1999 Ford F-150 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

MY 1998 FORD F-150 XLT TRUCK WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR 12 HRS. WHEN A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE NEAR THE MASTERCYLINDER. THE FIRE DEPT. WAS NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY AND ON SITE WITHIN 10 MINUTES. THE TRUCK IS TOTALLED BY FIRE. I HAVE JUST PAID IT OFF 2 MONTHS AGO, AND WAS PLANNING TO KEEP IT FOR AT LEAST 8 MORE YEARS. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO MY HOMNE FROM THE FIRE, AND THE INSIDE OF MY HOME IS STILL GETTING DAMAGED BY PLASTIC SOOTY MESS. I DROVE MY TRUCK FROM LOUISIANA TO WEST VIRGINIA THE PRIOR WEEK. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIP, THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED AND QUIT WORKING. I PLANNED ON TAKING IT TO FORD FOR REPAIR AFTER THE HOLIDAY. THE TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE ON 4TH OF JULY NIGHT BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO REPAIR. I HEARD OF THE FORD RECALL ON THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTION / FIRE AFTER THE FIRE. I CONTACTED FORD ABOUT THIS WITH MY VIN #. THEY ARE SAYING THAT MY NUMBER WAS NOT IN THE RECALL, THEREFORE I DID NOT GET A NOTICE FOR RECALL. I THINK MY VIN # BATCH SHOULD BE RECALLED. IF I WOULD HAVE PARKED IT IN A GARAGE, MY HOME AND FAMILY COULD HAVE SUFFERED INJURY / DEATH DUE TO THIS HAPPENING AT 1:00 AM, EVERYONE SLEEPING. I AM TRYING TO GET FORD TO OWN UP TO RESPONSIBILITY AND MAKE GOOD THEIR PRODUCT. ANY HELP OR LAWYER WORKING ON CASE WOULD BE HELPFUL TO PURSUE THIS.

DT : CAR WAS PARKED AND IT WAS SMOKING . OPENED THE HOOD QUICKLY, PULLED THE ELECTRICAL LINE , COULD STILL DRIVE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER. THEY CHARGED TO FIX IT. SMOKE WAS DUE TO THE SPEED CONTROL SWITCH. THIS HAPPENED BACK IN APRIL 2005. CONSUMER DIDN'T SEE ACTUAL FLAMES, BUT PLENTY OF SMOKE LOOKED LIKE AS IT WAS GETTING READY TO CATCH ON FIRE.*AK

MY 1999 FORD F-150 WAS PARKED AT HOME WHILE I WAS DEPLOYED TO IRAQ WHEN MY WIFE CALLED ME TROUGH THE RED CROSS THAT MY VEHICLE HAD BURNED IN THE DRIVE WAY I HAVE HEARD THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS RECALLED BUT THAT WAS AFTER MY VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE CAN YOU PLEASE ADVICE ME ON WHAT I CAN DO OR PROCEDURE I NEED TO TAKE I CAN BE REACHED @407-758-0358 OR 816-407-9223 PLEASE HELP CONFUSED SOLDIER FROM IRAQ. *NM

RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V017000 CONCERNING SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER'S HOME FOR 9 HOURS WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. *AK *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING DOWN HILL CRUISE CONTROL CUTS OFF. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES. *AK THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED INTERMITTENTLY. IN 2004 DROVE TO BISHOP CA AREA AND TRUCK MALFUNCTIONED. WHILE TRAVELING DOWN HILL CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. *BF

1999 FORD F-150 SUPERCAB WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES ROUND TRIP FROM AND TO HOUSE LOCATED IN RURAL AREA OF OHIO COUNTY, KENTUCKY AND THEN PARKED IN CARPORT ATTACHED TO HOUSE. APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES LATER THE TRUCK BURST INTO FLAMES. THE TRUCK AND THE HOUSE WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED.

SHORT IN CRUISE CONTROL/TURN SIGNAL LEVER, CAUSED TURN SIGNAL TO NOT WORK. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED TWICE SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE TURN SIGNAL WORK INTERMITTENTLY NOW. I HAVE TO JIGGLE THE LEVER OR ADJUST THE TILT ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO TRY TO GET IT TO OPERATE. IT FIRST FAILED IN SEPT. OF 2002, I TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED AND NOW IT HAS FAILED AGAIN ON NOV. 2004, AND IS STILL NOT WORKING PROPERLY.

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE LEFT SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHICH IMMEDIATELY CAUSED THE ENGINE TO CATCH ON FIRE, AND HOOD TO MELT. CONSUMER ANTICIPATED THAT THIS WAS A SIMILAR PROBLEM TO THE CURRENT INVESTIGATION EA 05-005 WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH THAT WAS CATCHING FIRE.*AK

WE WERE SLEEPING AND HEARD A VEHICLE ALARM GOING OFF OUTSIDE OF OUR HOME. WHEN WE LOOKED OUTSIDE THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK WAS IN FLAMES. WE THEN CALLED 911, AND THEN MY DAD GOT THE HOSE AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS DUE TO AM ELECTRICAL FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, AND WAS ABLE TO PRY OPEN THE HOOD ON THE SIDE WHERE THE BATTERY IS AND UNPLUG IT. THEN THE FIRE DISSIPATED. BY THAT TIME THE TRUCK WAS TOTALED. *AK

MY FORD EXPLORER 1999 SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD AS I SHIFTED FORM DRIVE TO PARK COVERING A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 20 FEET GOING OVER THE FLOOR DEFENSE, CLIMBING THE SIDE WALK AND THEN GOING ON THE FIRST STEP OF THE BUILDING STAIRS. I INJURED MYSELF AND THE CAR WAS DECLARED TOTAL LOSS.

WE OWN A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR VAN. WE WERE AT A SCHOOL EVENT WITH OUR CHILDREN AND WHEN WE GOT IN OUR CAR, WE THOUGHT WE SPOTTED SMOKE BUT WAS NOT SURE IF IT WAS OR IF IT WAS EXHAUST FROM THE CAR IN FRONT OF US (WE WERE PARALLEL PARKED). WE WENT TO THE GAS STATION AND UNDER THE LIGHTS WE SAW ALOT OF SMOKE POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. MY HUSBAND POPPED THE HOOD AND THERE WAS A FIRE! WE BACKED THE VAN UP AWAY FROM THE GAS PUMPS AND EVERYONE GOT OUT FINE. WE HAD TO USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO GET THE FIRE OUT. WE TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP AND THE TECHNICIANS THERE SHOWED US THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH WAS MESSED UP. WE HAD THEM ORDER US A NEW PART AND WE REPLACED IT. THE WIRING HARNESS IN THE VAN IS STILL DAMAGED AS WE DID NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO REPLACE IT. I AM REPORTING THIS BECAUSE OF THE RECALL I HEARD ABOUT YESTERDAY (1/27/05) REGARDING THE 2000 FORD TRUCKS AND SUVS. I AM POSITIVE THAT OUR VAN HAD THE SAME DEFECT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ACCELERATED. CONSUMER USED CRUISE CONTROL. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE OUT OF GEAR AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE CONTROL WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK

SPEEDOMETER WAS DEFECTIVE. CONSUMER HAD TO GUESS HOW FAST HE WAS TRAVELING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT NO CHANGES WERE PERFORMED. *AK

WHEN IT WAS BELOW FREEZING VEHICLE REVVED UP TO 6000 RPM. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES. DEALER CHANGED THE THROTTLE BODY, IDLE CONTROL VALVE, AND THE THROTTLE CABLE. *AK DEALER ALSO DISCONNECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND CONSUMER HASN'T EXPERIENCED SURGING ON THE VEHICLE. *LA

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE. DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED.*JB

THE TRUCK WAS STARTED, WHEN PUT IN DRIVE, THE TRUCK WENT INTO FULL ACCELERATION. BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT WERE NOT EFFECTIVE. TRUCK WAS STILL ACCELERATING. THEN TURNED OFF THE KEY, TO STOP ENGINE. THE ENGINE DID NOT STOP RUNNING FOR A FEW MINUTES. THIS WAS A TERRIFING EXPERIENCE. IF IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN TOWN, OR ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, YES SOMEBODY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.

WHILE PULLING INSIDE OF A PARKING LOT AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. HIS FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE ACELERATED. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. TS

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, CONSUMER TURNED ON CRUISE CONTROL AND WHEN TRYING TO TURN IT OFF, VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONED, VEHICLE WAS STUCK IN CRUISE CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER WHO WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK CONSUMER TURNED OFF IGNITION TO SEE IF THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD SHUT OFF, WHEN TURNING IGNITION BACK ON, THE MOTOR RACED UP TO 60 MPH AGAIN. *SLC

SET CRUISE CONTROL ON 70MPH, AFTER APPROX. 2 MILES I TAPPED THE BRAKES TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL AND NOTHING HAPPENED, TRIED THREE MORE TIME WITHOUT ANY RESPONSE. TRIED TO TURN OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL BY HITTING THE OFF BUTTON BUT STILL DIDN'T GET ANY RESPONSE. PUT BOTH FEET ON BRAKE PEDAL AND STOOD ON THE BRAKE BUT IT BARELY SLOWED THE TRUCK DOWN. FINALLY HAD TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND COAST TO A STOP. I RESTARTED THE TRUCK SEVERAL TIMES BUT CRUISE WAS STILL SET. I FINALLY DISCONNECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL FROM THE THROTTLE BODY IN ORDER TO CONTINUE MY TRIP. DT

WHEN STOPPING AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY START TO ACCELERATE AS IF SOMEONE SLAMMED FOOT ON ACCELERATOR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I TURNED RIGHT FROM A STOP SIGN AND MERGED INTO TRAFFIC. I HAD A CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND SEVERAL BEHIND ME. I FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WHEN I RELEASED THE PEDAL IT WAS STUCK TO THE FLOOR AND DID NOT DEPRESS. AT THIS TIME I STEPPED ON THE PEDAL AGAIN TO SEE IF THIS WOULD FREE IT BUT THERE WAS NOT EVEN ANY SPRING TO IT. I THEN HIT MY BRAKES ONCE TO SEE IF THIS WOULD FREE MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL(AS YOU WOULD DO IF YOUR CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON/ MINE WAS NOT ON) TO NO AVAIL. NOW I WAS ABOUT TO REAR END THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND THERE WAS A SEMI-TRAILER IN THE LEFT LANE MY FIRST REACTION WAS TO LOCK UP MY BRAKES. I DID SO AND THE REAR TIRES CONTINUED TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL AT FULL THROTTLE. THE TRUCK SLID FOR 168' BEFORE GOING INTO A DITCH ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD AND OVER TURNING. NO INJURY TO ME, JUST A MAIL BOX AND MY TRUCK. MCCANDLESS FORD DEALERSHIP INSPECTED VEHICLE AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS. FORD MOTOR CO. SAID THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE DO TO THE MILEAGE BEING OVER 36000 MILES, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST MY INSURANCE AGENT SAID THEY WOULD FIX THE BODY BUT COULD NOT HAVE THROTTLE FIXED BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM. EVERYBODY HAS WIPED THEIR HANDS OF THE ISSUE AND THIS VEHICLE WILL BE PUT BACK ON THE ROAD WITH THE SAME PROBLEM OF THROTTLE STICKING WIDE OPEN. I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN WHO RIDE IN THIS TRUCK AND SINCE I KNOW OF PROBLEM I CAN NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION. THIS VEHICLE WILL ONE DAY TAKE A HUMAN LIFE OR LIVES AND MY INSURANCE CO WILL NOT EVEN PAY TO HAVE ANOTHER MECHANIC LOOK AT IT. HOW MANY OF US GET A SECOND OPINION, EVEN FROM A HIGHLY EDUCATED DR. LET ALONE A MECHANIC. *AK

VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY, RESULTING IN A COLLISION.*AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAD BEEN RUNNING POORLY DURING WET WEATHER. *SLC

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THROTTLE WAS STICKING, TOOK TO DEALER, WHO ORDERED PARTS FOR IT. WHEN PARTS ARRIVED, THEY DID NOT FIX VEHICLE. DEALER CALLED FORD TECHNICAL HOTLINE. DEALER WAS TOLD NOT TO RELEASE VEHICLE , THAT IT WAS A DESIGN ERROR, AND TO GIVE CONSUMER A LOANER VEHICLE. FORD GAVE CONSUMER NO INDICATION WHEN HE WOULD GET HIS VEHICLE BACK. *AK

APPROXIMATELY 6:45 P.M. EST ON JUNE 14, 2001 I WAS TRAVELING AT 58 MPH WHEN I DEPLOYED THE CRUISE CONTROL. I PROCEEDED FOR ABOUT 4 MILES WHEN I WENT TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. I APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT IT WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. I SHUT OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH AND IT STILL WOULD NOT COME OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL. AFTER RIDING THE BRAKES FOR A COUPLE OF MILES I MANAGED TO GET OFF AN EXIT OFF OF ROUTE 1 IN CHESTER COUNTY, PA., PULLED THE TRUCK OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND, PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND QUICKLY TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. MUCH SMOKE CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD BECAUSE THE BRAKES WERE OVERHEATED. I PULLED THE FUSE AND RESTARED THE VEHICLE. IT REV'D TO "RED" LINE". I QUICKLY TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. HAD TRUCK TOWED TO FAULKNER FORD IN CHADDS FORD, PA. THEY FOUND THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE PRESSED AGAINST THE THROTTLE. I ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS. THE RESPONSE WAS "NO, IT WAS A FLUKE. IT HAPPENED TO BE YOU." I AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AFTER THIS HARROWING EXPERIENCE. I AM NOT PLEASED WITH HOW THIS DEALERSHIP HANDLED THIS INCIDENT. *AK