I was driving on a highway going approximately 60 mph when it unexpectedly downshifted. My momentum violently jerked me forward, the tires squeeled, and the RPM gauge went up to over 6,000. Another issue is that it occasionally will not shift out of first gear. I will be starting from a stop and I'll be going about 10-15mph and if I don't let off the throttle the engine will just rev up past 4000 rpms.

- Syracuse, NY, USA

This has happened 5 times. When starting to take off in low speeds, 20-30 mph, the transmission will slip into neutral then into first slowing the truck down rapidly. Also, while travelling at highway speeds on cruise control, the vehicle will drop to 5th gear and the speedometer will drop to 0, the odometer and all display panel shows nothing, the cruise will not work, and the airbag light comes on.

- Rockport, TX, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. While driving 80 mph, the vehicle downshifted on its own without warning. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and then to luther family Ford (located at 3302 36th St S, fargo, nd 58104, (701) 282-2350) where it was diagnosed that unknown engine components needed to be replaced. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 19V075000 (power train). The contact stated that the recall repair was completed in June of 2019. The vehicle was not repaired for the recent failure. The contact was unable to communicate with the manufacturer about the failure. The failure mileage was 128,073.

- Moorhead, MN, USA

Truck being driven apx 55 mph and no change from me truck has sudden slowdown with speedometer drop to 40S then recovers as truck speeds up on it's own. Same day as trying to park, in drive, pressing on gas engine revs but does not move. Today (7 days later) accelerating from stop transmission sticks in low gear. Has had powertrain recall applied.

- Ghent, KY, USA

Vehicle gets stuck in first gear sometimes and wont shift, several times vehicle has shifted to first gear on its own, also vehicle shifts erratically and gets stuck in third gear, dash quits speedo, tach, info center on dash quits working as well as odometer. Have to key off to re-set. This has happen mostly on city streets and occasionally on the highway.

- Oceanside, CA, USA

When driving vehicle at 35-40 mph abruptly downshifted to first gear. RPM's went very high, I quickly slowed down enough for the truck to shift to second gear. This happened a couple weeks after I brought the truck in for the 19S19 safety recall to green Ford in greensboro nc. This was the first time that this downshift happened.

- Greensboro, NC, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. While driving 25 mph, the vehicle downshifted abruptly without warning. The failure recurred while driving 65 mph. Prior to the failures, the contact took the vehicle to apple Ford (8800 stanford blvd, columbia, md 21045, (410) 290-1100) and was informed that the VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 19V433000 (power train). The contact called the same dealer about the failures and was given an appointment for an inspection. The contact attempted to contact the manufacturer, but was unsuccessful. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 106,000.

- Annapolis, MD, USA

My 2013 F-150 will suddenly downshift while I am doing 25-35 mph. Sometimes it will not upshift from 1st gear. It may take several seconds or several minutes for it to shift out of 1st gear. When it does upshift again it will slam into the higher gear. Sometimes the speedometer stops working, the airbag icon comes on, the engine icon comes on, a wrench icon comes on, sometimes the display is a series of dashes and sometimes the display is blank. If I stop and restart the engine sometimes the symptoms go away and sometimes the icons remain visible.

- Redmond, WA, USA

The end of last may, pulling our camper up the raton pass, in a construction zone and a foggy sleet storm the mil illuminated, the engine died and we were barely able to negotiate our way back to the shoulder, after just having merged into the left lane. We were able to restart the truck and it died a couple more times along the way so we took it to xit Ford in dalhart tx. The tech there found a bunch of codes stored in the PCM, cleared them and sent us on our way and the drive back to dallas was uneventful. After we got home, the wife was driving her truck on the freeway and it died on her on 3 different occasions, so I took it to North central Ford, since they had done a PCM recall re-flash (19V-075) on it prior to leaving for our trip. They told us there was an even newer re-flash and the preformed that and it seemed to settle down. With the recent cold snap we have had, the truck has started to exhibit a "a crank no-start" symptom and with a little research I came across "tsb 15-0137" which fits all of our symptoms to a tee. This is a very dangerous situation... having your truck die on you, while pulling a trailer, up an almost 8000 foot pass, in a storm... it is a wonder we were not killed! the tsb was published September 2, 2015 and covers F150 model years 2009 - 2014. I believe Ford should issue a recall for this, there are many people on the internet complaining about having the same issue and I would not have found the cure without them. The issue is caused by the fuel pump control module fuse not having contacts large enough to carry the current required, getting hot and melting in the fuse box. The remedy listed in the tsb is a new fuse with contacts at least 10 times larger. When I checked our truck fuse 27 was indeed melted and I ordered el3Z-14293-a as specified in the tsb. I am also surprised that neither dealership seemed to know about the tsb.

- Plano, TX, USA

Violent downshift from 6th to 1st at high speeds 60+mph, semi-violent down-shift from 4th to 1st and mid 25-45pmg, transmission remaining in 3rd gear independent of speeds. This is all after having completed the software update that was supposed to have fixed the issue. An important note is that my truck was not having this issue until they did the software update to prevent this from happening.

- Wenatchee, WA, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. While the vehicle was parked on a down hill driveway, it began to roll backwards. The gear was shifted into park, but the parking brake was not applied. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact was able to stop the vehicle by depressing the brake pedal. On a different occasion, while driving 50 mph, the check engine warning indicator illuminated and the vehicle began to shake forcefully. The contact depressed the accelerator pedal, but the vehicle failed to exceed 50 mph. The contact was able to park on the side of the road for thirty minutes before restarting the vehicle and continuing to drive with no failure. The contact opened the hood and noticed that the radiator was covered in oil. The vehicle was taken to rod baker Ford sales Inc. (located at 16101 S Lincoln hwy, plainfield, il 60586, (815) 436-5681), but was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 104,219.

- Plainfield, IL, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. While driving various speeds, the vehicle suddenly downshifted from fifth to second gear, causing the speed to abruptly decrease. In July of 2019, the vehicle was serviced at gloff Ford (1206 N ave G, clifton, tx) per NHTSA campaign number: 19V433000 (power train), but the failures continued. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and the failure was duplicated; however, they determined that a simple tune-up was needed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 148,000.

- Valley Mills, TX, USA

After the first incident with sudden down shifting of my transmission, I took my truck in to my local Ford dealership. I was informed that a new programming fix was available for the active recall. The "fix" was completed, and now about 3 weeks later the truck continues to downshift suddenly. Not only sudden downshifting, but during acceleration the transmission seems to struggle shifting out of first gear. My truck only has about 57K miles.

- Acworth, GA, USA

Was driving 2013 Ford F150 FX4 with ecoboost engine about 60 miles per hour when truck suddenly shifted into 1st gear and caused truck to rev RPM's and rapidly and unexpectedly to decrease speed due to shifting to first gear almost causing an accident on a city street. After the speed decrease, unable to get car into higher gear and drove at very low speeds to exit road. Turned car off and on and it not help. After about 5 minutes, car was able to drive but experienced the issue several more times driving to mechanic. Another family member experienced the same issue the day before, but did not realize the truck was shifting into 1st gear. Took truck to mechanic and ran diagnostics for $100 fee and was told me to take to dealership for a known issue. At the dealership, a "fix" was implemented, but the fix caused another issue and when the air conditioning started, the whole dash vibrates and make loud noises. Dealership still has truck trying to figure out issue of loud noise when turning on ac. Did not have issue with vibrating until the "fix" was issued. Nor did the mechanic notice the issue with the ac when it was taken in for a diagnostic before taking to dealership.

- Austin, TX, USA

I was driving in town and had to brake hard (not enough to screech the tires) due to the car in front of me. When I tried to accelerate again the truck sort of lagged, took a second to begin accelerating. Things seemed ok for a minute so I continued on my way. Suddenly the RPM needle began to go all over the dial and the wrench light came on. I decided to head back to town since the truck felt strange. As I was driving on a major road (under speed to the side with my flashers on), all of a sudden the truck just stopped accelerating. The engine was still running but I just wasnt going anywhere. I was able to coast to a safe stop. Also I started to smell something like a burning smell so I pulled over, turned the truck off, and called for a tow.

- Churchville, NY, USA

While cruising down the highway this past weekend at 75 mph the truck suddenly went down into 3rd gear, then down to first and went into a stall mode. I pressed down on the accelerator and received no response. The RPM gauge went up to almost 5000. I then placed the transmission in neutral and then back to drive, whereupon the vehicle finally went back to normal and in 6th gear!

- Spring, TX, USA

Driving down the tollway at 75 mph when the truck suddenly dropped down into third gear and then to first gear.

- Spring, TX, USA

I recently had my truck serviced for the reprogramming of a transmission concern. The next day my engine light came on and it will not run higher than 1st gear. The dealership was not helpful at all. They could not look at my car for another two weeks.

- Wills Point, TX, USA

While the vehicle was in motion the truck suddenly downshifted and caused the engine to rev to max rpms. This resulted in a sudden jolt of the entire vehicle and rapid deceleration. Vehicles traveling behind me had to slam their brakes to narrowly avoid rear ending me because the truck slowed down so suddenly and with no brake lights as a warning. On several occasions in the last 2 days since this happened, the speedometer has acted erratically by going up and down from 0 to highway speed of 60mph while I was traveling with cruise control set at 60. The transmission seems to shift erratically into a gear that would match the speed of where the speedometer indicates even though the true speed is 60mph. These sudden down shifts seem to have damaged my transmission because the truck now has issues going into gear from a stop and will rev to over 4000 RPM without shifting into 1st gear to start moving. Once it's moving, the transmission often shifts erratically when the speedometer acts up. I will not drive the truck anymore except to have it repaired because it is too dangerous.

- Palmdale, CA, USA

When pulling off of a residential street onto a city street the evening of Oct 1, 2019 (speed limit 45 mph) my truck got stuck in 1st gear. With traffic around me, I attempted to shift into 3rd 2nd and 1st, but no change. I went back to drive and still no change. Then a wrench showed up next to the odometer and the odometer went to - - - - - and speedometer went to 0, RPM still worked. I pulled off the road and turned off truck and restarted and all was fine. This happened to me a couple of days before, but when I shifted to 3rd, it started working again. I had the transmission related reprogram recall completed on 23 Sept. Both shifting events occurred after the reprogram. This could be a serious safety concern if it happens at a busy time. Fortunately traffic was light when it happened to me both times. There doesn't seem to be a mechanical problem because turning the engine off and immediately turning on corrected the problem both times. It could be coincidental that this is happening after the reprogram, but I wanted to report because of the number of other people experiencing the same problems. It seems very similar to the descriptions from some people regarding the lead frame issue reported on the 2012 model.

- Wylie, TX, USA