Seven problems related to engine stall have been reported for the 2011 Ford F-150. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2011 Ford F-150 based on all problems reported for the 2011 F-150.
The contact owns a 2011 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the instrument panel seized without warning. The failure was persistent. The engine stalled while the failure was occurring. The vehicle was able to restart. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure could not be determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000. The VIN was not available.
Reference 2011 Ford F-150 ecoboost: was driving on the expressway at highway speeds and slowed to about 30mph for heavy traffic. When I began to increase speed truck began to shudder and the "check engine" light came on. Started to pull toward the right shoulder from far left lane, when the engine stalled completely and had to roll without power to the shoulder. The truck/engine continued to limp to the dealer. This is the 8-9th time I've experienced this problem and the truck has left me and my kids in a dangerous situation on the interstate. To add insult to injury, each time this happened, the dealer hit me with the $100 diagnostic fee even though the truck is under warranty. All TSB's have been done and nothing has fixed the problem and actually has made matters worse by the dealer "reflashing" the truck and killing the avg. Mpg. It is well known that the issue is with the intercooler and will have future major effects on the cat converter and turbos as well as carbon issues in the rear cylinders. The truck is in the shop at this moment and I am awaiting the dealers call. Ford has done nothing to remedy this unsafe problem, that puts myself, my family and others at risk. Btw, I have replaced the coils and spark plugs 4 times since the problem started at about the 34-36k mile mark.
My ecoboost engine stalled during acceleration while attempting to pass on a 2 lane road. This put me and my family in a very dangerous situation where I was in the opposing lane with no power. I have attempted to have this fixed at the dealer more than 5 times. One dealer actually put in a new sensor about 6 months ago but this has failed to fix the issue. This is a well known problem with this engine yet Ford refuses to fix it.
The ecoboost engine Ford introduced into the f150 (and other vehicles) in 2011 seems to be having common and widespread problems, including my vehicle. I first reported this issue to the dealer with about 30,000 miles and now again at 63,000 miles. The safety issue is revealed under any acceleration "event" such as highway merging, passing, towing etc. Under acceleration the vehicle "chokes" and will not accelerate as the driver & passengers experience the vehicle stalling, shuddering or bucking. This is often described as the vehicle going into "limp mode" operating on fewer than all cylinders. The problems appear to stem from dysfunctional intercooler operation on this twin turbo engine. There are two different scenarios described in f150 blogs. One, most common, is that the cooling of the air via the intercooler causes condensation to accumulate inside the air intake. When the driver accelerates, the increase in air volume draws the moisture into the fuel delivery system and causes the engine to misfire, which the driver experiences as an engine stall, bucking or shuddering. The second scenario reported is that there is an overheating of air into the fuel deliver system which causes early detonation of the fuel mixture in the cylinders causing roughly the same symptoms. My vehicle repairs are costing me almost $700. 00 - which would be more if I did not have an extended warranty. The dealer is replacing 6 spark plugs, 4 coil boots that have overheated and cracked, installing a new intercooler shield - none of which they are standing by as a dealer covered expense. Ford needs to be held accountable for this defective design for both consumer safety and financial reasons. Someone may be killed trying to pass or enter a highway as their vehicle suddenly looses power.
The engine stalled (severer loss of power) as I tried to overtake/pass another vehicle. This has happened numeous times & typically occurs during humid/raining weather. I have taken the truck to the dealership several times but they have yet to resolve the issue. It is my understanding that Ford is very aware of the problem and has issued several technical service bulletins but, the problem still exist. Ford should be held responsible for this safety issue & forced to recall and repair these trucks before someone is seriously injured or killed.
When I'm accelerating the engine stalls, I may be leaving a stop sign climbing over an overpass or passing another slower vehicle. Seems to happen more often about 40mph to 70mph.
My complaint is that Ford has a governor on the engine that only allows the vehicle to reach approximately 89 mph. Yet the speedometer indicates 120 mph and no indications in the owners manual that the engine has a governor and top speed is 89 mph. I believe Ford is making a misrepresentation and false advertising to the public. Ford has stated to me the reason for this is to not exceed tire rating speed. However my truck came with 113 mph speed rated tires. Ford also admits that there is no indication or mention of the governed speed. I don't have a need to go beyond the posted speed limit or want to go 120mph. That being said , I was driving on interstate 81 posted speed 70 I was doing about 73-75 mph in the right lane, along side of me in the left lane was a Dodge truck with a trailer doing approximately 75-80 mph and a tractor trailer behind him on his bumper. The tractor trailer abruptly pulled behind me and slightly ahead another tractor trailer started to pull from the shoulder of the road onto the highway. My choices - slam on the brakes and hope a loaded tractor trailer 4' off my bumper can also stop, accelerate and pull in front of the Dodge truck. I chose the latter and just imagine my surprise just as I cleared the Dodge and started to pull into the lane in front of the Dodge my truck engine stalled at 89 mph. I don't know what else I could have done in this situation, but not knowing that Ford had the engine governed almost caused an accident. Probability of this same thing happening again, I don't know. But the point of this is that Ford should be required to recall all these vehicles and remove the governor or change the speedometer to reflect the top speed as 89mph. Not let the consumer believe they are buying a vehicle that will do 120mph but conceal the fact that it will do only 89mph. After all it's not Ford's place to enforce speed limits.