Accelerator Pedal Problems of Ford Mustang - part 1

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Mustang. The contact stated that while the son was driving approximately 40 mph and pressing the brake pedal to reduce speed, the engine began to rev and the vehicle continued to accelerate. The driver observed that the accelerator pedal had remained pressed toward the floor and reached down to manual lift the pedal to reduce the vehicle's speed. The vehicle then drove into an intersection and crashed into a second vehicle. During the crash no injuries were reported. A police report was taken at the scene and the vehicle was towed away. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The local dealer was not contacted. The contact indicated that the vehicle was previously repaired after the same failure had occurred. No further information was available. The failure mileage was 95,000.

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The contact owns a 2016 Ford Mustang. The contact stated the trunk failed to open as needed. The electrical sensors were inoperable. While driving at an undetermined speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to respond. The tpms warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where it was diagnosed that the wiring harness needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no additional assistance was provided. The approximate failure mileage was 92,000.

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The contact owns a 2022 Ford Mustang. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed however, the contact stated that after he released his foot to engage the brake pedal, the accelerator pedal was stuck and failed to stop the vehicle. The contact then stated that he had to engage the emergency brake to stop vehicle. As a result, the vehicle crashed into an electrical pole. The contact sustained injury to the nose and a concussion. The air bags deployed. No warning lights was illuminated. Medical attention was required. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that he would receive a call back. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was transferred to the NHTSA hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 3,200.

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The contact's daughter owns a 2004 Ford Mustang cobra. While driving 25 mph, the contact removed his foot from the accelerator pedal and the vehicle continued to drive forward. He stated that the pedal was stuck to the floor. The vehicle drove over a curb and, crashed into a fence and a pole, and then drove down a slight embankment. The contact received recall notice number 06s43, which could not be identified. The current and failure mileages were 65,000.

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On 7 March 2007, while driving down the highway at speed limit of 55, my 2005 Ford Mustang accelerated to over 100 mph. The gas pedal was all the way to the floor. I had to put the vehicle in neutral and find a place to pull over. I held my foot on the brake to try to slow down, but this only caused the vehicle to fishtail. I finally made it to a gravel driveway and put it in park, but the accelerator stayed on the floor causing my tire to spin throwing gravel and then they began to smoke. I killed the engine and had to call roadside assistance to be towed to the local dealer. Accelerator never lifted back to normal position. Car is currently being checked at the Ford dealership.

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I down shifted my car and floored the gas pedal and the pedal caught on the carpet. I could not get it to release and had to shut off the ignition on the freeway, pulled over, and park the car to fix the problem. Speed of 100+mph was reached.

Gas pedal stuck under carpet.

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I was proceeding through intersection on a left hand turn lane driving in the wrong gear for the speed at which I was going(20 mph), I down shifted into second gear and the gas pedal was stuck to the floor for a half a block heading towards the next intersection that had a red light for me. I couldn't stop the car so I turned the key off. After looking at the pedal I noticed the carpet doesn't fit right like it's short and my gas pedal arm is extremely weak and bends towards the transmission scraping the carpet through the range of up/down motion. I think the carpet is half the problem the other half is the gas pedal arm. The right side of the gas pedal rubs the carpet. I pull the pedal off of the carpet every so often within days the pedal is rubbing it again.

I have a 2004 Mustang cobra and the gas pedal got stuck while I was on the freeway. I had to put the car in neutral and shut off the car. I almost got in an extremely severe car accident and think that Ford should have a class action law suit filed against them or there should be a recall on this problem. Evidently there are many others that have experienced the same problem.

I own a 2004 Ford Mustang v6 40th aniversary edition, VIN 1fafp40494f118508. The carpet is coming up on the drivers side & passenger side. The carpet is interfereing with both braking and acceleration pedals.

Accellerator pedal sticks down (at full throttle) because it gets entangled in factory carpeting that is incorrectly installed or attached at time of manufacture of vehicle.

The gas pedal on my 2004 Ford cobra stuck all the way down and almost created an accident. I was very fortunate to have not been injured or to injure someone else. Ford, this should be a factory recall period.

The carpet on my 2004, v6, Mustang coupe is rolling down from under the dash area and interfering with depressing the clutch all the way and interfering with the gas pedal.

I have a 2003 Ford Mustang cobra that had the throttle get stuck in a wide open mode that could only be stopped by turning the key to the off position. This was extremely scary as I almost rear end another car.

I was driving the car on dragstrip and the gas pedal stuck underneath the carpet at full throttle I am not referring to a mat, the actual carpet I called my Ford dealer and they have no specfic fix I am cutting a slit in the carpet and glueing it down if this happened on the highway, who knows?.

Starting about a month ago, the car began having a problem with the accelerator. The owner was at a stop sign. Car was completely stopped and car accelerated to 60 mph and owner had to put car in neutral and kicked the gas pedal until the rpm's came down to normal. Then it was taken to dealer who reported no problem. Then about three weeks later on interstate, owner was going about 60 and the car accelerated to 80 mph. The car was taken to dealer again, and the dealer put on a black box to record events. The owners are afraid to drive it because they are unable to determine what is wrong or have it repaired. The vehicle is now sitting. The problem is intermintent. Starting about a month ago, the car has having a problem with the accelerator. The owner was at a stop sign. Car was completely stopped and car accelerated to 60 mph and owner had to put car in neutral and kicked the gas pedal until the rpm's came down to normal. Then it was taken to dealer who reported no problem. Then about three weeks later on interstate, owner was going about 60 and the car accelerated to 80 mph. The car was taken to dealer again, and the dealer put on a black box to record events. There were no warning lights on in vehicle and . The owners are afraid to drive it because they are unable to determine what is wrong or have it repaired. The vehicle is now sitting. The problem is intermintent.

I own a 2004 Ford Mustang cobra. On the day listed below, I entered a very busy freeway in phoenix and had to give full throttle in third gear in order to merge into an opening. When I went to release the throttle as I moved into the opening, the throttle stayed at the wide open position with the pedal still to the floor. I had to push the clutch in, hit the brakes hard, and shut the engine off to avoid hitting the car in front of me. It was close. Then I had to negotiate a safe exit to the side of the road. What I found was the throttle pedal was stuck under a piece of the carpeting. I have found this is not an uncommon occurance in this model. (mustang) I can probably give you the names of 25 people who have suffered this problem. Please!! this is a huge safety issue. Please do what you can to resolve this problem. Again, this is not an uncommon problem and I would be happy to direct you to a forum where you can see many instances of this. Thank you for your time.

While driving my 2004 Mustang cobra, at acceleration my gas pedal got stuck under the carpet, causing the car to accelerate a full throttle. I shut the car off immedately to avoid blowing the engine and/or crashing.

2004 Ford svt cobra Mustang the throttle pedal will hang up on the carpet when at full throttle. When the throttle hangs, the engine will rev until redline, and then the rev limiter will set in. To stop the car, the driver must kill the ignition switch (being carful not to turn it so far as to lock the steering wheel) and bring the car to a stop without power brakes and power steering. With over 390hp in the svt cobra, a stuck throttle will cause this vehicle to approach others at a very rapid pace. To fix the problem, a 3"x3" piece of carpet must be cut from the floor beneath the accelerator pedal.

Gas pedal gets caught on the carpet and sticks at full throttle.

Contact states the throttle sticks at various speeds. It overruns the brake; it does not throttle down; it accelerates while braking. He does not have to have foot on the gas at all. He noticed this happening a few months ago at high speeds of 60-65 mph. It occurs more often when the vehicle is in a downward pitch. It has occurred on a big hill and the car continued to surge forward while he was braking. After a brief period it does throttle down. He has not taken it back to the dealer. He has not yet talked to the manufacturer. He is planning to talk to Ford shortly. The manufacturer's name, city, state was all that was available.

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The owner was going to leave driveway it took three times to go into gear. Then, when it went into gear, it went about 10-20 feet by itself and crashed into the owner's house. The owner never had foot on the gas pedal. The owner had foot on the brakes the whole time. The owner sustained shoulder injury. Had about $400 in home repairs, about $6000 in car repair, and doctor bills as a result of accident. The owner called Ford, who said it must be an unusual accident, and they had never heard of this problem.

Pedal stuck on 2003 cobra. It happened in 2nd gear. I did not realize pedal was stuck and applied the brake and the car spun out of control slamming into some parked cars.

The gas pedal stuck. Consumer pulled off the road, and turned the vehicle off.

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I have a 2004 Mustang cobra. Months after purchasing the car, twice I had the carpet near the gas peddle interfere with the operation of the gas peddle. Once it did not allow the gas peddle to return to its normal position when my foot was removed. The second time the carpet found its way under the gas peddle and did not allow for proper use of the gas peddle until the carpet was removed to its normal position. Cause seems to be that the carpet does not stay attached to the tabs that are to hold it in place.

The contact owns a 2004 Ford Mustang. She is calling in response to the investigation number pe05038. The contact states that the vehicle sounds like it is revving too much while changing gears because the rpm's stay up to high. The contact has checked with the dealership because they thought something was wrong with the car when they first purchased it, and they told him it was the nature of this car. The dealership must have spoken with Ford in the engineering department. Also, they wrote a letter to Ford and contacted them as well about this problem.

Gas pedal got stuck under carpet. I was passing someone and the gas pedal got stuck. I nearly wrecked, but was able to pull over. Found the problem , had to cut the carpet so it wouldn't happen again. It is appalling that a poorly designed carpet could cause potential deaths. Fix this!.

While driving 35-45 mph and once releasing the gas pedal vehicle would coast forward.

Complaint on my 2004 Ford Mustang gt (orginal owner of both). Vehicle has problems relating to the position of the carpet around the accelerator pedal. After minimal use of the vehicle (5000 miles or around 3-5 months of use) a large hole developed on the right side of the accelerator pedal. If the accelerator is depressed fully or almost fully the side of your shoe can catch on the hole long enough to pose a saftey hazard of not being able to take your foot immeadatly off the accelerator pedal. I have had this happen on several occasions, and have to be very concious of my foot position on the accelerator pedal when driving to prevent this problem now that I am aware of it. Ford deems this problem as normal wear and tear on the car and will not cover replacement of the carpet under my bumper to bumper warrenty. Pictures are available, please contact and I will forward them to you.

A stuck wide open throttle occurred while driving my 2004 Ford svt cobra Mustang. . . Fortunately I am an experienced driver with some auto racing in my background. . . I was able to quickly push in the clutch(engine was bouncing off the rev limiter at this point), and turn off the key. . . The cobra Mustang has hydro-boost power brakes and power steering so at this point, steering effort and brake pedal effort "went through the roof"(were very high). Since I am an enthusiastic supporter and buyer of Ford products I would like to see a recall on this very common problem. . . Before some one less experienced gets killed!!! these are very powerful cars!!! things happen extremely fast when the pedal is down!!! the cause of this stuck throttle is a partial bending of the accelerator pedal, and the contact with and sticking under of the carpet by the pedal. A stuck wide open throttle in any car is very dangerous!!! a stuck wide open throttle in this particular car is insane!!! to correct the problem as soon as I arrived home I trimmed the carpet that was contacting the throttle when down. . . So that it would no longer touch at all. Please note---> at first I thought that the floor mat had caused the problem. I was wrong. . . While still possible if dislodged from it's anchor point. . . It was not what was sticking the pedal. . . It was the carpet, which was shaped poorly and retained even worse in that critical throttle area. Please notify the proper authorities as to the potential for extreme consequences this defect presents. Please note that the date in the date field is a guess since this occurred over a year ago. . . I am filing now because I have read about numerous other instances of this occurring and I find it very troubling.

2004 Mustang cobra bought new one month prior. Driving down a quiet road, went full throttle for short duration, throttle stuck, I had to turn off the ignition. Accellerator pedal was stuck under the carpet. Took it to the dealer, they said they fixed it, and it happened again under the same circumstances. The dealer finally cut the carpet and screwed it to the floorpan (the repair is not visible) and it hasn't happened since.

Vehicle began a sudden acceleration surge making the car impossible to control and ended up striking a tree. (nar).

Drivers side floor matt is causing the gas pedal to stick at full throttle.

When foot is not on accelerater vehicle will accelerate on its own. Consumer feels someone may be rear ended. Please provide any further information.

When letting up on accelerator can hear knocking noise. Dealer notified.

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