This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Consumer is experiencing problem with intermittent high acceleration while driving. Vehicle been in/out of dealer shop on several occasions, and the problem cannot be resolved or reproduced.
Consumer had cruise control set 65 mph. Went to deactivate cruise control by applying brakes, engine began to downshift. Kept the maintained speed of set cruise control. Consumer had to keep pressure on brakes for over a mile before vehicle could slow down. Had to put vehicle in neutral to disengage engine, casuing the consumer to burn out brakes. Dealer could not determine problem.
The truck accelerated in the driveway, tried to stop but the brakes wouldn't stop, causing the truck to hit a brick wall in the garage. The airbag didn't deploy. The truck accelerated to about 30 mph.
Throttle stuck wide open due to a piece of insulation that fell from hood and was lodged in the throttle linkage. In addition, ABS brakes had to be replaced due to warpage caused by severe use in stopping vehicle.
Vehicle was coming to a stop and then the engine just accelerated, and had to apply brakes hard in order for the vehicle to stop. Consumer states that after parking vehicle, the rpms went to 3000 and back down as if he were pressing the accelerator very fast.
Owner states while driving vehicle his throttle stuck at 85 mph. Owner noted that he had to turn ignition key off to let vehicle coast to the shoulder of the road.
Owner received a recall 96V251000 for his throttle. There were no parts available. Owner notes that dealers made contact to duncon Ford to have recall fixed on three seperate occasions and there were no parts.
The cruise control would not disengage when at 55 mph, even after shuting off the vehicle and turning back, the motor was still going at 50 mph. Dealer picked up vehicle today. (1/21/97).
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- Kansas City, MO, USA