2013 Ford F-150 Power Train Problems
- 567
- 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 567 stored complaint records:
- 14 indicate a crash
- 10 indicate injury
- 2 indicate fire
What owners report
- first gear · 38 records
- power train · 34 records
- recall notice · 15 records
- downshifted first · 11 records
- without warning · 10 records
- warning indicators · 9 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 224 |
| 100–150k mi | 106 |
| 30–60k mi | 103 |
| 1–30k mi | 69 |
| 150–400k mi | 20 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Power Train
In feb 2018 truck began random hard shift and loss of power when taking off from a light, no check engine light. In august 2018 at 70 mph, had a momentary lock up of rear wheel, causing the wheels to chirp on the road and release, slowed to a stop, placed in nuetral no check engine light all seemed normal. Accelerated to 65 mph at steady speed observed speedometer indication momentarily drop to 50 mph and back to 60…
ODI 11162391
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Put the ford f150 into gear, would not shift up from 1st gear. Same issue we have been having and have taken to the dealership and they cannot find any problems with the transmission. Had to turn off truck and restart
ODI 11162228
Power Train
At least once a week the transmission behaves erratically. When acceleration from a stop all power is lost. A big wrench light comes on on the dashboard. I am forced to coast or limp out of traffic. Usually it will stop if i shut the truck off and restart it. Another problem i have experience is sudden downshifting into first gear while traveling at speeds in excess of 40 mph. Again i need to pull over and shut the…
ODI 11161871
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
My 2013 ford f-150 ecoboost gets stuck in 1st gear sometimes while trying to move from a stop. It has also skipped 1st and 2nd gear and gotten stuck in 3rd gear and barely able to move more than 5 mph. It has happened from a dead stop as well as while driving 40 plus miles per hour. Typically pulling over and turning the truck off and back on fixes it. I am afraid it will happen again and cause an accident.
ODI 11161314
Electrical System · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Truck suddenly drops from 6th gear to 1 st gear and barks the rear tires while traveling at 60mph also the instrument panel goes completely out except for the rpm gauge it also down shifts from 6th to 5th and then will not upshift and only down shifts to 3rd gear also it has stuck in 1st gear when taking iff from a red light. It has done everything while traveling down the highway except for the 1st gear issue that…
ODI 11161293
Electrical System · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving the vehicle it will downshift from higher gears and then no longer shifts or registers speed - wrench light will illuminate on dash. The speedometer will also drop down to zero and no longer register any speed even though the truck is moving. The digital display will display dashes and the air bag light indicator will stay lite. When you unbuckle the seat belt the indicator light will not illuminate.…
ODI 11163770
Power Train
My automatic transmission on my truck started not wanting to shift into the proper gear. It went from shifting into a higher gear as i was trying to merge into traffic, which caused me to lose pretty much all power. This could have cause a wreck in busy traffic. The most worrisome problem was that it started shifting into 1st gear when driving in normal traffic. It happened 3 times at speeds of 30 mph, causing the…
ODI 11165435
Power Train
When putting the truck in drive from a parked position or an idling position the transmission hard shifts to 2nd gear and then hard to 1st and then all the way to 5th. Truck has 69,750 miles. Has happened on two occasions. Fortunately not while on the highway. Have read that this is a common problem. This time is will only go from 1st to 2nd and has finally come up with the wrench service light. Ford needs to fix…
ODI 11156758
Power Train
The truck was shifting between 5th and 6th gear sporadically while driving 65 miles per hour on the freeway. Then sudden while driving at that same speed it shifted to 1st or 2nd gear locking up the tires. This caused other vehicles to have to slam on their brakes almost causing a pile up. The truck suddenly shifted back to 6th gear and began shifting back and forth again between 5th and 6th gear until i could exit…
ODI 11156767
Power Train
Vehicle shifts into 1 gear while driving at high speeds. Vehicle will also remain in high gear after coming to a stop, no codes show. Problem is intermittent.
ODI 11156671
Electrical System · Power Train
2013 f150 downshifted from 6th gear to 1st gear while traveling approximately 50 mph. This resulted in the tires locking up as if i had slammed on the brakes. It now continues to shift erratically from 1st to 6th to 3rd. It also gets stuck in 1st gear and then will randomly shift normally and then downshift back to first gear. This has been happening frequently for some time with hard shifting but this is the first…
ODI 11156422
Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While operating the vehicle, the check engine indicator illuminated and the transmission erroneously downshifted into third gear, which caused the speed to decrease. After the failure occurred, the transmission only shifted into fifth gear and the vehicle would only accelerate from a standing start in third gear. As a result, the vehicle would stall and the speedometer would…
ODI 11172623
Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving 60 mph, the vehicle decelerated to 30 mph without warning. The vehicle was taken to eide ford lincoln (800 e bismarck expy, bismarck, nd 58504, [redacted]) where it was diagnosed that the lead frame failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 82,190.
ODI 11169943
Power Train
Traveling at 70 mph on the highway the transmission shifted into 1st gear causing the rear tires to skid and the rear of the vehicle to loose traction. This lasted a few seconds before it shifted back into 6th gear and i was able to maintain control. Slowed to stop at a red light and vehicle shifted into first gear at about 20 mph then jerked forward when coming to a complete stop. The next day while making a left…
ODI 11164173
Power Train
An unexpected downshift from 5th gear to 1st gear causing the vehicle to slow down suddenly and without warning when driving at speeds between 45 and 65 mph on the highway. The rear tires lock up momentarily, causing skidding. The transmission shifts erratically and randomly through gears 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1st. The truck will go days without another incident, but then multiple times in one day. Reprogramming of the…
ODI 11163412
Power Train
On highway, speed(60 mph), gauges on dash began swinging wildly, transmission began shifting up and down rapidly and then down shifted to 1st gear at 60 mph. The rear tires started screaming and threw me sideways into the next lane and onto shoulder of road. I had been on highway for approx. 20 minutes before fault happened. I restarted and vehicle seemed to operate. I attempted to travel to ford dealer when after…
ODI 11162080
Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving approximately 75 mph, the gear shifted from sixth to first gear without warning. The contact managed to pull the vehicle over to the side of the road and called capital ford of charlotte at [redacted] (located at 5411 n tryon st, charlotte, nc 28213), but no one answered the phone. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed…
ODI 11155195
Electrical System · Power Train
The transmission will down shift into a 1st or 2nd gear unexpectedly. This has happened several times while moving at 40 to 50 mph. Also the transmission will up shift and downshift randomly causing the vehicle difficult to control. When this happens the speedometer will jump around and sometimes completely shut off. When the truck is turned of then turned on again the gauges will work again.
ODI 11155128
Power Train
Transmission shifted to 5th gear while pulling into an intersection vehicle lost power in the intersection air bag light and wrench symbol came on the vehicle lost power lost all displays i was almost hit by another vehicle and could have been seriously injured .i understand that previous years were recalled because of this transmission problem but no recalls on the 2013 yet please issue a recall this is very…
ODI 11154206
Power Train
While driving at highway speed the transmission abruptly down shifts to first gear. In the winter with snow/ice on the road this causes the rear wheels to lock-up . I do not want someone to run into the rear of my vehicle or loose control. The truck was assembled in sept of 2012. The engine is a 3.7 liter w/ 6 speed auto. [redacted]. In june of 2018 (6/22/2018) i brought this truck to copper country ford, houghton…
ODI 11166628
Power Train
This is the 3rd occurrence over the last month. Driving on hwy 90 at 65 miles per hour the truck suddenly downshifted into 1st gear. The rear tires locked up and smoked as i was thrown forward against my seat belt. I narrowly kept control of the vehicle. I shifted the truck into neutral and coasted onto the shoulder. I turned the truck off and restarted the engine. The truck operated normally for about 50 miles. The…
1 injury
ODI 11153574
Power Train
Jumps from high to low gear while truck is in motion when driving at low and high speeds on country, city and highway roads. Has also occurred when stopped to make a turn into traffic.
ODI 11183173
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
My 2013 ford f-150 xlt with 71,000 miles is having transmission issues and problems with shifting and completely losing power while driving. This issue has started intermittantly about a month ago. While i'm driving, a giant wrench appears on the dashboard which is then followed by loss of power and acceleration. The vehicle is then stuck into a single gear and the speedometer and mileage computer go blank so i no…
ODI 11162336
Power Train
While driving 55 mph my truck has downshifted into first gear, locking up the rear tires. This has now happened on three separate days
ODI 11153212
Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving approximately 60 mph, the gear shifted from high to low gear without warning and the vehicle jerked. The vehicle was taken to planet ford hd truck shop [redacted], located at [redacted], spring, tx 77388) to be diagnosed, but the failure could not be duplicated. The failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no…
ODI 11171596