Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - LINKAGES | ||||||
| PE88101 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 09/14/1988 | 01/03/1989 | ENGINE COMP FIRES | ||
| There is no summary currently available | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 09/15/1999 | |||
| While driving on the highway on the way to the dealer for recall repairs, speed control failed to disengage, vehicle picked up speed, and lost control of vehicle. *ak | |||
| 02/17/1999 | 1 | ||
| Sudden acceleration resulted in an accident/injury.(attorney for consumer). | |||
| The car rpm would race on its own. the consumer is aware of other recall with ford on this same problem. please describe. tt | |||
| 08/10/1995 | 1 | ||
| Had problems with automatic transmission. transmission was recalled. tt consumer states this model through 1989 has a defective accelerator grommet, when the grommet fails the driver of the vehicle loses accelerator control, consumer states that ford has notified all current owners of these vehicle if they are the original purchaser, however second or third owners have not been notified. *slc | |||
| 10/06/1994 | 2 | ||
| Sudden acceleration. *skd | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 08/10/1995 | 0 | ||
| Accelerator stuck, causing vehicle to accelerate. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - LINKAGES | |||
| 02/02/2000 | |||
| Consumer was sitting at a stop sign with foot on the brake and vehicle automatically accelerated into the traffic. consumer stated it had happened several times. *ak | |||
| 11/02/1996 | |||
| Transmission linkage jammed, causing throttle to stick, vehicle accelerated out of control, the braking could not override the throttle.the engine had to be turned off to stop the car. *ak | |||