CarComplaints.com Notes: We aren't rating the 2015 F-150 as "bad" yet, but there is an early trend of complaints about the transmission shifting roughly.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 4
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
41,831 miles
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While in motion and on the freeway there is power loss, shaking, engine sputtering and barely has enough power to get off the road, hill start assist disabled, decent control disabled, service wrench indicator, service advance trac. I powered off the truck, waiting 10 seconds and it starts and runs fine until it does it again.
When turning onto a road and starting to accelerate, the truck suddenly lost all power and the traction control, advance traction control, hill descent control, maintenance required light all came on and the truck went into limp mode. Luckily I was able to pull off the road and avoid being hit.
Truck fault code flashes and truck shuts down into safe mode. Three times it occurred while driving on freeway at 70 mph and the fourth time it happened in an a side road doing 35 mph. Every time the same thing happened, the truck shut down in safe mode showing fault codes. I would stop, it would idle very rough, I was not able to move it as it would not rev or let me increase RPM. I would have to shut off truck, turn it back on, it would reset and drive like normal. Took to courtesy Ford four times to diagnose and they could not find anything, I bought a code ready and the truck went into fault code and safety mode again, the code read P2112. Ford found tsb 16-0139 applied and replaced throttle body and charged me $496.95 for repair. 2015 Ford F150 with 58K miles.
My truck on multiple occasions was driving than immediately lost power and shut off after sending it to the dealership and them replacing the throttle body it was still doing this with a rattle noise. It got to the point where my truck at 52,000 miles did this exact thing again and blew white smoke and a hole now is in the oil pan.
My wife was driving vehicle and dash started flashing "hill start assist not available", "service advanced trac" and the wrench icon started displaying on console. Vehicle vibrated heavily slowed down in a "cripple" mode no matter how hard gas pedal was pressed. She pulled over, turned the ignition off and waited 5+ minutes before restarting. It re-started with engine light lit. In order to get it to dealer, she had to drive approximately 15 miles. Vehicle drove ok for a bit and then exhibited similar behavior 4 more times, including once going up the conejo grade between camarillo and newbury park where a big rig had to take evasive action to avoid hitting her when the Ford F150 suddenly and uncontrollably slowed down. Had the semi driving not been paying attention, he could have easily hit her. Ford dealer diagnosed as bad throttle body on 11/2/2020 same vehicle had exhibited brake loss due to faulty master cylinder (now a recall) in August of 2019.
- Newbury Park, CA, USA
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Oil pan repair was unsuccessful. Began leaking 17,000 miles after initial warranty repair. Truck currently has 71,000 miles. 2nd issue is paint over windshield is peeling. It appears tape was not removed and primer did not adhere.
Driving on highway 3 different times when acceleration stopped and check engine light came. Fortunately traffic was light when vehicle decelerated. I took vehicle to my mechanic and he had to replace throttle body. He googled problem and saw numerous types of same part vehicle. Called my Ford dealer and he confirmed that they had had to replace throttle body on certain models but Ford had not yet issued a recall notice. This is a very dangerous situation to lose throttle suddenly while driving. My mechanic replaced part, but Ford will not address as a recall issue
Engine has stalled and gone into 'limp' mode at highway speeds 4 times in the past few months. Have to pull over and turn truck off and then on to resume normal function. Got error codes about hill assist not working when turning the truck back on. Took to the Ford dealership and they could not replicate the issue. After researching online found numerous other people having exact same issue and it the resolution was replacing the throttle body. Called dealership and they said that might be it but didn't want to diagnosis it as that until they could replicate. Again voiced concern to them that if the vehicle goes into limp mode in the middle of the freeway that could be extremely dangerous. They said there were no recalls for my vehicle but appears multiple other models and years have had this recall already done.
The exhaust manifolds have warped causing studs to break leading to an exhaust leak. This is a very common problem with these engines. It produces a squealing noise under acceleration
Truck engine goes to rough idle while driving, have to shut engine off, restart. Never know when this might happen or at what speed. Local Ford dealer unable to find problem.has happened several times
While driving on crowded highway in boston area, truck lost engine power. Dash gave following warnings: See manual, service advancetrac, hill descent control fault, hill start assist not available. After emergently switching lanes with no engine power, I shut the truck down, paused, and restarted the engine. This happened ~20 times before I could get it fixed. The problem was a faulty throttle body. This was not covered by Ford even though I consider this a major safety hazard.
When accelerating, there is a loud chirping noise coming from the engine. The exhaust manifolds have warped. Very annoying sound and loss of power. Seems to be a common problem among other owners of the 3.5 eco boost. Very disappointing.
While turning and accelerating onto a two lane highway while towing, there was a sudden loss of power and the instrument console displayed warning message, "service advancetrac." As I was accelerating to merge into traffic at the time of power loss, an unsafe condition was created as the semi-truck I pulled in front of now had to make evasive movements to avoid a collision with my now disabled truck and trailer in the roadway. Power came back on with restart of the truck, but only for a few minutes before the same loss of power and fault message. The code P2112 was pulled from the obd2 reader and it was determined the throttle body needed to be replaced. The problem was in fact fixed with replacement of the throttle body.
While driving on the highway pulling a trailer the vehicle check engine light and wrench light came on with a warning that stated "service advance track and hill assist is not available. The vehicle then lost all power causing me try attempt to cross traffic to get to the side of the road without any engine power. After stopping the engine was shuddering. The vehicle needed to be towed into a dealer to be fixed.the electronic throttle body had failed causing the engine to go into "limp" mode(what ever that is). This is a very dangerous situation to have happen at highway speeds
Engine lost power suddenly and stalled, I had a wrench lamp come up with the following faults: Service advancetrac/ hill descent control fault. This happened on a bridge on a highway when I was driving with my family. I pressed the throttle but the engine went into "limp" mode, no response from the throttle whatsoever. Almost got hit by a semi truck from the rear. Took it to Ford, for 2 weeks they had no idea what's wrong with it. They performed a software update and said it's good to go. The same problem happened again 2 days later when I was close to work. Stopped by a local automotive shop since I didn't want to drive it back to the dealership. We read the code and it showed a "P2112 throttle actuator control system stuck closed". I got a new throttle body installed for 376$, and never had the problem again. Apparently it's a common problem with Ford F150S made in specific dates. Did some digging, Ford issued a techincal bulletin tsb 16-0139 with this known problem. This problem is very similar to recall 13N03 ' throttle body extended coverage ' 2009-2013 Ford & Mercury I took the old throttle body apart, there was a lot of oil buildup inside that interfered with the motor controlling the butterfly valve.
When truck sits overnight and I start it, it emits a bluish white smoke for 5-15 seconds. I understand there is a recall on this and the brake master cylinder can leak into the booster, but my vehicle VIN number is not included. Is my vehicle safe to drive?
1. 11/09/2019 vehicle went into "limp mode" when entering the I-84 freeway from a freeway on-ramp at wood village, Oregon. Vehicle lost power, would not exceed 5 mph, dash lights (wrench light) came on. Vehicle partially blocked traffic at intersection of freeway and on ramp causing a dangerous traffic problem for over 1 hour before tow truck arrived.. vehicle was towed to Ford dealer. Diagnostic codes were not available upon restart at dealer to determine the problem, no repair was made. How can Ford have a "limp mode" which essentially shuts down the vehicle (stutters, stalls, no power) without the ability to diagnose the problem when diagnostic codes automatically reset at next startup? 2. 07/02/20 vehicle went into "limp mode" while driving on busy county road near my home. Using county roads and city streets, vehicle was driven in "limp mode" at low speed (5 mph or less for 7 miles to Ford dealer. Other vehicles were forced to pass in dangerous situations, bike lanes were blocked and intersections were partially blocked because of the slow speed of the vehicle. I was afraid to shut off the vehicle due to the previous incident where that action cleared the diagnostic codes. Vehicle was left running at the Ford dealer and repaired by them by reading the codes and replacing the throttle body. It is ridiculous to have a failure that initiates a "limp mode" condition that places the vehicle in a dangerous situation where the underlying condition cannot be easily diagnosed if vehicle is subsequently restarted. This will, of course happen when the vehicle is being towed or driven to the dealer if the dealer cannot immediately read the codes. I feel that Ford put me in harms way twice due to this faulty "limp mode' system. Further, I have no confidence in the reliability of this vehicle for future use.
I have 2015 F150 with the eco boost 2.7 liter engine. It has roughly 60,000 miles. For the last couple of months when it sits overnight and you start it in the morning it emits a bluish white smoke for about 5-10 seconds. I did see where there is a cold start problem with some of these vehicles and maybe pulling brake fluid if I remember correctly. I looked up the VIN number on the recall and mine has not shown up. I am concerned that mine is dong the same thing as specified on this recall but has not been included.
The truck completely lost power on a major interstate. The engine kept running, but no power to maneuver putting me and my family's safety in jeopardy. I was lucky it did not stall in a different place, or there could have been a major accident. It turned out to be a bad electronic throttle body. Ford dealer replaced it at a cost of $500.
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- Lakewood, WA, USA