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Ford F-150 Engine Safety Report | Aug 18, 2013



Reported on Aug 18, 2013


ATTEMPTED TO ENTER INTERSTATE TRAFFIC FROM AN ON RAMP. ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE TO SPEED AND MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND SLOWED. A MALFUNCTION INDICATION LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING ON THE DASH. A VEHICLE BEHIND ME HAD TO PASS ME ON THE SHOULDER TO AVOID A REAR END COLLISION. THE CONDITION CLEARED ITSELF AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 SECONDS. I WAS APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED MILES INTO A 150 MILE TRIP IN RAINY WEATHER. RETURNED TO THE DEALER THE FOLLOWING DAY WHO RETRIEVED NUMEROUS MISFIRE CODES FROM THE ECM (DTC P 0903, P 0904, P 0905). DEALER RE-PROGRAMMED THE ECM AND INFORMED ME I WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE IT AND SEE IF THAT WORKS. PERFORMED RESEARCH TO SEE IF THIS WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE AND FOUND THAT INDEED IT WAS, THAT THE CONDITION HAS EXISTED SINCE AT LEAST 2011 MODEL YEAR AND TO DATE THERE APPEARS TO BE NO CLEAR FIX FROM FORD. ADDITIONALLY, DESPITE WELL OVER A HUNDRED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION, THAT NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE NHTSB. IT IS MY MOST SINCERE HOPE THAT IT DOES NOT TAKE A FATALITY TO SPUR ACTION ON THIS CONDITION. *TR
Make: Ford
Model: F-150
Manufactured by: Ford Motor Company
Year: 2013
Was a crash reported? N
Was an injury reported? 0 person(s) were injured.
Was a death reported? 0 person(s) died.
Was a fire reported? N
Location: NORFOLK VA
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): 1FTFW1ET7DK
Mileage: 1000 miles.
Speed: 50 MPH
Number of cylinders: 6
Vehicle type:
Vehicle fuel: GAS
Was a police report filed? N
Tire size:
Dealer name and location:
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