1. Ford F-150
  2. Problems
  3. 2013
  4. Unknown Or Other

2013 Ford F-150 Unknown Or Other Problems

113
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 113 stored complaint records:

  • 1 indicate a crash
  • 1 indicate injury
  • 3 indicate fire

What owners report

  • rear window · 34 records
  • window shattered · 16 records
  • back window · 8 records
  • rear defroster · 8 records
  • heard loud · 6 records
  • glass shattered · 6 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi33
30–60k mi28
1–30k mi21
100–150k mi19
150–400k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • February 12, 2019

    Unknown Or Other

    Recall been fixed but its still shows as opened in the system

    ODI 11193972

  • February 12, 2019 · 75,000 miles

    Unknown Or Other

    I was driving on february 12th 2019 and had my defrosters when all of a sudden i heard a loud pop and looked in the rearview mirror to see my back window shattered right over my 2 year old daughter. This is the second time that this has happened in the past 3 years. I stopped and got out and touched the window and burnt my hand with how hot it was.

    1 injury

    ODI 11180214

  • February 1, 2019 · 34,000 miles

    Unknown Or Other

    The transmition when driving will suddenly shift down to 1st gear then 2nd gear. It will get stuck on 2nd gear. This happened 3 times to my vehicle. 1st time was at traffic light accelerate then suddenly it shifted down from 5th to 1st and 2nd. At the same day i was driving on a highway and the truck shfited down from 5th gear so fast i thought i got hit by a car. I had 2 more dangerous incidents. The second one was…

    ODI 11196862

  • January 28, 2019 · 12,000 miles

    Unknown Or Other

    January 28, 2019 rear electric sliding window (3 piece unit) shattered for no reason. No one hit it, throw anything at it, or shot it. The sound does sound like a someone shot at you. The truck was sitting in the drive warming up as usual (electric start), get in, close the door and boom the driver side rear window panel shatters. Take it back to the place we bought it and they told us there was nothing they could…

    ODI 11185112

  • January 10, 2019 · 51,000 miles

    Unknown Or Other

    Transmission is jumping into first hear and neutral on it's own. Can't drive it without this not happening

    ODI 11186081

  • December 31, 2018 · 136,000 miles

    Unknown Or Other

    On 12/31/18 i was operating my vehicle listed in this complaint. While operating i had the rear defroster activated. I arrived home and backed into to my driveway. While reversing i heard a loud pop come from my back window. The entire window was shattered. The window sets in front of the truck bed and did not come into contact with any foreign object. On 1/5/19 while getting the window repaired chafing was found on…

    ODI 11170275

  • December 30, 2018

    Unknown Or Other · Visibility/Wiper

    I was driving back from the gas station around 2230 hrs on a winter night. I was going about 35 mph on a city street when i suddenly heard a very loud bang; literally sounded like a gunshot, i quickly looked around, but i didn't notice anything at the time. It was dark at my house when i got home, i walked around the truck but didn't see anything obvious at the time. When i came out the next morning i got into my…

    ODI 11164423

  • December 27, 2018 · 113,000 miles

    Electrical System · Unknown Or Other

    We have had the back door lock freeze and cannot unlock back doors. We are replacing passenger back door lock for second time and have replaced driver side back door lock once. This is very dangerous as doors cannot be opened from inside and if in accident it could cause a death. There needs to be an investigation into this matter. Three times replacing locks is too much!

    ODI 11192864

  • December 21, 2018 · 83,000 miles

    Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Unknown Or Other

    When i accelerate on the highway to merge or pass my truck looses power completely can not accelerate. It shudders for about 45 seconds check engine light comes on flashing and it suddenly comes back to life. I took it to my local ford and they said it was a high pressure pump that needed to be replaced. I replaced it and it is still having the same issue. This seems to be a common issue with these trucks. The more…

    ODI 11170057

  • December 3, 2018 · 98,400 miles

    Unknown Or Other

    Heater/air blower caught on fire. There was not an obstruction causing the fan/blower to over heat. I caught it soon after the fire started so was able to put it out before the entire vehicle was on fire. The vehicle was stationary in my front driveway and had just started it running to warm up.

    Fire reported

    ODI 11161840

  • December 3, 2018 · 4 miles

    Fuel/Propulsion System · Unknown Or Other

    I have a 2013 f-150 ecoboost. I was driving about 50 mph last night, 12/3/18 when it suddenly downshifted, causing the rear brakes to lock and tires squealed. I lurched forward in the seat. The speedometer went down and then back up to 50. It lasted all but seconds. I was able to drive home. I have left it in the garage since it is unsafe to drive at this point until i can get it to the garage. Thankfully the road…

    ODI 11155928

  • December 1, 2018 · 90,000 miles

    Unknown Or Other

    Active recall. Tranny will search for gear, disengage then violently downshift. Rpms peg at 6,500+ violent jerking. Ford says safe to drive?? No solution yet. This engine will blow at highway speeds, tranny likely damaged significantly from downshift to 1st @ 75mph. This is safe? I drive most high speed mileage. Problem worse when cruise control engaged. Dealer refuses to touch the vehicle. Sometimes truck tranny…

    ODI 11206118

  • November 16, 2018 · 117,000 miles

    Unknown Or Other

    Rear glass shattered while vehicle was parked. Nothing impacted the glass. Glass is still intact in the vehicle. Hate to think if a child was in a carseat and the glass all fell out on top of them. I have read numerous complajnts about this happening and that ford has denied any responseability. It is defenitly a problem

    ODI 11152090

  • October 15, 2018 · 102,367 miles

    Engine · Unknown Or Other

    Vehicle stalls while driving and won't restart for hours. This has happened 3 times since may and twice since september 2018. Each time it has been taken to a ford dealership and the ford dealer says that they can find nothing wrong that can be recreated. I have stalled out on an 8 lane highway. This was an extremely dangerous occurrence. I recently had the entire truck serviced, from oil change to throttle body…

    ODI 11140434

  • October 5, 2018 · 62,000 miles

    Engine · Unknown Or Other

    Went to pass on highway in my 2013 f150 with a 6.2l engine, and the throttle stuck wide open causing me to accelerate up to 80+ mph. It did not decelerate for about 1 min. I had to avoid hitting other vehicles.

    ODI 11133613

  • September 3, 2018 · 86,000 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control

    I took my truck into red mccombs ford in san antonio, tx because i had issues with my transmission. I can be driving and it would rev up to 4k rpm without my foot on the acceleration. There are times when i'm driving and it drops into 1st and jars me when it bogs down. Took it in and we paid almost $1000 for repairs to fix it since i feared for my safety. It felt like i had no control of my vehicle. That was in sept…

    ODI 11184509

  • September 1, 2018 · 50,100 miles

    Unknown Or Other

    I have a 2013 f150 and have a loud noise coming from the engine. After my mechanic looked into it he said it is the timing chain rattling at start up. The truck has only 52000 miles on it. Barely broke in and now has a rough idle and loss of power when driving. My mechanic came up with 4 different codes showing camshaft and crankshaft position correlations. Turbo charger under rest. System to rich bank 1 & 2 and…

    ODI 11157241

  • July 29, 2018 · 80,000 miles

    Unknown Or Other

    Tsb 14-0017 intercooler humidity issue this should be a recall issue

    ODI 11114394

  • July 9, 2018 · 74,000 miles

    Unknown Or Other

    Sunroof explosion. While driving with my family on i-75 the sunroof suddenly exploded. Fortunately the cover was shut or glass would've flown into the truck. There was no overpass or cars nearby. The photos show the glass exploded out, not in as would happen if something dropped on it from the sky. It sounded like a bomb went off. The sunroof is completely shattered.

    ODI 11111954

  • May 14, 2018 · 50,250 miles

    Unknown Or Other

    Ford used cheap plastic tracking for their moonroofs. These components are now failing regularly creating an issue with water leaking into the passenger compartment adversely affecting electrical components and potentially airbags. Once the track system is damaged, the moonroof will not seal/close. This fault happened on my particular vehicle while the truck was in motion.

    ODI 11094091

  • May 10, 2018 · 89,000 miles

    Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Unknown Or Other

    Engine stalls out periodically. Very dangerous in heavy traffic. This happens every time while in motion not sitting still. This is the eco boast 6 cylinder engine. Has been numerous reports with others but ford still won't issue a recall on these engines. It has 89350 miles on it. I'm going to change the plugs & boots this weekend but i'm sure that will not solve my problem. Ford is being stubborn on recalls.…

    ODI 11102973

  • May 10, 2018 · 64,000 miles

    Unknown Or Other

    Rear glass shattered due to defroster issue during remote start. This issue was not do to human error and solely the responsibility of ford motor company's defect in the rear defroster/glass

    ODI 11093275

  • April 20, 2018 · 62,000 miles

    Engine · Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control

    Reported this problem before and now it getting worse it was just the transimission shifting from high gear 6 at 70 mpg in cruise and when i tap the breake peddle to disengage the cruise it dowm shifted to low 1 and the rpm went from 2500 to 6500 and stay in low until i came to a stop then everything went back to normal it now also blown transimission lines and when i take off from a side street of stop light it…

    ODI 11207049

  • April 11, 2018 · 83,000 miles

    Fuel/Propulsion System · Unknown Or Other

    Started about 1 1/2 months ago, while driving at speed, vehicle felt like it shifted into neutral. Did not happen again til the next week. Then was taking off at a light and it had no pick up. Took into shop, no codes in computer, topped off transmission fluid. $97. Following week went to pass a vehicle and the truck lost power and started to shake, engine light flashing. Brought back to shop. Still no code, but…

    ODI 11084895

  • April 10, 2018 · 79,000 miles

    Power Train · Unknown Or Other

    Speed sensor. When driving you could be stopped or moving at a high rate of speed for example i was going 50mph when the truck shifted into first causing the truck to come almost to a complete stop almost causing an accident. At other times wheb you start the truck it will shift from 1st gear to 5th gear and the wrench indicator will appear on dash while everything else turns to dashes (mileage etc). The speedometer…

    ODI 11090853