2013 Ford F-150 Vehicle Speed Control Problems
- 154
- 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 154 stored complaint records:
- 4 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- check engine · 15 records
- speed sensor · 14 records
- lost power · 13 records
- engine light · 12 records
- light came · 12 records
- lead frame · 11 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 59 |
| 60–100k mi | 42 |
| 100–150k mi | 30 |
| 30–60k mi | 15 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Vehicle Speed Control
Speed sensor lead frame problem. Vehicle would periodically get stuck in a gear, digital speedometer would go to all dashes, and air bag light would pop up. Other times, in highest gear, the vehicle would drop a gear unannounced. Would take off in 5th gear at times. Would shift hard at times.
ODI 11132404
Vehicle Speed Control
Recently experienced speedometer, odometer, cruise control, blinker control, and transmission shifting quits working. If i shut off and start again problems goes away. I had researched the issue and it is the speed sensor. They have a tsb but my vehicle is not included even though it has the exact same issues. A ford dealer said to replace the lead frame, again the exact same issue of the tsb. Today, while traveling…
ODI 11130031
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
Vehicle Speed Control
Under certain conditions, the transmission controls could force a temporary downshift into first gear when the vehicle is in motion.
ODI 11130482
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Getting off the highway the truck would no slow down. It would not shift to 2nd or 1st gear. Hard uncontrolled stop. When tried to start moving again truck lunged forward and started from 5th gear. Drove directly to the ford dealer as this was a safety concern. It switched gears randomly the entire way to the ford dealer from the highway. 2013 47k miles
ODI 11124334
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Speedometer, odometer, cruise control, blinker control, and transmission shifting quits working. Believe it's the transmission lead frame causing the problem like in the 2011 and 2012 f150's.
ODI 11113301
Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving 25 mph, the vehicle was shifted into third gear and decelerated on its own. The contact stated that the tachometer and speedometer ceased to display and the instrument panel went blank. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failures. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 102,000.
ODI 11122175
Vehicle Speed Control
When accelerating to merging on to the highway in the summer the past two years i have had the truck loose power and the check engine light flash on and off til it clears itself for about 30 to 60 seconds after letting off the gas. If you try to give it gas it shakes the hole truck, this causes a dangerous situation when merging on the highway lucky i had enough median to go in to avoid a wreck. Summer of 2018 and…
ODI 11220402
Vehicle Speed Control
While in motion on a main road the truck spontaneously downshifted from 5th gear to third gear and if not for the seatbelt would have thrown me through the windshield. The check engine light revealed a p0720 code after this happened and the truck is not shifting properly.
1 injury
ODI 11112187
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Sporadic shifting. Transmission and/or oil pressure causes the truck to completly shut down on me when driving down the highway.
ODI 11111700
Electrical System · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Sudden downshift into 1st gear at highway speeds. Speedometer and digital display stops working.
ODI 11101648
Vehicle Speed Control
While driving 75 mph down the interstate the transmission shifted to 2 gear and locked up tires for a split second before shifting back up. I was in traffic and took truck off road into the median, thankfully was able to maintain control of the vehicle before coming to a complete stop. The transmission basically has a mind of its own at times i've been told it is a output speed sensor and will have that replaced. It…
ODI 11101440
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Truck was having issues with randomly disengaging from cruise control, loss of power from a stop, and erratic downshifting. On the highway the cruise control would disengage, speedometer would go to 0 then back to its actual speed. From a stop sign/stop light, when the light would turn green the truck would spit and sputter, shifting erratically, rpm would go up but no power. When cruising around 45mph truck…
Crash reported
ODI 11103982
Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control
Around 100k miles. Truck all of a sudden started to hard shift. Eventually would throw orange wrench light and speedometer would quit working and would have trouble getting the speed up as if it werent shifting. Air bag light will come and stay on. A reboot would take these problems away temporarily. I've read same owners have experienced same issues online on the f150 forum.
ODI 11171632
Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control
My 2013 ford f150 will shift into different gears while driving causing the truck to lock up. I was driving 65 mph down the interstate this morning when it shifted into 1st gear causing my tires to lock up and skid all over the road. Luckily i was able to get it off the road before crashing. I have heard this is the output speed sensor which has happened to millions of other f150's. Why has this not been recalled??…
ODI 11097282
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
My truck downshifts without cause, sometimes to 1st gear, and on one occasion my wheels skidded (which was witnessed by my neighbor who was walking his dog and was startled by the skid). The speedometer goes to zero even while moving - i have video from my cell phone of this happening while going approximately 75 mph on the freeway. When this happens all other gauges go to dashes, including the mileage, mpg, etc.…
ODI 11094111
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
Vehicle Speed Control
While driving on the city street the transmission jumped from higher gear to a lower gear for no reason. Transmission seems to be unable to decide what gear it should be in after stopping at red light. Transmission would be in a high gear and almost unable to take off from a dead stop. After turning vehicle off and cranking up again it seemed to work fine. Then when pulling out onto the highway from a side road i…
ODI 11084946
Power Train · Steering · Vehicle Speed Control
135,987 mi. 2013 ford f 150 econoboost powersteering assit went out! Notice a traction fault couple days ago and it went away after i shut off my truck. The steering never did this and it happened in a parking lot making a sharp left turn! And then while trying to drive out of the parking lot turning out to the intersection no power steering???? Just last year i had to replace my throttle body because my truck would…
ODI 11083333
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
My transmission has been acting erratically for the past 30 days. At first the vehicle would lose acceleration and then the rpms would jump 2000, after a couple seconds i would hear a loud thump as the transmission reengaged; the speedometer also registered 0 a couple times when this happened. Other times the transmission would refuse to leave first gear or i would lose power while in first gear for approximately 10…
ODI 11092474
Air Bags · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Without warning my rear wheels & drivetrain locked up while driving. My vehicle suddenly lost control and i had to drive into the grassy shoulder at around 35 mph to avoid being in traffic. As the problem was occuring, the speedometer went to 0 mph and the airbag light illuminated. The vehicle mileage in the cluster showed all dashes. The transmission felt like it was disconnected from the engine, and transmission…
ODI 11081841
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving approximately 60 mph and pulling a camper, the vehicle decelerated without warning. The contact pulled over to observe the vehicle and drove home. A local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not assist. The failure mileage was 42,642. The vin was not available.
ODI 11080362
Vehicle Speed Control
My lead frame, output speed sensor went out at around 110,000 miles and caused my vehicle to stall completely. This occurred while in the middle of a very busy state hwy intersection and almost caused me to get hit by semi truck and trailer. Very dangerous situation. The readout on the mechanics computer was "output speed sensor"
ODI 11076756
Vehicle Speed Control
My lead frame, output speed sensor went out at around 110,000 miles and caused my vehicle to stall completely. This occurred while in the middle of a very busy state hwy intersection and almost caused me to get hit by a semi truck and trailer. Very dangerous situation. The readout on the mechanics computer was "output speed sensor"
ODI 11076753
Vehicle Speed Control
While driving home from work, the vehicle downshifted to 1st gear causing a jerk and the back tires to skid for an instant. If someone would have been close enough, they would have rear ended me. I have a video that i took of it and put it in slow motion for you to review. Please contact me for video. Or if you can use this link. Https://youtu.be/6wtmwtxktoo
ODI 11072379