I have a 2005 F150 which occassionally revs unexpectedly when the brake is applied. When this happens I have to put the truck in neutral to stop. Any idea what can be causing this. I have taken the truck to the Ford dealer but they have no idea what to do. We were told that the gas and brake pedals are very close and we may be touching both. It has happened so many times we know this is not the case.

 

The gas and the brake pedals are very close to each other...

Make sure your foot does not overlap on both pedals.

 

Had that happen to me today while driving on ice. I thought I was sliding but realized I was hitting the gas at the same time as the brake. This is an issue Ford should correct
in future models. Even a 1/2" would help.

 

I absolutly know for fact that the gas and break pedal are to close to each other, and I have the same problem. My foot sometimes goes for the brake, but I hit the brake and throttle. Could be disaterous in certian situations. I have sent ford 2 letters on this. My wife does not have this problem driving my truck. But her shoes are 2 inches narrower than mine. So for now I am being damn careful and re-training mysef into this truck. I fly airplanes, and you have to do that with each different plane you fly. You have to re-programme yourself. Pilots very seldom go from one airplane to another, a lot. Because it is dangerous to do so. (the ground is damn hard)

So with ground vehicles it is the same. They are all different. A Cheby feels different than a Dodge. (well or so I heard). But you get my drift here. Ford truck pedal are close. My '00 Ranger was the same way. At first I went to hit the brake, and hit the throttle also.

Just becareful, and really watch what is happening.

Happy, Ford Trucking!

 

Don't heel toe, lift your foot.

 

I have the same problem, usually when I'm wearing my hiking boots. My `04 did it, and my `07 does it too. Scared the piddle out of me the first few times it happened in my `04, but by the third time I found that it was my foot being on both pedals. It happened to me once in the first week with my `07. These idiots at Ford are messing with things that shouldn't be changed. Witness the spark plug fiasco, and in my opinion, these pedals too. As was already said, you need to retrain yourself to drive this truck to move your foot such that it doesn't happen.

Quite honestly I'm surprised we haven't had any Audi-esque "expose'" by Dateline et al. on sudden acceleration by F150s. I totally understand now how Audi could have taken the blame for a mechanical defect of some sort - the first time this happens to you, you think there's no way in heck that you were pushing the gas pedal. But, unfortunately, you were.

Edit- also see the recent thread "Throttle Issue" by MtDew4243.

Doug

 

drive the truck like you would a stick.

use one foot for the brake and the other foot for gas only. will totally get rid of this problem

I have a 94 F-150 5 speed and I drive my 06 F-150 Screw just like I do the 94. It's not just the F-150 that will do this. Just seems to be a little more prevalent in the new body style

Like most people, I have done the brake/gas thing 1 time. I also have a size 15 shoe.

 

umm, in a stick you use one foot for the clutch the other for brake/gas, to be able to come to a complete stop, otherwise you'd have one foot holding both clutch and brake down... the only way you'd use one foot for brake and one for gas is when you're heel-toeing it on a roadcourse to keep rpms up through a corner.