2010 Ford F-150 acceleration problems

Filed Jun 22, 2025 · Acceleration · AL · crash · 1 injury

When put into drive, vehicle unexpectedly accelerated. Could not control or stop the vehicle. The vehicle is no longer available for inspection. The inability to stop the vehicle put myself and other drivers and pedestrians at extreme risk. I am not aware if the vehicle was inspected for cause after the incident. No warnings or symptoms presented themselves at the time of the incident.

Filed May 12, 2025 · Acceleration, Transmission · 117,000 miles · WV · crash

The contact owns a 2010 Ford F-150. The contact stated that after exiting a store and entering the vehicle, the contact secured the seat belt, depressed the brake pedal, and shifted into reverse(R), and the vehicle unintendedly accelerated across the parking lot. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal was not depressed during the failure. The contact stated that the vehicle came to a stop after crashing into a guard rail, stopping the vehicle from driving into a pond. The air bags did not deploy. There was no injury sustained, and medical attention was not needed. There was no Police report filed. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure and a case was filed. The approximate failure mileage was 117,000.

Filed Jun 26, 2024 · Acceleration, Transmission · OH

On April 25th, 2024 on Interstate 75 in Findlay, OH my truck had the back end lock up briefly and started to hop and fish tail. The engine RPM's went way up and the Service Light came on in the truck and the ignition was shut off (automatically and not by the key) truck had electrical power but engine was no longer running and the truck coasted to a stop on the side of the highway. I had the truck towed back to my house and I went to check for codes with my snap-on computer and no codes were present. I started the truck up and no issues were noticed. I took the vehicle to a local repair shop for further investigation. The rear differential was drained as was the transmission oil. Also the brakes were inspected. The mechanic didn't find anything that could explain the issue. He saw a rear brake pad that wasn't moving as freely as it should but explained that didn't sound like that's what the issue was. Nothing abnormal was noticed in the differential fluid or transmission fluid either. I know that Fords are having issues with the transmission shifting into first gear on its own and am wondering if that is the true issue. That is the only thing that explains what happened that day. The truck is currently running ok. I talked to the Ford dealership today and they said that they would have to confirm that that is what is happening, but it sounds highly likely that that is what happened and since the truck is currently not covered under the current recall the bill would be around $3400. I am filing this so that they and you are aware that it is possible that it is happening to the 2010 model years as well.

Filed Jan 11, 2023 · Acceleration, Engine · IN

When you start it up it would run good then battery light and a wrench would show up on dash then the throttle would drop down to a maximum speed would be 20 miles an hour.Battery would be dead when you would try and start it.Took it to a mechanic he could not do a diagnostic check because computer had been erased.I have been stranded multiple times.Going down busy highway unable to go faster than twenty miles an hour.Had to be jumped twice in a few hours still only able to go twenty miles an hour,then battery died while going twenty miles and hour.Engine light along with battery light and wrench symb

Filed Apr 29, 2021 · Acceleration · 123,000 miles · AZ

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford f-150. The contact stated while driving 75 MPH, the vehicle independently accelerated and failed to stop while depressing the brake pedal. The contact stated that there was no warning light illuminated. The contact shifted the vehicle into neutral however, the vehicle continued to accelerate. The contact applied the brakes and the vehicle started slowing down. The contact pulled over and parked on the side of the road. The vehicle was restarted and driven to her residence. The contact called vogler motor company inc (1170 e main st, carbondale, il 62901, (618) 457-8135) and watermark ford of marion (1910 w coolidge ave, marion, il 62959, (618) 993-2161) and made the dealers aware of the failure. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 123,000.

Filed Oct 25, 2019 · Acceleration · 105 miles · IL

Drive shaft problem plus after running a few hours no runs

Filed Sep 12, 2019 · Acceleration, Transmission · 78,000 miles · WI

Takata recall: my 2010 ford raptor with the 6.2l motor has been having a wrench light come on and I have had two quotes stating the neutral position sensor or transmission range sensor is bad. I've noticed that many recalls have been made on the ford f-150 models starting in 2011-2014. With my vehicle being produced mid year of 2010. I feel my vehicle is part of that recall. But doesn't show in any systems. My vehicle will stay stuck in a certain gear or not start at all. I can be driving down the high way and the vehicle will shift down to first gear when the vehicle is still in drive while going 60mph. It makes the vehicle reach redline on rpms and hard to stop the vehicle.

Filed May 15, 2019 · Acceleration, Electrical · 71,000 miles · OR

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford f-150. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle lost acceleration and the wrench warning indicator illuminated. The contact pumped the accelerator pedal and the vehicle regained acceleration. The contact also stated that the loss of throttle power occurred four times in one day. The contact drove the vehicle to peoria ford (9130 w bell rd, peoria, az 85382) where it was diagnosed that fuse 70 burned and melted the fuse box. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 71,000.

Filed Oct 3, 2018 · Acceleration · 178,000 miles · TX · fire

While on my regular commute to work as I drove onto the highway frontage road I slowly began to accelerate when suddenly my truck started accelerating on its own. So much so that I was no longer controlling its speed. Realizing this I had to apply both feet simultaneously on the brakes in order to slow the vehicle enough to put it in neutral then finally I was able put it in park. Unbelievably the engine was still running at high rpms even though it was in park. It wasn't until after I turned the engine off that the RPM's stopped. Immediately after this I saw smoke coming from both of the front wheel wells. As I got out of the truck I realized that both sets of brakes were on fire. This caused irreparable damage to the braking system as the components had become extremely overheated. The instance of the engine running high rpms also occurred the night before. However this time my wife was driving. We were in a parked position after fueling up the truck and were getting ready to leave the gas station. My wife just applied the brakes and put the truck back in park then the RPM's calmed down. We just kind of dismissed it until less than 12 hours later the above mentioned incident occurred. Coincidence I think not.

Filed Feb 2, 2018 · Acceleration, Brakes · 160,000 miles · KY

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford f-150. While driving at 72 MPH, the vehicle accelerated rapidly on its own without warning. The brake pedal was applied, but the brakes failed to respond. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road. The vehicle was turned off and restarted, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was towed to f g evans ford (270 us-431, livermore, ky 42352, (270) 684-6268), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 160,000.