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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:
4 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
5 / 0
Average Mileage:
40,872 miles

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2015 Ford F-150 Owner Comments (Page 3 of 6)

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problem #62

Feb 052019

F-150

  • 50,536 miles

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

Speedometer reads 15 mph when parked and 15 mph more than actual while vehicle is in motion.

- Fall River, MA, USA

problem #61

Feb 022019

F-150

  • 63,000 miles
I was travelling along at highway speed and suddenly the truck lost responsiveness to the accelerator pedal and went into limp mode. I had to move over to the shoulder of the road rapidly to avoid becoming a hazard to other drivers as my speed was slowing significantly. This has happened on several occasions on both surface streets and on highways/freeways. I have been told that the electronic throttle body is faulty. This fault has created a hazard for me and other drivers due to the sudden loss of power and the hazard that represents on roads with no shoulder.

- Peoria, AZ, USA

problem #60

Dec 112018

F-150

  • 68,333 miles
Was driving on road with 35mph speed limit, looked down at speedometer and said I was going 85, ever since the speedometer is stuck between 35 and 95, when stopped it lays at 35-40mph. Have read many others with similar issues.

- Nottingham, MD, USA

problem #59

Aug 012017

F-150

  • 50,000 miles

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

While using the adaptive cruise control, the vehicle falsely detects an obstacle in its path and unexpectedly applies the brakes.

- Crestview, FL, USA

problem #58

Jan 012018

F-150

  • 24,856 miles
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-350. The contact stated that while driving 70 mph, the vehicle shakes and was uncontrollable. The contact had to slow the vehicle to 30 mph. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer rowe westbrook (91 main St, westbrook, me 04092, (207) 854-2555) where it was diagnosed that the sway bar needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 24,856.

- Westbrook, ME, USA

problem #57

Sep 272018

F-150 6-cyl

  • 70,300 miles
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-150. While driving 30 mph, the vehicle stalled and failed to accelerate. The contact stated that the failure also occurred while driving 60 mph. The vehicle was taken to jim bass Ford (4032 w houston harte expy, san angelo, tx 76901, (325) 949-4621) where it was diagnosed that the failure was due to the throttle body. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 70,300.

- San Angelo, TX, USA

problem #56

Aug 212018

F-150 6-cyl

  • 74,950 miles

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

2015 Ford F-150 ecoboost, bought April 2018 with approx. 67,000 miles, currently at approx. 75,000 miles. I am reporting the sudden loss of accelerating power as the vehicle shudders and stalls both when moving with traffic or accelerating to enter or move with traffic. Multiple warning messages including the wrench light flash in the dash message area as the engine slows to idle with no ability to accelerate and comes to a stuttering stop. The first occurrence was three weeks ago and has happened no less than six time since - twice while accelerating onto the freeway (very busy, very fast traffic) and twice while crossing or turning in multi-lane intersections from stopped. Four of the six times resulted in my vehicle dying in and obstructing traffic with and me barely getting to the side of the road without an accident. I now shift to neutral to let momentum move the vehicle as I worm through traffic to the side of the road. Shutting off and restarting the engine clears or resets the message and sometimes "downhill assist not available" with the check engine light comes on. The check engine light has both stayed on or shut off on restart. I can then drive on the vehicle's own power, though the problem has repeated as soon as two minutes later, or not for days. I have not had to be towed and no accidents have occurred. The North Carolina consumer's council filed a lawsuit against Ford in 2015 which was settled with Ford offering an extended warranty only on the etb (electronic throttle body) of certain model vehicles - all with the ecoboost engine, and multiple customer service actions (csa's) that have since expired. A few minutes on the Ford forums online and it is apparent that this is a widespread problem with the ecoboost engine, and Ford has offered several bandaids, but none until after the etb has failed and lives been endangered.

- Barstow, CA, USA

problem #55

Sep 022018

F-150 6-cyl

  • 75,000 miles
2015 Ford F-150 ecoboost, bought April 2018 with approx. 67,000 miles, currently at approx. 75,000 miles. I am reporting the sudden loss of accelerating power as the vehicle shudders and stalls both when moving with traffic or accelerating to enter or move with traffic. Multiple warning messages including the wrench light flash in the dash message area as the engine slows to idle with no ability to accelerate and comes to a stuttering stop. The first occurrence was three weeks ago and has happened no less than six time since - twice while accelerating onto the freeway (very busy, very fast traffic) and twice while crossing or turning in multi-lane intersections from stopped. Four of the six times resulted in my vehicle dying in and obstructing traffic with and me barely getting to the side of the road without an accident. I now shift to neutral to let momentum move the vehicle as I worm through traffic to the side of the road. Shutting off and restarting the engine clears or resets the message and sometimes "downhill assist not available" with the check engine light comes on. The check engine light has both stayed on or shut off on restart. I can then drive on the vehicle's own power, though the problem has repeated as soon as two minutes later, or not for days. I have not had to be towed and no accidents have occurred. The North Carolina consumer's council filed a lawsuit against Ford in 2015 which was settled with Ford offering an extended warranty only on the etb (electronic throttle body) of certain model vehicles - all with the ecoboost engine, and multiple customer service actions (csa's) that have since expired. A few minutes on the Ford forums online and it is apparent that this is a widespread problem with the ecoboost engine, and Ford has offered several bandaids, but none until after the etb has failed and lives been endangered.

- Barstow, CA, USA

problem #54

Jul 262018

F-150

  • 51,000 miles
The electronic throttle body failed prematurely on my Ford F150, causing the vehicle to lose the ability to accelerate and subsequently go into limp mode while traveling at normal speeds (has happened 4 times between 35 and 50 mph). This causes a very dangerous situation trying to get out of traffic and to the side of the road, as well as potential loss of control and handling. A Ford dealer attempted to diagnose the problem after 3 incidents, but was unsuccessful and told me the problem may be the throttle body (but they did not replace it).

- Stevensville, MI, USA

problem #53

May 252018

F-150

  • 45,000 miles
There is an existing adaptive cruise control safety recall open for this year, make, and model, but my truck also experiences the exact same issues described by Ford on their own site every time I use the adaptive cruise control: Https://media.Ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2015/09/30/Ford-issues-five-safety-recalls-and-one-safety-compliance-recall.html I'm sure that the existing safety recall needs to be expanded to additional vins within the F-150 range of vehicles. It is extremely dangerous in the way it currently operates.

- Spanish Fork, UT, USA

problem #52

Jun 272018

F-150

  • 62,000 miles

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

At times my 2015 F150 loses all power and go to a low power/ "limp mode" setting. Cautions received are (1) service advance trac, (2) hill descent control fault, (3) hill start assist not avail, (4) traaction control fault light. When this occurs, the vehicle goes to a very low forward power setting (<5mph), runs extremely rough to the point where the vehicle shakes aggressively. This problem is intermittent in nature, and yesterday was the final straw. This suddent oss of power occurred on a busy road and I nearly got rear ended. I immediately limped off the road and was able to get the vehicle towed to the dealership in castle rock, co. Currently I'm standing by for the mechanics diagnosis. Of note, I do see several similar write-ups of this problem on the NHTSA site regarding the 2015 F150. Ironically, a similar occurrence (ref. Nhstsa id#11083485) happened right up the road from me in castle rock, co (4/5/18). I hope Ford is aware of this extremely dangerous, recurring problem within its F150 fleet.

- Monument, CO, USA

problem #51

May 102018

F-150

  • 38,150 miles
Driving on the inside lane on a straight road with no vehicles in front of me. Halfway past passing a medium size box truck in the outside lane my truck flashed collision avoidance and slammed on the brakes for one second. It immediately released and sped up to where I had the cruise previously set at 65 mph. Ford dealer said they applied the factory computer reset 30 months earlier while owned by the original buyer. Recall # 15S29. Dealer said he could do nothing more.

- Olathe, KS, USA

problem #50

Jun 222018

F-150

  • miles
While using the adaptive cruise control on my 2015 Ford F-150 (king ranch), my truck will confuse a dump truck as a stopped or slow moving vehicle in front of my truck. This will happen if a dump truck is in the lane beside me or in opposing lanes. This occurs at sow and high speeds. Multiple times this has occurred at 65mph+ in traffic. The truck will very abruptly apply the breaks and the collision warning system will alert. This has almost caused very serious wrecks due to the speeds that it often occurs. This is also not a seldom occurance, it happens every time I pass by a dump truck. It will occur on any and every street. I took the vehicle to a Ford delearship and their solution had no effect on the issue.

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

problem #49

May 162018

F-150

  • 84,129 miles
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-150. While driving unknown speeds, the vehicle stalled. When the vehicle was restarted, it operated normally. The failure occurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to billion auto Ford of clear lake (3101 willow creek ct, clear lake, ia 50428, (641) 903-2299) where it was diagnosed that the throttle body and motor assembly failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 84,129.

- Mason City, IA, USA

problem #48

May 022018

F-150

  • 36,000 miles
Adaptive cruise control sensor and braking activate in error when there is a large truck on the side of the vehicle. Vehicle will hard brakes as it thinks the car in front has stopped when there is no car in front of you. It is falsely seeing the truck in the other lane to your side. I had it into Ford for another issue and told them. They said there was "an update" but it is still doing the same thing. This is dangerous as the vehicle slams on the brakes by itself almost causing cars behind you to hit you. The vehicle should not hard brake due to a truck on the side of the car!. just today my car did it twice on the highway. Once this morning and again on the drive home. I am driving at highway speeds, clear day, I'm in my lane and passing a slower truck on my right and the adaptive cruise braking slams on the brakes. It is intermittent and I'm not sure why its reacting to a large truck that is not in front of me. While it didn't result in a "crash" it could have if the person behind me hadn't been paying attention. This is a serious defect!!

- Melbourne, FL, USA

problem #47

Apr 092018

F-150

  • 64,500 miles
Multiple incidents have occurred where adaptive cruise control applies hard deceleration to the vehicle while at highway speeds without warning or without an object in front of the vehicle. Approx travel speed has been 65mph and vehicle collision warning comes on and instantly brakes causing a 10mph or more deceleration. It has happened on curves or when driving near a truck. Recent incident was moving from right lane to the left lane of a highway to pass a truck and another vehicle was following mine. As I approached the tractor portion of the tractor/trailer, my truck braked hard and the vehicle behind me nearly crashed into the back of my vehicle. The other driver wasn't expecting me to brake while passing another vehicle to its left. This has happened multiple times. I have contacted Ford and they admitted that there is a problem with the adaptive cruise system and that it was a safety issue but they had no plans to fix/recall the issue. Question - how many rear impact accidents/incidents/potential incidents will it take for Ford to address this serious unannounced braking issue. It is very unnerving to be driving at highway speed and then to be thrown forward for no reason because your vehicle brakes. Ford did acknowledge that this is a problem and yet does not wish to address it likely until there is death to lawsuit after which it will have been too late for someone. Please exert whatever pressure you can to get verification from Ford and have them address this problem with a recall before someone is killed. Thank you. Highway speed adaptive cruise control on on curves or straight roads near a tractor trailer collision warning/braking/rapid deceleration nearly causing multiple rear end accidents - many incidents Ford verified but refuses to fix

- Sacramento, CA, USA

problem #46

Mar 032018

F-150

  • 44,000 miles
This issue has now happened 6 times without showing a pattern. While driving the vehicle completely loses all throttle power and the message center displays 'service advancetrac' 'hill start assist disabled' and the ABS and service engine lights illuminate. This has happened on back roads at slower speeds and on highways at 70 mph. Again, all throttle power is lost. This issue has been reported on numerous forums and there have been 2 consensus fixes, replace throttle body and an apparent issue with the tightness of a throttle cable.

- Groveland, FL, USA

problem #45

Dec 112017

F-150

  • 1 miles
My truck odometer shows I have 26582 miles on the truck. And the engine hours shows I have 867 hours. However rusty wallace service department said I have 63000 miles according to the PCM!!! I have transmission problems and they do not want to fix the truck under warranty. I content that the truck is still under warranty I have not done anything to the odometer. I have pictures that show I was doing 72 miles a hour and on the digital speedometer but the other speedometer showed I was doing 90 miles a hour. I parked the truck and it stilled showed I was doing 20 mph. I have attached the photos.

- Bybee, TN, USA

problem #44

Nov 272017

F-150

  • 57,000 miles
I would like to highlight safety concern on Ford F-150 intake throttle failures. I believe there has been a recall on this part for a different S/N range of Ford F-150. This VIN was not in the list. When this fails, you lose all power and truck goes into neutral. Was towing loaded trailer in 4 lanes of high speed interstate city driving. Almost was in serious accident. Ford customer service did nothing or indicate that they were going to look at S/N range impacted. I am a chief engineer at caterpillar. I understand the business of effective S/N and what is included in mandatory recalls. Their lack of action is a concern.

- Chillicothe, IL, USA

problem #43

Nov 232017

F-150

  • 12,976 miles
While driving my 2015 Ford F-150 pickup truck at different speeds of 5 to 70 mph the vehicles throttle becomes inoperable. When this occurs the engine continues to run at a low idle however it is a very rough idle as if the engine has a severe ignition misfire condition. Furthermore, the dash starts to cycle through multiple fault/trouble displays. These include "hill descent control fault", "service advance track", "see manual (w/ wrench symbol)"; also the airbag light is illuminated. When this occurs I have to coast to the side of the freeway or busy city street bringing the vehicle to a stop. Once stopped, with emergency flashers on, I have to turn the ignition off and restart the vehicle. In some instances I've had to restart the vehicle more than once to successfully achieve a smooth running engine. I must then press the "ok" button on the steering wheel to stop the dash from displaying the fault/trouble messages. I can then drive on with an operable throttle and properly running engine. This condition has happened multiple times at various speeds without warning and presents a potentially dangerous driving condition!

- Barstow, CA, USA

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