general problems of the 2008 Ford F-150

When I brake the engine sounds like its racing louder and louder and seems like I'm excellerating instead of stopping. Its very hard to stop in time at a stop sign and I can't. I almost it a crossing car. This problem happened several times with myself and also when my husband drove the truck. We took it to a mechanic. The same happened to 2 mechanics at the shop on test drives. They have a theory it is happening because when we take our foot off the gas pedal and put it on the brake to brake we are too close to the gas pedal and are unknowingly pressing both at the same time. I didn't feel like that was happening, but maybe it was bec now when I brake , I place my foot much further from the gas pedal. I've heard this is a common problem in trucks, but I wasn't warned and I don't think this is safe.

This has happened numerous times when braking the accelerator is also depressed at the same time. Causing the vehicle to continue to move unexpectedly. Today while pulling into our driveway this happened again and the vehicle went through the house pushing it off the foundation and causing damage to the vehicle. This is a design flaw the gas and brake pedal are to close together. This has also happened to my wife and she wears a size 6 shoe. Are there any recalls or class action suits that any one is aware of. Or does someone have to die before it matters. I have been on other web sites and find many owners of and \08 f150 have the same complaints.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at 10 mph, the brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to stop. As a result, the contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle and the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed. No injuries were sustained. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. However, the contact stated that eighteen months later, while reversing at 10 mph, the brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to stop. As a result, the contact crashed into the driver side of another vehicle and the rear of a second vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed. No injuries were sustained. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician was unable to diagnose or repair the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 90,000. Oo.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 mph and depressing the brake pedal, the engine rpms increased excessively. The brake pedal began to pulsate and the contact crashed into another vehicle. The contact was able to come to a stop when he shifted the vehicle into park. The contact did not sustain any injuries. The vehicle was towed to a collision center. A police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 51,000. Kmj.

The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at various speeds the vehicle accelerated independently. The vehicle was taken to two independent mechanics for diagnosis and neither could find the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileage was 150,000.

While backing up truck accelerated on its own,also did the same when stopped at a light.

It was about 6:00am when I started my truck up and drove to my mail box which was about 300ft from my carport. I had backed my truck under the carport to remove grocerys the day before, so I drove forward to the mail box and drove backwards to park my truck back under the carport,. I came to a complete stop and took my foot off the gas pedal and pressed the brake when the truck started spinning the tires as though the engine went to full trottle. I took of in reverse ran thru a two foot ditch, over my outside airconditioner unit and slammed into my brick home. I had applied the brake as hard as I could with no effect. Upon the impact with the house I turned the ignition switch off to stop the wheels from spinning . I could finally put it in park .

While driving on the interstate at 70 mph, the vehicle lost acceleration. The rpm's shot up, and truck would not accelerate. It was as if it had slipped into neutral. Had to pull over on side of highway, and turn the truck off. This seemed to reset the issue for the time being. Has happened several more times. Took it to two different dealerships. The first one cleaned the maf sensor. The second dealership flushed the tranny and reprogrammed the truck. None of these solutions have worked. It happened again this week with my two young children in the car. Was able to make it onto shoulder before an accident occurred. Have another appointment at dealership tomorrow morning. This is dangerous!.

Stop at gas station and turned truck off and entered store. Returned to truck and cranked. Put in drive drove around station to entrance of main highway. About 20 yards to stop sign to highway I was going about 5 mph and I lifted right foot off of gas pedal to apply brake. The truck slowly started to speed up. I applied the brake with one foot and the truck started to apply more gas until I had both feet on the brake and pushing as hard as possible and it was pushing me toward the highway in front of a oncoming car. The back tires started to spin. I put the truck in neutral the engine reeved to around 6-1/2 rpm before I could turn the switch off. I sit there for about 30 seconds with engine off then restarted the truck and it was ok. . I have an appointment on 7/18/2011 with a Ford dealership to have the truck looked at. I have looked over your web site and there has been many other f 150 trucks with the same problem it seems as mine. I think you need to think about talking to Ford motor company about a possible recall. I have a 17 year old daughter that sometimes drives my truck and that was the first thing that I thought of. What if she had been driving when this happened, would she have reacted as fast as I did before being pushed out in front of the oncoming car. . Just something to think about. .

The contact owns a 2008 Ford f150. The contact was sitting idle at a traffic stop with the brakes applied when the vehicle began to accelerate abnormally. The vehicle went from 0 to 100 mph while she was depressing the brakes. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they were unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was approximately 25,000.

I was applying the brake while traveling at 30 mph. As I braked, it was still accelerating even though the gas pedal was not being pressed down and it seemed it was going at fast rpms. The brake did slow the vehicle but not completely, and I had to shift to park then turn off the engine to stop the acceleration.

I own a 2008 Ford F-150 XLT supercrew / I have been having acceleration problems. Once sitting at an intersection luckily I was the first one at the light this vehicle just started racing and took off on me luckily my light just turned green I put both feet on the brakes and it didn't do a thing as the tac was buried and engine revving as fast as it would go by then I was in the middle of the intersection and still out of control I put the truck into neutral the truck stopped but the engine was racing so fast I thought it was going to blow up I then put it in park and shut the truck off, I had my two boys 14 and 16 with me to witness this and we were all scared to death. I finally started the truck back up reluctantly but I was in the middle of the intersection and it was fine I pulled over into a shopping center trying to calm down and finally drove home with no other problems that day. Since this was a weekend the Ford dealership was closed so on Monday morning I went to them they looked in their computer found no recalls and told me if I put it on the computer it would cost me 60 dollars. 1 year later this same thing happened to me this truck took off on me like a rocket engine racing this time I was by myself on way to work I kept it on the road as long as I could then shot off into a field went approx. 1/4 mile taking out stumps and trees in approx 8in. Of snow then went airborne back over the road landing into a ditch up against two trees. I was semi conscious when I finally landed and stopped but all I could hear was this trucks engine racing as fast as it could go and I could see steam coming out of the front it scared me so I had the sense to put the truck in park and shut it off. Been doing some research same company that makes throttle/sensors for Toyota also makes them for Ford. I truly believe this problem needs to be addressed ASAP. I'm lucky I'm still alive the next person might not be over this obvious throttle/sensor defect.

The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-150. The contact stated the vehicle surges forward on many occasions. The vehicle would surge forward after shifting into drive and while stopped at a traffic light. The contact has taken the vehicle to a dealer but the dealer was unable to diagnose the failure. The contact was concerned that the failure may cause a crash while driving. Failure mileage was 7,400. Updated 2/22/10 updated 05/17/10.

Vehicle is a Ford f150 XLT 2008. Vehicle was bought new from jack madden Ford in norwood massachusetts. Vehicle purchased approximately in April of 2008. Problem with vehicle is when slowing down and coming to a stop the vehicle's engine accelerates and I have had to release foot brake and reapply. Or I have had to put it in neutral to stop vehicle. One time I went through a stop sign because vehicle accelerated and lunged forward. I have had the vehicle back to the dealer about 4 to 5 times and they have found nothing. I have contacted the attorney generals office here in massachsuetts and she has contacted the Ford representative but Ford could not speak to her without a letter being sent to them. At present we are at a standstill . Problem occurs occasionally and has happened about 8 to 10 times. This is an extremely dangerous situation and I am truly concerned about my safety and that of my wife's. , not to mention other people being injured either walking in a crosswalk or in another vehicle. Please contact me.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Ford f150. The contact stated that the vehicle rpms increased excessively to 5,000 as the vehicle surged abnormally. The contact applied the brakes to stop the surging failure. The failure also recurred while the contact was sitting at a complete stop. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to have a diagnostic performed but the dealer was unable to generate a failure code. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 5,000 and the current mileage was 7,760. Kmj.

The contact owns a 2008 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the accelerator and brake pedals were extremely close together and on numerous occasions, would simultaneously depress both pedals. The manufacturer and dealer were contacted and expressed to the contact that they would call him back at a later date. The failure was not repaired. The failure mileage was 3,400 and the current mileage was 13,000. The VIN was unavailable. Updated 8/29/11.

This Ford f 150 pickup truck has the widest gas (accelerator) pedal I have ever seen and as a result, my right foot continues to press down on it even after I have started applying the brake pedal with the same foot. I have nearly collided with my working partner and a boat trailer three times in the past month as we were trying to hook up the trailer to the truck. As I backed up, and moved my foot from the gas pedal over to the brake pedal, the right edge of my foot was still pressing down on the gas pedal while the left part of my foot was pressing down on the brake pedal. So both pedals were being pressed down at the same time, but the gas pedal dominated and instead of slowing down, the truck accelerated in reverse. To avoid this situation, I have to consciously move my foot over onto the middle or left side of the brake pedal, which is something I have never had to do before with any vehicle I have driven, and I have been driving for 43 years. I have driven many Ford pickup trucks, F-150, f-250, and f-350, and the old f-100 as well, plus Dodge and Chevrolet and Nissan and Toyota pickup trucks, full size and mid-size and Mini pickups. I have never encountered this problem before in my entire life, and my CO-worker has not either. We feel that this is a definite safety issue that needs to be addressed. This situation only occurs when backing up to hitch up a boat trailer, not when coming to a normal traffic stop, so the difference lies in the fact that my foot is moving faster from gas pedal to brake pedal when backing up to hook up a trailer, than it is when making a normal stop in traffic. But I have backed up many other pickup trucks in the past to hook up boat trailers and never had this problem before. We measured the Ford F-150's gas pedal width and compared it with other pickup gas pedal widths and the Ford's was wider than the others.

I own a 2008 Ford F-150. Last Saturday I entered the vehicle, started the engine and put the vehicle in drive. The engine imediately increased in rpm to the point where the rear tires began spinning on the gravel. I put the transmission in neutral and the engine rpm increased. I removed my foot from the brake and the engine continued at a very high rpm. I then depressed and released the accelerator and the engine returned to a normal idle. I have read other complaints abpout this type of problem and I do not believe I was pressing on both the brake and accelerator pedal at the same time. I also didn't see any advantage to taking my vehicle to my dealr since no one else has been able to find a problem.