Ford F-150 Complaints (2014)

1,539 consumer complaints on file.

#11592341June 4, 2024
POWER TRAIN
My Wife and I picked up my granddaughter at her school and I was driving her to our home. My speed was at 40mph in “drive” and all of a sudden it had very hard downshift into what appeared to be first or second gear. “Wrench” icon alighted on driver’s display monitor. Put shifter into manual and drove about 2 miles then shifted back to drive. Drove truck home and called Dealer. Truck went into shop and was determined output sensor failed. The Lead Frame had to be replaced at cost of $1600. Personal safety was at risk due to amount of traffic on road. However I immediately realized I had a problem and acted accordingly.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11592434June 4, 2024
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
The contact owns a 2014 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to veer to the shoulder. Following the failure, the Low Oil Pressure, check engine warning, and maintenance required warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the fuse box needed to be relocated due to overheating and causing a short in the fuel pump injector. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to reach out to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 51,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11592046June 3, 2024
SERVICE BRAKES
I was driving about to make a right hand trun on the st where my home is located. Out of nowhere with no warning or any message displayed on my dashboard. The both front tires locked up and automatically reduced my speed. I am thankful for this happening when I was turning on my street to my house. If it would had been a few minutes before when I was traveling at 60 mph and this would accard. The truck would have flipped i was told by a machine that did a house call. He took a look at the brakes and the pads are new the car has brake fluid and the front brakes are still locked. He had never come across this situation told me to see if there are any recalls when I looked up this same problem there are many 2014 ford f150 with the same problem. I only can say I glad it happened turning on the street where I live because my [XXX] and [XXX] were in the back seat this could had been a very dangerous car ride. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11592136June 3, 2024
POWER TRAIN
The contact owns a 2014 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the contact became aware of a failure with the transmission and the vehicle jerked abnormally. The contact stated that the vehicle also downshifted unintendedly. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact was able to restart the vehicle, but the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer was contacted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 150,428.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11591877June 1, 2024
POWER TRAIN
Without warning, the transmission on my 2014 F150XLT 5.0 will shift from either 5th or 6th gear down to 2nd gear. This causes the tachometer to nearly red line and a sudden deceleration without warning for drivers behind me by activation of the brake lights. Several crashes have been narrowly avoided at highway speed because of this fault. There are no warning lights or buzzers activated on the dashboard when this sudden downshift occurs.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11591507May 30, 2024
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
The contact owns a 2014 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at undisclosed speeds and depressing the brake pedal several times, the vehicle failed to respond. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously repaired by an independent mechanic for the same brake failure; however, the failure reoccurred. The contact was able to pull the vehicle to the side of the road and called the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The contact stated that while fully depressing the brake pedal, the low brake fluid warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 127,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11591153May 28, 2024
POWER TRAIN
Truck will randomly shift in to lower gears, was going down the freeway at 65 mph and the truck would down shift with out any wearing to 3rd or 2nd gear. This has happen many times.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11591125May 28, 2024
SERVICE BRAKES
Catastrophic brake failure. Drove truck normally the night before, but when I got in the next morning to go somewhere the brake pedal went to the floor. I depressed he brake pedal 2-3 more times to ensure I wasn't misinterpreting anything and it went to the floor, unimpeded, every time. I then noticed a very large puddle of brake fluid on the pavement under the passenger front tire. Pressing on the brake pedal was apparently squirting brake fluid all over the place from somewhere in that area. Had to have to car towed to a mechanic to fix. I WAS PLANNING TO TOW A HEAVY CAMPER IN A FEW DAYS AND THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS LIFE-THREATENING ISSUE HAD IT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD. Ford has had a LOT of brake system failures on numerous vehicles. The mechanic said the right front bake line simply ruptured on its own. No evidence of it having rubbed against anything to cause a weak spot in the hose.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11590789May 26, 2024
SERVICE BRAKES
Unexpexted Brake failure had to pump brakes to get vehicle to stop. Would have caused accident in roadway if not for driving it into rumble strip to stop. Scary experience, towed it to get brakes repaired. No weather conditions on road.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11590836May 26, 2024
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Power steering assist fault message pops up and can’t steer the vechicle. It even happens while driving. Sometimes comes on and stomestimes I can drive a entire day with no issues but then towards the end of the day I go to start the truck or be driving and steering locks up and pops up the message says power steering assist fault Luckily everytime it happens it’s right when I start the truck except the few times I was driving and it happen I was on the far right lane and even though it’s hard to turn the wheel I was able to get off on the shoulder when it happens
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11590365May 23, 2024
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
The contact owns a 2014 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while his girlfriend was driving 55 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed to the floorboard with the "Brake Fluid Level Low" message displayed on the instrument panel. Despite the failure, the contact's girlfriend managed to coast the vehicle back home. Upon inspection of the vehicle, the contact added brake fluid; however, the failure persisted. Upon investigation, the contact believed that the brake fluid was leaking into the brake master cylinder, which had caused the failure. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 94,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11590133May 22, 2024
STEERING
The contact owns a 2014 Ford F-150. The contact stated while reversing at slow speeds, he became aware that the electronic power steering was not functioning properly, requiring increased effort to maneuver the vehicle. The vehicle returned to normal functionality, but the failure became a regular occurrence. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V316000 (Steering) but the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, a case was opened, and the contact was referred to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 198,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11590162May 22, 2024
POWER TRAIN
On 5/12/24 I was driving at 60 mph. Without any warning my 2014 Ford f150 downshifted from 6th gear to either 1st or 2nd gear. The rpms dropped immediately. I thought that it killed the engine but it slowly shifted all the way back up to 6th gear. I made it back home (13 miles) without further incident. I haven't driven it since then.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11590166May 22, 2024
ENGINE
The truck is randomly down shifting. It will go from 6th to 3rd or 4tg or 5th, 5th to 3rd or 4th, and I've even had it downshift to 2nd. I found several threads talking about this being an issue and to report because there is a service bulletin about it because of the OSS being in issue and no recall yet.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11590179May 22, 2024
STEERING
The contact owns a 2014 Ford F-150. The contact stated while her husband was driving at an undisclosed speed, he became aware that the electronic power steering was not functioning properly, requiring increased effort to maneuver the vehicle. The vehicle returned to normal functionality, but the failure became a regular occurrence. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a failure with the electronic power steering gear. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V316000 (Steering) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 80,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11589891May 21, 2024
POWER TRAIN
driving around 30 mph and truck suddenly downshifted violently to first or second gear causing the truck to lock-up/ squeal tires. if the truck had been going at a higher speed, it would have ended with loss of control. really not ok with driving the truck now.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11588354May 12, 2024
STEERING
steering gets hard to steer at some points while turning and has to be muscled back s o there sticking while turning .show no recall but not sure there a service bulletin about this. thanks 1ftfx1ef1efc65359 2014 f150
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11587565May 7, 2024
POWER TRAIN
Transmission downshifts into low gear while traveling 65 mph causing driver passenger to lurch forward. Does this also at slower speeds.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11587130May 6, 2024
POWER TRAIN
The contact owns a 2014 Ford F-150. While the contact's wife was driving at approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle abruptly downshifted and the rear tires locked in place without warning. The contact, who was following his wife in another vehicle, switched vehicles with his wife and experienced the same failure while driving in first gear. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it remained in their possession and had yet to be diagnosed. The manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 161,000. The contact did not attempt to file a complaint online.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11587202May 6, 2024
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE
The contact owns a 2014 Ford F-150. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 16V345000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic). The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was restarted after approximately four attempts. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the timing chain needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure reoccurred approximately three years later. The contact stated that on another occasion while driving at approximately 20 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed, and the vehicle failed to slow down as needed. The vehicle coasted and eventually came to a stop, and was shifted into park, and turned off. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was determined that the timing chain needed to be replaced again. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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