Gas Recirculation Valve (egr Valve) Problems of Ford F-150 - part 2

I was on a highway going 65 mph, the conditions were drizzle/very humid, roughly 90 degrees outside. There was a slow car in front of me so I got in the on coming traffics lane to pass the car, but when I stomped on the gas pedal there was no response. My truck wouldn't accelerate so I pushed it a few more times and still nothing. There was a car coming and I almost got hit head on because of this incident and probably would've been badly injured had I not gotten back in my lane just before the car passed. The engine returned to normal after about 20 seconds and I was able to accelerate and finally get around the car. This is only 1 of the 5 times it has happened in this specific vehicle, its happened to me three times, and twice when I've loaned the truck to my father. It only happens in humid or rainy conditions and I'm guessing has something to do with the intercooler. But I'm not an auto guy so I wouldn't know. I called Ford corporate and they said go to the dealer, the dealer didn't see any codes that were thrown during these incidents so they said they could not help me. It was [xxx], and Ford needs to step up and help us who have defected ecoboost engines. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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Was driving on a two lane highway at approx. 60mph and when I went to pass a truck, as I accelerated and got along side the truck, my engine lost power so I could not pass. I was left in a very vulnerable position alongside the truck and had to brake to decelerate and tuck back in behind the truck. The weather was clear, temperature about 60 degrees, and luckily no oncoming traffic but there was a vehicle behind me (and luckily that drive saw my brake lights, backed off and allowed me to tuck back in behind the truck). An accident could have resulted. After getting back behind the truck my vehicle still had power but had a shudder in the drivetrain while under load (like uphill, or driving down the highway at normal highway speeds, but not while coasting). I have not tried full throttle acceleration after this incident and have driven the vehicle sparingly. Called the Ford dealer service department and have an appointment to bring the vehicle in. When the engine stalled it was just like someone turned off the key, no power but at least partial power was regained after I let off the throttle. The engine is the 3. 5 liter ecoboost.

Travelling with my wife from little rock to houston on a rainy / humid day with the temperature at about 80-85 degrees, I accelerated quickly to pass on a 4-lane highway. The truck began shuddering violently and we experienced a loss of power. After slowing down and pulling off and restarting the truck it seemed to run fine. This happened two more times during the trip. The second time the check engine light began to flash, but ended up going off. The third time the light flashed and stayed on. After getting back to houston I took the truck in and they "reprogrammed the cac" and installed a new "air dam deflector plate. " I just got the vehicle back so I do not yet know if this fixed the problem permanently, however, I have searched numerous blogs and websites and discovered that hundreds of other owners have had the exact same experience with their 3. 5l ecoboost engines. I also understand that Ford has not offered any kind of recall for this problem. The characteristics of the power loss (and exactly at a critical time when power is needed) were frightening and extremely dangerous. Had I been passing on a two-lane road instead of a 4-lane highway, we could have been killed. There is the potential for a head-on collision, a second car rear-ending my vehicle, or a loss of control due to the shuddering and instability at high speeds. I did contact Ford regarding this and was basically told there is no recall and they just recommended that I have the repairs done. It is completely ridiculous that they know about this issue and don't 1) recall the vehicles that may experience this problem and, 2) let the general public know about the issue - for those purchasing a new vehicle. It is deceptive and irresponsible.

The first time the incident happen I was diving about 30 mph on a bright sunny day about 70 degrees out. I tried to go around a car and when pressed the accelerator the vehicle kind of stalled and shook, did not accelerate at all. I let off the petal and tried again and it accelerated fine. There wasn't much danger involved in this mishap as the other driver and I were the only 2 vehicles on the road for a fare amount of distance. The second time this happened is what really worried me. I was leaving a gas station preparing to cross a 4 lane highway with a speed limit of 55 mph. This time it was morning about 65 degrees and sunny, I rolled up to the intersection and when an opportunity to cross was presented I pressed on the accelerator and the vehicle shook pretty bad and the engine about died. I hit the brake and the engine worked itself out of the shake. That's when I realized this issue is life threatening. If I would have pressed the accerator and the vehicle brought me to the center of the highway and stalled there is a very good chance I could have been t-boned! and to top it off another issue I have been having with my 2013 Ford F-150 platinum is the bluetooth is rarley capable of syncing to my iphone, so I were to be t-boned the vehicle would have been incapable of utilizing its 911 assist feature and the injured involed in the accident would have to rely on a witness dialing 911.

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While making a left hand turn across traffic I floored the gas pedal and all power was lost almost resulting in a crash. The next time was on the highway while trying to pass another vehicle total loss of power. Unable to pass almost rear ended, luckily able to get off the road. Today November 3rd 2013 9:00 am traveling 40 mph on flat ground clear sky about 45 degrees I floored it and the truck did nothing it did shake alittle and I kept my foot to the floor for about 1/2 a mile and it never regained any power. Then I smelled something burning. No check engine lights ever came on and my fuel economy get worst every day. The truck feels like something is dragging it down all the time. Poor fuel economy mixed with unreliability is going to equal disaster. Ford is lucky no one has been hurt or killed yet. The truck will be towed to the dealer in the morning I simply will not risk my life while Ford sits on there thumbs. Fix the problem before someone is hurt!!!!.

6/11/13 driving in moderate rain in 75 degrees with cruise control on I attempted to accelerate to pass. Truck lost power and began to shudder rather violently. Check engine light began to flash. Incident lasted 20-30 seconds. This occured again on 6/13/13 in similar conditions. I took the vehicle to a dealer in massena NY. They pulled a p-306 code (#6 cylinder misfire) and ran an oasis report. The report showed my exact symptoms as an ecoboost issue. They assured me it was not going to damage the vehicle so I drove it back to home in virginia. I have an appt with my local norfolk va dealer on 6/17/13. My build date is 03/03/13.

My vehicle is a 2013 Ford F-150 ecoboost. I was traveling on the interstate and my check engine light came on and the truck shuddered violently. While this was occurring the vehicle had little power. I was in the left hand lane, and was pinned between a tractor trailer on my right and a car behind me. The vehicle shuddered for approx. 8 to 10 seconds then stopped. I was then able to accelerate and pass the truck. Weather conditions: raining temp: between 75 and 80 degrees time: 7:00 a. M.

2013 f150 eco boost problem with approximately 2781 miles drove thru the town albert lea, mn at about 1100 hours on 5/28/13 (cst) at about 30 mph. Entered the on ramp (cloverleaf style ramp) to I-35 southbound. Attempted to accelerate to 60 mph due to short on ramp/merge lane. Engine lost power (approx. 80%???) then went into a shaking/shuttering mode. Engine warning light flashed intermittently. Attempted to merge with several semi¿s on I-35 (the reason for quick acceleration plus the sort merge lane). Backed off on the gas pedal when engine power decreased and in approximately 20 seconds the engine recovered and never hesitated again. The weather temperature was approx. 60 degrees f with a heavy mist and moderate fog. The bottom line: if any one of the truckers had hiccupped or had been distracted during our terrifying merge we would be writing this info from a hospital bed (or not writing from a morgue). Dealer ran diagnostic with no indications of any failure in spite of engine warning flashing during power loss or shaking (death rattle???). Date of manufacture appears to be December 2012.

While driving north on I-95 in georgia at 65 mph, I attempted to accelerate. The truck began to shake violently, lose power, and the check engine light illuminated. The weather at the time was 70 degrees with moderate rain. I had been driving for approximately one hour at the time of the incident. I had to pull over to the emergency lane and shut off the motor. The engine restarted ok. I did not attempt any more hard accelerations. I had no more stall problems. I took the truck to the dealer where they found a misfire code, but had no explanation or fix to prevent the problem from happening again. This is an ecoboost vehicle.

Incident 1. Weather: cloudy with some snow around 20 degrees. When accelerating on to interstate 70 in e. Illinois the engine stumbled and loss power. The on ramp had an uphill grade and when the vehicle hit 35-40 mph, it lost all power and sounded like it was struggling to get fuel. I was able to pull to the side of the road, put it in park. I tried to rev the engine in park but it would just stumble. I turned the engine off and waited a few minutes then restarted it and it and it seemed to work as expected. This has happened 3 times since March 4th with the last time being on may 9th. Incident 2. Weather: partly cloudy in the 30's. , March 7th, same conditions as above engine stumbled and loss power accelerating on to interstate 376 in w. Pa incident 3. Weather: nighttime, in the 60's. Going around 30 mph flat road, speed changed to 55 mph tried to accelerate to the posted speed and again the engine stumbled and loss power. This time the dashboard lit up with a bunch of codes (didn't write them down) again turning the engine off and waiting a few minutes seemed to clear the condition. *note* due to a heavy work schedule and needing my vehicle I have not had a chance to get my vehicle into the dealer to have them look at it yet.

Accelerating from freeway on ramp at about 25 mph, slowly pushing pedal down truck tachometer gauge speed up to between 5500 rpm and 7000 rpm. However truck did not move. Transmission acted like it was in neutral. This lasted 4 or 5 seconds; then engine started missing and running rough. All the time vehicle had slowed to approximately 15 mph. I narrowly avoided being rearended by pulling off the shoulder of the highway. This happen on I-20 near the rest area west bound in monahans texas. Weather was clear, and temp about 42 degrees. Has happened at least three times since then. Fuel was from national vendor and same brand I normally use. Dealer is oblivious to this and what to do.

We were merging onto the highway outside of st. Louis mo and when the accelerator was fully depressed the engine started to misfire and power was reduced. A blinking cel was displaying on the dashboard. It seemed as though the turbo system was not adding any extra charge to the ambient air. There was a pronounced vibration to the vehicle that seemed to originate from the engine/drive train. Luckily there as not a lot of traffic at the time and our poor acceleration did not result in an accident. My solution was to manually select the gears and drive at much higher rpm. This smoothed the misfire and we had an adequate amount of power to keep up with traffic. After about 10 minutes everything smoothed out and the misfire was gone. Truck behavior returned to normal. The weather that day was a pleasant 60 degrees and sunny. The previous day we drove from central ohio to st. Louis through much rain and fog. Since we were on vacation and away from home we did not take the truck to a dealer to be serviced. The problem has not occurred since then. There was one previous occurrence at a previous date. I don't know exactly when it was. We were traveling home to vt from ohio. We had been driving for many hours, mostly on highway/cruise control driving. We had just gotten off the interstate highway and were on state highway. I went to pass a slower vehicle in my lane and upon depressing the accelerator the engine seemed to misfire (rpm went up but power delivery fell flat). I stepped off the gas pedal and slowly pressed a second time and this time the truck responded as expected. There was no cel this time. Each of these incidents occurred with my entire family in the vehicle. We were not very happy about it and did not feel safe at the time.

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I was traveling at exactly 70 mph on the interstate at about 40 degrees in my brand new 2013 F-150 ecoboost. While attempting to pass a line of slower semi-trucks, I put the accelerator pedal to the floor. The engine rev'd and the started violently shuttering to the point I thought the engine mounts were surely breaking. The vehicle lost most of its power and with another trucker behind me in the passing lane, it immediately became an extremely dangerous situation. I could not accelerate at all and fortunately was able to let the lower traffic pass me so I could fall into the slow lane -- it was very dangerous to put it mildly. The truck fixed itself after about 5 miles of slower driving. I took it to the Ford dealership the next morning and they kept it for several days and couldn't find any problems. I tried to duplicate the event and couldn't. The scene repeated itself three times under exactly the same circumstances with two or three weeks separating the occurrences. The last time the dealership service department said Ford corporate engineering did not know what the problem was and to try re-installing the computer software. This appears to have fixed the problem but my gas mileage has gone down to an average 18. 5 mpg and previously I was getting up to 25 mpg average.

My truck is equipped with the ecoboost 3. 5l engine. Twice now I have attempted to accelerate and had the truck lose power and shake violently, creating a very dangerous situation. The first time was attempting to pass another vehicle. Weather conditions were warm (75 degrees f) with light rain. I pulled out to pass and attempted to accelerate when the truck suddenly acted as if the gas was shut off. It then began to shake and shudder violently as if the rear axel was being ripped from beneath it. I was able to fall back behind the vehicle I was attempting to pass, out of the way of oncoming traffic, and pull to the side of the road. After shutting off and restarting the truck, it seemed to run normal. The dealership service tech inspected the truck and stated it is a problem Ford is aware of (in wet conditions), but has no fixes. The second time I was attempting to enter the interstate from a rest stop into a single lane construction zone. The weather was cool (45 degrees f), dry and sunny. I attempted to accelerate to enter the highway and the truck acted as it did on the first instance. I was forced to pull off of the lane between two large construction pylons in order to avoid being struck by a tractor/trailer. The supplied dates, mileage and speed were from the most recent incident.

While driving in rain or fog moderate to heavy acceleration causes engine to miss fire and loose power. Sets engine maint light po-300 random miss fire. Has also degressed to flashing engine maint light which does not allow truck to maintain highway speed. Dealer applied TSB 12-6-4 intercooler shroud and flash program ecm. Condition still exists and is dangerous. Ford needs to make the fix a top priority.

When attempting to pass the vehicle loses power under hard acceleration. This has happened several times, usually at highway speed, wet/humid conditions, under hard acceleration. I have taken the truck into the dealership to have them perform the work outlined in a tech bulletin from Ford but the problem persists. Just yesterday (10/6/13 at about 12:25pm approx 65 degrees f) driving in light rain on I-96 near grand rapids, mi I accelerated hard from about 65mph to pass on the freeway and the vehicle lost power nearly causing an accident.

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving 65-75 mph, the engine would hesitate then surge forward when the contact was attempting to accelerate. The failure was recurring. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic, who stated that the egr sensor would need to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacture was not alerted of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 58,730. The VIN was not available. . . . Updated 03-12-14.

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Accelerating through 60mph, heard loud engine noise, with subsequent rough running and heavy vibrations. Vehicle was taken to a mechanic, who found three broken/blown out spark plugs/coils, which were replaced. Approximately 8 months preceding this incident, two spark plugs disintegrated under similar circumstances. All spark plugs had been installed about 30,000 miles before the first incident.

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5. 4l, supercrew-- engine was replaced by Ford at 38,000 miles (after complaint to Ford cust svc) due to injector failure and cylinder hydra-lock. Now at 46,000 miles, complete transmission failure. Only used for daily driver, no towing, never off-road. Transmission failed on initial start on 60 degree morning, no pre-failure indicators. Paid $2800 for transmission rebuild. I have noticed a fairly large number of problems reported on sub-standard factory transmission and engine parts on Ford trucks.

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We bought this truck brand new in February 2008 and the air conditioner does not blow cold at idle. It will blow approximately 70 degrees out of the vents on a 90 degree day. I have taken it to 2 different dealers and both checked and test drove the truck, only to advise "there is nothing wrong with it" it is blowing cold enough according to them on max a/c going down the highway, so their suggestion was to not change it from max a/c.

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Spark plugs that were supposed to last 100,000 miles ( motorcraft platinum) lasted under 55,000 miles. The plug separated from the insulator, one even disintegrated, causing misses in the engine and all the wires to the plugs to melt and adhere to what was left of the plugs. 6 plugs - 6 cylinders.

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I own a 1997 F-150 . I purchased this truck from a private party when it had 52,000 miles. The truck now has about 90k miles. On may 16 I started the vehicle and heard a raucous noise from the engine compartment. On may 17th I had the truck towed to auto specialties, an independent repair shop. They identified the noise as a bent connecting rod. They discovered steam coming from the tailpipe and believe coolant seeped into the cylinder through a blown head gasket. I asked how this could have happened. They said probably overheating. Yet, in the entire time I owned it, the temperature gauge has never registered high, no steam arose from the engine area. I have always changed the oil every 3k miles. I have always maintained correct fluid levels. I have never towed anything with this truck and never carried anything more than a half-ton load. I always let it warm up and drive it gently while it is warming up. In addition, the truck speed control device was replaced by the local Ford dealer on sept. 14, 2005. In their inspection of the vehicle they uncovered no problems with cooling or overheating. This is the first Ford I have owned, the first american car. I have owned 1 Mitsubishi and 2 Toyota pickups which I bought second hand. I owned them until they had over 125k miles and they needed no repairs other than normal maintenance. I have driven a pre-owned integra to over 140k miles without problems and a Honda civic which I drove from 60k-120k without the slightest problem. A truck with 90k miles should not need a new engine. By just about any maker standards the engine should last over 200k miles. I have contacted Ford customer service and spoke with charles who said Ford was not responsible for the problem, since this problem was not part of a recall. Shouldn't Ford be concerned about a lemon, even if it is not a common problem? I believe Ford should replace the engine, since its failure is premature.

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: the contact stated the vehicle lost power intermittently while driving at any highway speed. This happened more often while towing something behind the vehicle. The engine spewed coolant onto the engine block. The vehicle has been to the dealership five times. The heads have been changed once; the reservoir system has been changed twice. The egr valve has been changed twice. However, the problem still persists.

April 2005 2002 F-150 Ford truck engine failure at highway speeds. #3 cylinder spark plug blew out of cylinder causing emergency exit from fast lane on hwy 81. Second incident same cylinder November 2. After researching Ford forums on the internet found this is a common occurrence with the Ford triton 5. 4 liter v8 motors. Ford consumer affairs was contacted - no assistance. This is a manufacturing defect affecting thousands of vehicles as well as lives. Ford has refused to recognize the issue and will lend no consumer assistance. A forced recall should be initiated. Failure is due to insufficient threading of machined aluminum head on all triton 5. 4 liter v8s. Estimated repairs in excess of $300 each occurrence. This is unacceptable and Ford should be held accountable. This is not a wear/tear component of any vehicle. It is an integral part and should be covered by Ford at any cost.

Engine coolant leaking through the engine's front gasket. Leaking a jug of coolant every two to three hours. Will cost me over $700 to fix. Can't afford to fix, so I am without a vehicle. The mechanic provided me with a document from Ford advising dealerships they knew the problem existed, but didn't recall the vehicle. Got stuck on the side of the road for over an hour in 20 degree weather. Lucky my 3 year old was not with me. If they knew there was a problem, then they should have recalled the vehicle.

Normal every day use. Service engine soon light turns on dpfe sensor and or egr valve has failed. From what I've researched in forums it is a very common failure amongst Fords. Engines that suffer this idle very rough, at times so much that the engine stalls out when it comes to a stop. At first I changed the air and fuel filter thinking this might solve the problem. Soon after I had my truck scanned for trouble codes(obd ii) and discovered the above mentioned problem. Every shop I've taken my truck for estimates has told me this is a very common defect with Fords.

I bought my 2004 Ford F-150 supercrew fx4 Feb. 17, 2004. I started having trouble with the a/c system as soon as it started to get hot[ above 85 degrees ] I brought it to the dealer[scarsdale Ford ] twice and they tell me it is in spec ,but it does not cool the cab, I checked the temp coming out of the vents and it stays at 43 degrees, my wifes pathfinder blows at 28 degrees, a big difference. I am now waiting for a Ford engineer to show up at the dealer ship. T o speak frankly I am very upset with the way this is being handle by Ford. I have had many different car over the years and never had this problem.

While driving vehicle stopped in the middle of traffic, and consumer could not restart it. The traffic was so heavy that consumer could not even get over to the shoulder for safety. Consumer's life and her children's' life was in danger for approximately one hour before help arrived. Consumer had the vehicle towed to the nearest dealer, and mechanic determined that the egr valve was dead.

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I have a 2001 Ford F-150 supercrew, and while driving to work last night on the expressway, heard a loud bang, and found out that a spark-plug had blown right out of the cylinder head on the engine. The noise was loud enough, and the sudden vibration of the engine at first sounded and felt like a tire had blown. On doing a quick scan of the internet, (at first looking for part numbers) I was amazed at the number of exact instances, and number of others that have had the same experience. Some even posting pictures that resemble what the broken parts from my truck looked like-- exactly! the weather conditions at the time (11:30 p. M. ) dry road, about 36 degrees, and very light traffic. I have very little doubt that had the conditions have been snowy, icy or maybe even just as cold and wet, that this type of situation could have caused some type of accident. Either from the vibration and sudden noise, or the simple startling incident happening to a less experienced driver.

Notice engine coolant extremly low added 1+gallons noticed still loosing coolant. Took 1997 Ford f150 with 4. 2l v6 and only 75,700 miles on engine to Ford dealer Ford dealer stated "no external leak found and can not find any possable internal leak. But need to replace intake set part#f652-9433-c, egr gasket part#f6az-90476-b, timming gasket part#yf2z-6020-aa, f. Crank seal part#f18z-6701-a, w/p gasket part#f65z-8507-ba, intake bolts part#n606526. 5100 and n605894. 5309, t-body gasket f75z-9e936-aa, and imrc bushingf5rz-9f955-ab" aparently Ford has and has had a gasket problem that needs to be delt with.

Consumer called complaining about having problems with the head gaskets. Also stated that went out to turn on the vehicle and white smoke came off the vehicle. Dealer was contacted and stated that the vehicle ha a blown head gasket. Ts.

We purchased a 2003 Ford f150 supercrew fx4 in October of 2002. On December 2,2002 this vehicle lost control of it's brakes and acceleration pedal. It was picked up that day and taken to the dealership to be fixed. It is still to this day at the dealership. We have not had possession of it since. They have repeatedly tried to fix it but we unable, until 01-22-03 when we were told it was fixed. But even so we are not given a guarantee by the dealership that it is. They do not feel safe with it on the road also. We are in the process of acting on the lemon law with Ford. At first,we were told that the egr valve was the problem , it litteraly let moisture into the throttle body which formed ice, and they have pictures of this, which made the vehicle lose control of the brakes and the throttle to stick wide open. I have been told that there has been further complaints against moisture in throttle bodys of the same trucks but not to the extent of ours. Also there is complaints of the gas pedal sticking but Ford is telling people that it is thier floor mat creating the problem. I really feel this should be looked into before someone gets hurt or killed. It is not a good feeling when you are driving on icy curves and hills and the speed keeps increasing on its own and the brakes dont work! the only way I stopped it was by throwing it in park,thank god it was in 4 wheel drive, this probably ruined the transmission, but it was the least of my concerns at the moment. I had a car coming towards me and one following behind me, thank god no one was hurt. Please check into this.

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The egr system warning light appeared 2,000 miles outside of the warranty. Scc.

Due to defective throttle linkage and pcv valve, vehicle suddenly accelerated which may have caused a crash. Please provide further information.

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Consumer contacted dealer in reference to manufacturer's recall 98r04, concerning pcv system. However, this vehicle was not included in recall due to location. Recall only involved vehicles in cold climate states. Consumer uncelar about recall manufacturer sent for his vehicle. Dealer reused to replace parts. Ford admits vehicle may not stop in colder climates.