Four problems related to accelerator pedal have been reported for the 2001 Ford F-250. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The contact owns a 2001 Ford F-250. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle crashed into a pedestrian bridge. The driver was fatally injured. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the brake pedal was bent and overlapped the accelerator pedal. This issue may have caused the crash. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 109,000.
The brake pedal and the gas pedal are too close, and gas pedal is 1/2 inch lower. When stepping on the brake pedal consumer can hit the gas pedal at the same time. Dealer states no modification because of design specifications. This problem would become worse in the winter when the consumer wears boots.
2001 year model Ford f250. Driver attempted to make left hand turn in front of a minivan. The driver indicated that the truck would not accelerate and caused a head-on collision and killed the driver of the minivan. Later, the truck was found to have a faulty accelerator pedal assembly kit.
Consumer was pulling out of an intersection onto a four lane highway. The consumer floor the accelerator pedal in order to get up to speed with oncoming traffic when the vehicle suddenly idled down. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who determined that the throttle stopping device on the pedal assembly bent when the pedal was floor and caused the truck to idle down instead of up. The steering wheel did not respond when the consumer slammed on the brake.