Doors not staying locked at all. Vehicle was stationary

- Ringgold, GA, USA

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the auto start and auto stop features caused the engine to shut off while traveling 3 mph around a curve. The failure also caused the power steering to seize. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 17,000.

- Houston, TX, USA

Tailgate randomly opens while driving and or after driving when parked. Will also happen again repeatedly after closing. While tailgate is open after falling in open position you can hear relay clicking noises in passenger side dashboard area. Sounds like relays are constantly triggering to open tailgate. Initially thought key fob was triggering problem, but isolated keyfob and determined keyfob is not the issue. Am concerned that items in back of bed area are going to fall out when truck is moving and cause accident or worse. Sometimes do not hear that the tailgate opened when driving. My vehicle has factory installed bed cover and cannot see if tailgate is down from inside of vehicle

- Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Ford 2018 F150 rear window / defroster issues - luckily, my rear window did not shatter as others have experienced, but I have experienced defroster overheating to the point where 2 out of 3 sections of the window no longer work. Upon inspection, it appears the resistive elements are burnt and becoming delaminated from the window in multiple places. I did also smell warm/burning electronics at the time it happened. I took the truck to the dealership - as this should still be under warranty, but was told the claim was denied, even though I did nothing to cause this and they could not tell me what happened. I can see how a sudden over-current / overheating like this could lead to glass shattering and Ford should be held liable if their controls and/or defroster are not working properly. It is also dangerous, as my vision is obstructed as a result of this issue. This most likely happened when the vehicle was stationary, during warm-up, using auto-start.

- Commerce, MI, USA

We got into an accident over the weekend. We were T-bones by a bus. It wrecked the passenger side of the car. However, when I went into the passenger side to get my purse out I noticed that there were flames coming from the side of the drivers seat. Our F150 is now burnt to a crisp. There's no reason for that truck to have caught fire like that.

- Monroe, NY, USA

Truck shuts off when pulling a camper and will not run after restart unless you rev the engine and quickly pull the shifter into drive and accelerate quickly. The instrument panel shows 'auto startstop shift to P, them restart engine.' This has caused many near miss accidents. The vehicle will stall when you try to cross an intersection or pull away from a stop sign.

- Knoxville, GA, USA

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the auto start function was used to remotely start the vehicle. The contact later noticed flames under the hood. A fire truck arrived with a fire inspector who extinguished the flames. The insurance company was notified and stated there was extensive damager near the engine assembly. An independent source was called to investigate the failure. Benna Ford superior (3022 tower ave, superior, wi 54880, (715) 394-8669) and the manufacturer were notified of the fire. A fire inspection report was to be determined. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 10,000.

- Duluth, MN, USA

While running defroster, both front and back, cabin filled with acrid smoke. Pulled over onto shoulder of tertiary road to investigate for fire. While parked, I heard an extremely loud "crack" and the rear window had spontaneously shattered.

- Papaaloa, HI, USA

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. While the vehicle was at a stop light, the stop/start mode activated automatically. After releasing the brake pedal to drive, the vehicle suddenly lunged forward and stalled. The driver had to immediately restart the engine to avoid being rear ended by another vehicle. The vehicle was taken to corwin Ford (3241 S. glenstone ave, springfield, mo) where it was diagnosed that the battery was faulty. The battery was replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 13,000. Dealer stated failure was due to battery. Battery was replaced Jan. 25, 2019. Battery lasted 43 days, third battery was installed on March 19,2019.

- Bolivar, MO, USA

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. When the contact placed the vehicle into reverse, the park aid warning indicator illuminated and the back-up sensors failed. The vehicle was taken to imperial Ford (8 uxbridge rd, mendon, MA 01756, 888-814-8373) to be diagnosed, but the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 15,000.

- Mendon, MA, USA

Rear electronic tailgate opens on its own while driving. This has happened more than 15 times in four months. Frequency increasing. Danger to others. A known issue on F250 and 350 models, now on F150 too

- Arden Hills, MN, USA

In freezing weather, the electric door locks freeze up, not allowing the doors to unlock with the key fob or the controls on the doors. I was able to gain access to the inside buy using the hidden key in the fob.

- Auburn, NY, USA

Truck electrical system will expectantly shut down while driving. Rear sensor fault, tire pressure, radio controls go out, air conditioner stops working, power windows stop working, power running boards stop working. Power steering stops working.

- Chelsea, AL, USA

Cold morning and the power door locks would not unlock with the remote or the key in the drivers door, after climbing in the back door to open the front neither the rear door or the front door would latch when the door was closed. Extremely unsafe, could not drive the truck to work because the doors would not latch shut.

- Oswego, IL, USA

Vehicle will lose all power while in motion. Power loss is momentary. Has happened several times.

- Franklin, OH, USA

June 21, 2018 we were driving down hwy 1 bypass in forrest city, ar and were hit on the driver's side, passenger door and gas tank area. The truck took the impact well and we spun 180 degrees to the opposite side of the road. The side and curtain airbags deployed and my two small children in the back seat were unharmed, including the one whose door took most of the impact. My hip was injured from the air bag that deployed from the back of my seat. As I was sitting in the seat immediately following the accident calling 911, the seat began smoking. I tried to exit out of the driver's side door and it was jammed. Smoke continued to get thicker and smelled like an electrical/plastic burning smell. I then had to crawl over the center console and exit through the front passenger door. At that point, thick black smoke was coming from my seat and the left side of the cab began to burn. The actual impact damage to my vehicle would not have totaled it out, but the fire, smoke, and water damage from the fire being put out, did. I have also filed a case with Ford Motor Company, as I believe this was a mechanical/electrical defect in the vehicle. Had we not been able to exit the vehicle, my entire family would have died from this fire, not the impact of the accident. From observations from the police, fire department, wrecker service, and my husband who is a mechanic, they believe that the fire was ignited when the air bags deployed. I did have heated seats, and the vehicle was clearly on when I was hit and the air bags deployed.

- Poplar Grove, AR, USA

On May 27, 2018, I was making a left turn at the intersection of 19th ave SE and 121st St SE in everett, wa when I was struck by a vehicle traveling the opposite direction. There was a collision damage sustained to the right bedside of the vehicle caused by the vehicle due to vehicle impact. In addition, all airbags deployed and a fire started in the passenger seat of the vehicle. Farmers insurance hired a 3rd party investigation company and concluded that the damages are mainly due to manufacturing defects with airbag and electrical system. I'm attaching farmer's denial report including forensic report.

- Issaquah, WA, USA

Driving home a deer ran into driver side of vehicle causing minor damage and side curtain air bags deployed. Pulled over and vehicle called 911. After inspecting vehicle and witnesses from across the road made sure we were safe, it was determined the vehicle could be driven. This took about 5 to 10 minutes. While attempting to start the vehicle, the passenger went to remove a purse from the back passenger side seat and noticed a fire on the bottom of the post between the front and rear door and where seat belt restraint is located. Immediate evacuation was needed and a second 911 call was placed. The truck went up in complete flames in a matter of minutes and is a complete loss.

- Grand Rapids, MI, USA

The vehicle is stationary and when the passenger door is unlocked with the key fob the tailgate fails down. When the driver exits the vehicle the tailgate falls down. By falls down I mean the tailgate on the pickup is closed and in the vertical position and the only way to open the tailgate is with the key fob. The tailgate fob is depressed and the tailgate opens (falls down) automatically. Only the tailgate controls are incorrectly opening the tailgate when the passenger door is opened with the key fob or when you get in the back doors. Also after driving the truck when opening the drivers door the tailgate drops down. If a child or adult happens to be behind the truck the can get hurt.

- Surprise, AZ, USA

2018 F150 mfg date Oct 2017- freezing door locks in cold weather (<30F) the locks on the door do not open...or if they do, and the door opens it will not latch securely. The doors have flown open as I've gone around corners...when I thought they were closed. Took to dealer yesterday, they are trying to replicate issue. They told me that Ford has yet to really come up with a fix for this issue. There is a safety recall on some models but not my specific VIN yet it has exactly the same behavior as earlier models.

- Everett, WA, USA