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The vehicle will lose speed sensing and then the transmission shifts gears or is erratic and jumps back and forth between gears. Worst case I was approximately doing 40 mph, speedometer went to 0 the truck shifted from 4th gear to 1st gear. Usually the erratic behavior is at lower speed and lower gears, but is gradually getting worse.
Vehicle is randomly shifting into 1st gear. It doesn't matter what speed you are going (it has done it to me at 45 locking up the rear wheels) Ford has a recall on this, but our pickup isn't included for some reason.
Despite not being included in the recent recall, my 2012 F-150 suddenly downshifted while cruising at 45-50mph, resulting in a dangerous sudden slowdown and lurching forward on busy city thoroughfare. Two days later, a sudden stop resulted in a temporary check engine light. Dealer diagnostics indicated the leadframe connector needed to be replaced. This is the same repair covered under the current recall that does not include the production that my truck was a part of. Approximately 1 month prior, the truck was taken to the dealership for erratic shifting at slow speeds, but the issue was not able to be diagnosed at that time. Instead, a transmission flush and slip-yoke lubrication were recommended.
While driving my 2012 F150 on the highway at about 65 mph I experienced unexpected downshifting from 6th gear to a low gear. The rear tires skidded and the rear started to come around. Did all I could to maintain control. Dangerous and scary. Subsequently, I check and learned there was a recall. Went to Ford and the VIN was put into the computer and I was informed my VIN was not part of the recall. Had vehicle repaired cost$1249. The problem the dealer diagnosed was identical to the recall notice issue. Fix was to remove and replace lead frame. Installing main control assembly and transmission pan. New fluid and codes cleared. What is also frightening is according to nthsa web site this problem is specific 2011 -2012 and 2013 F150's. I am under 150K in mileage and well within 10 years from date of warranty. There are many more F150S that did not come under the recall mine being one of them. NHTSA notes that attempts to fix the problem in recalled vehicles have been unsuccessful. What can I do" I have complained to Ford and have an open case pending review. How can Ford justify some vehicles are subject to the recall and others are not" especially when I have the identical symptoms and remedy.
The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. While driving various speeds, the vehicle would inadvertently shift into first gear and the "wrench" warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to autonation Ford frisco (6850 tx-121, frisco, tx 75034) where it was diagnosed that the lead frame failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact believed the failure was relevant to NHTSA campaign number: 16V248000 (power train). The approximate failure mileage was 90,137. The VIN was not available.
- Frisco, TX, USA
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On 7 occasions over the past month, my F150 has had 2 transmissions issues occur. The one to happen 4 of the times is that I'll be driving and all of a sudden it will downshift in to 3rd gear and stay only in 3rd, 4th, or 5th gear. The check engine light comes on, the speedometer stops working, and the control panel/gauges stop working. If I stop, put it in park, and turn off the engine; it goes back to "normal" when I start it back up. The second issue that has happened is when I'm coming from a stop and trying to accelerate, the engine feels like it is in neutral for about 3-5 seconds, even when pushing the accelerator all the way down. This has occurred when turning on to another street with oncoming traffic and has nearly caused collisions because I'm sitting halfway in the oncoming lane. I took the truck to the Ford dealership and they ran a diagnostic test and confirmed that the lead frame needs to be replaced, but claim that it's not part of NHTSA campaign number: 16V248000.
The vehicle would downshift into 1st gear without warning, has occurred when vehicle was traveling approximately 35 mph. The vehicle would also remain in 1st gear after these incidents and intermittently when leaving from a stop, at an intersection. Vehicle has done this several times, in which case the dashboard displayed an illuminated malfunction indicator light and gone into limp mode, with only 5th gear available, while in an intersection. This problem would also cause the odometer to read '-------.--' and the speedometer to read '0 mph', even when the vehicle is in motion, travelling at any speed. Vehicle is in otherwise perfect operating conditions. Diagnostic trouble code P0720 was displayed during these incidents. The manufacturer has customer satisfaction program 16N02 for 'certain' vehicles, in which the dealers are replace the molded lead frame within the transmission. In the case of my vehicle, this program did not apply to my vehicle, while at the same time, the molded lead frame within the transmission was determined to be the source of the issue and subsequently replaced. With my vehicle not applying for the noted customer satisfaction program, with the same faulty part as noted within the specific customer satisfaction program, it is my opinion that the affected vehicles with deficient molded lead frames is far greater than what was initially thought and therefore, the recall program should be extended to all F-150S and similar vehicles within the specified build dates, as noted within the customer satisfaction program. The molded lead frame failure should be considered a manufacturing defect and causes serious safety concerns for the drivers of those vehicles and to the travelling public.
Driving on the highway, truck was supposed to shift from 5th to 6th gear, but shifted into first instead. Happened 3 times today and a couple more times in the past week. Tires squealed, throws your forward in your seat due to the sudden drop in speed.
While driving down the road everyday use the truck suddenly drops down to 1st gear sometimes causing the tires to lock up other times causing the engine to rev up. It has happened once on the freeway and quite a few times on the side streets I took it to the trans shop and he was not sure
05/10/2018 driving in a school zone at 20 mph the vehicle with out any input down shifted from 3rd to 1st gear. After which it refused to shift up until I pulled over and put the vehicle in park. No code was thrown. 5/09/2018 while picking up the kids from school the F150 felt like it was stumbling at 20 mph and then it kicked back in and spun the tires, no code was thrown. Prior to this incident while driving on the freeway the vehicle on several occasions acted as if it did not know what gear to be in while going at a steady pace, the speedometer was bouncing to various speeds and then it smoothed back out. I took the car to a Ford dealership and had them change the fluid believing at 110000+ miles and no way to check the fluid......the fluid may have leaked or just was worn out. A couple months ago on multiple occasions while driving on the highway for no reason the vehicle went in to limp home mode at 75 mph, and would only operate in 3 thru 5th gears until I could turn it of and then restart. It threw P0720 code with that code also pending showing the out put speed sensor. This truck is a dearborn truck with 6R80 automatic transmission ( see recall 16S19) but the dealership said it was a truck built in Texas.....Ford customer satisfaction program 16N02, NHTSA action number RQ17010. As in almost all the reports Ford claims that a truck built at dearborn does not ( by VIN even though the it falls in the recall time frame and has the affected transmission, and the dealership even told me the truck was built in Texas)
Gears flash on and off, then the accelerator slows down. Goes into nuetral automatically. Randomly shifts between gears causing truck to pick up speed or drastically lose speed without warning. Shifts very hard as well. This has happened while I was driving in our neighborhood as well as on the highway. Seems to happen everytime I drive above 65mph, but occasionally in the neighborhood. The random shifting of gears happened first around 4 years ago, but has been a safety risk for the last 5-6 months due to the increase in it happening.
The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. While driving approximately 80 mph, the vehicle downshifted on its own and lost acceleration. There were no warning indicators illuminated, but the transmission temperature gauge increased. The contact pulled over to the side of the road, turned off, and restarted the vehicle normally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (mike brown auto group, 4950 East highway 377, grandbury, Texas 76049), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer informed the contact that there were no open recalls for the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 192,434.
This problem happens at all speeds but most recently while on the highway doing 70 mph my truck went into first gear and locked up my truck rear end. I slid onto the berm of the road and almost down a hill. The dreaded wrench light came on, the speedometer went inoperable, the airbag light came on and the truck went into sort of a limp mode and drove real weird. The code was a P0720 output shaft speed sensor. Of course my VIN was not included in the recall even though it is a 2012, built in dearborn with the same transmission as the recalled ones, go figure! I have an appointment with sharpnack Ford in willard Ohio the day after tomorrow with the truck where I will pay $1000 to get the lead body in the transmission replaced. This is totally ridiculous that all VIN's for 2012 are not covered. I own three Ford and I am starting to wonder why!
The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. While driving various speeds, the transmission downshifted independently and the service engine indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to bob boyd Ford, Inc. (2840 N columbus St, lancaster, oh 43130) where it was diagnosed that the powertrain control module failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign number: 16V248000 (powertrain), but the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was notified and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in the recall; therefore, the contact would be responsible for the repair cost. The failure mileage was 106,000.
Transmission on 2012 drops to 1st gear orange wrench light comes on sometimes when I stop then start up it will not get out of 1st gear the consumer stated the manufacturer was notified, but did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not included in the recall.
Truck downshifts on its own I lose my speedometer no power have to turn truck off and restart to get it to work found recall on this but Ford says mine is not in the recall.
2012 Ford F150 - transmission lead frame the Ford dealership (bolton in lake charles, la) is replacing the transmission lead frame in my truck. The vehicle, driving linearly at 35 mph, locked into 3rd gear and went into safe operating mode with almost no acceleration. The speedometer stopped working and a wrench light fault code appeared on the screen. The vehicle would not go into first or second gear or regain acceleration, even when stationary, park, or after restarting. The vehicle is an early 2012 production pickup from the dearborn, Michigan plant, matching the recall criteria for NHTSA (16V-248) and Ford (16S19) but the VIN does not appear in reference to the recall for the transmission lead frame. The dealer refused to honor any warranty for this recalled defective part. The vehicle is dealer stock / unmodified and presently has 71,000 miles.
My Ford F-150, at different times while driving, downshifts to first gear causing the wheels to lock up and making it dangerous to drive. I was driving out to get my daughter from school, when I was going up a small hill and my F-150 felt like it went into neutral all by itself. I was on the gas but it was not accelerating. Since that time, it has done it every time I drive it. At times, the speedometer and tacometer go to zero and the screen in my dash gets a wrench on it. I was told by my Ford dealer that the recall on the 2012 Ford F-150S does not include my Ford. I was told that it was made 5 months prior to those Ford affected. Yet, it has the same transmission (6R80) and same computer codes and exact same problem. Why can't I get my Ford fixed when those that bought theirs a few months later can. It has the same problems as those recalled. This is my first Ford and not happy with Ford products at all.
The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. While driving various speeds, the vehicle downshifted independently. The contact stated that the maintenance and air bag warning indicators illuminated. In addition, the speedometer and odometer ceased to function. Ted russell Ford Lincoln (9925 parkside dr., knoxville, tn) diagnosed that the power train control module needed to be reprogrammed. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign number: 16V248000 (power train). The manufacturer was contacted and informed the contact that the VIN was not included in any recalls and advised him to contact NHTSA to get the VIN included in a recall campaign. The failure mileage was approximately 84,273.
The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle inadvertently decelerated and the wheels seized. In addition, the power train indicator illuminated during the failure. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the speed sensor failed. The dealer (jenkins & wynne Ford, Honda, & Lincoln, 2655 trenton rd, clarksville, tn 37040) was contacted and stated that the vehicle was not included in a recall; therefore, the contact would have to pay for the repairs. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign number: 16V248000 (power train), but the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was notified and informed the contact that the VIN was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was 91,000. The VIN was not available.
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- Howell, MI, USA