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2004 Ford F-250 SD cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 17 complaints for the 2004 Ford F-250 SD, 5% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
17 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
35,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2004 Ford F-250 SD Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 35,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 35,000 miles
Based on 15 complaints that include mileage. 73% 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 miles7
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 15 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 35,000 miles, and 73% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Dt: 2004 ford f250 super duty. The consumer stated two months after purchasing the vehicle it started surging. The consumer took the vehicle to the dealership six times. The dealership reprogrammed the ebb sensor program twice. Also, replaced press check, and then replaced the fuel injected control. The last time the dealership wanted to put a black box on the vehicle, but the consumer did not feel the vehicle was safe enough to drive. The last time they did recall repairs on wiring harness.

Reported at 10,000 miles, December 2004 CrashInjury

Driving on the highway , complete loss of throttle but the engine was still running at a low amperage. Was able to pull off the road and turned it off. It wouldn't start back up right away. Had to wait a while it would start and limped it home. No problems for a few days, then it started acting up again. A couple times it would start, but at a low idle with no response of the gas peddle. The final straw was last week. I was driving on the highway to work. Each time I came to a stop, it would lose throttle.

Reported at 142,000 miles, September 2015

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