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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 07V336000 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | from 09/24/1999 to 08/16/2002 | V (Vehicle) | 3600000 | 08/13/2007 | ODI | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 08/03/2007 | 08/03/2007 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain pickup trucks, passenger vehicles, sport utility vehicles, and motor homes chassis, the speed control deactivation switch may, under certain conditions, leak internally and then overheat, smoke, or burn. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This could result in an underhood fire. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will install a fused wiring harness. owners of the passenger cars included in this campaign will be instructed to return their vehicles to their dealers to have the speed control deactivation switch disconnected as an interim repair. as soon as repair parts are available (expected october 2007), owners will be instructed to return to the dealers for installation of a fused wiring harness. the recall began on august 13, 2007, and mailing completed by september 19, 2007. owners may contact ford at 1-888-222-2751. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Ford recall no. 05s28.customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration;s vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | ||||||
| PE05037 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 07/07/2005 | 11/02/2005 | STUCK ENGINE THROTTLE | ||
| On july 7, 2005, the office of defects investigation (odi) opened a preliminary evaluation to investigate alleged stuck throttle complaints in certain model year (my) 2002 ford explorer and mercury mountaineer vehicles equipped with the standard available 4.0l sohc v6 engine.at that time, odi was aware of 15 complaints that alleged stuck engine throttle causing unwanted vehicle acceleration and 1 alleged crash as a result.six complainants reported that throttle control cable replacement remedied the alleged stuck throttle condition.additionally, odi was aware of a technical service bulletin issued by the manufacturer that referred to an accelerator cable design change.odi sent a letter to the manufacturer on july 18, 2005 requesting certain information about these vehicles. according to ford, approximately 234,092 subject vehicles built from august 14, 2000 ( | ||||||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | ||||||
| PE05037 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 07/07/2005 | 11/02/2005 | STUCK ENGINE THROTTLE | ||
| On july 7, 2005, the office of defects investigation (odi) opened a preliminary evaluation to investigate alleged stuck throttle complaints in certain model year (my) 2002 ford explorer and mercury mountaineer vehicles equipped with the standard available 4.0l sohc v6 engine.at that time, odi was aware of 15 complaints that alleged stuck engine throttle causing unwanted vehicle acceleration and 1 alleged crash as a result.six complainants reported that throttle control cable replacement remedied the alleged stuck throttle condition.additionally, odi was aware of a technical service bulletin issued by the manufacturer that referred to an accelerator cable design change.odi sent a letter to the manufacturer on july 18, 2005 requesting certain information about these vehicles. according to ford, approximately 234,092 subject vehicles built from august 14, 2000 ( | ||||||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CABLES | ||||||
| PE05037 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 07/07/2005 | 11/02/2005 | STUCK ENGINE THROTTLE | ||
| On july 7, 2005, the office of defects investigation (odi) opened a preliminary evaluation to investigate alleged stuck throttle complaints in certain model year (my) 2002 ford explorer and mercury mountaineer vehicles equipped with the standard available 4.0l sohc v6 engine.at that time, odi was aware of 15 complaints that alleged stuck engine throttle causing unwanted vehicle acceleration and 1 alleged crash as a result.six complainants reported that throttle control cable replacement remedied the alleged stuck throttle condition.additionally, odi was aware of a technical service bulletin issued by the manufacturer that referred to an accelerator cable design change.odi sent a letter to the manufacturer on july 18, 2005 requesting certain information about these vehicles. according to ford, approximately 234,092 subject vehicles built from august 14, 2000 ( | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 10/02/2010 | 95000 | ||
| Leading up to the event of the fire, occasionally the door ajar button would flash during driving, the alarm would randomly go off, and the lights inside the vehicle would flash at random times. this was never a pattern, and the car went periods of time with nothing happening to it. one morning, i opened the car door and found the entire inside to be burned out. the first started in the middle console. | |||
| 08/15/2007 | 1 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2002 ford explorer sport. the contact received a safety recall notice for the vehicle speed control: cruise control in august of 2007. he called ford several times since receiving the notice. the cruise control was disconnected in october of 2007. as of april 18, 2008, the part is still unavailable. there had been no failure to date. the recall number and purchase date were unknown. the current mileage was 72,000. updated 05/07/08 *bf | |||
| 01/01/1901 | 1 | ||
| 2002 ford explorer with a recall for the cruise control. customer states he has tried twice to get the problem fixed. he says the dealer told him they were out of parts and were not getting any in until mid-december. *kb | |||
| 09/01/2007 | 0 | 12/01/2001 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2002 ford explorer sport. the contact received a notice for nhtsa campaign id number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control). the dealer stated that they would disconnect the vehicle speed control feature because the parts were unavailable. the contact was dissatisfied with the remedy. there had been no failure to date. the current mileage was 60,000. | |||
| 08/26/2007 | 1 | 07/10/2004 | |
| Ford recall 05s28-sirs, your website recall notice states that the affected vehicles should be returned immediately to the dealer for disconnection of the problem speed control switch while awaiting availability of replacement wiring parts, however, the recall letter i received this week does not mention this, nor did the dealer when i called him. has this interim repair been canceled? thank you, wrl. *tr | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 04/01/2003 | 1 | ||
| Dt: contact states she previously owned a 2002 ford explorer sport that was in an accident due to the sudden acceleration of the vehicle. when the consumer placed the vehicle in reverse there was sudden acceleration, causing vehicle to hit a telephone pole. the consumer then placed the vehicle into drive, and it stayed in full throttle, causing the contact's vehicle to hit another vehicle. the day that the accident occurred it was slightly raining. the consumer no longer has the vehicle, so she does not have any information about the vehicle available.*ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 06/15/2004 | 1 | 11/15/2002 | |
| Dt: the contact owns a 2002 ford explorer sport. over the last couple of years he has been having problems with cruise control. and if the truck were just idling ,and if consumer did not have foot on the brake the vehicle would rev up all the way for about 10-15 seconds. if he did not have foot on the brake he could have hit someone. dealership stated that unless they could duplicate the problem they could not find the source of the problem. according to the report it sounded like the problem was cruise control . *ak | |||