Cruise Control problems of the 1999 Ford F-150

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.

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!.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

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.

: 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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

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.

While driving down hill cruise control cuts off. As a result, the vehicle accelerates. The cruise control malfunctioned intermittently. In 2004 drove to bishop CA area and truck malfunctioned. While traveling down hill cruise control malfunctioned.

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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

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.

1999 Ford F-150 supercab was driven approximately 25 miles round trip from and to house located in rural area of ohio county, kentucky and then parked in carport attached to house. Approximately 30 minutes later the truck burst into flames. The truck and the house were totally destroyed.

The vehicle accelerated to higher speed while on cruise control due to defective speed control actuator assembly. Yh.

1999 f150 would smell as if something was burning when cruise control was used. The consumer received a recall and contacted the manufacturer. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who disconnected the cruise control and stated that new parts should arrive in January. To date the parts have not arrived.

This is a vehicle with a 5 speed manual transmission. Also has cruise control. When using cruise control it does not disengage, causing engine to race. Dealer has been contacted.

While driving at 70 mph cruise control engaged. Trying to slow down, the cruise control wouldn't disengage. Consumer put the vehicle into neutral, and disengaged the switch on the steering wheel to disengage cruise control. Vehicle came to a stop.

When turning on the cruise control, there is no light indicating that the cruise control is on. Dealer says its the way this model is designed.