general problems of the 2001 Ford F-350

Tl the contact owned a 2001 Ford F-350. While the vehicle was parked in a parking lot without warning the vehicle caught fired. The contact stated that a coworker informed him that the flames were coming from underneath his vehicle. The contact attempted to extinguish the fire but was unable. The fire department was contacted and extinguished the flames. A police report was filed. No injuries were sustained. State farm was contacted towed the vehicle to a tow lot and deemed the vehicle a total loss. The contact mentioned that the brake fluid light was illuminated and brake fluid was added to the vehicle. The contact mentioned that prior to the fire he noticed that fluid was leaking underneath the vehicle. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign number: 09v399000 (vehicle speed control) as a cause of the failure as VIN was included and recall was not serviced. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 109,000.

The contact owns a 2001 Ford F-350. The contact stated that while stopped, he applied the accelerator pedal and the vehicle did not accelerate. The check engine light was illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and the accelerator pedal assembly was replaced. The failure recurred approximately one year later. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer for repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 212,800 and the current mileage was 237,800.

The contact owns a 2001 Ford e-350 super duty. A recall notice was received for NHTSA campaign number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control). The dealer advised that the parts were unavailable until December. There was no failure. The current mileage was 49,200. Updated 09/12/07.

Dealership sold a vehicle with a speed control that almost caused an accident with a semi-tractor . Dealer informed consumer that speed was governed ,and cannot be removed. Please provide further details.

While applying accelerator, vehicle has no power, consumer states there are other trucks that experience the same problem, dealer stated that consumer was too abusive on the gas pedal, consumer states that if you put the gas pedal to the floor it does nothing, vheicle has been in for repair 6 times and problem still exists.