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Problems with 2011 Ford F-150 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

On average, the 2011 Ford F-150 starts to “feel” problems with the ELECTRICAL SYSTEM and its various aspects after 70 283 miles.

Components Affected by ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Issues

We have classified the 160 complaints from 2011 Ford F-150 about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM into the following categories.

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Recently reported ELECTRICAL SYSTEM problems on 2011 Ford F-150

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford f-150. the contact stated that while driving at approximately 30 mph, without warning the vehicle lost electrical functionality and motive power. the contact was able to guide the vehicle off of the roadway safely. the contact was unable to restart the vehicle after several attempts and the vehicle was towed to blue springs ford (3200 nw south outer rd, blue springs, mo 64015, (816) 229-4400) to be diagnosed which was still pending the results. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not contacted not notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 138,000.

Vehicle will down shift randomly and still haven't heard back from ford about a remedy it's an open recall

Transmission shifted in to 2nd at 50 mph..lost control hit a fence pole..blew up my tranny..nobody will help with towing

Back truck door locked and will not open from the inside or outside dash light shows door is open, back glass defrost will not come on, none of the doors will lock or unlock with controls or remote. the truck was sitting in driveway when it started showing door was open. door locked when i pushed the remote lock and will not open back up at all. back defrost stoped working about a week before the doors messed up i pushed the button to turn it on and it never came on.

Rear view windshield shattered and blew up after my rear defrost window stopped working. i was driving my truck when it blew up and i started smelling smoke

Stays in low gear and won't up shift. shut truck off and after a few attempts it shifts. this has happened on several occasions. once it did it while stop at a redlight. went to pull out and it wouldn't shift out of low gear. did it another time when i got it in and from a cold start ,put it in drive and it wouldn't shift out of 1st gear.

2011 ford f150. consumer writes in regards to odometer fraud. *ld *tr

The engine revs and rpm suddenly increase regardless of gear. after the mph and rest of front display goes blank. after pulling over shutting of engine and restarting the truck the system resets. very dangerous at high speeds.

Rear window passenger side shattered. rear defrost would sometimes come on and sometime not. suspect the window overheated and shatteres. many of these incidents reported in us and canada.

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford f-150. the contact stated that the vehicle failed to crank and start intermittently. on several occasions, the contact had to wait a brief moment before the vehicle would restart after several attempts. in addition, when the gear was changed, the gear indicator would not display on the instrument panel. also, the "prndl" illumination failed to illuminate. long mcarthur ford (3450 s 9th st, salina, ks 67401, (785) 823-2237) and the manufacturer indicated that the vehicle was excluded from manufacturer campaign number: 12c123 and nhtsa campaign number: 12v190000 (power train, exterior lighting) due to the mileage. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer provided no assistance. the vin was not available. the approximate failure mileage was 145,000.

Intermittent advance trac error message seems to cause turn signals to malfunction (you have to hold lever in position to keep flashers on to indicate turning/lane change). problem goes as mysteriously as it came- from 5mph to 55mph. turning traction control off has no effect on it. in two weeks this problem lasted for about 10 minutes on one occasion; and from my morning commute (25min) to my evening commute (25min) on another.

On monday january 6th i started my vehicle and let it warm up then when i tried to put my truck into reverse and when i put the shift lever in reverse the electronic transmission prndl display did not indicate the letter r for reverse and the backup lamps did not operate. after that i tried each gear and none of them were working so i put it into park and then back into drive it slammed into gear and then i was able to drive. the day before i got into my vehicle after it warmed up then put it into perverse and it did not go into reverse at all or drive. as a result i took it to midas in my town and they told me that there was a safety recall on my vehicle due to the codes and behavior so they advised me to take it to ford dealership for it to be fixed for free. i did so and i asked about a recall and they reported to me that there is no recall and they want me to pay full charges this is a safety concern that can ...

Molded lead frame and oss replacement. i was not notified of the molded lead frame recall 16n02. i experienced the electrical issue described in the recall in my driveway. my dashboard lit up like a christmas tree and would only drive in first gear. i drove to a mechanic that was closer than the ford dealer and was off of back roads so i could drive in first gear. i paid for the repair. i recently received a recall notice 19s07 which is for programming the oss sensor. i asked to be reimbursed for my repair and i was told no by crescent ford & trucks. they said 19s07 is for programming only. i believe ford should reimburse me for the lead frame, connector, automatic transmission fluid, and the speed sensor.

While driving and under no particular common conditions, the dashboard, instrument gauges, interior lighting, headlights, navigation panel suddenly begin flashing and blacking out. then after a few seconds, come back to normal, but typically with a "traction control service" message on with the trouble light remaining on. this happens about every 10 minutes of driving. once in a while, it lasted longer and clunking noises seemed to come from the drive train. however, a few occurrences were while turning and the power steering was out. i took it to a belle tire nearby and they could not fix the problem, saying the dealer had to update the abs module and gave me a printout of tsb 12-11-18 [attached scan]. they circled diagnostic trouble codes c1278 and c1963 as the ones that popped up in their analysis. i find no recalls of this item, but the steering issue is certainly dangerous.

At approximately 8 in the morning on 12/2/2018 i was at a stop getting ready to make a left turn, i had the window defroster/heat on, as well as the rear window defroster. over the last year the rear window defroster light has illuminated intermittently but the defroster has always worked. as i started to move the vehicle, i heard a loud pop and thought someone had thrown something at my truck, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. when i got to my destination less than 5 minutes and about a mile later, i got out and looked at the roof for any sign of something hitting the roof, when i noticed a steady trail of smoke coming from the rear window area, noticed that the rubber had melted and the passenger side rear window had shattered completely. i believe this is due to an electrical short in the rear window defroster circuit, i have since removed the fuse for the rear window defroster which disables my mirror heaters. i request that nhtsa investigates this further as there have been thousands of cases of this issue and it is a known issue and ford is aware of it. ...