1. Ford F-250
  2. Problems
  3. 2012
  4. Power Train

2012 Ford F-250 Power Train Problems

9
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
100–150k mi2
1–30k mi2
30–60k mi2
60–100k mi2

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • February 16, 2020 · 142,000 miles

    Power Train · Unknown Or Other

    Driving down interstate 85 at 65mph passing a vehicle and all the sudden truck starts to violently shake, making it nearly impossible to control until we got below 30 mph. Felt as if tires were going to fall off or we were going to loose control.

    ODI 11309562

  • June 6, 2018 · 90,000 miles

    Power Train

    SHIFTS TO WHILE DRIVING

    ODI 11180327

  • July 10, 2017 · 45,000 miles

    Power Train

    Egt sensors failing and leaving me on the side of the road

    ODI 11005536

  • June 2, 2017 · 134,000 miles

    Power Train

    Egt sensor fault resulted in a "stop safely now" alert, shutdown of power while approaching the neches river bridge in beaumont, tx, a bridge on a 3-lane interstate (i-10). Engine subsequently shutdown while in heavy afternoon work traffic causing high potential for a major accident. Traffic behind and next to me swerved and braked on the 75 mph interstate while the truck lost power as it just made the crest.…

    ODI 10993095

  • April 21, 2017 · 75,500 miles

    Power Train

    Vehicle just hit 75,500 miles and the water pump broke. Upon further research, i found that this is not an uncommon problem with this particular truck. Considering that i bought this vehicle for hauling animals, this puts me in a bind and i am lucky that something didn't go while on the trip to pick up a horse that had to be cancelled for this weekend. Considering that this seems to be a common issue for trucks that…

    ODI 10981277

  • January 3, 2016

    Power Train

    Egt failure causes truck to lose power and shut down on side of road. This has happened on two different trucks of the same model & year.

    ODI 10817468

  • March 29, 2015 · 47,500 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling · Power Train

    Radiator failed at 47,500 miles. Ford refuses to fix. Have read multiple instances of defective radiators failing from new to 100,000 miles. This website lists complaints and average mileage. Http://repairpal.com/coolant-leak-from-radiator-931. *tr

    ODI 10702758

  • March 1, 2013 · 15,000 miles

    Power Train · Seat Belts

    Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-250. The contact stated that the front driver side seat belt malfunctioned and failed to retract when unbuckled. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician adjusted the seat belt clip; however, the failure continued to occur. The contact indicated that while operating the cruise control and descending down a hill, the transmission would rapidly downshift, reducing the…

    ODI 10671832

  • December 26, 2012 · 9,729 miles

    Power Train

    I started the truck one morning to head to church put the truck in (d) drive headed out down the hwy pulled up to a stop sign on the way when traffic cleared i pressed the accelerator and the engine revived up real high but the truck didn't move and about the time i started to let off, the transmission clunked and took off and shifted weird between 1st and 2nd. The truck has responded two other times in the very…

    ODI 10526028