Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - LINKAGES | ||||||
| EA90042 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 08/31/1990 | 12/31/1991 | THROTTLE STICKING | ||
| There is no summary currently available | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 08/22/2002 | |||
| Vehicle lunged forward while in park when first starting out, narrowly missing a person, and hitting a brick wall. please describe details. *ak | |||
| 08/23/1991 | 2 | ||
| Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration caused to frozen throttle body linkage after repaired vehicle experienced same symptons however no repair work done. | |||
| 09/20/1997 | 3 | ||
| Whenever vehicle is started up, it would surges out of control; when shifting into drive, vehicle immediately takes off. would have loss of steering control. has not taken to dealer. *ak | |||
| 05/04/1996 | 01/01/1990 | ||
| Vehicle accelerated, veered off of road and crashed into a tree, killing the driver. autopsy reports indicates that driver had both feet on the brake. | |||
| The throttle is sticking causing the vehicle to accelerate. tt | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 10/04/1996 | |||
| While driving applied force to the accelerator pedal and the pedal stuck, almost causing an accident. explain in more details. *ak | |||