ISSUES after install of Pedal Commander

Gilligan said:

Mine started to cause the truck to rev up to like 3k when stopped/stopping. The final time it happened I was at a complete stop with brakes fully applied when it surged forward about the length of a parking spot. I took it off immediately after that final surge and haven’t had the problem since.

Thank god I was pulling into a space without a car in front because I would have smashed it. And if it happened where I park at work my truck would have gone down a 50ft cliff. People will shrug it off but it was scary stuff, especially because my pregnant fiancé was in the car when it happened.

After talking to a member here with a ton of knowledge on the subject I’m pretty convinced these things are untested and very unsafe. Pedal Commander has been asked for proof of testing several times but was never able or willing to provide it and all the ‘OMG its so awesome’ comments buried those conversations.

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Gilligan said:

For some reason I can't figure out how to share it but I did post my dash cam vid of the final surge on FRF facebook back on May 24th when it happened. I'll try to get it posted on here later.

EDIT: https://i.imgur.com/eYcHvJ0.gifv

No sound in that video to hear our reaction or the truck revving, but you can see it

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Gilligan said:

http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f261/pedal-commander-awesomeness-52321/index57.html#post1221133

“I wasn't going to respond but the posting of this Certification has opened the door.

CE Certification excellent! This provides zero credibility. Pretty much a self certification saying you did testing. Doesn't say the type.

Lets see testing to Automotive specifications. I'll help you out.
ISO-11454-2
ISO-11454-4
ISO-11454-9
CISPR25

All the systems including the TPS, ECU, ETB all have to conform to these specifications and are highly scrutinized before being implemented. These test cost hundred of thousands of dollars from Design to placement in the vehicle. I would venture to say that a part that cost $300 has 0 credible testing.

I would think that any system that is controlling that signal should be tested to these same standards as well.

Why should you be concerned? A company I work for makes a piece of equipment that is almost exactly the same. It tells the ECU what the % of ethanol in the fuel is. It doesn't pass any test, and these are real world RF Tests. The difference is the engine really doesn't care if there is a 10% (The amount the signal can change before failure) change in ethanol content.

You are going to know 10% change in throttle to the ECU and that is our threshold point, at max real world (ie. Radar Array) it sends it to 100% duty cycle or 0. That is WOT or Nothing.

I can keep going but I think you get the point.”



This post by Kanakry who literally does this stuff for a living says it all. Even if someone hasn’t had issues yet when they do it could be catastrophic.

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mmacfn said:

What is the name of the competing product?

PEDALMAX?

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Gilligan said:

This has absolutely nothing to do with the Pedalmax, most people skeptical about the PC would be equally skeptical of the pedalmax.. This is about the safety of these units

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JnJraptor said:

I have a pedal commander for my 14. Loved it for about a year, but just a couple weeks ago I noticed a higher than normal rev on startup. It went right back to normal rpm and I checked plug and restarted truck it seemed fine. Next day I went to leave parking lot and the truck held a high idle. In drive the truck was gaining speed with my foot off the pedal. I immediately disconnected. Haven’t contacted company yet, came here to see if anyone else had had the problem...

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Aaron said:

Seems people with weird issues are beginning to come out of the woodwork

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