# 2004 FORD F-150 — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `628176` · 2007-06-24 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** F-150
- **Year:** 2004
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- **Miles at failure:** 32,000
- **Speed:** 55 mph
## Narrative
THE 2004 F150 SC HAS A FEW PROBLEMS: FIRST WAS THE WATER LEAKING FROM THE  THIRD BRAKE LIGHT IN WHICH I HAD TO APPLY SILICONE AROUND THE RUBBER SEAL OF THE LIGHT...NEVER LEAKED AGAIN.  SECOND ISSUE WAS FAR MORE FRUSTRATING, WHEN TRAVELING AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH WHEN  DECIDING TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY THE TRUCK WOULD ACT AS IF IT WAS BEING STARVED OF FUEL.  THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT  WAS  BY DEPRESSING THE  ACCELERATOR AND RELEASING IT VERY QUICKLY.  I TOOK IT TO THE WONDERFUL FORD DEALERSHIP, SARCASTIC, AND  THEY TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG,  AND SHOP MANAGER TOLD ME IT WAS BECAUSE OF  COLD AIR INTAKE... FINALLY ,AFTER CALLING FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND COMPLAINING THE DEALERSHIP DECIDED IT WAS MY THROTTLE BODY...NATURALLY ALL MY PROBLEMS WERE GONE.  NOW, LESS THAN A YEAR LATER THE PROBLEM  AROSE AGAIN AND I WILL POST THE OUTCOME ONCE KNOWN.  THE THIRD INCIDENCE  WAS THE FRONT BUCKET SEATS,  STARTED NOTICING SHREDDED FOAM UNDER THE FRONT PART OF THE SEATS, NOT KNOWING WHAT IT COULD BE I ASSUMED IT WAS EXCESS FOAM AROUND THE SEAT STRAPS LOCATED UNDER EACH SEAT, TO MY SURPRISE A HOLE APPEARED ON THE DRIVER'S  SEAT ON THE FRONT LEFT CORNER FACING THE DOOR AND AGAIN I WENT TO THE WONDERFUL DEALERSHIP AND I SHOWED THEM THERE WAS A PIECE OF METAL WITH A SHARP BARB THAT WAS SLOWLY SHREDDING THE FOAM AND WAS THE CULPRIT IN CREATING THE HOLE AND THE SHREDDED FOAM.  CAUTION!!!!!! IF  YOUR  TRUCK HAS THIS PROBLEM BE CAREFUL!!!  I WAS GETTING OUT OF  THE  TRUCK AND THE METAL BARB CAUGHT MY PANT
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