2013 Ford F-150 Engine Problems
- 361
- 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 361 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 7 indicate fire
What owners report
- check engine · 19 records
- timing chain · 18 records
- engine light · 12 records
- light came · 11 records
- where diagnosed · 9 records
- first gear · 9 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 159 |
| 60–100k mi | 87 |
| 30–60k mi | 65 |
| 100–150k mi | 30 |
| 150–400k mi | 7 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine · Power Train
We have taken this vehicle numerous times to fix the transmission and motor (eco boost 6-cylinder) the transmission does not shift smoothly, the vehicle lurches and has a lack of power/acceleration. The vehicle is in motion and experiences these problems both in city and highway driving. The nhtsa has hundreds of complaint and ford has received over 4000. The last time we took it to the dealer their explanation was:…
ODI 10788856
Engine
My family and i were driving on an interstate in dallas. The vehicle was a 2013 ford f150 ecoboost. It was towards the end of morning rush hour traffic. I traveling approximately 60 mph and went to pass an 18-wheeler. I accelerated to pass it, when the entire truck started violently shaking. The check engine came on and the engine immediately lost power. The trucks engine was unable maintain highway speeds and i…
ODI 10557365
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Upon acceleration to pass on freeway, engine shudders and loses power. Transmission down shifted to try to recover, but engine would not respond to throttle press. Had to back off on throttle and move to right lane all the while thinking to take the truck to the shoulder. Very scary when trying to pass and no power. Luckily i was not rear ended for slowing down so fast! *tr
ODI 10555212
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 mph, the vehicle decelerated and began shaking violently. The check engine warning light was also illuminated. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis where the technician stated that the spark plugs would have to be replaced. The vehicle was being repaired. The manufacturer was not…
ODI 10552911
Engine · Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150 ecoboost. The contact stated that when driving at various speeds, the accelerator failed to respond to acceleration attempts as the check engine warning light illuminated intermittently. The contact also mentioned that the vehicle erroneously decelerated when the accelerator pedal was being depressed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer but the technician was unable to diagnose…
ODI 10552060
Engine · Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control
I was merging onto the highway while it was raining. In attempting to accelerate to merge in front of a semi my vehicle stated shuttering violently and lost power. I could not get past 40mph. The check engine light was flashing. This was after the truck had been running for two hours. The semi almost rear ended me as i got off the road as soon as possible. I shut the truck off and restarted the engine and it ran…
ODI 10551384
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
My family was driving home from a trip on the interstate in rainy weather conditions for the majority of the trip. On two or three different occurrences, when accelerating to pass or merge, the truck engine shuddered and failed to provide power necessary to accelerate. Never did it completely stall, but there was a noticeable shuddering of the engine and the truck felt like it was riding over rough pavement. I had…
ODI 10550478
Engine
Raining most of the day, i exited i-[redacted] 46, when i tried to pass a car, the engine pretty much shut down and began viborating. The check engine light came on and i had to pull over and let it idle for a bit. This happened again 2 days later on i-90. The dealer said there was nothing they could do. I'm lucky traffic was very light at the time. *tr
ODI 10548456
Engine · Power Train
I took my 2013 ford f-150 with the ecoboost engine on a week long vacation down to south texas (approx. 1200 miles or 17.[redacted]) it was sunny and warm the entire trip down and the vehicle ran great. However on the way back up to iowa in was raining as soon as we left and only let up raining for 20 min increments the entire way home. About 5 hours in we pulled off the interstate to get gas and eat. We got back in…
ODI 10548119
Engine · Fuel System, Gasoline · Power Train
3.5l ecoboost engine. Went to merge on highway, pressed accelerator, engine stumbled, pressed further on accelerator, engine stumbled, loss of power, check engine light flashing, violent shaking when trying to accelerate to safe speed on -ramp, light went out after a period of 1 - 2 minutes. Had to pull off side of road to avoid traffic as i was unable to accelerate. This was the second incident for this truck. Ford…
ODI 10547899
Engine · Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control
Ford f-150 ecoboost loss of power. - trying to pass a semi on the highway when the vehicle stumbled after a downshift, lost power, check engine light flashed, and the vehicle started to shudder. Tried to pull off of side of road but once i was able to get over to the median, the light stopped flashing and the shudder went away as did the light. It was in the mid 60s, i had traveled about 120 miles on the highway at…
ODI 10546149
Engine · Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control
While trying to merge into traffic i pressed the accelerator to the floor to get the truck up to the speed of traffic flow.i had no response from the engine for approx 1 to 2 seconds. This put me in a very dangerous situation as i had to get on the brakes hard to slow the vehicle on the on ramp to keep from getting hit by the faster traffic on the highway. In addition the traffic behind me had to rapidly slow down…
ODI 10546335
Engine
I purchased my truck brand new in april of 2013. It is a 2013 ford f-150 fx4 super crew ecoboost. Monday (9-23-13) i was driving on interstate i-75 at approx. 70mph, i hit the accelerator to pass a vehicle and when i did, my truck dropped down to 2nd or 3rd gear, began to shake violently, lost power (hp), and the check engine light came on. I pulled over, turned off the truck and waited a couple of minutes and…
ODI 10545262
Engine
I purchased a 2013 ford 150 supercrew cab 4x4 with the 3.5l v6 motor 4 weeks ago. All has been well until the first rain last week. I was on the freeway behind a slow vehicle, i went to pass they vehicle ahead of me on a four lane freeway, and my truck stumbled and lost power instantly as i put my foot down. I had myself, wife, and two children 1 and 2.5 in the truck. It was very scary. The check engine light was on…
ODI 10545749
Engine · Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving at 48-50- mph when i decided to pass a cement truck that was going below the speed limit. As i pulled out to pass the truck everything seemed fine. When i got alongside the cement truck my truck started to hesitate and misfire. The engine light started flashing. I was stuck from going back as another car was behind me,also trying to pass the slow truck. I barely made it past the cement truck as an…
ODI 10544498
Engine
The ecoboost engine looses power on take off in rainy weather. I has happened six times. The most recent was this morning 04/07/14. The problem occurs when the truck is taking off from a stop, such as traffic light or stop sign. The main problem seems to be the rain. After driving in rainy weather for a prolonged period of time the truck will not take off from a dead stop. The engine looses power and shakes…
ODI 10577882
Engine
Shudder/misfire. The misfire occurs at various speeds going uphill or on a flat surface. The truck is currently at ford dealer ship who is trying to resolve the issue. According to the dealers tech the misfire can occurs at low rpms. New spark plug coils and three sets of new spark plugs have been installed. Apparently it keeps blowing spark plugs.as of yet no solution has been found to the problem. *tr
ODI 10546343
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
While entering i-275 after a football game, i was attempting to merge into traffic, and the acceleration was none existent. I was nearly run off the road by another driver. The acceleration finally kicked back in after approximately 5-7 seconds. The problem continued intermittently even after the vehicle was reprogrammed by ford. Several months after the initial occurrence, while attempting to cross 3 lanes of…
ODI 10562325
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving from milwaukee to des moines on sunday sept 15th, 2013, and when i went to pass another driver in dubuque that pulled in front of me the truck lost power and failed to accelerate as i anticipated. It was raining off and on throughout the trip, temp was 55deg, and i had been on cruise control for the majority of the time before this happened. Basically, i went to change lanes and pushed the accelerator…
ODI 10544130
Engine · Fuel System, Gasoline
While driving from wilson, n.c. To swan quarter n.c. In the early morning hours on a fishing trip, i started to pass a slow school bus then my truck start jumping, loosing power and the check engine light started flashing. It almost caused me to have to ditch my truck to keep from hitting another vehicle. It was a very foggy morning and i had been driving at 50 and 55 mph for a long distance before this happened. *jb
ODI 10542172
Engine
I was driving 65 mph on the right hand side of a two lane highway. In order to pass a car that was going at a reduced speed i moved into the left hand lane and began to accelerate. Immediately, as i accelerated the engine misfired and then i lost engine power. I had to brake and get back into the right hand lane so i would not cause an issue with oncoming traffic behind me. The check engine light immediately started…
ODI 10541849
Engine · Power Train
During acceleration to pass a car, my truck exhibited a power loss. The check engine light starts flashing and the engine looses power and the truck decelerates. This has now happened 6 times in various conditions. In 3 instances the engine almost stalled. It continued to stutter until i put the truck in park, shut the engine off and restarted. Twice, this has happened in chicago traffic while merging onto the…
ODI 10583423
Engine · Power Train
After driving about 200 miles at 65mph in the rain, i accelerated quickly to pass a vehicle and my 2013 ford f-150 ecoboost truck seemed to lose power/stall and i could no longer accelerate. The engine light flashed for several minutes while this was happening and after several minutes (probably 2-3), power was restored and the engine light went off. *tr
ODI 10536733
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Was accelerating entering interstate i95 north bound from an on ramp and suddenly my vehicle lost power and began to stall and shutter. The truck rapidly lost power plus speed and a tractor trailer truck almost ran in to the back of me. I dealt with this issue for the remainder of my 500 mile trip to nyc (and still dealing with this issue today now weekly bases). Once back home i took the truck to the dealership who…
ODI 10606879
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Attempted to enter interstate traffic from an on ramp. Attempted to accelerate to speed and merge into traffic. The engine lost all power and failed to accelerate, the vehicle shook violently and slowed. A malfunction indication light began flashing on the dash. A vehicle behind me had to pass me on the shoulder to avoid a rear end collision. The condition cleared itself after approximately 20 to 30 seconds. I was…
ODI 10536804