general problems of the 2016 Ford F-150 - part 2

The contact owns a 2016 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while stopped at a traffic light, the light changed, the accelerator pedal was depressed, and the vehicle rolled backwards unexpectedly while in drive(d). The vehicle was stopped and shifted to park(p) and then shifted into drive(d) and responded normally. While driving and close to the residence, the vehicle started to lose motive power. The vehicle responded as if it were shifted into neutral(n). The contact arrived at the residence and turned off the vehicle, and the vehicle was difficult to restart. The "wrench" symbol was displayed. A handheld scanner was used to retrieve dtc: p0706 and p0707 for transmission range sensor failures. The vehicle was not taken to a local dealer or independent mechanic. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 66,000.

Truck shifts down without warning causing the truck to skid and squeal tires. This could cause a crash is definitely causes damage to the transmission.

Truck down shifts randomly, causes a shutter, and has a hard time accelerating. I had a sensor replaced inside of my transmission along with new transmission fluid put in and it failed to fix my problem.

The transmission is clunks on random shifts through gears. Changing the shift selector results in a jolt and then it pops into gear. This truck has had new tranny wire lead replaced at Ford dealership because of the same issue in the past.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 mph, the vehicle shuddered and stalled. The wrench symbol (powertrain malfunction indicator light) was displayed, and the check engine warning light was illuminated. The failure had occurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken back to the residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 98,000.

While driving at approximately 55 mph the vehicle began to behave strangely. The "d" light for drive and the gear indicator began to flash. Then the transmission abruptly down shifted to 2nd gear from 5th then lost all power before returning to somewhat normal operation for a short period of time before happening again. The issue occurred multiple times in a 5 mile trip. If there was anyone close behind me it could have resulted in a crash, or it could result in myself losing control of the vehicle. The vehicle has not yet been inspected by a mechanic. There were no warning lamps or any messages prior to, during, or after the issue.

Sudden downshift from 4th to 1st gear. Rear end locked up, had to manually select 1st gear in order to get power back to the wheels.

My 2016 f150 with a 6r80 transmission will randomly fail to go into gear resulting in my vehicle going into neutral and rolling. It will randomly go into neutral while driving down the road which makes my car roll forward unexpectedly, it will randomly when you shift into park it will go into neutral and roll, it will also downshift randomly at random speeds, it has caused me on more than one occasion to almost roll into another vehicle due to it unexpectedly going out of gear without notice almost causing an accident. I believe it to be the lead frame in the transmission. It has been replaced twice with oem Ford parts and has failed once within a week and the second time failing the next day, all work done at a licensed service shop, inspected and has failed completely regardless of parts being replaced,.

Exhaust manifold studs broke off (as do they all break) and turbos oil lines leak engine oil causing fire. By the time I stopped and got out there was already flames coming out from the hood. It was so fast I didn’t have time to be get my firearms or tools out. I have not notified Ford or and I only had liability insurance on my 2016 f150. 3. 5 eco boost.

Sudden downshift from 4th to 1st gear, rapid deceleration and loss of traction. Unable to accelerate until manually shifted back into 2nd gear.

The first sign of trouble with my 2016 Ford F-150 was that the blind spot sensor failure light came on while driving. Then the engine warning light came on and the gear indicator on the dash went blank. Also, while the truck was in forward driving motion, it lost throttle control. After stopping the truck and shutting it off, it would not restart. The check engine codes were 0706 and 0707. After clearing these codes, the truck started again, but repeated the same issues three more times in one week. The truck was taken to the Ford dealership and confirmed that the lead frame needs to be replaced.

Transmission will randomly shift gears. At speed sometimes it will shift into a lower gear causing rapid deceleration. From a start it will jump to 5th then back to 1st and stall the rear tires.

Transmission will get stuck in 5th gear. Downshifts when traveling at highway speeds. Sometimes hard shifts.

I have a 6-speed (6r80) transmission. My v8-Ford F-150 2016, truck transmission has been experiencing shifting issues for quite some time now. I reading now that all of these same problems that has been going on with my truck might be a recall. My truck downshifts very aggressively and I was told it does not need to be replaced but it could be something electrical. I have taken my truck to numerous mechanic shops and all of them have told me the same thing it could be something electrical but they cannot figure out what that might be without just replacing the entire transmission which cost $8k to do, this is the only issue that has been wrong with my vehicle. I cannot drive over certain speeds on a highway and sense this might become apart of this recall and every issue that I have been experiencing, I would rather have it fixed if it is a recall instead of replacing an entire transmission if the issue is already known by Ford. Current miles 154,395.

My truck has had multiple issues with randomly downshifting while on the freeway, I'm getting a code that leads back to the "lead frame" wiring every now and then. The code comes and goes without having it cleared. I've had this issue before and have replaced it with the Ford manufactured part. Its now doing it again but now more frequent not even a year and a half after replacement. I have been almost rear ended multiple times due to it locking up the rear tires and once it locked up the tire on ice and it caused me to slide into the median. There are multiple reports of this issue currently on many Ford truck forums. I am currently in the process of contacting Ford again as last time they said to just replace the wiring. My truck is equipped with the 6-speed transmission.

Multiple times while driving my 2016 F-150 I would lose all power to my wheels. The rpms would rise but no power would be transferred to the wheels. This happened one time while on the on ramp at 50+ mph, a second time while drive down a city street at about 30 mph, a third time while starting from a stop light, and a fourth time again when driving in the city at about 45 mph. The check engine light would come on for a minute or two and then turn off. After the vehicle did this for the fourth time the check engine light stayed on. After reviewing there are two error codes the vehicle relayed that the mechanic said are related. During these 4 instances there were two time (highway on ramp and city street at 30 mph when the loss of power to the wheels caused the vehicle directly behind the F-150 to have to swerve around to prevent a collision. P0722 (output shaft speed sensor circuit no signal) and p061a (internal control module torque performance). The vehicle is available as well as the scan results from the obd2 sensor from 4 February 2026. The vehicle was not taken to an auto shop due to the check engine light not remaining lit prior to the 4 February incident at that point it remained lit and an obd2 scanner was used to read the error.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the transmission unexpectedly slipped. There was no warning light illuminated. Additionally, the transmission unexpectedly shifted upshifted and downshifted on several occasions. The vehicle was turned off and restarted to temporarily correct the failure. The dealer was contacted; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.

Was traveling down the road and my truck randomly downshifted into 1st gear and caused my rear wheels to lock up and I almost went off the road. . Occasionally 9n way back home gear shift selector was randomly cycling back and forth and truck would seem like was neutral and would suddenly go back into a random gear.

The contact's husband owns a 2016 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at 55 mph, the transmission unexpectedly downshifted to first gear. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that while her son was driving 60 mph, the driver lost control of the steering wheel and the vehicle unexpectedly downshifted, and the vehicle almost came to a complete stop. Despite the failure, the contact's son was able to drive the vehicle back to the residence, and the vehicle was parked and remained parked at the residence. The dealer was notified of the failure, and the contact was informed that the VIN was not under recall. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 103,000.

Oil leak at transmission fittings requiring repair.

Transmission down shifted and a wrench came up on the dash. I took it to a transmission repair shop and they confirmed what the codes read, lead frame problem. I had them repair it. Cost me nearly $2000. I did call Ford in advance of the repair and I was told there are no recalls for this on my truck. Now 2 weeks later I see many trucks have recalls for this very issue, yet after checking the VIN, my truck still has no recall. I believe my truck should have the recalls and I should get reimbursed. My truck is a 2016 with only 82000 miles on it. Let me know what can be done to help me. Thank you.

While driving at normal highway speeds 65 to 70 the truck downshifts to 1 gear which locks up the rear wheels.

Within the past year there have been a few times when driving in 6th gear (primarily, but also happens in 5th) if I press the gas and it downshifts into 5th, it will trip a gear icon warning light, either not shift, shift into 4th, 3rd, or neutral and sometimes very abruptly. When that happens, I've managed to get to the side of the road, turn the truck off and back on, then everything is good for a while. It happens randomly in different conditions and can occur and hour later, a couple of days or as long as a few months. I scanned the system and it showed a p0735 : 00-6c error. When this happens the dash usually does not show the correct gear the truck is in.

Faulty trans conductor plate trans slipping on the 2-3 and 3-4 shifts from the speed sensor issue that damaged the trans. Need rebuilt or replaced.

My wife was driving our f150 and the wrench appeared on the dashboard, the truck lost power. She was able to pull over and shut the truck off. I drive over and plugging in my code reader and the codes I got said the transmission shifter wasn't recognizing what gear it was in. I was able to erase the codes to start the truck and get it home. I called Ford and was told there are recalls for this but my truck was not affected. I called a transmission company and was able to get it to them for repair. The part they repaired is the same part that is recalled on other trucks the same age as mine. So my truck should be recalled for this issue. How do I get this recall to include my truck and how do I get reimbursed for this cost. My truck only has 88k miles on it. This needs to be covered and I need your help in making this happen please.

I'm experiencing the wheel lock from downshift referenced in investigation: ea26001. I've experienced it when downshift happen going down canyons in utah. Additionally, I have downshift issues when going uphill. It triggers p0741-00 and p1744-00, which appears that it could be an issue with the lead frame.

The transmission will go into limp mode at high speeds. Failing to correct itself. I will pull over and shut off vehicle then restart the vehicle and it works fine until it happens again. This has happened several times. I had transmission looked at and in the drain pan were pieces of metal and debris. I have had transmission issues frequently. I am now having to replace the transmission for a safety precaution.

Going down the hwy 6th gear the transmission will go from 6th gear lit up on dash down to 1st gear lit up. Hasn’t engaged in 1st gear (yet) then goes back to 6th gear. No warning lights on the dash.

I was driving home and the truck started to shift very harshly and had died at a stoplight , I put it into park and restarted it and the engine light came on tried to put it into drive and it had jumped forward very rough as soon as I did, started driving again and then the truck shifted into 5th gear and would not shift out of 5th gear at all was very slowly leaving from stop signs and the high speed fans had turned on and ran the entire rest of the time. Causing very irratic shifting where at times it would down shift and skid the tires.

I was driving down the road with the cruise set at 60 mph when I came over the top of a hill and I started to decend down the hill if felt like my truck had down shifted and the back tires locked up and screeched a little bit then a big bang happened and had no more drive gear as I hit the gas it just reved the motor up and didn’t move. Upon further inspection I pulled the rear differential cover off and my spider gears and the shaft holding the gears in place was snapped in 2 different places, chips in the gears. My transfer case chain was snapped in half and my transmission had hard shift from first to second gear and a loud buzzing noise. . I took the truck to my mechanic and hooked a scanner up to it and took it for a test run. As it was driving a sensor was telling the truck to shift into park as it was shifting from first to second or second to third causing a hard shift and buzzing noise and eventually losing all connectivity to the transmission and internals as well. I have sense replaced the whole rear axel, transfer case myself with used parts and is currently in the shop swapping transmissions as I needed my vehicle to continue working. Safety of myself and or others was definitely at risk when my rear tires locked up the rear end could have slid out cause me to wreck and possibly wreck into someone else. There was also no warning lights or anything on my dash before this incident occurred.

Transmission failure resulting in replacing transmission. Vehicle was shuddering when driving. This happened multiple times causing excessive shaking when driving on the hwy.

I know there is an ongoing investigation for f150s years 2015 to 2017 with the six speed automatic transmission. I just wanted to report that I've been having similar issues with my transmission, especially when 4 x 4 is enabled, it seems to worsen the problem. I've had unusual and unexpected shifting shifting. It's almost as if the gears are hiccoughing. I do remember they were having one issue on the highway upon accelerating where it dropped a few years, almost lags, but then came back. Like I said, it worsens in 4 x 4 and especially during hard accelerations, that is worth, I would emphasize the most. My biggest issue is upon hard accelerating. The gears slam, is the best way I could describe it. It's a noticeable and loud, slamming noise that happens when the gearshift from 1st to 2nd into third I haven't tried pushing it past fourth on hard acceleration I'll usually let off because it's such a loud slam, and noticeably shakes the vehicle.

Transmission downshifted unexpectedly during normal driving .

The transmmission down shift when going 60 mph.

I’ve been having persistent issues with my transmission for some time now. It occasionally would have a hard shift or a lagged shift where it would rev high and not go into the next gear for a few second. This has been accompanied by an odd “clown honk” type sound whenever shifting from 3rd gear into 4th gear after the truck is warm. Sometimes it would get stuck in one gear or another or unable to shift to certain gears until it was shut off and reset. These problems are sometimes accompanied with each other and sometimes on their own. Not until recently did my transmission downshift on its own when I was going around 50-60mphs to first gear, throwing my back end out and almost causing me to crash. Luckily I was on open and empty road. This occurred sometime in December and it finally threw a code which it had not for any incident previously. This issue has not happened again since. Not only was the incident itself a case of deja vu but when I was able to have the code read, it was almost the exact same issue/code that I had with my previous truck, a 2013 Ford F-150. My 2013 Ford F-150 did the same exact thing, almost causing an massive accident as I was merging onto I-85 at 4:30 pm. This issue was recalled and fixed by Ford in the 2013 F-150 but has no correction for my current 2016 F-150. I believe the cause of this is a faulty lead frame and/or output speed shaft sensor on the 6r80 transmission from Ford. I’ve now had two of these power trains (5. 0/6r80) and both have had problems occasionally up until around 120k miles then the problems become consistent and the downshifting issue started which throws the code/is the real dangerous issue. I have reported the issue to Ford through a dealer and called the customer support line but since there is no open recall on my specific VIN for this issue they are unable to offer assistance. The truck is open for inspection and has the code stored. This can be a very dangerous issue and needs to be addressed.