What 1,717 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Ford F-150 Regular Cab

WHILE UNDER ACCELERATION IN TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, EXPLOSION, FIRE, LOST OIL PRESSURE, ALMOST GOT INTO ACCIDENT DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED IT AS INTERCOOLER COLLECTED CONDENSATION THAT GOT SUCKED INTO ENGINE INTAKE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO EXPLODE A HOLE IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. INTERCOOLER STILL HAD OVER A SIP OF WATER IN IT. *TR

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TRAVELING HWY 70 E BETWEEN SAINT AUGUSTINE PASS AND AGUIRRE SPRINGS TURNOFF, COMING FROM LAS CRUCES, NM. HAD JUST PULLED BACK INTO TRAFFIC AFTER SWITCHING FROM A 5'9'" DRIVER TO 4'9" DRIVER. THE SEAT MEMORIES WERE PROGRAMMED FOR BOTH DRIVERS, BUT DID NOT WORK. THE SHORT DRIVER ADJUSTED SEATS AND MIRRORS, NOTICED THAT THE ELECTRIC CONTROLS SEEMED TO BE SLUGGISH. AFTER PULLING BACK INTO TRAFFIC, THE SEAT WAS A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO STEERING WHEEL. DRIVER TRIED TO NUDGE SEAT BACK, BUT CONTROL DID NOT WORK. DRIVER TRIED TO ADJUST SEAT TO TILT BACKWARD, BUT THE SEAT MOVED ALL THE WAY BACK. WHEN TRYING TO BRING SEAT BACK UP, THE CONTROL STUCK IN THE TILT FORWARD POSITION AND FOLDED DRIVER IN SEAT TO WHERE DRIVER COULD NO LONGER SEE ABOVE THE DASH (40-45 DEGREE SHARP ANGLE OF SEAT) . PASSENGER NAVIGATED THE VEHICLE ONTO MEDIAN. DRIVER THEN PULLED CONTROL WITH BOTH HANDS, WHEN IT FINALLY CAME UNSTUCK. THE INJURY TO DRIVER WAS A SORE LOWER BACK LASTING SEVERAL DAYS AFTER EXPERIENCING GREAT PRESSURE FROM SEAT BACK ON LUMBAR REGION. (MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE OR LESS SEVERE WITH LARGER DRIVER) LOCAL FORD DEALER WILL SERVICE VEHICLE ON 20 JUNE 2013. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A TRAFFIC STOP, THERE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS OF THE ENGINE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS CRASHED INTO FROM THE REAR. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED BUT NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,000. *TR

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2012 FORD F-150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE GEAR MOVED FROM PARK TO REVERSE TWICE, SINCE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN SEPTEMBER 2012. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT CAUSED APPROXIMATELY $5800 DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, PLUS DAMAGE TO LANDSCAPING PROPERTY OF A BUSINESS. THE CONSUMER STATED HE PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND LEFT IT RUNNING. WHEN HE WENT AROUND THE TRUCK, HE SAW THE TRUCK STARTING TO MOVE IN REVERSE. HE RAN AROUND TO THE TRUCK, OPENED THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND TRIED TO CLIMB INTO THE TRUCK, TO STOP IT, BUT WAS KNOCKED DOWN TO HIS KNEES AND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE DOOR JAMB ON THE TRUCK. HE WAS DRAGGED TO HIS KNEES FOR SEVERAL FEET, BEFORE HE DECIDED TO LET GO DOWN AND ROLLED AWAY FROM THE TRUCK. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED IN REVERSE FOR APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET BEFORE RUNNING UP OVER A CURB AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT OVER TWO TREES, SOME SMALL BUSHES AND DESTROYING 30 ' OF VINYL FENCE BEFORE COMING TO A REST. ON OCTOBER 1, 2012, THE CONSUMER BACKED THE TRUCK INTO HIS DRIVEWAY, PLACED IT IN PARK AND EXITED THE VEHICLE, AND LEFT IT RUNNING WITH THE DRIVER'S DOOR OPEN, WHEN SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE STARTED MOVE BACKWARDS. HE TRIED TO GET IN THE VEHICLE TO STOP IT, BUT WAS KNOCKED DOWN BY THE DOOR. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED BACK FOR ABOUT 25 FEET HITTING A LANDSCAPING BOULDER BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. *JB

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MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON LA 3033 WHEN SHE BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT THE STEERING RESPONSE WAS ERRATIC AND SLOW, PULLING A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT AND HARD TO TURN IN CORNERS. THIS STARTED ABOUT 3 MILES BEFORE THE INCIDENT AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG BUT CONTINUED AHEAD. SHE REACHED A RIGHT HAND CURVE ON A LOCAL LAKE LEVEE AND NOTICED IT STILL HARD TO TURN BUT MADE IT OKAY. THE NEXT CURVE WAS A LEFT HANDER AND WHEN SHE STATED INTO IT THE STEERING REFUSED TO RESPOND. THERE ARE HARDLY ANY SHOULDERS ON THIS HIGHWAY AND SHE WENT STRAIGHT DOWN THE LEVEE EMBANKMENT AND HIT A TREE AND INTO THE WATER. THE TRUCK IS BADLY DAMAGED BUT SHE AND THE TWO GRANDCHILDREN ARE OKAY. I AM PUTTTING THIS ON THIS SITE BECAUSE I KNOW FORD IS GOING TO DENY ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. NOW I'M WONDERING IF IT MIGHT HAPPEN AGAIN TO US OR SOMEONE ELSE. *TR

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UPON RECEIVING VEHICLE FROM DEALERSHIP IN JULY 2012, ECOBOOST HESITATES, THEN IT TAKES OFF AND GOES FASTER THAN YOU WANT THE VEHICLE TO.THIS HAPPENED MANY TIMES TO PASS VEHICLES OR SPEED UP TO ENTER HIGHWAY FROM ON RAMP. AFTER STARTING AND LETTING SIT FOR MORE THAN 10 MIN., PUTTING IN DRIVE OR REVERSE, VEHICLE RUNS AT HIGH RPM & TAKES OFF ON ITS OWN.UPON STOPPING AT LIGHT/ STOP SIGN, VEHICLE WILL LUNGE FORWARD.UPON TRYING OUT ECOBOOST ON VEHICLE ONE NIGHT, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT DISENGAGE FROM ECOBOOST, PRESSED BRAKES,& WOULDN'T STOP, ENDED UP TAKING DOWN A PARTIAL FENCE AND ENDING UP IN A DITCH.TRUCK WOULDN'T GET OUT OF DITCH, EVERY TIME YOU PRESSED ON GAS TO TRY TO GET OUT,EVEN IN 4X4, ECOBOOST KICKS IN & SPINS WHEELS.TRUCK TOWED AND DAMAGE FIXED AT DEALERSHIP BOUGHT FROM.THEY REPAIRED TRUCK PER MY AUTO INSURANCE COVERAGE, BUT WHEN ASKED TO CHECK BRAKES,ECOBOOST, THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY ERRORS PER COMPUTER AND ENGINE IS PERFORMING CORRECTLY. BUT, ENGINE IS NOT AS WE HAVE GONE BACK WITH TRUCK MANY TIMES TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND GET THE SAME ANSWERS.A COMPUTER IS ONLY AS GOOD AS WHAT HUMANS PUT INTO IT.THERE IS AN AFTERMARKET COMPUTER CHIP AVAILABLE AT EXPENSE OF TRUCK OWNER THAT WILL CORRECT THE HESITATION WHEN GOING INTO ECOBOOST, BUT NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM OF THE TRUCK DISENGAGING IMMEDIATELY FROM ECOBOOST WHEN BRAKES ARE PRESSED. FORD SHOULD HAVE PUT COMPUTER CHIP IN ENGINE BEFORE SELLING THE VEHICLE AND MAKING SURE THE ECOBOOST DISENGAGES IMMEDIATELY UPON BRAKING. ALSO, EXHAUST FUMES ENTER THE CAB WHEN YOU PUT HEAT, DEFROST, A/C ON. THE RECIRCULATE BUTTON HAS TO BE ON ALL THE TIME TO KEEP VEHICLE EXHAUST OUT OF THE CAB INTERIOR. BUT, THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIND AN ANSWER FOR THIS PROBLEM EITHER. FORD DEALERSHIP OR FORD DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CONCERNED W/ THESE PROBLEM.READ ON-LINE THAT MANY F150 ECOBOOST TRUCKS BUILT FROM 2/2012 TO 5/2012 HAVE PROBLEMS. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER HE PARKED AND EXITED THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD. THE CONTACT RE-ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND ENGAGED THE BRAKE PEDAL HOWEVER, THE WHEELS STARTED SPINNING AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE THEN PUSHED THE OTHER VEHICLE INTO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT'S HOME WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

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