Six problems related to vehicle speed control have been reported for the 2003 Ford F-150. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Ford F-150 based on all problems reported for the 2003 F-150.
September 05, 2017 3:49pm when approching the cape cod MA bridge, my 20 year old daughters Ford F-150 suddenely accerelated when the cruse control was off. She reached speeds exceding 80mph and the brakes where useless. She had to shift out of drive and shut the engine off whille weaving in and out of traffic to regain control. Had she been in any heaver traffic or on the bridge she and maybe others would have been very severly injured!!! this seems to be a well known issue yet Ford and my local Ford dealer know nothing about it (strange) the recall for this issue just is not for her F-150. When I spoke to both Ford and my local dealer. This is a life and death issue. (cricketts from Ford).
Pulling into a parking space in front of a medical clinic, going maybe 5 -8 mph and I had the brake depressed and suddenly the vehicle lunged forward at full throttle and hit a building--you can see the skid mark in the first picture. I ended up hitting a building and when it got stopped the tires just kept spinning until I shut it off. The air bags did not deploy, myself and my grandchildren were hurt. Major building damage as well. Mileage at time this happened 140,000.
2003 Ford F-150. Claims adjuster sent correspondence on behalf of consumer who lost his vehicle due to a fire in which an investigation revealed was a direct result of what was believed to be the cruise deactivation switch.
On occasions when pressing brake petal, the engine will speed up wide open causing the back wheel to actually to spin the back tires while holding the break petal down hard! very dangerous!! first time this happen the truck was only a couple months old. I took the truck back to dealer, and they reprogrammed the computer. I have had several occasion of it happening again but not as serious until only recently! last time I took the truck back to the dealer, may 14, 2007, I left it with them for a week. I went back and picked up the truck, and the dealer said they could not find any the wrong. I took the truck and in one and one half week later the fast acceleration happen again!!! see also odi 10205846 .
- the contact stated that while backing out of the driveway the 2003 Ford f150 with 15000 failure mileage with his foot on the brake he put the vehicle into drive and it accelerated to 35 mph and struck a tree. The driver then shut the vehicle off and put it into park. The vehicle was towed to a body shop with extensive damage. The cause of the acceleration has not been determined. Updated 03/30/07.
Recently, consume bought 2003, harley davidson, f150 in may of 2003. It idled roughly on occasion at which time it fluctuated. It idled at 800 rpms, then dipped down to 400 rpms. Felt like it was about to die, then surged back up to 900 rpms, and so forth. At times while driving it hesitated at constant speed.