2000 Ford F-250 Speed Control & Cruise Problems

The contact owns a 1994 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while renewing the registration, the contact was informed of an open, unrepaired recall associated with the VIN. The unrepaired open recall was NHTSA Campaign Number: 09V399000 (Vehicle Speed Control). The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the dealer declined to perform the recall repair because the VIN was not in the Manufacturer’s Database. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The manufacturer located the VIN information in the database and the contact was referred to the dealer for assistance. The contact had not experienced a failure.

MY CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT, I WAS RESEARCHING ONLINE WHAT PARTS MAY HAVE GONE OUT WHEN I SEEN A RECALL DONE FOR CRUISE CONTROLS COVERING FORD VEHICLES INCLUDING THE DIESEL OF MY TRUCK AND YEAR. WHEN I CALL TODAY I WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED I DO NOT SEE HOW ALL THESE OTHER VEHICLES ARE COVERED DID INCLUDE AT THE DIESEL AND THE YEAR OF MY TRUCK AND NOW THEY SAY IT'S NOT COVERED. THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING ON MY WAY TO WORK OCTOBER 7TH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V286000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED PRIOR TO THE FIRE. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR WOULD BE PERFORMED BUT THE OTHER DAMAGES THAT RESULTED FROM THE FIRE WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000.

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS IT SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED THE OWNER THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE , AND THAT IT SPREAD TO TWO OTHER VEHICLES. OWNER NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO SAID THEY WOULD SEND OUT AN INVESTIGATOR TO EVALUATE THE SITUATION. AS OF TODAY, THE MANUFACTURER HAD DONE NOTHING. *AK

2000 FORD F-250 HAVING CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEMS WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE OFF WHEN FIRE IGNITED AND BURNED RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF TRUCK. FIRE DEPT. REPORT STATES FIRE ORIGINATED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND WAS ELECTRICAL. TRUCK SOLD FOR JUNK METAL PRIOR TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2000 FORD F-150 TRUCK AND OTHER RECALL FOR DEFECTIVE CRUISE CONTROL RESULTING IN FIRE. FORD DECLINES ASSISTANCE SINCE THEY DO NOT HAVE VEHICLE TO EXAMINE INSPITE OF REPORTS AND WITNESSES TO THE EVENT.*AK

DRIVING 50MPH W/CRUISE ON. 2000 EXCURSION ACCELERATED ALARMINGLY.KICKED ACCELERATORL, BOUGHT UNDER CONTROL.NO HARM.DID NOT USE CRUISE FOR AWHILE! AND ASKED SEVERAL FRIENDS IF THEY KNEW WHY IT WOULD DO THAT..HAD FORGOTTEN INCIDENT UNTIL SAW ON 8 NEWS HERE IN DALLAS TONIGHT. I DID NOT BUY NEW, IT WAS FROM LITTLE ROCK,AR,WITH 70K MILES AND WAS DRIVEN OVER ROUGH DUSTY ROADS .

WHILE DRIVING UP HILL CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, AND REAR WHEELS BEGAN TO SPIN OUT. TRUCK SUDDENLY STARTED ACCELERATING, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK BOTH THE REAR WHEELS WERE SPINNING AS THE VEHICLE SLID INTO A DITCH. *YH