On april 2, 2000 while traveling on the parks hwy. This vehicle accelerated & continued to accelerate out of the driver's control. The brakes were applied heavily for three quarters of a mile or more in order to slow the vehicle & find a place to pull to the side and attempt to turn the vehicle off. Once this was achieved, the vehicle restarted normally. Nye ford service dept. Was contacted & a pcv kit was installed by that dealership on april 19, 2000. On august 13, 2002 this vehicle again accelerated & continued to accelerate out of the driver's control. The same procedure was used to stop t he vehicle. The vehicle started normally on the fourth attempt. During the first 3 attempts to restart the vehicle, the engine was revving out of control.
1998 Ford F-150 acceleration complaints
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Either while using cruise control or shut off cruise control is engaged, and used to pass another vehicle, vehicle will accelerate and continue to accelerate erratically. Driver must turn vehicle off in gear on straightway to gain control. Sometimes when this condition persists engine revs very high. Please describe details.
The uneven idle is dangerous. I've had it repaired twice. I have been at a full stop with my foot on the brake and had the car idle up so suddenly and violently that the car jumps forward 2 feet before I can stop it. I have almost hit pedestrians crossing in front of the vehicle on several occaisions. I have to put the truck in park at stoplights or apply very heavy pressure to the brake to prevent this from happening. I've called ford, taken it to three different dealers for repair, and the mechanic's all acknowledge they've seen the problem before on this truck but the central customer care people claim to have no record.
Unable to disengage cruise control which causes an increase in speed.
Gas pedal jammed under floor mat, hit front porch of house,could not stop vehicle with both feet feet on brake pedal. Same thing happened many times on the freeway, but could always pull floor mat back with my feet, this time happened in my driveway, and my grandson was standing in front of the porch. Thank god he took off running, I panicked or I would have put the vehicle in neutral. I feel that is a design defect, there should be a hook to hold the mat in place, apparently ford thinks so too, the new trucks have the hooks. My truck has a little plastic screw that is supposed to burrow into the carpet, it does not work.
While driving 60 MPH rpms suddenly went way up and accelerator pedal did not respond anymore. Consumer was able to coast to side of road. Had vehicle towed to dealer, who stated transmission went out. This is a rebuilt transmission installed by ford at 19000 miles when original transmission went out.
Sudden acceleration from 5 MPH to over 40 MPH while slowing for stopped traffic resulting in an accident and $4,000 damage to the truck and an unknown amount to the car I struck after the sudden acceleration.
Gas pedal trapped under floormat during acceleration. Almost casued mulitple car accident. Third incident.
Accelerator pedal sticks intermittently. Consumer has to kick pedal to get it to release. Not taken to dealer yet.
While driving on road consumer stepped on gas and pedal got stuck. Consumer could not press on brake to slow vehicle down. So consumer put vehicle in nuetral, and finally stopped vehicle. Contacted dealer, and dealer replaced throttle body.
Vehicle was stopped and consumer had foot on brake, while moving the shift lever to park accelerator went to the floor going backward crashing throught the garage door and inner wall of home.
On a number of occasions throttle sticks after acceleration. Accelerator pedal feels like it pulls away from drivers foot, accelerating more on it's own. Ford has been contacted. *ak
Recall 98v007000/throttle icing: speed control will not disengage when applying brakes, and intermittent problem with brake pedal going to floor. *ak 2 goodyear wrangler ap tire's tread is completely gone, size p255/70r16, dot pdcuf8wr038. Consumer states engine has a ping sound when first started in cold weather, dealership is aware of the problem.
While passing another vehicle the accelerator stuck causing sudden acceleration, consumer had to put vehicle into neutral and turn off the engine to reduce speed. Nlm
Vehicle accelerates while brakes depressed. Have had to turn off ignition.
I have noticed a couple of times that due to the relative positions of the brake pedal and accelerator pedal (both in lateral distance and in height) that if you do not get your left foot entirely over onto the brake pedal while stopping or holding stopped at an intersection that you can also catch the accelerator pedal while trying to brake. This results in the truck trying to move forward and the operator trying to depress the brake pedal further with the result being to depress the acclerator pedal further as well. This can occur without realizing that your foot is partially on the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal (once the brake pedal is depressed far enough) I have caught this occurring several times and it can be quite disconcerting when the truck starts moving forward even though you are deprssing the brake pedal harder and harder. I believe the problem to be a design related one that is built into the design of the controls. While it has not resulted in an incident with my truck yet it certainly could especially if a person panics and doesn't realize what is happening. I believe this failure could explain some the complaints recieved about the trucks accelerating when the brake pedal is depressed.
Whenever applying brakes intermittently it caused vehicle to surge forward. Pedal would get hard, and vehicle would continue on before stopping. Vehicle has been in/out of dealer shop on six occasions, dealer informed consumer that nothing could be found. Feel free to provide further details.
Intermittently vehicle suddenly/unexpectedly accelerates when brakes are applied. Dealer has been notified.
While driving in a parking lot and applying the brakes, pedal went the floor, the vehicle accelerated out of control, causing a collision. Please give any further details.
Cruise control was engaged. Went to release it by tapping brakes & pushing button., cruise control remained engaged. Vehicle was not slowing down. Hit off button & vehicle increased in speed. Hit brakes hard & noticed smoke coming from wheels. Turned vehicle off & restarted. Engine would race & cc still be engaged. Shut vehicle down again & heard a pop. Restarted vehicle & tried to reengage cc & failed to engage. Taken vehicle to dealer & mechanic could not locate problem.
Braking system malfunctioned due to a defective brake rotor which cause extended stopping distance. Also had a recall for the throttle and the james hodge ford (1800-675-5447) claimed they did the recall repairs, and gave driver an invoice. Banother ford dealer stated the previous deale r did not fix the part that was on recall which may have caused a crash. Please provide further information.
While driving vehicles experiences sudden surges/jerking motions, which has nearly caused vehicle to hit other vehicles, several repairs (transmission, spark plugs and computer unit), however vehicle continues to surge. Mjs
Due to defective throttle linkage and pcv valve, vehicle suddenly accelerated which may have caused a crash. Please provide further information.
Accelerator pedal does not disengage when turning off cruise control. Dealer is aware of problem. The problem has not been corrected.
Accelerator pedal stuck to floor and would not release while entering freeway @ 40mph. Put both feet on brake pedal @ 70mph before pedal released and was able to regain control. Cruise control was not engaged at time of incident.
The consumer had the vehicle in reverse and the vehicle accelerated on its own forward. Consumer had his foot on the brakes, and the vehicle kept on accelerating.
When coming to stop and applying brakes, the vehicle revved up to/ over 3000 RPM, then lunged foward unexpectedly, causing a rear end accident.
When the vehicle was put into reverse it suddenly accelerated backwards,causing a collision. Cause unknown, consumer had to put vehicle in park and cut the vehicle off inorder to regain control. Please give any further details.
Had just taken foot off accelerator pedal when it suddenly accelerated up to 80mph. Had stood on brakes to slow vehicle, but engine had revved up as high as it could go. Moved vehicle to side of road & slammed into neutral to stop. Shifted into park, turned vehicle off. Later restarted vehicle & it started racing. *ak
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