Ford F-150 Complaints (2013)

2,994 consumer complaints on file.

#10905181September 10, 2016
ENGINE
MULTIPLE TIMES NOW, MY TRUCK WILL DOWNSHIFT AND SEND THE RPMS OVER 4500 THIS CAUSES THE ENGINE TO MISFIRE, THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL BLINK AND THE TRUCK WILL STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN ITS SPEED AND ANY ACCELERATION IS EXTREMELY DIMINISHED. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS I FREQUENTLY DRIVE ON RURAL 2-LANE(ONE IN EACH DIRECTION) HIGHWAYS AND FIND THIS PROBLEM SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTS MY ABILITY TO SAFELY PASS SLOWER VEHICLES. IT HAS FAILED TO ACCELERATE ENOUGH TIMES THAT I CANNOT DEPEND ON THE TRUCK TO ACCELERATE WHEN I MOVE INTO ONCOMING LANES OF TRAFFIC. AT 30,000 MILES THE ENGINE DEVELOPED AN OIL LEAK. WITHIN A MONTH OF HAVING THE LEAK REPAIRED AT THE DEALER, THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A MAJOR MISFIRE EVENT CAUSING THE ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THE DEALERSHIP EXPLAINED THAT TWO IGNITION COILS WENT BAD AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE SPARK PLUGS FOR WHICH I WAS CHARGED APPROX $250 BUT WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE IT DOWN TO $140. WITHIN A MONTH OF GETTING THE VEHICLE BACK, THE VEHICLE STARTED DISPLAYING THE MISFIRE SYMPTOMS WITH DIMINISHED ACCELERATION AND BLINKING ENGINE LIGHT. VERY UNHAPPY WITH THIS VEHICLE'S PERFORMANCE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10904930September 9, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL, A SQUEAKING NOISE WAS PRESENT FROM ALL FOUR WHEELS. THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE ALSO SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND APPEARED TO STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STALLING WAS DUE TO A FAULTY BRAKE BOOSTER. THE DEALER CHANGED THE SPARK PLUGS, BUT THE FAILURES CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,667.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10904333September 7, 2016
ENGINE
IF YOU HAVE AN ECOBOOST V6. I HAVE NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE TO ACCELERATE VERY QUICKLY THE VEHICLE TAKES UP TO 5 SECONDS TO RESPOND AND GIVE YOU ANY POWER. I ASSUME THAT THE COMPUTER IS SPINNING UP THE TWIN TURBOS BUT THOSE CRITICAL SECONDS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I HAVE ON A FEW OCCASIONS ALMOST GOT RAN OVER BECAUSE THE TRUCK DECIDED TO TAKE ITS TIME GIVING ME POWER TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. ITS LIKE FOR THOSE FEW SECONDS YOU HAVE NO POWER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903302September 2, 2016
ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN RAINY CONDITIONS, WENT TO ACCELERATE AND THE TRUCK ENGINE HESITATED THEN SHUTTERED AND NEARLY SHUT DOWN. THE CHECK ENGINE ILLUMINATED AND THIS CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY A MINUTE. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON FOUR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS ALL AT 70-80 MPH WHILE TRYING TO PASS. IN ONE SITUATION, IT NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. ALSO HAVING THE TICKING AND SEVERE KNOCKING DURING ENGINE START FIRST TIME IN THE MORNING OR AFTER COLD SOAKING. FORD HAS REFUSED TO FIX THE ISSUES ON THEIR OWN BECAUSE THE TRUCK HAS 63,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903395September 2, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
2013 F150 V8 WITH 28000 MILES HAS FAULTY FRONT BRAKES. THE OUTSIDE PADS APPEAR TO BE WORKING PROPERLY WHILE THE INSIDE PADS ARE NOT. THE INSIDE OF THE ROTORS ARE GOUGED AND RUSTY WHILE THE OUTSIDES ARE IN PERFECT SHAPE. I SEE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN GRINDING OFF AND ON SINCE 15000 MILE WITH NORMAL USE, AND NO OFF-ROAD USE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903403September 2, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
I BOUGHT MY TRUCK NEW FROM THE DEALER 2013. I'M CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE UP KEEPS OF MY TRUCK. HOWEVER, MID AUGUST 2016, I NOTICED THE TRUCK HESITATED TO START AT THE BEGINNING WHILE IN STATIONARY POSITION FOR A FEW DAYS, THEN OUT OF NOWHERE FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT, THE ENGINE DIDN'T START IN THE MORNING AGAIN WHILE IN STATIONARY POSITION AND THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME UP! I BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY THINKING THAT MAYBE IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, EVEN WITH THE NEW BATTERY THE TRUCK FAILED TO START IN STATIONARY. AFTER THAT, I TRIED STARTING MY TRUCK FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS, BY THE THIRD DAY THE TRUCK STARTED! I DROVE IT IMMEDIATELY TO AUTOZONE BUT NOTHING CAME UP WRONG WITH IT? SO, I DROVE IT BACK HOME. A WEEK LATER, I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE TRUCK, LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPEN. THEN, YESTERDAY ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS DRIVING HOME, WHILE IN MOTION THE ENGINE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ON A CITY STREET, SO I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IMMEDIATELY ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE TRUCK AS IT CONTINUED TO HESITATE. FINALLY, AFTER 10 MINUTES THE TRUCK STARTED AND I DROVE TO AUTOZONE AND AGAIN NOTHING CAME UP WRONG WITH IT. SO I DROVE IT BACK HOME. THEN, TODAY, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 WHILE THE TRUCK IS STATIONARY IT FAILED TO START AND THE ENGINE LIGHT, CAME UP AGAIN. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS TRUCK! I DON'T FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE IN FEAR THAT MY TRUCK WILL STOP WORKING WHILE IN MOTION AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I CAN GET STRANDED ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903074September 1, 2016
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WHILE OPENING THE SUNROOF IT BINDS ON PASSENGER SIDE AND DOES NOT OPEN. THE SUNROOF WAS TO BE MANUALLY MANIPULATED TO CLOSE WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE MOTOR BUTTON. FORD HAS ISSUED A TSB, BUT IF THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM, A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10898889August 26, 2016
ENGINE
I GET THE ENGINE CODE P0301 WHICH IS AN ENGINE MISFIRE WHEN DRIVING IN ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS AND STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. THE TRUCK ENGINE STUMBLES AND HAS REDUCED POWER WHEN YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION ESPECIALLY WHEN I TRY TO PULL A CARGO TRAILER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10896950August 18, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS WOULD NOT UNLOCK AND COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE DOOR FAILED TO OPEN WITH THE REMOTE ACCESS FOB. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,400.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10896417August 16, 2016
ENGINE
MY 2013 F150 ECOBOOST HAS APPROXIMATELY 65K MILES ON IT AND HAS RECENTLY BEGUN STALLING WHILE IN OPERATION - ALWAYS MOVING. WHEN THIS OCCURS, AN ORANGE CRESCENT WRENCH APPEARS ON THE INFORMATION CENTER, THE RPM'S BEGIN TO FLUCTUATE, THE TRUCK LOSES ALL ACCELERATION POWER, THE TRUCK BEGINS TO SHUTTER, AND I AM FORCED TO IMMEDIATELY STOP AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC TIME WHEN THIS HAPPENS AS OPPOSED TO NOT, AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AS THE TRAFFIC AROUND ME HAS NO WAY TO ANTICIPATE THE ISSUE EITHER. THE SHOP I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO STATED THEY "THINK" IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY, BUT ARE NOT POSITIVE. THIS IS MY FIRST FORD IN SEVERAL YEARS/CARS AND THOUGH ORIGINALLY PLEASED WITH THE TRUCK, I AM QUICKLY BECOMING FRUSTRATED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10896083August 15, 2016
ENGINE
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS A CAR ON A RELATIVELY BUSY 2 LANE HIGHWAY ON SAT AUG 13 2016, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRUCK LOST POWER AND SPEED. I WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE PASSING WHEN THIS OCURRED. ANOTHER VEHICLE COMING FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION WAS CLOSING IN FAST, AND THE CAR I WAS PASSING (WAS JUST UP BY THE FRONT SIDE OF IT) WAS BEGINNING TO PASS ME NOW. I KNOW THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH ME OR MY VEHICLE. I ENDED UP LETTING OFF THE GAS PEDDLE AND DUCKED IN BEHIND THE CAR I WAS PASSING. IT WAS ONLY SECONDS WHEN THE VEHICLE COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WENT BY. VERY SCARY FOR ME AND MY WIFE AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER FOR ALL INVOLVED. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME WAS JUST ACCELERATING, AND POSED NO THREAT OR ENDANGERMENT. MY SON HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO IS (2011 FX4 ECOBOOST) AND WAS TOLD BY A DEALER THAT HE MAY HAVE GOTTEN WATER IN THE FUEL. I DON'T AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT. IF NO ONE HAS BEEN INJURED OR KILLED YET, I FEEL IT WILL HAPPEN, BECAUSE OUR INCIDENT WAS CLOSE ENOUGH FOR ME TO BE WRITING THIS TO YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10894979August 11, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE PADS ARE SEVERELY DETERIORATING EARLY IN THEIR LIFESPAN. FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 25,841 MILES. DEALER SAID IT WAS A CALIBER HANGING UP. HAPPENED AGAIN AT 39,425 MILES. ROTOR WAS GOUGED AGAIN ON OPPOSITE SIDE . DEALER STATED CALIPER AND ROTORS WERE NOT DEFECTIVE. POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE BRAKE PADS. SAME FAILURE ON MY WIFES 2013 FORD FUSION SE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10895053August 11, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
UPON LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY WHICH IS ON A HILL I WENT TO APPLY MY BRAKES AND HAD NO RESPONSE, CAUSED ME TO GO OFF THE CURB. MY BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD TO OPERATE I WENT ON LINE AND DID SOME RESEARCH FOUND OUT ABOUT RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10895060August 11, 2016
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
UPON ENTERING FREEWAY MERGING TRAFFIC I HAD A HARD ACCELERATION .MY TRUCK STUMBLED WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THEN 30 MPH BY THEN THE SEMI WAS ON MY REAR CAUSING A SERIOUS PROBLEM HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SHOULDER .WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND THE PROBLEM SEAM TO GO AWAY. THIS HAS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10894769August 10, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AGO, I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA REGARDING A FAULTY MASTER CYLINDER ON OUR FORD TRUCK. I HAD NOTIFIED FORD OF THE ISSUE BUT THE COMPLAINT FELL ON DEAF EARS. RECENTLY, FORD ISSUED A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS RECALL CAME AFTER 9 REPORTED ACCIDENTS AND 1 INJURY. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. I AM STILL STRUGGLING WITH FORD TO BE REIMBURSED $1100 THAT I PAID TO REPLACE THE MASTER CYLINDER AND FIX OUR BRAKE PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONTACTED TO SEE IF YOU CAN ASSIST ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10894821August 10, 2016
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WENT OUT TO TRUCK ONE AFTERNOON AND THE DRIVER SIDE BACK WINDOW WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. NO PREVIOUS DAMAGE OR CRACKS. NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO VEHICLE OR MARKS ON WINDOW. WINDOW WAS BOWED SLIGHTLY OUTWARD WITH A "CRACK" GOING FROM ONE CORNER TO THE OTHER THROUGH THE SPIDER WEBBING. WEATHER HAS BEEN QUITE WARM RECENTLY, APPEARS TO BE A STRESS FRACTURE MOST LIKELY DUE TO TEMPERATURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10893377August 5, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING MY 2013 FORD F-150 DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN I GOT AN AUDIBLE AND VISUAL WARNING ON MY DASHBOARD TELLING ME THAT MY BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW. I CLEARED THE MESSAGE AND NOTICED THAT A SMALLER RED "BRAKE INDICATOR" LIGHT REMAINED LIT IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I TAPPED THE BRAKES TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE WORKING. THEY WERE WORKING. I IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DOWN AND PROCEEDED RATHER CAUTIOUSLY EXITING THE HIGHWAY IN ROUTE TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, WHICH WAS NOT MORE THAN 1 MILE FROM THE END OF THE EXIT RAMP. AS I PROCEEDED TO THE DEALERSHIP I TESTED THE BRAKES MULTIPLE TIMES. ONCE I ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP I PARKED THE F-150 IN A PARKIGN SPOT. AFTER CHECKING IN, THE TECHNICIAN ASKED ME TO PULL MY TRUCK INTO THE SERVICE BAY SO THAT HE COULD HAVE A LOOK AT IT. WHEN I RETURNED TO THE F-150 I CAUTIOUSLY BACKED OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT. AS I BEGAN TO BRAKE SO THAT I COULD SHIFT THE F-150 INTO DRIVE, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. I QUICKLY APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND AVOIDED, BY JUST INCHES, CRACHING INTO THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND ASKED MY TEENAGE SON TO GET THE TECHNICIAN. THE TECHNICIAN PARKED THE F-150 BACK IN A PARKING SPOT AND I LEFT IT THERE FOR REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10893024August 4, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
PULSATING BRAKE PEDAL, SHIMMY IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT 27,000 MILES. REPLACED ALL 4 ROTORS AND NEW BRAKE PADS. 39,000 MILES NOW, BRAKE PADS NEED TO BE REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10893114August 4, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V345000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 10/13/16*LJ *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10892666August 2, 2016
ENGINE
IN THE SPAN OF ONE WEEK THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE", ON THREE (3) SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE CONSOLE DISPLAY GOES ORANGE, WITH A WRENCH. TWO OF THE INSTANCES OCCURRED AT STEADY SPEED GREATER THAN 50 MPH. ONE EVENT WAS WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP THROUGH A RIGHT TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR SERVICE. NO OBD CODES WERE STORED AND THE EVENTS CANNOT BE REPLICATED AFTER A WEEK OF TESTING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD! THE VEHICLE MUST BE STOPPED IN ORDER TO SHUT IT DOWN AND RESTART, WHERE THE DISPLAY CLEARS AND IT RUNS NORMALLY UNTIL WITHOUT WARNING, IT OCCURS AGAIN. FORD DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE AN ANSWER. PANIC COULD EASILY ENSUE FORM THIS LOSS OF POWER AND THE DRIVERS ABILITY TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE & DEATH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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