Transmission Slip Out Of Gear problems of the 2013 Ford F-150

I bought this truck 04/16/2021 that has been updated with all of Ford's recalls. I felt comfortable with this purchase until I started experiencing major issues with the transmission on 04/17/2021. When I started my truck there was no check lights turned on so I put the truck into drive. As I was driving I noticed the trucks transmission was not shifting out of 1st gear on city streets. I pulled over restarted it and the problems went away. As I was driving down the highway I lost my odometer twice which made me have to pull over to restart the truck. As I was putting the truck into drive the trucks transmission jumped into 5th gear while I still had my foot on the brake. I turned around and as I was driving on the highway at 65 mph when I experienced a sudden downshift from 5th gear to 1st gear. Whatever Ford did for these recalls isn't enough, and the problems needs to be addressed more properly because it did not fix the problems the recalls were suppose to fix. I am scared to even move that truck anymore because I don't want to get into an accident or hurt someone because this problem wasn't fixed properly.

While driving my Ford F-150 on 12-11-2020 going about 40 - 50 mph my truck suddenly downshifted from 6th gear while driving down to first gear. This caused my truck to go into a tire squealing skid. I was lucky no one was around me. Once I got control and the truck slowed it still would not shift out of first gear. I pulled over and waited a couple of minutes and turned the vehicle off. Once I turned it back on everything seemed normal I was able to drive to my home a couple of blocks away with no problems. There I let the car sit over the weekend not driving it again until I took it to the dealership on 12-14-2020. Earlier that year on 6-25-2020 I took my truck into the dealership to do the software update which was supposed to eliminate the sudden downshifting in the 6-speed transmission that I have. From what I have experienced apparently the fix did not work. The service department claimed that the fix should have taken care of the problem and it had to be something else. They are currently running diagnostics to figure out what the problem is. I have also contacted the customer service department which said they could do nothing else unless Ford further opens recalls again for this vehicle. I was told all I could do is keep the receipts for the labor and repairs and hope that maybe I can get reimbursed in the future if the recall is opened again. This is a very serious issue which can also be life-threatening Ford needs to do what's right and repair these vehicles properly instead of going the cheap route and trying a software fix which only masks the problem temporarily. I am currently without any way to and from work at this time due to this problem. The dealership would not even give a loaner vehicle for my problems.

While driving down the highway the truck shifted from 5th gear to 1st gear. . . The wheels seemed to have locked up as we did leave a skid mark on the highway. Nearly sent us through the windshield. . . Thank goodness for seat belts. Wrench symbol appeared on the console. Pulled over. . . Turned off vechicle, turned back on and showed in 1st gear. . Started driving and would not shift out of first gear and wrench reappeared. . . Powered off again and back on wrench disappeared. . . Seemed to drive normal after a couple miles wrench appeared again and we had no gauges on the dashboard operational except rpm. Dealership performed recall 19s07 for this known issue. . . On test drive it was still not resolved so they said they needed to do 19n01 but that this was only allowed as a warranty repair up to 150000 miles. I had 151866 when brought to the dealership. So I now have an unsafe truck with a known recall issue that Ford will not repair because I had 1866 miles more than their warranty. They want 800 for me to fix it myself which I must do and there is no guarantee that this will fix the issue. Ford should be obligated to fix issues tied to known safety problems with the vehicle. Who knows next time it does it someone could rear end me and be seriously injured.

Truck was recalled for downshifting while driving. Truck was taken to classic Ford in shelby, nc where the recall problem was taken care of. Lately I have been having problems with truck where truck will not shift out of 1st gear. Have to stop, turn off ignition and truck works fine. Today while driving ,speedometer starts going crazy and truck downshifts to 1st gear, luckily I was only going 35 mph. I would hate to think what would happen if I was on interstate going 65 mph. Called classic Ford to schedule service, cannot see me until next week. When I described what was going on, they said they haven't heard of this problem. Have been researching on internet and I am not the only one having this problem.

While driving vehicle suddenly shifted into 1st gear and flashed a wrench symbol and check engine light for code p0720. The vehicle lurched coming from a hugh rate of speed to shifting to first gear which almost caused a wreck. The vehicle would not shift out of first gear.

I was driving on a highway going approximately 60 mph when it unexpectedly downshifted. My momentum violently jerked me forward, the tires squeeled, and the rpm gauge went up to over 6,000. Another issue is that it occasionally will not shift out of first gear. I will be starting from a stop and I'll be going about 10-15mph and if I don't let off the throttle the engine will just rev up past 4000 rpms.

My 2013 F-150 will suddenly downshift while I am doing 25-35 mph. Sometimes it will not upshift from 1st gear. It may take several seconds or several minutes for it to shift out of 1st gear. When it does upshift again it will slam into the higher gear. Sometimes the speedometer stops working, the airbag icon comes on, the engine icon comes on, a wrench icon comes on, sometimes the display is a series of dashes and sometimes the display is blank. If I stop and restart the engine sometimes the symptoms go away and sometimes the icons remain visible.

After the first incident with sudden down shifting of my transmission, I took my truck in to my local Ford dealership. I was informed that a new programming fix was available for the active recall. The "fix" was completed, and now about 3 weeks later the truck continues to downshift suddenly. Not only sudden downshifting, but during acceleration the transmission seems to struggle shifting out of first gear. My truck only has about 57k miles.

While driving at highway speed vehicle will lose power and mph will drop to 0 and will not shift out of first gear. The dash will display a wrench and the cluster will go blank with all dashes. Upon turning vehicle off and back on the dash will clear and the vehicle will drive for a period of time before the issue returns. This is a major safety concern as I had my child in the vehicle when this happened on the highway going 60mph luckily no one was right behind me or I would have for sure been rear ended. I did a code scan and recieve code 0722 which is the molded lead frame inside of the transmission. After doing research I come to find this is a common problem with the 6r80 transmission and there was even a recall on the 2011-2012 vehicles but the 2013 is not included. Through online forums and just common research this issue has affected vehicles all the way through 2014 and still no recall. My truck has 55,000 miles on it and was purchased brand new it is now out of warranty and Ford wants $895 dollars to replace the molded leadframe although this is a known issue affecting thousands of vehicles. It is a scary and dangerous concern that really needs to be addressed ASAP. I do not believe I should be liable for a defect that is known and specifically such a major issue that can cause a vehicle to lose power wheels lock up at highway speed.

While driving at a speed of 60mph on the freeway, the transmission slipped out of gear and revved very high. Leaving me stranded in the middle of the freeway. All of a sudden the truck went back into gear, almost causing me to get rear-ended. This happened two other times while driving. Another time while driving, all the gauges went blank. I could not see my speed or any other indicator. After pulling over, I turned my truck off and restarted it with no issues. I now have my truck in the shop, and the list of issues keeps growing. I only have 62,000 miles and already seeing some major issues.

Tranmission will start shifting between 2nd and 5th gear while drive at any speed causing the tires to lock up and chirp. Other times the transmission will not shift out of 1st gear. Other times while driving 60mph+ the speedo needle will go to 0mph and transmission is unresponsive. In all cases the vehicle must be pulled over, tuned off and restarted to correct he issue. It is a safety concern when there is no safe area to pull off of the road. This has been an on going issue for a few months. Suspected lead frame failure.

Several issues spanning 5 months and becoming more frequent: 1. Randomly from a stop F-150 will not shift out of 1st gear for 5+ seconds while revving rpm at 5,000+. 2. The wrench warning light indicator will display on dash pane and speedometer will read 0 mph while I am driving speeds of 45 mph. Tachometer will work as normal. To correct I have to pull over and restart my vehicle. 3. Latest scenario 12/30/18 while highway driving my F-150 will hard downshift to a low gear and toggle between high and low gears causing violent jerking experiences producing very dangerous traffic scenarios.

Vehicle downshifted from 6th gear to 3rd gear at 55 mph. After this happened, the vehicle would not shift out of 3rd gear. Shut off vehicle and let sit for 2 hours and then drove home, no issue. Called dealership to report issue. On the way to the dealership, vehicle downshifted from 5th gear to 2nd gear, locking up rear wheels. Vehicle did this 3 more times during the trip to the dealership. Vehicle is at dealership now.

Transmission would slip out of gear periodically. Dash would also reset.

For the past 6 months I have had the same issues that others have described. There are several issues happening. 1. When coming to a stop then accelerating, most frequently after getting off highway/interstate the trucks rpms will rev up to 4000, but the truck will never shift out of 1st gear. I have to come to a complete stop and/or restart the truck before it will operate normally. 2. Again stop from off highway/interstate when accelerating the truck will slowly move and it will still be in 4th gear which will eventually get up to speed and start to act normal. 3. When driving down the road at 30-50mph the truck will shift down to 1st gear from 6/5th gear casing the rear tires to lock and skid slowing the truck down quickly. I was just able to get off the road in time to not cause an accident. 4. When driving down the road the truck will jerk like it down shifted and shows the wrench icon and then the speedometer drops to 0mph while still traveling down the road. The tachometer still works, but that is about it. I have to restart the truck before it will start working again. Had mechanic check for codes, but there was none. This behavior is very erratic and a significant safety hazard, I worry for my safety. There should be a recall for this issue.

Tl the contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. While driving various speeds, the transmission shifted into first gear independently and shifted out of gear with no acceleration. The vehicle was taken to supreme Ford (400 e howze beach rd, slidell, la 70461) where it was diagnosed that the lead frame harness assembly needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 67,000.

Truck would drop out of gear while driving, and most gauges stopping working when this happened. Happened 3 times before I got a repair. 2 of those times were at about 30-35 mph and the transmission came out of 4th or 5th and jumped into 1st gear, throwing the truck around a bit. I happened to be slowing down each of those times and it didn't become a safety concern. The 3rd time was at least 60 mph on a freeway, but this time the transmission luckily stayed in neutral, and I coasted to a stop at the side of the freeway. This time gave a dtc of p07022. I shut off the engine and everything worked ok after restarting. This is when I stopped driving this truck until I could get it repaired. Took to dealer, they replaced the lead frame connector, but not the entire lead frame. Shifting has been a little weird after that, I may have to take it in again.

Transmission suddenly downshifts, causing brake squealing and rapid speed reduction, extremely dangerous as has occurred on highway. Also sometimes will put in drive and says is in 5th gear but won't move, or other times will not shift out of first gear. Very dangerous issue! has occurred numerous times over past month but doesn't generate a code or warning lights.

The transmission will shift out of gear, into a higher gear, or into a lower gear without warning. The speedometer goes to zero and the rpms will race to 5000 or 6000. The worst instance of this happened at 60 mph when it all of a sudden shifted into first gear causing the rear tires to squeal, the engine to rev, and also loose control of the vehicle. The error code of a "wrench" popped up on the dashboard. In my research, the 2011 and 2012 f150s have already been recalled but this needs to include the 2013 as well. The repair is the "lead frame" in the transmission at a cost of over $1,000. This is a very serious safety issue.

While driving down the street it decelerates and shift out of gear but if I turn it off turn the key over, move the shift column from drive to first ,back to drive and if it starts properly it runs for approximately 3 to 4 miles and then it kicks back out to gear acts like there's no gas until I restart the vehicle at one point it shifted into first locked up my rear end of my vehicle as I was going down the highway almost causing me to wreck fortunately no one was behind me.

When driving in motion, my vehicle downshifted automatically locking up the brakes. The speedometer stopped working and the airbag began to read inoperable via the display. In another situation (which occurred several times) when starting from a stationary position my vehicle failed to shift out of 1st gear. I took the vehicle to be serviced by Ford, they advised the lead frame on the transmission was bad and they replaced it. Upon further research, I found that 10-12 Ford F-150's from the kansas city plant had this item recalled.

Truck shifts up & down by self. Jerks hard when shifting. When stopped speedo goes to 30 to 50 and shows in 3rd gear. At start in this situation it jumps violently forward. When trying to merge with traffic will not shift out of 1st gear. Restart and take back roads as it is not safe in traffic or where there are pedestrians at a cross walk. Phil long Ford denver is waiting to hear from Ford. Ford has started a case report on this vehicle but has not responded. I am concerned this is a big safety problem. This appears to happen when the transmission temperature goes up over 200 degrees f. The problems happen while stopped, stopping, starting highways or secondary roads, this happened 2 times within the last month.