Consumer was driving on road when gas pedal accelerated into high mode. After kicking gas pedal, accelerator popped out of accelerator mode, switched motor off, restarted, vehicle was still stuck in high accelerated mode.
1990 Ford Thunderbird acceleration complaints
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When starting the car the accelerated, took it to the dealer and dealer tried to idle it down , no luck .
Vehicle was in park with foot on brake, when put into reverse vehicle went into high idle and surged, and put into park, and vehicle went into reverse, impact 6:00 position, rpms unknown.
During operation over 70 MPH. The gas pedal seems to stick at the speed and, accelerates on its own.
The car will surge and go up to speeds of 80mph and will not stop. Please describe. Tt
Auto-trans: while coming out of garage with foot on brakes to shift from park to drive engine accelerated to high speed;hit two parked cars;no warning. Tt
Sudden racing of the engine. Driver has to ride the brakes until he shifts to neutral and turn the ignition off. Tt
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