When applying the brakes to come to a stop the engine will surge from 2500 to 3000rpm. Dlr has seen vehicle 4 times, still no solution.
1998 Ford Expedition acceleration complaints
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While driving vehicle suddenly accelerates.
On two occasions vehicle experienced high acceleration while driving. Also, cruise control would not engage/engine check light remained on/vehicle would jerk whenever transmission changed gears, and both odometer/speedometer failed to operate. Dealer notified.
The vehicle will intermittently surge or stall upon acceleration . Dealer has put it on computer, but cannot determine what is causing the problem.
I have experienced an uncontrolled acceleration when braking to come to a stop with my 1998 ford expedition. This has happened 10 times since I purchased the vehicle in september, 1998. The first occurence was on 9/19/1998 and the latest occurrence was 3/01/1999. Intermittently, when pressing on the brake to come to a stop the engine accelerates as if I were pressing on the gas pedal rather than the brake. The degrees of the engine acceleration have varied from somewhat mild to extremely violent. The only way to stop the vehicle is to put the transmission into neutral since the acceleration still pulls the vehicle forward even with my foot on the brake (standing on the brake). This uncontrolled acceleration has always occurred when the vehicle is moving at a very slow speed in the braking process to come to a full stop. Luckily there have not been pedestrians or other automobiles in front of me when this has happened. I have had the vehicle back to the dealership several times concerning this problem. The dealership and ford have not provided a fix for the problem as of this date. This is an extremely dangerous defect in the vehicle and is a potential killer. All 10 occurrences of the problem happened with less than 4,000 miles on the vehicle.
Cruise control experiences intermittent failure.
Vehicle failed to stop and engine speed increased. Break pedal was fully depressed. Accelerator pedal was not was not depressed. Vehicle only stopped when transmission was put in neutral. A serious accident was narrowly avoided. Will bring vehicle to dealer for check-out asap.
This happens periodically when consumer is at a stop light the truck begins to roar and pull forward while foot is on the brake pedal. Also, the RPM goes over 7,ooo, have to put the truck in neutral and the cut the truck off, and then cut it back on.
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