My 2016 ford f150 with engine block heater caught fire today 14 february 2020 at 11:12 am. it was moving and caught fire when i parked the truck
I was completing a 3 hour drive of approximately 120 miles (i had less than 5 miles to go till i arrived at my destination) when my sensors started lighting up my message board and dash system. i was in the left turn lane to enter the on-ramp to us65 south when this happened so i pulled off to the shoulder to investigate. i had just put my truck in park when a car pulled up and said that my engine was on fire. when i got out to look, the fire was rolling out from under the drivers side wheel well. as well, there was either a fluid or melted plastic dripping down to the asphalt that was also on fire. the fire appeared to put itself out, for the most part, prior to the fire company arriving within the next 10 minutes. i had, what i believed to be at the time, recall work done by mike raisor ford in lafayette, in, less than 1 year ago. in that recall work, i thought the block heater was disconnected so as to prevent an engine fire such as this. now, i am having doubts as to whether this was completely disconnected. nhtsa campaign number is 18v894000 and fords recall number is 18s45.
Vehicle engine shakes and shuts off when stopped and at idle. this happens after vehicle warms up and has been driven for at least 15 minutes. i have read many other complaints about ford trucks doing the same thing. have read that ford is aware of problems with variable cam timing sensors and cam phasers, but are not issuing recall. this has happened to me at leadt 6 times.
Engine stalls while driving. this has happened multiple times where multiple warning lights will flash on the dashboard such as the collision detection being disabled and the electronic stability control has been disabled. as soon as these warnings appear, the truck's acceleration is disabled and it will coast to stop, but he truck is still running. it remains in a low idle that is very rough, vibrating the entire truck like it's about to kill the engine, but barely keeping the idle high enough to keep it going. this has happened at different speeds and there is nothing you can do, but try to pull off the road. once stopped, you can put the truck in park and turn the truck off and back on. sometimes only one restart is required, but sometimes it will do the same thing again shortly after you begin driving again. this can be extremely dangerous as this can happen in an intersection, highway, or freeway. there is no warning when this is about to happen.
The truck began to make a loud, clunky noise, allthewhile it was slowing down and then eventually came to a stop and was not driveable anymore. we were driving in a neighborhood when it stalled. it would not move. it would turn on, but it would not accelerate. it still made the clunky, loud noise.
Vehicle stalls while in motion, sitting stationary at a stoplight, or in park. vehicle has stalled multiple times driving down the interstate at 55+ and leaves the driver unable to control vehicle and creates a safety hazard to the driver and others on the road.
Attempting to accelerate, no power. vehicle was on 2 lane highway with concrete barriers on both sides and no shoulder. i was going approx 70 mph. i had our toddler, new born and wife in then vehicle. vehicle slowed faster than i have ever felt before. cars and trailers slamming on brakes. i'm assuming this did not trigger my brake lights and it was almost dark. so incredibly dangerous not to mention scary. dash warnings indicated no traction control, hill decent or abs. dealer is replacing the throttle body. this was a catastrophic and dangerous flaw.
Hill descent control fault/ service advancetrac warning suddenly turned on. alternated w service light. but i was just driving home from work on a 70 degree day on a dry paved road decelerating from a 40mph zone to a 30 mph zone up a slight incline. i wasn't using hill descent and traction was fine. the disturbing part was the vehicle suddenly ran rough and had no power. i could not get it to run well enough pull it over out of the traffic lane. an on off cycle returned function for a few seconds and i got around the corner before the fault occurred again. with no hills the last block i got to my driveway where a longer off period returned the vehicle to function. this type of sudden power loss could cause an accident.
Truck experienced multiple sensor failures over several months that reset. failures include car stalling in intersection, blind spot monitoring, back up sensors, car shutting off and turning back on on its own. car had to be powered down and shut off for 30 seconds before being allowed to restart. most recent failure resulted in truck horn going off as well as car turning off while going 35-40 mph then restarting on its own - car surged forward after it restarted itself. at the same time hazards coming on, doors unlocking and locking and rear tailgate opening. after bringing car to a complete stop, shut off car and it turned itself back on (horn went off, hazards went on, doors unlocked and locked, and rear tail gate released). towed to dealership for repairs and they were unable to recreate the problem.
Bought the truck a year and a half ago the engine has blown and now the brake master cylinder is went out probably be the brake booster next they should be reliable for this i'm 100 miles over my warranty and they were still on fix it
Started driving am for about 5-7 miles and getting on an on ramp to freeway vehicle suddenly had no power and idle very rough/ could not accelerate and service engine light, hill assist not active and another service light came on. pulled over to the side of road and sat for about 30 seconds, turned vehicle off and re started, no fault warning lights were on and all was fine. drove 22 miles to dewey ford in ankeny, iowa told them what happened and they asked if any fault lights were still on and i said no and they told me they wouldn't be able to diagnose the problem without a fault light being on. they said it could be water in the fuel and suggested a couple cans of sea foam and to top fuel off with premium/no alcohol. did that, drove an additional 22 miles with out any problems. researched similar problems by others and electronic throttle body came up. will update if i have another incident.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. while driving approximately 65 mph, "see service manual, traction control not available, check engine" illuminated on the instrument panel. the vehicle lost power and the accelerator pedal did not respond. the contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road to a complete stop as it began to shake. when the vehicle was turned off and restarted, all the warning indicators went away and then illuminated again. the vehicle was driven to the contact's residence. rich ford (8601 lomas blvd, albuquerque, nm 87112) was contacted via phone. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 49,500.
Throttle body failure: first occurred on original throttle body (oem part) in 2018. vehicle was turned on and stationary in a parking lot. heard a loud knocking, diagnosed at ford dealership. replaced original throttle body with new oem throttle bottle. second occurrence on replacement throttle body (oem part) in june 2019. vehicle was in motion on an interstate, wrench light came on, putting the truck in limp mode and the truck stalled. i pulled over on the side of the interstate, turned the truck off, waited several minutes and turned vehicle back on. cleared the fault and was able to continue drive with loud knocking sound occurring like in the first instance.
I had the wrench symbol appear on my dash display and the vehicle stopped, lost power while i was in traffic. it is now at the dealer that sold it to me, but this is scary situation to lose power while driving.
Was driving down the highway at 45 mph, all of a sudden advance track service warning appeared, hill descent off, and truck lost all power and began to idea roughly, could not accelerate, was able to pull off the road. fortunately i have a mechanical background, turned off ignition waited a minute and tried to restart the truck, cranked harder than normal, engine service lite was on, turned off advance track and went a few miles and happened again. went through same steps and restarted vehicle, was able to drive 10 miles to home. when i started the truck this morning the engine service light was off, went a few miles and same thing happened again. this is a definite serious accident waiting to happen. if you are on an interstate go 70 mph in traffic and this would happen most people would not know what to do. doing some online searching this seems to be a problem that ford has failed to address , it must take loss of life before this problem is addressed
Starting at 30,000 miles the truck had a rough idle at a stoplight or stop sign in gear, and then after a couple months i would shifting from reverse to drive and it shut down. now sometimes when i come up to a stop sign or stop light it shuts off i was even at an intersection and it shut off this is a huge safety concern and ford needs to fix it now. no code pops up and ford cannot re-create it or fix it
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. while driving low speeds, the engine shuddered and the vehicle hesitated to accelerate. the vehicle was taken to cleveland ford (2496 s. lee hwy, cleveland, tn), but the cause of the failure could not be determined. the manufacturer was notified, but no assistance was offered. the failure mileage was 45,000. *tt consumer stated truck also has numerous signal losses on tac satellite radio signal. consumer took it to the dealer several times and was told there was no problem.*jb
I've bought my 2016 f150 xlt fx4 sc 5.0l used with about 69k miles on it and had it for nearly a year now. since i purchased the truck it will develop a rough idle and will stall while at a stop light. this will happen when i make a multi stop trip, for example if i stop at the market on the way home from work, or sometimes even just returning home from work. so far this issue has only happened on city streets. outside temps are no factors as this happens in cold wintery conditions or hot and humid weather. every time the truck stalls, the cel does not come on or any other dash light except the battery light and i can restart the truck immediately with no issues. after the truck restarts there is no fault light on the dash and truck acts like nothing happened. i took the truck to an independent repair shop to have a diagnostic check and they could not find any stored codes or pending codes pertaining to this issue. the repair shop was also able to duplicate the issue but also noticed a strong smell from the catalytic converter. at the moment, it is unknown what's causing my truck to idle roughly and stall.
I have had my truck to dealer for many multiple issues involving electrical since approximately 6600 miles beginning with shaking when i slowed down without utilizing brakes. since then i've been at the dealer with many electrical issues where truck would not accelerate and all lights would illuminate. this has been ongoing and very unsafe. when i would attempt to make a left hand turn i would proceed to cross opposing lanes and vehicle would feel like it was in neutral and almost was struck on numerous occasions. vehicle has also over accelerated very early in ownership. most recently and i picked up my truck and a week later same problem. i have had my truck at the dealership with electrical problems that create a great danger to myself as well as other motorists. certainly i cannot be the only person who literally as of the first week of december 2015 received my ordered truck and now after 3 years has had so many close calls when operating the vehicle. all times the vehicle was operational and runs very rough prior to happening. i have been driving down the street and video the trucks camera and other items going on and off during operation. the truck has sever electrical deficiencies and the engine has severe response issues that puts my life. my passengers lives and the other motorist at great risk of injury or death. i am unable to supply all the dates in the one space provided. but have all video and paperwork from all the times and dates from dealership.
We just took my 2016 f150 ecoboost to west texas over thanksgiving. towed under 7500 lbs. towed completely normal the whole time (15 hours) until the return trip home. about 2.5 hours into my return trip (i was towing without my husband and with two young kids on a back highway with no cell service and absolutely no stops for 2 of those hours😯) i pulled over to see where my next gas station was and my truck died. it would restart but would die again. i finally figure i'm screwed, i'll try and just hit the gas and go. so i took off and blew through a stop sign and didn't stop until i reached a gas station, where it died when i stopped.. it was saturday afternoon and all the repair shops were closed and there weren't any parts stores open. i finally unplugged the camper, thinking it was draining my battery and started it up and gassed it to get it going and didn't stop until i reached sonora and camped for the night, about 20 miles away. and then my truck was totally fine after that. i never hooked the camper back up and i had filled up the gas tank and put fuel injection cleaner into the tank and didn't have any more stalls. the only light that came on when it stalled was the battery light.
Engine lost power while driving on highway at 65 mph. without power had to find safe place to pull over to side of road to not cause an accident. it was going straight with cruise control on. the dealer said the issue was the electronic throttle body.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. while driving at an unknown speed, the throttle body failed and the vehicle stalled. the vehicle was taken to bill pierre ford inc (11525 lake city way ne, seattle, wa 98125) and the throttle body was replaced. the manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. the vehicle was repaired. the failure mileage was 38,738. the vin was unknown.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. the contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning while idling at a stopped position. the vehicle was taken to shults ford lincoln (10401 perry hwy, wexford, pa 15090, (724) 934-2388), but no failure codes could be located. the failure recurred over an eight month period and an independent mechanic could not diagnose the failure. the vehicle was scheduled to go back to the dealer to be repaired at the contact's expense. the contact had the vehicle repaired issue was power train warranty, which expired in 3,000 miles. the manufacturer had not been contacted. the failure mileage was 39,000. the vin was unknown. *dt*jb
When vehicle is sitting still it has a rough idle. it will also stall at time when sitting at a traffic light. vehicle is a 2016 f150 crewcab lariat fx4 with 5.0 engine
Coolant temperature to high warning. this warning came up after my truck sat without being driven for 12 plus hours. i put the key in it and started the truck tried to drive it. the truck will not go over 15 miles. the actual coolant gauge is on blue, the cool side, but this warning is still going off.
The vehicle shut down while driving. had no throttle. pulled off road vehicle was idling erratically still no throttle multiple warning lights. shut vehicle off, restarted, all trouble lights were off except check engine light. vehicle ran ok for a while. this happened 7 more times within 150 miles. this is very dangerous, if i had been in traffic i would not been able to get off the road. got the vehicle to ford. they cleared all the codes and said they could not find the problem. they wanted me to pick up my vehicle, i refused. i researched the issue and found many people with the same problem. the fix was the throttle body. i passed this info on to the ford dealer. they replaced my throttle body, problem fixed. i was lucky, i had 150 miles left on my warranty, most others didn't.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. while driving the vehicle, an abnormal noise was heard coming from the engine. there was no warning indicator illuminated. the vehicle was taken to scenic motors (located at 1992 rockford st, mt airy, nc 27030, (336) 789-9591) to be diagnosed, but a failure code could not be found. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified and informed the contact that the warranty was about to expire. no further assistance was provided. the approximate failure mileage was 29,000. the vin was not available.
Throttle body failure on engine at 48,526 miles. when pulling out into traffic on city surface streets, depressed accelerator, truck began to accelerate then suddenly stopped. vehicle would idle forward only. returned fault code of p2112, electronic throttle body failure. replaced throttle body with new ford part and vehicle returned to normal operation. unsafe vehicle conditions due to sudden loss of power in traffic conditions. sudden failure occurred, no other signs or symptoms of problems prior to incident.
While driving normally error/maintenance alarms go off and the truck will drop to a rough idle (total loss of power), is not responsive to throttle input, and multiple alarm messages are displayed. in every case, i have had to pull over, shut the engine down, wait until all systems have powered down, and restart the truck. in the past and the most recent occurrence, sometimes this only occurs once but in a couple of instances it will occur a couple of times in a row before resuming normal operation. this is a very dangerous condition- total loss of power while in traffic on busy roads. ford has diagnosed as an electronic throttle body failure and refused to cover this on warranty (out of warranty 3 mos) and it has taken much research on my part to discover that this is a known issue with ford etb's going back some time with over 60k failure reports over many different vehicles.
Towing a 4000 lb. travel trail from colorado to california , every time after about 3 hours of driving 65-75 miles per hour i get off the highway to fuel or whatever else get to the offramp truck dies ! it will turn over and start sometimes right away then other times you have to turn it over hope it starts rev the motor drop it into drive fast and go !not safe at all coming off at highway speeds having your motor die ! there are many forums on line with a lot of people having the same issue with the 2.7 ecoboost
2016 f-150 truck stalls or turns off when you are slowing down or coming to a stop on any road. it idles rough mostly when you slow down or stop but now the engine has turned off 4 times in the last 2 weeks. it started at 60,000 miles and about to hit 70,000 now.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. while driving 80 mph, the vehicle stalled and all the warning indicators illuminated. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where diagnostic testing found failure codes for the turbo, indicating that the air fuel mixture was rich. the independent mechanic was unaware of how to remedy the failure, but found that the bolt on the exhaust had fractured due to rust from an unknown leak. the bolt was replaced, but the vehicle stalled again. the contact called carlsbad ford (2802 w pierce st, carlsbad, nm 88220, (575) 885-3101) and the contact was awaiting a call back to schedule an appointment. the manufacturer was notified of the failure, but was unable to assist. the failure mileage was approximately 92,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. while driving approximately 25 mph, the vehicle stalled. the contact stated that several unknown warning indicators illuminated prior to the stalling. the contact was able to stop the vehicle, place the vehicle in park, and restart the vehicle; however, the failure recurred three times. the vehicle was towed to duvall chevrolet (464 us-441, clayton, ga 30525, (877) 818-7723) to be diagnosed and repaired. the contact stated that the vehicle was repaired, but he was not provided with the results of the diagnostic test. the manufacturer was not contacted. the approximate failure mileage was 30,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. while driving approximately 70 mph, the vehicle stalled and an unknown warning indicator illuminated. the vehicle was towed to mac haik ford lincoln (888-253-4662, located at 4506 n navarro st, victoria, tx 77904), but the cause of the failure could not be determined or duplicated. the failure recurred. the vehicle was taken back to the same dealer and the back-up camera sensor was replaced, but the failure recurred several times. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was approximately 31,811. *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. while driving 80 mph, the check engine warning indicator illuminated and there were abnormal roaring and knocking sounds coming from the engine. the vehicle was taken to highway ford (18982 johnnie b hall memorial hwy, deridder, la 70634, (337) 462-5497) where it was diagnosed that there was a loose electrical connector in the engine compartment that was not seated correctly. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 56,000. *tt
Vehicle idles rough and stalls after driving for about 30 minutes or so. rpms drop to below 500, vehicle shakes and sputters, and sometimes dies. i have had the vehicle die multiple times before turning at a stop light/sign.
The vehicle hesitates, idles roughly when cold and makes a knocking type noise at idle when hot. the coolant level has gone down substantially despite having it serviced recently. we have experienced large amounts of water dripping from the tail pipe along with the occasional puff of thick smoke. the vehicle misfires and it has been verified by a scan tool (my own and fords). ford's technicians have verified the concern but have told us that without a hard fault, they are not able to look into the problem further. this issue has been brought to their attention several times with no resolution. while it may be related or unrelated, the transmission also jerks when slowing down and has a tendency to lurch forward when going from 3-2-1 gears. this has also been verified by ford and they have made two attempts using tsb 16-0015 to resolve without any improvement.
Almost exactly the same experience as incident numbers 11090030, 11063919, and 11048673. there may be others, but, i didn't go any further. i was driving on a bridge without any safety shoulders and the vehicle suddenly lost all power, "hill start assist not available" indicator came on, "service advance trac" indicator came on, and "see manual" indicator came on with the wrench symbol. after nearly being rear-ended by another car, i was able to coast to an off ramp and pull over. the truck was shaking violently. i shut it off and then restarted it and was able to get back over the bridge but then the same exact scenario happened again on the other side. on the way home, it happened a couple more times but i was able to get it home. i scheduled a service appointment at a ford dealer to take the truck in on monday. the vehicle has about 43,000 miles on it. as i mentioned earlier, i was almost rear-ended by another vehicle when this occurred, so, this is an extremely dangerous malfunction.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. the contact stated that oil was leaking onto the oil pan. the vehicle was taken to mocks ford-lincoln-mazda (913 se 6th street, grants pass, or 97526, 541-476-6656) where it was diagnosed that the oil pan needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired, but the symptoms recurred. the manufacturer was notified and stated that they would document the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 12,000. *tt consumer stated apparently there is a design/manufacturing defect with the oil pan. it leaks constantly and i've seen videos where the oil dumps seizing the engine or putting it in "limp mode". they have tried 2 different repair procedures that don't work. updated 10/17/18*jb
2.7 l ecoboost cooling system failure. at 56000 miles. ford dealership would not provide exact details or specific diagnosis on cooling system failure. ford dealership gave me the only option to replace the entire cooling system.
I had my truck towed to auto fair ford and had to have the fuel pump replaced with $100 extended warranty and the car is a year old. after fixing it they were having issues with it not starting and called ford to trouble shoot the issue. today 3/2/18 they called to say a mouse or rodent chewed through the wiring. i have lived i'm my home since 1999 and many cars in the drive way this has never happened before. my brother said the wiring is soy based. i called liberty mutual insurance and comprehensive has a $500 deductible. they will look at the truck 3/5/18 at auto fair ford in manchester nh. i now have to pay$600 to a vehicle i have owned less then 5 months to auto fair ford. seems odd this is happing on a new vehicle
Truck will idle rough and stall periodically giving a checj engine light and when driving on the highway, in the street or making turns any time that the rpm is close to 500 (idle). makes waiting for turns dangerous as the truck my unexpectedly turn off while moving. 3 dealers have been unable to resolve the issue started at 29,000 miles and have been thrown around until 40,000 miles now. they refuse to acknowledge my complaints and this truck isnt very safe to drive.
Tl* the contact owned a 2016 ford f-150. while the contact was on vacation, the vehicle caught fire in the driveway. the contact's child was at home, saw the vehicle on fire, and called the fire department. the fire department extinguished the fire. a police report was filed. there were no injuries. the cause of the failure was not determined. the contact's insurance company deemed the vehicle totaled. the dealer and manufacturer were not notified. the failure mileage was unknown.
While driving on a busy highway with no warning my f-150 lost power. when this happened the drive power decreased by about 95%, and warnings appeared on the dashboard. these warnings included: service advance trac, hill descent fault, see manual, airbag fault, and the service wrench. the engine idled roughly and the vehicle had to be turned off. we restarted and the same issues occurred so we parked the vehicle.
Vehicle stall out while driving and wont start for a few minutes due do throttle body ford fails to recall..... more people are complaining same thing happens to them on carcomplains.com..... first time it happen i took it to dealer they start they couldn't figure out problem and change throttle body for me. couple week pass same thing starts happening again currently at the dealer.....
While pulling out of my work parking lot onto the main road, my engine lost power and multiple lights lit up on the dashboard. i had to coast into the middle lane and then off into the post office parking lot to avoid traffic.
Was driving straight down a highway. truck warning lights started appearing on the dash hill descent control fault, hill assist fault, service advance trac. turn signals would not work and gas pedal was unresponsive. truck slowed to almost a complete stop and began shaking violently as the engine was about to die.
On three occasions my truck has lost all power, once in a parking lot and twice while cruising at 45 mph .outside temps 65 deg. and roads were smooth. air bag light, wrench icon, service advance trac come on. engine will remain idling regardless of gas pedal position.the engine is running on maybe 4 cyls. after the engine is turned off and restarted it will act normally. this truck is the 3.5 ecoboost with 11,000 miles on it and has been in service for 18 months.
As i was driving about 40 mph, the truck suddenly decelerated to almost a stand still. two messages appeared on the dash board info system. service needed for hill assist and advance trac, or something similar. i had to drive home, half mile, at a walking pace which was as fast as the truck would go. there was no warning. this is a deadly flaw. how could you not have ford f150 in your database?
Truck was in park with the engine running. nobody was in the truck which was on a slight incline. it was standing still in the back yard while i was trying to get the garage door closed. it took off going through a chainlink fence, across a neighbors yard, and came to rest on a bank on the other side of the neighbors yard. the fence and brush caused several heavy scratches to the truck.