Problems with 1999 Ford F-150 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 ford f-150. the vehicle caught fire while parked at the contact's residence. the failure occurred without warning. the fire department was able to extinguish the fire. a police and a fire report were filed. the vehicle was destroyed. the vehicle was included in nhtsa campaign number: 05v017000 (vehicle speed control). the failure mileage was approximately 116,080. updated 02/02/16*lj updated 05/18/18*jb

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 ford f-150. the contact noticed smoke under the hood. the contact opened the hood and discovered that there was a fire. the fire was extinguished by the contact. a police/fire report was not filed and no injuries were reported. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the speed control switch in front of the master cylinder burned. the vehicle was not repaired. the contact referenced nhtsa campaign number: 05v388000 (vehicle speed control). the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 208,885.

Pulled up to stop light to make a left turn-sat at light 2 minutes-put foot on gas pedal to turn and the engine died tried to restart- would not start-theft light was flashing fast-was pushed out of intersection-went to call tow truck- came back -tried to start and it started-was able to drive home a short distance-parked for tow truck to pick up.-started 3 times at my house but die if turned on and off about 10 times. *tr

Car had been parked since 6:00 pm thursday evening. discovered smoking at 6:45 am friday morning. fire started in engine driver's side. car was total loss. fortunately a neighbor moved the car away from the house before it erupted in flames. research on line indicates that there are numerous fire incidents because of faulty scd (cruise control) switch. car being driven by son of original owner. no awareness of recall. *tr

While using the cruise control a few times....when i tap it once to disengage, my vehicle speeds up! then i have to hold the button down & gently tap on the brakes to disengage the cruise control. it's not really a big deal because i'm expecting this to happen, but there could be that one time where i might not be able to disengage the cruise control! *tt

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 ford f-150. the contact stated that the throttle became stuck, causing the clutch to wear out. in addition, the stopping distance was increased. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the clutch needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the vehicle was not included in nhtsa campaign id number: 98v192000 (vehicle speed control). the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was not available.

1-severe corrosion of fuel tank straps. the rear strap is completely rusted through, resulting in the tank being held up by the front strap. the skid plate is keeping the tank from falling down. luckily i noticed this while checking the air pressure in my tires. i will be getting new straps this week to do the repair myself. i will keep the old straps. 2- brake pressure switch on master cylinder leaks. this causes the cruise control to be inoperative. brake fluid leaks out onto the wiring. this vehicle has had the repair for the recall on the wiring harness. i believe that the leaking brake pressure switch also creates a fire hazard as it could potentially cause a short in the wiring. i will also obtain and replace this part. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 ford f150. the vehicle was taken to a local tire shop to have the rear tires replaced. the vehicle caught on fire while in the technicians possession. the fire department was called and a fire report was filed accordingly. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure and current mileages were 109,000.

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford f150. the vehicle caught fire while it was parked in her driveway. everything under the hood including her radiator was burned and the paint on the hood started to melt. the windshield cracked and displayed stains from the smoke. the right windshield wiper was also burned. the driver stated that the vehicle had not been driven for over 15 hours. the contact tried to call ford but no one returned her call. the vehicle was destroyed. the failure mileage was 75,000.

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford f150. after being parked in the driveway for approximately two hours, the vehicle caught fire. the engine was not turned on at the time and there were no injuries. the fire department extinguished the fire and filed a report. the vehicle was destroyed. as a result, the fire inspector could not determine the cause of the fire. the vin was unknown. the failure mileage was 98,000.

Fords recall of f150's for defective leaking cruise control cut-out switches does not totally fix the problem by them just adding an inline fuse for the fire problem. the pressure sensitive switch is screwed into the bottom of the brake master cylinder and even if the fuse blows disabling the cruise control by removing the 12 volts going to it the brake fluid can still leak out or be forced out by brake foot pedal pressure (which is very high) thru the defective switch seal onto the super heated exhaust system causing it to catch fire, and/or enough brake fluid to leak out causing air to be sucked into the master cylinder causing brake failure, and/or enough brake fluid to leak out causing brake failure. this is a "typical" ford kludge repair to save money at people's lives expense. paying lawsuits appears to be more cost effective in fords eyes. they have pulled this crap for at least the 30+ years i can remember going back to the exploding ford pinto's. my current 1999 ford f150 is the last ford i'll ever buy, period !!!*tr

Cruise control stopped working. cruise light on panel would light up and turn immediately off and cruise control would not come on. noticed smokey smell once or twice, but never really bad. went out to lunch and left truck it was fine came back later to the smell of smoke. drove 4 miles to dept. store smell got stronger. thought it would be ok with truck shut off, came back out to leave and smoke smell was greater than ever. open hood and touched around master cylinder and defective switch smoke began again but alot worse. unplugged switch from master cylinder and smoke stopped. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford f-150. the contact received a recall notice for the vehicle speed control: cruise control switch and immediately scheduled an appointment to have the vehicle repaired. the dealer informed her that the parts would be available in december of 2007. the cruise control switch was disconnected at that time. she called back in december and the dealer stated that the parts would be unavailable until march of 2008. there had been no failure to date. the recall number was unknown. the current mileage was 81,000.

1999 ford f-150 caught on fire due to a cruise control switch. customer states that the vehicle caught fire due to this defect. she stated that it cost her an additional 10,000 dollars due to it catching fire in the driveway in front of her house. *kb

1999 f150 was parked in the parking lot with the engine off and the key removed. the brake pressure switch caught on fire melting the brake fluid resevior sensor, and wiring. a park ranger alerted us to the fire which i he extingushed with a shirt. *ak

1999 ford f-150 was sitting in driveway, when a fire started under hood. origin seems to be at brake master cylinder. all plastic components under hood melted and wiring was completely destroyed. *jb

F150 cruise control recall...my f150 1999 caught on fire 5/12/06 in my driveway and was completely destroyed due to faulty cruise control device. *jb

Dt: the contact states there is nhtsa recall campaign 05v388000 the regarding the vehicle speed control deactivation switch. the parts needed to repair the vehicle is not available at the local dealership. the contact spoke to the manufacturer, who confirmed the parts were not available.*ak

Dt: the contact states there is nhtsa recall campaign 05v388000 concerning vehicle speed control. the parts needed to repair the vehicle are not available at the local dealership. he spoke to the manufacturer, who confirmed the parts were not available. *ak updated 01/25/06. *jb

Dt: the consumer states there is nhtsa recall 05v388000 on the vehicle concerning vehicle speed control. the parts needed to repair the vehicle were not available at the local dealership. the consumer spoke to the manufacturer, who confirmed the parts were not available at this time.*ak updated 12/07/05. *jb

Dt: the contact states there is nhtsa recall campaign 05v388000 concerning the vehicle speed control:cruise control. the parts needed for recall repairs were not available at the local dealership. he spoke to the manufacturer, who confirmed the parts were not available at this time. *ak updated 12/27/2005. the tires had excessive wear at 20000 miles. the seat belt roller has been replaced three times. the air bag control was replaced. both doors had stress fractures. the rear brake lines were not secured properly which resulted in wear . the wheel hubs came off while driving at highway speed. the driver side exterior rearview mirror was defective. *nm

Dt: the contact owns a 1999 ford f150. at 3 am while sleeping the contact woke up to the sound of the anti alarm system going off. went out and found that the hood melted and the fire was coming out of the front of the vehicle. called 911. in the meantime the contact's husband tried to put the flames out with an extinguisher. the vehicle burned completely except for the back bumper and the back tires. then , basically the fire department came and put the fire out. after the fire was put out the contact called the insurance company, and they investigated the fire, and found out that the fire was started due to the alternator. two days prior to the vehicle catching on fire the contact received manufacturer's recall 05528 concerning cruise control deactivation switch. never changed the alternator or the wires. the contact's boat and home were damaged . *ak

I received a letter to disconnect my cruise control on my 1999 ford f-150 in september, to be fixed by november. it is now december and i was told that it will not be until febuary that the part will be available to install. i would like to know what is taking so long to repair a problem that is the manufactures fault. *jb

Dt: the contact stated while driving and using the cruise control smelled smoke, and the dashboard lights stopped working. consumer canceled the cruise control, the next morning everything was fine. consumer not use cruise control since the incident. the consumer's specific vehicle did not fall under the cruise control switch recall issued by ford. the dealership stated they would not replace the component unless the consumer paid for the replacement. the consumer has not contacted the manufacturer.*ak

Dt: 1999 ford f150. there was an under the hood fire. this occurred on august 2, 2005. the vehicle had been parked for approximately five minutes when the fire started. there was no indication that there was something wrong with the vehicle. the fire department came and there was a report. there is not yet a determination as to why the fire started. the fire was so hot, the hood was gone. the vehicle was sitting 20 feet away from a mobile home and it melted the siding. *ak *jb

Consumer received recall letter on 1999 f150 and was referred to manufacturer. consumer has since not had recall work done and has not heard from manufacturer. *ts the consumer stated about a month prior to receiving the recall notice, he discovered smoke coming from his vehicle. since the incident happened, other componets on the vehicle have stopped working.*jb

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 ford f150. the vehicle was parked for a couple of hours in the driveway and it caught on fire. the vehicle was totally destroyed. the vehicle was towed to the ford dealer, who the dealer stated that due to the damage they were unable to diagnose whether recall 06e056000 concerning fuel system, gasoline was the cause. the contact stated that the incident with this vehicle happened on july 30, 2005, and the recall notice was received in september 2005. the current and failure mileage was 80,000. *ak this is not a fuel system recall, but a cruise control recall. the dealer sent digital pictures to ford and they rejected the customer's claim. updated 4/9 *tr

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: ford f150 1999. before the fire, there was a problem with fuses starting on 6/9/05. there was no turn signal. the turn signals returned after replacing the fuse/brake lights, hazards, owner thought it was fuse #23 or 20. the vehicle caught on fire while sitting in the driveway. the fire occurred in the wires going into the master cylinder under hood. there was a smell coming from under the hood the same day of fire at about 12:30 and then fire happened at 6 pm. when outside owner smelled a strong odor like smoke. then smoke came from under hood. the owner opened the hood and there were flames about 6 inches high coming out. the fire was put out by hose and then owner tried to start vehicle. started it and didn't smoke, but there was a blown fuse that governed the hazard lights, etc. owner believed it was an electrical fire. the fire department was not called nor police. there were no pictures were taken. vehicle is now at the local mechanic. also, owner has contacted local dealership. the owner will attempt today to contact ford. vehicle is not a total loss, only some of the wires were burnt and some melted in cruise control switch. owner is aware that there is an investigation. *ak *sc *jb

Dt*: the contact stated that while driving with the cruise control, a burning odor filtered through the vehicle. the cruise control was switch off which caused the electrical components to malfunction. the vehicle was repaired by an independent mechanic but the problem persisted. a recall was letter was received #05v388000 pertaining to the cruise control deactivation switch. the vehicle was taken to dealer where the harness was replaced and the contact was directed to call the manufacturer about the prior problems that may be related to the recall. the manufacture was called and determined that they would not repair damages caused by the recall component.

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

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

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

The vehicle caught fire parked inside the consumer garage. the driver called the fire department to extinguish the fire. the garage was also damaged. the vehicle was towed and totaled out by the insurance company. *nm vehicle burned carport and entire house to the ground. truck is still on properly waiting on investigation. investigator said cause of fire was due to a switch defect. vehicle was burned completely-tires too. *bf *nm

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

dt: the contact owns a 1999 ford f-150. the contact complained about electrical problems since the cruise control stopped working in august 2004. within a month of the cruise control malfunctioning the abs sensor illuminated on the dashboard, and the heater stopped working. approximately one month ago the power door locks stopped working. when it was hot outside, the contact turned off the lights in the vehicle he had to remove the fuse. the contact stated there was a ticking noise coming from inside the fuse box. the consumer contacted the dealership, and they told him to bring the vehicle in for a diagnostic test at his expense. the manufacturer explained to the dealership that the consumer felt that the electrical problems listed above were caused by the cruise control switch. *ak the consumer has since stated the power mirrors no longer work. *jb

speedometer was defective. consumer had to guess how fast he was traveling. vehicle was taken to the dealership, but no changes were performed. *ak

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

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 backing out of a parking space at 8 mph the vehicle suddenly accelerated backwards up to 60 mph. the shifter was moved drive and the vehicle continued to accelerate forward. the brakes would not stop the vehicle. as a result the vehicle slammed into an embankment. vehicle was taken to the dealer where the replaced the mass air glow sensor and throttle assembly. *ak the bed of the truck was pushed outward on the passenger side. the dealer cleaned and lubed the latches. the passenger side striker was shimmed and adjusted. *ts *nlm

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

When the brakes were applied, the vehicle accelerated.*jb

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

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

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.

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford f-150. while driving 60 mph with the cruise control activated, the contact depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle continued to move. the vehicle began to roll and landed in a ditch. he noticed flames coming from the hood and he exited the vehicle before it became engulfed in flames. the contact was injured. the fire and police departments arrived at the scene and filed a report. the vin and engine size were unknown. the current mileage was 67,000 and failure mileage was 66,000.

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

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.

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

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