Truck died making a right turn....

[Bigsack]

Brand new, 500 miles. Making a right turn this morning (slowed down then made the turn, not from a dead stop) the truck died for a couple seconds. At first I thought the tranny got confused and was stuck in a dead zone in-between gears, but I remember the truck getting quiet, AC fan stopped blowing and the gas pedal had no input. Then after a couple seconds things returned normal.

Is this a known problem, or an old problem that was supposed to be addressed? Any others out there experience the same? Gotta say, a little nervous now pulling out, merging or crossing traffic and the truck dies.

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[pablo94sc]

Was your auto stop/start on?

 

[Bigsack]

Was your auto stop/start on?

No, it was off. It's one of the first things I do when taking off. I thought about that also and looked and it was off.

 

[Wallowa Ranger]

Was it early enough in the morning that your headlights were on? I'm wondering if the cornering lamps caused some sort of electric short that stalled your engine.

 

[rugedraw]

Not the same vehicle, but this has happened to me in my F150 and a few F150 owners have mentioned this happen in that forum. I have no idea what causes it; no codes were reported the few times it has happened to me when I pulled them. I think it has to do something with traction control overstepping it's boundries and bogging down the power to eliminate wheelspin. It is the only thing that makes sense to me. I make a right turn and get on the gas because there is a vehicle coming, and the truck stalls tf out and I end up cutting the poor bastard off.

 

[Bigsack]

Was it early enough in the morning that your headlights were on? I'm wondering if the cornering lamps caused some sort of electric short that stalled your engine.

Yes, I had the headlights on.

 

[Bigsack]

I make a right turn and get on the gas because there is a vehicle coming, and the truck stalls tf out and I end up cutting the poor bastard off

Basically exactly what happened to me, except nobody was cutoff. I sweep the right turn, give it throttle and .....nothing for 2-3 seconds.

 

[RANGER PRIDE]

I've had the pleasure many times of hitting the Limit switch on the steering wheel while turning which gives you the sudden death feel.

 

[OxygenMask]

I've had the pleasure many times of hitting the Limit switch on the steering wheel while turning which gives you the sudden death feel.

Yes, possibly this.
Happened to me a couple times.
But, the ac didn't quit etc.
OP - Did the dash display do anything wierd? Reboot maybe?

 

[Bigsack]

Yes, possibly this.
Happened to me a couple times.
But, the ac didn't quit etc.
OP - Did the dash display do anything wierd? Reboot maybe?

Nope, saw nothing on the dash.

Limit switch on the steering wheel?? What is this?

 

[OxygenMask]

Not sure all models have it, but there's a button on the left side of the wheel, it sets a speed limit, like a rev limiter. You hit the button at say 30 mph and then it tries to stop you from exceeding 30. Feels like the engine died....

You can power through it but it's quite unsettling.

 

[Awirez]

Dealer won't find anything, but best to see if there were any codes. I'd suggest reporting to NHTSA. It's going to take someone getting hurt before Ford does anything. I've had the throttle input go dead for a couple seconds in a slow speed turn as well. Others have reported similar experiences.

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