# 2023 FORD F-150 — POWER TRAIN
> NHTSA complaint `2230640` · 2026-07-30 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** F-150
- **Year:** 2023
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** POWER TRAIN
- **Speed:** 1 mph
## Narrative
I was practicing backing up while turning my new approximately 3,000 lb equipment trailer for safety & maneuvering skill purposes.   There was no payload in my trailer that I was towing.  While slowly maneuvering & turning my equipment trailer in reverse at 1–3 mph, our 2023 Ford F-150 XLT suffered a commanded, abrupt, unexpected sudden acceleration while in reverse, which was not via the gas pedal or my input.  The trailer violently jackknifed, made a loud noise on impact to the truck resulting in damage to the truck bed’s right quarter panel at the rear, and a broken right tail light.  It happened so fast I had to slam on the break hard, since the truck felt like it would keep backing into the jackknife position with powertrain seeming to struggle to overcome the break for a short instant.  I believed at that instant that a mechanical or software or both malfunction caused this since this happened so fast and abruptly.  Also to note, the parking break has often turned on or off automatically both during this incident and prior to, both while the vehicle was moving motionless.  After looking at the damage, it first appeared to me to be less than a $1,000.00 repair bill, since only a small portion of the right rear corner of the fender was dented and the tail light broke.  On Monday and Tuesday however I was surprised to learn after getting estimates that the damage is around $4,000 or more, since the entire quarter panel needs to be replaced - aluminum Quarter panels cannot 
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*