Tl*the contact owns a 1991 ford probe. Whenever the contact drove the vehicle at various speeds to include approximately 60 MPH, using the cruise control the vehicle speed increased. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. The current and failure mileages were 113000.
Ford Probe adaptive cruise problems
11 of the 1,114 owner complaints about the Ford Probe describe adaptive cruise control problems, most of them for the 1990 model year.
- owner complaints
- 11
- worst model year
- 1990
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 19971
- 19961
- 19951
- 19943
- 19931
- 19911
- 19903
Often reported together
What owners say
Atx type ford cd4e failure. O/d light on, slipping clutch. Stabilizer links worn out. Cruise control wiring defect.
I have had to replace the distrubutor which caused it turn over, but not start, and clutch with in one month. Also my check engine light keeps coming on an dthey can't figure out why, and my cruise control does not work.
I am the only owner of the 1995 ford probe gt . From the start the car has been into a ford dealer over 25 times ! Ford has many service notice defects out on this car ! Water gets inside the car when washed or in the rain ! The head gaskets leak from day one ! The moon roof has rust on it ! The hatch back shocks are worthless ! The alarm comes on when it wants to ! The cv axles leak trans oil ! Ford made a new cv boot to stop the oil leaks ! No one ever told me ! The brake rotors were replaced at 30000 miles ! Plug wires were replaced at 16500 miles ! Engine has a ticking noise ! The trans throw out bearing is going bad ! The car only has 45000 miles !!!!!!! The cd player went out two days ago . The windows go up and down on their own ! The drivers seat belt does not work ! The cruise control takes off by itself ! The exhaust system was replaced by ford 2 times ! Moon roof leaks and knocks ! Ac control switch gets very hot ! Rear wiper is loose ! Paint is peeling !all of these problems at only 45000 miles !!!!!!!!! The car is now out of warranty ! I think I should get more than 45000 miles out of a new car ! Ford needs to replace this 45000 mile lemon ! The reason it only has 45000 miles is we can not drive the car most of the time ! We do not want to die in this lemon !
1st ins- horn started would not go off ,smoke came out of instrument cluster. Horn still went off after car was turned off. Had to pull fuse. Ford said clock spring in steering wheel broke and crused cruise control and horn wires and the short blew out the whole instrument panel. Ford said it would cost more then three thousand dollars to fix. Had to replace the instrument panel with used items because of price. So the millage is about ten thousand more then on the origanal. . 2nd. Air bag light keeps coming on while we drive down the road. Took it in twice to ford. They say they cant fix it because the light doesnt stay on all the time. We are scared that the air bag will go off while we are driving. They said they dont know what to tell us
Overdrive light flashed and vehicle immediately shifts to a lower gear and cruise control switches off.
When traveling at 70 MPH with the cruise control engaged consumer proceeded to change lanes, consumer lost control of the vehicle, hitting a rail. Consumer has contacted the dealer. *ak consumer states: when control was lost, she tried to steer into the tire direction, when vehicle headed straight into the guardrail, she made a hard left turn to turn into the emergency lane, however vehicle turned right causing the vehicle to hit the left front, side, and rear, and spun out 2-3 times, consumer believes this was a suspension problem.
When applying the ABS brakes the cruise control did not deactivate, causing the vehicle to suddenly surge down an exit ramp. Please give further details.
While driving on the highway the cruise control did not disengage, resulting in an accident.
Cruise control failed to disengage when driver applied brakes, causing accident.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Ford Probe adaptive cruise
Which Ford Probe years have adaptive cruise control problems problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1990 (3 complaints), 1994 (3 complaints) and 1991 (1 complaints).
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