2004 Ford F-350 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

SPEED CONTROL DOES NOT DISENGAGE WHEN HITTING THE BRAKES. YOU MUST SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN BY SEVERAL MILES PER HOUR BEFORE THE SYSTEM WILL DISENGAGE. (PUSH HARD AND LONG). THE PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME IF YOU PREFORM AN EMERGENCY STOP THAT CAUSES THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM TO ACTIVATE. THIS WILL CURE THE ISSUE FOR AWHILE. BUT WITH NORMAL BRAKING THE PROBLEM WILL RETURN WITH IN SEVERAL DAYS.

WE HAVE HAD FOUR SEPARATE INCIDENTS INVOLVING UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WITH OUR 2004 FORD F350. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE GOING DOWN OUR DRIVEWAY, ONCE WHEN DRIVING IN CITY TRAFFIC, AND ONCE WHEN WE WERE PARKING AT A REST STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS IN ALL OF THESE INSTANCES. IN THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, JUMPED THE CURB AND STRUCK A TRASH CAN AT A REST STOP. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF OUR VEHICLE AS THEY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE VEHICLE ALSO REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN ANOTHER INCIDENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND ONCE WHEN I WAS DRIVING. AFTER THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT WE GOOGLED THIS AND FOUND THERE ARE NUMEROUS CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS AGAINST FORD FOR THIS ISSUE, AND THAT OUR YEAR VEHICLE (2004) HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST INCIDENT RATES.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN IDLE OR AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, ACCELERATION OCCURRED ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE BUT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM WHICH PERSISTED.

WHEN ENGAGING CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE STARTS TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. *AK

THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT SUDDEN ACCELERATION. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WITH AN INCREASE IN SPEED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALERS ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES AND LUNGES FORWARD SEVERAL TIMES THEN DIES. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS SET, THE SAME THING OCCURS BUT ONLY BACKWARDS WHEN IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER SIX TIMES AND RETURNED TO THE CONSUMER UN-FIXED EACH TIME. *SC *JB

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *JB *TC

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

TWO INCIDENTS HAPPENED THE SAME DAY WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, VEHICLE STALLED. THIS CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES. WHILE WAITING FOR STOP LIGHT. VEHICLE LUNGED OR ACCELERATED UP TO 3000 RPMS. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES FROM ANY SPEED VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. WHEN CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO STOP VEHICLE COASTED INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. NO IMPACT REPORTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH WITH SPEED CONTROL SET AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE ENGINE STALLED. DEALERSHIP SERVICED VEHICLE, AND TECHNICIAN COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK