Ford F-150 Complaints (2013)

2,994 consumer complaints on file.

#11164061December 30, 2018
POWER TRAIN
2 INSTANCES OCCURRED: 1/ THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A REGULAR STREET ROAD. SPEED WAS AROUND 30 MPH. THE GEAR SUDDENLY SHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR AND FELT LIKE THE VEHICLE 'LOOKED UP'. IT WAS A BRUTAL STOP. AFTER STOPPING, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND DROVE NORMALLY 2/ FEW WEEKS LATER, BUT WITH VERY LOW MILEAGE COMPLETED SINCE THE FIRST EVENT, THE CAR GEARS SHIFTED FROM 2ND TO 5TH. THE VEHICLE JUST TURNED, ENTERING A CAR PARK AT LOW SPEED. AFTER STOPPING COMPLETELY THE VEHICLE, IT RESTATED NORMALLY. THE ISSUE HOWEVER REPEATED FEW MINUTES LATER, GEARS AGAIN SHIFTING FROM 2 TO 5.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11164136December 30, 2018
POWER TRAIN
SEVERAL ISSUES SPANNING 5 MONTHS AND BECOMING MORE FREQUENT: 1. RANDOMLY FROM A STOP F-150 WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR FOR 5+ SECONDS WHILE REVVING RPM AT 5,000+. 2. THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR WILL DISPLAY ON DASH PANE AND SPEEDOMETER WILL READ 0 MPH WHILE I AM DRIVING SPEEDS OF 45 MPH. TACHOMETER WILL WORK AS NORMAL. TO CORRECT I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART MY VEHICLE. 3. LATEST SCENARIO 12/30/18 WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING MY F-150 WILL HARD DOWNSHIFT TO A LOW GEAR AND TOGGLE BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW GEARS CAUSING VIOLENT JERKING EXPERIENCES PRODUCING VERY DANGEROUS TRAFFIC SCENARIOS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163770December 28, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WILL DOWNSHIFT FROM HIGHER GEARS AND THEN NO LONGER SHIFTS OR REGISTERS SPEED - WRENCH LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE ON DASH. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL ALSO DROP DOWN TO ZERO AND NO LONGER REGISTER ANY SPEED EVEN THOUGH THE TRUCK IS MOVING. THE DIGITAL DISPLAY WILL DISPLAY DASHES AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT INDICATOR WILL STAY LITE. WHEN YOU UNBUCKLE THE SEAT BELT THE INDICATOR LIGHT WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. TOOK IT IN TO HAVE BATTERY TESTED AND HAD 100% CHARGE BUT READING INDICATED A BAD BATTERY SO HAD IT REPLACED BUT ISSUE STILL PRESENTED ITSELF AN HOUR LATER. ISSUE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND THEY HAD IT FOR TWO DAYS AND UNABLE TO REPLICATE SITUATION. ALSO TOOK IT TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING IF THE ISSUE NEVER PRESENTED ITSELF WHILE THEY HAD THE TRUCK. ASKED IF ISSUE WAS EVER PRESENTED AT THAT FACILITY OR ANY KNOWN ISSUES AND WAS TOLD NO. ISSUE HAS OCCURRED ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS OVER THE LAST 20 DAYS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163812December 28, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT FROM 6TH GEAR TO 1ST FOR NO REASON LOCKING UP THE REAR WHEELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163863December 28, 2018
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 10 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BOOM AND THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DEFROSTER BECAME ACTIVATED, POTENTIALLY, AND THE INTENSE HEAT CAUSED THE WINDOW TO SHATTER. FAIR OAKS FORD LINCOLN (2055 OGDEN AVE, NAPERVILLE, IL 60540, (630) 250-5750) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163658December 27, 2018
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE OUR TRUCK SHUT DOWN STOPPED WORKING. WE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AND RE-STARTED THE VEHICLE. NO WARNING LIGHTS, NOTHING THE VEHICLE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THERE WAS A WRENCH THAT APPEARED. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP TO DETERMINE WHAT THE CODE OF ISSUE INDICATED AN ISSUE. NO CODE WAS DETECTED. WE WERE TOLD THAT PERHAPS IT WAS BAD FUEL. WE PURCHASED A FUEL CLEANER. AGAIN, WE TRAVELED DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND AGAIN THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. WE TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TO FIND OUT THAT THE BRACKET HOLDING THE ENTIRE DRIVE SHAFT WAS BROKEN. WE REPLACED THE PART. STILL THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED FOR NO REASON. WE AGAIN TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND FINALLY A CODE APPEARED. THE CODE INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL SWITCH WAS IN ERROR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. WE CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THERE IS NO RECALL AT THIS TIME. A VERY DANGEROUS SIT-IN 2, 1. THE DRIVE SHAFT COULD HAVE SEIZED THE REAR WHEELS, THEREBY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. 2. THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL SWITCH INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN WITH NO WARNING. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT BOTH OF THESE SITUATIONS COULD HAVE CAUSED A FATAL ACCIDENT, YET FORD MOTOR COMPANY REFUSES TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, SEND OUT A WARNING TO OTHERS THAT MAY BE EFFECTED. THIS IS IRRESPONSIBLE ON THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO PROVIDE NO INDICATION OR WARNING TO PEOPLE THAT OWN THESE VEHICLES. 2011 AND 2012 HAVE BEEN RECALLED. PLEASE HAVE YOUR VEHICLES CHECKED FOR BOTH ISSUES. THE CODE THAT FINALLY RESULTED IN OUR FURTHER INSISTENCE P.1780-00 FOR YOUR AND ANY PASSENGERS SAFETY. PLEASE HAVE YOUR VEHICLE INSPECTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163717December 27, 2018
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND PLACED IT IN DRIVE, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING OR AN IMPACT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL GLASS REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163606December 27, 2018
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED FROM 6TH GEAR TO 3RD GEAR AT 55 MPH. AFTER THIS HAPPENED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 3RD GEAR. SHUT OFF VEHICLE AND LET SIT FOR 2 HOURS AND THEN DROVE HOME, NO ISSUE. CALLED DEALERSHIP TO REPORT ISSUE. ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP, VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED FROM 5TH GEAR TO 2ND GEAR, LOCKING UP REAR WHEELS. VEHICLE DID THIS 3 MORE TIMES DURING THE TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE IS AT DEALERSHIP NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163412December 26, 2018
POWER TRAIN
AN UNEXPECTED DOWNSHIFT FROM 5TH GEAR TO 1ST GEAR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 AND 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE REAR TIRES LOCK UP MOMENTARILY, CAUSING SKIDDING. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY AND RANDOMLY THROUGH GEARS 5, 4, 3, 2, AND 1ST. THE TRUCK WILL GO DAYS WITHOUT ANOTHER INCIDENT, BUT THEN MULTIPLE TIMES IN ONE DAY. REPROGRAMMING OF THE COMPUTER MODULE AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163509December 26, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY FROM 1ST TO 5TH AROUND 5 -10 MPH ON HIGHWAY AND SOMETIMES STICKS IN 1ST GEAR OR STARTS OUT IN 5TH GEAR WHEN SHIFTING TO DRIVE. HAVE TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP AND SHIFT TO NEUTRAL OR REVERSE IN ORDER TO RESET GEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163547December 26, 2018
POWER TRAIN
WAS TRAVELING AT 60 MPH AND TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED TO 3RD GEAR AND REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163214December 23, 2018
POWER TRAIN
WHILE AT HWY SPEED, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT FROM 6TH GEAR TO 1ST GEAR. WHILE STATIONARY GOING TO ACCELERATE, VEHICLE STARTED IN 4TH. VEHICLE IS 2013 FORD F-150. 2011 AND 2012 FORD F-150 PICKUP TRUCKS WERE RECALLED FOR SAME ISSUE. DEALERSHIP"... FOUND FAULT WITH OUTPUT SHAFT SPEED SENSOR SIGNAL. CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO INTO LIMP MODE DUE NOT READING THE CORRECT SPEED. TO CORRECT ISSUE REMOVED TRANSMISSION FLUID PAN AND REMOVED MAIN CONTROL VALVE BODY AND REPLACED MOLDED LEAD FRAME CONTAINING SPEED SENSOR. ALSO SET PCM/TCM TO LATEST CALIBRATION AND CLEARED DTC'S POST ROAD TEST."
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163036December 21, 2018
ENGINE
BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN SEPTEMBER 2015 WITH 60,000 MILES ON IT.NOW I HAVE 101159 MILES ON IT NOW. AT ABOUT 98,000 MILES MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST ACCELERATION POWER WHEN FIRST TAKING OFF FROM A STOP OR IF I GET ON THE GAS THE TRUCK HESITATES AND WILL EITHER ACCELERATE SLOW OR WON'T ACCELERATE AT ALL. ALMOST GOT IN AN ACCIDENT ABOUT A WEEK AGO WHEN MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY DO TO LOST POWER. CONTACTED A MECHANIC AND HE CAME PICKED THE TRUCK UP AND RAN TESTING ON IT AND COUPLE HOURS LATER CALLED BACK AND SAID MY TIMING CHAINS AND PHASERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WITH THAT SAID IT WILL COST ME $3,000-4,000 TO GET THIS FIXED AND I SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE AN EXTRA COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SHELL OUT FOR THIS FIX . I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF SEARCHING AND HAVE BEEN FINDING THAT A TON OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND WHEN THEY CONTACT FORD, FORD IS BASICALLY SAYING THEY ARE SOL AND HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THE FIX. I STILL OWE $22,000 AND THOUGHT ABOUT TRADING IT IN FOR SOMETHING ELSE BUT FEEL THEY WILL KNOCK $4,000 OFF WHAT THE VEHICLE IS WORTH. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT. PLEASE HELP!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11162619December 20, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TRUCK ERRATICALLY SHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR WHILE TRAVELING AT 55MPH CAUSING REAR WHEELS TO LOCK UP AS IF I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES. THERE IS A LARGE WRENCH ICON ON THE DISPLAY WHICH CAUSES THE SPEEDOMETER TO READ 0 MPH WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND ODOMETER READING IS DASHES "-------.--" TRUCK WILL ALSO GET STUCK IN FIRST GEAR WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP WHICH NEARLY CAUSED ME TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE I COULD NOT ACCELERATE AS I WAS EXPECTING TO. TRUCK WILL ALSO GET STUCK IN FIFTH GEAR WHILE AT A STOP. DASHES AND WRENCH CLEAR WHEN TRUCK IS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED. ERRATIC BEHAVIOR IS COMPLETELY RANDOM AND MAKES ME FEEL COMPLETELY UNSAFE DRIVING MY VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11162822December 20, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
USED REMOTE START ON TRUCK. TRUCK WARMED UP FOR APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MINUTES, OUTSIDE TEMP 40 DEGREES. UPON ENTERING TRUCK , A LOUD EXPLOSION RESEMBLING A GUNSHOT OCCURED. MY 4 Y/O DAUGHTER FRIGHTENLY POINTED OUT THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE GLASS HAD SHATTERED. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS DEFECT ON FORD FORUMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11162843December 20, 2018
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL BANGING NOISE AND THE REAR WINDSHIELD SHATTERED WITHOUT IMPACT. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER (JENKINS FORD, 8 BILLINGSLEY DR, BUCKHANNON, WV 26201, (800) 400-7770) AND WAS INFORMED TO SCHEDULE A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11162391December 19, 2018
POWER TRAIN
IN FEB 2018 TRUCK BEGAN RANDOM HARD SHIFT AND LOSS OF POWER WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A LIGHT, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IN AUGUST 2018 AT 70 MPH, HAD A MOMENTARY LOCK UP OF REAR WHEEL, CAUSING THE WHEELS TO CHIRP ON THE ROAD AND RELEASE, SLOWED TO A STOP, PLACED IN NUETRAL NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALL SEEMED NORMAL. ACCELERATED TO 65 MPH AT STEADY SPEED OBSERVED SPEEDOMETER INDICATION MOMENTARILY DROP TO 50 MPH AND BACK TO 60 MPH, SHORTLY AFTER THE FUEL ECONOMY ON THE COMPUTER AVERAGE DROP FROM 18.5 MPG TO 17.5 MPG. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IN DECEMBER 2018 AFTER STOPPING IN IDLE, MOVED TRUCK FROM PARK TO DRIVE, FELT NO POWER TO MOVE OBSERVED I WAS IN 5TH GEAR. PLACED IN PARK, SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED VEHICLE WITH NO ISSUES, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. SPOKE TO DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR CODE THEY WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE UNTIL ISSUE WAS REPEATED. I HAVE ORDERED AND WILL REPLACE THE LEAD FRAME ASSEMBLY AS THAT APPEARS TO BE THE MOST PROBABLE CAUSE, AND CLEAN AND INSPECT ALL CONNECTIONS TO TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS THE SAME ISSUE THE RECALL ON 2012 COVERED ON THE SAME TRANSMISSION, FORD DID NOT INCLUDE 2013 IN THIS RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11162228December 18, 2018
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
PUT THE FORD F150 INTO GEAR, WOULD NOT SHIFT UP FROM 1ST GEAR. SAME ISSUE WE HAVE BEEN HAVING AND HAVE TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CANNOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. HAD TO TURN OFF TRUCK AND RESTART
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11162336December 18, 2018
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY 2013 FORD F-150 XLT WITH 71,000 MILES IS HAVING TRANSMISSION ISSUES AND PROBLEMS WITH SHIFTING AND COMPLETELY LOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING. THIS ISSUE HAS STARTED INTERMITTANTLY ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WHILE I'M DRIVING, A GIANT WRENCH APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD WHICH IS THEN FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF POWER AND ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE IS THEN STUCK INTO A SINGLE GEAR AND THE SPEEDOMETER AND MILEAGE COMPUTER GO BLANK SO I NO LONGER KNOW HOW FAST I'M TRAVELLING. MY VEHICLE ISSUE SEEMS VERY SIMILAR TO THE 2011-2012 FORD F-150 TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTING RECALL FROM BELOW. 'FEDERAL SAFETY REGULATORS ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER TO REOPEN AND EXPAND A PREVIOUS FORD RECALL BY MORE THAN A MILLION VEHICLES FOR UNEXPECTED DOWNSHIFTING. THE INITIAL 2016 RECALL AFFECTED MORE THAN 153,000 FORD F-150, FORD EXPEDITION, LINCOLN NAVIGATOR AND FORD MUSTANG VEHICLES FROM THE 2011-12 MODEL YEARS. A SECOND RECALL WOULD INCREASE THAT NUMBER TO AN ESTIMATED 1,375,577 VEHICLES AFFECTED, AND EXPAND INTO THE 2013 MODEL YEAR."
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11162049December 17, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
FORD F-150 PROWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED RESULTING IN A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE. MAKING A LEFT IN ALAMEDA ON TO HIGH ST. STRING FAILED AND I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES TO AVOID GOING ON TO THE CURB. I WAS STUCK IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHILE CARS SWERVED AROUND ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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