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 2000 Ford F-350 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 182,000.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F350. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V336000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) WOULD BE UNAVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2007. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE WAIT TIME FOR THE PART WAS EXCESSIVE. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,100. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WAS A 6-8 MONTH WAIT TO HAVE THE REPAIR MADE. UPDATED 12/12/07.
WHEN ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED GAS PEDAL INTERMITTENTLY STICKS OR WON'T MOVE AT ALL. WHEN IT DOES RELEASE VEHICLE WOULD EXPERIENCE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. DEALER RESET THE COMPUTER, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
WHILE GETTING ON EXPRESS WAY, WITH OUT WARNING, VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE TO 65-68 MPH; THIS RESULTED IN ALL LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE ON DASH BOARD. THIS CAUSE A FAILURE OF THE BRAKES AND A REAR END COLLISION. NLM
WHILE DRIVING AT STATE SPEED LIMIT, AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE UP TO 65-68 MPH. CONSUMER HAD APPLIED BRAKES WHEN ACCELERATION OCCURS, HOWEVER BRAKES FAILED. NLM
WHILE APPROACHING THE HIGHWAY, BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON, THEN BRAKES LOCKED UP AND ENGINE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN CAUSING BRAKES TO GO IN ABS, CONSUMER RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND STARTED TO PUSH THE OTHER VEHICLE TWO LANES LENGTH. CONSUMER APPLIED PARK BRAKE AND VEHICLE STOPPED. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK *TT
IDLE GOES UP AND DOWN. WHEN IT GOES UP VEHICLE WANTS TO ACCELERATE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEAELR COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING.*AK
TRANSMISSION SLAMS FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR AND IS OVERREVING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN, VEHICLE STARTED MAKING LOUD NOISES. ALSO, STEERING GOT HARD TO TURN, AND HAD NO BRAKES. PULLED OVER AND SHUT VEHICLE OFF. STARTED IT BACK UP AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. ANOTHER TIME WIFE HAD THE VEHICLE, WENT TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT, AND VEHICLE WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION INTO THE DITCH. HAD NO POWER BRAKES OR STEERING. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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