Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||||
| 042001 | 04/01/2005 | 05610 | 10017900 | Speed control inoperative/intermittent operation - vehicles built before 5/17/2004. *tt | 12/07/2005 |
| 05192 | 10/03/2005 | 10017803 | Rough idle-5.4l 3v 4x2 supercab and supercrew. *tt | 11/30/2005 | |
| 04201 | 10/18/2004 | 10010721 | Speed control inoperative/intermittent operation. *tt | 12/07/2004 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 09/24/2008 | 41700 | 1 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford f150. while driving at low speeds, the cruise control light would illuminate on the instrument panel and then the vehicle would accelerate. while driving at high speeds, the cruise control light would also illuminate, but the vehicle would not accelerate. the contact had to depress the brake pedal or push the button to disengage the cruise control; however, the light would sometimes illuminate again. the current mileage was 41,869 and failure mileage was 41,700. updated 12/02/08. *lj the consumer stated the vehicle would immediately accelerate. updated 12/03/08. *jb | |||
| 05/14/2008 | 0 | 1 | |
| I have three ford and hadn't been notice about any recall on my ford f150 2004 and 2007. *tr | |||
| 06/24/2006 | 38500 | 6 | 01/31/2004 |
| 1) unknown events leading to failure, normal driving, events happened when i first turned on vehicle and during backing up .2) the engine raced out of control and lurched until ignition key was removed (it grabs the gas pedal from the driver like cruise control does) if someone or something is in vehicle's path it or they will be crashed into. then the vehicle and 8 cylinder runs like its on 4 cyl and the air conditioner doesn't work. 3) taken to ford dealer coastal ford in mobile al,they rebooted computer but would not replace computer board, they said just bring it back for reboot if it happens again, diagnostic did not reveal reason for racing engine they were not concerned that if the events happened again an accident could not be prevented or the truck being destroyed which means it could not be taken back for reboot or how to prevent this event .i wanted them to replace the supposedly defective computer board (in my opinion that's the problem) old part still in vehicle .no damages yet but since i professionally bass fish, i could be run over,the truck might race into the water,or someone else and their equipment could be run over and if backing into the garage with a boat the house and boat could be damaged or if the boat trailer has to be dealt with the person behind the truck could be run over. 2004 f150 extended cab v8 engine truck is the vehicle. 6 events over the last 4 months (it just came out of some of its warranties, ford dealer said the computer was warranted for 8 more years)*jb | |||
| 10/03/2004 | 5000 | 1 | 07/01/2004 |
| The consumer 2004 ford f150 experienced sudden acceleration which resulted in an accident. *nm the vehicle was taken to the dealer who ran a diagnostic test. the test indicated 4 trouble codes (camshaft position sensor, pcm processor fault, throttle actuator control system which forced shutdown and an internal control module software incompatibility). *nm | |||
| 08/27/2005 | 1 | 09/24/2004 | |
| 2004 ford f150 rear passenger side pulled off the road to the shoulder. *ts the consumer managed to get the truck back on the road, however it immediately went off the road again and the consumer lost control of the vehicle and went across 4 lanes of the street, traveled up an embankment on the opposite side f the street and hit a tree. in addition, the next the consumer's insurance company informed him during the incident he hit another vehicle twice and caused that vehicle to cross all four lanes of the road. *jb | |||
| 10/06/2005 | 1 | 10/27/2004 | |
| Dt: 2004 ford f150. the contact stated while sitting in front of house took the vehicle out of park and the engine was racing. the contact had foot on the brake and the vehicle went through a brick wall towards neighbor's house. he missed the house and ended up in a tree. upon impact, the airbags did not deploy. the contact did not know how fast the vehicle was going, but the vehicle kept accelerating. the police came out and a report was taken. the contact's neighbors heard the vehicle and came outside because they thought someone was outside racing. the dealership said they had not heard of this problem. the truck is with the police at this time, the insurance company is going to acquire the vehicle. the vehicle has not yet been inspected to see why this happened. the contact stated his shoulder and neck were hurting. *ak | |||
| 08/01/2005 | 9824 | 2 | 04/01/2005 |
| Dt: the vehicle accelerated when pressing on the brakes. contacted the dealer, they did some work to it and said it was a diaphragm, and they fixed it. this worked for a while and then it started doing the same thing again. this was august 1, 2005. noticed it made a groaning sound and shook. they replaced the transfer case, and it hasn't made the sound since then. when standing at stop it surged, gave a little jump/pulsated and touched the brakes. it happened intermittently. *ak *jb | |||
| 01/01/2004 | 4 | 12/26/2003 | |
| Ford f150 accelerates when the brakes are applied.*mr the consumer experienced the problem one week after purchasing the vehicle. the vehicle has been to the dealer at least 3-4 times, however they were unable to duplicate the problem. *jb | |||
| 04/14/2005 | 21203 | 1 | |
| I rented a ford f-150 truck on april 14, 2005. while at a stop sign and my foot on the brake the engine suddenly revved out of control. the rpms went from idle speed to 3000 rpms. all while my foot was on the brake. the truck started to lurch forward until i pressed on the brake as hard as i could. i quickly put the truck back into park, then put it back into drive and the problem stopped. *ak | |||
| 03/22/2005 | 4200 | 4 | 08/17/2004 |
| Consumer's vehicle experienced three instances of spontaneous acceleration. one time it happened while consumer was backing the vehicle out of the garage. consumer turned the key off.*ak vehicle had a 4th acceleration episode while the vehicle was parked. the consumer saw the acceleration on the tachometer. *bf *nm | |||
| 10/03/2004 | 5000 | 1 | 07/01/2004 |
| The consumer's 2004 ford f150 experienced sudden acceleration which resulted in an accident. *nm the vehicle was taken to the dealer who ran a diagnostic test. the test indicated 4 trouble codes (camshaft position sensor, pcm processor fault, throttle actuator control system which forced shutdown and an internal control module software incompatibility). *nm | |||
| 12/14/2004 | 7000 | 1 | |
| While reversing the rpms raced at a high rate. this caused the vehicle to hit a tree and go into a ditch. consumer sustained minor injuries. dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. *ak | |||
| 09/29/2004 | 4800 | 1 | 12/16/2003 |
| After shifting to reverse, the vehicle accelerated at a high rate hitting a house. the consumer had the vehicle towed. *jb the consumer stated that there four sets of skid marks on the pavement. two skid marks from the rear wheels spinning and two from the front wheels as a result of them dragging from the applied brakes. the consumer request information be documented on the internet due to no computer. the consumer stated that his wife was forced backwards at a high rate of speed hitting a brick wall, jumping the wall and into the neighbors house. the consumer stated that the wheels where still spinning after the accident and dug a hole about 8 inches deep into the flower bed. *tc | |||
| 09/28/2004 | 10400 | 3 | |
| A light appeared on the dashboard and remained on. while applying the accelerator pedal vehicle would not move. consumer pulled over before the vehicle stopped. consumer turned off the vehicle for a few minutes then restarted it. took vehicle for inspection, and mechanic determined that the throttle housing sensor needed to be replaced. *ak the consumer stated that the vehicle runs then stops after traveling at any speed. *tc | |||
| 06/14/2004 | 9357 | 2 | 03/13/2004 |
| 2004 ford f150 xlt 4wd supercab(brakes constantly squealing)conditions were normal even braking.i never had to slam on the brakes. 've brought my vehicle back to ford dealership three times over a period of 4 months.corrective actions are scuffing the brake pads and deglazing the rotors.it's fine for a month and the squealing is back as well as a deposit of brake dust on the wheel.i've also had two incidents concerning the electronic accelrator(ford calls this drive by wire as it is digitally controlled acceleration)the trouble light displayed in dash panel twice over a period of 4 months.the last incident caused the vehicle engine to violently sputter and misfire causing loss of power .the vehicle was checked with diagnostic equipment and i was told that nothing appeared wrong with the accelerator module.the brakes i can live with but the electronic accelerator is paramount for the vehicle to function.no accelerator(digital) no go.loss of power,control and you might cause an accident causing injury to you and others. *ak | |||
| 07/04/2004 | 1 | ||
| While driving 30 mph and without warning the vehicle accelerated on it's own. the driver applied the brakes and was able to maintain control of the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. the mechanic was unable to duplicate the problem. please provide further details. *jb | |||
| 07/07/2004 | 2 | 11/20/2003 | |
| While parking a 2004 ford f-150 pickup truck i experienced an unintended acceleration incident. this occurred as i was engaging the brakes of the vehicle. as i applied pressure to the brake pedal, the engine revved up and the vehicle lurched forward. to stop the vehicle from accelerating i took my foot off the brake and let the vehicle stop on its own. i later told the owner (my uncle) about the event, and he immediately told me that he had a similar occurrence while backing up the vehicle. he told me what was happening was my foot was touching both the brake and accelerator pedals at the same time. i examined the distance between the brake and accelerator pedals and sure enough my foot would bridge the gap between the two, engaging both at the same time. the following day i had the same situation occur again, but this time i was able to get the vehicle to stop by moving my foot leftward on the brake pedal. a personal note about my experience with ford full size pickups, i have been driving various models since the mid 1970's and have never had an unintentional acceleration occur. this particular model comes equipped with adjustable pedals that may play apart in the problem. but i think the size of the accelerator pedal may be the major contributing factor in causing this problem. i feel this is an ergonomics problem that will need to be addressed before someone gets killed or maimed. i have know doubt people would have been seriously harmed had they been within four feet of the front of the vehicle when this unintentional acceleration occurred. *la | |||
| 05/10/2004 | 1 | ||
| Intermittently, the vehicle began to rapidly accelerate, the consumer had to turn off the ignition switch to stop the vehicle. the dealership kept the vehicle for 15 days, however they were unable to duplicate the problem. *jb | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 05/01/2004 | 3 | 04/24/2004 | |
| Dt: last year owner's vehicle began having acceleration problems. the first time owner drove the vehicle at 35 mph and when he took foot off of accelerator and put in on the brakes vehicle surged forward like it wanted to go 70 mph. then a week later, his wife was backing out of the driveway and left skid marks because the vehicle accelerated and she tried to stop it. the owner took vehicle to dealer last year. the first time mechanic called ford, and they could not advise what was causing the problem. on april 14, 2005 dealer replaced the throttle body, but this did not help. yesterday the service manager spoke with an engineer from ford, stating that consumers accidentally pushed the gas pedal and the brake pedal at the same time. in the last four years owner has purchased four new fords, and none h had this problem. sometimes the problem happened once a month. sometimes it happened several times in a week. there was no warning when it happened. owner was not aware of any results from diagnostic tests done by dealership. owner was driving vehicle in an unsafe condition. *ak | |||
| 05/01/2004 | 1 | 04/24/2004 | |
| Dt: last year owner began having problems. the first time while driving at 35 mph owner took foot off accelerator and put it on the brake, and the vehicle surged forward like it wanted to go 70 mph. then , a week ago, owner's wife was backing out of the driveway and she left skid marks because the vehicle accelerated and she tried to stop. owner took vehicle to dealer last year. the first time the salesman called ford, and they couldn't advise what was causing problem. on april 14, 2005 dealership replaced the throttle body, but this didn't help. then yesterday the service manager called ford, and talked to engineer, and engineer claimed that people were accidentally pushing brake pedal and accelerator pedal at the same time. in the last four years, owner purchased four new fords, and none had the accelerator problem. this problem happened sometimes less than once a month, then, it might happen several times in one week. there was no warning when this happened. owner was not aware of results of diagnostics on the vehicle. owner was driving the vehicle in an unsafe condition. owner didn't have dealer's address information.*ak | |||
| 01/20/2004 | 2000 | 12 | 12/26/2003 |
| About one week after i purchsed my truck i was stopping at stop sign, and my truck suddenly acclerated. this happens ocassoanally. it can happen once or twice a week or it can go a couple months without a incident. i had it to the dealer (zimmerman ford in cedar rapids iowa) they reprogramed it and that did not fix the problem. i have told them many times that it was still occuring and they said if they could not duplicate the problem while they had it they could not do anything about it. i have been having thie problem for 18 mounths now. i came very close to having a accident 3 times and will not drive the truck anymore. it is not safe to drive. i called ford motor company and they refered me back to the dealer, which has gotten me nowhere. i see where there have been 8 or more complaints on your websight with the same problem. my ford dealer said they have a thing called oasis for dealers to report thease problems to ford and there was not any complaints with this problem. | |||
| 02/02/2005 | 2 | ||
| Driver experienced vibration coming from the accelerator pedal while driving over 25 mph. this caused numbness to the driver's foot. driver took vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that there was a problem, but no solution at this time. *ak | |||
| 11/26/2004 | 1 | 06/03/2004 | |
| Consumer was pulling inside of the garage and vehicle suddenly accelerated. consumer applied the brakes and pedal went to the floor. then, vehicle crashed into the garage door. upon impact, both frontal air bag did not deploy. no injuries were reported. vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic could not determine the cause of the collision. *ak.....the brakes did not stop vehicle, nd the air bags did not deploy. there were two children, 5 and 7 years in the back seat who could have been seriously hurt. if the vehicle had moved 3 inches to the right consumer would have gone through the garage door, where consumer's husband was working and could have been run over and seriously hurt. this happened again on christmas eve when the vehicle was parked on a city street in midway, ky. it was in park when consumer turned on the ignition and the accelerator went wide open. consumer put foot on the brakes and after a few seconds the accelerator went down to normal. *ak | |||
| 10/20/2004 | 3 | ||
| While applying the accelerator pedal vehicle hesitated to accelerate. after applying the accelerator pedal numerous times vehicle accelerated. vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection, but mechanic was unable to duplicate the problem. *ak | |||
| 10/26/2004 | 8258 | 1 | 07/22/2004 |
| Traveling approximately 10-15 mph slowing to stop at light. started to apply brakes and engine revved up. engine was fighting the brakes. pressed both feet on brakes and still truck did not stop. pressure in the brakes, so there was fluid in the cylinder. had to swerve around one vehicle and had to put the vehicle in park to get it to stop. i came within inches of hitting another vehicle. once i got the vehicle stopped it worked just fine, so i drove it to the dealer. the same thing had happened previously, but the dealership looked at it and said nothing was wrong. this time when i took it in, described the problem and told them it had been in once before, they took me a little more seriously. this is the second time this has happened in 3 months. the truck only has approximately 8,000 miles on it. the dealer has had my truck for two days and can not get it to replicate the problem. they have contacted ford and said they would let me know what they find out. *ak | |||
| 09/14/2004 | 595 | 2 | 08/02/2004 |
| 2004 f 150 ford pickup truck. have applied brakes to stop and foot also hits accelerator at same time. problem has never occurred with previous ford or chrysler products.*ak | |||
| 04/28/2004 | 338 | 1 | 04/16/2004 |
| While coming thruough the exit of an automatic car wash vehicle began to rapidly accelerate. consumer had to put the vehicle in park to get it to stop. consumer had to shut off the motor. )ak *ts | |||
| 480 | 1 | 09/13/2003 | |
| Consumer noticed the had adjustable pedal moved up, which caused the consumer to depress the fuel pedal while stopping. this resulted in the vehicle running into a post. *ak the rear tires spun and smoked and smoke entered the cabin of the vehicle.*ts *jb | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 09/28/2005 | 21000 | 1 | 05/25/2004 |
| On 9/28/05 our 2004 f150 ford pick up caught fire as the operator was driving at approximately 10 m.p.h on a dirt road. the fire appeared to start in a location in the engine compartment. the vehicle was totally destroyed by the fire. *jb | |||
| 06/01/2005 | 35000 | 05/30/2004 | |
| The control buttons on the steering wheel do not perform intended function, or fail entirely. occasionally when the dash lights are lit, the buttons do not light. they may or may not come on later in the drive. the volume + button makes the cd track or radio station skip to the next one, the volume - button makes the volume increase. the mem button does nothing. the cruise control started slipping, as if it forgot that it was on. and the truck accellerates, or slows. when the cruise was on yesterday, the resume button didn't work, and the set button caused the truck to accellerate. frequently, the cruise control simply will not turn on and set at all. | |||
| 11/01/2004 | 1 | ||
| Consumer stated vehicle burned while being parked. recall for cruise control fire was the same thing that caused the fire. *ak | |||
| 11/06/2004 | 4000 | 1 | |
| Vehicle was going about 30 mph when all of a sudden the engine caught on fire. owner was informed that there was grass in the engine by the manufacturer, but it seemed to be a similar problem to short with the vehicle speed control:cruice control. *ak | |||
| 02/12/2005 | 9000 | 1 | |
| The vehicle was on the road at 10 mph when all of a sudden the driver noticed black smoke coming out of the engine, blocking his view from the road. the owner got out of the vehicle , and witnessed it burning up. the manufacturer was contacted by consumer. *ak *sc | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - LINKAGES | |||
| 04/04/2004 | 1800 | 1 | 02/27/2004 |
| Stopped at a red traffic light with vehicle in front of me, the light turned green. i pressed the accelerator but nothing happened. i instinctively pressed farther on the accelerator, and then the engine revved too high which caused me to have to slam on the brakes before hitting the car in front of me. the throttle delay in drive by wire system is too pronounced and could lead to an accident, either in the manner that happened to me, or if i were to pull out into traffic thinking i had enough time but really didn't because of the throttle delay. the delay is usually around one second from the time i hit the gas to the time the engine rpm changes. i took the vehicle to the dealer, and they re-flashed the pcm to the latest version they had, but it did not seem to make any difference in throttle response. there is currently no tsb for this symptom. | |||