NHTSA Complaint #10052303 — 2003 FORD F-250 SD

THIS COMPLAINT IS ON A 2003 FORD F 250 SUPER DUTY DESIEL.....ON THIS DATE I STARTED TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION ON A BUSY STREET FROM A CROSS STREET. AS THE TRUCK STARTED TO MOVE AND GOT INTO ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC THE MOTOR SEEMED TO SHUT OFF, OR I SHOULD SAY WENT TO AN IDLE ALTHOUGH I WAS PRESSING ON THE ACCELARATOR PEDAL....I LOOKED DOWN AT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WAS ON AND JUST AS QUICK IT WENT OUT AND I HAD POWER AGAIN ALLOWING ME TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC THAT ALMOST HIT ME......I THOUGH THIS TO BE ODD BUT CONTINUED ON MY WAY...WE HAD LEFT MISSISSIPPI AND WERE ON OUR WAY TO CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS......ALL WENT WELL FOR ABOUT 200 OR SO MILE BUT THE PROBLEM STARTED TO SHOW IT'S FACE AGAIN. IF I DROVE ABOVE 70 MPH THERE WASN'T ANY ACCLERATOR PETAL BUT I COULD DRIVE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL......WHEN I WOULD COME UP ON A SLOWER CAR IF I DISINGAGED THE CRUISE I COULDN'T "DRIVE" WITH THE PEDAL SO I WOULD SLOW DOWN AND SPEED UP WITH THE CRUSE CONTROL........ALL WENT WELL UNTIL WE WERE ABOUT MID WAYS BETWEEN DALLAS AND FORT WORTH TEXAS.......THE PROBLEM STARTED TO GET WORSE AND THE WASN'T A PEDAL ABOVE 35 MILES AN HOURS....WE GOT OFF OF THE INTERSTATE AT WHITE SETTLEMENT, TEXAS AND SPENT THE NIGHT....THE NEXT MORNING I DROVE THE TRUCK TO A FORD DEALER WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL PROXCEMITY SWITH WAS BAD AND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS ITEM/TRUCK...... THIS WAS COVERED BY WARRENTY............BUT.......FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAD NEVER NOTIFIED ME.... THE PAPER WORK THAT THE SERVICE PERSONNAL GAVE ME STATED THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM....... IN CLOSING... THE TIME THAT I WENT TO CROSS THAT INTERSECTION IF THE ACCELERATOR HADN'T STARTED TO WORK IN TIME, I MOSTLY LIKELY WOULD N'T BE HERE WRITING THIS COMPLAINT....I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF SERVICE PERSONAL AT DIFFERENT DEALERS AND THEY ALL HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE FIX IT. *AK