general problems of the 2017 Ford F-150 - part 2

55 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.

36 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 06/28/2024

When driving on hills or moving from a stop to get into traffic the vehicle will go from 4th gear to 1st and won’t accelerate. After this happens I’m alerted with “powertrain system fault”. This causes a safety issue for me and others because on hills it won’t accelerate and it rolls backwards. From a stop trying to get into traffic it won’t move and becomes a collision waiting to happen. This problem happens very frequently but hasn’t been confirmed or inspected yet. The only warnings are “powertrain system fault” no systems and first appeared late June of 2024.

37 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 04/29/2024

Random downshift, loss of engine power, then power comes back at high rpms then truck recovers. This has happened 3 times. Today, I was driving at approximately 55mph, with no throttle variation, the truck lost power and downshifted. Whatever gear it found it was enough to bark the tires.

38 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 04/02/2024

Cruise control randomly disabled several times while traveling. This is a known issue with the clock spring and is a significant safety issue!.

39 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 03/25/2024

Well the last few days in colorado its been cold and every morning when I get in my truck the guage cluster does not come on. I have a few flashing lights but nothing else works. I am not sure what all is effected by this problem. After about 10 min. Everything goes back to working as it should. But then the next day it happens agian. I have done some research and this is a problem that Ford has had in the past that they had fixed on vehicals that were built up to the month before mine.

40 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 02/27/2024

I was driving home from work and without any warning I lost the ability to accelerate when I was on the freeway, a message popped up on my truck screen powertrain malfuction/reduce power. I was lucky this time around as I was able to cost to the shoulder cars however were speeding up to me and around me as I could not accelerate my truck. If this would have happen when I was towing my old 35 foot trailer it could have been deadly. I noticed a recall for this exact same issue on 2011 trucks, forms online seem to suggest others have had this same issue with newer 2017 trucks also. The issue turns out to be the molded lead frame failure. Once more same issue from recall title was6r80 recall number 19507. Seems like Ford did not fix it only prolong the issue or kicked it down the road. My truck is 100k others around 77k it failed so I am assuming it will happen as trucks get around 100k.

41 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 11/10/2023

The lead frame on valve body in transmission, most Fords have this recall, truck gets stuck in gear.

42 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 10/23/2023

There is an issue with the transmission slipping or not engaging properly. There is a strong and often loud jolt with a hard shift at times. It will also simply not engage in the next gear other times. I can be pushing down on the gas and you can hear the engine revving but the truck isn't picking up speed. This has been the most dangerous part of the transmission issues. If I'm pulling out to cross an intersection or turn onto a street and the truck isn't moving, my family is in extreme danger of being hit by oncoming traffic. The vehicle was looked at for this issue at the Ford dealership, mel hambelton, in wichita, KS previously. The issue seemed to be better, almost non-existent, after I believe they reset some code. The problem has returned in the last couple of weeks and is much worse. We have an appointment Nov. 1st to have it looked into again. I don't feel very safe driving my vehicle and we couldn't get it in for at least 3 weeks to the same dealership so we are using the Ford dealership in hutchinson, KS to hopefully get it fixed sooner. There is no warning/check engine associate with this issue.

43 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 05/12/2023

Dtc p0707 transmssion would go into limp mode while driving in the freeway at highway speeds and drop down to 20-30 mph almost got rear ended common issue on Ford f150 with the 6r80 transmssion for the module lead frame recall but only for earlier built but this are also having issues sane transmission same concern.

44 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 03/19/2023

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.

45 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 02/16/2023

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.

46 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 03/31/2022

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.

47 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 10/26/2020

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.

48 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 10/18/2020

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.

49 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 07/02/2019

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.

50 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 08/23/2018

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.

51 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 05/15/2018

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.

52 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 03/15/2018

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.

53 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 03/01/2018

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.

54 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 04/23/2017

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.

55 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 12/31/1969

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.



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