Sudden acceleration of vehicle while pulling into a level parking stall at a shopping mall. Vehicle collided into a planter head on and the air bags did not deploy *la
2002 Ford Focus acceleration complaints
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While driving the vehicle, the cruise control would not work properly. The dealer was not notified. *ph when the consumer disengaged the transmission, the engine began racing uncontrollably. The consumer felt that this was caused by omission in the logic design of the cruise control system.
Our 2002 ford focus se, has had a surging problem since the day we purchased the vehicle on 04/15/02, the engine seems like it wants to stall out.lso we have a water leak under the dashboard, and we need new tires. *ak after only 20000 miles on them.
While driving 65 MPH with cruise control on the vehicle stalled. The vehicle would not restart. Consumer managed to pull over, and left vehicle over night. The vehicle started up the next day with no problem. Dealership was notified but the problem was not resolved.
Cruise control failed to respond to application of brakes.*mr the second incident caused the consumer to strike another vehicle because the cruise control failed to disengage.*ts
I have a 2002 ford focus se w/ 5 speed manual transmission and cruise control plus other options. On date listed, I was traveling at 65 MPH on a 4 lane hwy approaching a traffic light. The car was in 5th gear w/ the cruise control on. Upon touching the brake pedal to turn off the cruise control and begin braking, neither event happened. I tried 3x to get the cruise control to turn off by pressing the brake pedal hard. It failed all three times. By then, I was rapidly approaching a group of cars in both northbound lanes of ga hwy 365 completely standing still waiting for the light to change. In response to a runaway car, I attempted to drive off the right shoulder of the road; however, the car immediately in front of me did the same. I struck her car on the right side with the left side of my 2002 ford focus se. My passenger reached over & turned the ignition switch to off. I was able then to brake the car to a stop a few feet from a concrete culvert. The left front wheel of my car was folded approximately 45 degree angle and the entire front end was down on the ground. The left front tire had blown out. Neither car was driveable. This is the second time this car has failed on turning off the cruise control when the brake pedal was applied. Further, the brake wear indicator had begun squeling recently. The car had 13040 miles on it at the time of the accident. It was purchased one year earlier. Willard ferguson
Consumer would put the cruise control on and the vehicle would accelerate without warning. Dealer notified.
The vehicle experienced sudden acceleration, when a turn was made.
Intermittently the accelerator pedal sticks while driving at any speed . The dealer has inspected the vehicle on several occasions but were unable to duplicate the problem. The consumer is afraid to drive the car and has not driven the vehicle since october 2002. Please provide further information.
While driving, when cruise control is engaged the vehicle's acceleration decreases. Please provide more details. Mr
When the brakes were applied with the cruise control activated, the vehicle continued to accelerate. The dealer has been notified. Nlm
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