1992 Ford E-150: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Oct 16, 2011 · Acceleration, Brakes · TN

I was traveling home to camden, tn from west frankfort, il with my children on hwy 69. Cruise control was engaged. When entering a lower speed zone, I attempted to slow the vehicle, but after attempting to slow the vehicle, upon releasing the brake, the vehicle would increase in speed again and the engine continued to run high. I knew there was a major problem when I was going uphill and the vehicle was increasing in speed relatively quickly. I pressed hard on the brakes, but the brakes were very hard to press. I knew we were in trouble at this point because I had just replaced all four brakes the week before, so I knew the brakes were fine. I shifted the vehicle into neutral, engaged the emergency brake, and managed to pull the vehicle off to the shoulder in front of a bp gas station in murray, ky. I turned off the car, waited about one minute and started it again, but the vehicle was running high, as though the accelerator was stuck. A friend came to help me and we managed to get the vehicle running again and I traveled home the next day. The same thing happened again on 10/14/2011. I was traveling to work with a co-worker and I put the vehicle into cruise (for the first time since the september incident). Suddenly, upon trying to slow down to make a right hand turn, the vehicle brakes became very hard to press, the engine ran high, and the speed began to increase. I immediately knew that the same thing was happening as before, so I immediately looked for a safe place to pull over (no good shoulders on a windy country road), put the vehicle in neutral, engaged the emergency brake, stopped and turned off the vehicle. When I turned it back on, it was running high still. I turned it off, shook the accelerator pedal vigorously and the vehicle ran like normal. I have not used the cruise control since and have remained without incident.

Filed Jan 15, 2008 · Acceleration · MI · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 1992 ford e150. The contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control) and ford recall number 05s28. She notified the dealer and ford motor company on numerous occasions; however, the parts are still unavailable. The contact was unsure if the deactivation switch had been disconnected. While driving at an unknown speed, the cruise control would not release, causing the contact to crash into a campground. She suffered a stroke due to the crash. Ford motor company has not offered any assistance. The purchase date, powertrain, and failure mileage were unknown. The current mileage was 100,000.

Filed Jan 15, 2008 · Acceleration · MO

Tl*the contact owns a 1992 ford e150. The contact received a recall notice for ford recall number 05s28, which related to the vehicle speed control: cruise control. The parts for the recall repair are unavailable. The speed control has not been disconnected. There had been no failure to date. The recall number was unknown. The current mileage was 141,000.

Filed Oct 23, 2003 · Acceleration · 58,800 miles · MI

Vehicle cruise control stays on when it should shut off.

Filed Jun 13, 1996 · Acceleration · NY

Driving vehicle with cruise control, vehicle went into the open throttle position, cruise control would not disengage to stop vehicle, turned ignition off.