Ford F-150 Complaints (2013)

2,994 consumer complaints on file.

#11060817January 5, 2018
POWER TRAIN
THE TRUCK UNEXPECTEDLY DOWN SHIFTS INTO FIRST GEAR WITHOUT WARNING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11060852January 5, 2018
POWER TRAIN
MY 2013 F150 ECOBOOST WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY HAS DOWNSHIFTED FROM 4TH INTO 1ST GEAR ON ONE OCCASION. AND ON THREE OTHER OCCASIONS I HAVE BEEN DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY BETWEEN 60-75 MPH AND TRUCK WOULD DOWNSHIFT ON IT'S OWN FROM 6TH GEAR TO 3RD GEAR. AFTER THIS WOULD HAPPEN IT WOULD NOT SHIFT LOWER THAN THIRD GEAR UNLESS PULLED OFF SIDE OF ROAD AND SHUT TRUCK OFF FOR FEW MINUTES AND ALSO WOULD NOT GO ABOVE FIFTH GEAR. FORD DEALER SAYS WAS COMMON PROBLEM ON 2011 AND 2012 MODELS BUT SEEMS TO CARRY INTO 2013-2014 MODELS FROM WHAT THEY BEEN SEEING. NO RECALL ON 2013-2014 MODELS THOUGH SO I HAD TO PAY BIG MONEY TO FIX PROBLEM THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT AND WOULD LIKE REIMBURSED IF THIS BECOMES A RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11058445January 4, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE REAR GLASS SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (ROBINSON BROTHERS FORD, 11455 AIRLINE HWY, BATON ROUGE, LA 70816) AND WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11058186January 3, 2018
POWER TRAIN
MY FORD F150 WITH 6R80 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VEHICLE FREQUENTLY LOSES VEHICLE SPEEDOMETER READING - THE DISPLAY DROPS OUTS TO ZERO MPH AND ROUGH & DANGEROUS DOWNSHIFTS OFTEN RESULTS EVEN AT FREEWAY SPEEDS @ 75 MPH. IT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES BEGINNING SUMMER OF 2017 WITH STORED PCM FAULT CODES STILL PRESENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11058213January 3, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY CONTINUES TO FAIL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO LIMP MODE.THIS HAS OCCURRED ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE FIRST WAS IN JULY OF 2016. REPLACED THE ETB THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP. IT IS NOW FAILING AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11058215January 3, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 18 MONTHS THAT THE ETB HAS FAILED, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO GO INTO LIMP MODE WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11058292January 3, 2018
POWER TRAIN
SUDDEN DOWNSHIFT AT HIGHWAY SPEED. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, 60 MPH. SEVERAL OCCURRENCES UNTIL VEHICLE WAS SAFELY REMOVED FROM ROADWAY. SPEEDOMETER SHOWED "0 MPH" WHEN DOWNSHIFTS OCCURRED. REAR WHEELS SKIDDED ON DRY PAVEMENT CREATING EXTREMELY UNSAFE SITUATION. IT BEING UNSAFE TO DRIVE, HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER. STATED UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS TO LOWEST GEAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SERVICE WRITER DESCRIBED PROBLEM AS SPEEDOMETER PROBLEM AND DID NOT STATE A SUDDEN DOWNSHIFT OCCURRED. SERVICE WRITER ENTERED MILEAGE AS 125,002 INSTEAD OF AROUND 40,000. I GAVE THE SERVICE WRITER SEVERAL PRINTED INSTANCES OF DOWNSHIFT OCCURRENCES I OBTAINED FROM VARIOUS WEBSITES. DID NOT SEEM INTERESTED. IF ANYONE SEARCHES DATABASES, THE PROBLEM WOULD SHOW AS A HIGH MILEAGE VEHICLE WITH A SPEEDOMETER PROBLEM, INSTEAD OF A LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE SUPPOSEDLY STILL UNDER WARRANTY WITH A SEVERE TRANSMISSION SAFETY ISSUE. COST, $1049.61 AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY (AS PER DEALER) AND SIMPLY A SPEED SENSOR ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11058403January 3, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TAKING OFF FROM A START, VEHICLE ACTED LIKE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING, THEN SLAMMED BETWEEN 5TH GEAR AND 2ND GEAR REPEATEDLY, AND ENTERED LIMP HOME MODE. SEPARATE INSTANCE: WHEN PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE ON TWO-LANE ROAD, FULL THROTTLE, VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO 2ND GEAR AND ENTERED LIMP HOME MODE WHILE I WAS IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC, FORCING ME TO ABORT THE PASS. BOTH TIMES, IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, I HAD TO PULL OVER, STOP THE VEHICLE, TURN IGNITION OFF, AND RE-START THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11057981January 2, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
REAR WINDOW ON DRIVER SIDE SHATTERED AFTER REMOTE WARM UP OF TRUCK ON COLD DAY. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION FOR 10 FEET. I HEARD A LOUD POP AND THOUGHT SOMETHING LANDED ON THE ROOF. I THEN LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAW WHERE THE GLASS HAD SHATTERED. VERY WELL KNOW ISSUE WITH F-150'S: HTTP://ABC13.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/DRIVER-SAYS-HER-F-150-WINDOW-SPONTANEOUSLY-SHATTERED/2768932/ HTTPS://WWW.F150FORUM.COM/F38/EXPLODING-REAR-WINDOW-145329/
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11057989January 2, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFTER INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED FROM SIXTH TO FIRST GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND IN A CIRCLE MORE THAN TWICE IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE BACK AROUND IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION. STOWE FORD (104 E CROCKETT ST, GORDON, TX 76453, (254) 693-5323) WAS NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE, BUT A RECALL HAD NOT BEEN ISSUED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11058024January 2, 2018
POWER TRAIN
I KNOW THAT THE US GOVT IS LOOKING INTO FORDS THAT DOWNSHIFT RANDOMLY INTO FIRST GEAR, AND I WANTED TO REPORT THAT MY F150 HAS DONE THIS TWICE, I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE THE SECOND ONE OCCURRED BUT THE FIRST ONE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 65. SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DOWNSHIFT TO A LOW GEAR AND ENGINE RPMS REDLINE AND TRUCK SLOWS DOWN CONSIDERABLY. MY TRUCK WAS BUILT 1/13.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11058087January 2, 2018
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I ENTERED THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 10 PM ON 12/31/17 AND STARTED DRIVING HOME. IT WAS COLD SO I TURNED ON THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER AND THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER. ABOUT 5 MINUTES INTO MY TRIP I NOTICED A LIGHT ON THE DASH GO ON THEN OFF AND WAS NOT SURE WHICH ONE IT WAS THEN IT FLASHED AGAIN IT WAS THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER BUTTON. THE NEXT THING WE HEARD A VERY LOUD POP LIKE AND SAW THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. IT IS A POWER SLIDER JUST THE SECTION DIRECTLY BEHIND THE DRIVER SHATTERED. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VERY SAME THING. NEXT I WILL BE GOING TO A LOCAL DEALER AND MAKING A COMPLAINT BECAUSE FROM WHAT I CAN SEE THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY RECALLS ON THIS MATTER. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET A RECALL ON THIS? I BELIEVE THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD ABSORB THE COST FOR THE REPLACEMENT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11057723December 31, 2017
POWER TRAIN
ON 2 OCCASSIONS TRUCK DOWN SHIFTED VIOLENTLY INTO 1ST GEAR WHILE I WAS DRIVING APPRX 45 MPH IT HAPPENED 3DAYS APART ,2ND TIME HAD PASSENGER AND WAS TERRIFYING AND I TOOK TRUCK IMMEDIATELY TO MAHWAH FORD THEN TO A TRANSMISSION SPECAILIST
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11057751December 31, 2017
STEERING
TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK THE A WARNING TO SERVICE THE ADVANCE TRAC SYSTEM CAME ON AND LOST POWER STEERING. MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE HOME. THE NEXT MORNING IT WORKED FINE, NO WARNINGS. I AM AFRAID TO LET MY WIFE OR KIDS DRIVE IT FOR SAFETY REASONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11057773December 31, 2017
POWER TRAIN
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PULL INTO TRAFFIC FROM STOPPED POSITION, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BEGINS FORWARD MOTION IN 5TH GEAR AND WILL NOT CHANGE FROM 5TH GEAR. AS ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED RPMS GO UP BUT CAR BARELY MOVES. ONCE TRUCK IS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON TRANSMISSION IS BACK IN 1ST GEAR, BUT THIS ISN'T ALWAYS AN OPTION WHEN CARS ARE APPROACHING RAPIDLY FROM BEHIND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11057334December 29, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
VEHICLE WAS MOVING, WAS PARKING IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN IT STALLED AND WOULDN'T START. VEHICLE TOWED TO MULLINAX FORD, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLORIDA. INVOICE # 191885. THE WIRE FROM THE FUEL PUMP/RELAY OVERHEATED AND BURNED THE WIRE AND THE FUSE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP. FORS IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND EVEN HAVE A RELOCATE KIT EL3Z 14293 A TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL NOT A REPAIR PAID FOR BY THE CUSTOMER. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN AND THEY EVEN HAVE A KIT TO CORRECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11056799December 27, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS SLOWING DOWN AS I APPROACHED A RED LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWING DOWN FINE BUT WHEN I TRIED TO COME TO A COMPLETE HALT THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY FELT SOFT OR LOOSE AND EASILY HIT THE FLOOR BUT VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND KEPT ROLLING FORWARD SLOWLY. I PUMPED THE BRAKES BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL JUST FELT SOFT AND EASILY HIT THE FLOOR. I MANAGED TO STEER TO AVOID A PEDESTRIAN AND THEN JAMMED TRANSMISSION INTO PARK AND THIS STOPPED VEHICLE. ROAD CONDITION WAS SLIGHTLY WET BUT CLEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING SLOWLY AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. I THEN SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED ENGINE. THEN I TESTED THE BRAKES AGAIN AND THEY WORKED FINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TO GET CHECKED OUT. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND A SPECIFIC CAUSE FOR THIS BRAKE FAILURE, NO SIGN OF BRAKE OIL LEAK. DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDED REPLACING MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT SAME MODEL, BUT ONLY FOR THOSE TRUCKS BUILT IN AUGUST 2013. MY TRUCK WAS BUILT IN KANSAS CITY FEBRUARY 2013, SO I HAD TO PAY FOR COST OF WORK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11056876December 27, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THROTTLE BODY ERRORS P2111. VEHICLE SUDDENTLY STALLS AND SHUTTERS. RECALL ISSUED FOR OTHER FORD VEHICLES WITH THIS EXACT PROBLEM. F150 ECOBOOST ALSO NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED. THIS ALMOST CAUSES MY FAMILY TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 32MPH AND COASTING AT THE TIME. LOST ALL ACCELERATION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11056977December 27, 2017
ENGINE
TIMING BELT FAILURE ON FORD ECOBOOST V6 ENGINE WITH ONLY 65000 MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11056279December 24, 2017
VISIBILITY/WIPER
REAR DRIVERS SIDE GLASS SHATTERED (BUT REMAINED IN PLACE) ONE COLD MORNING SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY WARMING UP WHEN THE REAR ELECTRIC DEFROST WAS TURNED ON. TURNED INTO INSURANCE COMPANY FOR CLAIM. WHEN I TOOK IT TO AUTO GLASS REPLACEMENT SHOP THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD ONE THIS WEEK THEY REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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