING TRAFFIC. BRAKES FAILED AS PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. PUMPED BRAKES AGAIN AND GOT MINIMAL BRAKING AS PEDAL AGAIN WENT TO THE FLOOR. DOWNSHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION AND USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. PROCEEDED VERY CAREFULLY TO FORD DEALER THAT WAS LESS THAN A MILE FROM MY LOCATION. THEY DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE WITH A MASTER CYLINDER AND BOOSTER FAILURE. COST $1,000.00. VEHICLE HAS 50K MILES ON IT AND IS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED. FORD DEALER OFFERED NO EXPLANATION.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Mar 29, 201853,650 milesCO

I HAVE A CONSTANT ISSUE IN TEMPS BELOW 25 DEGREES WHICH IS ABOUT 25% OF THE TIME IN MY PATROL AREA. THIS IS A STATE PATROL ISSUED PATROL VEHICLE. SPRAY NOZZLE FAILS TO OPERATE. PUMP CAN BE HEARD OPERATING BUT PRESSURE DROPS UNTIL INOP. CHECKED WASHER LINES, NON APPEAR TO BE FROZEN. NOZZLE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE FROZEN EITHER. I HAVE TRIED ALL KNOWN FIXES, LOWER TEMP FLUID, A FLUID "BOOSTER", ALCOHOL ON NOZZLE ETC. THIS HAPPENS CONSTANTLY WHILE IN MOTION AS I WOULD ASSUME WIND CHILL TEMPS DECREASE. AFTER LETTING TRUCK SIT FOR 15 MINS OR SO ISSUE IS RESOLVED DUE TO OBVIOUS INCREASED UNDER HOOD TEMPERATURES. WITHIN MINUTES OF HIGHWAY DRIVING AND AGAIN LOWER WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES PROBLEM OCCURS AGAIN. MAYBE A FREEZING PUMP ISSUE? DEALERSHIP STATED THEY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT ISSUE.

Structure › Body
Filed Mar 28, 2018AR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V652000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (MARK MCLARTY FORD, 4400 LANDERS RUN RD NORTH, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72117) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

Structure › Body
Filed Mar 28, 20184,000 milesGA

FORD F150 LARIAT 2015 CREW CAB SINCE IT WAS NEW (FEB 2015) HAS WEEKLY, HAD THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR LOCK STICK MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN THE DOOR EITHER FROM THE INSIDE OR THE OUTSIDE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER IN THE EARLY DAYS OF OWNERSHIP FOR WARRANTEE REPAIR BUT THEY NEVER COULD DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY IN FOR A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR A CABLE ISSUE WITH THE DOOR OPENING SYSTEM WHICH COULD FAIL, ALLOWING THE DOOR TO EITHER NOT OPEN OR OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY. THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CABLE DID NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM AND IT CONTINUES UNTIL TODAY. ON MARCH 27TH I TOOK THE DOOR APART TO SEE IF I COULD LOCATE THE PROBLEM. I WAS CONCERNED AND ANXIOUS, THAT IF THE CAR WERE TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, ACCESS THROUGH THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR COULD BE BLOCKED, MAKING MY GRANDSON SUSCEPTIBLE TO POSSIBLE DANGER IF HE WAS IN HIS CAR SEAT. HE LIVES WITH ME AND I TAKE HIM TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY. TODAY THE DOOR JAMMED AT HIS SCHOOL AS IT DOES ON 25% OF THE DAYS I TAKE HIM TO SCHOOL WHICH CAUSES PROBLEMS IN THE SCHOOL UNLOADING ZONE. WHEN I GOT HOME I ONCE AGAIN TRIED TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I FOUND THE PROBLEM AND WILL NOW DESCRIBE IT. THE DOOR LOCK, JAMS IN A LOCKED POSITION IF THE DOOR IS LOCKED AND THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW IS LOWERED MORE THAN 1". FROM THE 1" OPEN TO FULL OPEN POSITION, THE DOOR LOCK WILL NOT DISENGAGE OR PERMIT THE DOOR TO BE OPENED BY EITHER THE INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLES. THIS OCCUR NO MATTER WHAT THE OPERATING STATE THE VEHICLE IS IN. TH

Electrical System
Filed Mar 28, 201826,000 milesMD

THE PANORAMIC SUNROOF LOCKED UP ON ME WHEN I TRIED TO OPEN IT... IT WOULD NOT OPEN AND IT MAKES OBNOXIOUS NOISES UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS ... THERE ARE MANY YOU TUBE VIDEOS ON THIS REF. ISSUE... FORD IS REPLACING THE PARTS TO THE SUNROOF, I HAVE READ ON MANY FORD FORUMS THAT THIS 'QUICK FIX' WILL NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM ... ADDITIONALLY THE STEERING COLUMN ALWAYS FEELS LIKE IT'S POSITIONED OFF CENTER AND VEERS TO THE RIGHT... I HAD THE TRUCK ALIGNED, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS... ALSO I'VE HAD REOCCURRING ISSUES WITH MY SYNC/BLUETOOTH AND HAVE ADVISED MY SERVICE ADVISORS THAT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, WHEN I TALK TO ANYONE VIA THE BLUETOOTH I HEAR LOUD INTERMITTENT STATIC THROUGHOUT THE PHONE CALL AND THE FOLKS ON THE RECEIVING END OF THE CALL ALL SAY THAT THERE IS AN ECHO IN THE PHONE LINE FORCING ME TO END THE HANDSFREE SYNC CALL AND THEREFORE USING MY OWN BLUETOOTH... FORD SERVICE ADVISOR STATED IT WAS BECAUSE I HAVE AN APPLE IPHONE, I'M LESS THAN SATISFIED ABOUT HOW FORD IS HANDLING THIS ISSUE... I HAVE COMPLAINED MORE THAN 3 TIMES ON RECORD ABOUT THIS ISSUE

Structure › Body
Filed Mar 27, 201833,500 milesVA

FORD HAS NOT ADDRESSED THE FOLLOWING SAFETY RECALL NOTICE, WHICH THEY RELEASED ON 16 OCT 2017. ACCORDING TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, FORD HAS NOT DISTRIBUTED THE APPROPRIATE PARTS TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS..... A FROZEN DOOR LATCH OR A BENT OR KINKED ACTUATION CABLE MAY RESULT IN A DOOR THAT WILL NOT OPEN OR WILL NOT CLOSE CONDITION. SHOULD A CUSTOMER BE ABLE TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOOR WITH THESE CONDITIONS, THE DOOR MAY APPEAR CLOSED, BUT THE LATCH MAY NOT FULLY ENGAGE THE DOOR STRIKER AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL THE DOOR COULD OPEN WHILE DRIVING.

Latches/Locks/Linkages
Filed Mar 23, 2018VA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V652000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (APPLE FORD OF LYNCHBURG, 2113 LAKESIDE DR., LYNCHBURG, VA 24501, (434) 385-5012) WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE SUPPLIED FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. *TT THE CONSUMER STATED THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED. *JS

Structure › Body
Filed Mar 17, 201837,000 milesNY

I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH MY DOOR LATCHES HAVING MY VEHICLE DOOR OPEN WHILE DRIVING AND NOT LOCKING PROPERLY OR SHUTTING PROPERLY. I HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH MY DOORS BEING FROZEN SHUT DUE TO MOISTURE GETTING INSIDE THE DOOR AND THEN FREEZING. MY DEALER HAS TRIED TO FIX THIS RECALL TWICE WHICH FAILED BOTH TIMES. I'VE ALSO BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE RECALL FIX IS NOT A PERMANENT FIX BY FORD TECHNICIANS. CLEARLY THIS RECALL IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I AM CONCERNED FOR MY DAUGHTER SAFETY BEING THAT THE DOORS WILL OPEN WHEN THEY WANT

Wheels
Filed Mar 16, 201844,000 milesMI

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING AN OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION AT BOB MAXEY FORD OF HOWELL (2798 E GRAND RIVER AVE, HOWELL, MI), THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO ROTATE THE TIRES DUE TO THE SWOLLEN LUG NUTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 44,000.

Steering
Filed Mar 16, 201854,000 milesNM

I NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK. I COULD ALSO FEEL THE GRINDING THOUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. I TOOK IT TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE STEERING GEAR RACK/PINION. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO FORD AND THEY DECLINED TO HELP WITH THE REPAIR COST AND DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM.

Electronic Stability Control (esc)
Filed Mar 13, 201836,000 milesMI

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY TIGHT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN. THE EPS, ELECTRONIC STABILITY, AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS FLASHED, AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY EXTREME FORCE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE DEALER (ELDER FORD, 777 JOHN R RD, TROY, MI 48083, (888) 467-5023) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN, STEERING SENSOR, SLEEVE, AND STEERING UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT INTERNALLY FRACTURING. THE DEALER PROVIDED A LOANER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V279000 (STEERING) AND NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: AQ17001 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

Fuel/Propulsion System
Filed Mar 12, 201861,000 milesLA

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO LIMP MODE AND LOSE POWER THE HILL ASSIST LIGHT FLASHES,WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON, ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. DOING RESEARCH THERE IS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE BUT I WASN'T AWARE OF IT. IT VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU LOSE POWER AND HAVE NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ON CITY STREET AN HIGHWAY AT SPEED.

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