2018 Ford F-150 complaints

ON FEBRUARY 10 2021 AFTER I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF AND I PUT MY TRUCK IN PARK AND REMOVED THE KEYS TO GET OUT AS I WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE IT ROLLED FORWARD AND ALL MOST HIT MY BROTHER WHO WAS CROSSING IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK. I RESTARTED THE TRUCK BACKED UP PUT IT IN PARK, SHUT IT OFF REMOVED THE KEY WENT TO EXIT THE TRUCK AGAIN AND IT ROLLED FORWARD AGAIN. I REPEATED THE PROCEDURE AGAIN AND IT DID IT AGAIN. I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR MY TRUCK FOR THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE SEVERAL RECALLS FOR 2018 F50 TRUCKS BUILT IN THE MONTHS PRIOR TO MINE. CLEARLY FORD SHOULD INCLUDE THE RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE. THE CURRENT RECALL NUMBERS ARE 18S09 AND 18S10. MY TRUCK WAS SENT FOR SERVICE FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT THE DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. I DO NOT WANT A VEHICLE THAT COULD ROLL FORWARD WHILE IN PARK AND INJURE OR KILL SOMEONE.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED IN THE SNOW/WET TRANSMISSION MODE, I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF A MERGING VEHICLE. THE REAR END MADE A LOUD CLUNK AND THEN THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. THIS OCCURRED FOUR TIMES - A LOUD CLUNK FOLLOWED BY THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMING ON. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS SITUATION HAS OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I HAVE NOTICED A CLUNK AT NORMAL MODE WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. IT OCCURS WHEN DRIVING AS ONE WOULD NORMALLY DRIVE AROUND TOWN, JUST NOT AS LOUD. THE PROBLEM SEEMS INTERMITTENT, BUT CAN BE FORCED TO OCCUR BY TAPPING THE GAS IN SHORT RAPID TAPS WHICH APPEARS TO ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE THE REAR END. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR THIS ISSUE. THE ESTABROOK FORD DEALER WAS ABLE TO RECREATE THE SOUND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ON THE LIFT, BUT SAID THAT SINCE IT WAS UNDER A NO LOAD CONDITION AND NOT A TRUE INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. THEY HAVE REPORTED THAT FORD CONSIDERS THIS NORMAL OPERATION FOR THE 10 SPEED TRANSMISSION, AND BY TAPPING THE GAS TO FORCE IT TO OCCUR IS NOT NORMAL. THE LOUD CLUNK ALSO OCCURRED ON ONE OCCASION WHEN I SHIFTED FROM PARK TO REVERSE.

WINDSHIELD FLUID IS FREEZING UP. 1ST TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE THE FLUID USED WAS ONLY FOR WARMER TEMPS AS THERE WAS ALSO SOME ICE FLOATING IN THE RESERVOIR BB. TOOK TO A DEALER IN NY, HAD THE OLD FLUID REMOVED & REPLACED WITH FLUID GOOD TO -20 DEGREES. IT WORKED FINE AT FIRST AFTER REPAIR BUT THEN OVERNIGHT IT FROZE AGAIN IN THE LINES (NOT RESERVOIR). IT EVENTUALLY DEFROSTED IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA, AFTER DRIVING @6 HOURS. LUCKILY THE ROADS WERE RELATIVELY DRY. I'VE LIVED IN COLD CLIMATES THE MAJORITY OF MY LIFE NEVER HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS. I FOUND INFO ON YOU TUBE THAT ONE OF THE VALVES NEEDS TO BE ENLARGED TO PREVENT FREEZING.

I TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROST AND ABOUT 2 MINUTES LATER THE REAR GLASSS SHATTED. THE GLASS WAS NOT DAMAGED IN ANY WAY PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT THERE WERE NO SCRATCHES OR DEFECTS.

ON OR ABOUT THE WEEK OF 10/26/2020, I TOOK MY TRUCK TO J.C. LEWIS FORD IN SAVANNAH, GA FOR A TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ISSUE TO BE LOOKED AT. WHILE THERE, THEY ALSO CHECKED THE OIL IN THE VEHICLE AND NOTED IT WAS VERY LOW. AS A RESULT OF THIS, THEY COMPLETED AN ENGINE OIL CHANGE, REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER AND REPLACED THE OIL LEVEL INDICATOR PER TSB 19-2365, AND I COULD PICK UP THE TRUCK, WHICH I DID. THIS PAST TUESDAY, 2/16/2021, I CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL IN MY TRUCK AND FOUND IT TO BE OVER A QUART LOW. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY HAD A LITTLE OVER 3000 MILES PUT ON IT SINCE THE FORD PROVIDE WARRANTY OIL CHANGE. I PHONED J.C LEWIS FORD AFTER NOTICING THE OIL WAS LOW AND THEY REQUESTED THAT I BRING MY VEHICLE IN TO BE LOOKED AT. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP.

TAILGATE OPENS WHILE DRIVING AT BOTH CITY STREET SPEEDS AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ALLOWING ITEMS IN BED TO FALL OUT ON ROAD CREATING ROAD HAZARD. THIS IS MORE THAN AN INCONVENIENCE IT IS DANGEROUS AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO KILLED. DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. PLEASE. CANADA HAS ALREADY DONE THE RIGHT THING AND ORDERED THE RECALL. IF NHTSA RESPONDS TO THIS PROBLEM TOO LATE OR NOT AT ALL NHTSA WILL HAVE BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS BECAUSE IT IS NOT A MATTER OF IF SERIOUS INJURY AND/OR DEATH OCCURS IT IS A MATTER OF WHEN.

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY I EXPERIENCED A FLAT TIRE ON MY 2018 F-150. AFTER STOPPING, I ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE. HOWEVER, MY TIRE IRON WRENCH WOULD NOT SEAT ON TWO OF THE SIX LUG NUTS. UPON INSPECTION, I COULD SEE THESE TWO LUG NUTS HAD BECOME DEFORMED. THE TRUCK HAD JUST PASSED 18,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND HAD NO PRIOR TIRE DAMAGE. THE TRUCK HAD UNDERGONE TWO TIRE ROTATIONS BOTH AT MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. I WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO GET THE TIRE IRON WRENCH TO SEAT ON THE LUG NUTS BY POUNDING IT ON WITH A SET OF PLIERS. WHEN I RETURNED HOME, I INSPECTED THE OTHER TIRES AND FOUND THE TIRE IRON WRENCH WOULD NOT SEAT ON THREE OTHER LUG NUTS. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL FORD DEALER TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY HISTORY OF PROBLEMS WITH LUG NUTS BECOMING DEFORMED AND WAS TOLD WHILE THEY HAD HAD SOME PREVIOUS ISSUES WITH LUG NUTS ON OTHER FORD VEHICLES, THE F-150 WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. I THEN RESEARCHED LUG NUTS ON A F-150 FORUM AND DISCOVERED THAT FORD HAD A HISTORY OF FAULTY LUG NUTS DATING BACK TO AT LEAST 2015. IN SOME CASES PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO CALL FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO GET THE LUG NUTS REMOVED. IN A FEW CASES THE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE ATTENDANT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AT REMOVING THE LUG NUTS AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED FOR MORE DETAILED LUG NUT MEASURES. SOME PEOPLE MAY QUESTION WHY THIS SHOULD BE RAISED AS A SAFETY ISSUE. I CAN TELL YOU THIS HAPPENED ON A RURAL HIGHWAY ON A MOONLESS NIGHT. MY REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WENT FLAT VERY QUICKLY. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE H

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR DOOR LATCHES CEASED, CAUSING A FAILURE TO LATCH THE DOORS SECURELY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE DOORS WOULD OPEN INADVERTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VERNER-CADBY FORD INC (1240 BLOOMFIELD AVE, FAIRFIELD, NJ 07004) WHERE A PLASTIC GASKET WAS INSERTED IN ALL FOUR DOORS TO FIX THE ISSUE HOWEVER, THE REPAIRS FAILED TO FIX THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE SAME DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO FIX TO THE PROBLEM THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 27,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT OPERATE AS NEEDED. HE STATED THAT WHILE IN AUTOMATIC CRUISE CONTROL MODE, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING WITH A STOPPED VEHICLE AHEAD OF HIM. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE DRIVER'S FRONT SEAT WOULD SLIDE BACKWARDS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO CORWIN FORD NAMPA (5707 E GATE BLVD, NAMPA, ID 83687) WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETECT ANY FAILURES WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED THE SAME INFORMATION AS THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

MY VEHICLE HAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN (LOST ALL POWER, LOST POWER TO THE BRAKES, LOST POWER STEERING, ETC.) TWICE IN THE PAST 3 WEEKS WHEN COMING TO A STOP ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. I CANNOT REPLICATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAKE THIS EVENT HAPPEN. WHEN IT OCCURS, I NEED TO PLACE MY VEHICLE INTO PARK AND TURN THE KEY OVER. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY, OR ON A BUSY INTERSECTION. THIS ISSUE IS DESCRIBED IN GREAT DETAIL HERE: HTTPS://WWW.F150FORUM.COM/F118/AUTO-STARTSTOP-ERROR-437920/ UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS, MY VEHICLE WILL START AND STOP TO SAVE FUEL (FORD'S AUTO-START STOP SYSTEM). I BELIEVE THIS ISSUE IS RELATED TO THE PROGRAMMING OF THE AUTO-START STOP FUNCTION. LOSING ALL POWER ON THE HIGHWAY, A BUSY INTERSECTION, ETC. IS CERTAINLY A SAFETY HAZARD FOR EVERYONE.

FROM NOVEMBER 2020 TO FEBRUARY 8, 2021 I HAVE EXPERIENCED 7 INCIDENTS WHERE MY TRUCK HAS HESITATED/STALLED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND IT APPEARS TO BE WORSENING. ON ONE OCCASION IT PUT ME IN A DANGEROUS POSITION IN TRAFFIC AND FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE NOTICED IT IS BEGINNING TO SHIFT HARDER AS WELL. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS 10R80 TRANSMISSION DOING EXACTLY THE SAME AND YET, FORD, HAS NOT ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM WITH A RECALL. I AM TAKING MY TRUCK TO MARSHALL FORD DEALER ON FEB. 11, 2021 TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

ELECTRIC TAILGATE LATCH FAILS CAUSING TAILGATE TO OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY; HAPPENS WHETHER IN MOTION OR STANDING STILL. EVIDENTLY THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM IN CANADA, BUT NOT THE US.

FORD ISSUED RECALL 20C03 (NHTSA 20V-097) TO CORRECT AN ISSUE WITH THE INTENSITY OF THE DAYLIGHT RUNNING LIGHTS ON CERTAIN F150 TRUCKS. WITHOUT INFORMING THE CUSTOMER THE REPROGRAMMING OF THE BODY CONTROL MODULE ALSO NOW ACTIVATES THE PARKING LIGHTS WHENEVER THE DAYLIGHT RUNNING LIGHTS ARE ACTIVATED. IN CALIFORNIA, VEHICLE CODE SECTION 24800 PROHIBITS THE ACTIVATION OF THE PARKING LIGHTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DAYLIGHT RUNNING LIGHTS WHILE DRIVING. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FORD MOTOR CO., AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF FIXING THIS. THAT THEY DON'T CARE WHAT CALIFORNIA LAW SAYS. I SPOKE WITH THE LOCAL CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICE AND THEY CONFIRMED I COULD BE ISSUED A CITATION FOR THIS INFRACTION. NOW THE ONLY RECOURSE IS TO ALWAYS DRIVE WITH THE DAYLIGHT RUNNING LIGHTS OFF SO THE PARKING LIGHTS ARE NOT ACTIVATED WITH THEM WHILE DRIVING. THE WORK WAS PERFORMED ON 10/27/2020 BY THE LOCAL FORD DEALER.

DASHBOARD OF THE TRUCK HAS A WARP WHERE THE FRONT WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER ARE LOCATED.

ENGINE OIL IS LEAKING.

THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY HARD IN THE FIRST 5 GEARS OF THE 10 SPEED TRANSMISSION. IT IS HIT OR MISS ON WHETHER OR NOT IT DOES IT, BUT IT DOES RAISE A CONCERN ON HOW IT JERKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN MY DAUGHTER THINGS I AM BRAKING HARD, BUT IT IS REALLY JUST THE TRANSMISSION.

AFTER TOWING FOR AN HOUR OR MORE, PULLING INTO GAS STATION, LOW RPM, ENGINE STOPS, AUTO START.STOP WARNING COMES ON, ASKED TO PUT IN PARK AND RESTART ---I HAVE TO REV GAS TO KEEP STARTED--ONLY WHEN TOWING FOR AWHILE

MY FORD F150 BEGAN TO HAVE TWO DISTINCT RATTLES AT ABOUT 1 YEAR OLD AND 15,000 MILES. ONE RATTLE HAPPENS WHEN MY FOOT COMES OFF THE GAS AND SOUNDS LIKE A FLUTTER LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE. THE OTHER RATTLE HAPPENS AT 1500 RPM AND SOUNDS LIKE A METAL ON METAL OR A CHAIN RATTLE. THIS HAPPENS ON PUBLIC PAVED STREETS. THE FORD DEALERSHIP VERIFIED MY CONCERN WITH BOTH NOISES AND WORKED WITH FORD WITH MORE THAN 10 ATTEMPTED REPAIRS. I HAVE THE LIST OF ATTEMPTED REPAIRS THAT I CAN SHARE BUT THEY INCLUDE CHAIN TENSIONERS REPLACEMENT, EXHAUST INSPECTION, REPROGRAM, PHASERS REPLACEMENT, TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT, AND VCT SOLENOIDS REPLACEMENT. NEITHER THE DEALERSHIP NOR FORD KNOWS WHAT IS WRONG BUT CLAIMS IT IS A "COMMON CHARACTERISTIC" AFTER OVER 35 TOTAL DAYS OF ATTEMPTING TO BE REPAIRED OVER SEVERAL MONTHS. I AM NOT THE ONLY F150 OWNER WITH THIS PROBLEM. WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE TRUCK, I DO NOT KNOW IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE. I CONTACTED BBB WHO VERIFIED THAT I AM NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE LEMON LAW AND ADVISED ME TO CONTACT YOUR ORGANIZATION TO ADDRESS MY SAFETY CONCERN. I DID NOT GET ANYTHING IN WRITING THAT SAYS THE TRUCK IS SAFE TO DRIVE AND THAT WORRIES ME.

TL* THE CONTACT STATED HER SON WAS DRIVING A 2018 FORD F-150 THAT HE BORROWED FROM A FRIEND. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HER SON WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE CONTACT STATED AS A RESULT BOTH VEHICLE HIT COLLIDED WITH A TREE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HER SON WAS DRIVING CAUGHT FIRE AS THE FUEL TANK COLLIDED WITH THE TREE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT STATED HER SON LOST HIS LIFE. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDING ALL INFORMATION FROM THE POLICE REPORT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO TOW LOT. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE.THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

(BELOW FREEZING) DOOR LATCH MALFUNCTIONED. CAN OPEN DOOR, WHEN CLOSING, DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH SHUT, ATTEMPTED TO RE-CLOSE DOOR, WILL NOT LATCH. IT IS ESSENTIALLY FROZEN IN THE OPEN POSITION AND DOES NOT ALLOW THE DOOR TO LATCH. SOMETIMES, YOU CAN CLICK THE LOCK BUTTON AND THE DOOR WOULD LATCH, HOWEVER, ON SOME OCCASIONS, THE DOOR WOULD NOT EVEN LATCH IN THE LOCK POSITION. THERE WAS A RECALLS FOR THIS (AROUND MARCH OF YEAR 2020), WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY A LOCAL FORD DEALER. HOWEVER, THIS SAME ISSUE HAS RE-SURFACED (JANUARY 2021). THE REAL CONCERN IS THE SAFETY OF THE PASSENGER AND THAT THE DOORS WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY. THE SECOND ISSUE IS THE FIRST RECALL WAS A ONE TIME DEAL, IF THIS PROBLEM OCCURS AGAIN, THE CUSTOMER HAS TO PAY THE REPAIR COST. FORD SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR CORRECTION AND PAYING FOR THIS ISSUE.

HI, ISSUE 1: STEERING & SAFETY RELATED. LOSS OF ASSIST OF THE STEERING SYSTEM AFTER VEHICLE IS COMING OUT OF AUTO STARTSTOP MODE. APPEARS TO BE COLD TEMPERATURE RELATED 35-45F. CITY STEET. (LAST INCIDENT - 6 MILE RD - NORTHVILLE). DRIVEN < 0.5 MILE FROM HOME TO SCHOOL (VEHICLE DIDN'T REACH NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE) NO POWER STEERING ASSIST FOR UP TO 5 SECONDS WITH ENGINE RUNNING AFTER START STOP. HAS NOW OCCURRED WITH A HIGH SEVERITY (NO ASSIST) > 5 TIMES. SOME OCCASIONS IT APPEARS THAT THE RAMP UP OF ASSIST IS DELAYED BY 0.5 TO 1 SECONDS. FORD DEALER EXAMINED AND COULDN'T FIND ISSUE IN 2020. UPON MY SECOND VISIT THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY AND SAID THEY FOUND A FAULT CODE. ALSO CONTACT FORD HOTLINE FOR ASSISTANCE, WITHOUT SATISFACTORY RESOLUTION. ISSUE IS STILL PRESENT AND NOT RESOLVED. 2 INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN VERY CLOSE TO SEVERE FRONT IMPACT FROM ONCOMING TRAFFIC DUE TO THE GREAT DIFFICULTY TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WITHOUT ASSIST. THE TURNING TORQUE IS SO GREAT THE LAST INCIDENT CAUSED PHYSICAL INJURY/PAIN TO MY WRISTS DUE TO THE URGENCY TO MAKE THE TURN WITH THE ONCOMING VEHICLE AND WRENCHING ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO GET THE TRUCK TO TURN ACROSS THE LANE INTO THE ROAD. LAST ISSUE A FEW WEEKS AGO. I HAVE BEEN MANUALLY TURNING OFF THE AUTO STARTSTOP EACH TIME TO AVOID THE ISSUE. I AM SCHEDULED FOR SERVICE AT TOM HOLZER FORD AND WILL AGAIN ASK THEM TO INVESTIGATE AND RESOLVE THE ISSUE. ISSUE 2: AUTOMOTIVE WIPERS APPEAR TO BE TRIGGERED BY SUNLIGHT / CHANGING LIGHT CONDITION

THE VEHICLE HAS 2 SPEEDOMETER. A DIGITAL AND AN ANALOG ONE. THE ANALOG SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT MEASURE THE SPEED CORRECTLY. IT STAYS STUCK AT 60,80,100 MPH WHEN THE TRUCK IS STOPPED.

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSED WHEN COLD OUTSIDE. WHEN YOU TRY TO CLOSE IT, IT BOUNCES BACK OPEN. THIS HAPPENED WHILE PARKED. I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET THE DOOR TO STAY CLOSED.

CLUNKING SOUND WHEN GOING FROM PARK TO REVERSE, HESITATION CHANGING GEARS. LOUD WHINING NOISE COMING FROM TRANSMISSION, NOSE DIVE, WHEN IN 10TH GEAR AND ACCELERATING THE TRANSMISSION GOES FROM 10 GEAR TO 3. HESITAION CHANGING GEARS, AT 30 MILES PER HOUR TRUCK SLOWS ALMOST TO A STOP.

THE VACUUM ACTUATOR TRIES TO ENGAGE THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ON IT'S OWN. IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THE F150S. MY TRUCK TRIES TO RANDOMLY ENGAGE THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM EVERY 50-75 MILES, TYPICALLY AT 55-65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN THIS OCCURS YOU CAN HEAR THE CV AXELS GRINDING AGAINST THE TRANSFER CASE GEAR UNTIL YOU SLOW DOWN OR PHYSICALLY ENGAGE THE 4X4 SYSTEM. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY WEAR OUT THE FRONT DRIVETRAIN OR WORSE, FURTHER ENGAGE UNEXPECTEDLY AND POTENTIALLY LEADING TO LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION.

CLICKING/GRINDING NOISE ON DECELERATION BETWEEN 1000-2000 RPM. I HAD THE NECESSARY TSB 18-2354 (REPROGRAM PCM FOR NOISE COMPLAINT) COMPLETED ON VEHICLE WITH NO CHANGE. I'VE READ MANY ARTICLES ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND NO ONE HAS HAD THEIR VEHICLE FIXED FROM THIS ISSUE. FORD HAS SAID THIS IS NORMAL BUT A CLICKING NOISE UNDER DECELERATION IS NEVER NORMAL ESPECIALLY WHEN IT STARTED HAPPENING AFTER DRIVING 500-1000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 22,000 MILES ON IT AND WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AT 21,000 MILES IT NEVER MADE THE NOISE UNTIL ABOUT 500 MILES INTO IT. I FEAR THAT THE NOISE COULD BE CAUSING DEBRIS TO GET INTO THE ENGINE AND OR TRANSMISSION. I WISH FORD WOULD BE MORE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS ISSUE SINCE MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2018-2019 FORD F-150 AND MUSTANGS. FORD SAYS THIS IS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC BUT IT CAN'T BE NORMAL IF THE NOISE WAS NEVER THEIR AND STARTS UP AFTER 500-1000 MILES OF DRIVING. MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE AND IT HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED. PLEASE FIND A FIX. I JUST SPENT $33,000 ON A VEHICLE AND I DO NOT WISH TO SPEND MONEY TO REPLACE AN ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION.

POWER DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT OPEN. HAD TO USE KEY TO ENTER VEHICLE AND THEN PHYSICALLY PULL UP DOOR LOCKS TO OPEN DOORS. ONLY HAPPENED WHEN TEMP WAS FREEZING TWICE SO FAR WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUTSIDE

DOOR NOT LATCHING PROPERLY. FLEW OPEN WHILE DRIVING. SERVICE AVAILABLE IN 18DAYS. LAST FORD I WILL BUY.

AFTER ENTERING THE TRUCK, I CLOSED THE DOOR, PUT ON MY SEAT BELT, STARTED THE ENGINE AND PUT THE TRUCK INTO FORWARD GEAR. I NOTICED THE "DRIVER DOOR AJAR" ALERT AND TRIED TO CLOSE IT AGAIN. THE LATCH DID NOT ENGAGE AT ALL. THE TEMPERATURE WAS A LITTLE BELOW FREEZING, MAYBE 25 DEGREES F. I LET THE TRUCK WARM UP, PLAYED WITH THE ELECTRONIC LOCKING BUTTONS AND AFTER 10 MINUTES OR SO, I GOT THE LATCH TO WORK. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN THE NEXT DAY AND EVEN USING A TORCH TO WARM THE DOOR, IT STILL TOOK AT LEAST 15 MINUTES BEFORE I COULD GET THE LATCH TO ENGAGE. I FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET FOR THIS PROBLEM, INCLUDING SOME ACCOUNTS IN WHICH THE LATCH DISENGAGED WHILE DRIVING! THIS IS EXTREMELY SCARY AND VERY DANGEROUS. I BELIEVE THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED PROBLEM THAT IS SEVERE ENOUGH TO WARRANT A RECALL. IT COULD CERTAINLY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT AND POTENTIALLY A LOSS OF CONTROL WITH POTENTIALLY LETHAL RESULTS.

DOOR LATCHES ARE FREEZING OPEN/CLOSED. DEALER HAD ME DRIVE IT TO THEM TO FIX IT, WHICH I DID SO WHILE HOLDING THE DOOR CLOSED. I AM BEING TOLD THIS IS NOT A RECALL BUT A TECHNICAL FIX. THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE TO ME, IT'S A $40,000 VEHICLE WITH DOOR LATCHES THAT COULD ALLOW A PERSON SEATED TO LITERALLY FALL OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THIS HAS TO BE FIXED. IT HAPPENED WHEN TEMPERATURES GOT BELOW FREEZING, ABOUT 15 DEGREES, WHILE STATIONARY AT HOME.

THE 10-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON MY TRUCK SHIFTS HARD AND INEXPLICABLY WHEN UPSHIFTING AND DOWNSHIFTING, ESPECIALLY IN LOW SPEED STOP AND GO CITY TRAFFIC. THE JOLTS ARE HARD AND CAUSE AN DRAMATIC 'BRAKING' ACTION THAT HAS ALMOST RESULTED IN A FEW ACCIDENTS. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT BY FORD AT APPROXIMATELY 9,000 MILES AND CURRENT HAS JUST OVER 16,000 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH WITH THE SMART CRUISE ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CORWIN FORD NAMPA (5707 E. GATE BLVD, NAMPA, ID 83687, (208) 546-3559) BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2018 FORD F-150 SUPERCAB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING HIS RESIDENTS DROPPING A FRIEND OFF THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, WITHIN MINUTES THE VEHICLE WENT UP IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED CAME OUT AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED A TOTALED LOST AT THE RESIDENTS WHERE THE CONTACT WAS. A POLICE REPORT WAS MADE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. NO INSURANCE ADJUSTOR WAS CONTACTED DUE TO THE CONTACT INSURANCE EXPIRATION DATE. SUBURBAN FORD OF WATERFORD 6975 HIGHLAND RD, WATERFORD, MI 48327 (248) 674-4781 WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT WAS A PERSONAL MATTER AND TO CONTACT HIS INSURANCE FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT NO RECALLS WAS UNDER THE VIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 48,000.

SMELL OF GASOLINE IN PASSENGER CABIN AFTER DRIVING AND HEATER ON (STATIONARY). STARTED IN MARCH. DEALER ATTEMPTED A REPAIR WHICH HELPED. NOW WITH COLD WEATHER AND HEATER ON AGAIN THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED VERY BADLY.

LEAKS OIL DEALER CANT STOP THE PROBLEM. CONSTANT LEAK. 2018 SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS TYPE PROBLEM GOING TO CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE. NOT SAFE THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE.

WHEN TOWING A TRAILER AND YOU COME TO A STOP, THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF DISPLAYING "AUTO STOP/START SHIFT TO P THEN RESTART ENGINE". WHEN YOU RESTART THE ENGINE IT IMMEDIATELY DIES AGAIN. YOU ARE LEFT WITH DISABLED POWER STEERING, DISABLED POWER BRAKES, AND HAVE TO REV UP THE ENGINE WHILE KEEPING ONE FOOT ON THE BRAKES, AND SLAM IT INTO GEAR TO TRY TO GET MOVING, ALL WHILE TOWING A LARGE TRAILER BEHIND YOU AND TYPICALLY IN AN INTERSECTION.. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO FIX IT, EVEN IF YOU BRING YOUR TRUCK TO THEIR SERVICE CENTER REPORTING THE PROBLEM. THERE IS AN NTSB BULLETIN DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM AND REQUIRED REPAIR, # 18-2249, BUT FORD DOES NOT PERFORM THE WORK UNLESS YOU PROVIDE A COPY OF THE BULLETIN AND INSIST ON THE WORK BEING DONE. THIS NTSB BULLETIN NEEDS TO BE A RECALL! THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATION WHICH NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY AND HARSHLY, MOSTLY DURING IN TOWN SITUATIONS. THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T RESPOND QUICKLY ENOUGH TO CHANGES IS ACCELERATOR CAUSING LATE AND UNEXPECTED SHIFTS. IN ONE INSTANCE, I WAS GOING UP A STEAP CITY HILL, THE TRUCK SLOWED AND I CONTINUED TO SLOWLY INCREASE PEDAL INPUT TO GET UP THE HILL. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRANSMISSION HAD UNCONTROLLABLY DROPPED SEVERAL GEARS AND SEEING THAT THE TRANSMISSION HADN'T DOWN SHIFTED, THE ACCELERATOR WAS NEARLY TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY TOOK OFF AT THAT POINT. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS NEAR BY, BUT IF I WAS IN A TRAFFIC SITUATION OR HAD THERE BEEN ANY PEDESTRIANS NEAR, SOMEONE COULD OF BEEN KILLED. I'VE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE INTO FORD DOZENS OF TIMES SINCE NEW AN THY HAVE REPLACED THE VALVE BODY TWICE. THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES HAVE NOT CHANGED.

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LATCH FROZE OPEN AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH/STAY CLOSED. IT WAS 27 DEGREES THIS MORNING. I HAD TO HOLD THE DOOR CLOSED. EVENTUALLY AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND CLOSING THE DOOR SEVERAL TIMES, IT FINALLY LATCHED. I PREVIOUSLY HAD FORD'S DOOR LATCH RECALL PERFORMED TO FIX THIS ISSUE, HOWEVER, IT SEEMS THIS RECALL DOES NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPRESSED CONTINUED FREEZING VIA VARIOUS FORD FORUMS AFTER HAVING THE FROZEN DOOR LATCH RECALL PERFORMED.

THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AFTER FREEZING CONDITIONS IN MAINE WOULD NOT CLOSE AS I DROVE IT TO UHAUL TO HAVE A HITCH INSTALLED. THIS WAS EXTREMLY DANGEROUS AS THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH CLOSED.

VEHICLE HAS AUTOMATIC START STOP FEATURE. AFTER VEHICLE RESTARTS POWER STEERING DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE FOR 2-5 SECONDS. VEHICLE IS MOVING UNDER POWER BUT HAS NO STEERING ASSIST. 3 REPAIR VISITS WITH NO DIAGNOSIS. PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING ALMOST SINCE NEW. SOMETIMES DELAY IS PRESENT, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT. CAN'T PREDICT WHEN STEERING ASSIST WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE.

I HAD JUST GOT MY KIDS IN THE TRUCK, STARTED THE TRUCK AND TURNED ON THE FRONT AND BACK DEFROSTERS. WHILE SITTING AND LETTING TRUCK WARM UP, THE INSIDE OF THE CAB STARTED SMOKING- GOT MY KIDS OUT QUICKLY AND THEN THE BACK MIDDLE WINDOW SHATTERED OUT OF NOWHERE.

F-150 WILL SOMETIMES ROLL WHEN PARKED ON AN INCLINE. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, AND THE F-150 WILL NOT ALWAYS ROLL. SO FAR, THE F-150 WILL ONLY ROLL BETWEEN 6' TO 24'.

BACK SINCE 2018-2019 IVE HAD A REOCCURRING PROBLEM WITH MY DOOR LATCHES FREEZING, SPECIFICALLY THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR. I'M VERY, VERY CONCERNED THAT IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET MY KIDS OUT OF THE TRUCK. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF DRIVING THE LATCH UNFREEZES AND I'M ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR. THERE IS NO LONGER A TSB ON THE TRUCK BECAUSE THE ISSUE WAS "FIXED" LAST YEAR (NOV OF 2019). IN FACT THE ISSUE IS NOT FIXED AND MY DOORS FROZE THIS MORNING ON THE WAY TO DROPPING MY KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL. THE DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO HELP WITHOUT OUT ME INCURRING OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES (AND RIGHTFULLY SO BECAUSE THIS IS A FORD ISSUE). FORD HAS ALSO NOT STOOD BEHIND ITS VISTA ROOF OPTION (NOT AS BIG OF A SAFETY ISSUE BUT NONETHELESS). THE ROOF GET STUCK AND BANGS OUT OF POSITION LIKE ITS GOING TO BREAK WHILE DRIVING. FORD HAS ONLY "GREASED" THE TRACKS WITHOUT ADDRESS THE REAL ISSUES. I'M DISAPPOINTED IN FORDS LACK OF ATTENTION OR PROACTIVENESS ON THIS DOOR LATCH ISSUES. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED IF THEY CANT EXIT A VEHICLE BECAUSE THEIR LATCH IS FROZEN AND FORD KNOWS ABOUT IT.

VEHICLE HAS HARD SHIFTS AND HAS BEEN REPROGRAMMED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR. PCM WAS REPROGRAMMED DUE TO A CHAIN RATTLE OR SLAPPING AT 1500-2000RPMS, GAS MILEAGE HAS WENT TO 13-14 MPG HIGHWAY AFTER LAST ATTEMPT TO FIX.

DASH BOARD IS WARPED. REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER NOT WORKING

SYNC3 IS A NIGHTMARE LEADING TO EXTREME DISTRACTED DRIVING. BLUETOOTH DROPS OFF, BUTTONS FREEZE OR ARE SLOW (20-30 SECONDS+) TO RESPOND OR NOT RESPOND. ANY FUNCTION TIED TO SYNC3 DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. NAVIGATION, PHONE, MUSIC, AIR/HEAT, BLUETOOTH, CARPLAY ETC. VARIES DAY BY DAY, MINUTE BY MINUTE. GOOGLE IT. WELL KNOWN PROBLEM. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GO HANDS FREE. HAPPENS DRIVING AND STATIONARY.

I WAS DRIVING OUT OF A GAS STATION AND THE AUTO STOP START WARNING CAME ON AS I WAS ACCELERATING AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST AWAY FROM TRAFFIC. I HAD TO PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTART THE ENGINE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED THIS ISSUE AS I PUT WELL OVER 400 MILES A WEEK ON MY TRUCK AND THIS WAS THE FIRST ACURRANCE.

TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED. ONLY 62,000 MILES. POOR DESIGN BY FORD. OVER $3,500.00 TO REPAIR. FIGHTING WITH FORD FOR HELP. RATTLING SOUNDS AT COLD START.

10 SPEED TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY HARD INTO REVERSE (LOUD 'THUNK' HEARD ALONG WITH A JARRING MOTION FELT INSIDE THE CAB). MAJORITY OF THE TIME THIS HAPPENS SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS STARTED (I LET THE ENGINE 'IDLE DOWN' BEFORE SHIFTING INTO GEAR). FORD OF CANADA REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION A NUMBER OF TIMES, AND THAT SEEMS TO SOLVE THE REVERSING ISSUE TEMPORARILY. NOW LIVE IN THE USA, AND IN ADDITION TO THE REVERSE ISSUES THE VEHICLE WILL 'JERK' OR 'STALL' WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 3-4-5-6 GEARS SHORTLY AFTER STARTED. UNFORTUNATELY NEITHER OF THESE ARE AN 'EVERY TIME' OCCURRENCE, AND HAVE HAPPENED IN BOTH COLD AND HOT AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. TO FORD CANADA'S CREDIT THEY DID ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE ISSUE MULTIPLE TIMES...WE'LL SEE HOW FORD USA DEALS WITH THE SITUATION.

AT <30,000 MILES THE ENGINE WOULD MAKE A 'DIESEL' LIKE RATTLE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS ON A COLD START. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO MY FORD CANADA DEALER AND THEY IMMEDIATELY DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AS A CAM PHASER PROBLEM AND ORDERED THE PARTS/REPLACED THE CAM PHASERS UNDER WARRANTY. I NOW LIVE IN THE USA, AND AM HOPEFUL THAT THE PROBLEM IS PERMANENTLY RESOLVED VS HAVING A COSTLY REPAIR AT A LATER DATE OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD. I HAVE FOLLOWED ALL THE MANUFACTURER MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRE-PAID FOR 5 YEARS OF SERVICE.