Ford F-150 Complaints (2016)

2,093 consumer complaints on file.

#11112145July 18, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
ON 7/16/18 AT APPROXIMATELY 0400, WHILE ON RT 95 S DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 68 MPH, IN STAMFORD CT, I APPLIED BRAKES AND BRAKES FAILED. USING DOWNSHIFT AND E BRAKE I SUCCESSFULLY SLOWED DOWN AND TOOK THE NEAREST EXIT RAMP. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER. ITS REPORTED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. LOOKING ON-LINE THERE IS AN APPARENT ISSUE THE 2015, 2016 V6 ECO BOOST MODELS WHERE THIS FAILURE HAS OCCURRED. FORD IS CURRENTLY EVALUATING WHETHER TO COVER THE REPAIRS. THIS NOTIFICATION IS FOR RECORD PURPOSES AS ON-LINE IT APPEARS THAT NHTSA IS INVESTIGATING THESE FAILURES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11111776July 16, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
2016 F150 TRUCK, 24,000 MILES. WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE TRUCK WILL STOP BUT THE PEDAL CONTINUES UNTIL IT HITS THE FLOOR. THE BRAKE PADS ARE GOOD, BRAKE FLUID IS FULL. I AM TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP ON 7-18-18. VERY UNSETTLING TO HAVE A NEW TRUCK AND THE BRAKE PEDAL DOESN'T WORK CORRECTLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11111159July 13, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
IT'S HAPPENED 9 OR 10 TIMES IN TWO YEARS ... TRY TO START IT - NOTHING...TRY AGAIN-STILL COMPLETELY DEAD. SIT BACK WONDERING WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, AND THE TRUCK WILL START ALL BY ITSELF WHILE I'M NOT TOUCHING ANYTHING. HAVE SPOKEN TO NUMEROUS MECHANICS NONE HAVE HEARD OF IT BEFORE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11111169July 13, 2018
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V652000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (CORNERSTONE FORD CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, 17219 US-10, ELK RIVER, MN 55330, (763) 441-2300) AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE PARTS WERE ON BACKORDER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11110958July 12, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
DROVE THE TRUCK FOR ABOUT 2.5 MILES WITH NO ISSUES AND PARKED. AS I BACKED OUT OF PARKING THE TRUCK LOST ALL BRAKING CAPABILITY. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE USING THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRUCK ALERTED ME WITH A BRAKE FLUID LIGHT AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT. NO VISIBLE LEAKS UNDER THE HOOD, CALIPERS, FRAME, ENGINE COMPARTMENT. TOWED TO DEALER... THE TRUCK HAS 28,100 MILES. PLATINUM 3.5 ECO BOOST!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11111028July 12, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
DRIVING DOWN 7HWY IN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY KANSAS. PUSHED BRAKE PEDAL DOWN AND LOW BRAKE FLUID LIGHT CAME ON AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. STOPPED A FRIENDS HOUSE AND GOT BRAKE FLUID AND IT ALL GOT SUCKED INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND HAD THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BOOSTER REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11109711July 5, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
COMPLETE UNEXPECTED LOSS OF POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR WHEN ACCELERATING. HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY EVEN AFTER SEVERAL REPAIRS RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY BY DEALER. FIRST HAPPENED IN THE 40,000 MILE RANGE AND AFTER REPAIRS AGAIN AT 83,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11104877June 30, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. DRIVING 50MPH. TRUCK ALERTED TO "LOW BRAKE FLUID." ABOUT 45 SECONDS LATER, I HAD NO ABILITY TO BRAKE OTHER THAN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11104503June 28, 2018
STEERING
I TOOK MY TRUCK TO GREENWOOD FORD IN BOWLING GREEN KY FOR A HILLSIDE ASSIST ERROR. WHILE IT WAS THERE, I WAS TOLD THE POWER STEERING FAILED & NEED A NEW ELECTRIC POWER STEERING RACK. THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS GOING TO FAIL. COST WAS 1650.00 THE TRUCK HAD 38500 MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11103737June 25, 2018
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT AND WILL START TO BOG THE VEHICLE DOWN WHEN GOING UP A GRADE, STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR PULLING A LIGHT LOAD. STEADILY INCREASING THE ACCELERATOR DOES NOT HELP THE TRUCK MAINTAIN OR INCREASE SPEED, ONLY TOTALLY FLOOR-BOARDING THE ACCELERATOR ALLOWS THE TRUCK TO SPEED UP. THE FORD DEALER HAS CHECKED THE VEHICLE AT LEAST 3 TIMES AND SAID THE COMPUTER COULD NOT FIND ANY THING WRONG. THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH LESS THAN 6,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK AND IS NOT AN ISSUE UNLESS IN THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED SITUATIONS. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT HAPPENED WHEN TEST DRIVING AT THE DEALERSHIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11103776June 25, 2018
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD ABNORMAL RATTLING NOISE EMERGING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE LEAF SPRINGS WERE DETACHED AND CAUSED THE NOISE. AN UNKNOWN LOCAL DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL OR WARRANTY. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11102723June 19, 2018
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE A 2016 F150 WITH ISSUES SIMILAR TO NHTSA COMPLAINT ID# 10127407. THE PROBLEMS ARE NOT INTERMITTENT, THE PART HAS FAILED & IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM FORD AT THIS TIME. THE AIR CONDITIONING QUITS COMPLETELY & YOU CANNOT RUN THE FAN AT ALL. YOU CANNOT ROLL DOWN ANY WINDOWS IN THE VEHICLE & THE VEHICLE GETS WELL OVER 90 DEGREES INSIDE WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE WHEN THIS DOESN'T WORK IT ALSO DISABLES THE AIRBAGS OF THE VEHICLE, CROSS TRAFFIC ALERT AS WELL AS TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR FAILURE ALONG WITH OTHER SAFETY FEATURES. THE SEATS NO LONGER RETRACT OR MOVE FORWARD WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED/SHUTOFF. THE KEY FOB INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT LOCK THE DOORS OF THE VEHICLE & THE ALERT ON THE TRUCK SAYS KEY NOT FOUND. WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES AND NO WAY TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS OR TURN ON THE AC OR A BLOWER FAN MAKES THIS VEHICLE EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO OPERATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11102481June 18, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING AND ABOUT HALF WAY TO WORK I RECEIVED A LOW BRAKE FLUID WARNING AND THEN TRIED TO BRAKE AND INSTANTLY HAD NO BRAKING POWER. HOW TO SLOW DOWN AND ATTEMPT TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO COME TO A STOP. LUCKY I WAS ON A FAIRLY OPEN STRETCH OF HIGHWAY WITHOUT MUCH TRAFFIC OR STOPS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11102115June 15, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE VEHICLE HAS FAILED ELECTRONICALLY ON SEVERAL INSTANCES. GENERALLY THE CENTER CONTROL PANEL WILL NOT COME ON WHICH MEANS THE RADIO DOES NOT WORK. OTHER TIMES THE FAN BLOWER WILL ALSO NOT COME. IN THE WORST INSTANCE, NONE OF THE LIGHTS WILL COME ON NOR THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO BE ABLE TO KNOW HOW FAST I AM DRIVING, TEMPERATURE, ALERTS, OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS POWER OTHER THAN TO START/DRIVE THE TRUCK. I ALSO NOTED WHEN I SHIFTED GEARS ON THE TRANSMISSION, IT DID NOT INDICATE WHAT GEAR/DRIVING MODE THE VEHICLE WAS ACTUALLY IN. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON NO LESS THAN A HALF DOWN INSTANCES. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE AS IT IS INTERMITTENT SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW OFF THE LOT. IT HAS NOT OCCURRED AFTER EVERYTHING IS ALREADY OPERATIONAL WHILE DRIVING, ONLY AT STARTUP/IGNITION POINT. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO RESET IT MULTIPLE TIMES BY TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF/ON AND REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION BUT IT DOES NOT SEEM TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AS IT RANDOMLY COMES ABOUT AND THEN RANDOMLY GOES AWAY. IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AFFECTED BY BUMPS (LOOSE WIRE) OR EVEN TAPPING THE DASH TO SEE IF ANYTHING CHANGES. I HAVE ALSO PULLED THE MAIN FUSES THAT CONTROL THESE AREAS AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE FUSES. RESETTING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM DID NOT ALSO HAVE AN AFFECT BY DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY BUT DID WORK IN ONE INSTANCE HOWEVER IT DID NOT IN OTHERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11101604June 13, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AT A SPEED OF 80 MPH, MY 2016 F-150 ECO BOOST WITH 50,000 MILES WENT INTO LIMP MODE DUE TO A FAULTY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY CAUSING ME TO LOSE THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND WORRYING FOR MY FAMILY'S LIFE AS I WAS DECELERATING ON A BUSY 4 LANE FREEWAY TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO PULL OVER WITHOUT BEING SMASHED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11101631June 13, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR ALL OF A SUDDEN. I GOT A BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING ON THE DASHBOARD. TRUCK IS REGULARLY SERVICED BUT AFTER DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH I FOUND THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING WHAT I HAVE GOING ON. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY KIDS IN MY TRUCK RENDERING IT USELESS. TRUCK WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11101357June 12, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
ON 6/2/18, AFTER A NIGHT'S STAY IN A WALMART PARKING LOT IN OUR 5TH WHEEL, OUR 2016 FORD 150 PICKUP SHOWED A LOW BRAKE FLUID WARNING LIGHT WHEN I STARTED THE TRUCK TO LEAVE. I PUT IN DOT 4 BRAKE FLUID AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT SO WE LEFT. WE HAD TRAVELED ONLY A FEW MILES NORTH ON INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROILINA WHEN THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I PUSHED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING. ALTHOUGH WE WERE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND GOING 55-60 MPH, I PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND WAS ABLE TO DOWNSHIFT TO ABOUT 5-10 MPH. THEN WITH BRAKE PEDAL DOWN TO FLOOR, I WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY STOP OUR PICKUP AND TRAILING 5TH WHEEL. WE WERE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THAT THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS DID REQUIRE EMERGENCY BRAKING. WE WERE ALSO FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE ONLY 10 MILES FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP THAT DETERMIBED THAT THE TRUCK'S MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER AND BOOSTER WERE BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. OUR TRIP WAS DELAYED TWO DAYS DUE TO THIS ISSUE AND COST US OVER $750 DOLLARS IN REPAIRS AND LODGING. THIS HAPPENED ONLY 98 MILES PAST MY WARRANTY PERIOD! WHEN DOING SOME RESEARCH, I SEE THAT FORD RECALLED ITS 2014 AND 2015 F150'S FOR THE VERY SAME PROBLEMS. IT SURE SEEMS LIKE SOME ( IF NOT ALL) 2016S ARE HAVING THE VERY SAME PROBLEM. BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND HURT OR KILLED. I AM VERY NERVOUS NOW DRIVING THIS TRUCK AND MY TRUST IN FORD PRODUCTS HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. I URGE OTHER 2016 - NEW 150 OWNERS TO BE WATCHING THE BRAKE FLUID LEVELS CLOSELY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11101276June 11, 2018
STRUCTURE:BODY
2 DAYS AFTER MY VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER SAFETY RECALL 17S33 FOR THE DOOR LATCHES FREEZING, THEY AGAIN FROZE AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. UPON FINALLY GETTING IT TO OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, THE DOOR WOULD THEN NOT CLOSE. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND ALSO THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LINE THAT THERE IS NO REPAIR FOR THIS CONDITION AND THAT I HAVE TO CONTINUE DEALING WITH THE ISSUE UNTIL THEY FIND A FIX. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND UNSAFE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11100196June 6, 2018
STRUCTURE:BODY
DOOR LOCKS FREEZE AND WON'T CATCH. USUALLY FOLLOWS A PERIOD OF SNOW, RAIN OR A CAR WASH AND THEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES. ALL FOUR DOORS ON MY F150 HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS AND ONE TIME THE DOOR CAME UNLATCHED WHILE I WAS DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11099859June 4, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE THE LOW BRAKE FLUID LIGHT CAME ON AS I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT. I PARKED THE VEHICLE AND CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID, IT WAS WELL BELOW THE MINIMUM LEVEL. SINCE IT STOPPED OK, I THOUGHT WHEN I LEFT I COULD JUST DRIVE TO A STORE AND BUY BRAKE FLUID. WHEN I GOT IN THE TRUCK 30 MINUTES LATER AND STARTED IT THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. PUTTING IN DRIVE I FOUND THAT THERE WERE NO BRAKES AT ALL AND USED THE FOOT EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE TRUCK. I GOT A RIDE TO A CAR PARTS STORE WHERE I BOUGHT 32 OZ. BOTTLE OF BRAKE FLUID. I POURED MORE THAN HALF THE BOTTLE INTO THE RESERVOIR GETTING IT UP TO THE MAX LINE, STARTED THE VEHICLE, PUMPED THE BRAKES AND GOT BRAKE PRESSURE BACK. I DROVE BACK TO MY CAMPSITE WHICH WAS 1.5 MILES AWAY. HALFWAY THERE THE LOW BRAKE FLUID INDICATOR CAME ON AGAIN. BY THE TIME I ARRIVED AFTER 1.5 MILES, THE BRAKES WERE ALMOST USELESS AND THERE WAS VERY LITTLE PRESSURE UNDER THE PEDAL. I PARKED THE TRUCK AND CHECK THE FLUID, AGAIN IT WAS WELL BELOW MINIMUM AND I COULD HEAR WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A VACUUM LEAK. I FILLED THE RESERVOIR UP TO ALMOST MAX AGAIN, PUMPED THE BRAKES, GOT PRESSURES BACK AND LOOKED FOR ANY LEAKS UNDER THE TRUCK AND FOUND NONE. I PULLED THE TRUCK BACK AND FORTH, ABOUT A 100 FEET, REPEATEDLY TO SEE IF I COULD SEE A LEAK - NOTHING, BUT THE LEVEL IN THE RESERVOIR WAS GOING DOWN. I DROVE THE TRUCK IN AROUND A 1/4 MILE CIRCLE AND BY THE END THE BRAKE PEDDLE HAD LOST MOST OF IT'S PRESSURE, STILL NO LEAKS UNDER THE TRUCK. WHEN IT GOT TOWED THE NEXT DAY THERE WAS NO STOPPING POWER AT ALL. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY OR MORE HIGH SPEED ROAD OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I'M SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THAT THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION OF BRAKE FAILURE ON SOME YEARS OF THESE TRUCKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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