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2003 Ford F-150 cruise control problems

32 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2003 Ford F-150, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
32 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
85,000 miles 21 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 5
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2003 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 85,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 3 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 85,000 miles
Based on 21 complaints that include mileage. 33% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles3

What the data shows

Of the 21 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 85,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 5 fires, 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

Pulling into a parking space in front of a medical clinic, going maybe 5 -8 MPH and I had the brake depressed and suddenly the vehicle lunged forward at full throttle and hit a building--you can see the skid mark in the first picture. I ended up hitting a building and when it got stopped the tires just kept spinning until I shut it off. The air bags did not deploy, myself and my grandchildren were hurt. Major building damage as well. Mileage at time this happened 140,000

Reported at 143,000 miles, May 2016 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford f-150. While attempting to slow the vehicle down, it suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact depressed the brake pedal and was able to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was pending diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 26,381.

Reported at 26,381 miles, September 2014

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