2016 Ford F-150 Engine Problems
- 83
- 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 83 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 3 indicate fire
What owners report
- throttle body · 18 records
- engine light · 11 records
- check engine · 9 records
- lost power · 9 records
- warning lights · 7 records
- hill descent · 6 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 45 |
| 30–60k mi | 26 |
| 60–100k mi | 9 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
My 2016 ford f150 with engine block heater caught fire today 14 february 2020 at 11:12 am. It was moving and caught fire when i parked the truck
Fire reported
ODI 11309284
Electrical System · Engine · Unknown Or Other
I was completing a [redacted] of approximately 120 miles (i had less than 5 miles to go till i arrived at my destination) when my sensors started lighting up my message board and dash system. I was in the left turn lane to enter the on-ramp to us65 south when this happened so i pulled off to the shoulder to investigate. I had just put my truck in park when a car pulled up and said that my engine was on fire. When i…
Fire reported
ODI 11301914
Engine
Vehicle engine shakes and shuts off when stopped and at idle. This happens after vehicle warms up and has been driven for at least 15 minutes. I have read many other complaints about ford trucks doing the same thing. Have read that ford is aware of problems with variable cam timing sensors and cam phasers, but are not issuing recall. This has happened to me at leadt 6 times.
ODI 11298011
Engine
Engine stalls while driving. This has happened multiple times where multiple warning lights will flash on the dashboard such as the collision detection being disabled and the electronic stability control has been disabled. As soon as these warnings appear, the truck's acceleration is disabled and it will coast to stop, but he truck is still running. It remains in a low idle that is very rough, vibrating the entire…
ODI 11291358
Engine
The truck began to make a loud, clunky noise, allthewhile it was slowing down and then eventually came to a stop and was not driveable anymore. We were driving in a neighborhood when it stalled. It would not move. It would turn on, but it would not accelerate. It still made the clunky, loud noise.
ODI 11300042
Engine
Vehicle stalls while in motion, sitting stationary at a stoplight, or in park. Vehicle has stalled multiple times driving down the interstate at 55+ and leaves the driver unable to control vehicle and creates a safety hazard to the driver and others on the road.
ODI 11300999
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Attempting to accelerate, no power. Vehicle was on 2 lane highway with concrete barriers on both sides and no shoulder. I was going approx 70 mph. I had our toddler, new born and wife in then vehicle. Vehicle slowed faster than i have ever felt before. Cars and trailers slamming on brakes. I'm assuming this did not trigger my brake lights and it was almost dark. So incredibly dangerous not to mention scary. Dash…
ODI 11270902
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Hill descent control fault/ service advancetrac warning suddenly turned on. Alternated w service light. But i was just driving home from work on a 70 degree day on a dry paved road decelerating from a 40mph zone to a 30 mph zone up a slight incline. I wasn't using hill descent and traction was fine. The disturbing part was the vehicle suddenly ran rough and had no power. I could not get it to run well enough pull it…
ODI 11255212
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Truck experienced multiple sensor failures over several months that reset. Failures include car stalling in intersection, blind spot monitoring, back up sensors, car shutting off and turning back on on its own. Car had to be powered down and shut off for 30 seconds before being allowed to restart. Most recent failure resulted in truck horn going off as well as car turning off while going 35-40 mph then restarting on…
ODI 11254402
Engine · Power Train · Service Brakes
Bought the truck a year and a half ago the engine has blown and now the brake master cylinder is went out probably be the brake booster next they should be reliable for this i'm 100 miles over my warranty and they were still on fix it
ODI 11252570
Engine
Started driving am for about 5-7 miles and getting on an on ramp to freeway vehicle suddenly had no power and idle very rough/ could not accelerate and service engine light, hill assist not active and another service light came on. Pulled over to the side of road and sat for about 30 seconds, turned vehicle off and re started, no fault warning lights were on and all was fine. Drove 22 miles to dewey ford in ankeny,…
ODI 11241394
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. While driving approximately 65 mph, "see service manual, traction control not available, check engine" illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle lost power and the accelerator pedal did not respond. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road to a complete stop as it began to shake. When the vehicle was turned off and restarted, all the warning indicators…
ODI 11233916
Engine
Throttle body failure: first occurred on original throttle body (oem part) in 2018. Vehicle was turned on and stationary in a parking lot. Heard a loud knocking, diagnosed at ford dealership. Replaced original throttle body with new oem throttle bottle. Second occurrence on replacement throttle body (oem part) in june 2019. Vehicle was in motion on an interstate, wrench light came on, putting the truck in limp mode…
ODI 11222317
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
I had the wrench symbol appear on my dash display and the vehicle stopped, lost power while i was in traffic. It is now at the dealer that sold it to me, but this is scary situation to lose power while driving.
ODI 11210172
Electronic Stability Control · Engine
Was driving down the highway at 45 mph, all of a sudden advance track service warning appeared, hill descent off, and truck lost all power and began to idea roughly, could not accelerate, was able to pull off the road. Fortunately i have a mechanical background, turned off ignition waited a minute and tried to restart the truck, cranked harder than normal, engine service lite was on, turned off advance track and…
ODI 11210069
Engine
Starting at 30,000 miles the truck had a rough idle at a stoplight or stop sign in gear, and then after a couple months i would shifting from reverse to drive and it shut down. Now sometimes when i come up to a stop sign or stop light it shuts off i was even at an intersection and it shut off this is a huge safety concern and ford needs to fix it now. No code pops up and ford cannot re-create it or fix it
ODI 11183692
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. While driving low speeds, the engine shuddered and the vehicle hesitated to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to cleveland ford (2496 s. Lee hwy, cleveland, tn), but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The manufacturer was notified, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 45,000. *tt consumer stated truck also has numerous signal losses on tac…
ODI 11174486
Engine
I've bought my 2016 f150 xlt fx4 sc 5.0l used with about 69k miles on it and had it for nearly a year now. Since i purchased the truck it will develop a rough idle and will stall while at a stop light. This will happen when i make a multi stop trip, for example if i stop at the market on the way home from work, or sometimes even just returning home from work. So far this issue has only happened on city streets.…
ODI 11164071
Electrical System · Engine · Unknown Or Other
I have had my truck to dealer for many multiple issues involving electrical since approximately 6600 miles beginning with shaking when i slowed down without utilizing brakes. Since then i've been at the dealer with many electrical issues where truck would not accelerate and all lights would illuminate. This has been ongoing and very unsafe. When i would attempt to make a left hand turn i would proceed to cross…
ODI 11156855
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
We just took my 2016 f150 ecoboost to west texas over thanksgiving. Towed under 7500 lbs. Towed completely normal the whole time (15 hours) until the return trip home. About 2.5 hours into my return trip (i was towing without my husband and with two young kids on a back highway with no cell service and absolutely no stops for 2 of those hours😯) i pulled over to see where my next gas station was and my truck…
ODI 11163180
Electronic Stability Control · Engine
Engine lost power while driving on highway at 65 mph. Without power had to find safe place to pull over to side of road to not cause an accident. It was going straight with cruise control on. The dealer said the issue was the electronic throttle body.
ODI 11152020
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. While driving at an unknown speed, the throttle body failed and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken to bill pierre ford inc ([redacted] ne, seattle, wa 98125) and the throttle body was replaced. The manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 38,738. The vin was unknown.
ODI 11150176
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning while idling at a stopped position. The vehicle was taken to shults ford lincoln (10401 perry hwy, wexford, pa 15090, [redacted]), but no failure codes could be located. The failure recurred over an eight month period and an independent mechanic could not diagnose the failure. The vehicle was scheduled to go back to…
ODI 11278318
Engine
When vehicle is sitting still it has a rough idle. It will also stall at time when sitting at a traffic light. Vehicle is a 2016 f150 crewcab lariat fx4 with 5.0 engine
ODI 11144467
Engine
Coolant temperature to high warning. This warning came up after my truck sat without being driven for 12 plus hours. I put the key in it and started the truck tried to drive it. The truck will not go over 15 miles. The actual coolant gauge is on blue, the cool side, but this warning is still going off.
ODI 11143060