Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||||
| 976007 | 07/01/1997 | 605789 | Concerns with throttle position (tp) sensor voltage signal increasing on its own prior to increased idle speed. *tt | 07/26/1999 | |
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - LINKAGES | ||||||
| PE89133 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 06/29/1989 | 11/28/1989 | UNDERDASH FIRES | ||
| There is no summary currently available | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 01/28/2000 | 1 | ||
| Car from a fast idle jumped into reverse ran out of control injuring one person and crashing into two vehicles.*ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| While driving vehicle suddenly accelerated for no reason. state trooper was behind vehicle & gave out a ticket for speeding. *ak | |||
| 06/01/1997 | |||
| The throttle cable assembly for the throttle valve came undone while driving, and the transmission went out, the driver was stalled in traffic. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 01/03/1996 | 3 | 04/03/1994 | |
| Floor mats when placed too high cause accelerator to stick, resulting in acceleration. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 05/04/2003 | 218000 | 10/04/1988 | |
| About a month ago, while returning from a long trip, the cruise control on my mustang just stopped working. subsequent inspection revealed that the hollow plastic head piece on the actuator cable had broken and the control cable was no longer able to pull on the throttle. the steel cable is terminated a couple of inches back of the throttle arm and slides freely inside the plastic head piece which is attached the throttle arm itself. i assume it built like this to prevent binding when the cruise control is not in use. fast forward to yesterday, while coming home on the freeway, i was accelerating around some slower moving cars when the throttle jammed wide open. no amount of manipulation of the peddle could get problem to clear so i had to kill the ignition and coast to the side of the road. i got out and inspected the linkage and discovered that the end of the cruise control cable had slid past the end of the plastic head piece and had jammed the throttle wide open. the nature of the construction of the cable and the plastic end piece makes this type of failure only possible if the throttle is wide open. it seems to me that this is the kind of problem that recalls are made of. has anybody else experienced this problem? *nlm | |||