Explorer lunging at high speed while parking

[FORZDA3]

You can continue to try and justify your driving error with internet searches, but you will only find simple non-technical explanations of electronic throttles written for relatively ignorant consumers.
You will never “find” the root cause because you made an error. Not intentional or even aware, but the facts of the event remain unchallenged with truth. You are not alone in your experience, or your unbelieving search for the cause.
I assume you’re still driving the vehicle?

 

[Coffeehouse]

I’ve never experienced this in my ST. I have Weathertech floor mats and they fit well.

 

[DaveG ST]

You can continue to try and justify your driving error with internet searches, but you will only find simple non-technical explanations of electronic throttles written for relatively ignorant consumers.
You will never “find” the root cause because you made an error. Not intentional or even aware, but the facts of the event remain unchallenged with truth. You are not alone in your experience, or your unbelieving search for the cause.
I assume you’re still driving the vehicle?

The issue I am still having with this whole thing is that my ST will apply the brakes and flash a warning on my dash before I hit something. Michelle, did this happen in this situation?

 

[2020FordRaptor]

The issue I am still having with this whole thing is that my ST will apply the brakes and flash a warning on my dash before I hit something. Michelle, did this happen in this situation?

The Emergency Braking system doesn’t work below a certain speed. I believe something like under 3-4 MPH it isn’t operational.

 

[cheetoduster]

I think OP has been driving around with this on

 

[philkap3]

I don't have an ST, but have a 2022 SLT and had a similar incident occur to me on Sept 9 while sitting at a red light for several minutes. I was utilizing auto brake hold and Co-Pilot features, and while sitting at the red light, the vehicle disengaged and accelerated forward into the vehicle in front of me. I took it to the dealership shortly after the accident and, after doing diagnostics, they confirmed that there were several error logs in Co-Pilot system approximately 40 minutes prior to the accident. The technician was concerned that doing a software refresh may not correct the issue, so he reached out to his support center. The vehicle was instructed to be parked and not driven and a report with Ford Corporate was filed. The vehicle has been at the dealership since Sept 16 where nothing more has been done. The dealership stopped receiving any additional communication from Ford in October. I filed a report with the NHTSA and they are actively investigating. I am also pursuing a legal investigation.

 

[enphor]

Don't these vehicles have some kind of log of all driver inputs stored in a buffer? I bet they are even uploaded to Ford via the connect spy feature. Right after the event the dealer should be able to pull these logs if they exist (I'm betting they do).

Even so, if the throttle position sensor says "20% pedal input" , who is to say its the sensor being faulty OR it was the driver/floormat that unintentionally pressed the pedal 20%.

These fly-by-wire systems can and do malfunction. Ask Boeing! The hard part is proving it on something like a car that doesn't have the same level of scrutiny and analytics as something like an airliner.