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The contact owns a 2010 Ford F-150. While driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle started to vibrate. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road, shut off, and restarted; however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was driven to the dealer (brandon Ford, 9090 E adamo dr, tampa, fl 33619) where it was diagnosed that the torque converter was faulty. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 186,000.
The contact owns a 2010 Ford F-150. While driving various speeds, an abnormal noise was heard coming from the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the spacer kit, hose assembly, additives, and rear oil needed to be serviced and replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to NHTSA. The failure mileage was unknown.
Single owner 2010 Ford F-150 FX4 with 58,000 miles at the time of the incident. I was driving down the freeway (I-10 in phx) at roughly 70 mph during rush hour when suddenly the truck lurched as if I had just driven through a deep puddle. A few seconds later as I was looking in my rear view mirror the rear wheels locked up and the truck began skidding uncontrollably; there were 3 to 4 distinct skids lasting approximately 1 to 2 seconds at a time as I recall. Luckily for me the semi-driver behind me was paying proper attention to the road and noticed me skidding to a halt despite the absence of break lights. He swerved and narrowly missed rear-ending my vehicle at full highway speed. After the semi passed I began to limp over to the side of the freeway going about 25 mph at this point, and I recall a few more jerky upshifts and downshifts while pulling over. By the time my truck was on the side of the freeway the dashboard wrench indicator was on and pressing the gas peddle had no effect. The truck had disconnected the throttle sensor input from the fuel injectors. After weighing my options for about 10 minutes I decided to turn the truck off and back on. Upon doing so the wrench indicator was gone, and the truck appeared to work normally. Since then I have driven the truck (cautiously and on high alert) another 1,500 miles and everything has performed nominally. I have had no other significant incidents with the vehicle prior to this one, nor have I noticed anything out of the norm prior to this incident. At the time of the incident I had been driving at similar speeds for about 20 minutes. The road conditions were both dry and very smooth and the temperature outside was low 80S at the time. The dealership has had my vehicle for 2 days and after a full diagnosis they have no clear explanation or fix for this potentially fatal malfunction.
Fix my 2010 Ford F-150 FX4 engine and tranny problems. I was always a Chevy guy, bought this truck and it is a big pile of [xxx] !!!!! recall it, read the forums, all who own these are sick of the god[xxx] problems !!!!! never again. Stand up to your product. Do something about it. Your engineers are pathetic. Good by, from one pissed off owner information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
When applying sync update caused several failure codes to transmission module and transmission servo. Sync module no longer works after applying software update and must be replaced. All transmission and engine codes were cleared. I believe the sync module update caused failure codes and destroyed sync module. Ford dealership cannot explain
- Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Reoccurring issue with transmission fluid leakage. My 2010 Ford F-150 XLT supercrew engine 4.6 L at 89K miles with all its maintenance done like clockwork and driven like a baby required its automatic transmission seals replaced (transmission fluid leakage around the transmission bulkhead connector sleeve) 01/02/17. The dealer said that the current repair is not covered under warranty as the truck is passed its 60K power train warranty that previous repair completed back on Feb 2015 (completed under warranty as the truck had 57K miles at the time). Even though they have to do the same thing as back in Feb 2015 where they have to bring the transmission down and re-seal it in addition to the new repair of the transmission bulkhead connector sleeve. I can not understand why Ford and its techs whom are aware of the tsb 14-0069 (attached) known issue prior to 2014* did not "replace repair" this part back on Feb 2015 so that the customer would not find himself in this situation with a $721.04 repair bill. I'm highly disappointed and dissatisfied with the purchase of my truck I have never owned any vehicle that within 6 years or less the transmission and drive shaft had to be repaired so often (this F150 is not used commercially and its well cared for maintained). My family and I have owned Ford's and Honda's in the past and never has anyone in my family and I had to replace or repair so often a transmission. This is not the 1st issue I have had with the automatic transmission of my truck I had taken it in to doral Lincoln while it was still under warranty as it was jerking on gear changes they lubricated the transmission and draft shaft additionally I had the drive shaft coupler/boot replaced at sawgrass Ford as well it was out of warranty this repair cost me $185.90 on 09/17/2016.
Noticed a fluid leak when vehicle was parked in driveway. Discovered it was red transmission fluid coming from the top of the transmission. The electrical plug to the transmission is wet. The truck is babied and very lightly used with only 19,311 miles on it.
The contact owns a 2010 Ford F-150. While driving 65 mph, the rear wheels locked and the transmission automatically shifted into first gear from the sixth gear. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but the vehicle was not diagnosed. The contact stated that the issue with the vehicle was identical to a 2011 Ford F-150 recall pertaining to unexpected transmission downshift. The contact inquired if the recall could be applied to the 2010 Ford F-150. The NHTSA campaign number was unknown. The failure mileage was 99,000.
2010 Ford F150 with 83,000 miles traveling 70 mph with cruise control on. Heard a loud thump then transmission locked up skidding 100 feet in uncontrolled fashion. Placed transmision shifter to neutral immediately when rpms were racing. Truck tried to go left but gained control with steering wheel. Took truck by tow truck to transmission shop and they found transmission had shifted from 6th gear to 1st gear causing the problem. Transmission was intact. Called Ford dealer I bought from they said they would research sounded like they were not interested. This is a very dangerous defect to say the least and I noted 3 other similar experiences under car complaints.com for this year yet no recall for this problem but has been issued for 2011 and 2012 models. NHTSA should take note and make mandatory recall.
Vehicle vibrates and hesitates to accelerate to the point where the truck engine will shut off around 1500 RPM on both highway speed and normal street speed. I took it to a local Ford dealership, and they said there's nothing wrong with it or maybe they just don't know where it's coming from since the engine light is not on.
The contact owns a 2010 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the accelerator pedal was depressed but failed to respond.in addition, there was an abnormal banging noise and the vehicle would shift into gear. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 200.
I was traveling approximately 30 mph on a paved road when the vehicle experienced a hard jolt, the rear tires locked up and came to a sudden stop. At first I thought I had been hit from behind by another vehicle but there were no other vehicles behind me. As soon as the vehicle came to a stop I applied brakes and put the vehicle in park and turned off the engine. I then restarted the vehicle at which time I noticed a orange wrench warning light on the instrument panel. I put the vehicle in drive but it would not move. I put the vehicle back in park, turned the engine off and called a wrecker service to take the vehicle to my local Ford dealership. My F 150 had approximately 53,000 miles on the odometer when this occurred. Hadthis occurrd a few minutes later I would have been on a major interstate highway and there would have been potential for this causing a dangerous accident. I have not used this vehicle to pull trailers or carry any heavy loads since new. I have not experienced any transmission, brake or other power train issues since owning the vehicle new.
At highway cruising speed, with the cruise control on, the truck spontaneously locked up the wheels and went into an uncontrollable skid off the interstate highway into the ditch and up the embankment. The Ford dealership which fixed it found a computer error code P0975, and therefore replaced Ford part number 9L3Z7A100C:control assembly-transmission. No braking system problems, and no rear end differential problems were found. The truck was drivable after the accident. If the truck had rolled or struck an obstacle, fatalities could have resulted.
The truck was parked facing down on a moderate hill. When the truck was started and the shift lever moved from park to drive, the transmission remained locked up (still in park) and the visual gear selector indicator did not illuminate showing any gear selected. After a few seconds, the transmission shifted into drive and the shift indicator illuminated in the gear selected. Applying gas during the "pause shift" period resulted in a rapid and uncontrolled acceleration when the shift occurred and this resulted in a significant accident. After the accident, the truck was examined by a Ford dealership technician and the transmission control modulator (tcm) was reprogrammed.
While breaking to stop at an intersection the truck unintentionally accelerates and will not stop. The ABS brake pulsations continued walking the F150 into the intersection as the engine rpms climbes. I put it in neutral, the engine revves very high, I released the brake and then slammed it back down. The rpms drop to normal and the truck stoppes. It has done this once every year since 2011. It shows no trouble codes and won't do it for the Ford service technicians.
Ford F150 4.6lt stx lost all power at 45mph. Limped the truck home with the fear of getting run over. Truck is less then 5yrs old with 63K miles on it. If my wife would have been driving I'm sure she would have been hit from behind as I had to take action to keep from being in an accident. Dealership said the transmission failed. I had the vehicle to two different dealers for a stalling issue. To me it felt as if the torque converter was staying locked up stalling the engine. Both dealers were unable to diagnose the problem. This problem has been going on since new in 2010. Now that the transmission has failed 3K miles outside the warranty Ford will not do a thing to help but offer a little money towards a 4600$ repair. This in my opinion is a safety issue. If I was not a technician for over 15yrs and a techline adviser for another car company for over 7 I might not have known what was going on. Ford will not stand by their product and rectify this issue and is passing on this failure to me. This is something that needs to be addressed as my wife since it stalled on her will no longer drive the truck even if I get it repaired. Lack of customer service and loyalty by Ford Motor Company!
The contact owns a 2010 Ford F 150. The contact stated while starting the vehicle, there was an abnormal noise coming from the engine as if the vehicle was accelerating rapidly. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.
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- Tampa, FL, USA