1999 Ford F-150: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Feb 8, 2013 · Acceleration, Engine · 300,000 miles · NC · fire

Car had been parked since 6:00 pm thursday evening. Discovered smoking at 6:45 am friday morning. Fire started in engine driver's side. Car was total loss. Fortunately a neighbor moved the car away from the house before it erupted in flames. Research on line indicates that there are numerous fire incidents because of faulty scd (cruise control) switch. Car being driven by son of original owner. No awareness of recall.

Filed Jan 29, 2012 · Acceleration · 93,000 miles · OR

While using the cruise control a few times....when I tap it once to disengage, my vehicle speeds up! Then I have to hold the button down & gently tap on the brakes to disengage the cruise control. It's not really a big deal because I'm expecting this to happen, but there could be that one time where I might not be able to disengage the cruise control!

Filed Oct 26, 2010 · Acceleration, Body · 81,000 miles · PA

1-severe corrosion of fuel tank straps. The rear strap is completely rusted through, resulting in the tank being held up by the front strap. The skid plate is keeping the tank from falling down. Luckily I noticed this while checking the air pressure in my tires. I will be getting new straps this week to do the repair myself. I will keep the old straps. 2- brake pressure switch on master cylinder leaks. This causes the cruise control to be inoperative. Brake fluid leaks out onto the wiring. This vehicle has had the repair for the recall on the wiring harness. I believe that the leaking brake pressure switch also creates a fire hazard as it could potentially cause a short in the wiring. I will also obtain and replace this part.

Filed Oct 14, 2009 · Acceleration, Brakes · 62,000 miles · PA

Fords recall of f150's for defective leaking cruise control cut-out switches does not totally fix the problem by them just adding an inline fuse for the fire problem. The pressure sensitive switch is screwed into the bottom of the brake master cylinder and even if the fuse blows disabling the cruise control by removing the 12 volts going to it the brake fluid can still leak out or be forced out by brake foot pedal pressure (which is very high) thru the defective switch seal onto the super heated exhaust system causing it to catch fire, and/or enough brake fluid to leak out causing air to be sucked into the master cylinder causing brake failure, and/or enough brake fluid to leak out causing brake failure. This is a "typical" ford kludge repair to save money at people's lives expense. Paying lawsuits appears to be more cost effective in fords eyes. They have pulled this crap for at least the 30+ years I can remember going back to the exploding ford pinto's. My current 1999 ford f150 is the last ford I'll ever buy, period !!!

Filed Mar 25, 2008 · Acceleration · 66,000 miles · TX · fire · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford f-150. While driving 60 MPH with the cruise control activated, the contact depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle continued to move. The vehicle began to roll and landed in a ditch. He noticed flames coming from the hood and he exited the vehicle before it became engulfed in flames. The contact was injured. The fire and police departments arrived at the scene and filed a report. The VIN and engine size were unknown. The current mileage was 67,000 and failure mileage was 66,000.

Filed Feb 10, 2008 · Acceleration · 77,000 miles · SC · fire

Cruise control stopped working. Cruise light on panel would light up and turn immediately off and cruise control would not come on. Noticed smokey smell once or twice, but never really bad. Went out to lunch and left truck it was fine came back later to the smell of smoke. Drove 4 miles to dept. Store smell got stronger. Thought it would be ok with truck shut off, came back out to leave and smoke smell was greater than ever. Open hood and touched around master cylinder and defective switch smoke began again but alot worse. Unplugged switch from master cylinder and smoke stopped.

Filed Jan 8, 2008 · Acceleration · KY

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford f-150. The contact received a recall notice for the vehicle speed control: cruise control switch and immediately scheduled an appointment to have the vehicle repaired. The dealer informed her that the parts would be available in december of 2007. The cruise control switch was disconnected at that time. She called back in december and the dealer stated that the parts would be unavailable until march of 2008. There had been no failure to date. The recall number was unknown. The current mileage was 81,000.

Filed Sep 25, 2007 · Acceleration · NV · fire

1999 ford f-150 caught on fire due to a cruise control switch. Customer states that the vehicle caught fire due to this defect. She stated that it cost her an additional 10,000 dollars due to it catching fire in the driveway in front of her house.

Filed Mar 6, 2007 · Acceleration · 80,000 miles · WA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 ford f150. The vehicle was parked for a couple of hours in the driveway and it caught on fire. The vehicle was totally destroyed. The vehicle was towed to the ford dealer, who the dealer stated that due to the damage they were unable to diagnose whether recall 06e056000 concerning fuel system, gasoline was the cause. The contact stated that the incident with this vehicle happened on july 30, 2005, and the recall notice was received in september 2005. The current and failure mileage was 80,000. *ak this is not a fuel system recall, but a cruise control recall. The dealer sent digital pictures to ford and they rejected the customer's claim. Updated 4/9

Filed Aug 4, 2006 · Acceleration · CO

Dt*: the contact stated that while driving with the cruise control, a burning odor filtered through the vehicle. The cruise control was switch off which caused the electrical components to malfunction. The vehicle was repaired by an independent mechanic but the problem persisted. A recall was letter was received #05v388000 pertaining to the cruise control deactivation switch. The vehicle was taken to dealer where the harness was replaced and the contact was directed to call the manufacturer about the prior problems that may be related to the recall. The manufacture was called and determined that they would not repair damages caused by the recall component.

Filed Jul 15, 2006 · Electrical, Visibility · 5,000 miles · WA

I have had my f150 for 7 years and have had very few problems. Bad fuel injector and the recall for the cruise control. I have been having trouble with my wipers coming on by themselves. I called my local ford dealer (columbia ford, longview,wa) and they said they had not seen this problem before. I did a little research on the web and found your tsb 00-9-6 which describes this problem to a tee. I called the dealer back and was advised I would have to absorb the entire cost for the repair? Since they have known about this problem since 2000 and did not recall for this bad switch (see your tsb) "install revised multi-function switch" do I have any recourse in this matter. Like the cruise control switch recalled last year is there a chance of fire? It can be disconcerting to be driving along in 90 degree weather and have your wipers turn on by themselves. I have found many complaints about this at a number of car site it's being called "ghost wipers" the above listed tsb was issued in 2000 but owners were not notified. I believe this is a safety issue that should have been recalled when found. This may have been going on for the past 6 years, the wipers turn on once and you think maybe you hit the switch on the steering wheel by accident.

Filed May 14, 2006 · Acceleration · 170,000 miles · FL · fire

F150 cruise control recall...my f150 1999 caught on fire 5/12/06 in my driveway and was completely destroyed due to faulty cruise control device.