Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2004 Ford F-250 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 20 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK CAUSING US TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. AS THE TRUCK INCREASED IN SPEED MY HUSBAND STOMPED ON THE BREAK AND THE TRUCK WAS ONLY GAINING SPEED. WE PLACED THE TRUCK ON PARK AND THE TRUCK EVENTUALLY CAME TO A STOP CAUSING THE TRUCK AN IMMEDIATE STOP AND FORCED US DOWN A HILL. THE TRUCK WAS TOTALED BECAUSE WE WERE PULLING A 5TH WHEEL.
ENGINE ACCELERATES SPORADICALLY ON ITS OWN. ENGINE OCCASIONALLY DIES AT STOP LIGHTS. MUST KEEP BRAKE PEDAL FIRMLY PUSHED AT STOP AS ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE TURBO. THE DEALER SAYS IT COULD BE MANY DIFFERENT THINGS WRONG. THE 2003-2007 DIESELS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR BAD TURBO, FUEL INJECTORS AND A HEAD BOLT PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES REMOVING THE CAB. I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK NEW AND IT NOW HAS 39000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. *TR
ABOUT 9/15/2010 THE VEHICLE, WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN LIGHT CHANGED AND THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE TRUCK THEN STALLED AND TOOK UP TO 5 MINUTES TO RESTART. THE INCIDENT DID NOT REPEAT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE NEXT INCIDENT THE TRUCK FAILED TO ACCELERATE AFTER SLOWING TO NEAR STOP AT A YIELD AT A HIGHWAY CROSSING NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. REPLACED FUEL FILTER AND HAD A TUNE UP ALTHOUGH IT HAD RECENTLY BEEN DONE AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN FOR A FEW WEEKS. AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF HARD DRIVING WITH NO INCIDENCE THE TRUCK AGAIN FAILED TO ACCELERATE ON HIGHWAY ENTRANCE RAMP NEARLY CAUSING ANOTHER ACCIDENT. AFTER PULLING OVER AND TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING IT DROVE ON THE HIGHWAY FINE, BUT STALLED WHEN EXITING THE HIGHWAY. THE LATEST INCIDENT, DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRUCK DROVE FINE, UNTIL EXITING. IT FAILED TO RESPOND TO PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL AND STALLED LEAVING A WOMAN AND CHILD ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR 2 HOURS WAITING FOR A TOW. DURING THAT TIME IT WOULD NOT START. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE FOR A WEEK, THEY STATED THEY PULLED CODES SHOWING FUEL INJECTOR WAS BAD, EGR VALVE STICKING, NEEDS SOME SORT OF WIRING HARNESS, TURBO NEEDS CLEANING AND SOME SORT OF CHIP TOTAL COST OVER $2000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED AT 65 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE ICP SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 124,298.
DT: THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO REPAIR SHOP 8 TIMES FOR STALLING. EACH TIME THE DEALER DID SOMETHING AND IT CONTINUED TO STALL. THEY REPLACED THE PROCESSOR, WIRING HARNESS, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS. THIS STARTED OCT 12,2004. *AK
WHEN ACCELERATING TO 60 MPH VEHICLE HESITATES THEN DECELERATES TO 30 MPH. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. WHEN DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE WILL STALL WITH A ROUGH IDLE, AND THE RPMS WILL INCREASE TO 2500 RPMS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SURGE FORWARD. DRIVER MUST APPLY THE BRAKES, AND THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM WOULD NOT DUPLICATE ITSELF. *AK
LOW IDLE SURGING AND STALLING WITH LOSS OF POWER STEERING. *AK
I WORK FOR SECURITY AT A NUCLEAR PLANT. WE HAVE TWO 2004 FORD, F250 PICKUPS. I AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WE WEAR MILITARY STYLE BOOTS, IF YOU MOVE YOUR FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR TO THE BRAKE AND STILL HAVE YOUR FOOT PARTIALLY OVER THE ACCELERATOR YOUR SHOE WILL COME IN CONTACT WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEFORE THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED FAR ENOUGH TO APPLY THE BRAKE. MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD A NEAR MISS BECAUSE OF THE VEHICLE LUNGING FORWARD BEFORE THE BRAKE ENGAGES.*AK
THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND ABOUT 30% OF THE TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN ONCE THE CONSUMER'S FOOT WAS REMOVED FORM THE ACCELERATOR. *NM
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. WHEN IT SHUT DOWN LOST POWER AT 35-45 MPH. PROBLEM STILL RECURRED. *BF THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE, WOULD BE GIVEN NO WARNING, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. *SC
WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. NO IMPACT REPORTED. THE PART HAS BEEN REPAIRED SIX TIMES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. THIS CAUSED THE RPMS TO RACE AT A HIGH RATE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD WITH NO PRESSURE ON GAS PEDAL. WHILE STOPPED VEHICLE JUMPER FORWARD THEN STALLED. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE WITHOUT ERROR CODE AND RETURNED VEHICLE. AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55 AND 1200 RPMS VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD. VEHICLE THEN BEGAN TO LURCH AND STALL WEEKLY. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE AT DEALERSHIP. AFTER DEALERSHIP DROVE VEHICLE OVER 100 MILES THEY THINK ITS THE WIRING HARNESS AND ADVISED TO HAVE IT REPLACED. THEY HAD NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF ANY SUCH INCIDENTS.*AK
WHEN ENGAGED IN CRUISE CONTROL ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT, POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES FAILED. *AK CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 35 MPH. THEN WHEN VEHICLE WAS RUNNING DOWNHILL, CONSUMER ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO INCREASED SPEED UP TO 40 MPH; HOWEVER, AT THAT POINT THE ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED WHICH ALSO LED TO THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. ANOTHER INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 52 MPH IN A HAIRPIN CURVE. *LA SEE ODI 10083767 ALSO. *DSY
ENGINE SHUTS-OFF WHILE DRIVING. ON THREE SEPARATE INSTANCES, ENGINE SHUT-OFF FOR 1~2 SECONDS WHILE DRIVING, THEN RESTARTED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, ENGINE CONTINUED RUNNING, BUT LOST ALL ACCELRATION ABILITY. REGARDLESS OF HOW HARD ACCELARATOR WAS DEPRESSED, TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE.*AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WANDERED FROM SIDE TO SIDE, AND HAD ALMOST HIT A GUARD RAIL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT VEHICLE 0WAS IN NORMAL OPERATION. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A VEHICLE SPECIALIST, WHO MADE A MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO THE STEERING SYSTEM, BUT SUGGESTED THAT VEHICLE WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN. *AK
CONSUMER PURCHASED A 2004 FORD F250 6.0 DIESEL TRUCK IN AUGUST 2003 AND HAS HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE THEN. ENGINE REVS UP WHILE IN GEAR AT A STOP AND VEHICLE LURCHES INTO TRAFFIC. *JB
WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD INTO TRAFFIC. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER INSPECTED THE PROBLEM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED ABOUT ONCE EVERY 100 MILES. ABOUT 30% OF THE TIME WHEN LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE FAILS TO DECREASE RPM'S WITHIN 5 OR 5 SECONDS. ABOUT 10% OF THE TIME THE ENGINE WOULD INCREASE RPM'S, USUALLY 100 TO 250 RPM, BUT OCCASIONALLY UP TO 600 RPM'S. *NM
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