I was driving when my car suddenly accelerated. I was able to regain control without an accident. This happened several times on my way home. The next day when I attempted to take the car for inspection it was dead. The repair shop advised me that the problem was that the heater core was leaking and since the heater core was located over the ecu it caused it to malfunction.
1993 Ford Escort: sudden unintended acceleration
15 of the 379 complaints about the 1993 Ford Escort describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 15
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
While backing vehicle out of parking space, vehicle suddenly accelerated causing a crash, even though both feet were depressing brake pedal, brakes were to the floor.
Ongoing/intermittent problem with sudden acceleration: surging while at a stopping postion; also on two occasions vehicle would suddenly took off. Cruise control was not engaged. Dealer / manufacturer were not notified.
Intermittent sudden acceleration.
Released foot brake, engine immediately began to surge, causing the vehicle to lunge forward into the crosswalk, replace tp sensor, flushed injector, clean throttle body units, reccoment tune up filter oil lk and outer tie rod ends and alignment, declined.
Sudden acceleration, resulting in an accident.
Sudden acceleration.
During cold weather, after placing in reverse, vehicle suddenly accelerated resulting in a crash. Brake pedal was fully depressed, yet vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. Ignition was turned off to stop vehicle.
The vehicle suddenly accelerated when the consumer put the vehicle in reverse, causing the consumer to have an accident.
The vehicle sudden accelerated when the consumer put the vehicle in reverse, causing the consumer to have an accident.
The vehicle suddenly accelerated, cannot stop the vehicle.
The engine suddenly accelerates when not pushing on the gas pedal. Tt
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1993 Ford Escort sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 1993 Ford Escort?
15 of 379 owner complaints about the 1993 Ford Escort (4%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 1993.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1993 Ford Escort?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1993 Ford Escort
Seat belt 28Fuel leak 14Stalling 10Fire or smoke 9Fuel pump 9Wipers 8Fuel smell 7Transmission failure 6Brake failure 5Coil spring 5Won't start 5
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