The throttle body air intake failure caused the accelerator to stick.
1997 Ford Ranger acceleration complaints
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Consumer was backing up in driveway and vehicle started going faster and picking up speed in reverse. He turned the vehicle off, and noticed that gas pedal fell apart. Vehicle was at the dealership. There were no injuries.
When air conditioner/heater or defroster is on, and while driving at different speeds, if driver lets up the accelerator, vehicle will not slow down. It takes about 30-40 seconds before it actually slows down. Dlr/ manufacturer cannot fix defect.
During driving, when I shift from 2nd to 3rd (most of the time), the throttle sticks at around 2500-3000 RPM's. It does release itself but after I engage the clutch to the next gear, I can take it out of gear and leave in neutral and it will still be around 2500 RPM for about 3-8 seconds. I took the car in to the original dealer and they thought I was nuts. I took it to burts ford in colorado and they first replace a fuel assembly part, the 2nd time they could not find the problem. They 3rd with burts, I took a mechanic out for a drive and shoed him the problem. They looked the car over while it was in shop for a week and said that they can willingly reproduce the problem but said it was the way the car was being shifted. No fix. I have been driving stick cars for over 26 years and have never had this problem. At one point, when shifting, the RPM's would accerlate. This is a problem, if I get to a stop light or sign and the car will not release the RPM's, then engine could continue to race and potentially blow up or even ruin the engine. This is obviously a safety issue but nobody seems to know how to fix it.
Cruise control is engaged,climbing a small rise. Also, needs to shift manually from 5th to 4th gear. When clutch pedal is depressed engine will race to a wide open throttle for second ,and then it will come back to idle.dealer claimed cruise control was operating as designed. Cruise control will not deactivate by applying clutch pedal , only by applying brake pedal and button. This is in conflict with owner's and service manual.
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Transmission failed twice. Yh
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Gas pedal fell off, leaving consumer stranded. Computer program is causing the vehicle to surge. Dealer had to reprogram computer.
Accelerator pedal broke away from firewall.
The accelerator cable broke, causing the vehicle to rev up and acclerate at a high speed with no braking ability which almost caused an accident. Cause unknown. Please provide details.
Idle air control valve assembly failed, causing vehicle to not decelerate properly resulting in extended stopping distances.
While travling on the highway the vehicle shifts gears from 4th to 3rd. Consumer also noticed the rmp idles high. Please provide further details.
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