While driving the cruise control shut off, all dash lights came on - ABS brakes, traction control, etc. We stopped at the next service center and called tech support. Tech support felt it was a bad sensor which would correct itself after engine shut off for a little while. The motorhome would be safe to get to a repair center. Shutting the engine off did not correct the issue - the lights continued to come on. The repair center "found the wiring harness was loose at L/F rear of engine and was resting on the exhaust manifold flange. Verified severe wiring damage from laying on the flange - lots of wires were burnt up." "The possiblity of causing a severe fire."
Ford F-53 adaptive cruise problems
10 of the 183 owner complaints about the Ford F-53 describe adaptive cruise control problems, most of them for the 2020 model year.
- owner complaints
- 10
- worst model year
- 2020
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20221
- 20212
- 20205
- 20011
- 19971
Often reported together
What owners say
UNKNOWN issue causes safety features Anti-Lock Brake System, Traction Control, and braking feature Hill Start assist to be inoperable. In addition, cruise control system is inoperable.
In ordinary driving conditions when a crosswind is present, the Electronic Stability Control warning light comes on, disabling the vehicle’s traction control, cruise control and hill start assist, and possibly affecting the vehicle’s Anti-Lock Braking system. The warning light goes off after the engine is stopped and restarted. This condition has surfaced multiple times since I took ownership of this vehicle in April 2021. The sudden and unexpected loss of traction control and cruise control in windy or stormy conditions when the road surface may be slick with snow or rain creates a hazard to driver and passenger safety.
The abs light, and the traction control light stays on. When illuminated there is no hill start assist available, no abs braking, no traction control, nor cruise control.
The slightest gust of wind turns off the traction control which disables cruise control and other important features. If this happens, you have to pull off the road, turn the vehicle off and restart to reset all of the features. Ford is well aware of this and has yet to determine a fix.
The ABS and traction control warning light on the dash is in. When this happens the Hill assist is inoperable and the cruise control does not work I think it is a safety issue for these systems not to work. I have had my vehicle at the Ford dealership 2 times and the issue has not been repaired. The dealership said to drive it.
The following warning messages appeared at once and the cruise control was canceled causing Motorhome to slow suddenly on Turnpike. Hill assist inactive ABS inactive Traction control inactive This happened 3 times in a 2 hour drive on 11/15/2021. It has happened before but eventually goes away. It now happens more frequently.
My Motorhome is on a f-53 chassis and i am getting the Advanctrac Warrning that Advance trac is disabled and the cruise control shuts down. The cruise control stopping and no advance trac is a big safety problem
2001 ford motorhome, recall 05s28, received notice of this recall 9/2007, ford is unable or unwilling to provide parts to reactivate cruise control. Latest estimate of parts availability is 6/2008. This is unacceptable.
Tl*the contact owns a 1997 ford f53 chassis. In august of 2007, the contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control: cruise control). He received the second notice in october. He called the dealers in the area and the parts for the recall repair were still unavailable, even though the notice stated that the parts would be available in november/december. The contact has been unable to operate the vehicle due to the severity and instructions of the defect. He has been unable to reach the manufacturer. The ford recall number is 05s28. There had been no failure to date. The current mileage was 38,000. Updated 02-19-08 *bf updated 02/14/08
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Ford F-53 adaptive cruise
Which Ford F-53 years have adaptive cruise control problems problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2020 (5 complaints), 2021 (2 complaints) and 1997 (1 complaints).
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