From a stand still when pulling into traffic accelerator cable disengaged from the engine. Consumer pressed the gas pedal and engine was running, but there was no response. Vehicle was taken to the dealer, but dealer would not repair it because they could not duplicate the problem.
2002 Ford F-250 SD acceleration complaints
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After having several instances of the failure of the accelerator pedal of my 2002 ford f250 crew cab diesel pickup truck, I asked the local ford dealer (jones-west ford of reno, nevada) to investigate the problems. The diagnosis was that on the diesel f250, there is an electric gas-pedal vs. One that is directly connected via control linkage; on my ford f250 the electric gas-pedal was experiencing an intermittent failure. However, because the dealer??s service manager could not replicate the problem (or admit that he did), the dealer refused to cover the part under warranty; a $ 100 part for a $ 45,000, 6-month old vehicle. Further, because the truck would not generate a computer code showing the exact failure mode, the ford dealership was incapable of diagnosing the problem, as their technicians are only computer-readers, yet they were aware that the problem existed by the disclosure that they had serviced 5 previous f-250 trucks with the exact problem with the electric accelerator-pedal within the last few months. The truck owner paid the $ 162.89 to the jones-west ford dealership to have the newer version of the gas pedal installed after the jones-west service manager (bud) refused to honor the ford warranty for the 11,700 mile-old vehicle. Apparently a lack of integrity still affects the ford motor company not long after the ford explorer/firestone tire problem, which LED to 100 deaths. Ts
On december 19, 2002 at 3:30 pm, with the engine warmed up and the transmission indicating normal temperature, after having driven for 1 hour-problem free, I was coming to a stop sign in my ford f-250 diesel crew cab truck at the intersection of plumas and moana lane, in reno, nevada. As I tried to slow down, it became very clear that the engine was still engaged to the transmission because as I slowed, the diesel engine began to lug down and jolt the truck violently. The engine was accelerating, but my foot was off the accelerator and on the brake. To stop this dangerous situation, I slipped the transmission indicator into n for neutral and that stopped the acceleration thereby preventing a front-end collision and after a few moments the engine stopped racing. After a minute of idling, the truck was placed back in d for drive, and the truck drove normally. I took the ford f-250 truck to jones-west ford of reno, nevada to have the problem looked at. They diagnosed the problem as the electric gas pedal, but because they could not replicate the problem, the service manager, a bud, refused to have the electric gas-pedal replaced under warranty. I later learned from my service advisor at ford that this was done despite having received like consumer complaints from ford f-250 series truck owners concerning the electric gas-pedals. Ts
On december 13, 2002, at 5:00 pm, in a snowstorm in reno, nevada, ford f-250 diesel crew cab was stopped at a red light; temperature was 35 degrees, truck was idling normally; the engine was warmed up and the transmission indicated normal temperature. Upon receiving a green light, I attempted to accelerate but the diesel engine would not respond to commands from the accelerator-pedal. After repeated, pumping the accelerator I was able to get some acceleration from the engine to clear the intersection; 20 seconds later, the accelerator responded normally. I took it to the ford dealer but because the intermittent failure could not be duplicated, the ford dealership would not replace the electric gas-pedal despite having changed 5 in the last few months in similar f250 trucks. Mileage of truck 11,700 miles. Total time since purchased 7 months.
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