What 2,137 owners told NHTSA about the 2011 Ford F-150 (regular Cab) Gas

THOUSANDS OF FORD F150 OWNERS (20011-2015) BAVE EXPERIENCING WITH ECOBOOST ENGINES MOSTLY WITH MY MOST RECENT ISSUE "TIMING CHAIN STRETCHING CHAIN" AND FAULTY CAM PHASERS, I BELIEVE WE DESERVE TO AT LEAST GET OUR VEHICLES FIX. I STRUGGLE PAYING MY TRUCK AND I CANT PAY 4000 DLLS TO FIX THIS ISSUE THAT I STRONGLY BELIEVE IS A FORD'S NEGLIGENCE. PLEASE HELP US MY NAME IS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK (WHAT SEEMED LIKE) SHIFTED HARD THEN THE WRENCH SIGN CAME UP ON THE SCREEN AND THROTTLE WOULD NOT WORK. I WAS DOING 50 MPH AT THE TIME AND HAD TO HIT THE HAZARDS AND PULL OVER. ONCE I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND TURNED IT BACK ON IT SEEMED OK, PULLED THE CODE P2112 THROTTLE BODY. LOOKED ONLINE AND MANY , MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. CAN'T BELIEVE THIS ISN'T A RECALL SEEING HOW DANGEROUS THIS IS.

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I HAVE A 2011 FORD F-150 4X2 PLATINUM 4 DOOR PICK, EQUIPPED WITH A 5.0 LITRE V-8ENGINE, WHICH HAD 51881 MILES WHEN MY PROBLEM OCCURRED. WE WERE IN CAMERON, ARIZONA, ON OUR WAY TO THE EAST RIM OF THE GRAND CANYON. TURNED OFF THE TRUCK, USED THEIR FACILITIES, WENT BACK TO TRUCK, IT CRANKED, BUT WOULD NOT START, EVEN AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS. LET SET FOR ONE HOUR, STILL WOULD NOT START. CALLED TOW TRUCK, WHICH HAD TO COME FROM FLAGSTAFF. DROPPED OFF AT FORD DEALER, AS IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING MORNING, EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD ALONG LIST OF VEHICLES TO WORK ON. I THEN TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE, IT DID START, PICKED MY WIFE AND BELONGINGS FROM THE HOTEL, AND DROVE, NON-STOP TO EL CENTRO (350 MILES). TOOK TO DEALER. IT STARTED AGAIN FOR THEM. GO FIGURE! LATER THAT AFTERNOON, IT WOULD NOT START FOR THEM. THEY THEN CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY, WHO TOLD THEM WHAT TO LOOK FOR, TSB 15-0137. THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A TEMPORARY REPAIR, AND THAT THEY WOULD ORDER A NEW FUSE BLOCK, AS FUSE NUMBER 27 HAD MELTED THE CONNECTIONS IN THE BOX, THUS MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A PROPER CONNECTION. THE GENERAL MANAGER TOLD ME ABOUT A PERSONAL FRIEND OF HIS WHO HAD THIS HAPPEN TO HIS ALMOST NEW TRUCK, AND HE GOT RID OF THE TRUCK. I CANNOT AFFORD TO DO THAT. IT HAS BEEN SINCE NOVEMBER 9, 2015 WHEN THIS OCCURRED, AND NOW THE AGENCY, EL CENTRO MOTORS 1520 FORD DRIVE EL CENTRO, CA. 92243 (760) 336-2100 IS TELLING ME THAT REPAIR TSB 15-0137 IS A PERMANENT REPAIR, AND THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY WILL NOT REPLACE THE FUSE BLOCK AND HAS NO IMPROVEMENT FUSE BLOCK AVAILABLE, AND THAT THE FUSE BLOCKS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, AS THERE IS A 120 DAY WAITING PERIOD TO OBTAIN THEM.

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WHILE PASSING A SEMI ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY MY ECOBOOST F150 BEGAN TO SHUTTER AND LOOSE POWER. I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE ALREADY INVESTIGATED THIS ISSUE AND DETERMINED IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. AFTER MY EXPERIENCE TODAY I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE, LET ME EXPLAIN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS WHILE PASSING SOMEONE AND YOU'RE FORCED TO SLOW DOWN WHILE IN WRONG LANE. THIS CAN BE QUITE SCARY, CARS COMING AT YOU, CARS BEHIND YOU ALSO WANTING TO PASS AND A LARGE SEMI NEXT YOU.

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TRUCK HAS LOSS OF POWER WHEN PULLING OUT TO PASS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS NEARLY CAUSING HEAD ON CRASHES.

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UPON DOWNSHIFT DURING ACCELERATION, THE TRUCK SHUDDERS, MISFIRES, BACKFIRES THROUGH EXHAUST SYSTEM, AND LOSES POWER WHILE CREATING A VIOLENT SHAKE IN THE DRIVETRAIN. THIS OCCURS IN BELOW 35 DRY OR WET WEATHER. THIS ISSUE DESTROYED MY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, AS WELL AS BROKE LOOSE THE BAFFLES IN FACTORY MUFFLER CAUSING OVER $2,000 IN REPAIRS FOR EXHAUST. I FURTHER REPLACED PLUGS, AND PLUG BOOTS. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO HAVE THIS SEVERE ISSUE, AND THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP FROM FURTHER DAMAGING THE VEHICLE IS TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, AND IDLE AS WELL AS REV ENGINE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. IT IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE, AND NEARLY CAUSED OTHER VEHICLES TO REAR ENDED ME ON AT LEAST 5 OCCASIONS. ALL OF WHICH I HAD TO JUMP ONTO SHOULDER OF ROAD OR IN MEDIAN TO KEEP FROM GETTING HIT. MY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONGST OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE. I CURRENTLY OWE $22,000 ON THIS VEHICLE, AND AM QUITE FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF A RECALL FROM FORD. SOLUTIONS OF A WALKER CAC ARE KNOWN; HOWEVER, FORD IS NOT WILLING TO EVEN CONSIDER PAYING FOR THIS FIX. PLEASE HELP IN THE RESOLVING OF THIS ISSUE?

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I HAVE THE ECOBOOST MOTOR. I WAS PASSING A VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRUCK LOST ALL POWER AND STARTED SHUTTERING. THE WEATHER WAS DRY AND SUNNY. IF THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEONE COMING AND I HAD TO ACCELERATE HARD TO GET AROUND THE VEHICLE THAT I WAS PASSING, IT COULD HAVE BEEN BAD. I TOOK THIS TRUCK IN FOR THIS PROBLE BEFORE TO FORD AND THEY PUT A AIR DAM PLATE KIT IN FRONT OF THE CAC. THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS FORDS FIX FOR THE PROBLEM SO THEY KNOW THEY A HAVE DEFECT WITH THE SYSTEM. THIS FIX ISN'T WORKING AND I READ WHERE THEY WEREN'T GOING TO MAKE FORD FIX THE PROBLEM THAT GOING TO GET SOMEONE HURT OR KILLED IN THESE VEHICLES SOMEDAY. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT IT TAKE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT FILED FOR THIS DEFECT.

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FAULT LOG CODE P0234, TURBO NOISE HISSING, CUTTING OUT. LOSS OF POWER. POOR ACCELERATION. COOLANT LEEKS, OIL LEEKS. RETURNED TO CORNING FORD FOR MORE SERVICE WORK. ORIGINAL SERVICE OCTOBER 11 / 2015. SECOND SERVICE DECEMBER 28 / 2015 COOLANT LEEK, TURBO HISSING, CUTTING OUT HISSING WHEN UNDER ACCELERATION. CONDITION WHEN IN MOTION ON CITY STREET AND HIGHWAY DRIVING.

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FORD F150 3.5L ECOBOOST COMPLETELY LOOSES POWER WHEN ACCELERATING IN PASSING GEAR. VEHICLE SHUTTERS AND BUCKS SEVERALLY AND DOES NOT ALLOW ANY TYPE OF ACCELERATION TO BE ABLE TO EXIT INTO SLOW LANE INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. NORMAL OPERATION RETURNS AFTER ABOUT 1.5 MINUTES OF COASTING AND THEN GENTLY APPLYING ACCELERATOR TO REGAIN VEHICLE CONTROL. DURING THE RECOVERY TIME THE ENGINE RUNS VERY ROUGH AS IF TIMING WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF SYNC.I DRIVE 1000 MILES PER WEEK ON INTERSTATE 95 AND THIS CONDITION IS ONGOING. I EXPERIENCE AT LEAST 2 OR 3 OF THESE EPISODES PER WEEK WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN TO ME BECAUSE THE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER COMPLETELY AND DOES NOT RECOVER UNTIL 1.5 MINUTES LATER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON VERY TIME THIS CONDITION OCCURS. WHEN READING THE ERROR CODES IT ONLY SHOW MISFIRING OF ALL CYLINDERS (CODE P0300).

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THIS IS A ECOBOOST ENGINE. WHEN I GO TO PASS SOMEONE THE ENGINE STARTS SPUTTERING AS IF IT IS GOING TO CUT OFF. LOSES POWER AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. I NOTICED WHERE THIS WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT THAT HAS BEEN DROPPED. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED. THIS HAPPENS TO ME FREQUENTLY. SEEMS LIKE IT HAPPENS IN DAMP OR HUMID WEATHER. IN MOST CASES IF IT IS A GRADUL ACCELERATION IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. I HAVE OWNED THE TRUCK FOR THE LAST 25000 MILES AND IT HAS DONE IT MOST OF THAT TIME. I NOTICED THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION SO I HAVEN'T TAKEN IT IN HOPING YOU WOULD ISSUE A RECALL. DON'T WAIT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE.

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WHEN THE TURBO BOOST IS 11PSI MISFIRING BEGINS - NO AFTER MARKET ENGINE PROGRAMMING. IF TURBO DEMAND IS NOT REDUCED, OR IS INCREASED THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL BE DISENGAGED - 'LIMP MODE.' ON THE DATE CITED, THIS HAPPENED NO LESS THAT 3 TIMES. LOCAL HUMIDITY WAS 50-70%, AS I RECALL, AND THERE WAS NO RAIN. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS MULTIPLE TIMES WITH LOCAL HUMIDITY NOTED AT 50 %. MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT THE MISFIRING WILL OCCUR ANYTIME TURBO PSI EXCEEDS 11, WHETHER TOWING OR NOT, THOUGH TOWING WILL BE MORE APT TO ENCOUNTER 11PSI. MY TRAILER IS WITHIN ALL TOW LOAD LIMITS FOR MY TRUCK, AXLES AND TONGUE, PER FORD'S RV & TRAILER TOWING GUIDE. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE TRUCK GOING LIMP WAS JUNE OF 2014. I PULLED THE TRUCK TO THE SHOULDER NEXT TO A GUARD RAIL AND CALLED FOR TOWING. THE LOCAL FORD DEALER SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN A #3 CYLINDER MISFIRE AND A MOMENTARY HEAD OVER-TEMP WAS - WHICH TRIGGERED LIMP MODE. I HAVE REPORTED THE MISFIRING TO MY DEALER, AND WITH FORD'S CUSTOMER SERVICE. THE DEALER SAYS FORD HAS NOTHING LISTED FOR MY TRUCK OR THE ISSUE. I TOLD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND MY DEALER THAT THERE IS PLENTY OF INTERNET TRAFFIC ON THIS ISSUE. ASIDE FROM THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN IMPLEMENTED TO PUT A LARGER AIR SHIELD ON THE INTERCOOLER (CAC), DONE TO MY TRUCK IN 2014 AS A RESULT OF MY EXPERIENCE, THE ISSUE STILL EXISTS. IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT FORD HAS NOT ENGINEERED A WATER SEPARATOR TO THEN DRAIN OFF DEVELOPED WATER FROM THE CONDENSATION PROCESS BEFORE IT IS INGESTED INTO THE CYLINDERS. INGESTION OF THE WATER INTO THE CYLINDERS WOULD CAUSE A SPARK MISFIRE, AS WAS SUGGESTED TO ME BY A FORD MECHANIC. MY VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER A FORD ISSUED EXTENDED WARRANTY, AS A RESULT OF A SEPARATE TRANSMISSION ISSUE. GOD FORBID THIS OCCUR WHILE TO SOMEONE TOWING ON A TWO LANE ROAD WITH NO SHOULDER!

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO TURN AND A WARNING DISPLAYED ON THE PANEL THAT READ 'SERVICE ADVANCE TRAP". THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ACTIVATED AND THERE WAS LOSS OF ACCELERATION AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

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WHEN ACCELERATING AND APPROACHING FREEWAY SPEED, ENGINE STUMBLED, PREVENTING ACCELERATION. I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND PROBLEM DIDN'T OCCUR AGAIN. I REPORTED THIS TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY STATED THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE DID NOT REGISTER A CODE THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I HAVE SINCE HAD THIS HAPPEN AGAIN ON JULY 17 & 18, 2015, BUT THIS TIME THE ENGINE LIGHT DID COME ON, SO I'M ASSUMING IT DID REGISTER A CODE. ON JULY 17, IT WAS A CLEAR DRY DAY, THE FOLLOWING DAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN, BUT IT WAS RAINING ALL DAY. ONCE ON THE FREEWAY, WHENEVER I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR, EVEN WHEN AT FREEWAY SPEED, THE ENGINE WOULD STUMBLE AND BARELY ACCELERATE. I'VE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND SCHEDULED AN INSPECTION FOR JULY 29, 2015. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 47000 MILES. I'VE TALKED TO FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND I AM BEING TOLD THIS IS NOT A WARRANTY REPAIR, BUT I AM SEEING A NUMBER OF SERVICE BULLETINS BEING ISSUED DESCRIBING THIS EXACT PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT IN DESIGN AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY.

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VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION WHEN TRYING TO PASS. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE STARTED TO SHAKE. I HAD TO TURN VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART. THIS NOW OCCURS ANYTIME I ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE... *TR

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I WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY TO PASS SOMEONE AND THE TRUCK HAD MAJOR HESITATION AND SHUDDERING. CONTINUES TO DO THIS ANYTIME YOU TRY TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT FOUND A LEAK AND NOTICED FUEL SPEWING OUT OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND MADE THE CONTACT AWARE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000.

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ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. TRUCK BEGAN SHUDDERING AND IMMEDIATELY DECELERATED TO 50MPH. WOULD NOT RESPOND FOR APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS, THEN WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 60MPH. TWO VEHICLES (ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES WAS A TRACTOR-TRAILER) FOLLOWING HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID REAR-END COLLISION. EXITED THE HIGHWAY, PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ENGAGED. WEATHER WAS SUNNY AND WARM. NOW VEHICLE IS SHIFTING VERY HARD WITH A DELAYED ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN 55-60MPH. *TR

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SAME AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BY MANY OTHERS: MISFIRE UPON ACCELERATION UP A HILL; REPORTED TO DEALER WHO FOUND NO ERROR CODES. HAPPENED AGAIN SOON AFTER, THIS TIME ACTIVATING ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. DEALER REPLACED CYLINDER COIL; NEXT DAY, SAME TYPE OF MISFIRE OCCURRENCE. VERY UNSAFE SITUATION, COSTING ME LOTS OF TIME AND MONEY. IN ADDITION, THIS ECCOBOOST, AS I HAVE REPORTED TO FORD SINCE IT WAS NEW, HAS NEVER ACHIEVED EVEN CLOSE TO RATED MPG, ONLY AVERAGING 14 MPG OR 40% LESS THAN ADVERTISED. VEHICLE NOW BACK AT LIVERMORE FORD, WHERE TECHNICIAN WAS ASKED BY SERVICE DEPT TO DRIVE UNIT HOME HOOKED INTO COMPUTER TO SEE IF PROBLEM CAN BE DIAGNOSED. THIS IS AN UNACCEPTABLE AND UNSAFE SITUATION. NOT HAPPY. *TR

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WHILE TOWING MY CAMPER AT 60 MPH UP AN INCLINE MY 5.0L F150 BEGAN TO LOSE POWER, AS I INCREASED PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR THE POWER TO THE VEHICLE DECREASED EVEN MORE. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I LIMPED UP THE HILL AT A WHOPPING 20MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. ONCE ON THE DOWNGRADE THE VEHICLE CAME BACK UP TO SPEED AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF. THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO HAVE POWER ISSUES AND A KNOCKING FROM THE MOTOR WHEN I WAS CLIMBING HILLS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD GARAGE AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WERE NO CODES TO TELL THEM WHAT WAS WRONG. THE VEHICLE STILL HAS THE APPARENT MISS AND KNOCKING SOUND AT CERTAIN RPM'S AND NOW HAS AN ISSUE STARTING FOR THE FIRST TIME OF THE DAY. I AGAIN TOOK IT TO THE FORD GARAGE WHEN THE STARTING ISSUE WAS HAPPENING AND THEY TOLD ME AGAIN THAT THE VEHICLE STILL HAD NO CODES TO EXPLAIN THIS PROBLEM. I TRIED ALL OF THE EASY FIXES BUT THE VEHICLE STILL HAS THE SAME STARTING AND POWER LOSS ISSUES AND FORD CAN NOT TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MY VEHICLE. MY BEST GUESS IS A CATALYTIC CONVERTER ISSUE, BUT I CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL I KNOW FOR SURE. *TR

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THE ECOBOOST ENGINE FORD INTRODUCED INTO THE F150 (AND OTHER VEHICLES) IN 2011 SEEMS TO BE HAVING COMMON AND WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS, INCLUDING MY VEHICLE. I FIRST REPORTED THIS ISSUE TO THE DEALER WITH ABOUT 30,000 MILES AND NOW AGAIN AT 63,000 MILES. THE SAFETY ISSUE IS REVEALED UNDER ANY ACCELERATION "EVENT" SUCH AS HIGHWAY MERGING, PASSING, TOWING ETC. UNDER ACCELERATION THE VEHICLE "CHOKES" AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE AS THE DRIVER & PASSENGERS EXPERIENCE THE VEHICLE STALLING, SHUDDERING OR BUCKING. THIS IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS THE VEHICLE GOING INTO "LIMP MODE" OPERATING ON FEWER THAN ALL CYLINDERS. THE PROBLEMS APPEAR TO STEM FROM DYSFUNCTIONAL INTERCOOLER OPERATION ON THIS TWIN TURBO ENGINE. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS DESCRIBED IN F150 BLOGS. ONE, MOST COMMON, IS THAT THE COOLING OF THE AIR VIA THE INTERCOOLER CAUSES CONDENSATION TO ACCUMULATE INSIDE THE AIR INTAKE. WHEN THE DRIVER ACCELERATES, THE INCREASE IN AIR VOLUME DRAWS THE MOISTURE INTO THE FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM AND CAUSES THE ENGINE TO MISFIRE, WHICH THE DRIVER EXPERIENCES AS AN ENGINE STALL, BUCKING OR SHUDDERING. THE SECOND SCENARIO REPORTED IS THAT THERE IS AN OVERHEATING OF AIR INTO THE FUEL DELIVER SYSTEM WHICH CAUSES EARLY DETONATION OF THE FUEL MIXTURE IN THE CYLINDERS CAUSING ROUGHLY THE SAME SYMPTOMS. MY VEHICLE REPAIRS ARE COSTING ME ALMOST $700.00 - WHICH WOULD BE MORE IF I DID NOT HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE DEALER IS REPLACING 6 SPARK PLUGS, 4 COIL BOOTS THAT HAVE OVERHEATED AND CRACKED, INSTALLING A NEW INTERCOOLER SHIELD - NONE OF WHICH THEY ARE STANDING BY AS A DEALER COVERED EXPENSE. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS DEFECTIVE DESIGN FOR BOTH CONSUMER SAFETY AND FINANCIAL REASONS. SOMEONE MAY BE KILLED TRYING TO PASS OR ENTER A HIGHWAY AS THEIR VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOOSES POWER. *TR

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THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE MISFIRING AT MODERATE TO HARD ACCELERATION. THIS REALLY BOTHERS ME. AS I HAVE TALKED WITH FORD MECHANICS I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT FORD HAS NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ AND STUDIED, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH CONDENSATION IN THE INTERCOOLER MAKING ITS WAY TO HE INJECTORS. ONCE YOU PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE YOU EXPERIENCE A SOMETIMES VIOLENT STUTTER AND THE VEHICLE NOT ACCELERATING BUT INSTEAD SOUNDING LIKE IT'S GOING TO EXPLODE. I HAVE ALSO HEARD THIS HAPPENS WHEN ITS HUMID OUTSIDE. REGARDLESS, ONE DAY I'M GOING TO NEED TO ACCELERATE AWAY OR FROM SOMETHING AND THE TRUCK IS GOING TO FAIL, CAUSING ME TO GET HIT OR KILLED. I HAVE FOUND FIXES TO THE PROBLEMS INCLUDING A FULL RACE INTERCOOLER, PLUGS AND WIRES, HOWEVER I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE TO SPEND OVER $1000 FOR SOMETHING FORD RELEASED KNOWING IT WASN'T READY, OR UP TO PAR. I'VE OWNED MY VEHICLE FOR OVER A YEAR NOW AND ITS 0% BETTER EVEN USING TOP OCTANE FUEL. PLEASE HELP... *TR

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I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE HARD TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ONTO INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. WHEN I PUSHED PEDAL TO FLOOR, THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SLOWED AS IF A GOVERNOR HAD KICKED IN. FORTUNATELY, I HAD ROOM ON SHOULDER TO NOT GET HIT, BUT HAD TO WAIT AND PUMP PEDAL TWICE BEFORE IT BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. I HAVE NOT TRIED TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAD AN IDENTICAL PROBLEM 3 YEARS AGO IN ANOTHER ECOBOOST FORD F150 THAT NEARLY KILLED ME. I ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AND REALIZED THAT I NEEDED HARD ACCELERATION AND THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SLOWED. THERE WAS NO WHERE TO GO, BUT FORTUNATELY MY FELLOW MOTORISTS REALIZED I HAD A PROBLEM AND LET ME BACK INTO MY LANE WITHOUT A MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH. I ASKED MY DEALER ABOUT THAT THEN, AND WAS TOLD THAT NEVER HAD BEEN REPORTED. I IMMEDIATELY TRADED THAT TRUCK FOR THE ONE I HAVE NOW THAT DAY. *TR

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WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE ON A TWO LANE ROAD, MY TRUCK LOST ALL POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING. I WAS IN THE ON-COMING TRAVEL LANE ADJACENT TO THE VEHICLE I WAS PASSING WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE INCIDENT NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS THE VEHICLE I WAS PASSING SLOWED DOWN WHEN I LOST POWER AN I WAS UNABLE TO IMMEDIATELY GET OVER. I COASTED WITH A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE TO THE SHOULDER AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN I RESTARTED IT A FEW MINUTES LATER IT RAN A LITTLE ROUGH AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE FOR THIS MAKE MODEL WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. THE FORD DEALERSHIP, WHILE HAVING A TSB IN PLACE FOR THE ISSUE, DID NOT NOTIFY ME OF THE ISSUE AND WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF THE RECOMMENDED SERVICE UNDER EITHER THE POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY OR MY FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY (BUMPER-TO-BUMPER HAS EXPIRED). THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL FROM FORD TO FIX THESE ISSUES AND THEY APPARENTLY WILL NOT TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO DO SO ON THEIR OWN. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI ON A DAY IN WHICH IT HAD BEEN RAINING OFF AND ON. *TR

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ON FEBRUARY 13, 2014, MY FORD 2011 F-150 ECOBOOST BEGAN TO SHOW SIGNS OF LIMITED THROTTLE RESPONSE COUPLED WITH A DRASTIC REDUCTION IN POWER OUTPUT AND MODERATE TO SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION. THESE SYMPTOMS OCCURRED AND WERE MOST SEVERE UNDER HEAVY ENGINE LOAD, WHILE TRAVELING UPHILL, HIGH OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE AND WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ON. GENERAL LOCATIONS: MOJAVE HIGH DESERT (JOSHUA TREE, CA) AND THE GREATER PALM SPRINGS, CA AREA. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE GENERALLY DRY WITH LOW HUMIDITY. ON FEBRUARY 15, 2014 THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED ABOVE WERE SO VIOLENT THAT THE CHECK ENGINE CAME ON (FLASHING) AND I PULLED OFF THE ROAD FOR MY OWN SAFETY. I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, ALLOWED IT TO REST' AND THEN TURNED THE ENGINE BACK ON. THE SYMPTOMS DID NOT DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY, BUT THEY WERE REDUCED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED. ON FEBRUARY 20, 2014 I BROUGHT MY TRUCK TO YUCCA VALLEY FORD TO HAVE THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED. MILEAGE AT THE TIME OF THE SERVICE WAS 68,382 MILES. A DIAGNOSIS WAS PERFORMED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS MISFIRING ON THE NUMBER 1 CYLINDER DUE TO WORN SPARK PLUGS. ALL 6 SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED AND THE SYMPTOMS DISAPPEARED. THE TRUCK RAN FINE UNTIL APPROXIMATELY JUNE, 2014. THE SYMPTOMS SLOWLY BEGAN TO REOCCUR AND BY EARLY AUGUST, HAD FULLY RETURNED. ON AUGUST 8, 2014, WHILE TRAVELING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, UP A STEEP GRADE, WITH EXTERNAL AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 100 DEGREES, LOW HUMIDITY, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER ON, THE TRUCK NEARLY LOST ALL POWER, BEGAN TO MISFIRE AND VIBRATE VIOLENTLY, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH INTERMITTENTLY. UPON REACHING THE TOP OF THE GRADE AND THE LOAD ON THE ENGINE REDUCED, THE SYMPTOMS WERE REDUCED. THE TRUCK WAS AGAIN BROUGHT TO THE YUCCA YALLEY FORD SERVICE CENTER ON SATURDAY AUGUST 9, 2014 WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY AWAITING DIAGNOSIS. *TR

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WATER FROM THE CAC WAS INGESTED INTO THE ENGINE CAUSING A MISFIRE. THIS IS THE 8TH TIME IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME. I HAVE HAD ALL TSB'S COMPLETED BY FORD AND THE ISSUE STILL PERSISTS. THE ECOBOOST ENGINES ARE UNSAFE. THIS LOSS OF POWER WHILE MERGING HAS CAUSES ME TO NARROWLY ESCAPE ACCIDENTS 2 OUT OF THE 8 INCIDENTS. I NOTICED THAT THE NHTSA CLOSED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ECOBOOST ISSUES EARLIER THIS YEAR. I'M SUGGESTING THAT THE NHTSA RE-OPEN THAT INVESTIGATION. THE TSB'S ARE NOT FIXING THESE ISSUES AND IT IS ONLY A MATTER IF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED. PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS. *TR

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