2004 Ford F-350: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Apr 24, 2019 · Acceleration, Engine · 200,000 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-350. While driving various speeds, the vehicle suddenly shut off. Also, while idling, the engine rpms remained very high and the vehicle would attempt to surge forward. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who replaced the icp sensor and injector control sensor, but the failures continued. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 200,000.

Filed Mar 26, 2017 · Acceleration · 49,000 miles · OR · crash

We have had four separate incidents involving unintended acceleration with our 2004 ford f350. When applying the brakes, the vehicle suddenly accelerates. It has happened twice going down our driveway, once when driving in city traffic, and once when we were parking at a rest stop. The vehicle was driving at low speeds in all of these instances. In the most recent incident, the vehicle suddenly accelerated, jumped the curb and struck a trash can at a rest stop. Thankfully no one was in front of our vehicle as they could have been killed. The vehicle also rear ended another vehicle in another incident. This has happened three times when my husband was driving and once when I was driving. After the most recent incident we googled this and found there are numerous class action lawsuits against ford for this issue, and that our year vehicle (2004) has one of the highest incident rates.

Filed Jul 22, 2014 · Electrical · 18,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-350. The contact stated that while at a stop, the vehicle surged forward. The contact also stated excessive force was applied to the brake pedal when making a stop. In addition, the vehicle stalled on multiple occasions. The vehicle was able to restart. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who diagnosed that an oil change and the icp sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 05v270000 (electrical system). The approximate failure mileage was 18,000. Updated 9/12/14*cn updated 1/27/15

Filed Jan 26, 2012 · Electrical, Engine · 89,000 miles · UT

My 2004 ford f-350 6.0 diesel. Hesitate or surges while driving, and/or the engine may stall while driving at all speeds including highway speed, will lose power steering and brakes and when at a stop it will lunge forward. The engine may or may not restart after stall. I feel that this is a great safety concern I have almost lost control of my vehicle on a few occasions while towing my boat and going around corners. I have heard of other people having the same problems with their 2004 6.0 diesels. Please help!

Filed Mar 3, 2007 · Acceleration, Engine · 82,000 miles · VA

The pickup truck keeps running very rough and lurching forward while in drive. The truck has almost completely died on me several times. Even when you have your foot on the brake it will lunge forward and has almost caused me to hit the car in front of me. I have taken it to the dealer 5 or 6 time over the past several months. They have done a upgrade on the computer and replaced several valves/parts. Every time this mystery problem keeps coming back. It seems to surface at it's worst when the temperature outside gets warmer, above 50 degrees. Ford has basically been no help and seems to be stumped over the problem. I have spent at least $500 on a warranty item that has not been fixed. After reading other complaints, it seems as if I'm not the only one with this problem. This problem needs to be solved before it gets worse and causes accidents.

Filed May 13, 2005 · Acceleration · 6,000 miles · MO

The consumer complained about sudden acceleration. While driving 35 MPH the vehicle lunged forward with an increase in speed. The vehicle has been back to the dealers on 4 separate occasions. However, the problem recurred. *ak the vehicle accelerates and lunges forward several times then dies. This is an intermittent problem. When the cruise control is set, the same thing occurs but only backwards when in reverse. The vehicle has been to the dealer six times and returned to the consumer un-fixed each time. *sc

Filed Mar 2, 2005 · Acceleration · 3,500 miles · IN · crash

The consumer experienced sudden acceleration while the vehicle was in reverse causing the vehicle to crash into another vehicle. *jb

Filed Jun 28, 2004 · Acceleration · 16,000 miles · FL

When applying brakes from any speed vehicle surged forward. When consumer attempted to stop vehicle coasted into the middle of the intersection. No impact reported.