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Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st & 2nd Rows
Body Cab Type: Extra/Super/ Quad/Double/King/Extended
Body Class: Pickup
Brake System Type: Hydraulic
Displacement CC: 3500.0
Displacement CI: 213.58310433156
Displacement L: 3.5
Drive Type: 4x2
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 365
Engine KW: 272.1805
Engine Manufacturer: Ford
Fuel Injection Type: Stoichiometric gasoline direct injection (SGDI)
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 2G: 8,001 - 9,000 lb (3,629 - 4,082 kg)
Make: FORD
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY, USA
Manufacturer Id: 976
Model: F-150
Model Year: 2012
Plant City: Kansas City; Claycomo
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Missouri
Seat Belts All: Manual
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE NOISE
2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE ACCELERATING ON AN ON-RAMP TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON I-90, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE VIBRATED VERY HARD, THE ENGINE THEN LOST POWER, CAUSING ELECTRIC TO SHUT DOWN, AND UNCONTROLLED DECELERATION TO OCCUR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH. ONCE I RELEASED THE PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL, AND PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC, THE POWER RETURNED AND THE ENGINE RESPONDED AGAIN. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE PROBLEM AND WAS REPLACED. NOTIFIED FORD REGIONAL SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT CONCERNS THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, HE RESPONDED THAT THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY, AND NOTHING ELSE COULD BE DONE DESPITE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT DUE TO THE ENGINE FAILURE. ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, AND APPARENTLY THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS NOT UPDATED AS REQUIRED. AFTER THE UPDATE, IT WORKED FINE. IN DECEMBER 2012, SIMILAR SYMPTOMS OCCURRED AND THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED IT WAS THE COIL IN ENGINE 4 AS THE PROBLEM. *TR