Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2009 Ford F-150

Pulling up to my destination, the accelerator suddenly causing the vehicle to rapidly speed-up and become difficult to control.

After coming to a complete stop, I accelerated rapidly and let off the gas pedal once I reached the posted speed limit. . . The truck continued to accelerate on its own !! I had to stomp on the brakes to slow the truck down, threw it in neutral and rolled to a scary stop. The truck continued to rev to 4000 rpm's while in neutral. My wife jumped out of truck while we were at a red light. Luckily no one was in front of truck. While truck was revving in neutral on its own, I tried stomping on gas pedal several times to try to stop it from revving to no avail. I finally turned the truck off and restarted it a few minutes later, the truck idled normal. I immediately began to try to duplicate the problem to no avail the floor mat did not interfere with the pedal. I do have a video of the incident on my phone.

From a stop, I rapidly accelerated to 40 mph. While attempting to stop at red light I had to apply excessive brake force to stop. The engine was running at high rpm with foot off accelerator. I had to turn off ignition to prevent going into intersection. Then a few minutes later I was on highway going 70 mph and set cruise. I took my exit, pressed on brake to turn off cruise. The exit speed was 45 mph. I was not slowing down and pressed brakes very hard to reduce speed. The engine was still racing high speed as I was approaching a stop light. I had to place trans. In neutral and switch off ignition. After starting engine again rpm idle was normal and problem did not re-occur all the way home. On 7/25/13 I turned in truck to homer skelton Ford in olive branch, ms. With a detailed description of the event to service personnel to inspect or repair vehicle. (this was a first event since oct. 2012) I found a code c1963 in computer using car MD and loaded defect onto web site for my records.

Tl - the contact owns a 2009 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while at a stop, the engine rpms increased excessively and the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where a diagnosis was recommended. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 12,000 and the current mileage was 14,600. The VIN number was not available. Kmj.

I experienced unintended acceleration while backing up. I had just started the engine and placed it in reverse and then tapped the accelerator lightly to start moving. The vehicle then started to accelerate rapidly backwards. Luckily my foot was off the accelerator for I was in a school parking lot and on a slight incline so I was riding the brake lightly. I had my right foot fully on the brake pedal and could barely keep it slowed. I placed the engine in neutral and the tach showed a steady 4000 rpm, again my foot was still off the accelerator. I then turned off the engine and restarted and all seem normal. I took it to the dealer and they could not duplicate or show any computer code errors.

While pulling away from a drive through window, I took my foot off the accelerator to put on the brake as I neared the stop sign at the intersection to enter main road. As this happened the truck acceleratored suddenly and darted the truck and passengers into 2 lanes of traffic where they were hit by a van which in turn swung them into the opposite 2 lanes of traffic (so truck went through 4 lanes of traffic). Truck's airbags deployed on driver and passenger side (with driver seat bags too) and no injuries occured. Truck is being fixed and will be taken to local Ford dealership afterward for evualation.

The contact owns a 2009 Ford F-150. The vehicle was stopped with the contact's foot on the brake pedal, when the vehicle independently accelerated and crashed into two other vehicles. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 25,000. Updated 02/01/lj the consumer stated prior to the accident, he experienced sudden acceleration on several other occasions. Updated 03/22/11.

The contact owns a 2009 Ford f150. The contact was driving 65 mph when the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The contact depressed the brakes and shifted into neutral. He was able to stop the acceleration and move the vehicle from the roadway. The vehicle was then towed to the dealer where they performed a diagnostic test but could not duplicate the failure. The contact stated that the failure was the second instance of unintended acceleration in the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 24,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, the engine rpms increased excessively as the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact mentioned that the failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was unable to be replicated. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 52,000 and the current mileage was 63,000. The VIN was unavailable.