2010 Ford F-150 Speed Control & Cruise Problems

When put into drive, vehicle unexpectedly accelerated. Could not control or stop the vehicle. The vehicle is no longer available for inspection. The inability to stop the vehicle put myself and other drivers and pedestrians at extreme risk. I am not aware if the vehicle was inspected for cause after the incident. No warnings or symptoms presented themselves at the time of the incident.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED AND FAILED TO STOP WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING DOWN. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND DRIVEN TO HER RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT CALLED VOGLER MOTOR COMPANY INC (1170 E MAIN ST, CARBONDALE, IL 62901, (618) 457-8135) AND WATERMARK FORD OF MARION (1910 W COOLIDGE AVE, MARION, IL 62959, (618) 993-2161) AND MADE THE DEALERS AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 123,000.

WHILE ON MY REGULAR COMMUTE TO WORK AS I DROVE ONTO THE HIGHWAY FRONTAGE ROAD I SLOWLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WHEN SUDDENLY MY TRUCK STARTED ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. SO MUCH SO THAT I WAS NO LONGER CONTROLLING ITS SPEED. REALIZING THIS I HAD TO APPLY BOTH FEET SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO SLOW THE VEHICLE ENOUGH TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL THEN FINALLY I WAS ABLE PUT IT IN PARK. UNBELIEVABLY THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AT HIGH RPMS EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN PARK. IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF THAT THE RPM'S STOPPED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM BOTH OF THE FRONT WHEEL WELLS. AS I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK I REALIZED THAT BOTH SETS OF BRAKES WERE ON FIRE. THIS CAUSED IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM AS THE COMPONENTS HAD BECOME EXTREMELY OVERHEATED. THE INSTANCE OF THE ENGINE RUNNING HIGH RPMS ALSO OCCURRED THE NIGHT BEFORE. HOWEVER THIS TIME MY WIFE WAS DRIVING. WE WERE IN A PARKED POSITION AFTER FUELING UP THE TRUCK AND WERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE THE GAS STATION. MY WIFE JUST APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PUT THE TRUCK BACK IN PARK THEN THE RPM'S CALMED DOWN. WE JUST KIND OF DISMISSED IT UNTIL LESS THAN 12 HOURS LATER THE ABOVE MENTIONED INCIDENT OCCURRED. COINCIDENCE I THINK NOT.

DRIVE SHAFT PROBLEM PLUS AFTER RUNNING A FEW HOURS NO RUNS

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY, AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR IT GOT STUCK, THE GAS PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND TRUCK ACCELERATED RAPIDLY ON IT'S OWN. I MASHED THE BRAKES TO THE FLOOR AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AND OVER POWER THE BRAKES. I PUT MY TRUCK IN NEUTRAL, AND AFTER AN ABRUPT JERK, I PULLED OVER TO THE FAR LANE AS THE TIRES SCREECHED TO A STOP. THERE WAS NO SHOULDER AND THERE WERE GUARD RAILS BLOCKING ME FROM GETTING TO THE MEDIAN AND NO EXITS NEARBY, ALL THE WHILE THE TRUCK IS CONTINUING TO REV OUT. I SHUT MY TRUCK OFF WITH THE KEY, AS SOON AS I COULD, TO AVOID DAMAGING THE ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION DUE TO THE HIGH RPMS. AFTER WE SAT, STOPPED, ON THE FAR LANE OF THE HIGHWAY FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS (CARS FLYING BY HONKING) I TRIED TO START THE TRUCK BACK UP AND IT WOULDN'T START, TURNED IT OVER AGAIN AND IT STARTED. OBVIOUSLY, THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, AS WE WERE ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY WITH TRAFFIC GOING 60+ MPH ALL AROUND US, MY WIFE AND 2 SMALL CHILDREN WERE IN THE TRUCK AT THE TIME. THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF BRAKE OVERRIDE FOR AN UNINTENDED AND OUT OF CONTROL ACCELERATION LIKE WHAT WE EXPERIENCED. I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING WITH A CRICK IN MY NECK, HOPEFULLY IT'S JUST STRESS AND NOT AN ACTUAL INJURY. I'M THANKFUL NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT. FORD, YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED, OR WORSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2010 FORD F-150. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK AT APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A BRICK BUILDING. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DECLARED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

ACCELERATOR STUCK TO FLOORBOARD. APPLIED MAXIMUM BRAKING UNTIL BRAKES FADED AND WERE NO LONGER EFFECTIVE IN DECELERATION. TURNED OFF IGNITION AND COASTED TO THE CURB. AFTER 3-5 MINUTES, RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND VEHICLE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. PURCHASED THIS TRUCK USED AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE ACCELERATOR WAS APPLIED FULLY. IT WILL BE THE LAST. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F 150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING RAPIDLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

THE TRUCK IS 6/22/14 LUNGING AND THE WRENCH LIGHT AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON TODAY 6/22/14. THE SAME THING HAPPENED LAST YEAR AND IT WAS THE THROTTLE CONTROL SENSOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED AND BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORCEFULLY AND IMMEDIATELY DECELERATED. THE MECHANIC AND CHECK ENGINE INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED, WHICH LOCATED A FAILURE CODE AT THE THROTTLE BODY POSITION SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY AT AN EXCESSIVE SPEED. THE CONTACT THEN SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY AND CRASHED INTO TWO VEHICLES. TWO PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK, SHOULDER AND BACK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,300.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK UPON ENGAGEMENT AS THE RPMS BEGAN TO ABNORMALLY INCREASE TO 4,000. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL EVENTUALLY RELEASED AFTER REPEATED FORCE WAS APPLIED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE WHEN THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ENGAGED THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO SLOW THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 80 MPH. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE IGNITION TO STOP THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT SOMETHING HAD MOST LIKELY BECAME STUCK ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AS THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE FAILURE NOR GENERATE A FAILURE CODE DURING THE DIAGNOSIS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 43,000.

AS I WAS TRAVELING ON I-95 TODAY AT 1PM AT 75MPH MY TRUCK SUDDENLY JERKED ME FORWARD AS I LET OFF ACCELERATOR IT DOWNSHIFTED FROM 6TH TO FIRST VIOLENTLY LOCKING ME REAR BRAKES UP AND FISHTAILING ME INTO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR THEN STALLED AND I COASTED SAFELY TO A STOP. THE CAR WOULD START BACK UP AND RUN BUT I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER/ THIS WAS A VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. HAD IT BEEN RAINING OR WET CONDITIONS I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND EVEN DIED. I DO NOT WANT TO UNDERSTATE THIS OCCURRENCE. THIS HAD TO BE LOOKED IN TO IMMEDIATELY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THE FLOOR MATS BECAME STUCK UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE SUDDENLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE FLOOR MATS WERE ISSUED WITH THE VEHICLE AND TO REQUEST A REFUND FROM THE PARTS DEPARTMENT. THE DEALER DID NOT REMOVE THE FLOOR MATS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED HE NEEDED TO SHOW A RECEIPT BEFORE A REFUND COULD BE ISSUED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, HE RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD ABNORMALLY AND INCREASED IN SPEED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE WAITING AT A TRAFFIC STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE PARKING LOT OF A HOSPITAL WHILE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE DEALER DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE FAILURE AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. A FIRE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DEACTIVATE. THE CONTACT STATED HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. PLACED THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, AND PRESSED ON THE CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON BUT THE THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DEACTIVATE. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WHEN THE CONTACT PLACED THE GEAR SHIFTER IN PARK AND DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH EXTREME FORCE.THE CONTACT SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF.THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AND EACH TIME THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS STILL ACTIVATED. THE FOURTH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,717.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AN ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND PINNED TO THE FLOOR MAT AS THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. HE THEN USED HIS FEET TO RELEASE THE FLOOR MAT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT STATED HE HAD EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE SEVERAL TIMES OVER A COURSE OF THREE MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER ADVISED HIM THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE OF LIABILITY REASONS. HE WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT THEY COULD NOT ALTER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FLOOR MAT WHERE A HOOK WAS SUPPOSED TO SECURE THE MAT TO THE FLOOR BUT THERE WAS NO RETAINER CLIP IN THE FLOOR BOARD OF THE VEHICLE TO SECURE THE FLOOR MAT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,900. UPDATED 11/03/11*LJ UPDATED 11/14/11