Ford F-150 Complaints (2013)

2,994 consumer complaints on file.

#10918213October 20, 2016
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2013 FORD F-150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE CONTINUED TO STALL AFTER DEALERSHIP REPLACED THROTTLE BODY UNIT. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD TWO UNITS FAIL WITHIN A SEVEN MONTH PERIOD, THAT CAUSED THE ACCELERATION TO SHUT DOWN. WHEN IT INCIDENTS OCCURRED, HE WAS FORCED TO COAST TO A SAFE LOCATION TO RE-START THE VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10917649October 20, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON A TWO LANE ROAD, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT, SIDESWIPING ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10915116October 10, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
BOUGHT TRUCK WITH 45000 MILES. DROVE 7000 MILES. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP FOR OIL CHANGE AND THEY TELL ME FRONT LEFT CALIPER HAS LOCKED UP. NEED TO REPLACE CALIPER AND BRAKE PADS. TOOK TRUCK TO ANOTHER PLACE FOR SECOND OPINION. THEY FIGURED OUT CALIPER PINS NOT LUBRICATED AND THAT IS WHY IT WAS LOCKING UP. HAD TO REPLACE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. DURING TEST, MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. HAVE TO REPLACE. DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY AND FIX PROBLEM. THERE IS A RECALL FOR 2013 FORD F150'S MASTER CYLINDER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10914943October 9, 2016
STEERING
FORD'S ELECTRONIC POWER ASSISTED STEERING (EPAS) SYSTEM FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED. THE STEERING WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE THE TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED OFF THE TRUCK AND RE-STARED IT, AND THE STEERING WAS FINE. THE SAME EVENT HAPPENED 3 TIMES BEFORE I COULD GET THE TRUCK INTO THE SHOP FOR THE $2,000.00 REPLACEMENT. CANNOT BELIEVE THAT NHTSA HAS NOT RECOGNIZED THIS AS A SYSTEMIC FAILURE WORTHY OF A RECALL. HUNDREDS OF F150 TRUCKS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. ONLY A BRIEF AMOUNT OF RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET REVEALS THAT THIS IS A SYSTEMIC FAILURE ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10914849October 8, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID FROM THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10913961October 5, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
LOSS OF BRAKES WHILE DRIVING. BRAKES STOPPED WORKING. PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. TOWED CAR TO FORD TO GET BRAKES FIXED. BRAKE LINE ENDED UP BREAKING AND ROTORS WERE DAMAGED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10913954October 5, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE ROTORS WERE TURNED AT 13000 MILES AGAIN AT 26000 & 34000. HAVE 38000 MILES ON VEHICLE NOW & HAVE SAME PROBLEM. MOST OF THESE MILES HAVE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10913809October 4, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS IN A PARKING LOT BACKING OUT OF MY SPOT. WITH NO WARNING LIGHT OR ANY PREVIOUS WARNING, MY BREAK SYSTEM WENT OUT. ACCELERATING IN REVERSE AND BREAKS TO THE FLOOR, MY TRUCK JUST CONTINUED TO SPEED UP. I SLAMMED MY CAR IN PARK AND THE TRUCK SHUT OFF. IT WAS NOT UNTIL THAT MOMENT THAT A WARNING LIGHT CAME ON STATING LOW BRAKE FLUID. I COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE IN THIS PARKING LOT. FORD TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT IN AND THEY WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I HAD TO TOW IT IN MYSELF AND THEY CLAIMED THE WARNING LIGHT WAS ON PREVIOUS TO ME PUTTING MY CAR IN REVERSE (WHICH IS WRONG) BUT THEY REPLACED MY BREAK SYSTEM FOR ME (WITH THE SAME FAILING SYSTEM). I STILL HAVE NO FAITH IN MY BREAKS AND MY TRUCK HAS NEVER DROVE THIS POORLY. EVERYTHING ON IT SQUEAKS (PROBABLY FROM SLAMMING IT IN PARK TO AVOID RUNNING PEOPLE OVER). THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10913836October 4, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
DRIVING HOME FROM A CAMPING TRIP WITH MY SON, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AT THE SAME TIME THE "LOW BRAKE FLUID" WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. MY TRUCK DID NOT STOP, TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT, I HAD TO SLOW MY TRUCK USING MY PARKING BRAKE, AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROCEDURE. I ATTEMPTED TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL TO POSSIBLY GET MORE PRESSURE IN THE BRAKE LINES, BUT THAT DID NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE BECAME UN-DRIVEABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED. I EXAMINED THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR AND SAW THERE WAS NO FLUID. THE FOLLOWING DAY, I HAD MY TRUCK TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER THE SERVICE TECH EXAMINED IT, HE SAID THE BRAKE FLUID HAD LEAKED FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BOOSTER. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT GOING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN THIS BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED OR MY SON AND I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10911217October 3, 2016
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE REAR PANEL WINDOW SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910855September 30, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
TRUCK VIBRATES BADLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. FEEL A PULSE IN THE BRAKE PEDAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10909999September 27, 2016
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND PULL OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND DRIVEN IN FIRST GEAR TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED AND UPDATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V248000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 64,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10909619September 26, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
WITHOUT WARNING BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES AND LOW BRAKE FLUID LIGHT CAME ON. HAD TO DRIVE INTO THE DITCH TO KEEP FROM HITTING ANOTHER CAR AND USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO GUAN LILY STOP BEFORE HITTING A TREE. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR ANYTHING JUST ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES. MASTER CYKINDER WAS EMPTY PUT 6 PINTS OF FLUID IN IT. THAT JUST DISAPPEARED. NO LEAKS ANY WHERE UNDER THE TRUCK. FORD RECALLED 271000 FOR THIS VERY ISSUE. BUT MINE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. WE WERE COMING HOME FROM FOOTBALL GAME IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT MIDNIGHT. HAD TO CALL WRECKER TO GET US HOME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10907076September 16, 2016
POWER TRAIN
WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET ON AND GOING 70 MPH, ON A STRAIGHT LEVEL HIGHWAY, TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED TO 1ST GEAR. REAR TIRES SLID, ENGINE RPM'S WERE INCREASED FROM THE ENGINE BRAKING EFFECT OF THE SUDDEN DOWNSHIFT AND TIRES DRAGGING. PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE FOR A SHORT TIME. STARTED THE ENGINE AND WENT HOME SLOWLY WITHOUT ANOTHER ISSUE. DID A SEARCH FOR WHAT HAPPENED AND FOUND THE RECALL FOR 2011 AND 2012 F150. THIS IS A SERIOUSLY UNSAFE AND UNPREDICTABLE CONDITION THAT IF IT OCCURS ON A CURVE OR RAIN SLICKED ROAD COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT THROUGH LOSS OF CONTROL. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND BEEN TOLD THE RECALL DOES NOT COVER MAY YEAR MODEL. I THINK MY 95,000 MILES ON MY 2013 MODEL F150 PUTS MY VEHICLE IN THE MILEAGE RANGE OBTAINED BY EARLIER YEAR MODELS SO I MAY BE THE START OF THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE 2013 YEAR MODELS. THERE IS A COMPONENT ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS THAT THEY FAILING IN SUCH A DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE MANNER. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 16V248000 FOR 2011 AND 2012 F150S.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10907110September 16, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
YESTERDAY BRAKE PEDAL STARTS TO PUSH TOWARD THE FLOORBOARD WHILE BRAKING. AFTER SITTING OVERNIGHT THE VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES AND LOW BRAKE FLUID WARNING WAS ON. HAD TO HAVE TOWED TO DEALER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10906867September 15, 2016
ENGINE
FORD V6 ECO-BOOST ENGINE TURBO TEMP AND PRESSURE SENSOR FAILED WHICH CAN RESULT IN THE TURBO OVERHEATING AND POSSIBLE ENGINE FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10906976September 15, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE FLUID LEAKED FROM CASTER CYLINDER TO THE BRAKE BOOSTER CAUSING A SUDDEN AND ALMOST COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. ALMOST CAUSED SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10906032September 13, 2016
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
DRIVING ON A CITY STREET THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING AND LOSS ALL ACCELERATION, IT SHOWED A WRENCH ON THE DASH SCREEN, COASTED TO A SAFE PLACE AND TURNED TRUCK OFF. IT RESTARTED FINE. APPROX 30 MINS LATER ON THE HIGHWAY IT DID THE SAME THING, STARTED SHAKING, NO ACCELERATION AND THE WRENCH SHOWED UP. AGAIN COASTED TO A SAFE SPOT AND RESTARTED. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG, BUT THAT IT COULD BE THE ETB BUT WITH OUT A CODE SHOWING THEY CANT DO ANYTHING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10905678September 12, 2016
POWER TRAIN
LIKE MANY OTHER FORD THROTTLE BODY COMPLAINTS IN VEHICLES 2010-2013 MINE HAS THE SAME ELECTRICAL CONNECTION PROBLEM FROM THE VEHICLE COMPUTER TO THE THROTTLE BODY ITSELF. SENDING THE VEHICLE INTO THE "LIMP HOME MODE " WHILE IN MOTION AT ANY SPEED CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE BY, AT ANY GIVEN TIME LOSING THROTTLE CONTROL.THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE EARLIER RECALL ( CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM VIA FORD MOTOR COMPANY ) OF ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY DEFECTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10905738September 12, 2016
ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ALONG, LOST POWER AND MOTOR VIBRATED. LIGHT WITH WRENCH CAME ON. VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN. PULLED ON SIDE OF THE ROAD. MOTOR KEPT RUNNING ERRATICALLY. ENGINE SURGED TO A HIGHER SPEED BY ITSELF. PROBLEM CLEARED BY ITSELF. WENT TO AUTOZONE AND HAD ERROR CODE READ. IT SAID THAT IT WAS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IF IN GEAR AND ENGINE SURGED OR IF FAILURE OCCURRED ON A FREEWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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