general problems of the 2021 Ford E-450

Two problems related to vehicle speed control have been reported for the 2021 Ford E-450. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2021 Ford E-450 based on all problems reported for the 2021 E-450.

1 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 06/10/2024

Component= traction control and cruise control. Safety risk=driving a Ford E-450 class c RV on interstate at 63 mph going generally up hill with cruise control on, the "service advancetrac" warning light came on dashboard. I immediately lost cruise control capability and steering became a little shakey. Pulled into rest area shut vehicle off. A few minutes and started again. Error went away and cruise control was functioning. Happened again a few hours later and I did the same thing and continued on. What happened=as I was driving, the " service advance traction" light came on and the cruise control stopped, my class c RV immediately slowed at a high rate, a semi was behind me trying to get over to the middle lane. When I slowed down suddenly due to the cruise control going out, the semi had no choice but to change lanes quickly missing the back of my vehicle by a foot or so. If he was not alert as to what was happening, I most assuredly would not be typing this letter. It was that close!! note= this also happened last year as we only take the RV out a few weeks out of the year. I brought it to klammer Ford in new port richey f1l immediately after we got back from the last trip. They could not reproduce issue or find anything wrong lamps= the only warning light that came on was a "service advance traction" light. No prior indication of any kind.

2 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 06/18/2021

The service advance trac light comes on sporadically. This also triggers the cruise control and hill start assist to turn off. Any of these malfunctions could prove to be a safety issue particularly with regard to stability and control of the vehicle. The vehicle has not yet been to a dealer for these issues as we are traveling. The malfunction has occurred about 5-6 times while driving, without any particular triggers. There were no early warnings and the first time the service light came on was June 18th and we were on a two lane flat road doing about 50 mph. The advance trac (and cruise/hill start) remains non-functional until vehicle is turned off for at least 10 minutes. It then often resets and performs normally until the next failure - which does not seem to be predictable.


Other Vehicle Speed Control related problems of the 2021 Ford E-450

Vehicle Speed Control problems
2
Cruise Control problems
1
Speed Control Cable problems
1


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