Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||||
| TSB-09-20-5 | 04/01/2010 | 10032625 | Ford: shudder or vibration on acceleration, especially when loaded. some super duty vehicles with single rear wheels (srw) and dual rear wheel (drw) may exhibit an excessive drive away shudder or vibration under moderate to heavy accelera | 04/21/2010 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 10/12/2010 | 28000 | ||
| While driving on a local highway at approximately 60mph, the truck instantly took off, the tachometer went to between 5500 & 6000 rpm, and speed increased tremendously to almost 90mph. i tapped on the accelerator pedal and the brake to try to interrupt what was occuring. i placed the vehicle in neutral, where the rpms dropped to 3000. i turned the truck off in hopes of resetting whatever had just occured. when i started the truck back up, it immediately began doing what it was doing before. i placed the truck into drive and attempted to get out of the roadway. at this time, everything returned to normal. i took the truck to the local dealership (university ford, durham nc). they determined within 40 minutes that it was the floor mat. however, i have tried for more than an hour today to recreate a floor mat accelerator sticking without success. i have also been unable to recreate the maximum rpms that i experienced with my foot in a norlmal driving position. this is the first and only occurence, but i do not agree that it was a floor mat problem or that my issue was taken seriously. the service rep (kenneth) advised that the truck did not provide any computer codes indicating a problem, so there was definitely nothing wrong with the truck other than the floor mat being out of position. | |||
| 08/06/2009 | 7880 | 1 | |
| I have a 2008 f-250 s/d manufactured 02/08 at the kentucky plant. this vehicle was purchased new in april 2009 and now has just under 8000 miles on the odometer. i have twice experienced uncontrolled involuntary acceleration with this vehicle. the common elements of this have been that it occurred after a period of extended driving at about 70 mph, using cruise control, just after an exhaust cleaning cycle, and when i overrode the cruise control to accelerate to pass a vehicle in front of me. when pulling back in to the traffic lane, the vehicle continues to accelerate and can be controlled only by maintaining heavy pressure on the brakes until a safe location can be found to pull off the road and cut off the ignition. a restart in neutral will result in an immediate run-up in rpm which requires a shut down of the ignition. there are no check engine or service engine lights displayed, and according to ford dealerships, no codes registered in the pcm. in both cases i have been able to correct the problem and continue to drive the vehicle (without use of cruise control) by pressing a reset button located on the top of a white sensor located in the air intake duct on the right side of the engine compartment. ford says they are unable to duplicate the problem and consequently cannot make a fix. i am most concerned because this is a significant safety issue. *tr | |||
| 12/08/2007 | 6951 | 3 | 05/25/2007 |
| The truck will go to regeneration mode with your foot on the brake and in drive . causing the truck to just about to take off into traffic. the dealer has try to correct the problem 3 times and it has not worked. *tr | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 02/12/2008 | 10 | 4 | 02/11/2008 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2008 ford f-250 sd. while driving 50 mph, the instrument cluster, traction control system, cruise control, and air conditioning failed. all of the gauges displayed zero. the vehicle would operate, but nothing would display on the instrument panel. the vehicle would also stutter and then the gauges would function properly. the vehicle has been at the dealer for two weeks and they informed the contact that the instrument cluster was faulty and would be replaced under warranty. the current mileage was 1,000 and failure mileage was 10. | |||