10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 5
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
29,726 miles

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problem #64

Jan 222018

F-150

  • miles
The contact owned a 2016 Ford F-150. While the contact was on vacation, the vehicle caught fire in the driveway. The contact's child was at home, saw the vehicle on fire, and called the fire department. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police report was filed. There were no injuries. The cause of the failure was not determined. The contact's insurance company deemed the vehicle totaled. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The failure mileage was unknown.

- Hilside, NJ, USA

problem #63

Jan 012019

F-150 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 45,000 miles
The contact owns a 2016 Ford F-150. While driving low speeds, the engine shuddered and the vehicle hesitated to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to cleveland Ford (2496 S. lee hwy, cleveland, tn), but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The manufacturer was notified, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 45,000. Consumer stated truck also has numerous signal losses on tac satellite radio signal. Consumer took it to the dealer several times and was told there was no problem.

- Mcdonald, TN, USA

problem #62

Oct 092018

F-150

  • 29,000 miles
The contact owns a 2016 Ford F-150. While driving the vehicle, an abnormal noise was heard coming from the engine. There was no warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to scenic motors (located at 1992 rockford St, mt airy, nc 27030, (336) 789-9591) to be diagnosed, but a failure code could not be found. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and informed the contact that the warranty was about to expire. No further assistance was provided. The approximate failure mileage was 29,000. The VIN was not available.

- Hillsville, VA, USA

problem #61

Dec 292018

F-150

  • 78,900 miles
I've bought my 2016 F150 XLT FX4 SC 5.0L used with about 69K miles on it and had it for nearly a year now. Since I purchased the truck it will develop a rough idle and will stall while at a stop light. This will happen when I make a multi stop trip, for example if I stop at the market on the way home from work, or sometimes even just returning home from work. So far this issue has only happened on city streets. Outside temps are no factors as this happens in cold wintery conditions or hot and humid weather. Every time the truck stalls, the cel does not come on or any other dash light except the battery light and I can restart the truck immediately with no issues. After the truck restarts there is no fault light on the dash and truck acts like nothing happened. I took the truck to an independent repair shop to have a diagnostic check and they could not find any stored codes or pending codes pertaining to this issue. The repair shop was also able to duplicate the issue but also noticed a strong smell from the catalytic converter. At the moment, it is unknown what's causing my truck to idle roughly and stall.

- Oklahoma City, OK, USA

problem #60

Nov 242018

F-150

  • 50,000 miles
We just took my 2016 F150 ecoboost to West Texas over thanksgiving. Towed under 7500 lbs. Towed completely normal the whole time (15 hours) until the return trip home. About 2.5 hours into my return trip (I was towing without my husband and with two young kids on a back highway with no cell service and absolutely no stops for 2 of those hours😯) I pulled over to see where my next gas station was and my truck died. It would restart but would die again. I finally figure I'm screwed, I'll try and just hit the gas and go. So I took off and blew through a stop sign and didn't stop until I reached a gas station, where it died when I stopped.. it was Saturday afternoon and all the repair shops were closed and there weren't any parts stores open. I finally unplugged the camper, thinking it was draining my battery and started it up and gassed it to get it going and didn't stop until I reached sonora and camped for the night, about 20 miles away. And then my truck was totally fine after that. I never hooked the camper back up and I had filled up the gas tank and put fuel injection cleaner into the tank and didn't have any more stalls. The only light that came on when it stalled was the battery light.

- Nacogdoches, TX, USA

problem #59

Nov 272018

F-150

  • 30,000 miles
I have had my truck to dealer for many multiple issues involving electrical since approximately 6600 miles beginning with shaking when I slowed down without utilizing brakes. Since then I've been at the dealer with many electrical issues where truck would not accelerate and all lights would illuminate. This has been ongoing and very unsafe. When I would attempt to make a left hand turn I would proceed to cross opposing lanes and vehicle would feel like it was in neutral and almost was struck on numerous occasions. Vehicle has also over accelerated very early in ownership. Most recently and I picked up my truck and a week later same problem. I have had my truck at the dealership with electrical problems that create a great danger to myself as well as other motorists. Certainly I cannot be the only person who literally as of the first week of December 2015 received my ordered truck and now after 3 years has had so many close calls when operating the vehicle. All times the vehicle was operational and runs very rough prior to happening. I have been driving down the street and video the trucks camera and other items going on and off during operation. The truck has sever electrical deficiencies and the engine has severe response issues that puts my life. My passengers lives and the other motorist at great risk of injury or death. I am unable to supply all the dates in the one space provided. But have all video and paperwork from all the times and dates from dealership.

- Brick, NJ, USA

problem #58

Nov 122018

F-150

  • 38,000 miles
Engine lost power while driving on highway at 65 mph. Without power had to find safe place to pull over to side of road to not cause an accident. It was going straight with cruise control on. The dealer said the issue was the electronic throttle body.

- Lake Jackson, TX, USA

problem #57

Apr 012017

F-150

  • 68,000 miles
The contact owns a 2016 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled intermittently. The vehicle was taken to seekins Ford Lincoln (1625 seekins Ford dr, fairbanks, ak 99701, 907-459-4000) where it was diagnosed that the throttle body fractured. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the vehicle exhibited the same symptoms as listed in Ford program number: 16B32. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that the contact did not qualify for the program. The failure mileage was approximately 68,000.

- Ogilvie, MN, USA

problem #56

Nov 052018

F-150

  • 38,738 miles
The contact owns a 2016 Ford F-150. While driving at an unknown speed, the throttle body failed and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken to bill pierre Ford Inc (11525 lake city way ne, seattle, wa 98125) and the throttle body was replaced. The manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 38,738. The VIN was unknown.

- Lake Stevens, WA, USA

problem #55

Jul 182018

F-150 6-cyl

  • 31,811 miles
The contact owns a 2016 Ford F-150. While driving approximately 70 mph, the vehicle stalled and an unknown warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to mac haik Ford Lincoln (888-253-4662, located at 4506 N navarro St, victoria, tx 77904), but the cause of the failure could not be determined or duplicated. The failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the same dealer and the back-up camera sensor was replaced, but the failure recurred several times. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 31,811.

- Victoria, TX, USA

problem #54

Oct 302018

F-150

  • 60,000 miles
When vehicle is sitting still it has a rough idle. It will also stall at time when sitting at a traffic light. Vehicle is a 2016 F150 crewcab lariat FX4 with 5.0 engine

- Birmingham, AL, USA

problem #53

Oct 252018

F-150

  • 52,000 miles
Coolant temperature to high warning. This warning came up after my truck sat without being driven for 12 plus hours. I put the key in it and started the truck tried to drive it. The truck will not go over 15 miles. The actual coolant gauge is on blue, the cool side, but this warning is still going off.

- Hominy, OK, USA

problem #52

Mar 172018

F-150

  • 56,000 miles
2.7 L ecoboost cooling system failure. At 56000 miles. Ford dealership would not provide exact details or specific diagnosis on cooling system failure. Ford dealership gave me the only option to replace the entire cooling system.

- Agoura Hills, CA, USA

problem #51

Sep 212018

F-150

  • 48,562 miles
Throttle body failure on engine at 48,526 miles. When pulling out into traffic on city surface streets, depressed accelerator, truck began to accelerate then suddenly stopped. Vehicle would idle forward only. Returned fault code of P2112, electronic throttle body failure. Replaced throttle body with new Ford part and vehicle returned to normal operation. Unsafe vehicle conditions due to sudden loss of power in traffic conditions. Sudden failure occurred, no other signs or symptoms of problems prior to incident.

- Aurora, CO, USA

problem #50

Oct 102018

F-150

  • 35,853 miles
The vehicle shut down while driving. Had no throttle. Pulled off road vehicle was idling erratically still no throttle multiple warning lights. Shut vehicle off, restarted, all trouble lights were off except check engine light. Vehicle ran ok for a while. This happened 7 more times within 150 miles. This is very dangerous, if I had been in traffic I would not been able to get off the road. Got the vehicle to Ford. They cleared all the codes and said they could not find the problem. They wanted me to pick up my vehicle, I refused. I researched the issue and found many people with the same problem. The fix was the throttle body. I passed this info on to the Ford dealer. They replaced my throttle body, problem fixed. I was lucky, I had 150 miles left on my warranty, most others didn't.

- Ranchita, CA, USA

problem #49

Jul 292018

F-150

  • 30,000 miles
The contact owns a 2016 Ford F-150. While driving approximately 25 mph, the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that several unknown warning indicators illuminated prior to the stalling. The contact was able to stop the vehicle, place the vehicle in park, and restart the vehicle; however, the failure recurred three times. The vehicle was towed to duvall Chevrolet (464 us-441, clayton, ga 30525, (877) 818-7723) to be diagnosed and repaired. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired, but he was not provided with the results of the diagnostic test. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000.

- St.Augustine, FL, USA

problem #48

Aug 112018

F-150

  • 15,000 miles
Towing a 4000 lb. Travel trail from Colorado to California, every time after about 3 hours of driving 65-75 miles per hour I get off the highway to fuel or whatever else get to the offramp truck dies ! it will turn over and start sometimes right away then other times you have to turn it over hope it starts rev the motor drop it into drive fast and go !not safe at all coming off at highway speeds having your motor die ! there are many forums on line with a lot of people having the same issue with the 2.7 ecoboost

- Morrison, CO, USA

problem #47

Aug 012018

F-150

  • 92,000 miles
The contact owns a 2016 Ford F-150. While driving 80 mph, the vehicle stalled and all the warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where diagnostic testing found failure codes for the turbo, indicating that the air fuel mixture was rich. The independent mechanic was unaware of how to remedy the failure, but found that the bolt on the exhaust had fractured due to rust from an unknown leak. The bolt was replaced, but the vehicle stalled again. The contact called carlsbad Ford (2802 w pierce St, carlsbad, nm 88220, (575) 885-3101) and the contact was awaiting a call back to schedule an appointment. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but was unable to assist. The failure mileage was approximately 92,000.

- Petal, MS, USA

problem #46

Aug 032018

F-150

  • 69,500 miles
2016 F-150 truck stalls or turns off when you are slowing down or coming to a stop on any road. It idles rough mostly when you slow down or stop but now the engine has turned off 4 times in the last 2 weeks. It started at 60,000 miles and about to hit 70,000 now.

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

problem #45

Apr 012018

F-150 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 12,000 miles
The contact owns a 2016 Ford F-150. The contact stated that oil was leaking onto the oil pan. The vehicle was taken to mocks Ford-Lincoln-Mazda (913 SE 6th street, grants pass, or 97526, 541-476-6656) where it was diagnosed that the oil pan needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the symptoms recurred. The manufacturer was notified and stated that they would document the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 12,000. Consumer stated apparently there is a design/manufacturing defect with the oil pan. It leaks constantly and I've seen videos where the oil dumps seizing the engine or putting it in "limp mode". they have tried 2 different repair procedures that don't work. Updated 10/17/18

- Cave Junction, OR, USA

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