Throttle stuck incident, very scary

[PcGnUs]

I know this sounds off the wall but yesterday I had a very scary incident with my truck.

I was in two lane traffic, right lane
I moved to the left lane to pass said cars in right lane
I pushed the throttle to accelerate
I took my foot off the throttle and throttle remained at the same level. It did not left off.
I mashed my brakes as the engine whined and was pulling me forward
I quickly had to get back in the right lane (scary because mashing the brake and negotiating the right lane traffic all while the vehicle wanted to take off VERY FAST)
I continued to mash the brakes until I was able to pull into a parking lot (not but several 100 feet from where the event began)
I put the vehicle into park and the engine continued to rev and whine out of control
I freaked for a minute as I turned off the vehicle (thought to reset / reboot)
I turned off the vehicle waited like 10 seconds
I turned the vehicle back on
The engine was quiet and not running (thought to myself ok well then WTH)
I put the vehicle back into Drive
OMG the engine starts and revs back to the previous OMG moment (MASHED BRAKES AGAIN)
I put the vehicle back into park and the engine continued to rev and whine out of control
I turn off the engine again
I sit for at least a minute thinking to myself well is this just great, going to be calling ford dealership here in the next minutes
I turn the engine back on
The engine was quiet and not running
I put the vehicle back into Drive
AND well all was good to go and no more engine revving.

FYI still kind of freaked out about the experience
Not sure what I should do because it is all good now

Picked up April 13 2022
Mileage a bit over 10k like 10120

Serviced recently for airbag recall and first oil change

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[RR - All the way]

I know this sounds off the wall but yesterday I had a very scary incident with my truck.

I was in two lane traffic, right lane
I moved to the left lane to pass said cars in right lane
I pushed the throttle to accelerate
I took my foot off the throttle and throttle remained at the same level. It did not left off.
I mashed my breaks as the engine whined and was pulling me forward
I quickly had to get back in the right lane (scary because mashing the brake and negotiating the right lane traffic all while the vehicle wanted to take off VERY FAST)
I continued to mash the break until I was able to pull into a parking lot (not but several 100 feet from where the event began)
I put the vehicle into park and the engine continued to rev and whine out of control
I freaked for a minute as I turned off the vehicle (thought to reset / reboot)
I turned off the vehicle waited like 10 seconds
I turned the vehicle back on
The engine was quite and not running (thought to myself ok well then WTH)
I put the vehicle back into Drive
OMG the engine starts and revs back to the previous OMG moment (MASHED BREAKS AGAIN)
I put the vehicle back into park and the engine continued to rev and whine out of control
I turn off the engine again
I sit for at least a minute thinking to myself well is this just great, going to be calling ford dealership here in the next minutes
I turn the engine back on
The engine was quite and not running
I put the vehicle back into Drive
AND well all was good to go and no more engine revving.

FYI still kind of freaked out about the experience
Not sure what I should do because it is all good now

Picked up April 13 2022
Mileage a bit over 10k like 10120

Serviced recently for airbag recall and first oil change

LOVE MY MAVERICK

Thanks

Take to the dealership NOW. In fact, I would ask them to pick it up as this could result in an accident on the way to the dealer. Sorry for your problem, but way better to be safe than sorry!!!

 

[Tiger Dude]

how's your floor mats? This is the most common cause of "Stuck" accelerators.

 

[PcGnUs]

how's your floor mats? This is the most common cause of "Stuck" accelerators.

Attached properly to the two round pegs on the floor closest to the drivers side seat

And yes that was the very first thing I looked at

 

[Dr3wman]

How scary! I understand that logic often flies out the window in the moments of panic, but would flipping the truck in to neutral in this type of situation be an option?

 

[PcGnUs]

How scary! I understand that logic often flies out the window in the moments of panic, but would flipping the truck in to neutral in this type of situation be an option?

When it happen I reached down and quickly put it in neutral (because i was going to hit the guy ahead of me), ENGINE revved whined and was off the chart, MASHED breaks and put it back in DRIVE and proceeded to pull over a a safe spot. This all happened in seconds and had me shaken for a few minutes as my mind raced off into what if's

 

[Dr3wman]

Wow. I am not sure I'd have been able to get back in the truck at that point.

 

[Ford Motor Company]

I know this sounds off the wall but yesterday I had a very scary incident with my truck.

I was in two lane traffic, right lane
I moved to the left lane to pass said cars in right lane
I pushed the throttle to accelerate
I took my foot off the throttle and throttle remained at the same level. It did not left off.
I mashed my breaks as the engine whined and was pulling me forward
I quickly had to get back in the right lane (scary because mashing the brake and negotiating the right lane traffic all while the vehicle wanted to take off VERY FAST)
I continued to mash the break until I was able to pull into a parking lot (not but several 100 feet from where the event began)
I put the vehicle into park and the engine continued to rev and whine out of control
I freaked for a minute as I turned off the vehicle (thought to reset / reboot)
I turned off the vehicle waited like 10 seconds
I turned the vehicle back on
The engine was quite and not running (thought to myself ok well then WTH)
I put the vehicle back into Drive
OMG the engine starts and revs back to the previous OMG moment (MASHED BREAKS AGAIN)
I put the vehicle back into park and the engine continued to rev and whine out of control
I turn off the engine again
I sit for at least a minute thinking to myself well is this just great, going to be calling ford dealership here in the next minutes
I turn the engine back on
The engine was quite and not running
I put the vehicle back into Drive
AND well all was good to go and no more engine revving.

FYI still kind of freaked out about the experience
Not sure what I should do because it is all good now

Picked up April 13 2022
Mileage a bit over 10k like 10120

Serviced recently for airbag recall and first oil change

LOVE MY MAVERICK

Thanks

Hello there. Can you please send over a message with your VIN and the name/location of your local Ford dealer? I would like to take a closer look at your throttle concerns.

 

[vRS]

Wow that's crazy. Glad you're OK.

Sounds like a stuck throttle position sensor or something.

Did you happen to get a video of it happening after pulling over?

I would report it to the NHTSA.

 

[PcGnUs]

Wow that's crazy. Glad you're OK.

Sounds like a stuck throttle position sensor or something.

Did you happen to get a video of it happening after pulling over?

I would report it to the NHTSA.

no no video

 

[volksnuts]

*Brakes*

 

[PcGnUs]

*Brakes*

THANKS also quiet

 

[thevol]

Im just impressed you still love your truck after it tried to kill you

 

[Gardner79]

I know this sounds off the wall but yesterday I had a very scary incident with my truck.

I was in two lane traffic, right lane
I moved to the left lane to pass said cars in right lane
I pushed the throttle to accelerate
I took my foot off the throttle and throttle remained at the same level. It did not left off.
I mashed my brakes as the engine whined and was pulling me forward
I quickly had to get back in the right lane (scary because mashing the brake and negotiating the right lane traffic all while the vehicle wanted to take off VERY FAST)
I continued to mash the brakes until I was able to pull into a parking lot (not but several 100 feet from where the event began)
I put the vehicle into park and the engine continued to rev and whine out of control
I freaked for a minute as I turned off the vehicle (thought to reset / reboot)
I turned off the vehicle waited like 10 seconds
I turned the vehicle back on
The engine was quiet and not running (thought to myself ok well then WTH)
I put the vehicle back into Drive
OMG the engine starts and revs back to the previous OMG moment (MASHED BRAKES AGAIN)
I put the vehicle back into park and the engine continued to rev and whine out of control
I turn off the engine again
I sit for at least a minute thinking to myself well is this just great, going to be calling ford dealership here in the next minutes
I turn the engine back on
The engine was quiet and not running
I put the vehicle back into Drive
AND well all was good to go and no more engine revving.

FYI still kind of freaked out about the experience
Not sure what I should do because it is all good now

Picked up April 13 2022
Mileage a bit over 10k like 10120

Serviced recently for airbag recall and first oil change

LOVE MY MAVERICK

Thanks

I had a similar situation once but in a Honda CRV. Luckily no traffic around. It wouldnt shift out of drive as first, some how it finally did though. Got engine off, upon restart engine would rev to max. Had it towed straight to dealer to fix, it was under warranty. Worked fine for several years after that before I sold it.

 

[OleFordGuy]

Man that had to be nerve wracking. Sounds like you were very fortunate not ending up in a disaster. Hope dealer can figure out what the problem is.

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