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10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
6 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
4 / 1
Average Mileage:
53,055 miles

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2013 Ford F-150 engine problems

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2013 Ford F-150 Owner Comments (Page 3 of 12)

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problem #182

Apr 072021

F-150

  • 5 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The vehicle has two "types" of problem that may be related. In some cases, the truck drops down into 1st gear regardless of the speed. This has happened three times since I picked up the truck following the attempted recall repair, but none of these incidences of dropping into 1st gear caused error codes to pop up. In another "type" of incident, the speedometer drops to zero even while in motion, and the vehicle stays in 3rd gear no matter the speed (including when not in motion, even after shifting into park and back to drive, the vehicle automatically jumps to 3rd gear before I even start to move). During this second type of incident, the airbag light came on, as did the wrench/check engine light. This second type of incident triggered many error codes: U0401:68-48 B00A0:68-08 U0401:00-08 P0722:00-68 U0401:86-08 U0401:00-08 U0401:68-08 B1083:07-08 U0423:00-28

- Gainesville, FL, USA

problem #181

Apr 062021

F-150

  • 90,000 miles
Had safety recall 19S07 done on 4/6/2021 due to truck downshifting to 1st gear randomly. Reprogramming per the recall did not fix the issue, but truck is not displaying any of the required dtc's to be able to do the safety recall 19N01 even though truck is still downshifting to first gear randomly as well as loss of speedometer at times while driving. Truck also seems to sit in 3rd gear for a few seconds when at a complete stop. Dealership will not move forward on recall of lead frame until codes are displayed, even though the truck is showing all other symptoms as stated in 19N01

- Oak Creek, WI, USA

problem #180

Apr 032021

F-150

  • 2 miles
The vehicle drops into 1st gear for no reason, including when at high speed. This causes the rear wheels to skid and the vehicle to loose control. I have taken the vehicle to two Ford dealerships, and they have done the software update under recall 19S07, but the vehicle continues to have this problem. Both dealerships tell me they believe the lead frame needs to be replaced to fix the sudden downshifting, but Ford corporation refused to pay the cost of this repair because Ford corporation say the lead frame is not covered by the 19S07 recall unless there are "error codes" (which there are not, even though the truck has downshifted three times at speeds of about 35 mph since they "fixed" the software).

- Gainesville, FL, USA

problem #179

Mar 232021

F-150

  • 12,500 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

My RPM kneedle pop off. My seats are tearling

- Houston, TX, USA

problem #178

Jan 262021

F-150

  • 69,000 miles
My wife, grandchild and I driving about 30 mph in icy conditions and truck shifts into 1st gear and had to control vehical to come to stop, I did nothing wrong, while driving, this is a serious safety issue, I drove the vehical the rest of wy on pins and needles.is there anything I can do to have this problem solved, thank you.

- Cherry Tree, PA, USA

problem #177

Nov 102020

F-150

  • 110,000 miles
In motion, the mil comes on, it goes into limpmode and throws trouble code P2111.

- Galveston, TX, USA

problem #176

Dec 072020

F-150

  • 182,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Going in motion on the turnpike at 70mph my truck down shifted to 2nd gear. After that the wrench and the airbag light came on the dashboard. The mileage erased and the speedometer stopped working. At a stationary red light my truck would show I was on 3rd gear. Fortunate for me I was by myself when this problem occurred but I could've been with my family and now I'm scared to drive my truck and even more scared to bring he family with me on my truck. That is the newest car in my house and would think it would be the most dependable but unfortunately it's not and I can't even afford to buy another car because I was affected by this pandemic. If I can sell the car back to the bank it would be great because I don't even feels safe bringing this car as the family truck.

- Miami, FL, USA

problem #175

Oct 282020

F-150

  • 182,100 miles
The truck will suddenly down shift while driving. The is after completion of the recall in 2019. Three times the truck has skipped gears on breaking. Once while breaking to make a turn causing the truck to almost stall. Once going down a dirt hill causing the back wheels to lock up and slide. Didn't cause an accident. Once after going over a speed bump causing the truck to jerk suddenly and made the driver think they hit something.

- Anthony, FL, USA

problem #174

Oct 202020

F-150

  • 145,000 miles
Less than 24 hours after tsb 19S07 was performed on my truck, I was entering the freeway when check engine light, airbag light both turned on. Speedometer shut off, read 0, same with odometer. Vehicle refused to shift below 3rd gear. I then had to drive through a merge light to enter freeway and start from 3rd gear. I had to drive the 3 miles or so back home like this. Truck had no issues prior to the recall being done.

- Reno, NV, USA

problem #173

Sep 032020

F-150

  • 130,500 miles
Vehicle downshifted while coming back from work, speedometer shut itself off and a wrench icon showed on the dashboard

- Dodge City, KS, USA

problem #172

Aug 232020

F-150

  • 92,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

While driving from Ohio back to North Carolina, my wife and I were travelling at 75 mph when suddenly and without warning my truck abruptly stalled to 5 mph with no power from the accelerator. I managed to get the truck out of the high speed lane on a two lane highway and on to the side of the road. I turned the truck off. A few minutes later, I turned the truck back on and all function resumed. This has happened in the past, but when I took it in for work there was no issue reported or read and the error could not be replicated. The truck was towed to a Ford dealership. Service informed me I had a bad throttle body. This truck was part of a "customer satisfaction program" run in 2013 for a bad throttle body and total loss of acceleration. My truck received the repair in 2014 voiding the throttle body 10 year or 150,000 mile warranty. The safety concern remains and is endangering my life, my wife, and our future child. The part might be replaced without fixing the problem. An electrical issue may keep this vehicle having reoccurrences. This has me very concerned about a service that does not increase vehicle safety. And because of that concern I began to inquire if anyone else has had this issue. It turns out that in 2015 a class action suit was filed against Ford and settled on individual basises (janis benkle et al V Ford Motor Company). Currently, there are no programs to assist owners like myself in this situation. The original program is no longer valid and the repair performed was only good for one time (that repair apparently would not solve the safety concern as others have stated that the problem persisted after a new throttle body was put in). I have sought out an audience with the "zone manager". however, I have been informed that is impossible as customer care will not give that information and neither will the dealership.

- Holly Ridge, NC, USA

problem #171

Aug 292020

F-150

  • 79,000 miles
Driving at 70mph, engine became weak, check engine light came on, transmission went to 5th gear, speedometer went to 0 though tachometer was still showing around 2,000 RPM. Airbag light came on. Truck wouldn't shift up or down. Came to a stop, transmission went to 3rd. Had to shut off truck and restart. This has happened 3 times in 1 month. I just purchased this truck three weeks prior to this occurrence.

- South Euclid, OH, USA

problem #170

Jul 032020

F-150 8-cyl

  • 167,000 miles
Re: 19N01 transmission molded leadframe. The recalls that Ford did provide for my vehicle only included software updates that did not prevent the issue. When this failed my truck went from travelling 45 mph in 6th gear to suddenly shifting to 1st gear. I had my family in the vehicle and I was barely able to avoid having an accident. The issue was not covered by for because I was outside of the warranty coverage. This is unaccceptable because the software updates provided did not prevent this from happening.

- Baton Rouge, LA, USA

problem #169

Jun 152020

F-150

  • 65,000 miles
The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle independently decelerated to 5 mph. The vehicle was turned off and restarted and operated as intended. The maintenance required light was displayed on the instrument panel. The contact contacted trotter Ford Lincoln (3801 bobo rd, pine bluff, ar 71603, (870) 535-4321) however, the mechanic was unable to provide a cause for the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 65,000.

- Pine Bluff, AR, USA

problem #168

Jun 262020

F-150 8-cyl

  • 159,000 miles
When I?M driving the car 60 mph the car is done shifting my service keys, I cannot see how fast I'm driving I cannot see the mileage in my car and my airbag light is come on I have to stop the car started again and everything come back to normal.

- Saintpeterburg, FL, USA

problem #167

Jun 172020

F-150 8-cyl

  • 133,000 miles
My truck randomly shifts to a higher gear when I'm driving.

- Palmyra, NJ, USA

problem #166

Jun 102020

F-150 6-cyl

  • 150,920 miles
Going 70 mph on the high way my truck is down shifting to a lower gear then looses power the RPM and the speedometer starts going hay wire jumping back and forth. Doing 40 mph it does the same thing and doesn't want to pick up speed. Took it to a Ford dealership and they reprogrammed the brain now the mph don't work no fuel notice it's blank.

- Cedar Hill, TX, USA

problem #165

Jun 092020

F-150 6-cyl

  • 215,000 miles
Truck downshifted to first gear while traveling on freeway going 70mph. Lost control when rear tires started losing traction.

- West Richland, WA, USA

problem #164

Jun 032020

F-150 8-cyl

  • 0 miles
Put truck into park to help truck ahead of us unload bed. Our truck was in park with engine on, within 3 min truck began accelerating and crushed body in between two trucks. Had to press breaks (car still rolling) shift into reverse, back into park before car would stop rolling then went into reverse.

- Indianapolis, IN, USA

problem #163

May 122020

F-150 6-cyl

  • 123,000 miles
Vehicle started nose diving as I like to call it from going 45 miles per hour to a claw. Speed controls quit working and tool light came on. Code reading: P0722, was told there was a recall for the output speed sensor (oss) and I need to check into it.

- Cottontown, TN, USA

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