2000 Ford Expedition VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

THE CRUISE CONTROL WIRING HAD A SHORT WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BY THE OWNER. *JB *TC

THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. THE CONSUMER REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE WENT UP TO 60 MPH. THE CONSUMER EXITED THE HIGHWAY, PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. AFTER GETTING BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO GO TO 80 MPH ON ITS OWN. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN ONE DAY. *JB

THE CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE AT 9:00AM AT THE END OF DAY AROUND 6:00PM THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO CAR AND FOUND IT HAD BURNED UP. THE FIRES STARTED AT 3:00PM AND HAD BEEN PUT OUT. PRIOR TO THE FIRE THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD STOPPED WORKING. INSURED BY STATE FARM INVESTIGATED BY STRINGER AND ASSOC. WHO FOUND THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AT THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. OWNER HAS REPORT. *JB

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE IT BURNED. THE CONSUMER ASSUMED THE WATER FROM THE VEHICLE PUT THE FIRE OUT, BECAUSE UPON ARRIVING THE FIRE WAS OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. NO DAMAGE TO THE INJURY.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 4 OR 5 HOURS, LOOKED OUT WINDOW, AND SAW FLAMES COMING FROM DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WELL. CALLED 911, AND GOT OUT OF HOUSE. FIRE SPREAD TO HOUSE. INSURED BY STATE FARM, AGENT JOE BROWN IN ORLANDO, FL. PRIOR TO THE FIRE NO PROBLEMS WITH TRUCK. CRUISE CONTROL WORKED IN MAY. DID NOT USE IT OFTEN. NO AFTER MARKET EQUIPMENT. WILL E-MAIL VIN & PICTURES TO BRUCE YORK. *AK

MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED AT MY JOB. ENGINE WAS OFF AND NO ONE WAS IN THE VEHICLE. THE CAR IS TOTALED AND INSURANCE IN ONLY PAYING FOR THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE WHICH LEAVES ME WITH A BALANCE TO PAY OFF. *NM

ON THE MORNING OF 6 JAN 2004, MY KIDS AND I WERE ON A ROUTINE TRIP TO THE GYM. THIS GYM IS ONLY A FEW MILES FROM OUR HOME. OUR 2000 FORD EXPEDITION WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND STAYED AT 30 MPH EVEN THOUGH I DID NOT HAVE THE CRUISE CONTROL ON. WHEN I TRIED TO STOP AT SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL STOP SIGNS NEAR THE GYM, THE EXPEDITION WOULD NOT BRAKE AND PROCEEDED TO RUN THROUGH THE STOP SIGNS. THE EXPEDITION WOULD NOT STOP AND STAYED STUCK ON 30 MPH. I CALLED 911 FOR ASSISTANCE. THE OPERATOR TOLD ME TO PUT MY PARKING BRAKE ON, AND I DID. WHEN THIS ACTION DID NOT STOP THE CAR, SHE SUGGESTED THAT I SHIFT TO A LOWER GEAR. I DID, AND STILL THE EXPEDITION WOULD NOT STOP. I HAD TO DRIVE DOWN A STEEP HILL WITHOUT THE PROTECTION OF BRAKES. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL WAS A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION. I COULD NOT STOP OR SLOW DOWN. I HAD TO TURN RIGHT GOING STILL 30 MPH. I COULD ONLY HONK MY HORN TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF ONCOMING CARS TO THE FACT THAT I WAS COMING AND THAT I COULD NOT STOP. AFTER MAKING THE RIGHT TURN, THE OPERATOR ASKED ME IF WE WERE SLOWING DOWN AT ALL. I REPLIED NO AND THAT THE EXPEDITION REMAINED AT 30 MPH AND WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN. ABOUT ONE MINUTE AFTER HER QUESTION, JUST LIKE THAT, THE CAR SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED. THE EAST PEORIA POLICE OFFICERS (WHO BY THIS TIME WERE ON THE SCENE) TOLD ME TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND I DID. THEY DROVE THE EXPEDITION TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET FOR ME. IT WAS THE SINGLE MOST TERRIFYING MOMENT OF MY LIFE. AFTER THE INCIDENT TWO SEPARATE MECHANICS FROM TWO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES CONCLUDED THAT THE BRAKES WERE FINE. MY HUSBAND HAS CONTACTED FORD AND THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. BOTH HAVE DENIED KNOWING OF ANY SUCH PREVIOUS INCIDENTS (WHICH ARE CLEARLY DOCUMENTED IN THIS FORUM). AS OF TODAY, FORD HAS TAKEN NEITHER RESPONSIBILITY OR ACTION. THE DEALERSHIP HAS DISCONNECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND WILL KEEP IT NEXT WEEK FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS TO RUN DIAGNOSTIC TESTING ON IT. COMPLAINT BY CRISTINA PATE, EAST PEORIA, IL *LA

WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECOME STUCK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO TRAVEL AT HIGH SPEED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED A BURNING ODOR. OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW HEAVY SMOKE. FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED CRUISE CONTROL SENSOR BURNED.*AK

UPON SLOWING DOWN FOR A LIGHT, CONSUMER STATES' VEHICLE SPEED INCREASED WITHOUT PRESSING ACCELERATOR. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT BEHIND OTHER VEHICLES, MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED PUSHING ME INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF MINE. APPLYING FULL PRESSURE WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, MY VEHICLE CONTINUED TO LURCH FORWARD INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AND PUSHING IT INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAD TO PUT MY CAR INTO PARK AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE TO GET IT TO STOP LURCHING FORWARD. IT MUST HAVE LURCHED FORWARD 3 OR 4 TIMES INTO THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME AFTER MAKING INITIAL HIT. WE'VE NOTICED WHERE THE IDLE WOULD INCREASE IN THE PAST BUT NOTHING THAT SEEMED TO BE DANGEROUS IN ANY WAY. WE HAD A 98 EXPIDITION THAT WOULD INCREASE IN RPM'S AND LURCH FORWARD AND HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THAT DRIVER IN THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME COMPLAINED OF NECK PROBLEMS AND HAD TO BE TAKEN IN AN AMBULANCE. *AK

ON 5/3/01, AT APPROX. 2:40 PM, I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON 10TH(AMSTERDAM) AVE IN MANHATTAN IN RELATIVELY LIGHT TRAFFIC AT APPROX 20-25MPH. AS I CROSSED THE INTERSECTION OF AMSTERDAM & 58TH ST, MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE UNCONTROLLABLY TOWARD A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. STANDING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH ALL MY WEIGHT ONLY MANAGED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE TO PERHAPS 30MPH, WITH ENGINE RACING AS IF THE GAS PEDAL WERE PUSHED TO THE FLOOR, WHEN OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS NO PRESSURE BEING APPLIED TO IT AT ALL. AS I CROSSED THE INTERSECTION OF 59TH ST, I MANAGED TO GENTLY EASE THE GEARSHIFT LEVER INTO NEUTRAL. THIS COMBINED WITH MY CONTINUOUS PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO NEARLY A STOP, WITH THE ENGINE STILL RACING. THE INSTANT FORWARD MOTION CEASED, THE VEHICLE LURCHED INTO REVERSE, WITH THE GEARSHIFT STILL IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. THE VEHICLE THEN BEGAN TRAVELING BACKWARDS, ONCE AGAIN AT THE SAME HIGH RATE OF ACCELERATION. STILL STANDING ON THE BRAKE PETAL, I SWITCHED THE IGNITION OFF. A SPLIT SECOND SECOND LATER, THE RIGHT REAR QUARTER OF THE VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO AN AMBULANCE, AT A SPEED OF PERHAPS 30-35 MPH. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE INCIDENT UNTIL THE END, I TRAVELLED ABOUT 500 FEET FORWARD AND 120 FEET IN REVERSE, CONTINUOUSLY MAINTAINING MAXIMUM PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PETAL. MY VEHICLE IMPACTED THE AMBULANCE AT THE STRONGEST PART OF ITS STRUCTURE, THE CURVED, STEEL REINFORCED FRONT CORNER OF THE AMBULANCE "BOX". HAD THE AMBULANCE BEEN 2 FEET FURTHER BACK, THE DRIVER WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED INSTANTLY. THERE WERE 3 EMT'S IN THE FRONT OF THE AMBULANCE, AND NO PASSENGER OR PERSONEL IN THE REAR. ALL OF THEM SAW EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE DESCRIBED, AND I AM SURE THEIR STATEMENTS ABOUT THE MOVEMENTS OF MY VEHICLE WILL CORROBORATE MY DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCIDENT. I WAS EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO IMPACT A VEHICLE WITH ENOUGH MASS TO STOP THE MOMENTUM OF MY 2 1/2 TON SUV. HAD I IMPACTED SMALLER PASSENGER VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIANS, MANY PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.*AK

VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY TO FULL SPEED WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT LOOKED AT VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FOR NO REASON. HAVE BEEN TO DEALERSHIP TWICE BEFORE, BUT PROBLEM COULD NOT BE RESOLVED BY MECHANIC.*AK

ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHEN DRIVING AT 40 MPH DOWN A TOW LANE HIGHWAY THROTTLE BODY WAS STICKING WIDE OPEN, AND CAUSING UNWANTED AND UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. ALSO, ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS FREE OF PLAY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK *SLC

FAILURES OCCUR DURING COLD WEATHER (-10 TO 5 F). VEHICLE SEEMS TO OPERATE NORMALLY UNTIL WARM. INITIAL EPISODE OCCURRED ON JAN 14, 2000. ON THAT DATE THE VEHICLE TRAVELED 20 MILES ON AN INTERSTATE NORMALLY USING CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 65 MPH. UPON EXITING THE HIGHWAY AND BRAKING THE VEHICLE MAINTAINED 3000 RPM AND INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED TO 30 MPH (WITHOUT APPLY GAS). THIS OCCURRED INTERMITTENT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS; RESOLVING AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS GARAGED OVER NIGHT. ON JAN 19, 2000, (AFTER BEING GARAGED OVERNIGHT) THE VEHICLE TRAVELED NORMALLY FOR 8 MILES IN TOWN; BUT, INDEPENDENTLY AND RAPIDLY ACCELERATED FROM 35 MPH TO GREATER THAN 70 MPH UPON ACCESSING THE INTERSTATE. THE VEHICLE TRAVELED 20 MILES TO THE DEALER WITHOUT APPLYING THE GAS AND UNDER CONSTANT BRAKING TO MAINTAIN 50 TO 65 MPH. THE DEALER SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED THAT THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM BY REPROGRAMMING AN "ELECTRONIC COMPUTER MODULE." THE VEHICLE PERFORMED NORMALLY UNTIL JAN 21, 2000 WHEN IT EXHIBITED THE SAME INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATION DESCRIBED IN THE INITIAL INCIDENT. THE OVERALL FEEL TO THESE INCIDENCE IS THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON AND STUCK IN AN ACCELERATE MODE; BUT THE CRUISE CONTROL IS EITHER OFF OR TURNED OFF IN ALL INSTANCES. THE VEHICLE WILL BE RETURNED TO THE DEALER ON JAN 24, 2000. *AK

VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATING ON IT OWN, WITHOUT HAVING FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL, TRAVELING UP HILL AT 55MPH. USED BOTH FEET AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THEN SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, RESTART AND THE RPMS REVED TO 5,500 AND SOUNDED LIKE A ROCKET. REPLACE IAC FOUND OIL FILL CAP SEAL LEAKING SUCKING AIR AND FREEZING IAC

FAILURES OCCUR DURING COLD WEATHER (-10 TO 5 F). VEHICLE SEEMS TO OPERATE NORMALLY UNTIL WARM. INITIAL EPISODE OCCURRED ON JAN 14, 2000. ON THAT DATE THE VEHICLE TRAVELED 20 MILES ON AN INTERSTATE NORMALLY USING CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 65 MPH. UPON EXITING THE HIGHWAY AND BRAKING THE VEHICLE MAINTAINED 3000 RPM AND INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED TO 30 MPH (WITHOUT APPLY GAS). THIS OCCURRED INTERMITTENT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS; RESOLVING AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS GARAGED OVER NIGHT. ON JAN 19, 2000, (AFTER BEING GARAGED OVERNIGHT) THE VEHICLE TRAVELED NORMALLY FOR 8 MILES IN TOWN; BUT, INDEPENDENTLY AND RAPIDLY ACCELERATED FROM 35 MPH TO GREATER THAN 70 MPH UPON ACCESSING THE INTERSTATE. THE VEHICLE TRAVELED 20 MILES TO THE DEALER WITHOUT APPLYING THE GAS AND UNDER CONSTANT BRAKING TO MAINTAIN 50 TO 65 MPH. THE DEALER SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED THAT THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM BY REPROGRAMMING AN "ELECTRONIC COMPUTER MODULE." THE VEHICLE PERFORMED NORMALLY UNTIL JAN 21, 2000 WHEN IT EXHIBITED THE SAME INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATION DESCRIBED IN THE INITIAL INCIDENT. THE OVERALL FEEL TO THESE INCIDENCES IS THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON AND STUCK IN AN ACCELERATE MODE; BUT THE CRUISE CONTROL IS EITHER OFF OR TURNED OFF IN ALL INSTANCES. THE VEHICLE WILL BE RETURNED TO THE DEALER ON JAN 24, 2000. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE IS IN GEAR & DRIVING, WOULD HAVE FOOT ON BRAKES TO STOP, AND VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD AT 10MPH. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE SLIGHTLY RELEASED, THE RPMS WOULD BE REVVING UP. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC AFTER DIAGONISTIC WAS RUN, THAT EVERYTHING WAS ACCORDING TO SPECS. MANUFACTURER AGREED WITH DEALERSHIP. *AK