What 323 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Ford F-250 Supercab

CP4 pump continuous failure sending metal into the fuel system. Ford still uses an inferior product causing truck owners up to $18000 in repairs.

NHTSA ODI 11730059

it keeps throwing a check engine light for miss fire but ive replaced all of the ignition and fuel parts and it keeps happening now its loosing power and getting hot for no reason.

NHTSA ODI 11665869

the diesel particulate filter is failing on a lot of 2011-2016 ford f-250 f-350, f-450, and f-550 Part 6D20000. Leaving vehicles stranded on the road while driving at 75 MPH. The safety was impacted by a sudden vehicle slowing down with no acceleration. It had also tried doing a lot of regins. This particular truck has not been inspected by a ford dealer nor insurance, but it has been inspected by me and a private mechanic. there weren't any prior problems with this truck. On top of this situation, diesel particulate filters are back ordered by about 3 months and cost about $4,700.00 for replacements. I do forget what the exact day was but it was somewhere in august of 2022

NHTSA ODI 11484999

Okk Main issue is what everyone calls the “Death Wobble”. It has done it countless of times since I’ve had the truck. Even after I bought a New Fox Single steering stabilizer. I have replaced quite a few things under the front end that I was told “Could” be why it kept doing it. The most recent I’ve bought for the front is brand new Fox Shocks just like the ones I have on the back and it still does it. I’ve had the front end aligned a couple times since I’ve had the truck and rotated my tires once too. And to this day it Still does that death wobble. It scares me every time too still. Im afraid ima end up in a wreck or cause a wreck bc of it. Another issue is I keep having this warning pop up saying “ Engine Temp too high reduced engine power “ bc it thinks the engine coolant is too low which it’s Not. And when I scan the code through the OBD port it just says “Engine oil temp sensor too low/too high”. I had the Ford dealership in my town put a new Oil Temp sensor in it but it still throws a code just about everyday I drive it. Another issue I had was the High Pressure fuel pump on the front of the motor go out Literally while I was sittn in my driveway at night after just driving it not even 3 miles down the road to the store to grab a few things. And it ran fine like normal but soon as pulled in the driveway an was rolling my windows up about to go in it just died on me an had to get it towed to the Ford dealership in my town. They looked at my fuel an said my fuel was fine with No contaminants in it. I was just Unlucky they said so that was basically 10k out my pocket to pay for a Whole New fuel system. The Death Wobble is my most concerning issue but other than that the truck has been awesome.

NHTSA ODI 11465071

WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, WHEN ADJUSTING SPEED, ENGINE WILL STALL OUT AND POWER STEERING, BRAKES STOP WORKING, ALL INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS REMAIN ON, INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN A WEEK

NHTSA ODI 11339902

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT FOUND METAL SHRAPNEL IN THE FUEL SYSTEM, WHICH TRAVELED TO THE ENGINE. MULTIPLE UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE BATTERY WAS CHANGED. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL INJECTORS AND FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 188,180.

NHTSA ODI 11160802

2012 F250 BOUGHT NEW 2013 46,000 MILES. DRIVING ON ROAD. NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. SHUTS DOWN. DEALER INFORMS ME, WATER IN FUEL, NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. $9700 REPAIR BILL!

NHTSA ODI 11102270

THE F250, 2012, 6.7L, DIESEL EMISSIONS SYSTEM EMITS DIESEL PARTICLES INTO THE CABIN OF THE TRUCK. THE PARTICLES ARE FINE AND ARE A HEALTH RISK. THE PARTICULATE FILTER HAS BEEN CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE PARTICLES CAN BE SEEN ON THE DOOR JAMS LEADING INTO THE TRUCK. THESE PARTICLES ARE FINE MIST AND ENTER INTO THE CAB AS WELL BECAUSE THE CAB ISN'T AIR TIGHT AND THE PARTICLES INTO THE CAB AND WHEN BREATHED IN CAN CAUSE NOT ONLY LUNG DAMAGE, BUT CANCER. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED.

NHTSA ODI 11100293

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FOR PASSING SLOWER TRAFFIC, VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WENT INTO THE LIMP MODE. PROBLEM SEEMS MOST PRESENT AT AROUND 2000 RPM WHILE ATTEMPTING TO INCREASE SPEED. IT APPEARS THAT THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURRING WHEN THE TURBO BOOST IS INCREASED. RESEARCH OF THIS PROBLEM HAS SHOWN THAT MANY OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE ECO BOOST ENGINE IN THIS AND OTHER YEAR MODELS. THE NHTSA BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION IN 2012 BUT DROPPED THE PROBE WHEN FORD SAID THEY HAD RESOLVED THIS ISSUE. NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT IT IS DEFINITELY A "SAFETY ISSUE" FOR DRIVERS OF THIS EQUIPMENT. HEADED FOR THE FORD DEALERSHIP TOMORROW TO SEE HOW THIS CAN BE RESOLVED.

NHTSA ODI 11004136

TRUCK GIVE ME A STOP SAFELY NOW MASSAGE AND SHUT DOWN THE MOTOR IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE LOOKED IT UP ON THE INTERNET TOLD ME IT WAS A BAD EGT CENSOR HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED WOULD NOT RESTART

NHTSA ODI 10994449

"TAKATA RECALL" VEHICLE ENGINE FAILURE AT SPEED, FAILED EGT SENSOR CAUSED THE TRUCK TO SHUT-OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSTATE

NHTSA ODI 10979906

I GOT ON THE HIGHWAY AND WAS DOING A TURNAROUND WHEN I ACCELERATED TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY LANES A WARNING LIGHT THAT SAID REDUCED ENGINE POWER APPEARED ON MY DASH. APPROXIMATELY 200' LATER MY TRUCK DIED ON THE HIGHWAY. MY HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WENT OUT AND APPARENTLY DISINTEGRATED SENDING ALUMINUM SHAVINGS THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM. THE FIX IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM AT A COST OF $11,200. THE FORD COMPANY IS CLAIMING THE FUEL WAS CONTAMINATED AND CAUSED THE PUMP TO RUST AND GO OUT. I HAVE NEVER GOT A WATER IN FUEL WARNING LIGHT ON MY TRUCK AND HAVE HAD ALL THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE DONE ON THE TRUCK. THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD A LAB DO A SAMPLE OF THE FUEL IN MY TRUCK AND THE FUEL MET ALL THE ASTM REQUIREMENTS. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10934694

TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 55MPH WITH CRUISE SET AND HIT BRAKE TO TURN CORNER. ENGINE IMMEDIATELY DIED WITH SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF POWER BRAKES AND STEERING--SCARY BECAUSE IT HAPPENED AT A CRITICAL TIME WHILE TURNING A CORNER ON A HIGHWAY. ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING--ENGINE SEEMED FINE PRIOR. TRUCK WOULD NOT START. TOWED THE DEAD TRUCK TO NEAREST FORD DEALER IN WELLINGTON, KS. HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE WAS THE DIAGNOSIS. EVIDENTLY WHEN THIS HAPPENS, METAL FILINGS FROM THE SHREDDED PUMP TAKE OUT ALL THE INJECTORS, FUEL RAIL, PRESSURE REGULATOR, AND ALSO SENDS METAL FILINGS INTO THE FUEL TANK VIA THE RETURN LINE. FORD CORPORATE, NOT THE DEALER MIND YOU, CLAIMS THIS FAILURE IS A RESULT OF FUEL CONTAMINATION IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE 2 FUEL FILTERS AND A WATER SEPARATOR IN THE SYSTEM AND THEY WERE WELL MAINTAINED. REPAIRS ARE ESTIMATED AT $8000 + AND FORD HAS REFUSED WARRANTY SAYING IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT. THE "FUEL CONTAMINATION" CLAIM BY FORD MAY NOT EVEN BE ACCURATE AS THEIR "DIAGNOSIS" WAS MADE FROM A PICTURE OF THE FAILED PART. NO FUEL TESTS BY FORD WERE CONDUCTED ALTHOUGH I DID RETAIN A SAMPLE OF THE FUEL. NO SPECIFICS WERE GIVEN BY FORD AS TO WHAT TYPE OF CONTAMINATION EITHER--THEY JUST STATE "CONTAMINATION". I HAVE NO IDEA IF THEY ARE TALKING FLUID OR SOLIDS. JUST WHOSE FAULT IS IT WHEN THE FUEL FILTERING SYSTEM DESIGNED BY FORD FAILS TO FILTER OUT CONTAMINANTS? THEY ARE DENYING WARRANTIES TO THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS LIKE ME, PLUS THEY PUT ME IN DANGER WITH A KNOWN ISSUE THEY FAIL TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR--AND MY GOVERNMENT IS LETTING THEM GET BY WITH IT. TO MY KNOWLEDGE THEY ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD THESE 6.7L DIESEL ENGINES (IT IS NOW AUGUST OF 2015 AS I WRITE THIS) WITH THE SAME HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURES STARING THE NEXT CONSUMER IN THE FACE AND POCKETBOOK. SHAME ON FORD--AND SHAME ON THE REST OF US FOR LETTING THEM GET BY WITH IT...UPDATED 11/05/15 *BF *CN

NHTSA ODI 10746415

THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND THEY HAVE SAID THE SAME THING. THEY ARE SAYING THAT IT IS A FUEL ISSUE BUT THE PUMP ON THE TRUCK ISN'T EQUIPPED WITH THE INCORRECT FUEL PUMP FOR THE DIESEL THAT IS SOLD IN THE US. I HAVE SPENT JUST ABOUT $2000.00 JUST FIGHTING THE WARRANTY COMPANY TO FIX THE TRUCK I DROVE FOR 10 DAYS BEFORE FAILING. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP LONGER THAN I HAVE HAD IT. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10701801

WHILE TRAVELING I-10 WEST NEAR CRESTVIEW, FL AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, I RECEIVED A FORD DIAGNOSTIC SCREEN NOTIFICATION TO STOP VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY. I PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AND SLOWED THE TRUCK TO A STOP. THE ENGINE SHUT OFF IMMEDIATELY WHEN I FULLY STOPPED. I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE TRUCK, BUT THE TRUCK ENGINE WOULD NOT EVEN 'TURN OVER'. THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE FORD DIAGNOSTIC SCREEN. I WAS STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND LUGGAGE AT 8PM ON A SUNDAY NIGHT, AND 2 HOURS FROM HOME (MISSISSIPPI). I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP. THE NEXT DAY, THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS A EGT SENSOR FAILURE. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT A FAILED SENSOR WOULD LEAVE ME STRANDED WITHOUT A PREVIOUS WARNING STATING THE SHUTDOWN WOULD OCCUR. AT LEAST THE TRUCK PCM SHOULD NOTIFY AND ALLOW ME TO PUT MYSELF AND MY LOVED ONES IN A SAFE PLACE IF THE TRUCK WAS TO BE AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10682753

WE WERE DRIVING IN THE LEFT LANE OF FOUR LANE HIGHWAY (TWO LANES EACH WAY) WHEN THE SENSOR WARNING CAME ON SAYING STOP SAFELY SOON. MY HUSBAND STARTED TO MOVE TO THE RIGHT. THE TRAFFIC WAS VERY LIGHT. BEFORE WE COULD GET INTO THE RIGHT LANE THE TRUCK DIED. HAD WE BEEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WE WOULD HAVE BEEN STALLED IN THE HIGHWAY. I AM REPORTING THIS OUT OF CONCERN FOR OTHER DIESEL TRUCK DRIVERS. FORD DEALER SAID CAUSE WAS BAD EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE EGT SENSOR AND WE PAID OVER $1000 TO HAVE ALL 4 SENSORS REPLACED. THIS HAS CAUSED US TO LOSE FAITH IN OUR TRUCK AND WE TRADED IT IN FOR A NEWER MODEL.

NHTSA ODI 10680146

CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON ADVISING ME TO SAFELY PULL OVER AND STOP. I PULLED OVER INTO A GAS STATION AND THE TRUCK STALLED AS I WAS COMING TO A STOP. ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART IMMEDIATELY. I CHECKED OIL LEVEL AND EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES THE TRUCK RESTARTED AND I DROVE STRAIT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA ABOUT 15 MILES AWAY AND THEY REPLACED AN EGT SENSOR. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10676921

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS THAT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT DIESEL FLUID WAS POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,799 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

NHTSA ODI 10609630

DRIVING THROUGH A FARM FIELD AND SOMETHING HIT THE OIL PAN AND CRACKED IT WITH A HAIR LINE FRACTURE, 1/8 INCH, AND OIL LEAKING. NO VISABLE DAMAGE OR MARKING UNTIL PULLED FROM TRUCK, EVEN THAN NO MARKS BUT A SLIGHT DENT IN PLASTIC. NO OTHER VISABLE DAMAGE ANYWERE ELSE UNDER TRUCK. ASKED IF ALL OIL PANS ARE PLASTIC AND I WAS TOLD BY DEALER, YES. THIS IS A TRUCK DESIGNED TO FOR OFF ROAD HEAVY DUTY WORK. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10440155