What 2,137 owners told NHTSA about the 2011 Ford F-150 Supercab Diesel

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOPLIGHT TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT UP SHIFT FROM FIRST GEAR AND SPEEDOMETER INDICATED ZERO.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE REVERSE INDICATOR DID NOT ILLUMINATE AND THE BACK UP CAMERA FAILED TO RESPOND. THE TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATOR ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED, THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,986.

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I HAVE A 2011 F150 ECOBOOST. WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE THE LEVER ON THE TRUCK DOES NOT DIAL REVERSE AND THE TRUCK WONT GO IN GEAR, AFTER ABOUT 10 SECONDS THERE IS A WRENCH THAT APPEARS IN THE DASH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE TRUCK IS FINALLY ABLE TO MOVE BACK BUT THE REVERSE LIGHTS WONT WORK WHILE THE TRUCK IS BACKING UP THE REVERSE SENSORS OR CAMERA DONT WORK EITHER MAKING THIS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE. THE TRUCK ALSO EXPERIENSES A MAJOR LOSS OF POWER. AFTER THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEAR INDICATING THERE IS AN ISSUE NONE OF THE OTHER GEARS LIGHT UP WHEN I CHANGE TO OTHER GEARS AND IF I PUT IT ON DRIVE THE TRUCK HAS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF POWER. AND STILL WITH THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, IF I PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK AND STEP ON THE GAS A LITTLE BIT THE TRUCK WILL ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN FOR A ABOUT 6 ECONDS. THIS ONLY GOES AWAY IF I TURN OFF THE TRUCK AND BACK ON, BUT AS SOON AS I PUT IT IN REVERSE IT WILL HAVE ALL THE ISSUES AGAIN. AND THERE IS NO READING OF THE TRANSMISSION OIL TEMPERATURE EITHER. I CONNECTED A SCANNER TO THE TRUCK TO DIAGNOSE IT AND IT GAVE ME THE CODE: P0705 TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR CIRCUIT (PRNDL INPUT) I HAD THE TRUCK SCANNED ALSO BY DIFFERENT SCANNERS AND ALL 3 GIVE THE SAME CODE. THAT CAODE CALLS FOR A BAD TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR, BUT I LOOKED AT THE TRANSMISSION AND THERE IS NO SENSOR ON THE SIDE. I CHECKED ONLINE AND THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM AND SOME FORD MECHANICS SAY CHANGING THE TRANSMISSION LEAD FRAME WILL FIX THE ISSUE. DEALER SAYS MI VIN DOENST SHOW A RECALL FPR THIS. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE. I AM NIT THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THIS. THE DEALER DID SAY THEIR TRANSMISSION DEPARTMENT WAS BACKED UP THOUGH.

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WHILE MOVING, USUALLY ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLE SHIFTS GEARS AT RANDOM, OFTEN FROM HIGH SPEED (5TH OR 6TH GEAR) DOWN TO A LOW GEAR, THEN BACK TO HIGHER GEAR, THEN BACK TO LOWER GEAR, ETC. THIS CAN HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES. WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING THE SPEEDOMETER BOUNCES FROM 0 TO ACTUAL SPEED. WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES BOUNCY, LURCHING MOVEMENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS & COUNTY HIGHWAYS. HAS HAPPENED WHILE TURNING AND WHILE DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE.

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2011 FORD F150 TRAVELING AT 65 MPH STRAIGHT DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR AND THEN DOWN SHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR CAUSING THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AND LOSS CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND RAN OFF THE ROAD INTO A DRY DITCH. RESEARCH SHOW A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. SAFETY RECALL NOTICE16S19/NHTSA RECALL16V-248. FORD MOTOR COMPANY SAY MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED IN THIS RECALL. ALSO FORDS INFO FOR THIS RECALL STATES THAT 2011 F150 BUILT AT DEARBORN PLANT BETWEEN THE DATES OF FEBRUARY 11 2011 TO SEPTEMBER 8 2012 ARE COVERED IN THIS RECALL. MY VEHICLE FALLS INTO THIS CATEGORY BUT IS NOT COVERED. IF I WERE TO HAVE BEEN ON A HEAVILY TRAVELED ROAD THIS COULD HAVE CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT

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DRIVING ALONG AT 50MPH ON FLAT ROAD AND SUDDEN DOWNSHIFT TO 1ST GEAR CAUSING REAR WHEELS TO SQUEAL LASTING .5 TO 1 SECOND. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR FIND ANY CODE.

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DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 70-75 MPH, TRANSMISSION SELF-SHIFTED FROM 6TH GEAR TO 3RD GEAR. DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION AND DIFFERENTIAL, BOTH REQUIRING REPAIR. VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHE DOWNSHIFT OCCURRED. COULD HAVE CAUSED COLLISION.

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F-150 TRANSMISSION FAILS TO SHIFT INTO GEAR AT SOME POINTS, WILL UP SHIFT INTO 3RD OR 5TH GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING RANDOMLY AND WILL DROP INTO 2ND/1ST GEAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE AND WORSE TO THE POINT THAT IT IS ALMOST DAILY. VEHICLE IS NOW UNRELIABLE AND UNSAFE.

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FROM THE TIME I LEASED MY 2011 F-150 THERE HAS BEEN CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION JUMPING OR SURGING, ALMOST LIKE SOMETHING IMPACTED THE TRUCK FROM THE REAR. LOUD BANG AND WHAT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTING. I HAVE ONLY HAD MY TRUCK SERVICED AT ONE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NEVER FIND ANYTHING WRONG, FINALLY IN 2017, AFTER PAYING OUT OF POCKET FOR ATTEMPTS AT REPAIR, DID THE DEALERSHIP REALIZE THAT IT WAS A RECALL ISSUE. THE RECALL REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT RESOLUTION. I HAVE BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE SINCE, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT ANY FURTHER EFFORTS WILL POTENTIALLY BE AT MY OWN COST.

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ON 11/25/17 I WAS TRAVELLING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND THE TRUCK STARTED BUCKING AND DOWNSHIFTING. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT AND PARK THE TRUCK AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A TRUSTED REPAIR SHOP. THE TRUCK WAS STILL BUCKING FAIRLY VIOLENTLY EVEN AT SLOW SPEEDS WHILE I WAS TRYING TO PARK IT. THE TRUCK WOULD ALSO NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED AND A TRANSMISSION SHIFT SOLENOID AND HARNESS WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY.

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TRANSMISSION RANDOMLY DOWNSHIFTED FROM 6TH GEAR TO FIRST AND LOCKED UP THE REAR TIRES.

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WHILE DRIVING IN NORMAL CONDITIONS AT A CONSTANT SPEED THE SPEEDOMETER WILL START JUMPING AROUND AND THE TRUCK WILL DOWNSHIFT TO MATCH THE LOWER SPEEDS. I WAS TRAVELING AT 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRUCK DOWNSHIFTED GREATLY REDUCING MY SPEED CAUSING THE VEHICLE FOLLOWING ME TO SWERVE TO AVOID A COLLISION. OCCASIONALLY WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A START THE TRUCK WILL IMMEDIATELY SHIFT TO 5TH GEAR LOSING ALL ACCELERATION. IF I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT IMMEDIATELY THE PROBLEM WILL USUALLY GO AWAY.

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VEHICLE, LOSING POWER GOING UP HILLS RPM CLIMES SLOWLY. ALMOST FULL LOSS OF POWER AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON THAN OFF AFTER STOPPING

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MOLDED LEAD-FRAME RECALL (16N02). THE OUTPUT FROM THE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR (OSS) IS INTERMITTENT. HOWEVER, IT IS RARELY OUT LONG ENOUGH FOR THE COMPUTER TO RECOGNIZE A PROBLEM.THE COMPUTER REQUIRES A LOSS OF THIS SIGNAL FOR A FULL 15SEC BEFORE IT WILL THROW A CODE. OTHERWISE IT WILL JUST CONTINUE TO REGISTER THE LAST REGISTERED SPEED. THE RESULT OF THE LOSS OF THE OSS IS VERY HARD SHIFTING WHILE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND SOMETIMES TOTAL LOSS OF ANY GEARS. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS SEVERAL TIME IN A DAY WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. THIS HAS MADE IN-TOWN DRIVING VERY DANGEROUS. THE LOSS OF THE OSS IN STRAIGHT STRETCHES IS USUALLY NOT NOTICEABLE UNLESS DRIVING WITH THE CRUSE CONTROL ON. WHILE ON CRUSE, THERE WILL BE A MOMENTARY LOSS OF SPEED REGULATION WHICH WILL RESUME IN A FEW SECONDS WHEN THE OSS RESUMES OPPERATION. THE FORD DEALER WILL NOT FIX THIS UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY CAN'T FIND ANY CODES IN THE COMPUTER. WE JUST PICKED UP THE TRUCK FROM THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON 12/27/2017 WITH NO PROBLEMS FOUND OR REPAIRS DONE. THE TRUCK ACTED UP FOUR TIMES ON THE WAY BACK HOME THAT DAY. BUT AGAIN, NO CODES WERE GENERATED. FINDING A CODE SHOULD NOT BE THE ONLY PROVISION TO FIXING THIS VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, IT JOLTED. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WHEN ENGAGING INTO GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER (PENSKE FORD, 8970 LA MESA BLVD, LA MESA, CA 91942) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE RESET. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

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NHTSA CAMPAIGN #16V248000 .... WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY DOWNSHIFTS. THE RPMS WILL THEN BEGIN FLUCTUATING UP AND DOWN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUDDER AND LURCH. THE TRANSMISSION THEN BEGINS TO SLIP AROUND. THE INDICATOR SHOWS IT BOUNCING FROM 2 TO 6 TO 1. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND THEY HOOKED IT UP TO CHECK THE SENSORS AND IT CAME BACK THAT THE SOLENOIDS WERE STUCK. THEY RESET THE SENSORS, BUT THE SYMPTOMS BEGAN AGAIN NOT MORE THAN 2 MILES DOWN THE ROAD.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION DROPPED FROM THE FIFTH TO THE FIRST GEAR. ALSO, THE SPEEDOMETER MOVED ERRATICALLY AND WAS UNABLE TO REGISTER THE EXACT SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A LOSS OF COMMUNICATION IN THE SPEED SENSORS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED (PERFORMANCE FORD IN TOOELE, UT, 888-625-0136), BUT THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 142,000.

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NOT SURE OF NAME BUT SEND INFO FROM TRANSMISSION SO IT WILL START. LETS IGNITION KNOW VEHICLE IS IN PARK SO IT WILL START. MY DEALER TELLS ME FORD HAS OVER 4,000 ON BACK ORDER SO IT MAY BE A WHILE BEFORE MY TRUCK GETS FIXED. THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD IT FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A MONTH. I AM PAYING $500 A MONTH FOR SOMETHING I CAN NOT DRIVE DUE TO MANUFACTURER PART DEFECTIVE OR ON BACK ORDER.

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OUTPUT SHAFT SPEED SENCER GOES BAD IT DROPE TRANSMISSION TO FIRST GEAR WITH NO WARMING CAUSING THE TIRES TO SLIE AND ENGINE TO REACH EXCESSIVE RPM. FELLS LIKE STOMPING ON THE BREAKS

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THE TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING UP AND NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE SERVICE LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON AND THE TRUCK WENT INTO LIMP MODE. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER, AND THEY STATED IT WAS A FAULTY MOLDED LEAD FRAME. IT SEEMS THERE WAS ALREADY A RECALL INVOLVING THIS PART, AND FORD INITIATED CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 16N02. HOWEVER ALL PARTIES HAVE STATED THAT MY TRUCK IS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL, DESPITE IT BEING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE MOLDED LEAD FRAME. I'M HOPING THAT EVENTUALLY THIS RECALL IS EXPANDED AS THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.

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WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED SKIDDING. THE BRAKES WERE NOT APPLIED WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE VEHICLE JUST STARTED SKIDDING ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE SOUNDED LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMING APART. I CONTACTED FORD AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. I TOLD THEM THE THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT MY WIFE HAS BACK PROBLEMS AND THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED SKIDDING IT JERKED US FORWARD. IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN VEHICLES BEHIND US OR IF WE WERE GOING THRU AN INTERSECTION THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THEY TOLD ME FORD WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE AND THAT I SHOULD TAKE THE VEHICLE IN AND HAVE IT SERVICED. WE WERE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THIS OCCURED.

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I AM HAVING A SAFETY ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE. WHEN I PLACE THE SHIFTER INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE THE VEHICLE DOES NOT GO. THERE IS A DELAY UNTIL IT ENGAGES INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AS WELL. WHEN YOU DRIVE THERE IS A HARD SHIFT. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS. I DID CHECK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODES AND THE ISSUE IS THE " TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR". I AM AFRAID THAT WHILE I AM DRIVING IT WILL DISENGAGE FROM DRIVE AND PUT MY LIFE IN DANGER.

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DRIVING 4-LANE HIGHWAY, TRUCK SUDDENLY SHIFTS INTO LOW GEAR. STOPPED TRUCK, TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT WOULD NOT GO. SUDDENLY WENT BACK INTO A LOW GEAR SO I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK OFF THE HIGHWAY. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME OR THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. I CALLED MY LOCAL FORD DEALER, AND ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENING WITH OTHER FORD F-150 TRUCKS, MY VIN WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. SHOULD IT BE?

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, WHEN THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK FORWARD. WHILE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE SPEED FAILED TO INCREASE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER (GULLO FORD OF CONROE- THE WOODLANDS, 925 INTERSTATE 45 S, CONROE, TX 77301), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED DUE TO DIAGNOSTIC FEES. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V248000 (POWER TRAIN), BUT THE VIN TOOL INDICATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY DOWNSHIFTED AND CAUSED THE REAR WHEELS TO LOCK. THE POWER TRAIN FAULT WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JIMMY MICHEL MOTORS (555 S ELLIOTT AVE, AURORA, MO 65605 (417) 678-5001) WHERE IT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MANUFACTURER'S RECALL EXTENDED WARRANTY: 16N02. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,582.

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