Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 02/13/2013 | 34000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford f-150. the contact stated that while reversing, the engine rpms increased excessively and the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was unable to be replicated. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 34,000 and current mileage was 38,500. | |||
| 02/13/2013 | 34000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2006 ford f-150. the contact stated that while reversing, the engine rpms increased excessively and the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was unable to be replicated. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 34,000 and current mileage was 38,500. kmj | |||
| 02/13/2013 | 34000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2006 ford f-150. the contact stated that while reversing, the engine rpms increased excessively and the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was unable to be replicated. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 34,000 and current mileage was 38,500. dr | |||
| 11/26/2012 | 93255 | 1 | |
| I am 6'5 and wear size 16 shoes. with my size and the distance to the pedal my legs go a little to the side and my shoe is at an angle to the petals lets say 30 degrees. i wearing typical work boot (like in ford commercials) which the laces have pegs the shoe laces go around. these pegs are the same as all work boots (red wings - $300 boot). what happened is because the brake pedal has a thick rubber pad that stretches around the metal brake pedal and leaves a ridge in the back of the pedal all the way around (so the rubber fitting goes over it like a shower cap). also the truck is an automatic and the break pedal is very large. while backing up giving just a little gas my boot shoe lace peg got trapped behind the brake pedal and was holding my foot on the gas pedal depressing it down. because the rubber ridge runs all the way around my pedal (as designed) i could not move my foot to the side of the brake pedal to release the gas. because of the thickness of my foot when i pressed the break with my other foot, it moves the gas pedal down at the same rate as my foot is trapped, so the more you press the brake the more you give gas at a ratio that does not let me stop the vehicle. (note i use only one foot for the gas and brake normally but with my right foot trapped i had no other choice but to use my left foot to brake and try to get it the truck out of gear . i could not do anything in time and hit a stationary building. if someone was behind me, they would have been killed. the only other way i could have gotten my foot loose is to depress the gas pedal which is not an option in a lot of situations because it would make the speed of the impending impact faster and harder. this is a design flaw that traps work boots and at certain times and causes loose control. *tr | |||
| 05/18/2012 | 26032 | ||
| Transmission shift cable outer sheath was melted on exhaust system. cable had unknowingly come loose of a retaining clip and was then allowed to contact hot exhaust manifold. melted the outer plastic of shift cable causing the shift selector to become inoperable. shift selector could be placed in park but transmission would not be in park; if i had not realized there was a problem i could have believed the transmission was in park when it was not and the truck could have rolled freely. truck is a well maintained 2006 ford f150 crew cab 4x4 with the column shifter. | |||
| 03/04/2010 | 52200 | 1 | |
| While braking the motor surged causing me to have to swerve to avoid hitting another car. even with my foot on the brake the truck did not fully respond. *tr | |||
| 02/01/2010 | 64000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford f150 pickup truck. he stated that upon attempting to start the vehicle , he smelled a burning odor. upon further investigation, he noticed all of the wires and the floorboard surrounding the emergency and brake pedal had caught fire overnight while sitting in his driveway. he also noticed soot all over the seats, windows and door panels of the vehicle. the police called and a report was filed. the police officer stated that there were no signs of forced entry and the damage was caused by an internal failure within the truck. no repairs have been made to date. the failure and current mileages were 64,000. | |||
| 12/31/2009 | 58000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford f-150. the contact stated that while pulling into a parking lot the vehicle shut off. the contact was able to restart the vehicle and drive home. a couple of days later while driving at 45 mph the vehicle shut off again with traffic behind the vehicle. this could have caused a crash due to the vehicle shutting off without warning. the contact drove the vehicle to a dealer and he replaced the throttle body. since the repair, the contact has been able to drive the vehicle. the failure mileage was 58,000. | |||
| 01/30/2009 | 46400 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford f-150. while driving 55 mph, the vehicle decelerated and the speed would not increase when the accelerator pedal was depressed. the failure occurred without warning. the contact was able to safely maneuver the vehicle to the shoulder of the road. the vehicle was taken to the dealer, but they could not determine the cause of the failure. the manufacturer stated that there was no current recall on the vehicle and advised him to have it inspected by the dealer. the failure and current mileages were 46,400. | |||
| 02/02/2008 | 11000 | 5 | 10/28/2006 |
| The truck was purchased oct, 2006. june, 2007 upon approaching an intersection i moved my foot from the accelerator to the brake. the engine did not decelerate for approx. 2 sec. july, 2007 while driving 60 mph i moved my foot from the accelerator to the brake to slow for a left turn. the truck would not decelerate for approximately 3 sec. the truck revved to approx. 5000 rpms. as i took the ditch, the acceleration stopped. nov, 2007 i started my truck in the driveway. as soon as i shifted into drive the truck revved to approx. 5000 rpms. i stood on the brake as as the back right tire squealed, leaving black tread marks in my drive. i shifted into neutral. the acceleration did not stop. i turned the truck off. when i restarted the truck it idled normally. i took the truck to the dealership. they replaced the throttle body, claiming that should resolve the issue. dec, 2007 while in busy traffic in the rain and driving through a busy intersection, i removed my foot from the accelerator to brake. the truck revved to approx. 6000 rpms, nearly rear ending the car in front of me. i shifted into neutral and the acceleration stopped. i went back to the dealer. the service manager drove it for a week and found nothing. it was returned to us with a black box installed called a flight recorder. we were instructed to press the button on the device at the next occurrence to capture data to prove the problem. the fifth incident occurred again in my driveway feb 2, 2008. as i shifted into drive the truck revved to approx. 6000 rpms. i stood on the brake as the back right tire squealed, leaving tread marks on the drive. i pressed the button on the flight recorder and shifted to neutral. the acceleration stopped and i took it back to the dealer. after a weeks time and inspection by a company engineer, we were advised the captured information had been lost and that the engineer believed i was accidentally standing on the accelerator in lieu of the brake. *tr | |||
| 10/20/2006 | 15000 | 4 | 12/16/2005 |
| Tl* - the contact stated that while the 2006 ford f-150was in park hadto depress the brake pedal to switch the transmission to a drive gear. once he had the vehicle in gear without foot on the acceleration pedal the vehicle will accelerate unexpectedly. the contact stated that the vehicle will accelerate for a few seconds and then release itself. it accelerated when vehicle was in drive or reverse gear. one time when the contact was on the highway in cruise control at 70 mph on an exit ramp, when he pressed the brake pedal to release the cruise control and suddenly the vehicle accelerated for about 3 seconds. contact took the vehicle to the dealership on 11/01/06 and they put a box that contact stated worked like a black box on the plane to diagnose vehicle failure. the contact had the box on for 6 weeks and the dealership wasn't able to diagnose the failure. *ak updated 1/30/2007 - *nm | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 11/01/2006 | 3938 | 5 | 06/06/2006 |
| I was involved in an accident which was caused by hitting the brake pedal and the accelerator at the same time. i thought i was hitting the brake when and hit the gas at the same time causing my vehicle to rear end collide with the vehicle in front of me. since i have been driving the vehicle this has happened several times, the gas pedal is too close in height to the brake pedal. *nm | |||
| 07/13/2006 | 4 | 05/05/2006 | |
| Dt*: the contact stated that when applying the brakes the accelerator systematically depressed as well. on the first occasion while traveling 55 mph and the vehicle almost crashed into a train. there have been other incidents where the vehicle could have hit pedestrians and caused other major accidents. these incidences occurred under normal driving conditions. the vehicle was test driven by the dealer however they could not determine the cause of the problem. however the dealer indicated that the problem may be related to the recall pertaining to the speed control switch disconnecting. 08/02/06 contact stated on several occasions, due to the location of the break pedal and the accelerator pedal, contact has mashed both pedals at the same time while trying to stop. *tt | |||
| 05/17/2006 | 100 | 1 | 05/01/2006 |
| Dt*: the contact stated pulled up to a stop street stepped on brake pedal and accelerator pedal at same time and almost broadsided another vehicle. backing out of contact's driveway the same thing happened and almost hit another vehicle. the contact felt it was a safety hazard and should be corrected. updated 05/30/2006. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 12/20/2006 | 210000 | 1 | 11/19/2003 |
| Tl* - on december 20, 2006, the contact received a call from the police department stating his 1995 ford f150 and the car port were on fire at his residence. the vehicle caught fire under the hood. the contact stated that the vehicle had been parked for two months. a witness stated that the vehicle sounded as if it were trying to start on its own. the witness looked into the vehicle and confirmed that no one was in it and called 911. there were no injuries. the vehicle was destroyed. there were no recent repairs to the vehicle. the vehicle had approximately 210,000 miles on it. the fire department stated the cause of the fire to be a faulty speed control deactivation switch. the contact has pictures, a fire department report and the vehicle stored. *nm updated 03/19/07. *jb | |||