1994 Ford Explorer acceleration problems

Filed Feb 13, 2012 · Acceleration, Engine · TX · fire

My tenant's vehicle - a 1994 ford explorer - spontaneously caught fire while parked in my property's garage in the middle of the night. The fire department was able to extinguish the flames and determined that the cause of the fire was the car itself - likely a faulty cruise control valve according to them. The insurance company will conduct its own investigation.

Filed Nov 16, 2011 · Acceleration, Engine · 171,000 miles · FL

I was sitting at a stop light all of a sudden the truck accelerated forward. The next event I was traveling about 40 miles an hour and the truck accelerated out of control and I was unable to stop it, the brakes wouldn't stop it, finally I turned the key off and it shut down. It's been happening on and off since then. It doesn't happen all the time, but, I never know when it will happen again. I contacted ford several times about this problem and they told me it could be alot of different reasons, they named off some parts and I replaced alot of them and am still having the same problem. They did say they have heard of other people having the same problems, but they were not all for the same reasons.

Filed Sep 28, 2011 · Acceleration, Fuel system · IN · crash

Investigation of a motor vehicle traffic collision revealed that the accelerator pedal on 1994 ford explorer (unknown miles) may become stuck in the "full open throttle" position. Condition occurs when the accelerator pedal arm wears a slit in the rubber sound/heat insluation on the floor board. After that occurs, when the accelerator is fully depressed, the arm can become stuck in the rubber. Condition was discovered during investigation of a fatal crash. After the condition was discovered, it could be easily and repeatedly replicated. Note: fatality occurred when the driver, for unknown reasons, exited the vehicle while it was still in motion at unknown speed. Driver died upon impact with road. Vehicle continued off road and came to rest, mostly undamaged, in a field well off road surface.

Filed Jan 29, 2011 · Acceleration, Body · 286,000 miles · TX · fire

While driving I turned on air conditioner and immediately light smoke began out of air conditioning vents and then the next moment the smoke was extremely heavy out of the vents and then visible fire underneath front passenger side dashboard. I immediately pulled the vehicle off the side of the road and exited, 10 minutes later it was fully engulfed in flames.

Filed Oct 14, 2009 · Acceleration · AZ · crash

The gas pedal got stuck causing my vehicle to accelerate at a higher than normal speed in an apartment parking lot, which caused my vehicle to run into the apartment building and caused structural damage and front end damage to the explorer. It is inoperable at this time due to this incident. A police report was made and insurance company notified.

Filed May 21, 2008 · Acceleration, Engine · 90,000 miles · NJ

Tl*the contact owns a 1994 ford explorer. After making a right turn at 5 MPH, the vehicle slowly gained speed and then unexpectedly accelerated. The contact depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle slowed down momentarily, but did not stop completely. The speedometer displayed 80 MPH and the rear wheels began to smoke, due to the fact that the brake pedal was depressed while the vehicle was still accelerating. He managed to turn the key and shut off the engine. The contact attempted to restart the engine, but the RPM dial was in the red zone. He was able to drive the vehicle back to his residence and discovered that the throttle plate was stuck in the open position. He repaired the failure on his own, without the dealer's assistance. He believes that had he not been knowledgeable of the failure, it could have been a lot more severe. The current and failure mileages were 90,000. Updated 07/15/08

Filed Dec 14, 2007 · Acceleration · 90,000 miles · OH · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 1994 ford explorer. While driving approximately 10 MPH, the engine light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle stalled minutes later, but quickly restarted. Smoke appeared under the hood and then the vehicle burst into flames. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed. The manufacturer and dealer were not notified. The VIN, engine size, and number of cylinders were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 90,000.

Filed Aug 8, 2006 · Acceleration · 195,000 miles · NC · fire

My seventeen year old daughter was driving this car on the interstate. She noticed smoke coming from behind the car and pulled off. A fire fighter happened to be behind her and he opened the hood and saw the top of the engine on fire. He cut the battery cables and put out the fire. Damage to the car was minimal. The engine wiring and hoses were either completely melted or damaged in some way. The fire burned from center engine and move across to the left rear.

Filed Sep 26, 2005 · Acceleration · 110,000 miles · MN · fire

Dt: the contact owns a 1994 ford explorer that caught on fire and exploded. She believes this was related to the ford recall 05v388000 concerning the scds. This happened on 9-22-05. The car was parked, and the fire did originate from under the hood. The fire department and police were called. She reported that the cruise control would intermittently go out and not work. The car was totaled. She took pictures of the vehicle. Had no anyone to tell her the cause of the fire. But, because of the recalls a and the recent problems with the cruise control the contact felt this was related to the ford recalls of scds which caused compartment fires. The dealership told her she would need the VIN number before they could tell her if her vehicle was included in a recall. She has not notified the manufacturer.

Filed Dec 23, 2003 · Acceleration · 57,103 miles · NH

I already sent a letter about this to ford with a cc: to you folks. My complaint is regarding the acceloration cable on my ford explorer and you should have the letter on file from november 7th. Ford did respond (a month later) but are not taking any action on it.