# 2020 FORD F-150 — POWER TRAIN
> NHTSA complaint `1902394` · 2023-06-15 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** F-150
- **Year:** 2020
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** POWER TRAIN
- **Speed:** 45 mph
## Narrative
My 2020 Ford F-150 with the 10R80 transmission has been involved in transmission failures on multiple occasions.  The last 2 incidents nearly resulted in car accidents.  I had complete power failure while moving through an intersection and was narrowly avoided by another vehicle that thankfully was able to steer clear of my decelerating truck.  I would have been hit on the driver side at around 45 mph.  my vehicle rolled to a stop after hitting the curb on the other side of the road.  I then sat with the truck off for 5 minutes, then turned it back on, got power back, and drove straight to the dealership.  Lights flickered on the screen indicators saying "Pre Collision off, wrench light on, and complete loss of the gear screen."  Ford had the truck for 2 weeks and replaced the transmission wiring harness saying there was a loose connection.  The day after I picked the truck up I was accelerating from a stopped position at a light.  Around 7th gear and around 45 mph the entire truck suddenly downshifted into 1st gear with a loud bang causing me to launch forward.  It almost felt like my  truck hit something as I went from 45 mph to about 20 mph in one second.  The vehicle behind me honked his horn, slammed on his brakes, and swerved around me into the other lane - another accident narrowly avoided.  I pulled over shut the truck down, turned it back on and drove some 10 miles never going over 40 mph.  The wrench light was on.  The drive modes were unavailable.  The gear shift s
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