What 2,796 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Ford F-150 Supercab Diesel

WE FOUND OUT RECALL AFTER ACCIDENT LAST YEAR - WHEN TURNING - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED LOCKED, VEHICLE SKID AND CAUSED ACCIDENT. WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS BY INSURANCE, WE TOLD THEM WAS NOT OUR FAULT. WE HAD TO PAY DEDUCTIBLE AND OUT OF POCKE TO TRY TO REPLACE VEHICLE. NOW SAME VEHICLE IS ALSO UNDER SAME RECALL.

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TWO PROBLEMS: I) FROM A STOP, SUCH AS FOLLOWING TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE INSTRUCTION LIKE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, YIELD (BEFORE MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY), STOP SIGN, PARKING SPOT, ETC, THE TRUCK ATTEMPTS TO START MOVING FORWARD IN 5TH GEAR. THE TRUCK DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD UNLESS SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL OR PARK AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE. TRUCK WILL NOT ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION IN 5TH GEAR. II) MORE CONCERNING IS THAT THE TRUCK DECIDES TO DOWNSHIFT INAPPROPRIATELY (E.G. IT SHOULD UPSHIFT OR STAY IN GEAR, BUT DOWNSHIFTS ERRATICALLY CALLING). THIS LEADS TO STOPPING SHORT AND CAUSES THE TRUCK TO BUCK. IT RESULTS IN ALMOST TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PRESENTS A HORRIBLE RISK TO DRIVER, PASSENGERS, AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. HAD TO PULL OFF SIDE OF ROAD OVER A CURB CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE AND ALMOST A HEART ATTACK! I HAVE 68,000 MILES ON A TRUCK THAT SHOULD LAST FOR AT LEAST DOUBLE THAT. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN BABIED AND WELL-MAINTAINED SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. THIS IS SAD THAT FORD WON'T ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR USING A FAULTY TRANSMISSION WITH KNOWN ISSUES. REF: MOLDED LEADFRAME ISSUE INCLUDING TSB 13-6-8

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THIS IS THE 3RD OCCURRENCE OVER THE LAST MONTH. DRIVING ON HWY 90 AT 65 MILES PER HOUR THE TRUCK SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED INTO 1ST GEAR. THE REAR TIRES LOCKED UP AND SMOKED AS I WAS THROWN FORWARD AGAINST MY SEAT BELT. I NARROWLY KEPT CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I SHIFTED THE TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL AND COASTED ONTO THE SHOULDER. I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE. THE TRUCK OPERATED NORMALLY FOR ABOUT 50 MILES. THE SUDDEN VIOLENT DOWNSHIFT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND FRIGHTENING. FORD HAS RECALLED 2014 F150'S WITH THE SAME ISSUE. WHY HAVE THEY NOT RECALLED THE 2013'S? SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BY THIS DEFECT. THIS IS A WIDELY REPORTED ISSUE WITH THE 2013 FORD F150. DO SOMETHING.

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TRUCK WAS HAVING ISSUES WITH RANDOMLY DISENGAGING FROM CRUISE CONTROL, LOSS OF POWER FROM A STOP, AND ERRATIC DOWNSHIFTING. ON THE HIGHWAY THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD DISENGAGE, SPEEDOMETER WOULD GO TO 0 THEN BACK TO ITS ACTUAL SPEED. FROM A STOP SIGN/STOP LIGHT, WHEN THE LIGHT WOULD TURN GREEN THE TRUCK WOULD SPIT AND SPUTTER, SHIFTING ERRATICALLY, RPM WOULD GO UP BUT NO POWER. WHEN CRUISING AROUND 45MPH TRUCK DOWNSHIFTED FOR NO REASON CAUSING A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND, THIS HAPPENED TWICE CONSECUTIVELY. TOOK IS TO SIMMONS ROCKWELL TO GET IT DIAGNOSED, AFTER I HAD ALREADY RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND KNEW WHAT IT WAS, AND THEY REPLACED THE MOLDED LEAD FRAME IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS EXACTLY THE ISSUE THEY HAD THAT CAUSED THE RECALL ON THE 2011/2012 MODELS. THE REPAIR COST WAS @ $500. I WAS JUST READING AN ARTICLE WHICH STATED THAT THE NHTSA MAY ORDER ANOTHER RECALL WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE 2013 MODEL.

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TRANSMISSION RANDOMLY DOWNSHIFTS WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING WHEEL LOCKUP AND UNSAFE CONDITION

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TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY. SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT SHIFT DOWN FROM 5TH GEAR AND BOGS DOWN FROM A STANDING START (ONVIOUSLY) AND I HAVE TO STOP AND PUT IN PARK TO SHIFT AGAIN AND SOMETIMES THAT DOES NOT WORK. ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS IT SHIFTED DOWN TO FIRST ON IT'S OWN AND IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE THE JOLT WAS SO HARD. SERVICE DEPT SAYS THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT IS NOT RECALLED AND THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE IT (DANGEROUSLY HAPPENS AT RANDOM!). I DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE MY FAMILY IN THIS DANGEROUS TRUCK!

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VEHICLE WILL ABRUPTLY DOWNSHIFT TO 1ST GEAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 65 MPH CAUSING REAR TIRES TO LOCK UP AND SKID. DTC CODES P0720 AND P0722 INDICATE FAULTY TRANSMISSION SENSOR. EXTREMELY UNSAFE!

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ON 3/12/18 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:20AM, WITHOUT WARNING MY REAR WHEELS & DRIVETRAIN LOCKED UP WHILE ON AN ICY/FROST COVERED BRIDGE AT I96 AND NEWBURG RD IN LIVONIA. MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL AS I MY STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT WHEELS WERE ABOUT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN MANUNEVER. MY VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AT AROUND 10 MPH AND MY VEHICLE HIT THE BRIDGE CURBING. LUCKILY I DIDN'T HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AT THAT INTERSECTION AS IT CAME TO A STOP. I DID NOTICE THAT ME VEHICLE LOST IT SPEEDOMETER WHICH TRIGGER THE BAD EVENT. MY VEHICLE HAS THE 6R80 FAULTY TRANSMISSION WITH THE SAME TYPE OF 6R80 LEAD FRAME DEFECT PROBLEM REPORTED IN PREVIOUS F150 MODEL YEARS.

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MULTIPLE SEVERE TRANSMISSION ISSUES: 1. SUDDENLY DROPPING FROM 4TH TO 1ST GEAR, CAUSING SUDDEN DECREASE IN SPEED, SCREECHING OF TIRES, AND PASSENGERS IN VEHICLE TO BE THROWN FORWARD. 2. ERRATIC SPEEDOMETER. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, SPEEDOMETER WILL DROP AND START TO JUMP BETWEEN APPROX 15 MPH AND 65 MPH; THIS IS FOLLOWED BY A VERY LARGE CLUNKING SOUND. 3. VEHICLE STAYS IN TOO HIGH GEAR. ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION RUN IN HIGHER GEAR THAN SHOULD BE; NOISE AND VIBRATIONS CAN BE HEARD/FELT IN VEHICLE. 4. TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE AND SHIFT INTO PROPER GEAR FROM A STOPPED POSITION. ENGINE REVS HIGH, BUT TRUCK BARELY MOVES. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE (1ST ISSUE NOTED). IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY MULTIPLE OTHER OWNERS THROUGH INTERNET SEARCHES. FORD IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THEIR STANDARD DIAGNOSTICS DO NOT PICK UP THE ISSUE, BUT WHEN THEY CONTACT ESCALATED SERVICE ENGINEERS FROM CORPORATE THEY TELL THE DEALER TO TRY A FEW OTHER TRICKS TO SEE IF IT IS WHAT THEY SUSPECT. THERE IS A KNOWN FLAW THAT THEY WILL NOT PUBLISH. THIS REPAIR IS SUPPOSEDLY THE WIRING HARNESS AND LEAD FRAME THAT NEEDS REPLACEMENT. HAVE HAD THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALER 7 TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIRS AND FINALLY AFTER THEM KEEPING THE TRUCK FOR 3 WEEKS THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE ISSUE. CUSTOMERS SERVICES SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO HELP ME BUT THEY WILL MAKE NOTE OF THE CONCERN. THERE SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL ON THIS AND I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE ANY MORE INFO YOU NEED. I HAVE SERVICE RECORDS SHOWING THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MANY TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS. I DO NOT HAVE FINAL SERVICE HISTORY FROM PLATTSBURGH FORD YET, BUT WILL BY END OF THE WEEK AND CAN UPLOAD OR SEND THEN AS NEEDED. WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM

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AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION UNEXPECTEDLY DOWNSHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 50 MPH SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE REAR TIRES TO SLIDE AND LOCK, AND THE CONTROL PANEL INSIDE THE VEHICLE IS BLINKED OUT NOT SHOWING ANYTHING.

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03/31/17 VIN [XXX] WAS REAR ENDED AT 80 MPH. [XXX] WAS PUSHED INTO THE CONCRETE CENTER DIVIDER UPON IMPACT THE DRIVERS AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURY TO THE DRIVER. DRIVERS SIDE CURTAINS DEPLOYED. VEHICLE IS PRESERVED IN EVIDENCE. DETAILED PHOTOS AND POLICE REPORT ARE AVAILABLE OF INSPECTION. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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I WAS DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY AND WENT TO EXIT AND HEARD A SOUND WITH A WARNING LIGHT WITH ADVANCETRAC SERVICE AND POWER STEERING DEFAULT. I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE MY STEERING MORE THAN JUST A FEW INCHES LEFT OR RIGHT AND STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP DO TO THE STEERING WAS UNABLE TO FUNCTION ANY LONGER.

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MY BRAND NEW FORD F150 SVT RAPTOR WAS IN PARK AT MY RESIDENCE AND WHILE I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE MY TRUCK IT STARTED COMING BACKWARDS LIKE SOMEONE PUT IT INTO REVERSE. MY MOTHER WAS IN THE YARD AND SHE IS A WITNESS TO WHAT HAPPENED. I HAD BOTH OF THE DOORS OPEN AND WHILE IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE HAD PUT IT INTO REVERSE WHICH NO ONE WAS IN MY VEHICLE I JUMPED INTO THE TRUCK AND TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKE IT WAS TOO LATE. THE TRUCK WHILE COMING IN REVERSE WHICH THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN PARK THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR CAUGHT THE POLE ON OUR CARPORT AND ABOUT RIPPED THE DOOR OFF. I CALLED EVERYONE UNDER THE SUN WITH THE FORD COMPANY AND THEY THOUGHT I WAS TELLING THEM A FIB. I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE IT COULD HURT OR CAUSE A DEATH TO SOMEONE..... *TR

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AT OR AROUNG 500 MILES ON MY BRAND NEW 2013 FORD F150 SVT RAPTOR A MESSAGE COME UP ON THE 4.2 INCD LCD THAT READ "CHECK FUEL INLET". I WAS AT A GAS STATION PUTTING GAS IN MY TRUCK AND WHILE I WAS PUMPING GAS I CALLED HARBIN FORD AND SPOKE WITH A SERVICE REP. AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAD COME UP ON THE LCD. THE SERVICE REP. TOLD ME TO OPEN THE BACK DOOR AND LOOK UNDER THE BACK SEAT ON DRIVER SIDE AND THERE SHOULD BE A WHITE FUNNEL LOOKING OBJECT ABOUT 6 INCHES LONG. I PULLED UP AT MY HOME AND PARKED MY TRUCK UNDER OUR CARPORT WHICH HAS 2 OPEN WALLS AND ANOTHER TO ENTER THE CARPORT. ON THE NORTH END THE CARPORT IS SUPPORTED BY 3 STEEL POLES WHICH HOLDS THE CARPORT UP WHICH IS ATTACHED TO OUR HOUSE. I PLACED MY TRUCK IN (P) PARK AND LEFT THE ENGINE RUNNING, MY MOTHER WAS OUTSIDE ABOUT 10 FEET FROM MY TRUCK. AND I THOUGHT BEFORE I GOT IN MY TRUCK THAT MAYBE I SHOULD TRY THE FUNNEL DEAL MENTIONED EARLIER IN THIS DESCRIPTION. SO I JUST OPENED THE BACK DOOR BECAUSE THE FRONT WAS ALREADY OPEN BECAUSE I LEFT MY TRUCK RUNNING AND IT WAS IN THE (P) POSITION BUT I GOT THE FUNNEL AND OPENED THE FUEL DOOR AND STARTED STICKING THE FUNNEL IN AND OUT REPEATING SEVERAL TIMES. AND ABOUT THE 2ND OR 3RD TIME STICKING THE FUNNEL IN AND OUT OF THE FUEL INLET MY TRUCK ACTED LIKE SOMEONE HAD PLACED MY TRUCK IN REVERSE AND IT STARTED COMING IN REVERSE. MY MOTHER SEEN THIS AND SHE SCREAMED AT ME TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND I JUST SEEN A OPENING BETWEEN THE DOORS AND I SOMEHOW ENDED UP IN THE DRIVER SEAT AND I HIT THE BRAKE AND TO DISBELIEF I LOOKED AT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND IT WAS ALMOST RIPPED COMPLETELY OFF AND THE DRIVER SIDE FENDER WAS ALSO CRINKLED UP FROM THE DOOR CATCHING ON THE LAST POLE EXITING OUR CARPORT. I LOOKED OVER AT THE AUTO TRANSMISSION AND THE TRUCK WAS STILL IN PARK? *TR

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