47 problems related to vehicle speed control have been reported for the 2017 Ford F-150. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2017 Ford F-150 based on all problems reported for the 2017 F-150.
F150 will not shift out of gears. Example, stays in 1st gear, regardless of speed. Ford dealer said it was a "molded leadframe" transmission problem at first, then decided to "reprogram" the computer to eliminate the shifting problem. Problem returned a few weeks later. Now shifts immediately into 7th gear (instead of 1st) and stays in that gear only. Ford dealer is not able to acquire the "molded lead frame" part to repair my vehicle. This problem was subject to an earlier year recalled which does not cover my 2017 vehicle.
While traveling down the interstate at the posted speed limit of 70 mph in the fast lane, I experienced the vehicle immediately hesitating without pressing the brake and a loud grinding noise in the front drivers side and caused me to put on my brakes, change lanes and drive off to the side of the road. The grinding stopped and then it happened again about 20 more miles down the road. I was able to get it to the Ford dealership and was told it was a defective iwe check valve which attempted to put my vehicle into 4 wheel drive. As a result, I had to replace the front iwe and the new & improved iwe check valve which was designed to prevent this from happening in the future. For obvious reasons, I became upset that a known issue with defective iwe check valves causes this event to occur. After exploring the internet for this same exact problem, I found this has been going on for more than 5 years. I now have the "corrected" part, but my major concern is that while I did not get into an accident this time, what is to prevent it from happening to someone who may not exhibit the same composure and causes their vehicle to crash into someone else and death or injury is caused and could have been prevented with a relatively cheap replacement part.
Truck downshifts periodically from 3rd to 2nd gear or from 4 to 3 of 4th to 2nd, for no reason, while keeping speed same on flat road. This causes tire squealing action in some cases and is unsafe. Also, at the same time, rear motion sensor system failure light comes on with an ok button. I select the button and then a wrench sign lights up indicating service requires. Sometimes also a check engine light comes on. Sometimes also the display showing what gear truck is in goes blank, or flutters through all gears. Sometimes a fan/generator comes on as well for no apparent reason. Sometimes the truck is goes in to no gear at all (neutral?) while I am moving. I pull over, restart the engine and the problems usually go away. This problem was reported to 2 Ford dealers (cella and bergey) on about 7/2022 and 8/2022. They gave me very different assessments of the problem, the most expensive being a new lead frame ($1,300) problems originally started around 3/2022. Truck has about 35,000 miles on it.
Digital cluster malfunction, causing speedometer and fuel gauge to both display zero, loss of power to windows, loss of parking brake function, blacked out backup camera, no heat or a/c. Highbeams stay on and cannot be switched to low beams. All happened while the vehicle was in motion on a highway at 60 mph.
Truck lost power steering assist while driving down interstate. And then I got message hill start assist failure, advance trac failure, electric parking brake failure, and electric power steering assist failure. All this while in motion at interstate speed.
In motion the throttle body is very slow in responding to commands given to it by gas pedal causing unsafe delay in acceleration and unexpected minor increase in speed in stop and go traffic.
On two occasions vehicle accelerated to the floorboard without touching pedal, nor floor mats holding pedal down. Both times was forced to put truck in neutral and turn engine off. Ford dealer cannot fix issue b/c cannot get problem to repeat for them.
The contact owns a 2017 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving 60 mph the vehicle went into four high and failed to disengaged. The check drive train warning indicator was illuminated. Additionally, there was a orange warning indicator light illuminated. The contact shut the vehicle off and the vehicle reset. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer folsom lake Ford located at 12755 folsom blvd, folsom, CA 95630 (916) 353-2000 where they were unable to duplicated the issue. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. However,the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to folsom lake Ford located at folsom blvd, folsom, CA 95630 (916) 353-2000 where diagnostic testing was still be performed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue and provided case number cas15183721 but no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage 16,172. Ap.
Ford F-150 lost control and accelerated coming out of car wash tunnel. Car did not respond to brakes and accelerated into a building injuring driver and pedestrian.
Tl the contact owns a 2017 Ford F-150. Upon exiting the vehicle, while idle, the vehicle lunged in reverse at approximately 8-10 mph. A pedestrian was able to get into the vehicle and stop the acceleration. The vehicle was taken to hemborg Ford (1900 hammer Ave, norco, CA), but it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 1,500.
This is a brand new truck I have purchased about 3 weeks ago. I have noticed some strange behavior of the accelerator pedal, I had an impression that sometimes it was getting a bit stuck or changed the position on its own. Today I have discovered by myself that the accelerator pedal assembly is completely loose, all 3 bolts are not torqued at all, I could turn them with my bare fingers. This explains the strange behavior I observed. Last week I complained to the dealer about the rough downshifting, they did a test drive (!) and found nothing wrong. I have made a video, I hope it will better explain the nature of the problem: https://youtu. Be/b9ijtdtdqya I definitely consider this a safety issue and I suspect Ford does not have adequate quality control to ensure that the accelerator assembly is installed correctly. I am going to see the dealer tomorrow morning.
While driving, my 2017 Ford F-150 with the 6-speed automatic will sometimes suddenly downshift on its own. This causes a hard jerk and a sudden change in speed, which feels unsafe especially at higher speeds. At other times, the truck will not shift into gear at all. For example, when backing out of a driveway or parking spot in reverse and then shifting into drive, the truck stalls. The only way to fix it is to put the truck completely in park, shut it off, and restart it before it will go into gear. This has forced me to be stopped in the middle of the road after backing out, waiting for the truck to restart, which is extremely dangerous when there is oncoming traffic. This has been occurring off and on for a long time now not just one date.