This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Emeerency brake system failure. Emergency brake will not release. Emergency brake light comes on when vehicle shifted from park to drive. Emergency brake light alarms and displays randomly while driving down road. Emergency brake system alarm will not release after multiple pull attempts.
The automatic locks on the doors stopped working on the vehicle. We took the vehicle to a local dealer and were told that the problem was electrical and could eventually impact all electrical functions in the vehicle. They said there was a short on one of the doors - they replaced the BCM and driver rear door latch which cost $900. As the vehicle was not even 2 years old, we could not understand how this could have happened and it was not covered under a warranty. Recently, we read of a recall on 2015-2017 Ford F-150 trucks related to potential door problems ('frozen door latch or bent or kinked actuation cable') and were wondering if this was the same problem we experienced with our 2014 model.
The rear door locks, lock sometime and don't others. It now is starting not to unlock as well. It is both of the rear doors. When people try to get out they have to roll down the window and open from outside. Let's pray that there is not an emergecy and my kids have to get and the window want come down.
Remoted started my F150 as I normally would in the morning. Entered the vehicle to hear cracking, looking in my rear view and noticed the rear window shattered. Smoke was coming from the lower corner. Enter the truck bed to get a better look and the rubber in the lower corner was burning and melting. Shut truck off. It appears the rear defroster malfunctioned and could have caused a fire. The truck is at the dealership now. No recall and they did not take the issue very seriously.
The rear window defrost stopped working. 3 Ford dealerships indicated this is widespread with this vehicle. With snow sticking to the window, visibility for reversing to avoid other vehicles, obstacles and pedestrians is greatly reduced. A vehicle this large, even with rear camera and mirrors should have the best visibility possible.
Rear defrost stopped working just after 36000 mile warranty expired, defrost button does not light up. Im am an asc certified tech, checked all the fuses and relays, the defrost grid has power to the right side of the three panel rear window only, power to left isnt there, ive seen alot of people complaining about there right rear glass shattering out of nowhere after using rear defrost. Possibly same issue?,doenst matter if vehicle is being driven or not.
Driving down road and lost power steering. Took all my strength to steer truck. Pulled over and discovered also lost turn signal, headlights didn't work. Two messages came up, check traction control and low battery power save mode. Might of been other things not working but didn't check for anything else. Drove it to Ford dealer. Again took all my strength to turn steering wheel. Was driving down straight road about 20 mph. Very lucky didn't happen on corner or when wife driving it.
After turning on the rear defroster for about 2-3 minutes the right rear window shattered. (if looking from behind its the far right out of the 3 part window. ) iturned it on and drove on a straight road for 1/4 to 1/2 mile at aprox 35 mph. We heard a loud pop/bang and looked around and found the shattered window. No puncture mark or hole from any object hitting it. Apparently this is a common problem according to reviews and news articles as there is a defect in the defroster over heating. Luckily it stayed in the window so we do not have glass every where but it could fly out every where at any second. This is extremely dangerous, especially if you have a child in the back.
Rear defroster worked sometimes and sometimes not now it stopped completely afraid it will start on its own and shatter my window I have my two grandkids in the back every day afraid they will be harmed if it shatters or catch on fire due to the short why no recalls to fix the problem.
After having my truck fail to start several times I discovered it was a "fuse 27" issue with the truck. This issue is so prevalent that the Ford dealer knew the issue by name as soon as I described it. The fuse, located in slot 27 of the main fuse panel was severely burned and charred from an overload issue that causes the fuse to burn in its socket instead of tripping like a fuse is designed. After researching the issue, I discovered this is a known issue to Ford (tsb 15-0137) and hundreds, possibly thousands of Ford F-150 vehicles are affected with this issue. This issue is a potential fire hazard to the vehicle, or could cause loss of power at highway speeds. Ford is choosing to release a tsb and a repair kit, and charge customers to fix their faulty wiring in their new vehicles instead of a recall or warranty coverage of a known issue they are not fixing. This is dangerous and irresponsible on Ford's part.
The contact owns a 2014 Ford F-150. While driving various speeds, the instrument panel gauges and signal lights failed to work. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 27,000.
Have lost power steering, brakes, and engine twice at different inclines, low/moderate speeds and while or after turning right. Both caused by a blown fuse (once fuse27, then after repair fuse70). During the second occasion this almost caused a serious and significant accident. Clearly there is an electrical issue as it happened a second time after repair by the dealership. Loss of power is sudden and in my case the vehicle would not restart because the fuse was blown.
On February 20, 2016 I purchased a Ford F150 lariat edition from an individual. The vehicle was coming off a lease. I drove the truck to my home and parked it in my driveway until I received the title on March 8. on March 9 I drove it and noticed an odd smell but thought it may have been in the air conditioner. On March 10 I as I was driving, I noticed that same smell but also saw smoke. I pulled over to the side of the road. I looked under the dashboard but did not see or smell where the smoke was coming from. As the smoke was still being produced, I called 911 and started to take my personal items out of the cab. On one of the trips to remove items from the console, a burning piece of the headliner fell on my left hand. At that point the 911 operator told me to move away from the vehicle. By the time the fire department arrived the truck was fully on fire.
The contact owns a 2014 Ford F-150. While driving approximately 55 mph, the advance tracking warning light illuminated and the signal lights failed. The failure recurred three times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the power steering motor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 3,000.
Went to pick up my child at school truck ran fine came out will not start wait 30 min.it started drove home.went to start truck will not..get message from truck will not start.
Driving at 30 mph and suddenly an orange wrench shows on the instrument panel. The vehicle is unresponsive and shuts down into a safe mode where I have no power to the gas pedal but it steers and drives very slowly. It has happened 2 times since owning the vehicle for only 7 months, it's a scary position to be in when you're in the flow of traffic and suddenly aren't. I've read on line reports of this incident on several Ford products. I took it to the shop for service and they have no reason it's happening they indicated that since it's an intermittent problem there is nothing they can do to solve it.......nonsense.
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- Hampton, IL, USA