2009 Ford F-150

ON SUN JAN 3, 2009 AT 7:20 A.M. I WAS DRIVING TO WORK IN MY FORD F-150 2009 4X4 PICK UP TRUCK, WHEN THE PEDAL ACCELERATED FROM 55 MPH TO 80 MPH ON ITS OWN. THE PEDAL LEFT MY FOOT AS IF I HAD CRUISE CONTROL. I DON'T I ATTEMPTED TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP I COULD NOT. I DOUBLED DOWN ON THE BRAKES WHILE PUMPING THE GAS PEDAL AND EVENTUALLY THE GAS PEDAL RELEASED. THE DAY WAS CLEAR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE TEMP WAS VERY COLD. I WAS DRIVING ON A ONE LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY AND I HAD A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS TERRIFIED!! I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER PRINCE FREDERICK, MD FORD DEALERSHIP AND LEFT IT FOR THE DAY. THE RESULT: THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ACTION COME PICK UP YOUR VEHICLE. SO IF I DIE MY PARENTS HAVE IT IN WRITING THAT FORD WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ACTION. I FELT GREAT ABOUT THIS. MY TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NOV 7, 2009 HTTP://WWW.F150ONLINE.COM/FORUMS/2009-2010-F-150/395891-STICKING-THROTTLE.HTML YOU CAN VISIT THE ABOVE LINK AND SEE THIS IS NOT A RARE PROBLEM NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE AS I WAS INFORMED BY MY DEALERSHIP. GOOD LUCK! *TR

WE DROVE A RENTAL 2009 FORD F 150 FROM ENTERPRISE RENTAL IN BOISE, ID (12-28-09 TO 12-31-09)FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE 4TH DAY, WE HAD THE ACCELERATOR STICK SEVERAL TIMES. IT WOULD NOT STOP AT INTERSECTIONS, AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ICY ROADS (EVEN THOUGH THE ROADS ONLY LOOKED WET!) ONCE WAS AT AN INTERSECTION WHERE THE CROSS TRAFFIC WAS GOING 50 MPH AND WE ALMOST GOT HIT! LATER, THE TRUCK ACTED UP WHEN WE TRIED TO STOP IN A LINE OF TRAFFIC AT A STOPLIGHT. IT WAS ACCELERATING SO FAST, WE PUT IT IN PARK AND SHUT IF OFF TO AVOID CRASHING INTO CARS AHEAD OF US. THE RENTAL COMPANY BROUGHT US ANOTHER CAR. WE TOLD THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM (WHICH DISAPPEARED WHEN THEY DROVE THE TRUCK AWAY). I'M AFRAID THAT THEY'LL RENT IT OUT AGAIN TO SOMEONE ELSE THINKING THAT THE PROBLEM WAS US, AND NOT THE TRUCK! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD F150. WHEN STOPPED ON A HILL THE VEHICLE DOES NOT GO FORWARD IT ROLLS BACKWARDS AND THEN THE ENGINE STALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AT LEAST SEVEN TIMES AND WAS GIVEN A LETTER STATING THIS WAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. HE ADDED THAT THE FAILURE WAS PROGRAMMED INTO THE COMPUTER SO NO REPAIRS COULD BE MADE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000. THE CONSUMER STATED 1ST GEAR WOULD BECOME INOPERABLE AFTER STOPPING AND TRYING TO TAKE OFF. THE ENGINE WOULD REV AS IF THE GEAR WERE IN NEUTRAL. UPDATED 02/11/10.*JB

2009 FORD F150 FX4 . NEW, 900 MILES ON THE TRUCK. SUNROOF SHATTERED INTO HUNDREDS OF TINY PIECES WHILE TRUCK WAS SITTING IN THE GARAGE. LUCKY FOR ME, THE FORD DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK REPAIRED IT AT NO COST AND LET ME USE A LOANER TRUCK. I WAS WITHOUT MY TRUCK FOR ABOUT A WEEK, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF IT HAD SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD F-150. WHENEVER THE CONTACT IS TRAVELING 35 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN WITH THE TRUCK LOADED WHILE TOWING A LOAD OF 7500 LBS THE LEFT FRONT DISC BRAKE WILL SUDDENLY LOCK CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THAT DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS AND THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 1700.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE DURING A TEST DRIVE; HOWEVER, THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD BE RELATED TO THE FRAME ASSEMBLY. THE ZONE MANAGER AND THE FIELD ENGINEER FROM FORD ALSO TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIBRATION OCCURRED AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AT 300 MILES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,600.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2009 FORD TRUCK I LEFT A STOP SIGN RAPIDLY AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR DOWN FIRMLY, IT STUCK TO THE FLOOR. I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE AS HARD AS I COULD HOPING THE PEDAL WOULD COME OFF THE FLOOR. THEN I TRIED TO SHIFT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL BUT THE MOTOR RACED. A CAR WAS COMING UP BEHIND ME SO I PUT IN DRIVE TURNED HARD OFF THE ROAD WITH THE WHEELS SPINNING AND SHUT THE KEY OFF IN GEAR. I DROVE THE TRUCK HOME AND PARKED IT. I LATTER DISCOVERED THAT THE ACCELERATOR WAS CATCHING ON THE RUBBER FLOOR MAT THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE. I LOWERED THE POWER PEDALS TO DECREASE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PEDALS BUT WHEN I REENACTED THE EVENT FOR A COWORKER THE PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR AGAIN.*TR

WHILE DRIVING OUR NEW 2009 F150 TRUCK WITH ONLY 3,200 MILES ON IT, I STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO IDLE VERY FAST AND WAS LURCHING FORWARD, WHEN I TOOK FOOT OFF BRAKE THE TRUCK ACCELERATED VERY FAST TO 80 - 90 MPH. I COULD HARDLY SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN BY APPLYING BRAKES AS HARD AS POSSIBLE. I WAS ON A FREEWAY AND CONTINUED TO PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL WHICH ONLY SLOWED IT DOWN FOR A MOMENT .CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ON AND THERE ARE NO FLOOR MATS IN THE TRUCK. I CONTINUED DOWN THE FREEWAY FOR APPROX. 3 MILES WHEN I DECIDED I HAD TO EXIT FREEWAY BECAUSE I WAS GAINING SPEED. I PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL AGAIN TO EXIT ON A OFF RAMP DOING ABOUT 40 MPH. THE BRAKES WERE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO SLOW TRUCK DOWN AT THIS POINT. I WAS HEADED FOR A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION AND DID NOT WANT TO BROADSIDE ANOTHER VEHICLE SO I THEN DECIDED TO CRASH INTO A ROW OF DUMPSTERS AT THE END OF A STRIP MALL. AS SOON AS I ENTERED THE MALL PARKING LOT I THROUGH IT INTO PARK WHICH LOCKED THE STEERING AND I STOPPED JUST FEW FEET IN FRONT OF DUMPSTERS. WE HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO NEARBY FORD DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY CAN NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. THEY WANT US TO PICK UP TRUCK AND WE REFUSE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK HOME. *TR

THE DESIGN OF THE SHOULDER BELT IN THE REAR OUTBOARD SEATS ON THE 2009 FORD F150 SUPERCREW IS FLAWED. MY WIFE IS 5' 1" TALL AND THE SHOULDER BELT CUTS ACROSS HER NECK AT A POSITION THAT IF WE WERE IN AN ACCIDENT IT WOULD DEFINITELY INJURE HER NECK. THE BELT IS ANCHORED TOO HIGH ON THE SIDE PILLAR OF THE TRUCK TO ALLOW ANYONE LESS THAN ABOUT 5'4 TO SIT COMFORTABLY WITH IT ON. I HAVE DIGITAL PHOTOS OF MY WIFE SITTING THE REAR SEAT WITH THE SHOULDER BELT AS IT FITS ON HER. IF YOU WISH I WILL SEND THEM ON AS I SEE NO WAY TO ATTACH THE PHOTOS TO THIS FORM. IN TEXAS THE LAW NOW REQUIRES ALL RIDERS TO HAVE THE BELTS FASTENED. YET MY WIFE MUST PUT THE SHOULDER BELT BEHIND HER TO AVOID INJURY OR JUST FOR COMFORT SAKE. *TR