I was driving highway speed and my transmission shifted from 6th gear to 3rd without warning causing my rear tires to lock up and skid. This has happened 3 different times in the last week. I have the truck at the Ford dealer now waiting for them to call me back. I know my model year is not involved with the national recall but I fell like it is the same problem. As described in the 2011-2012 recall.

- Peyton, CO, USA

Experiencing transmission shifting issues from start and while driving. Shifts into different gears randomly. Wrench light comes on, lose all dash info, speedometer drops to zero. After reading code P0720 with scanner appears to be leadframe issue as recall for 2011, 2012 F150. My truck is 2013 but there is no recall issued for my truck.

- Oxford, CT, USA

Truck suddenly downshifts from 6th gear to 1st gear while driving 65mph. Speedometer goes to zero then bounces erratically.

- Perry, MI, USA

Sometimes vehicle will start or get stuck in 5th either from the start or during deceleration. Engine revs, but forward motion compromised. More concerning is the intermittent downshifting at highway speeds. Speedometer has failed and turns off, reads 0 rmp. Gear indicator and tramsmission position will drop to 1st, go back to 5th, and waver anywhere in between. This has even locked up my rear wheels at 70mph. Pretty scary! this has happened a handful of times now. Thankfully, I have been able to shift to neutral, get to the shoulder, kill the engine, restart and go. I wrote this today B/C I got a wrench light finally, so hopefully they can diagnose this intermittent issue.

- Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Vehicle experiences hard downshift from higher to lower gears while driving at highway speeds on interstate highway, causing rear wheels to skid and vehicle to jerk. Vehicle looses power with RPM indicator on dash showing engine revving at or above 1,500 to 2,500 rpms while driving on local roads and streets. When starting from a stopped position the engine rpms will climb to 1,500 to 2,000 and the vehicle will no move. The wrench indicator has come on 3 times but goes off if vehicle is shut off and restarted. Additionally, the vehicle electronic control system does not store any codes to indicate the vehicle has experienced any problems. Have taken vehicle to local Ford dealer on 4 occasions only to be informed that no codes were present and vehicle did not act up while in their possession. Also informed by dealer that unless code is displayed during diagnostic test Ford motor will not pay for repairs unless code is displayed.

- Reno, NV, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. While driving 15 mph, the transmission failed and the vehicle downshifted into first gear. On another occasion, the contact stated that the vehicle was completely out of gear. Also, the rpms increased when the accelerator pedal was depressed, but the vehicle would not accelerate. A dealer was not made aware of the failures. The manufacturer notified. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 140,000.

- Youngsville, LA, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. While driving 55 mph, the vehicle would downshift into a lower gear and slow down. The rpms increased and the contact was concerned that the engine would blow a rod. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (watertown Ford Chrysler, 1600 9th avenue SE, watertown, sd 57201, (605) 886-5844) who offered to repair the vehicle at the contact's expense. The repairs were not completed and the cause of the failure was not disclosed. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that the vehicle was not covered by any recall. The failure mileage and VIN were not available. *

- Lake Norden, SD, USA

Vehicle was in motion on the highway traveling at 65-70 mph. Speedometer stops functioning and indicates 0 mph. Odometer indicates a series of dashes "-------". the transmission speed remains at constant RPM regardless of pressure applied to throttle. Indicator for powertrain malfunction/reduced power/electronic throttle control momentarily appears. Driver applies pressure to throttle and hears the engine response, but there's no apparent response in the drivetrain. Drive coasts off highway and shifts from neutral back into drive. Is able to get back into a gear. Turning the vehicle off and restarting seems to correct the issue temporarily.

- Helotes, TX, USA

Transmission started randomly shifting. In one case it went from 6th gear to 1st and locked up the wheels. Obviously this occurs when car is moving and shifting. Lead frame of the transmission is what was defective. The problem occurred with 93000 miles on the odometer. 6th to 1st shift at speed and locking up the wheels is deadly.

- Woodbridge, VA, USA

Speedometer, odometer, cruise control, blinker control, and transmission shifting quits working. Believe it's the transmission lead frame causing the problem like in the 2011 and 2012 F150's.

- Rolla, ND, USA

While traveling at 50-60mph the speedometer drops to 0 and the transmission slams down to first gear and then shoots right back up to sixth gear. It happened on several occasions while driving on the freeway and state highways. On one occasion the speedometer stayed at zero even though I was still traveling at 45-50 mph and the transmission was stuck in 5th gear. Even when I pulled over and put the car into park it was still telling me it was in 5th gear. This condition is very scary especially when traveling at a fairly high rate of speed. I can't imagine what might have happened if I was towing my boat when this sudden down shift occurred. My two youngest children were in the vehicle with me on the most recent occurrence, which made the situation more nerve racking. My dealer diagnosed it as a faulty output speed sensor on the transmission lead frame. I know there is a recall for Ford F150's 2011 and 2012 model years with this same exact issue. I think this recall needs to be expanded to 2013 models as the same thing is still occurring in this model year. I have a video of two occurrences if you would want me to submit it but it looks like I can only upload pictures.

- Franklin, WI, USA

While driving on a highway at approximately 55mph, a transmission line apparently failed without warning due to rust through. The vehicle immediately started smoking due to the fluid contacting the exhaust. The truck started to hesitate and within seconds dropped to 15 mph. I was able to pull off of the highway without further incident. The vehicle has just over 72,000 miles. The dealer told me that this is a very common problem and Ford will not warrant this issue. I was also told that this was so common, the replacement parts are on backorder through Ford. The truck is still in the shop waiting on parts.

- Pulaski, PA, USA

Hard shift down from higher to lower gears while driving. Transmission is an automatic and truck will be going 40-60 mph and all of a sudden downshift to 1st gear, causing rapid decline is speed, tires to lock up, and truck will go into "limp" mode. You will have to turn the truck off an on and let it sit for a while for it to clear out. At the same time the gauge panel will go crazy and start jumping up and down in speed and RPM. When fixed they charged for a gasket, oil, connector, screen asy, trans kit, and oil. The notes from dealership are: R+R valvebody, overhaul valvebody and replace internal harness, new filter and gasket, refill trans. Approximate cost $1400

- Bartow, FL, USA

Truck would drop out of gear while driving, and most gauges stopping working when this happened. Happened 3 times before I got a repair. 2 of those times were at about 30-35 mph and the transmission came out of 4th or 5th and jumped into 1st gear, throwing the truck around a bit. I happened to be slowing down each of those times and it didn't become a safety concern. The 3rd time was at least 60 mph on a freeway, but this time the transmission luckily stayed in neutral, and I coasted to a stop at the side of the freeway. This time gave a dtc of P07022. I shut off the engine and everything worked ok after restarting. This is when I stopped driving this truck until I could get it repaired. Took to dealer, they replaced the lead frame connector, but not the entire lead frame. Shifting has been a little weird after that, I may have to take it in again.

- Brooklyn Center, MN, USA

A drastic shift from 5th gear down to 1st &/or a reduction in speed brought about by braking, without a corresponding downshift. So you either get slammed forward by sudden downshift, or creep through an intersection in 5th gear. This has happened numerous times in the past couple of months.

- Gilbert, AZ, USA

Transmission randomly shifts, sometimes into 1st gear even at 40 mph. Occasionally, speedometer, gas gauge, gear indicator all die and a yellow wrench appears on the display. My research indicates it may be the transmission lead frame.

- Clarksville, TN, USA

Truck shifts into low gear at higher rates of speed and all gauges shut off, its a 720 code, output speed sensor circuit, Ford had a recall that went to March of 2012 and mine was built in October and not covered under the recall, this is a safety issue and you could loose control at anytime when it start to down shift when going 70mph

- Fenton, MI, USA

Sporadic shifting. Transmission and/or oil pressure causes the truck to completly shut down on me when driving down the highway.

- Corona, CA, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. While driving 50 mph, the gears shifted without warning and caused the rear tires to seize. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (charlie henderson Ford Inc, 105 U S 90, waveland, ms 39576, (228)-467-9005) for diagnostic testing, but no errors were found. The contact stated that the failure continued. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 68,000. *

- Pass Christian, MS, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. While driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle downshifted from fourth gear to first gear and the rear wheels seized. The contact had to pull over to the shoulder and turn off the vehicle. After approximately two minutes, the vehicle was restarted and operated normally. The contact also stated that the failure occurred on a daily basis for two weeks. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (future Ford of sacramento, 4625 madison ave., sacramento, California, (916) 547-2285) for diagnostic testing, but the results were unknown. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 83,200.

- Sacramento, CA, USA