Regarding reliability, the latest Consumer Reports survey results placed the Powerboost as the least reliable vehicle for 2022.
https://www.f150gen14.com/forum/threads/ford-f-150-hybrid-consumer-reports-least-reliable-vehicle-of-2022.13784/
And I thought I was going to save some grief by waiting for a 2022 so Ford could work out the problems. Unfortunately thats not case as I have a long list of problems, beyond the wind noise.
I have wind noise / buffeting from the drivers mirror. If i retract the mirror while in motion the noise goes away and the noise returns immediately when the mirrors are extended.
The passenger side is quiet, and in fact when riding as a passenger I can hear the noise coming from the drivers...
Besides yours and the other fire posted, the NHTSA site has the following fire reported.
October 20, 2022 NHTSA ID NUMBER: 11490183
Components: ENGINE
NHTSA ID Number: 11490183
Incident Date September 18, 2022
Consumer Location GARLAND, TX
Vehicle Identification Number 1FTFW1RG4NF****...
I think the new Sierra has a better interior than the F-150 now too. That wasn't true when I ordered my 22 KR.
Ford has quickly burned though my goodwill and after 6 Ford trucks, I will be looking elsewhere next time.
Least reliable vehicle on the market according to Consumer Reports, great.
I can't say I'm surprised based on my 6 months of ownership, but I'm still disappointed.
Hopefully this is a wakeup call to Ford to get their act together.
My '22 also disconnects.
I also have a problem where CarPlay won't connect on start up. I try to manually connect, but no luck. It takes a restart of the vehicle before CarPlay will connect again. Annoying.
I‘d agree the PB powertrain lacks refinement, especially from a stand still. The 1-3 shift is not smooth.
The other issue for me with the PB is the brake feel at slow speeds. When trying to slowly creep into the garage the brakes have a delay when releasing and it’s difficult to modulate...
My power running boards ('22 KR) are VERY loud too. I checked out the power running boards on a 2022 Lincoln Navigator and they were perfectly quiet. I guess you need to spend $100K+ to get decent sounding running boards?
My 2022 F-150 is by far the lowest quality vehicle I've owned, including multiple F-150s.
I specifically waited for a '22 so I would miss the 'first year issues', but that didn't seem to help.
The Mach E forum has many posts about the hands free portion of Blue Cruise randomly not working for days at a time, then hands free will start working again. Sounds very similar to the problem I've experienced.
No one on that board seems to have found a reason why this happens or how to...
Does anyone have a theory on why the hands free portion of Blue Cruise stop working, then after a week of driving on the same roads start working again? I didn't receive any updates, that I was notified of at least.