Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford explorer sport. The contact received a recall notice for the vehicle speed control. Even though the repair parts will be unavailable until late october, she stated that the dealer refused to disconnect the cruise control feature. The dealer stated that the notice does not state that the cruise control must be disengaged. There had been no failure to date. The federal safety agency recall number was unavailable. The current mileage was 164,381. Updated 01/07/08. *lj updated 12/12/07
2001 Ford Explorer Sport acceleration complaints
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2001 explorer sport cut off four times after I started it. After getting it to start, the vehicle wouldn't accelerate any faster than 20 MPH, then it would slow down to almost a complete stop (in traffic!). The accelerator was extremely resistant to the touch. I took it to capital ford in raleigh, nc and informed them I thought it was the cruise control cable (determined this from research). I was told it was the idle air control valve and there was nothing wrong with the cruise control. Four days went by and the cruise control stopped working altogether. I took the vehicle back to capital ford to be told it was the cruise control cable. I informed them this was an on-going issue with this make/model and the 2001 explorer sport had been recalled to have this part fixed. The staff at capital ford said ford had not announced a recall and that the information I gathered was just a "site's" opinion. I need to know if, in fact, this part has been recalled and if I have a claim against ford to have it repaired/replaced at their cost. Thank you for your help in this matter. It has been very frustrating dealing with capital ford on this issue. I've spent $689.70 only to be told I'll now have to spend another $100 (+) to fix what I took the vehicle in for to repair in the first place.
Dt: owns 2001 ford explorer, both driver and passenger are pregnant. Had just entered interstate and was driving about 70 MPH and tried to slow down to about 65mph. Tried to tap brake but heard engine rev up and it immediately sped back up. Tapped brake again and knew something was wrong. Engaged hazard lights and tried to pull off road. Down shifted to 2nd gear,then to 1st, and slowed to about 50 MPH. Tried to engage emergency brake with no luck. Was using both brakes while traveling in the grass uphill. When it slowed to about 15-20 MPH passenger jumped from vehicle. Vehicle continued to rev up, driver let off brake while trying to escape and was slung from vehicle. The explorer went back and crossed 4 lanes of traffic, entered onto service road where it struck a tree. From there the vehicle accelerated up the tree up-rooting it. The tires caught fire and bystander tried to put out the fire with an ice chest and again it caught on fire.
2001 ford explorer caught on fire in the engine compartment.*mr while driving car sounded like it was missing. The consumer saw smoke, pulled over and realized that eh vehicel was on fire. The cruise control box, located on the right side, was the cause of the fire. *bf
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