Sever shuddering when shifting, especially from 1st to 2nd gear; pre-shifting at low rpm's and slipping gears; stalling and near-stalling when attempting to accelerate or when on an incline; back seats come unlocked and fly forward when you brake hard- contrarily the front seats fly back when accelerating . ford demands payment for estimate/diagnostic even though they are well aware of the problems with this line of vehicle. extended warranty was offered, at a significant charge- should be free!!!. these problems have been ongoing since i initially purchased the vehicle.
Driver's seat track to seat attachment point becomes loose after 6k miles, causing seat to move during lateral loads. dealer replaced seat track and issue replicated in 6k miles. dealer fix was to use worm clamps to repair. they state that they went to an internet forum for a fix. after complaints, dealer replaced with another new seat track. state manufacturer has no tsb or design change yet
Drivers seat will slide side to side during turns. only slides about .5" but slides none the less. slides left to ride. after multiple trips to the dealer finally getting a new seat frame installed. they were very hesitant, but then found out its on back-order. but this could lead to injury during an accident. as it may have you off center of the airbag if deployed. after doing some research found, out this problem isnt fixed with new seat track it will reappear after several more thousand miles of driving. started to notice around 7000 miles, and has gotton progressively worse.