First of all, I am not after $$. I purchased this truck in April 2002. Its been a great truck and without this awful problem, it still is.
My truck experiences SUA. Its happened 4-5 times now. I've been trying to figure out the problem.
I Immediately replaced the throttle sensor w/ a Genuine Ford part. Replaced the Throttle air valve. Took Throttle Body off and thoroughly cleaned. T Body was hardly dirty and obviously was in good working order. These efforts did not solve problem, nor did I think they would? Valve and sensor were not expensive and T Body was simple to remove and clean. No Brainer to do these tasks. I took truck to good shop and told mechanic. He couldn't find a problem as I had no engine light or codes? So on we went.
Now, I still drive the truck. But I am not going far and I am ready when it happens again. I go to neutral and wait it out. Lasts about 20-30 seconds. It accelerates to Full throttle. My foot is nowhere near the gas pedal and I do not have floor mats.
I've been reading everything I can find on this subject. It gets technical and becomes legal. The thing is, I have this F-150 and I can guarantee it will accelerate again. No driver error here. No floor mat issue here.
I sent a report to the NH Safety people. They can come test it if they want. I am almost 100% sure if you accelerate after hitting a certain speed it will "take off". I am hoping somebody contacts me to do a test run.
the accelerator got stuck while driving to work on the highway. The pedal was all the way out but it just kept accelerating. When i tried to slow down the truck would do a break stand. This became extremely difficult to control and deal with all the morning traffic. I tried putting the truck in neutral but the rpm shot up to 5500. Finally after running a red light and narrowly missing a number of vehicles. I found a side street where there was no traffic and jammed it in park and shut it off. This was very scary and my first thought was this could have happened to my wife with our 5 month old boy. Something has to be done so this does not ever happen again. This could have had a different ending.
- msavoy,
Nauwigewauk, NB, Canada
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First of all, I am not after $$. I purchased this truck in April 2002. Its been a great truck and without this awful problem, it still is.
My truck experiences SUA. Its happened 4-5 times now. I've been trying to figure out the problem.
I Immediately replaced the throttle sensor w/ a Genuine Ford part. Replaced the Throttle air valve. Took Throttle Body off and thoroughly cleaned. T Body was hardly dirty and obviously was in good working order. These efforts did not solve problem, nor did I think they would? Valve and sensor were not expensive and T Body was simple to remove and clean. No Brainer to do these tasks. I took truck to good shop and told mechanic. He couldn't find a problem as I had no engine light or codes? So on we went.
Now, I still drive the truck. But I am not going far and I am ready when it happens again. I go to neutral and wait it out. Lasts about 20-30 seconds. It accelerates to Full throttle. My foot is nowhere near the gas pedal and I do not have floor mats.
I've been reading everything I can find on this subject. It gets technical and becomes legal. The thing is, I have this F-150 and I can guarantee it will accelerate again. No driver error here. No floor mat issue here.
I sent a report to the NH Safety people. They can come test it if they want. I am almost 100% sure if you accelerate after hitting a certain speed it will "take off". I am hoping somebody contacts me to do a test run.
- jfwinn1, West Palm Beach, US