What 1,362 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Ford F-150 Supercab Diesel

THE SKID PLATE UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION HAS INADEQUATE FASTENERS. THE FASTENERS DO NOT RETAIN THE SKID PLATE AND SKID PLATE WILL COME LOOSE. IN MY CASE THE SKID PLATE CAME COMPLETELY LOOSE AND FELL ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. ALL MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN DONE BY A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY INDICATED THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM. ITEMS FALLING OFF OF VEHICLES ONTO THE HIGHWAY IS A SAFETY CONCERN. ESPECIALLY WHEN SUCH ITEMS ARE LARGE AND DIFFICULT TO AVOID. I HAVE WRITTEN TO FORD WITH NO RESOLUTION OR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE PROBLEM. PARTS SHOULD NOT BE FALLING OFF OF VEHICLES BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE OR INADEQUATE FASTENERS.

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DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED OUT OF NO WHERE WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT. CAUSIG GLASS TO CUT MY SON.

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THE CONNECTOR THAT PLUGS INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR IS LOOSE AND GETS HOT CAUSING THE CONNECTION TO BE LOST IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS CONNECTOR. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ AND HEARD THAT THERE HAS BEEN TRUCKS CATCHING ON FIRE AND BURN TO THE GROUND. IF YOU COULD PLEASE CONTACT ME AT (XXXX) PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

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I WAS MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE MY TRUCK LOST ALL POWER AND DECELERATED AND A WRENCH ICON APPEARED ON THE DISPLAY. I PULLED OVER LUCKILY SAFELY WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT TURNED MY TRUCK OFF AND BACK ON AND DID NOT EXPERIENCE THIS ISSUE AGAIN. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. HOPEFULLY MY FAMILY DOES NOT GET HARMED WITH THIS VEHICLE IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL SOMEONE DOES WITH THIS ISSUE HAPPENING.

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DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, TRYING TO CHANGE LANE TO EXIT THE ROAD, PRESS ON MY BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, THEN MY BRAKES LIGHT CAME ON, SAYING IAM LOW ON BRAKE FLUID, AND MY BREAKS DONT WORK, THE PEDAL WENT AL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOD. PUT ON MY HAZARDS LIGHT ON, AND LET THE TRUCK SLOW DOWN TO AN EXIT, VERY SLOW TO STOP WHILE DRIVING. FOUND OUT THERE A RECALL ON MY TRUCK, CALL FORD #, THEY TELL ME THAT THE TRUCK HAD BEEN SERVICE BEFORE IN 2016, AND THERE ONLY ONE RECALL FIX PER VEHICLE. SO IAM OUT LUCK, THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND MASTER CYLINDER HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN..AT MY OWN EXPENSE...

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED AND FAILED TO ENGAGE PAST THIRD GEAR. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159,000.

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TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTS WHILE MOVING, FROM 6TH GEAR DOWN TO 1ST, ALL GAUGES GO TO ZERO BUT TRUCK DOES NOT POWER OFF. CAN ACCELERATE BUT DOES NOT PICK UP SPEED. SIMILAR SYMPTOMS FOR THE 2011-2013 F150 RECALL OUT NOW.

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LEFT FOR WORK THIS MORNING (APRIL 29TH 2019). TEMP WAS 48, LEFT THE HOTEL AND TURNED ON REAR DEFROST, SMELLED A BURNING ELECTRONICS SMELL WITHIN ABOUT 2 MINUTES AFTER TURNING ON THE REAR DEFROST AND HEARD A LOUD POP AS I WAS TRAVELING AT 35MPH. I LOOKED BACK TO SEE MY DRIVERSIDE REAR WINDOW COMPLETELY SHATTERED. CALLED FORD AND ASKED THEM IF THEY NEW OF ANYTHING, THEY JUST BRUSHED ME OFF. IM CONCERNED GREATLY MORE FOR THE ELECTRICAL SMELL EVEN THOUGH IM HIGHLY UPSET ABOUT THE WINDOW. I DONT WANT A VEHICLE FIRE. THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT, NOT A WEAR AND TEAR ITEM OR A CONSUMABLE. I AM THOROUGHLY CONVINCED FORD NEEDS TO FIX THIS, BOTH MY WINDOW AND THE ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. I WORKED AT A DEALER AS A TECHNICIAN, IF MY TRUCK CATCHES FIRE, I WILL HIRE A LAWYER.

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INITIAL STARTUP, VEHICLE IS COLD. STEERING HAS BINDING OCCURRING THAT INCREASES AND DECREASES AS THE WHEEL IS TURNED IN EITHER DIRECTION AS I AM DRIVING, AS IT IS TURNED FROM FULL LEFT TO RIGHT, OR RIGHT TO LEFT. IT REQUIRES SUBSTANTIAL FORCE TO CONTINUE TO TURN THE WHEEL TO GET THE VEHICLE TO GO IN THE DESIRED DIRECTION. AS VEHICLE WARMS UP, THE FORCE REQUIRED TO TURN THE WHEEL LESSENS, BUT STILL REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT FORCE TO STEER IN EITHER DIRECTION. IF IT BECAME NECESSARY TO MAKE AN AVOIDANCE MANEUVER, IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE FORCE REQUIRED TO STEER THE VEHICLE IN THE NECESSARY DIRECTION. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR ABOUT A WEEK.

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BOUGHT THE VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 14,000 MILES. BEFORE 30,000 MILES HAD A SMALL RATTLE WHEN STARTING. ALWAYS FOLLOWED SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. AT 92,000 MILES CODE P0016 COMES UP. TOOK IT IN TO GET LOOKED AT WAS TOLD TIMING CHAIN IS STRETCHED AND ALL 3.5 LITER ECO BOOSTS FROM 2011 TO 2014 HAVE DEFECTIVE TIMING CHAINS BUT FORD HASN'T RECALLED IT YET. APPARENTLY THEY HAVE SENT BULLETINS TO TECHNICIANS ON IT, ADMITTING DESIGN FLAWS. WHY NO RECALL!?

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TRANSMISSION. SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED DOWNSHIFT INTO LOWER GEAR WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A MOUNTAINOUS CANYON ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY MY VEHICLE ABRUPTLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTED INTO A LOWER GEAR. THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. I PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AND AFTER SOME SECONDS CAUTIOUSLY SWITCHED THE GEAR SHIFT BACK INTO DRIVE. FORTUNATELY, THE TRANSMISSION HAD RETURNED TO THE HIGHER GEAR, AND I PROCEEDED TO MY DESTINATION. I'M CONCERNED THAT FORD'S RECALL AFFECTING 2011-2013 MODEL YEARS FOR SUDDEN DOWNSHIFT, CRASH CONCERN MAY NOT BE BROAD ENOUGH SINCE MY 2014 MODEL YEAR APPEARS TO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE; IF I HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO RETURN THE VEHICLE TO A HIGHER GEAR I COULD HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS HAZARDS ON A STEEP, BUSY, AND WINDING CANYON ROAD AT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

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THIS VEHICLE HAS SHUT DOWN DURING OPERATION ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE FIRST, WAS A MINOR REPAIR. THE SECOND, CAUSED OVER $11,000 IN DAMAGES, AND NOW IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. EACH TIME IT OCCURS, THE LOSS OF POWER CAUSES A DECREASE IN THE ABILITY TO STEER AND ALL SYSTEMS SHUT DOWN. WITH OUR CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE, WE HAVE BEEN IN FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AS WE HAVE HAD TO QUICKLY STEER THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE LANE OF TRAFFIC AND HOPE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP.

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WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING WILL LOCKUP. IT WOULD LAST FOR A FEW MOMENTS AND THEN BE OK. THEN WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS OF AND ON TILL I STOP. THIS ALL HAPPENS NOW EVERY TIME I GO ANYWHERE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS MATTER ON THE 2014 F150 BUT FORD TELLS ME NOT ON MY TRUCK AND THEY WILL NOT HELP ME AT ALL. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS NOW AND WHEN I GOT IT CHECKED OUT THAT IS WHEN THE DEALER TOLD ME WHY IT IS HAPPENING. RECALL #14S09 (EPAS)

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WHILE TURNING LEFT IT STARTED MAKING AN AWFUL NOISE THEN POPPED UP WITH STEERING ASSIST FAULT ON THE GAUGE CLUSTER

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I TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROST FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES ON MY WAY TO WORK, AND AS I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT, I HEARD A LOUD POP, SIMILAR TO A GUNSHOT. I GOT OUT AND REALIZED MY REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. I HAVE THE THREE PIECE, SLIDING WINDOW WITH DEFROST. THE DRIVER SIDE WAS SHATTERED. NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXPENSIVE WARRANTY, NOR COVERED BY FORD AS A RECALL, NOR COVERED BY INSURANCE WITHOUT A DEDUCTIBLE. THERE WAS NO IMPACT, NO ROUGH ROADS. NOTHING.

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STEERING WHEEL HAS BEEN GETTING LOOSE AND WOBBLES.IT IS SO BAD THAT I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. FEELS LIKE IT CAN COME OFF ANY DAY NOW.

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WE WERE LEAVING TO GET LUNCH, CAME UP TO A STOP SIGN AT ABOUT 30MPH WITH A CAR COMING DOWNHILL ON THE ROAD WE WERE GETTING READY TO TAKE. I ATTEMPTED TO USE MY BRAKES TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN, I WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND HAD LOST MY BRAKES. THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE AND MY FOOT THAT WAS ON THE BRAKE WAS FULLY PRESSED. WE ROLLED THROUGH THE STOP SIGN, CUTTING OFF THE CAR. I FOUND THE BRAKE BOOSTER, VACUUM / MASTER CYLINDER TO BE AN ISSUE AFTER TAKING IT TO A MECHANIC AND DEALERSHIP. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME I'VE HAD THESE PARTS REPLACED WITH ABOUT 9,000 MILES DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO INSTANCES (THE FIRST INSTANCE WAS UNREPORTED TO NHTSA). FORD WAS CONTACTED BUT I WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE DUE TO MY STATE'S (OHIO) LEMON LAW.

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CYLINDERS 5, 6, 7 AND 8 ALL BLEW HEAD GASKETS ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER STARTING WITH NUMBER 8.

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JANUARY 11, 2019 MY ECO BOOST FX4 WAS JUST AT 65K ON THE ODOMETER EXPERIENCED A HARD SHUTTER LIKE MANY ON THE FORUMS SAY AND WOULDN'T ACCELERATE ON THE INTERSTATE. CODE CAME UP MISFIRE. REPLACED ALL MY SPARK PLUGS, THAT AREN'T SUGGESTED FOR CHANGE FOR CHANGE UNTIL 100K. GAP OPENED FROM .28 TO .45. INTERCOOLER HAD A GOOD BIT OF OILY RESIDUE IN IT. I ALSO SINCE THEN INSTALLED A VAPOR CATCH CAN FOR OVER 400$. IT'S A SHAME YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. ALSO I RECENTLY HAD MY REAR DEFROST ON THE STOP WORKING ON THE MODEL WITH THE REAR SLIDING WINDOW. WHICH AGAIN HAS MANY COMPLAINTS. FORDS FIX IS TO REPLACE THE WHOLE REAR WINDOW AT A HEAVY PRICE. BOX BEING ABLE TO DEFROST IS A MAJOR VISIBILITY ISSUE ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER. BOTH ISSUES HAVE MANY COMPLAINT ONLINE AND FORD HASN'T FIXED EITHER. THE PICTURE OF THE COKE BOTTLE IS WHAT DRAINED OUT OF THE CATCH CAN BY NPR. IT WAS 1 MONTH OF COMMUTING AND A 8 HOUR ROAD TRIP.

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ADVANCETRAC SERVICE KEEPS COMING ON AND STEERING AND BRAKES BEGIN PULSING AND SHAKING AND CAN'T HARDLY TURN , HAS HAPPENED WHEN GOING STRAIGHT AND WHEN TURNING WHILE GOING FROM 35 TO 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY OR SIDE STREET. ONLY 19000 MILES

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REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED WITH NOTHING HITTING IT. I HAVE A CAP ON THE TRUCK IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE TRUCKS WINDOW TO BE HIT BY A ROCK WITHOUT THE CAP HAVING BEEN DAMAGED. TRUCK WAS PARKED I CAME OUT AND NOTICED THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SAFETY GLASSES WAS BROKE.

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WINDOWS SHATTERING WITH OUT IMPACT. MOSTY ON FORDS 2010 TO 2016 I AM SEEN WHILE RESEARCHING. FORS HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BUT THEY REFUSE TO RECALL. ITS IS A DEFECT IN THE WINDOW EITHER BY THE DFROSTER OR FAULTY GLASS. WILL JUST EXPLODE WITHOUT CAUSE AT ANYTIME. WAS DRIVING APPROX 10MPH STRAIGHT DOWN ROAD NORMAL STREET, BOUGHT TRUCK AT FORD OF SOUDERTON CIOCA THE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP WONT BACK PRODUCT.

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WHILE TRAVELING EASTBOUND DOING 65 MPH AND TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER ON I-10 (FL PANHANDLE), THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SHOULDER BECAUSE WE WERE TRAVELING IN THE RIGHT LANE. AFTER GETTING TO A REPAIR GARAGE, WE WERE TOLD BY A FORMER FORD MECHANIC THAT THERE HAD BEEN A TSB ISSUED FOR MICRO FUSE #27 WHICH CONTROLS FUEL PUMP RELAY. FORD HAS ISSUED A REPAIR KIT TO REPLACE THE FUSE WITH A CARTRIDGE MAXI FUSE IN THE #70 EMPTY SPOT ON THE FUSE PANEL. THE MECHANIC PERFORMED THIS FUSE REPLACEMENT AND THE TRUCK IS NOW RUNNING FINE FOR 400 MILES. THE MECHANIC IMMEDIATELY KNEW THE PROBLEM AND STATED THAT HE HAD PERFORMED THIS REPAIR "SEVERAL TIMES" WHILE WORKING FOR A FORD DEALER.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TIGHT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ENTIRE STEERING RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SHEEHY FORD LINCOLN OF RICHMOND (10601 MIDLOTHIAN TURNPIKE, RICHMOND, VA 23235, (804) 794-0500) WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CALL NHTSA. THE DEALER DID NOT LOOK UP THE VIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,805.

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WHILE I WAS IN MOTION DRIVING TO WORK ON A COLD MORNING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, (7AM @ 5MPH) MY REAR WINDOW COMPLETELY SHATTERED ON ONE OF THE THREE PIECES THAT MAKE OP THE REAR WINDOW. IT HAS THE HEATING ELEMENT INTEGRATED WITHIN THE WINDOW AND I SUSPECT THIS DAMAGE WAS DUE TO A RAPID TEMPERATURE CHANGE. NO ONE WAS AROUND THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT EXCEPT FOR MYSELF.

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