Ford F-150 Complaints (2013)

2,994 consumer complaints on file.

#11052660December 5, 2017
ENGINE
ENGINE RATTLES UPON COLD STARTUP AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES FROM P0016 ERROR CODE RELATING TO THE TIMING CHAIN BEING STRETCHED. FORD HAS ISSUED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS REGARDING THIS ISSUE MEANING IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL OF VEHICLE, YET THEY REFUSE TO HELP WITH THE REPAIR YET I HAVE PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND JUST SO HAPPEN TO BE 3000 MILES OVER THE MILEAGE LIMIT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11052165December 4, 2017
POWER TRAIN
ERRATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING 5TH GEAR TO 1ST GEAR WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS! SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL TO GET TO EMERGENCY SHOULDER. PLACED TRUCK IN PARK, CHECKED TRANSMISSION FLUID, NO ISSUES. RESTARTED TRUCK WENT TO PULL FORWARD TRUCK WENT 1ST TO 5TH GEAR NO POWER TO WHEELS RPM ELEVATED TO 3500-4000, PUT TRUCK IN PARK TURNED OFF, LEFT OFF FOR PERIOD OF TIME 5-10 MINUTES RESTARTED ISSUE DIDN'T PRESENT! 5-6 MILES TRAVEL AND HAPPENED AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11052341December 4, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED WITHOUT WARNING TO A LOWER GEAR UPON EITHER ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED MOST OFTEN IN COLD AND RAINY CONDITIONS. BETTEN BAKER FORD IN LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND SCHEDULED THE CONTACT AN APPOINTMENT FOR SERVICE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11052342December 4, 2017
POWER TRAIN, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE SERVICE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TED BRITT FORD (11165 FAIRFAX BLVD, FAIRFAX, VA 22030) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LEAD FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11051534November 30, 2017
POWER TRAIN
I EXPERIENCED THIS SEVERAL TIME BUT TO A LESSER DEGREE AND AT SLOWER SPEEDS THAN THIS INSTANCE. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN SUDDENLY MY F-150 SHIFTED FROM 6TH GEAR INTO 2ND. IT FELT AS IF SOMEONE HAD SLAMMED ON THE BREAKS. I WAS JOLTED FORWARD AND THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME HAD TO SLAM ON ITS BREAKS AND SWERVE TO AVOID ME. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND COULD NOT GET MY TRUCK TO CHANGE OUT OF 2ND GEAR. I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF THEN BACK ON AND IT SEEMED NORMAL FOR A SECOND THEN WENT INTO "LIMP HOME MODE." I THEN DROVE IN "LIMP HOME MODE" FROM WHERE I WAS TO THE CLOSEST TRANSMISSION SHOP BECAUSE MY TRUCK WAS 4,000 MILES OVER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. THE SHOP TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO REPLACE SEVERAL GEARS WITHIN MY TRANSMISSION AND IT WAS CAUSE BY A FAULTY LEAD FRAME. THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME PART THAT WAS RECALLED ON THE 2011 AND 2012 MODELS. THIS SEEMS EXTREMELY CARELESS AND DANGEROUS OF FORD TO KNOWINGLY NOT RECALL A PART DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT CAN LEAD TO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11051285November 29, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED FROM SIXTH TO FIRST GEAR AND THE WHEELS LOCKED UP. THE FAILURES CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VEER INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE IT WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE SINCE THE CONTACT OWNED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER (LANCE CUNNINGHAM FORD, 4101 CLINTON HWY, KNOXVILLE, TN 37912, (866) 591-3943) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE 2010-2012 MODELS, BUT NOT FOR THE 2013. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11050919November 28, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES
DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, LOW BRAKE FLUID LIGHT CAME ON, GOT OFF AT CLOSEST EXIT, BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. NO FLUID IN MASTER CYLINDER, NO SIGN OF LEAKS,WALKED TO WALMART BOUGHT FLUID, FILLED WITH FLUID, DROVE HOME, LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, PULLED INTO GARAGE HIT WALL WHEN BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR,. CONTACTED LOCAL FORD DEALER AND FORD CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND WAS TOLD MY TRUCK WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL, 16V345000. MY TRUCK BUILD DATE IS 7/2013, ACTION COVERS BUILD DATE STARTING 8/ 2013. EVERYTHING ELSE IS SAME, 3.5 ECOBOOST, BUILT IN DEARBORN. 42,384 MILES JUST OUT OF 3/36 BOMBER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. 5/50 IS IN EFFECT BUT DOES NOT COVER BRAKES.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11048753November 27, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS ON HIGHWAY. THE ORANGE WRENCH WARING LIGHTS CAME ON, SPEEDOMETER WENT TO ZERO, MILEAGE INDICATOR WENT OUT , GAS DTE INDICATOR QUIT WORKING, SPEED REDUCED. SWITCHED VEHICLE OFF AFTER STOPPING, SWITCHED BACK ON EVERYTHING RESET - VEHICLE RAN FINE UNTIL THE NEXT TIME, SAME THING REOCCURRED. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. TOOK IT TO DEWITTS AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, WINDSOR, VA. DIANOSTIC REPORT INDICATES WIRING HARNESS AND MODULE SENSOR FOR POWERTRAIN NEEDS REPLACING. MUST BE REPLACED BY FORD REPAIR SHOP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11048039November 22, 2017
STEERING
POWER STEERING WENT OUT AS I WAS DRIVING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11047815November 21, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED UNEXPECTEDLY. THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DAVE SYVERSON FORD LINCOLN (2310 E MAIN ST, ALBERT LEA, MN 560047) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND LEAF SPRING WIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO PARTS BEING ON BACKORDER. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (GOOKIN FORD, 510 FACTORY OUTLET DRIVE, STORY CITY, IA 50248) AND WAS INFORMED THAT PARTS WERE ON BACKORDER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 290,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11047664November 20, 2017
POWER TRAIN
MY VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 86,000 MILES. WHILE ACCELERATING TRUCK SHIFTS FROM 1ST TO 5TH GEAR. I STOPPED THE TRUCK AND TURNED THE KEY OFF AND BACK ON, THE TRUCK RAN FINE AFTER THAT. PROBLEM ACCELERATED TO THE POINT OF THE LAST INCIDENT, WHEN WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH THE TRUCK DOWNSHIFTED INTO A MUCH LOWER GEAR NEARLY CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT AS I WAS IN THE FAR LEFT LANE OF A VERY BUSY FREEWAY. AT THIS POINT WE TOOK THE TRUCK INTO PORT LAVACA FORD. THEY HAVE HAD THE NECESSARY PART ON ORDER FOR 3 WEEKS. WE ARE TOLD THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER AND SOME DEALERS IN OUR AREA HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR OVER A MONTH FOR THE PART AND IT IS STILL NOT AVAILABLE. I FEEL FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PARTS TO CUSTOMERS IN A TIMELY MANNER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11047367November 20, 2017
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AND PART OF THE GLASS FELL OUTWARD AFTER THE DEFROST HAD BEEN TURNED ON. SITTING STILL IN A PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF A BUSINESS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11047377November 20, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING, SUSPENSION
I HAVE HAD THE FORD TRUCK DEATH WOBBLE, I BARELY MISSED A HEAD ON COLLISION BECAUSE OF IT. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, IT STARTS UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN GOING 55 TO 60 MPH AND HIT A SLIGHT PUMP OR UNEVENNESS ON THE ROAD THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK GOES INTO TO A SEVERE VIBRATION AND WOBBLE THAT RAPIDLY GETS WORSE AND MAKE THE TRUCK UNCONTROLLABLE AND VARY DANGEROUS. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE DEATH WOBBLE IS TO IMMEDIATELY SLAM ON THE BREAKS AND COME TO A COMPLETE RAPID STOP. I CANT BELIEVE THIS HASN'T ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BY FORD GIVING HOW MANY OF US OUT HERE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. WHEN THIS TRUCK GOES INTO TO THIS VIOLENT WOBBLE IT IS VARY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, I AM A 240LB MALE AND ALMOST COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH AN ONCOMING CAR, IF MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THIS TRUCK WHEN THIS HAPPENED HER AND THE PEOPLE IN THE ONCOMING CAR WOULD HAVE MOST LIKELY DIED!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11047351November 19, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONS CAUSING TRUCK TO DANGEROUSLY STALL OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11034910November 15, 2017
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:PUMP, EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:LPG SYSTEMS:WATER HEATER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
2013 FORD F-150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE WATER PUMP. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE WATER PUMP FAILED AT 60,000 MILES. THE BATTERY BECAME LOW AT 65,000. THE GUAGES WERE ILLUMINATED EVEN THE VEHICLE WAS OFF. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THE FAILURE WAS WITH THE SWITCH IN THE SHIFTER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. UPDATED 11/15/2017*JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11045622November 13, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED FROM FIFTH TO SECOND GEAR. THE DRIVER COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, AND WAS ABLE TO RESUME DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO IMPERIAL FORD (8 UXBRIDGE RD, MENDON, MA 01756, PHONE NUMBER: (888) 814-8373) AND FAILURE CODE P0731 (TRANSMISSION) WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V248000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE DEALER NEEDED TO CONTACT THEM ABOUT THE DUPLICATION OF THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11044976November 9, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES
THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS NO PRESSER, IT'S LOWER TO THE FLOOR. THERE IS NO OIL LEAK ON ALL FOUR WHEEL, THE VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 45,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11043189November 4, 2017
STEERING
'TAKATA RECALL' AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, BEFORE STARTING TO DRIVE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN WHEN DRIVING IS STARTED THERE IS NO POWER STIRRING. OCCASIONAL IF YOU TURN ENGINE OFF AND THEN RESTART, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON AND POWER STIRRING IS INTACT. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON AND OFF SINCE 5/2015 AT 40,000 MILES AND CONTINUES TO THIS DATE 11/4/2017 AT 95,000. IT IS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE OFTEN NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11042874November 3, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TAKATA RECALL TRUCK WILL SHIFT INTO 1ST GEAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND SPEEDOMETER GOES TO ZERO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11042650November 2, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AND TOWING A TRAILER AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED. ALSO, THE SPEED INCREASED TO OVER 70 MPH AND THE CHECK BRAKING SYSTEM AND EMERGENCY BRAKE SENSOR INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (FUTURE FORD IN ROSEVILLE, CA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT OIL FROM THE VACUUM PUMP HAD LEAKED INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER, CAUSING BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES TO MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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