Idle air control--idle operation was erratic, dealer found a bad idle air control valve.
1998 Ford Ranger acceleration complaints
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When driving between 20 to 40mph and applying the gas pedal, vehicles does not accelerate at all. Acts as if it is in neutral. Owner has to wait at least 2 minutes before accelerator kicks in. Dealer can't find the caus eof the problem.
The throttle box linkage sticks and makes the accelerator difficult to depress...especially when starting out. The throttle box has been replaced three times and is starting to stick again
Consumer had trouble with dealership during the recall repair (99v‑062). Mjs
Consumer received recall 99v062001 concerning speed control cable. Contacted dealer, an d no parts available to remedy problem. Please give any further details.
Making right hand turn to enter freeway onrap the vehicle accelerated to wide open throttle of its own accord. Cruise control had been identified as defective via recall notice from ford. Deales had performed recal repait previous month. Cruise control had been activated previous to accident but disengaged by applyinf brake. Vehicle spun wildly and went out of control causing damage to left side tires, wheels, brakes and possibly axle. Potential existed for mush more serouse damage and injury. Only self injured to the extent of stiff neck, sore back and left knee.
On starting engine hesitated ,almost stalled then raced with high RPM,while huge amounts of white thick smoke and heavy gasoline smell present.truck stalled.restarted same problem with the addition of a large black cloud of smoke from tail pipe on pushing accelerator.throttle sticks causing surging.dealer replaced throttle valve.probelm persists. Brakes make grinding noise when applied,dealer could not replicate after 4 visits they finally ackowledge problem and had to do a complete brake job.brakes are hard now and it appears that the anti locks do not engage.rear slider leaks water into extra cab when it rains. Vibration heard from ex haust area,had to have the heat shield tightened. Noise has returned./
Was driving 35mph with the cruise control on. The vehicle hit a patch of ice. The throttle became stuck. Vehicle took off. Spun around in the opposite direction. Hit the median. This caused the vehicle to flip over 3 times.
Driving 35mph, with cruise control on, vehicle hit a patch of ice. The throttle stuck. Vehicle took off. Spun around in opposite direction & then hit the median. Vehicle then flipped 3 times.
Vehicle maintained a constant speed after releasing pressure from gas pedal. Another example: vehicle was at 58 MPH @2000rpm, foot taken off gas, vehicle put in neutral, vehicle coasted to stop, but rpms had increased to 2500rpm and stayed there for over .4 miles. At worst time vehicle rpms had increased to 3650rpm. Occurs when placed in neutral or clutch is depressed at any speed, any time, but not consistent and quite random. Vehicle has been in to two different ford dealerships, 3 times. Both dealerships claimed there was nothing to fix, as they do not know what to fix. Ford tech line states there is nothing to fix. Current dealership (where purchased) has had vehicle for over four weeks, which does not include the first time it was taken in.
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Consumer received recall letter 99v062001, speed control cable. Contacted dealer, dealer indicated no no parts available to correct the problem. Please give any further details.
Front seat is distorted and sinking/collapsed, repaired several times and continues to collapse. Mjs the consumer was writing a complement to the dealership.
Consumer received a recall notice concerning cruise control cable. Upon receiving the notice, he contacted dealer and was informed that the parts were not available. Recall 99v062.001.
Truck won't decelerate after removing foot from accelerator. Continues to travel 25-30 MPH in second gear. Sunday april 18, 1999, I was traveling on us 30 west came to intersection of us 30 and us 39 at traffic light at 50 MPH on wet rainy roads, and took foot off accelerator and truck wouldn't slow down. Very hazardous. They are being very slow at resolving this matter, approaching 1 yr anniversery of first complaint.
When driving at low and coming to a stop, vehicle will accelerate at high speed. Consumer has to shut the key off in order to bring the vehicle to a stop.
Engine idles between 2500-3200 when coming to a stop or slowing down.
When the accelerator is released the engine does not necessarily slow down and so the vehicle does not slow. In fact if back shifting to slow down, the vehicle will sometimes gain speed
Vehicle will randomly idle at a high RPM. This will cause my vehicle to travel at approximately 20 MPH at an idle speed. While driving vehicle and taking foot off of the accelerator to begin slowing, my vehicle will continue traveling at the same speed. Also, as I downshifted vehicle to slowdown in traffic,vehicle will sometimes remain or increase in speed that vehicle is currently traveling.
Cruise control disengaged on steep hills at high elevation. Yh
The consumer has been experiencing problems with accelerator. Accelerator stuck 11 times. The manufacturer has been contacted. *ak
While pulling into driveway the vehicle suddenly accelerated causing an accident. (attorney for consumer).
While pulling into garage the vehicle started to accelerate at high speed, resulting in a collision. Caused extensive damages to garage and vehicle. Also, consumer sustained major injuries.
Started vehicle up. Had door opened at times driver's leg not inside vehicle. Vehicle suddenly accelerated forward, without warning. Hit a truck & then a wall. Upon impact, neither air bags deployed.
First, no accident has happened yet. It is an accident waiting to happen. I have a 1998 ford ranger with the 3.0 engine and 5 speed manual transmission. The problem, taking my foot off the gas has no effect on vehicle speed. If traffic is slowing in front of me, taking my foot off the gas is the normal thing to do in order to start slowing down and not hitting traffic in front of me. This vehicle will keep on going and brake application is required. As a further example. Coming to a red light or stop sign, the engine will want to race above 2000 until the vehicle comes to a complete stop. It takes about 4 seconds after the stop before the computer will slow the engine. I have had the vehicle to the dealer twice. Both times, they have indicated that a problem exists with this engine/transmission combination. However, their testing equipment shows no problems. They have reported it to ford but can do nothing until ford issues a programming change for the computer. One time last summer, at a stop sign, the engine decided to go from 2000 to 3600 RPM and the only way to stop it was to kill the engine. Ford seems unwilling to correct this problem which must be considered a safety concern. As an additional test, I got on the interstate, got up to speed, put the transmission in neutral, and took my foot off the gas. The engine speed remained constant at 2800. Even touching the brake and slowing the vehicle down a small amount, had no effect on engine speed during this test. The problem seems to not be present when the engine is cold. Once warm however, at least 50% of the time, the above conditions exist.
When consumer was at traffic light, the engine suddenly accelerated while stepping on the brake pedal and reaching to 1000 RPM; consumer stated that vehicle used to pull to the side, and tires were rotated before.
Flapping noise in the engine.
When taking foot off the accelerator pedal, the truck does not decelerate. The dealer is not able to correct the problem.
While driving the truck 35 MPH, the engine revved high, jumped gears and the truck accelerated to a very high speed. At that point the back end of the truck shifted to the right. When driver tried to turn the steering wheel, the steering wheel would not move, causing driver to hit a parked vehicle. The entire front end of the truck was pushed in. The truck has been towed to an auto body shop.
Vehicle will not decelerate after driving on freeway for 40+ minutes, no problem can be found to cause condition.
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