Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 12/22/2011 | |||
| The first incident occured on 12/15/2011 as i was travelling from savannah, ga. to atlanta, ga. i was getting off my exit to the i675 and slowed down by hitting the brake and the vehicle started to speed up. i was not using the speed control at all as i missed my exit and shut the vehicle off in order to stop. on 12/22/2011 i was coming home to detroit, mi. and had an accident in ga. i was travelling at 35 mph, it was raining heavily and as i proceeded to slow down around a curve i immediately lost control of vehicle as the truck fishtailed into oncoming traffic and i turned my wheel to avoid a collision with 2 vehicles in that lane and ended up in a culvert.i sustained minor injuries but luckily there were no other injuries or deaths as this vehicle was the only one involved. at that time i did not put 2 and 2 together as i thought the road was slippery and i couldn't avoid what had happened. on 12/24/2011, i visited my family in rochester, mi. and went to slow down at a light and the vehicle began speeding up again causing me to go through the light and i turned the engine off because i could not stop the vehicle and i realized the peddle was to the floor. luckily i was driving this vehicle instead of my sister who actually owns this. this is my first accident since i have gotten my license back in 1968 and it could have been a lot worse. at no time was i using the speed control. | |||
| 02/14/2010 | 50600 | 1 | |
| I was pulling into sherry's mini mart in doe run, mo when i realized that my truck was not slowing down as expected, even though i had my foot on the brake. i had little time to react as i was bearing down on the building. i put my other foot on the brake but the truck continued to move forward, even spinning the tires trying to overcome the brakes. i jumped the curb and hit the building at a very low speed. at this time i managed to pop it out of gear. i did not go through the wall, but pushed it in about a foot. my airbags did not deploy. most of the damage was to the wall and the interior of the building. there was little damage to my truck other than a few scratches on the bumper. luckily no one was walking in front of me or near the inside of the building. this was the only time this has occurred in the 50,000 miles that i have owned this truck and it has not happened in the days following. i took my truck to my ford dealer the next morning and they claim they could find nothing wrong. they could find no fault codes in the computer and confirmed that there was no damage other than the scratches on the bumper. they did imply that i was hitting the accelerator pedal with the side of my foot while braking. i strongly disagree with their implication and have witnesses who saw my efforts to stop the truck. *tr | |||