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2012 Ford F-150 Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1648775
Internal NHTSA #	11315473
Manufacurer	Ford Motor Company
Brand	FORD
Model	F-150
Model Year	2012
File date	25/07/19
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	7/25/2019: southern california -- northbound hwy 101, headed home from glendale to oxnard. So-cal traffic being what it is, travel was stop & go, with brief bursts of actual speed-limit travel. I was doing about 55mph, coming to a bottleneck where traffic was accumulating. I gently pressed the brake pedal, when my truck downshifted. I was expecting a 5-4 downshift, but instead my truck slammed into 1st gear, tires locked. I skid to a stop, dumbfounded. During deceleration, there was a grinding noise, so i pulled over & checked things out. I'm not a mechanic, but i checked all the fluids and trans temp, which were all in operating range. I drove gently the rest of the way home, fearing that it might happen again, but it didn't. The next morning when i left to work, there was a loud whine that seemed to be coming from the transmission at higher rpm, just prior to upshift. I drove gently to work and back home later that evening. The following day was saturday, 7/27/19: took my truck to a local shop, where they told me that my transmission was showing signs of rapid failure and that if i continued to drive it that it might last another week, if i was lucky & that my truck would one day soon, leave me stranded on the side of the fwy. The following week i ordered a remanufactured transmission, to the tune of about $3000. A month later, my mechanic brother-in-law & i swapped out the tranny, including the torque converter & tranny cooler. Then i had to have it towed to the mechanic shop, so my ecu & tcu could be reprogrammed to accept the new tranny & updated to fix the recall. What recall? This was the first mention of any recall. So, my question now is: will ford reimburse me for the cost of transmission replacement, for what was a known faulty product? If so, who do i contact? Thank you for any assistance. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	170000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	OXNARD, CA
VIN pattern	1FTFW1E61CFXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	8
Drive train type	RWD
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Vehicle speed	55
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Ford F-150 Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Ford F-150 Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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