P0720 on Ford vehicles
123 owner complaints filed with NHTSA about Ford vehicles mention P0720 (Output Shaft Speed Sensor Circuit) - across 4 models. Below is where it shows up, by model and year.
Can you drive with it? Same as P0715 - short careful trips only.
Symptoms, likely causes in order and realistic repair costs are on the main P0720 page - they do not differ much by brand. This page shows what is specific to Ford: which models and years actually report it.
Ford models reporting P0720
The number next to each year is how many NHTSA complaints for that car mention P0720. Owners rarely quote trouble codes when complaining, so real occurrence is many times higher - use these numbers to compare years, not as totals.
What Ford owners report
“"Ford Recall 19S07 was previously completed on my vehicle via a software patch, but the physical output speed sensor has now completely failed, throwing code P0720. The corporate software remedy failed to protect the mechanical hardware "”2013 Ford F-150 · Jul 2026
“Internal Speed Sensor Failure for 2013 Ford F150 6R80 transmission. Vehicle stopped in traffic would not move forward in drive. Could be expansion of recent recall of this transmission from Ford with similar issues. Vehicle shows code for Output Speed Sensor circuit P0720”2013 Ford F-150 · May 2026
“Transmission upshifts randomly when driving into 1st or 2nd gear. A Wrench icon comes on the dash indicating there is an issue that made it go into " limp mode". When using a diagnostic tool it throws a P0720 code for the output shaft speed sensor. Was checking to see if there has been any recall on these models too for the same issue?”2013 Ford F-150 · Apr 2026
“Truck unexpectedly downshifts into first gear and refuses to leave first. Wrench icon appears, speedometer and odometer stop working, truck enters "limp mode". OEM reading DTCs P0720, P0722.”2013 Ford F-150 · Apr 2026
Counts are NHTSA owner complaints whose text mentions P0720 - owner-reported and unverified. Always confirm with a diagnosis of your specific vehicle.