2012 Ford F-150 Electronic Stability Control Problems
- 33
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 33 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- power steering · 13 records
- warning light · 10 records
- service advance · 6 records
- advance trac · 6 records
- service advancetrac · 5 records
- advancetrac warning · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 10 |
| 60–100k mi | 10 |
| 1–30k mi | 6 |
| 100–150k mi | 4 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Vehicle is displaying "service advancetrac" error message when vehicle is turned sharply left or right. When the error message comes on, the turn signals do not function properly. The driver must hold the turn signal switch to activate turn signals anytime needing to change lanes or turn off roadway. Vehicle error has been checked by servicing dealer and an update was performed to abs module to attempt to fix the…
ODI 10859962
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
There were several codes of service traction control and several times that a loud clunking noise occurred while driving. I took the truck to the local ford dealer and was told that i needed a new rack and steering module.
ODI 10760376
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Power steering suddenly failed while traveling down i-35 in new braunfels tx making it very difficult to control at high speed at near impossible to turn.
ODI 10745309
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Steering
The electric rack and pinion quick working i was not able to street my vehicle at all i was lucky to be on a straight away i'd i had been in a corner i would have had an accident. *tr
ODI 10721618
Electronic Stability Control · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Gears flash on and off, then the accelerator slows down. Goes into nuetral automatically. Randomly shifts between gears causing truck to pick up speed or drastically lose speed without warning. Shifts very hard as well. This has happened while i was driving in our neighborhood as well as on the highway. Seems to happen everytime i drive above 65mph, but occasionally in the neighborhood. The random shifting of gears…
ODI 11093263
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
My vehicle when going around na turn would want to straighten out in the turn. Later that day i came into a small town got thru the red light at that time my power steering needs maintenance light came on shortly after that i was unable to control my the steering of my truck there was no steering i had a gentleman help me get the truck off the road as far as he could you just could not steer as it turns out my rack…
ODI 10622658
Electronic Stability Control · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Driving to work on june 9 at 8:00am after a hard rainstorm, on south memorial parkway just north of green cove road, traveling about 40 to 45, slowly accelerating, the rear end of the f150 locked up, tires squealing, began to fishtail to the right for a few seconds, then released. I thought i had been hit from the rear, no cars behind me. Temperature gauges were fine, the gear display on the dash board showed only…
ODI 10597533
Electronic Stability Control
Multiple warnings to service advance track, a ford motor company roll stability control and stability enhancement system. Dealer has replaced the advance track "module" twice without correcting the problem. Warning notification occurs almost daily with as many a three warnings in a single day. Dealer says that my f150 can't be the only one having this problem and they will contact me when they figure out what to do…
ODI 10492123