2000 Ford F-250 SD: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Feb 20, 2017 · 300,000 miles · TX · fire

Vehicle caught fire while we were away at a meeting. Vehicle was started, moved out of the way of another car and then shut off and locked. Also burned down family weekend cabin. After research, found open recall that can cause this exact issue. Ford recall for texas instruments speed/cruise control deactivation switch. The incident took place in colmesneil, tx on 2/18/2017 between 1:50 pm and 3:00 pm. Fire completely destroyed the cabin and the truck. Well pump house was destroyed, as well as an aluminum boat that was parked close by. Very rural area. Volunteer fire dept responded. No investigation of any kind at this point.

Filed Jul 8, 2011 · Acceleration, Airbags · 172,000 miles · IL

Wiring in the steering column has been coming apart and pieces falling out of the column. The cruise control, airbag and horn are all not working as a result of this failure. It is a flat (ribbon wire) wire that appears to run from the steering wheel through the center of the column.

Filed Sep 1, 2009 · Acceleration · LA · fire

1. Failure of cruise control it would stop working then stop 2. Just when tried to use it would either work or not then it caught fire in the drive way 3. Nothing yet we think the truck is totaled out.

Filed Aug 18, 2008 · Acceleration · 205,426 miles · TX · fire

Cruise control ceased working. Since this did not appear to be a serious issue, other than significant discomfort on long trips, and the truck continued to operate acceptably except for the cruise control, I continued driving. Approximately three weeks later smoke was detected when truck was started. Upon further inspection (still in my driveway, truck still running), flames were seen under the hood at the wiring beside the master cylinder. The fire soon stopped, and the wiring was cool. Truck was still seemed to operate properly, including brakes, so I proceeded with my plans and drove the truck. The next morning after the initial fire incident, a significant amount of smoke came out from under the hood of the truck when started, causing brief but well voiced discomfort from my daughter. The smoke came from the same wiring. The following morning, the second day after the initial fire incident, I took the truck to an auto repair shop (monday morning). The owner told me there was a recall for the speed control switch and I should take it to ford. Ford told me there was no recall for this switch for my truck because it is a diesel. The recall 06v286000 matches the conditions and description in that the cruise control switch could overheat, result in smoke, or burn in an underhood fire. After returning to the auto repair shop, the switch was replaced and a fused wiring harness was installed, purchased from ford. The ford dealership I had contacted, the one where the part was subsequently purchased from, had 1,200 of them in stock, according to the phone conversation I overheard.

Filed Aug 6, 2006 · Acceleration · 226,000 miles · OK · fire

I own a 2000 ford f-250 diesel it has not been recalled but it caught on fire at the cruise control cancel switch like the others, ford needs to recall diesels also. I have the receipt from a local repair shop & also have the burnt switch.

Filed Jul 13, 2006 · Acceleration · 56,000 miles · FL

Dt*: the contact stated that the brake fluid leaked into the speed control module, causing the cruise control to fail. The vehicle was taken to a service dealer, where the problem was determined to be caused by the same issue that caused the federal safety agency recall #05v388000, relating to the vehicle speed control. The VIN was not included in the recall. Updated 8/16/2006 - the vehicle was repaired on 7/14/2006.

Filed Aug 18, 2005 · Acceleration · 209,000 miles · FL

My 2000 f-250 super duty had the faulty cruise control deactivation burn up. The f150 has the recall but not the 250, even though its the same faulty part on both vehicles. There was a lot of smoke, but no visible flames. I was able the unplug the device before any major damage happened.

Filed Jul 8, 2005 · Acceleration, Engine · 66,581 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

Dt: while braking the vehicle lurches forward and then it shuts down, which causes limited steering and braking abilities. The consumer has taken the vehicle to the dealer approximately three times, and was told that they couldn't do anything about it unless the problem occurred for them. On may 30, 2005 the consumer was driving the vehicle and had to brake because of the traffic in front of him, when this occurred, the vehicle lurched forward and the engine just cut out, like it was never started. This caused the consumer's vehicle to rear end the vehicle in front of him. The vehicle was taken to a body shop and it was repaired. The consumer spoke to ford and was told that there was nothing they could do. *ak *jb *nm per consumer, none of the above is accurate. The consumer wrote: while braking, the RPM revved up, the vehicle lurched forward, then the RPM dropped and the engine had shut down. The check engine light illuminated. It would take several attempts to start the vehicle . This would occur intermittently. Each time the consumer had taken the vehicle in for repairs, the dealer would be unable to find the problem. Other problems: the cruise control was inoperative and the vehicle would die when the brakes were applied at times. Ford recalled the same make model years 2003-2005. The consumer felt that the recall started with his vehicle's year make and model. *sc

Filed Mar 2, 2005 · Acceleration · 128,000 miles · TX · fire

Parked vehicle about and 25 minutes later smoke was coming from under the hood of the vehicle. Opened the hood to find the cruise control servo was smoking. Disconnected the wires to the servo and it stopped. Haad the burned part for inspection. During the trip before the fire the cruise control light on the dashboard was coming on and off and was not used. *ak the consumer stated that the cancel switch was leaking.

Filed Jan 28, 2005 · Electrical · NJ · fire

Consumer complained about the electrical system. At first, vehicle lost cruise control. Then it lost the brake lights. When taken to be serviced, it was determined that the failure was due to a blown out wiring harness connected to the cruise control.

Filed Jun 1, 2004 · Acceleration, Airbags · 68,000 miles · CO

April 2004. Faulty cable in steeing column. This cable causes a failure which disables the driver side air bag it also disables the horn and cruise control. After going to several discussion forums this is a common problem affecting 100's perhaps 100 of ford super duty f250, f350 vehicle. Per the chat pages ford was able to get around this issue by stating the faulty cabling effects the cruise control only. This is a misconseption. Also based on these chat pages this problem effects most f250,350 from 1999 - 2003. The average failure timeline is 45000 - 70000 milies. Mine occured at 68000.

Filed Feb 28, 2004 · Tires · GA · crash

I was on the interstate with cruise control set at 70mph when tread seperated from tire. The vehicle was sent across three lanes of traffice into the median and almost into oncoming traffic. It took all my strength to keep the vehicle from ending up in the oncoming traffic. It took out the all dashboard controls and did extensive damage to the front drivers side quarter panel and bumper. Luckily, no one was injured but it could have ended up a lot worse.