Vehicle was parked, lurched forward into store.
1998 Ford F-150 acceleration complaints
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When driving under 20 MPH, vehicle accelerated by itself and it almost caused an accident.
Accelerator pedal is too sensitive. Dealer contacted and repair work done, problem still exists. Accident occurred, resulting in a defect.
The throttle control began to stick during cold weather, causing sudden acceleration and loss of control. The dealer has been contacted.
Engine throttle froze open and truck speeds out of control.
When applying the accelerator, the pedal stuck and caused the driver to run into a fence. Dealer could find no cause for failure.
Accelerator pedal has a knob that wears into the floor mat, causing the pedal to sometimes stick to the floor. Dealer has replaced floor mat and problem still exists.
I was driving on an interchange ramp at approximately 50 MPH. It was two lanes and a semi started to move over into my lane. I pressed on the accelerator to kick it into overdrive to get past the truck. All of a sudden, the accelerator went all the way to the floor and stuck there. The engine started revving at a high RPM.. I put the truck into neutral and kept coasting as there was no place to pull off. The engine was revving at 5000 RPM. After about 15 seconds, the accelerator returned to normal and the engine RPM's returned to normal. The way it happened was just as if the "resume" button on the cruise control had been pressed to resume speed after you slow down....the accelerator depresses on its own and the truck gets back up to the set speed. However...the cruise control was off since I disticntly remember turning if off prior to getting into indianapolis. I referenced your site and found action number ea98018 to look very similar to this.
While driving down the highway at 55mph the vehicle had a sudden burst of acceleration that took the vehicle up to a 100mph, almost causing consumer to crash. Dealer has been contacted.
Arm rest contains drink receptacle, when leaning on the back of the arm rest to reach into back seat the arm rest flips up, due to design flaw.
Vehicle suddenly accelerates. Vehicle has been at dealership four times . Dealer has replaced the accelerator cable. Also replaced twice cruise control.
Had started vehicle & shifted into drive when vehicle suddenly accelerated. Had taken vehicle to dealer & mechanic replaced the accelerator cable. Took out cruise control, but did not replace it.
Sudden acceleration experienced.
Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration, causing a collision.
The accelerator pedal got stuck on theforward edge of the floor mat, causing the engine to stay at high RPM. Driver put car in neutral and pulled to the side of the road to avoid crash. The dealer has been notified.
Consumer experienced high acceleration while driving. Throttle cable got hooked on something, causing gas pedal to stay open, causing outer control speed. Dealer notifed.
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