Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration resulting in collision, injuries. (police report attached). Mjs
1996 Ford Explorer acceleration complaints
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Ie98-038. Linkage between throttle cable and throttle body broken, causing vehicle to suddenly accelerate and lunge forward unexpectedly, which may cause a crash.
When approaching a stop sign at less than 5mph the vehicle accelerated to a high speed, without application of the gas pedal, and pushed the truck in front of it out into an intersection. Dealer has not seen vehicle.
Accelerator pedal stuck after driver removed foot from pedal and ther vehicle continued to accelerate.
No summary given by consumer.
I filed this form months ago, if I was still driving this car, rather than just parking it, I could be dead by now. You have plenty of complaints about this to do something about it. Dateline did a whole show on this, whats the hold up. Why arent you making sure ford is held accountable. People like me are just out of luck. I cant even sell this car, and the dealer doesnt want it back. This is so dangerous. It cant wait for a whole bunch of beuracracy crap. Please help.
Because of such a high idle could cause a major wreck
My car had a sudden acceleration problem similar to what was recently described on dateline (one week later). Luckily, we were able to get the car to stop by putting it in park and turning off the ignition. I won't drive the car anymore. We were almost killed and almost killed some pedestrians. Ford is not acknowledgin the problem, but rather denying it. Would appreciate some follow up. Regardless, I am getting rid of the car before it kills us. This is a serious problem and shouldnt be taken lightly. We hope that you will help us and others. It is not right for ford to ignore the problem because of the expense of a recall. They did it with the pintos and now with the explorers. Don't allow this, its not fair to the consumer. I had my three year old boy with me and I could have lost him.
Vehicle accelerates on its own. Slows down when using brakes, but acceleration will not stop. Dealer contacted and cannot remedy the problem. Problem still exists. Provide further information.
On several occasions vehical accelerated to high speeds and was extremely difficult to stop. Vehicle was brought into the dealership and they could not find any problem.
Accelerator would stick. The brakes fails to work when this happens. Can happen at different speeds. Have taken to dealer & informed idle air control motor needed replacing. Problem since returned.
Sudden uncontrolled acceleration.
Turned into driveway brakes failed, vehicle accelerated and crashed into garage.
Vehicle was started and the choke was on when driver backed up and the vehicle took off. Consumer slammed on brakes, and the car gained speed and tire hit the side of the garage. The dealer could not duplicate the problem. Vehicle was under an extended warranty, and the vehicle has been sold.
Throttle body air intake and accewlerator cable failed.
While driving 68mph with cruise control on, vehicle suddenly increased in speed. Had pumped accelerator pedal. Shifted into neutral but rpms were very high. Shifted out of neutral & placed feet on brakes to slow down or stop. Brakes started smoking. Called dealer to relay problem.
Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration resulting in an accident.
Vehicle did not return to idle. Consumer has contacted the manufacturer about the incident, and was informed that his vehicle was not included in the recall.
Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration while in reverse on three occasions, two occasions resulted in vehicle collisions.
Throttle/accelerator pedal stuck in the down position.
Accelerator pedal broke off.
When engaging reverse gear the vehicle occasionally will experience sudden acceleration, causing vehicle collisions.
Sudden reverse acceleration when in reverse gear on three occasions, accidents occurred on two occasions.
Upon making a stop and proceeding to make a left hand turn the vehicle accelerated, causing the consumer to lose control of the vehicle. Consumer has not contacted the dealer. Please provide further details.
Vehicle experiences sudden acceleration while trying to brake, several incidents have resulted in two vehicle accidents causing damages and injuries.
Vacuum port on accelerator failed, causing accelerator to stick.
While pullng onto highway, engine suddenly accelerated on its own, shifted to neutral seconds later, brakes locked up, causing vehicle to skid/spinout onto shoulder, hit curb/sign/guardrail/tree. Towed to dealer, not inspected as of yet.
Cruise control failed.
Cruise control off button inoperative.
While driving with cruise control on or off, the throttle sticks, causing the vehicle to increase its speed without warning.
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