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Vehicle shuts off sometimes in traffic when tank not empty. Gauge resisters that fuel is in the tank. Three times this has happened, no explanation as to why !
Was having trouble starting my truck one day. Cranking and cranking but not firing. Sometimes it would eventually fire, sometimes it required a jump to get it going. Took it into Ford, they replaced the battery. Didn't happen for a few more days. Same thing. Crank, crank, crank, but wouldn't start. Did some searching online, and found similar situation regarding a burnt/melted fuse 27 (the fuel pump fuse). Ford knows about this issue so much that they even created a part to move the fuel pump to a larger fuse. I'm glad this issue only happened while sitting still and I was able to get the fused replaced without incident. However, I would imagine that soon my vehicle would have stopped while traveling due to the fuel pump fuse completely dying. Also seems like a fire hazard, or it could do further damage to the fuse box or to surrounding fuses. Ford should issue a recall for this immediately.
I drove my F-150 eccoboost truck to the snow, same area I have been hundreds of times and suddenly smoke burst from the engine, then flames shot out around the hood, popped the hood and fought the fire for half an hour, it kept restating. It stranded myself and children, and we had a harrowing experience that was pretty dicey. Ford had just put in a new engine, at my cost, +14,000.00, after the timing chain failed. They would not repair it at their cost, even though I have copies of the fault codes from before the failure of the timing chain that destroyed the old engine. The new one had under 10,000 miles on the new engine, probably about 5,000 miles on it. We had driven on the relatively flat grade mainline road, and drove up about 0.8 miles, climbing maybe 400 ft elevation over that distance. I was in the process of turning the vehicle around when the engine burst into flames. It was on a gravel road. We had traveled from home, 35.2 miles.
The throttle body failed causing the vehicle to go into limp mode. This happened on a back road but if it had occurred on a two lane road while passing it could have been very dangerous. A trouble light came on but when the vehicle was turned off and back on again the trouble light was off and the truck would drive normally. The code was not held in the memory so the dealership would not change it under warranty. I know of one other person with the same year and power train that had the same problem.
The contact owns a 2014 Ford F-150. While accelerating from a stop light, the vehicle suddenly stalled, shut off, and the check engine and oil indicators illuminated. The vehicle could not be restarted and was towed to auffenberg Ford (115 regency park, O'fallon, il) where it was diagnosed that the fuel pump modulator was faulty and needed to be replaced. Also, a fuse needed to be relocated. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 130,000.
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
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The contact owns a 2014 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start. The contact looked under the hood of the vehicle and noticed that the fuel pump module was burned on one side. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that there was no recall for the fuel pump module to be replaced. The contact was referred to NHTSA to file a complaint. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 83,400.
My vehicle failed to start. After having the vehicle towed to my dealer, I was told the issue was a blown fuse. I asked them to replace and was told the actual fix is to relocate the fuse location based on a safety bulletin. I believe this is a major safety issue and after reading all the other complaints believe someone should take a closer look. If I had been driving on the highway when this known fuse issue happened I could have lost control and would have certainly lost power unexpectedly possibly causing an accident. Ford has known about the problem for years but has continued to charge owners to relocate the fuse when the whole issue is a factory defect. If it was not a factory defect then the issue would not continue to affect so many vehicles on the road. I was lucky my fuse blew in my driveway but others are at risk should this happen while driving.
On 2 separate occasions with me and 1 occasion with a Ford service tech. (all of which occurred between the dates of Sept 13 and 18, 2019) my F150 engine shutdown while driving. My first occurrence was while attempting to accelerate onto interstate 24 in chattanooga, tn. Second occurrence was when I was driving in heavy afternoon traffic on us hwy 27 in rossville, ga. Both times I was able to coast the vehicle to side of the road or parking lot to re start vehicle. After each occurence I took vehicle to a mechanic to check vehicle. The first time was a local shop due to know dealerships close by, second time I was close to mtn view Ford in chattanooga, tn. After trouble shooting and vehicle shutting off on the technician, they were able to trace the use down that is pictured. The truck did not leave any error codes or indications to issue. When the vehicle was not causing the immediate issue it was running fine with no problems indicated. The technician did indicate to me that this has happened several times that he was aware of. With that being said, I feel that this issue should have been placed into a recall due to the danger that I encountered with the vehicle shutting off while on interstate and major highway with no indications of issues. I have attempted to contact Ford about this issue but their automated system does not offer a path to report issues.I was told that this fuse is the one for the fuel pump. Mdf
While driving at normal speed (35-45 mph) 4X4 warning light came on and vehicle lost all power on county road with light traffic. Stopped vehicle and turned ignition off/on. Began driving again and failure re-occurred with addition of "check enigne" light (error code P2112). First failure happened on 25aug16 ~26000 miles on vehicle while still under initial warranty while entering 70 mph highway. Second failure happened on 8aug19 ~67000 miles on vehicle out of warranty while on 45 mph county road. Each time throttle body (bl3Z-9E926-B) was replaced by a Ford mechanic at a dealership.
3 times in the last 2 months the engine stopped completely and without warning. We took it to the Ford dealership twice and they could not detect a problem. We then took it to an independent asa master certified technician with 38 years experience. He informed us that Ford has had this problem for years and will not admit there is a problem. Throttle system was cleaned and we will see if this corrects issue. My problem is with Ford and dealership that does not explain this to the customer. This is an extremely dangerous situation as the truck just stops with no warning at 70 miles an hour! Ford should tell the customers what is wrong so it can be fixed instead of hiding the problem. I went on the internet and read about this happening to other people (a big orange wrench appears in display when it happens). They know what the problem is!! someone is going to die and may have already due to the lack of transparency. It's as if they acknowledge the problem they are admitting there is one and then become liable to correct it. This is a safety issue and people need to be made aware of it.
January 11, 2019 my eco boost FX4 was just at 65K on the odometer experienced a hard shutter like many on the forums say and wouldn't accelerate on the interstate. Code came up misfire. Replaced all my spark plugs, that aren't suggested for change for change until 100K. Gap opened from.28 to.45. Intercooler had a good bit of oily residue in it. I also since then installed a vapor catch can for over 400$. it's a shame you have to do that. Also I recently had my rear defrost on the stop working on the model with the rear sliding window. Which again has many complaints. Fords fix is to replace the whole rear window at a heavy price. Box being able to defrost is a major visibility issue especially in the winter. Both issues have many complaint online and Ford hasn't fixed either. The picture of the coke bottle is what drained out of the catch can by npr. It was 1 month of commuting and a 8 hour road trip.
While traveling eastbound doing 65 mph and towing a travel trailer on I-10 (fl panhandle), the engine shut off. We were able to pull off to the shoulder because we were traveling in the right lane. After getting to a repair garage, we were told by a former Ford mechanic that there had been a tsb issued for micro fuse #27 which controls fuel pump relay. Ford has issued a repair kit to replace the fuse with a cartridge maxi fuse in the #70 empty spot on the fuse panel. The mechanic performed this fuse replacement and the truck is now running fine for 400 miles. The mechanic immediately knew the problem and stated that he had performed this repair "several times" while working for a Ford dealer.
The contact owns a 2014 Ford F-150. While driving, there was an abnormal fuel odor in the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to sill-terhar motors (located at 150 alter St, broomfield, co 80020, (303) 469-1801) to be diagnosed, but the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 45,000.
Got off the freeway, stopped at the stop sign proceeded to turn left, just as I was entering the intersection truck lost power and went into limp mode and would hardly move. I was barely able to get out of the way of an approaching semi tractor trailer before he went flying by. I was told later by the Ford dealer that the problem was the throttle body, the same throttle body that Ford replaced 1 yr and 4 months earlier. The dealer told me that he was amazed that Ford had not done a recall on the throttle body, because they change roughly a few everyday that have failed, sometimes multiple times.
I have a 2014 Ford F-150 motor 5.0 I was stranded in the middle of the highway with all my family aboard in the middle of the night and 18 wheels speed close by my side. The truck just shut down on me without notice, on the dash it showed I still had 45 miles before empty and the light for the gas never went on. I called roadside assistance and they have to send a tow truck to pick us and left us at a dealer nearest to where the truck shut down. We did not have any idea if it need oil or gas my daughter drove about 4 1/2 hrs to get to us as we waited for at a 24 restaurant till she got to us we went back to the dealer to try to add gas to the truck and to our surprise the truck started on the first try. I heard there is a recall at this time on a Ford Focus that so happened to have the same part & problem we encountered. Related with the gas tank
When I am driving, and I attempt to accelerate(press gas pedal) the engine loses power. I then have to coast to a stop and put vehicle in park, turn engine off and restart, and drive on. Sometimes it does it again.sometimes it doesn't. it's does it when I'm on road ways. Dangerous it happens in traffic.
Truck has 46665 miles. When driving first 10 minutes (city driving) vehicle shudders, shows wrench indicator and goes into limp home mode (no accelerator). Have to pull over, turn off ignition and restart engine. Problem code shows P2112 (throttle actuator control system...stuck closed). This may happen 3 times in first 15 minutes of driving, but then goes away when car warms up. I have also noticed abnormal exhaust smoke and bad gas mileage. Having truck go into limp home mode in middle of traffic is very dangerous.
2014 F-150 3.5L ecoboost. Engine will completely lose power and go into "limp mode" with orange wrench. Dealer claims they cannot retrieve problem code so I bought a obd scanner and dtc code reads as P2112. This is the second time I will have to get the electronic throttle body replaced. The first time the truck had approx. 62,000 miles on it, this time it has approx. 111,000. This is absolutely ridiculous. Both times this part has failed I have had my entire family in the truck and have had to literally Dodge semi trucks and other cars nearly causing serious accidents to make it to a safe shoulder. Waiting for a factory recall, I will not let this go. Im afraid to drive this vehicle at this point.
3 times this has happened, 1st time I had just filled up went to pull off and proceeded to get on highway, truck started to run rough and had no throttle response and wrench light came on. Pulled off road, turned off, after a few minutes restarted truck and no problems the rest of the day. The 2nd time I was getting ready to get on the interstate and truck did the same thing started running rough, no throttle response and wrench light came on again. Pulled on shoulder and shut vehicle off, restarted after a few minutes again after the restart no problems ( no check engine light either time). Then on the same evening it did it again and in traffic this time and with no where to pull over. Ford knows about the problem, every Ford forum talks about the problem especially when it comes to the ecoboost. Someone is going to get killed with this problem. Took vehicle to dealer and there was a tsb to relocate the fuel pump driver fuse because they say it gets hot and shorts out( if that's the case it shouldn't do it right after initial start up). Again Ford is playing with people's lives; all they care about is the dollars..
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- Olathe, KS, USA