I don't want to type out a huge message explaining what happened to me yesterday so I will try and keep it relatively short, however I am more interested in hearing if anyone else has had a similar experience to me or not in their F150??
I currently have a 2013 F150 Ecoboost. I had a 2011 EB prior to that but wanted an EB that had the back up camera and parking assists and a bigger tanks etc. So we traded in the 2011 for a 2103 F150 one about 1 year ago. Anyway, I really like the truck.
Yesterday while driving on a perimeter highway in the city where I live and had the cruise set at around 110 km/hr and there was road construction ahead that reduced the road from 3 lanes to 2. I stepped hard on the gas to get ahead of a guy in the opposite lane as my lane was ending. As I did the line change, I stepped on the brake to slow down as traffic was heavy and slowing down due to the road construction. Only thing is the truck kept accelerating / rev-ing! So I stood hard on the brake and the truck slowed down a bit and then kicked down 2 or so gears on its own and took off again. I kept pumping the brake and panicked a bit as the cruise didn't seem to disengage. This unwanted acceleration and me holding the brake went on for maybe 30 seconds to a minute as I tried to find a place to safely lane change and pullover but traffic was heavy.
I thought I was going to get in wreck and luckily it wasn't Winter as I would have lost control for sure. I hit cancel and off on the cruise a few times and it did nothing. I hit the brakes at least 15 times and still couldn't prevent the truck from accelerating. Odd thing is the cruise light was orange (not green) meaning it wasn't engaged.
When I pulled over and put it in park, it revved up to around 5000 rpm and I shut the truck off. I restarted the truck after a minute, as I was stopped on the bottom end of a merge ramp and had to move. As I started it the truck revved back up to 4800 rpm and I jabbed the gas pedal and the revs came down. I limped the truck home about a mile or so without the cruise and called the Ford dealership. Spoke to 2 people there including the Service Manager. I got the feeling that they don't fully believe me, however the first thing they said was a floor mat was stuck under the gas pedal - there is no way as I only have a form fit Weathertech mat that is no where near the gas pedal or linkages.
Not entirely sure, however I was thinking the issue was the cruise, but I am not so sure now as why would the truck rev back up after I turned it off.
Anyway, have any of you ever had something similar to this happen to you?
I currently have a 2013 F150 Ecoboost. I had a 2011 EB prior to that but wanted an EB that had the back up camera and parking assists and a bigger tanks etc. So we traded in the 2011 for a 2103 F150 one about 1 year ago. Anyway, I really like the truck.
Yesterday while driving on a perimeter highway in the city where I live and had the cruise set at around 110 km/hr and there was road construction ahead that reduced the road from 3 lanes to 2. I stepped hard on the gas to get ahead of a guy in the opposite lane as my lane was ending. As I did the line change, I stepped on the brake to slow down as traffic was heavy and slowing down due to the road construction. Only thing is the truck kept accelerating / rev-ing! So I stood hard on the brake and the truck slowed down a bit and then kicked down 2 or so gears on its own and took off again. I kept pumping the brake and panicked a bit as the cruise didn't seem to disengage. This unwanted acceleration and me holding the brake went on for maybe 30 seconds to a minute as I tried to find a place to safely lane change and pullover but traffic was heavy.
I thought I was going to get in wreck and luckily it wasn't Winter as I would have lost control for sure. I hit cancel and off on the cruise a few times and it did nothing. I hit the brakes at least 15 times and still couldn't prevent the truck from accelerating. Odd thing is the cruise light was orange (not green) meaning it wasn't engaged.
When I pulled over and put it in park, it revved up to around 5000 rpm and I shut the truck off. I restarted the truck after a minute, as I was stopped on the bottom end of a merge ramp and had to move. As I started it the truck revved back up to 4800 rpm and I jabbed the gas pedal and the revs came down. I limped the truck home about a mile or so without the cruise and called the Ford dealership. Spoke to 2 people there including the Service Manager. I got the feeling that they don't fully believe me, however the first thing they said was a floor mat was stuck under the gas pedal - there is no way as I only have a form fit Weathertech mat that is no where near the gas pedal or linkages.
Not entirely sure, however I was thinking the issue was the cruise, but I am not so sure now as why would the truck rev back up after I turned it off.
Anyway, have any of you ever had something similar to this happen to you?
