193 complaints reported

1997 Ford F-150 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
193
Crashes
11
Fires
78
Injuries
7

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Oct 2002

WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP OR REVERSING VEHICLE HAS A ROUGHOR UNEVEN IDLE.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: May 2002
Sep 2002

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATER AND BRAKE ARE TOO CLOSE. CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO BRAKE AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND HIT A HOUSE. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 2002
Jul 2002

WHEN CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR IT BECAME STUCK. TS SCC *JB

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 2002
Apr 2002

HAD CRUISE/CONTROL SET & PUSH ACCELERATOR TO PASS AN VEHICLE WHEN MY TRUCK REACH APPROX. 75M.P.H. THE ACCLERATOR PEDEL AUTOMATICLY WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOORBOARD & STUCK WITH FULL TROTTLE ALL THE WAY OPEN. WHEN I TAP BRAKE PEDAL IT DID NOT TRUN OFF CRUISE. THEN PUSH THE OFF BUTTTON ON CRUISE,IT DID NOT SHUT OFF. WHEN I SHUT OFF ENGINE & GOT TRUCK FINALLY TO STOP . IHAD TO REACH DOWN & PULL UP ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDEL TO UNSTICK IT. THEN I STARTED THE TRUCK UP AGAIN & EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE WORKING OKAY AGAIN.*AKY

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Nov 2002
Feb 2002

THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE VEHICLE IS NOT CALIBRATED CORRECTLY AND AS A RESULT IT HAS A 7 TO 8 MPH SPEED ERROR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH FORD VEHICLES. *JG *NLM

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Dec 2001

WHEN VEHICLE IS AT A DEAD STOP SUDDENLY IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE SLAMMED FOOT ON ACCELERATER. VEHICLE ACTS AS IF IT WANTS TO TAKE OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Dec 1998
Oct 2001

WHILE STARTING TO ACCELERATE BY PUSHING ON GAS PEDAL VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE WHEN CONSUMER TOOK HIS FOOT OFF PEDAL. CONSUMER HAD TO TURN IGNITION OFF IN ORDER TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY A DEALERSHIP OR MECHANIC AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Oct 2001
Aug 2001 Crash Injury

STOPPED TO GET GAS UPON STARTING VEHICLE STARTED KINDA RACE WHEN PUT IN GEAR TOOK OFF BRAKE WOULD NOT HOLD LAID BLACK MARKS HIT CONCRETE SPACER BY GAS PUMPS WITH SIDE OF TRUCK WENT OUT ONTO PUBLIC ROAD SAW 3 1/2 FT DITCH TOOK DITCH TO GET STOPPED HIT HEAD ON AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF BROKE MY BACK AT CONTACT. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Sep 2000
Jul 2001

I STARTED TO PASS A PICKUP IN FRONT OF ME. AS I GOT ALONG SIDE I NOTICED I WAS ALREADY UP TO 70 MPH. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND PUSHED THE COAST AND OFF BUTTONS FOR THE CRUISE. I LET OFF THE BRAKE SLIGHTLY AND WAS NOW UP TO 90 MPH. I PUSHED THE BRAKES HARD AND TURNED THE KEY OFF, COASTING TO THE SHOULDER. WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON IT WENT TO FULL THROTTLE INSTANTLY. I DISCONNECTED THE CABLE FOR THE CRUISE AND TURNED IT ON. THE ENGINE IDLED AND THE CRUISE CABLE PULLED ALL THE WAY IN. THE NEXT DAY I CHECKED THE CRUISE CABLE AND IT WAS NOT PULLED IN WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. I WAS LUCKY THERE WERE NO CARS ON THE HIGHWAY IN FRONT OF ME WHEN IT HAPPENED. IN THE LAST WEEK THE FORD DEALER HAS DONE NOTHING.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jul 2001
Feb 2001

INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Feb 2001

ACCELERATOR STICKS WHEN FIRST APPLIED. CONSUMER HAS TO PRESS HARDER , THEN VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD. *AK *SLC

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 2001
Dec 2000

THROTTLE HUNG THREE TIMES AT NIGHT WITH OUTSIDE TEMP AT OR BELOW O DEGREE,THERE IS A RECALL BUT DID NOT SHOW UP ON MY TRUCK ACORDING TO MT. ORAB FORD. I NEED THIS PROBLIM FIXED AS I DRIVE AT NIGHT WHEN TEMP IS LOWEST. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME JOE MORRIS. MY VIN WOULD NOT SHOW UP ON YOUR PROGAMS.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Dec 2000
Dec 2000 Crash Injury

HAD CRUISE CONTROL ON WHILE TRAVELING. STOPPED TO GET GAS, AND UPON STARTING TRUCK IT WAS FINE. AS SOON AS, I SLIPPED IT INTO GEAR IT TOOK OFF FULL THROTTLE WENT FLYING OUT OF PARKING LOT, ALMOST HIT A CHURCH. TOOK DITCH INSTEAD OF HITTING SOMEONE BROKE MY BACK AS A RESULT. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Sep 2000
Dec 2000

GAS PEDAL DROPPED FROM UNDER DRIVERS FOOT TO THE FLOOR AND TRUCK ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, DOWN SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL BEFORE GAS PEDAL CAME BACK UP. CRUISE CONTROL NOT ON, DEALERS SAID CRUISE CONTROL WAS THE ONLY THING THAT COULD CAUSE THAT KIND OF INCIDENT AND THEY DISCONNECTED IT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Mar 2000
Oct 2000

ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO PASS A VEHICLE , CAUSING VEHICLE SPEED TO ACCELERATE UP TO 90 MPH. ONLY WAY TO STOP ACCELERATION WAS BY CONSUMER BENDING DOWN AND PULLING UP ON THE ACCELERATOR FROM FLOOR. DEALER CLAIMED PARTS WAS ON BACK ORDER.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Sep 2000
Jul 2000

ICE FORMING IN THE THROTTLE BODY OF THE ENGINE, DEALER DENIED RECALL REPAIR (98R-01). YH

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Jul 2000 Crash Injury

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE, BUT DIDN'T PUT IT IN GEAR, BUT CAR TOOK OFF AND WENT INTO THE INTERSECTION. HIT THREE VANS, TWO OF THEM WERE DEMOLISHED. FROM THE IMPACT, THE THIRD VEHICLE STOPPED THE CAR . THERE WAS ONE PERSON INJURED. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Sep 1999
Mar 2000

VEHICLE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHENEVER VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF THREE DIFFERENT DEALER SHOPS, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Aug 1999
Feb 2000

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Jan 2000

VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR THE THROTTLE LINKAGE. BUT MANUFACTURER SAID THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT IN CLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 2000
Dec 1999

IN PASSING A VEHICLE, THE ACCELERATOR STUCK. SPEEDS WENT PAST 90. THE BRAKES WOULD ONLY SLOW THE VEHICLE TO 70. FINALLY DOWNSHIFTING SLOWED THE CAR AND THE ACCELERATOR BECAME UNSTUCK. IF THERE HAD BEEN ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE ROAD AHEAD, THE ONLY CHOICE WOULD HAVE BEEN TO DITCH THE VEHICLE. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THIS TYPE OF FAILURES. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Dec 1999
Dec 1999

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED DUE TO A STUCK THROTTLE. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Aug 1999
Nov 1999

THROTTLE STUCK AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD. DRIVER COULD NOT MAKE THE VEHICLE SLOW DOWN BY APPLYING THE BRAKES. DRIVER HAD TO DOWNSHIFT GEARS IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER COULD FIND THE CAUSE. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Nov 1999

CONSUMER WAS GETTING READY TO TURN AROUND, HAD PUT ON BRAKES, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN CAR STATRTED TO RACE. CONSUMER HAD TO PUSH HARDER ON THE BRAKES, THEN BACK TIRES STARTED SPINNING AS THOUGH THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE OFF IF FRONT BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. CONSUMER FELT THAT CAR WOULD HAVE TOOKEN OFF. CONSUMER HAD TO PUT CAR IN PARK.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Nov 1999
Nov 1999

SEE PRIOR REPRT. SUDDEN FAILURE WHILE VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 35MPH CAUSED TRUCK TO SHIFT INTO "4X4 LOW RANGE" CAUSING INCREASED RPM'S AND RAPID DECELERATION OF TRUCK. COULD HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENT IF IT HAD HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY. $515.60 AMOUNT LISTED ON DAMAGES IS COST TO REPLACE MODULE. AT THIS TIME NO OTHER DAMAGE (TRANSMISSION ?) IS KNOWN TO HAVE OCCURED TO THE VEHICLE

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1997 FORD F-150, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Mar 1999

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Quick Summary

The 1997 Ford F-150 has 193 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL complaints on file. 11 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.