Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CABLES | ||||||||||||||||
| 00V425000 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | from 08/14/1996 to 08/22/1997 | V (Vehicle) | 36500 | 02/23/2001 | MFR | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 12/26/2000 | 01/02/2001 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: minivans equipped with 3.0l engines. an accelerator cable was kinked during installation, causing the core wires to eventually fray. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This could increase the friction in the cable, causing the throttle to be slow to return to idle. this condition could result in a stuck throttle. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will install a new accelerator cable. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owner notification began february 23, 2001.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ford at 1-800-392-3673.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||||
| 9868 | 03/30/1998 | 601319 | A rough idle, stalling at an idle and/or diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs) p0171, p0174, and/or p1151 may be stored in memory on some vehicles with a 4.ol engine. *yc | 07/22/1998 | |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - LINKAGES | |||||
| 99235 | 11/15/1999 | 6090136 | During extreme cold ambient temperatures and under certain driving conditions, moisture in the crankcase may enter the pcv system, freeze and cause presure in the engine crankcase. the pcv fitting in the upper intake manifold may freeze or | 03/09/2000 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 12/01/1999 | 20 | 03/01/1998 | |
| Mainly when van was in park engine revved up by itself. also, van had a slight increase in speed while driving. van was taken to the dealership. dealership was not able to duplicate the problem. *ak | |||
| 03/25/2000 | 09/01/1999 | ||
| Vehicle was brought up to 65 mph on interstate highway and placed under cruise control. vehicle accelerated out of control to speeds in excess of 90mph, and would not respond to attempts to disengage throttle or crusise control. vehilce slowed down to safe speed by constant braking for approximately 10 miles until safe area to exit was found. attempts to bring vehicle to stop by breaking, downshifting, applying emergency brake was unsuccessful. vehicle finally stopped by turning ignition switch off while traveling at approx 25 mph. vehicle towed to cherokee ford in woodstock. problem reported to be malfunction of accelerator cable. damage to other vehicle components not known at this time. *ak | |||
| 03/25/2000 | 09/01/1999 | ||
| Cruise control set at approx 65 mph on interstate 75 north of atlanta. vehicle immediately accelarated out of control to approximately 90 mph and would not respond to attempts to deactivate control by brake, or cruise control switches. after attempting to control vehicle while the throttle was wide open and brakes firmly applied for several mile to find safe place to attempt stopping it was brought to a stop by combination of braking, downshifting, and finally turning off ignition switch on an exit ramp. once stopped examination of accelator pedal showed in was still being held to the floor by cable. vehicle was towed to cherokee ford dealership in woodstock ga at approx 8:00 pm and keys were left in drop off box at service area. vehicle was purchased used in fall 1997 and am not sure if 36 month warranty has been exceeded. potential for serious and life threatening collision was avoided but at unknown damage to vehicle engine and transmission. *ak | |||
| 02/01/1998 | 1 | 11/10/1998 | |
| Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration when put into reverse causing it to hit a buliding. | |||
| 11/10/1997 | |||
| Consumer started vehicle, pressed brakes, went to reverse and vehicle accellerated at high speed, racing 100 feet down the driveway, across the road, jumped a curve and tore down appprox. 70 ft. of chainlink fence. the pipe from fence broke back window of vehicle ,pertruding through hitting consumer on head, then broken windshield extended about 40 ft. outside of windshield. through all of this, consumer still had foot on the brakes, the vehicle did not stop untill fence was caught up under vehicle. consumer suffers a swollen foot due to pressure applied to brakes. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 11/11/2003 | 65000 | 1 | |
| When accelerating consumer had to depress the gas pedal several times to get the vehicle to move. when the vehicle moved the throttle got stuck, and revved very high. dealer informed the consumer that the throttle linkage had a sticking problem. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CABLES | |||
| 03/25/2000 | 09/01/1999 | ||
| Vehicle was brought up to 65 mph on interstate highway and placed under cruise control. vehicle accelerated out of control to speeds in excess of 90mph, and would not respond to attempts to disengage throttle or crusise control. vehilce slowed down to safe speed by constant braking for approximately 10 miles until safe area to exit was found. attempts to bring vehicle to stop by breaking, downshifting, applying emergency brake was unsuccessful. vehicle finally stopped by turning ignition switch off while traveling at approx 25 mph. vehicle towed to cherokee ford in woodstock. problem reported to be malfunction of accelerator cable. damage to other vehicle components not known at this time. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - LINKAGES | |||
| 02/01/2001 | |||
| Consumer took vehicle into dealer have recall 00v425000/ accelerator cable repaired. dealer told her they were not aware of this recall notice and refused to perform work.*ak | |||
| 06/24/2000 | 1 | ||
| Consumer was turning into a driveway off of a small street, applied brakes, and the vehicle suddenly took off on its own. rpms went up, and the rear tires were spinning. vehicle hit a garage wall and door. *ak | |||