Problems with 2001 Ford F-150 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

On sat march 7, 2009 t aprox 12:30 am my 2001 ford f-150 pick up burst into flames while parked in my driveway. it had been parked for about 3 hours prior to the fire. the fire caught my home on fire. myself and my 8 year old son as well as our 4 dogs were in the house sleeping. luckily i heard an explosion and woke up and got my son and pets out of the house safely. the house was severely damaged and will have to be rebuilt. the truck wa totally burned up. i have since found out that there was a problem with the cruise control switch causing fires. unfortunately i never received a recall notice. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford f-150. the contact stated that the engine rpms would increase excessively in colder weather, usually about 15 degrees. when the failure would occur, the vehicle would abnormally accelerate while the contact was driving. the failure recurred fives times. the contact had to shift into neutral in order to stop the vehicle. the vehicle was not repaired. the vin was not available. the failure mileage was 120,000 and the current mileage was 158,000. updated 04/10/12*lj

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford f150. while entering a parking space the vehicle rapidly accelerated backwards. even after repeated brake application the vehicle would not stop. she attempted to move forward, but the vehicle rapidly accelerated forward. she removed the key from the ignition to stop the vehicle. consequently, she caused damage to six parked vehicles. the vehicle was towed to the dealer. the dealer replaced the hcu abs brake system and the iac. the failure mileage was 110,000 and the current mileage was 115,000.

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f-150. while the vehicle was parked in a parking lot, smoke appeared from the front end of the vehicle. flames appeared underneath the hood. the building security extinguished the fire. the fire department was not called to the scene. the failure occurred without warning or injuries. the vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer for inspection. the failure was related to the cruise control switch. the vehicle has not been repaired. the vin was unknown. the failure and current mileages were 198,000.

Throttle sticks after steady driving in cold/snow because of ford's poor design, they even state it in ford article no. 01-21-5. has happened may times to me. i just finally got an answer to the problem. the fix is over 500.00, and i don't have the money. it is their poor design, this just does not seem fair. i have had several close calls due to this problem, there really should be a recall on this. *tr

Gas pedal sticks on 2001 ford f150 truck. *tr

I own a 2001 ford f-150 crewcab i went to work i parked i clocked in @ 3pm by 6:37 my truck was on fire it was parked for 3.5 hrs before it started to burn. *tr

The car was parked in the parking lot out side of my work. someone told me that my car was on fire. i went out and sure enough it was on fire burning from the engine compartment. it is a total loss. : ( *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f-150. the contact stated that the vehicle caught fire due to a defective cruise control. a police report was filed. she never received a recall notice from the manufacturer. the current and failure mileages were 99,000. updated 10/28/08 *bf

Cruise control switch started fire and destroyed my 2001 ford supercrew f-150 truck. truck was sitting in drive way unattended. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f-150. on june 2, 2008, after being driven for nine hours, the vehicle caught fire while parked in the contact's driveway. he never received a recall notice and no preventive repairs were made in the event of a fire. prior to the fire, the cruise control had stopped working. the current mileage was 180,000 and failure mileage was 177,000.

On the evening of 5-26-08 my son returned from work @ 11:00 pm. at 11:28 pm my neighbor was banging on my door yelling fire. when i went outside i could see that my 2001 ford f150 truck engine compartment was fully engulfed in flames. i ran outside and started putting out the fire while my neighbors daughter called 911. the fire dept. came out and extinguished the fire. the following week i contacted ford consumer line and was informed by a lady named melanie that ford did not have me listed as the owner of the truck and that she would forward my info to the claims dept. the next week i received a letter stating that because ford had sent me 5 recall letters that they did not feel responsible for anything. the problem i have is that i never received any recall letters and how could they send me them if i did not show up on their records as being the registered owner. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f150 super crew. the contact stated that his vehicle caught fire while parked. the fire department extinguished the fire and stated that the fire extended from cruise control module to the master cylinder. the fire destroyed the vehicle. a fire department report is available. the current and failure mileages were 75,000.

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f150. on may 19, 2008 after being parked for twelve hours, the vehicle caught fire. a week after the fire, may 26, 2008 the contact received a recall notice for nhtsa campaign id number 05v388000 (vehicle speed control). the fire department stated that the fire was caused by the cruise control being wired through the brakes. a police report was filed. the failure mileage was 100,000. updated 11-19-08 *bf updated 11/19/08. *jb

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford f-150. the contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph, the vehicle became hesitant to acceleration attempts. the vehicle was taken to the dealer but the technician was unable to diagnose the failure. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the vin was not available. the approximate failure mileage was 35,000. *tr

2001 f150 caught fire under hood while sitting in driveway. completely destroyed. 8 days later i received a safety recall notice in the mail. had very few payments left. i had around 18,000.00 invested in the vehicle. this makes me sick. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f-150. the contact stated that his vehicle caught fire under the hood on the driver side. a police report was filed. on march 31, 2008, the contact received a recall notice for the vehicle speed control: cruise control, which suggested he schedule an appointment to have the recall work performed. the recall number was unknown. the current and failure mileages were 127,000.

Tl*the contact owned a 2001 ford f150. the contact stated that his caught fire while parked in his driveway. the fire destroyed the vehicle. there were no injuries, deaths or police report. the contact received a recall notice for vehicle speed control on march 22, 2008. the current and failure mileages were 193,000.

Recall for 05s28 speed control device, car burst into flames under the hood, engine burned, car totaled - recall notification was not received by actual vehicle owner. ford motor co. said letters were mailed on 10/05, 11/06 and 12/07. i was not the owner of the vehicle until 6/06 and i never received the mentioned 1/07 letter. car was taken to dealer twice (after purchased) to do the oil/filter change and i was never informed about the recall. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f150. the contact stated that her vehicle caught fire during the early morning hours. the fire was claimed to have been caused by the defect mentioned in nhtsa campaign id number 05v388000 (vehicle speed control). the contact filed a complaint with the manufacturer. a police report was filed. the current and failure mileages were 72,000. updated01/08/08 *bf

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f-150. while driving approximately 10 mph in a parking garage, the contact struck a light post. the accelerator pedal became stuck and the vehicle sped across the parking lot and struck another post. he attempted to apply pressure to the brakes, but the vehicle would not stop. the vehicle was severely damaged. the dealer was unable to determine the cause of the failure. the manufacturer did not provide any assistance. the failure mileage was 60,000 and current mileage was 70,000.

The vehicle was parked. at 4am, the truck was discovered in flames from the engine compartment. the entire engine compartment, tires, front body, windshield - was completely destroyed. the police and fire department respond. have reports. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f150. in 2002, the vehicle was taken to the dealer regarding a recall on the vehicle speed control switch. the dealer stated that the vehicle did not need to be repaired at that time. on october 18, 2007, the vehicle was parked in front of the contact's house after a short trip. one hour later, the vehicle caught fire. the insurance company is currently investigating the fire. the recall number was unknown. the current and failure mileages were 120,000.

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f-150. the vehicle caught fire while parked in the drive way. the dealer confirmed that the cause was due to the vehicle speed control and towed the vehicle. the dealer also stated that they do not have any records that the vehicle was purchased at their location. the vehicle was destroyed. ford manufacturer stated that they mailed a recall notice to the owner; however, the contact verified that the address on file was incorrect. a police report is available. the manufacture stated they will not repair or give her assistance with this vehicle. the current and failure mileage was 130,000.

My 2001 ford f-150 supercrew caught fire spontaneously after sitting parked for several hours. *jb

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f150. the contact received a safety recall notice in august of 2007 for the vehicle speed control. he called ford four different times since then and was informed that the part would be available every month thereafter. there had been no failure to date. the recall number and purchase date were unknown. the current mileage was 57,000. remailed form 04/22/08. *lj updated 5/20/08 *cn

My 2001 ford f-150 caught on fire around 2:30 a.m. on august 5,2007 it was parked in my drive way and it had not been moved that entire day . we had the police come and make a report along with the firefighters and they told us that the cause had been the deactivation switch of the cruise control that made the truck get on fire. we have those reports so we contacted our insurance they told us that even though we had full coverage the insurance did not cover the damage that was caused. so they recommended us to talk to ford to see what they could do for us. but when we contacted them they took our information. they requested pictures and the reports that had been made we faxed them to carmen from the ford consumer affairs department. but we never received anything back from them that is when we sent them a letter notifying them how disappointed we where. the next day carmen contacted my daughter elisa rodriguez and told her that they still hadn't been able to do anything for us but that she would let us know. as the days passed we would not receive anything from ford so we would call them over and over again but now they not only didn't give us information but they would not return our calls we left various messages. but there was no answer . until one day my daughter called and carmen finally answered and told us that they could not do anything for us because the vehicle had been to badly burned in order to see what had caused it to get on fire. but ford never sent anyone to make investigations or a report they just didn't even try to help us in anything they just assumed everything they said . *tr

2001 ford f150 caught fire under the hood. consumer states that she never received a recall for the speed control switch. consumer would like the truck to be replaced. she states that the insurance is being of no assistance. *kb

After driving home from work about 5 miles the truck was parked in my drive way about 20 minutes later i had a next store neighbor knocking on my door stating that my truck was on fire. fire department came to put it out. a neighbor also told me of a recall on the truck due to truck fires and i went online and noticed that the recall started before it was bought from a ford dealership after looking into it the recall was not done before the purchase was made even though they knew of the situation. i was also not notified from ford through any means of any recall needed on the truck its self before or even after the incident. *tr

May 12th 2006 my 2001 ford f-150 caught fire in my mother's garage and burned the truck totally up and the fire resulted in my mother's house being a total loss. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f150. approximately fifteen minutes after parking the vehicle, the contact noticed fire ascending from under the hood. the firefighter stated that the fire was caused due to a defect on the speed control deactivation switch. there is recall # 05v388000 (vehicle speed control). the manufacturer stated that her vehicle was included in the recall. the contact filed a report with the police. the current and failure mileages were 65,000.

On april 21,2007 my 2001 f150 was sitting in the front yard after being driven for about 30 minutes that morning and started a fire. in no time the truck was a total lose. was living in gulfport,miss. after the storm (katrina) every thing was all messed up. i had no insurance on the truck . i thought since there was a recall on my truck i could work things out with ford . as time went by and all the paperwork fielded out as ford requested,they sent me a letter saying they needed 90 days to have their engineers check my components. 90 days went by still no response from ford. then i received a letter from ford saying it wasn't their fault. as of right now,i'm at a stand still needing help with this matter. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f-150. while parked in the driveway the vehicle caught on fire. the fire department stated that the fire was due to the engine. the vehicle was destroyed. the owner stated that the cause was directly related to the vehicle speed control. there were no injuries. the current and failure mileage were 52,000. *ak

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f-150. while driving 73 mph with the cruise control engaged, the accelerator pedal extended to the floorboard when the resume button was pressed. as of september 10, 2007, the dealer had not inspected the vehicle. the failure mileage was 34,500 and current mileage was 36,500.

I was driving from santa barbara to lompoc along highway 1 around 6:30 p.m. when i first smelled smoke thinking there was a brush fire, but quickly it started to smell like electrical burning. looking around the truck for the smell while driving i looked out the side mirror to make sure no one was behind me, only to see sparks or small embers flying from my truck onto the highway. pulling over to the side i jumped out of the truck and pulled my tool box away from the bed to see if something in the back bed was on fire. i could only see flames underneath between the bed and the cab. fearing explosion i ran to call 911 from my cell phone. within minutes my truck was engulfed in flames. nothing left but a big pile of metal. tools, and golf clubs, gone. *jb

Tl* - the contact called regarding the 2001 ford f150. the contact was traveling at 60 mph when he started to smell smoke. the contact looked out of the rearview mirror and saw sparks hitting the road. the contact pulled the vehicle over. looked under the vehicle and saw flames. he then left the vehicle. the vehicle became engulfed in flames and was destroyed. the fire department extinguished the fire and determined the cause of the fire as electrical. the contact was unsure whether a police or fire report was filed. the vehicle was towed away. the failure mileage is approximately 160,000. there were no injuries.*ak ford claimed the recall had been fixed. updated 03/19/07. *jb

I own a 2001 ford f-150. on december 16,2006 it caught fire and is now considered a total loss by our insurance company. it has completely burned to the ground. only the shell of the vehicle and the two flat rear tires are left. the insurance company at this time has not told me the reason this has happened. on dec. 16th my fiance had driven it into town that morning and returned home and parked it in the yard next to our mobile home. he arrived back at home at about 9:30 am. he took another vehicle down to our neighbors house to do some work on it and about 2:00 pm someone else in our neighborhood came to get him saying his truck was on fire. the fire department said the fire did start in the engine compartment. as a result of the fire our siding on our house was melted and we had a motor home parked in front of it also that had some damage to it. if it was a windy day the flames would have reached the house and it would have burnt to the ground. we have not had any problems with the truck before this had happened. now that this has happened i have heard of people talking about other truck fires and have found other incidents of this happening while doing research on the internet. this is how i found out about this site and i thought i should report our fire. *jb

Vehicle caught on fire in the middle of the night while parked in the driveway, not running. i have liability insurance only...didn't think there was any reason i would report it to the insurance company. truck was destroyed...luckily my brother awoke in the middle of the night and saw the truck on fire. the truck was parked less than a foot away from the house. my brother was able to put the fire out without getting hurt. i considered it a miracle no one was hurt. *nm

Dt*: the contact stated while the vehicle was parked for six hours in the driveway next to a residence, it became engulfed in flames. the fire originated from under the hood. the fire department was called and extinguished the fire. an additional vehicle parked next to the truck and part of the contact's house was also damaged from the fire. there were no problems with the vehicle prior to the incident. the manufacturer was contacted and verified the vehicle was included in the recall. the contact stated a recall notice was never received. updated 10/17/2006 - *nm

Dt*: the contact stated while parked in a driveway, the vehicle caught fire from the engine compartment. the contact did not notice anything unusual about the way the vehicle was operating before the fire started. the fire department extinguished the fire and determined that the fire was electrical. the manufacturer was contacted and expressed the contact's insurance company would handle the case once a claim was summitted. on 09/08/06, the contact found the recall information on the ford fires while searching the internet. there was a nhtsa recall #05v388000 (ford recall #05s28) pertaining to the vehicle speed control.

Ford f150 caught fire and burned while sitting in parking lot due to recall of cruise control - outcome pending. *nm

Thirty minutes after returning home my 2001 f-150 caught fire in my driveway. i was never notified of a recall, however i found out after the fact that the cruise control switch was recalled on my vehicle. *nm

On july 17 2006 i arrived at work and parked my 2001 ford f150 pu near the country club where i work. i went inside and was in the club for approx 10 min when a fellow employee came running inside and said my pu was on fire. i immediately called the fire dept. while some of the other employees tried helping me put the fire out. i had no type of warning that something like this would happen. i had no problems with my pu until this moment. my pu was totaled and now i have nothing.this situation could have been alot worse if i would not have had fellow employees there to help me out. the club could have caught a fire or someone could have been really hurt.

Cruise control after the manufacturer rep replaced the parts for the recall on this vehicle . the cruise control stopped working when my wife took it back to the dealership they said that there was nothing that they had done to cause this problem and they could run a check on it for $30.00 and let her know what was wrong. is this what a recall is about? *jb

On 7-1-06 a customer had her f150 towed to my repair facility. at that time i had the 2001 f150 pushed in to secure the truck for the holiday weekend. on 7-3-06 i got a call informing me that my shop was on fire. the fire chief in his report pointed his finger at the ford. since then i have 2 point of origin fire investigators look at the truck they also pointed the finger at ford. a ford rep. came out and took a few pics. and said '!@#$% happens and then left. so far ford has not came to look at the truck. what and i suppose to do? *nm

1 month ago my 2001 f150 would not crank. i checked the fuse and the #6 fuse (5 amp) had blown. i replaced it with a new 5 amp fuse and it blew again. i called our roadside assistance and asked that the truck be towed as we wanted to know why it was blowing the fuse each time we replaced it. the repair shop had the truck for 2 days and could not duplicate the problem about 10 days later it blew a fuse again. this time it was the #15 fuse(still a 5 amp fuse) and this time the truck would crank but would not go out of park. called a tow truck again and had it taken to a different repair shop that night. i spoke with the repair shop owner on sat july 1 and told him it was a secondary vehicle and as this was a holiday weekend not to rush. just when they opened back up after the holiday if he could get it fixed then. on the morning of july 4th 2006 we were called around 10:30 am by the repair shop owner, who was also a tenant in this building, that our truck had caught on fire during the night and was a total loss. he asked that we come right over. we called our insurance on the way as we luckily still had full coverage even though our truck was paid for. the auto repair shop had all the bay doors cut open by the fire department during the night(july 3rd) and there were several other cars in the building that were damaged also. at least one of which was a total loss also. the building had water and smoke damage even in its restroom. the repair shop has not been able to open all week and who knows how large his deductible, etc is. i have since found out my ford 2003 excursion has a fire recall on it. i am terrified to have my children in it or have it near my home or someone else's as i don't want to be responsible if it happens again. i have also found out that in my neighborhood of 26 houses. the man 4 doors down had his f150 burn down in his driveway during ...

I am having a hard time getting ford to replace a defective, and recalled part. who do i contact? *nm

I am requesting a recall for the ford speed control systems. they are causing uncontrolled accelerations which do not respond to the breaks. i was stopped in a drive through window with my foot on the break. the vehicle was at a full stop. suddenly while my foot was on the break the engine accelerated out of control. because my foot was on the break the vehicle was not able to move forward. this was not a mistake of putting my foot on the accelerator because i was preventing the vehicle from moving forward by having my foot on the break. quickly i placed the vehicle in park preventing it from driving off the end of the drive through. afterwards i proceeded to conduct research and found that many other people are reporting the same problem. the ford speed control systems are causing uncontrolled accelerations which lead to severe accidents and deaths. *nm

Woke up in the morning to truck on fire..called the fire department right away as vehicle was parked close to home they were able to put it out...thankfully only damage outside of vehicle was to the pavers on driveway..did call ford company and my name was not even listed as owner of vehicle...old owner was...probably why i never received the recall notice. *nm

Dt*: the contact stated prior to having the recall work performed, the accelerator pedal stuck. the recall for the cruise control was performed, but the problem with the accelerator pedal remained. this happened at any speed, without the cruise control activated. the vehicle has not been to a mechanic, but the contact determined the throttle cable is sticking.