Cruise Control problems of the 2004 Ford Expedition

When driving in cold weather the vehicle continues to accelerate after you have released the accelerator. It doesn't matter whether you are using the cruise control or not.

The contact owns a 2004 Ford Expedition. She smelled plastic burning in her garage; however, she observed flames coming from underneath the hood of her vehicle. The fire department extinguished the fire and the vehicle is in her garage. The vehicle was destroyed and there were major damages to her residence. The dealer was not notified. Her insurance company stated that Ford will be sending out an investigator to determine what caused the fire. There is an incident report from the fire department . There is a recall on Ford vehicles for the cruise control switch but at this moment they don't know if that caused the fire to occur. The failure and current mileages were 79000.

Cruise control stuck and the speed would accelerate and there was no way to turn off cruise control or slow down truck.

1998 Ford Expedition caught on fire while the vehicle was parked and the engine was cut off. The consumer believed his Expedition suffered from the same defect in the cruise control deactivation switch as other vehicel's.

While on the beltway driving at 55 mph steering wheel started to vibrate. Then, consumer saw smoke coming from under the hood. Consumer pulled over , and the passenger opened the hood to find flames coming from under the hood. Assistance was provided by a state trooper. The fire department responded to contain the fire. Consumer mentioned the cruise control was on earlier. This vehicle was not included in cruise control NHTSA recall 05v017000.

On December 5, 2004, my family and I were driving south on interstate 5 near edmonds, washington. The cruise control motor of our 2004 Ford eddie bauer Expedition engaged on its own and malfunctioned in such a way as to open up the throttle on the car. We were sent at high speeds through traffic with no way to stop. Braking the car, putting the car into neutral or lower gears, nothing worked. We narrowly avoided many collisions which could have resulted in serious injury or death to our family and others on the road that day. My husband is an excellent driver and remained calm. We made our way through traffic to the side of the road where he was able to slam on the emergency brake and turn the key off. All four brakes were billowing smoke. Our local dealer has "fixed the problem" but I am compelled to warn other drivers of our difficulties. We have been unable to reach a representative from the Ford motor company. I believe they know of this mechanical failure because they changed the cervo motor that controls the cruise control in their 2005 model. We have found other individuals on the internet that had the same near death experience. I hope Ford does not wait for someone to die before they ask for a recall. Please help me warn other drivers. Thank you!.

While driving in cruise control mode at 65 mph the cable stuck in open. Consumer was unable to disengage from this mode by depressing the brake pedal. Consumer had to put the vehicle in the neutral gear and turn the vehicle off. The cause of the cable sticking is yet to be determined.