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This morning, even after using the remote start to warm up the truck, the door lock mechanism wouldn-??t close. My door was ajar and would not latch on its own until several hours later when the temperature was above 30. We used a screwdriver to manually move the latch to the proper place, but it wouldn-??t flip to latch it once shut. As soon as a had was released from the door handle the door opened on its own. I couldn-??t drive to work without a door that shuts, this caused me to have to miss part of my morning and caused a hardship on not only myself, but those I work with.
When parked, l returned to the vehicle to get my wallet, opened the driver-??s side door, got the wallet, then locked and closed the door. Suddenly the rear windshield exploded, leaving a gaping hole and shrapnel in the truck bed!
The tailgate falls down on its own, and yes it is available upon request. I am unable to carry heavy items in my truck bed due to the tailgate not latching securely. The problem has been reproduced numerous times. When I drove the truck off the dealer lot, the tailgate fell down before I even got onto the road. Since then, I bought a replacement part for the tailgate which has helped drastically, but the recall hasn't been repaired so I don't trust my bed with a lot of weight. There are no warning lights or messages for this. I have tried to schedule with local dealerships to repair the recall, but they require me to leave my truck there for two weeks without a loaner. My truck is used for personal and business purposes, and I am unable to properly use it for business purposes which is affecting my income and productivity.
The sunroof rail broken is the big issue for this Ford F-150 from 2015 to 2020. A lot of F150 between 2015 and 2020 have the sunroof issue which manufactures still not recall for this widely sunroof issue. If you search F150 sunroof issue it will come up a lot on the internet. There is no safety risk
- Chihuahua, TX, USA
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I took the truck in for oil change and rotation. One wheel had to have new lug nuts due to then being swollen and had to be drilled off. Which wasn-??t a cheap expense. They told me the other 3 wheels were looking a little swollen too. That-??s almost 1000$ just for lug nuts and most can-??t afford to drop that cost on lugs
APIM is bad. It causes safety issues as the SYNC 3 system is either slow to change or doesn't change at all. Among other issues, I've driven forward in Drive with the SYNC screen still showing the view of the reverse camera. IT interferes with any safety systems that require the APIM to react in a timely manner.
The problem seems to be the Auto/on/off system. We regularly turn this feature off. On multiple occasions while towing a 22-?? travel trailer over 100 miles, the truck will stall when stopping. A bell will sound as it dies. Truck restarts then dies again. Takes several retries and revving engine to keep truck moving through the intersection. Eventually discovered only way to keep truck from stalling at a stop is to have one foot on brake and other on gas pedal. The goal is to keep RPM high. Then when time to move forward comes, rev motor while shifting to drive and lurch forward. This problem only happens when towing. The dealer cannot replicate this issue because it only happens while towing over 100 miles. It puts us in an unsafe situation in an intersection. The truck dies and is difficult to restart as we proceed through the intersection.
In late 2020 Ford issued recall 20C03 to correct a problem with the Daylight running lights. This entailed the reprogramming of the body control module. In so doing they made an error in the new program and inadvertently activated the parking lamps at all times when using the Daylight running lights. This is in violation of the FMVSS No. 108 (Vehicle Lighting Standards) and California Vehicle Code Section 24800 (Driving with Parking Lights). I filed a complaint with Ford Motor Co. and they have repeatedly refused to correct the issue. Now to avoid the possibility of receiving a traffic violation it is necessary to not use a safety feature and drive without Daylight running lights.
My 2018 Ford f-150 super cab has a problem with the doors not latching when it's cold or after a storm and it is below freezing. I have owned this vehicle since Nov. Of 2021 with 35,000 plus miles on it I have had five incidents from 2021 through Dec. Of 2022 where the doors won't unlock or they unlock but won't latch. Doors fly open while driving down the road. Also had one Incident where drivers side door would not unlock but passengers side door did unlock. Had to climb in and out through passengers side door. I now drive with a bungee cord hooked to the drivers side and passengers side doors when it's below freezing to keep my doors from flying open. When this first happened I called my Ford dealer about the problem they told me They were inundated with calls of problems related to the freezing rain storm. They told me to wait until it warmed up and things would start working again.
Unknown Mykey has me hostage. When I purchased my vehicle they only had 1 key. Not realizing that setting up the MyKey for my vehicle, I would be putting myself and others that drive on the road with me grave danger. I purchased my truck in March of 2019 and I the fall of 2021 I didn-??t think nothing of it by setting up the Mykey for my Ford F-150. Well without further a due I realized that the restrictions that the Mykey puts on there owners. Driving on the freeway or anywhere one may have to pass another vehicle quickly. Hang onto your hat because the speedometer stops at 80 and you just might find yourself between an on coming vehicle and the vehicle you were trying to get around before he thought about not allot you to-?? In the last 15 months there-??s been to many near misses because of the MyKey restrictions on my speedometer-?? Ford says they can-??t turn the Mykey off without another key-??.They ant my to pay $400 for a spare key-?? They need an Administration Mykey Key & standard Mykey key to delete the mykey functions. Now to me, that doesn-??t make since what so ever to be able to set up the Mykey function with only 1 Key when you need 2 to Defunction them.
My door latch froze open during the recent hard freeze in Louisiana. The door would not latch closed. I had to drive home, holding the door closed with my hand. I previously brought my forward to the dealership because there was a door latch safety recall, but Ford would not fix it, saying I lived in a warm climate.
The rear passenger side door did not latch. My 6 month old son could have fell out because his car seat is on that side. Luckily I noticed it when I was backing out of the driveway and not on the expressway. I pulled back into the drive way and tried to shut the door about 30 times. It would not shut. All the other doors worked fine. The only way to keep the door shut was to hold the door shut and lock the truck. After I did that my door would not unlock. It tried doing it manually but it was stuck in the lock position. It seems something is wrong with the door latch and I am glad that I caught it or my baby could have gotten hurt. The door latches in the truck have to be looked at. I just bought this truck from a dealership last week too.
I opened both front doors this morning after freezing temperatures last night. Once opened neither door would latch close. In order to get my truck to the Ford dealership, my passenger and I both had to physically hold the doors closed while going down the highway. This is the second time this has happened.
2018 Ford F-150 in 28 degree temperature the driver's door latch failed and will not latch and stay closed causing an extremely unsafe and hazardous condition.
2018 Ford F150 with 5.0L V8, front drivers wheel bearings are failing prematurely. My vehicle showed symptoms around 40k miles and replacing both sides wheel hubs at 50k miles. Online Ford forums are have common threads of people addressing the wheel bearing failures and most common with the V8s. OEM parts for each wheel hub from the dealer were $400each. If unaddressed the wheel bearing could fail causing serious safety risks. Owners manual scheduled maintenance does not list replacement of wheel bearings within the first 150k miles.
From the summer of the first year of purchasing the new vehicle on April 4, 2018, due to the very foul smell of urine when the air conditioner was operated, diagnosis and repairs were requested to more than 4 dealers in New York City, but only the opinion was presented that there was nothing wrong except for cleaning methods, and every summer I constantly asked other dealers for diagnosis and repair, but it didn't work. However, I have continuously commissioned the dealer every year to solve this problem, and the dealer of the current ford lincoln of queen said that if the warranty repair is not possible, the owner must pay the cost to do the work, and the warranty repair that I have part, but they are due to the borrower's faulty use No warranty repairs due to Since there has been a problem since the first year of purchasing the vehicle, I have continued to request repairs until now, but they have ignored them and dealt with things in a disrespectful and formal way, causing mental and physical pain up to this point. My warranty repair insurance is until April 2025 Since there was a problem with it from the time I bought the new vehicle, I continuously requested repairs every year to the present. In other words, they are demanding repair costs with the excuse of consumer responsibility and negligence now that they have secondary functions.
This has happened to me several times over the last year. While towing and decelerating the engine shuts off and the following error message appears "Auto startstop manual restart required". This appears to only happen when towing and the rpms are under 800. Restarting the engine is difficult. This has happened at exit ramps, stop lights and in slow traffic. This is very dangerous and has almost caused an accident.
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- Joplin , MO, USA