Five problems related to transmission gear indicator 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.
When vehicle placed in reverse there is a delay 5-8 seconds before jerking hard into gear suddenly. Additionally the gear indicator lamp on the dash disappeared. Then a large yellow wrench appears. The vehicle was assemble at the kansas facility and Fords 12c23-s1. Safety recall campaign fails to cover this, stating there is no recall listed for this vehicle VIN. This vehicle nearly struck a student when my wife (teacher) was attempting to place vehicle in reverse to leave her parking place, when there was a delay to go into gear she pressed the accelerator thinking it needed fuel. As the transmission abruptly jerked into gear at the high rpms the vehicle shot backwards out of control. This is a known safety issue and is not being addressed by Ford because of a number on a piece of paper. It appears I'm not the only one with this issue and ask for your assistance in helping prevent a tragedy. Your organization has addressed this in the past and it appears it needs to be addressed again.
Tl-the contact owns a 2011 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while stationary, the gear shifter malfunctioned. The contact stated that the vehicle would not shift gears when prompted and that the gear shift indicator light did not illuminate. Metro Ford auto sales of tupelo, mississippi was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to NHTSA. The failure mileage was 230,000. The VIN was not available.
Transmisison has skipped or clunked into gear since the day I bought it byt dealershiup stated on every occassion that they could nopt replicate issue. This morning I started driving to work and the wrench tool showed on panel, speedomotor does not move from zero, and the transmisison is stuck in 5th gear. My VIN is not part of the recall and I want to know why? I cna not get on the highway, I nearly casued an accident in local traffic as starting in 5th gear from stop light everyone was having to go around me and I nearly got hit mergin into traffic even with flashers on. Also my trip meteres is all dash lines except for the miles driven last trip.
Tl-the contact owns a 2011 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 mph, the vehicle began to shake as the speedometer and the gear shifter indicators started moving back and forth very fast as the vehicle began to drag as if the brake had been applied without warning. The contact pulled over, powered the vehicle off and back on. The vehicle was driven to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 53,000. Sw.
Transmission clunks in gear with light throttle, mainly 1 to 2 to 3rd and downshift 3 to 2 to 1.