The Audi case that was the poster child of one of those
investigations went down in flames when they learned the
driver had had more to drink than she could walk with making
it necessary to drive the Audi.

Lugnut

The Folks at the Ford dealership were very cooperative and truly
believed I was sincere. They contacted a few Tech reps (from which they
get their advice) and were told that this had be a common occurrence
since 2005 and that Ford has receive many complaints. In this situation
they can put a data recorder in the vehicle and said that either 2
things happen after that; they never hear from the customer again
(understandable) or when they come back the data shows 100% of the time
that there was full throttle and full brake. (This also means it
happened for a second time, you would think someone would learn to
adjust how they drive after cleaning their underwear the first time.)
This is where I believe Ford can't see the forest for the trees. What
they are reading is a data output, if I had the recorder in my truck
that day, it would have read the same thing. The issue is, was the foot
on the accelerator when the output read 100% throttle?  My situation
was this,  I was stopped in a traffic jam, and when I moved I didn't
touch the accelerator, I just lifted off the brake to move 1 car length
or so and was at dead stop when this started, meaning my foot was fixed
and had been fixed for a minute or so when the event started. (1
footer).  I doesn't take much brake to stop you going 1 mile an hour so
I doubt it ever crossed the plane of the accelerator.   The dealership
wanted to replace the PCM and some other device, but Ford would not
approve that ($1200). The truck has 4000 miles on it. I told them that
they would be wasting money anyway if I thought they were guessing. I
need a confident feeling they knew what the problem was. I am now
looking at the Nissan titan and the Chevy Silverado but I understand
the SEFI is not a ford product and my first question before purchasing
will be; what type of fuel delivery system does the vehicle have?
Nissan calls it Electronic drive-by-wire throttle. Ford calls it
Sequential EFI. I need a strong truck to tow my boat and I may have to
sacrifice quality and good looks for a cable throttle I can live with.
The only thing I have a problem with is, someone else will eventually
be driving this vehicle. My dealership told me to follow up with this
and file a formal complaint with ford. They were good people but their
hands were tied.

         Thanks for your reply and if anyone else has experienced this
with a 2005/2006 product let me know

 Mike,I would normally agree with you if I had not had the same thing happen to me
while I was a Tech for Hertz Rent a Car. The vehicle was a full size Chevy van of late
90s vintage. I started the engine with my LEFT foot on the brake, dropped it into
Drive and depressed the gas with my right foot (covering the brake with my left). This
is how we moved cars around the lot to keep down the chance of depressing the brake
and gas at the same time. The van went to full throttle and took off, I initially
removed my right foot completely from the gas pedal thinking I had just over
accelerated. Then with both feet on the brake the van would not stop although it
slowed considerably. I turned off the ignition and stopped the van. Upon restarting
everything was normal. Representatives from GM went over the vehicle with a fine
toothed comb and found nothing. They decided that I must have hit the throttle instead
of the brake, of course. AFAIK, it never happened to that particular vehicle again. I
know for a fact that I was no where near the gas pedal as this van dragged itself 200'
across the lot at full throttle.
 As with my experience, the OP did not have the brake fully applied initially. I
think that is why the vehicle moved. Had he had the brakes fully applied when the full
throttle anomaly happened, the vehicle would have stayed in place.

I have a new 2006 f 150 with the triton engine and I love this
truck, but sitting in a traffic jam this past week with my foot on
the BRAKE, the truck for no reason accelerated out of control.

"Jim P"
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What you describe is physically impossible.  The stopping power
designed into the braking system of any vehicle is far greater
than the torque developed by the drive train.   NO vehicle with
a proper operating four wheel brake engaged will move, period.
To prove it, apply the foot brake with your left foot, then apply
as much throttle as you wish.    The vehicle will not move.

"Mike Hunter"
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If you throw your empty beer cans on the floor, one could lodge
between the brake pedal and the accelerator.   Then when you
press the brake it can't go all the way down but the accelerator
is floored.   It's safer the throw the cans out the window.

SERIOUSLY:  It is possibile that a runaway driver inattentively
pressed the gas thinking he was pressing the brake, and when
he felt the vehicle accelerate, pressed harder.   Still, we want
to know if there is some other explanation.    Whether it's the
pickup driver in the traffic jam or the geezer in the parking lot,
these reported runaways have two things in common:

1.)  The vehicle is stopped, not rolling at traffic speed.
2.)  The brake is applied just before the runaway starts.

Under these conditions, runaways could occur if the brake
booster had insufficient vacuum (check-valve leakdown
during parking, engine-off brake applications, vacuum leak).
Then when the brake is applied, it goes to the floor and
the driver's foot is allowed to also floor the accelerator.
That brake has no stopping power to prevent the runaway.

Perhaps this would not happen to a driver who uses the
left foot for braking.   Or maybe it would happen to a lefty
if his right foot was being squashed onto the accelerator
by the brake pedal. Has anyone ever studied whether the
runaway drivers are left-foot brakers or right-foot brakers?

Best regards to all AAFers.

Rodan.