Four problems related to engine exhaust system have been reported for the 2012 Ford F-350. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Tl the contact owns a 2012 Ford F-350. While driving at unknown speeds, the vehicle went into power mode and lost power. In addition, the check engine indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer (walts live oak Ford, 1109 ohio Ave n, live oak, FL 32064, (386) 362-1112) where it was diagnosed that the exhaust sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was called, but failed to respond. The failure mileage was 150,000.
This is the third time that my truck has left me on the side of the road. Ford had a recall of all 2012 ambulance f350 because of this exact situation and is leaving the consumer to worry with it on their own. The actual problem is the egt sensor 13 and 14 in the exhaust system. These sensors continue to fail and all Ford can do is to keep my vehicle for 4-5 days and tell me that they cant find the issue and they replace the sensors (only to fail again in about a month). I can not drive this vehicle anywhere without the thought of failure. There is no way I can take this truck out of my normal around town area as if failure does occur, I am stuck. I am afraid that it is going to die on me in traffic and cause an accident or death of myself or a passenger. I have taken it to 3 different local dealers only to be told that they dont have a clue and know nothing of any other similar instances of this ever happening. (I can show you 50 cases online that have happened to other owners of the same vehicle) I am looking to get this taken care of as soon as possible as I am driving at $65,000 vehicle that I cant trust to drive across the state line. Any recourse that you can offer is very much appreciated as Ford is acting clueless to this ongoing issue. Thank you for your help.
Warning came on saying "stop safely now" and as I pulled to the side of the road the truck shut down and would not re-start. Luckily I was not on a busy road, pulling a trailer or out of cell range or there definately could have been a problem. Because there is no warning and the vehicle will not start again and these trucks are way to big to simply push off the road this is a very dangerous situation. After looking into the problem online I have discovered that this is and has been a problem on these trucks and now that I have been told that the replacement sensor is on national backorder and will take an undetermined amount of time to find, this is a very common problem. These are large truck and often are pulling large loads, this problem of a sensor that can completely shut down a truck leaving it stranded is a very dangerous situation not only for the driver but even more for the others on the road since it will be impossible for everyone to safely get out of traffic before the truck simply stops. There are 4 exhaust gas tempreture sensors on these vehicles, I had one fail causing the problem.
The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-350 sd. The contact stated that while driving 75 mph, the stop vehicle now warning message illuminated. The vehicle also lost power. The vehicle was towed to a dealer, who performed a diagnostic test and advised the contact that the egt exhaust temperature sensor was defective. The dealer replaced the exhaust temperature sensor replaced. The failure mileage was 4,882.