10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
6 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
4 / 1
Average Mileage:
49,697 miles

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problem #177

Nov 102020

F-150

  • 110,000 miles
In motion, the mil comes on, it goes into limpmode and throws trouble code P2111.

- Galveston, TX, USA

problem #176

Dec 072020

F-150

  • 182,000 miles
Going in motion on the turnpike at 70mph my truck down shifted to 2nd gear. After that the wrench and the airbag light came on the dashboard. The mileage erased and the speedometer stopped working. At a stationary red light my truck would show I was on 3rd gear. Fortunate for me I was by myself when this problem occurred but I could've been with my family and now I'm scared to drive my truck and even more scared to bring he family with me on my truck. That is the newest car in my house and would think it would be the most dependable but unfortunately it's not and I can't even afford to buy another car because I was affected by this pandemic. If I can sell the car back to the bank it would be great because I don't even feels safe bringing this car as the family truck.

- Miami, FL, USA

problem #175

Oct 282020

F-150

  • 182,100 miles
The truck will suddenly down shift while driving. The is after completion of the recall in 2019. Three times the truck has skipped gears on breaking. Once while breaking to make a turn causing the truck to almost stall. Once going down a dirt hill causing the back wheels to lock up and slide. Didn't cause an accident. Once after going over a speed bump causing the truck to jerk suddenly and made the driver think they hit something.

- Anthony, FL, USA

problem #174

Oct 202020

F-150

  • 145,000 miles
Less than 24 hours after tsb 19S07 was performed on my truck, I was entering the freeway when check engine light, airbag light both turned on. Speedometer shut off, read 0, same with odometer. Vehicle refused to shift below 3rd gear. I then had to drive through a merge light to enter freeway and start from 3rd gear. I had to drive the 3 miles or so back home like this. Truck had no issues prior to the recall being done.

- Reno, NV, USA

problem #173

Sep 032020

F-150

  • 130,500 miles
Vehicle downshifted while coming back from work, speedometer shut itself off and a wrench icon showed on the dashboard

- Dodge City, KS, USA

problem #172

Aug 232020

F-150

  • 92,000 miles
While driving from Ohio back to North Carolina, my wife and I were travelling at 75 mph when suddenly and without warning my truck abruptly stalled to 5 mph with no power from the accelerator. I managed to get the truck out of the high speed lane on a two lane highway and on to the side of the road. I turned the truck off. A few minutes later, I turned the truck back on and all function resumed. This has happened in the past, but when I took it in for work there was no issue reported or read and the error could not be replicated. The truck was towed to a Ford dealership. Service informed me I had a bad throttle body. This truck was part of a "customer satisfaction program" run in 2013 for a bad throttle body and total loss of acceleration. My truck received the repair in 2014 voiding the throttle body 10 year or 150,000 mile warranty. The safety concern remains and is endangering my life, my wife, and our future child. The part might be replaced without fixing the problem. An electrical issue may keep this vehicle having reoccurrences. This has me very concerned about a service that does not increase vehicle safety. And because of that concern I began to inquire if anyone else has had this issue. It turns out that in 2015 a class action suit was filed against Ford and settled on individual basises (janis benkle et al V Ford Motor Company). Currently, there are no programs to assist owners like myself in this situation. The original program is no longer valid and the repair performed was only good for one time (that repair apparently would not solve the safety concern as others have stated that the problem persisted after a new throttle body was put in). I have sought out an audience with the "zone manager". however, I have been informed that is impossible as customer care will not give that information and neither will the dealership.

- Holly Ridge, NC, USA

problem #171

Aug 292020

F-150

  • 79,000 miles
Driving at 70mph, engine became weak, check engine light came on, transmission went to 5th gear, speedometer went to 0 though tachometer was still showing around 2,000 RPM. Airbag light came on. Truck wouldn't shift up or down. Came to a stop, transmission went to 3rd. Had to shut off truck and restart. This has happened 3 times in 1 month. I just purchased this truck three weeks prior to this occurrence.

- South Euclid, OH, USA

problem #170

Jul 032020

F-150 8-cyl

  • 167,000 miles
Re: 19N01 transmission molded leadframe. The recalls that Ford did provide for my vehicle only included software updates that did not prevent the issue. When this failed my truck went from travelling 45 mph in 6th gear to suddenly shifting to 1st gear. I had my family in the vehicle and I was barely able to avoid having an accident. The issue was not covered by for because I was outside of the warranty coverage. This is unaccceptable because the software updates provided did not prevent this from happening.

- Baton Rouge, LA, USA

problem #169

Jun 152020

F-150

  • 65,000 miles
The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle independently decelerated to 5 mph. The vehicle was turned off and restarted and operated as intended. The maintenance required light was displayed on the instrument panel. The contact contacted trotter Ford Lincoln (3801 bobo rd, pine bluff, ar 71603, (870) 535-4321) however, the mechanic was unable to provide a cause for the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 65,000.

- Pine Bluff, AR, USA

problem #168

Jun 262020

F-150 8-cyl

  • 159,000 miles
When I?M driving the car 60 mph the car is done shifting my service keys, I cannot see how fast I'm driving I cannot see the mileage in my car and my airbag light is come on I have to stop the car started again and everything come back to normal.

- Saintpeterburg, FL, USA

problem #167

Jun 172020

F-150 8-cyl

  • 133,000 miles
My truck randomly shifts to a higher gear when I'm driving.

- Palmyra, NJ, USA

problem #166

Jun 102020

F-150 6-cyl

  • 150,920 miles
Going 70 mph on the high way my truck is down shifting to a lower gear then looses power the RPM and the speedometer starts going hay wire jumping back and forth. Doing 40 mph it does the same thing and doesn't want to pick up speed. Took it to a Ford dealership and they reprogrammed the brain now the mph don't work no fuel notice it's blank.

- Cedar Hill, TX, USA

problem #165

Jun 092020

F-150 6-cyl

  • 215,000 miles
Truck downshifted to first gear while traveling on freeway going 70mph. Lost control when rear tires started losing traction.

- West Richland, WA, USA

problem #164

Jun 032020

F-150 8-cyl

  • 0 miles
Put truck into park to help truck ahead of us unload bed. Our truck was in park with engine on, within 3 min truck began accelerating and crushed body in between two trucks. Had to press breaks (car still rolling) shift into reverse, back into park before car would stop rolling then went into reverse.

- Indianapolis, IN, USA

problem #163

May 122020

F-150 6-cyl

  • 123,000 miles
Vehicle started nose diving as I like to call it from going 45 miles per hour to a claw. Speed controls quit working and tool light came on. Code reading: P0722, was told there was a recall for the output speed sensor (oss) and I need to check into it.

- Cottontown, TN, USA

problem #162

Apr 162020

F-150

  • 35 miles
I took my 2013 F150 with an open recall to Ford dealer and was running fine before they reprogram the power control module I starting having problems when the vehicle is running speedometer going of air bag light on and also a big wrench came out on the display when I stop it only star drive in on 3rd gear to 5 gear the other gears don't work until I turn off the vehicle and turn it back on but I star driving again and does it again same thing

- Brownsville, TX, USA

problem #161

Jul 012018

F-150

  • 99,000 miles
Oil and radiator fluid leaks causing engine smoking and nauseating odor when heater turned on while engine cold or cold exterior temps. Complete loss of engine and drive power randomly lasting 15-60secs, then all numbers ie: Gas milage, speed, mileage become dashes, speedometer quits working, on highways and city street. Pulling over shutting off and restart will reset until next random episode. Rough jerks and occasionally a bang with jerks (feel like it comes from the axels) usually at low speeds. More often in parking lots but in traffic jams on highways. Once transmission recall complete it ran fantastic for a week and a half. Now it's worse than ever and engine light comes on for a day and then goes off.

- Edmond, OK, USA

problem #160

Jan 022020

F-150

  • 167,000 miles
I am having trouble with my eco boost because when I start my truck I have a loud rattling sound then my truck loses power and shakes alot like a compression leak

- Mililani, HI, USA

problem #159

Feb 132020

F-150

  • 111,737 miles
I recently purchased this vehicle used less than a week ago. I have only driven it for about 75 miles. While driving down a busy street at 45 miles an hour the truck down shifted to first gear and simultaneously the speedometer stopped working. I kept control of the vehicle but if a vehicle would have been following closely it is possible if not likely to have rear ended me. I checked the VIN and it states no open recalls. Evidently the vehicle was serviced for one of the past recalls which clearly describes this same event as an issue. I will contact the dealership grey daniels Ford in brandon ms where it was purchased for inspection.

- Pearl, MS, USA

problem #158

Dec 192019

F-150

  • 13,447 miles
Unexpectedly downshifting into first gear while in motion, speed ometer and mileage goes to zero, rpms starts to run high, and the tool light on the dash board comes on, in city streets and on highway driving. I have to stop and shut down the vehicle and wait a few minutes. When I start up the vehicle and put it in drive gear the transmission jerks.

- Browning, MT, USA

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