1998 Ford Ranger VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

WHILE WAITING AT EITHER AT STOP LIGHT OR SIGN VEHICLE WOULD START TO REV UP, AND LATER STALLED OUT COMPLETELY. SOMETIMES IT FELT AS IF ENGINE WAS GOING TO BLOW UP BECAUSE OF THE REVVING. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC INDICATED THAT IT WAS NORMAL. *AK *JB

A FORD REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED THE CONSUMER OF A RECALL REGARDING THE SPEED CONTROL (POSSIBLY A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL), THE CONSUMER HAS NOT RECEIVED A RECALL STATEMENT AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT PERFORM ANY WORK. *SLC

MY COMPLAINT IS AGAINST NHTSA COUNSEL. I WROTE BY EMAIL THE NHTSA COUNSEL ON 2 MAY 1999 DETAILING MY PROBLEM. I RECEIVED NO ANSWER. I WROTE AGAIN ON 7 JUL 1999, AND RECEIVED NO ANSWER. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF NHTSA REALLY DOES ANSWER CONSUMER COMPLAINTS. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO FAX YOU COPIES OF MY ORIGINAL EMAILS TO NHTSA COUNSEL IF YOU SO DESIRE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED TO 100MPH, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 50-55 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROLON. REACHED DOWN TO TURN A/C TO A LOWER FAN SPEED & DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL, AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED FROM 50-85MPH. CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO CALL HOTLINE & WILL CALL FORD IN THE MORNING. *AK

VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ENGINE ACCELERATION WHILE IN STOP / GO TRAFFIC. VEHICLE BEEN IN /OUT OF DEALER SHOP, AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT NOTHING CAN BE FOUNED. DEALER WANTS CONSUMER TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE CLUTCH THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE WITHOUT INDICATIONS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 20 TO 40MPH AND APPLYING THE GAS PEDAL, VEHICLES DOES NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. ACTS AS IF IT IS IN NEUTRAL. OWNER HAS TO WAIT AT LEAST 2 MINUTES BEFORE ACCELERATOR KICKS IN. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE CAUS EOF THE PROBLEM.

THE THROTTLE BOX LINKAGE STICKS AND MAKES THE ACCELERATOR DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS...ESPECIALLY WHEN STARTING OUT. THE THROTTLE BOX HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES AND IS STARTING TO STICK AGAIN

IDLE AIR CONTROL--IDLE OPERATION WAS ERRATIC, DEALER FOUND A BAD IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE.

MAKING RIGHT HAND TURN TO ENTER FREEWAY ONRAP THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO WIDE OPEN THROTTLE OF ITS OWN ACCORD. CRUISE CONTROL HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AS DEFECTIVE VIA RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD. DEALES HAD PERFORMED RECAL REPAIT PREVIOUS MONTH. CRUISE CONTROL HAD BEEN ACTIVATED PREVIOUS TO ACCIDENT BUT DISENGAGED BY APPLYINF BRAKE. VEHICLE SPUN WILDLY AND WENT OUT OF CONTROL CAUSING DAMAGE TO LEFT SIDE TIRES, WHEELS, BRAKES AND POSSIBLY AXLE. POTENTIAL EXISTED FOR MUSH MORE SEROUSE DAMAGE AND INJURY. ONLY SELF INJURED TO THE EXTENT OF STIFF NECK, SORE BACK AND LEFT KNEE.

CONSUMER HAD TROUBLE WITH DEALERSHIP DURING THE RECALL REPAIR (99V-062). MJS

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 99V062001 CONCERNING SPEED CONTROL CABLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AN D NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

WAS DRIVING 35MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON. THE VEHICLE HIT A PATCH OF ICE. THE THROTTLE BECAME STUCK. VEHICLE TOOK OFF. SPUN AROUND IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. HIT THE MEDIAN. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO FLIP OVER 3 TIMES.

VEHICLE MAINTAINED A CONSTANT SPEED AFTER RELEASING PRESSURE FROM GAS PEDAL. ANOTHER EXAMPLE: VEHICLE WAS AT 58 MPH @2000RPM, FOOT TAKEN OFF GAS, VEHICLE PUT IN NEUTRAL, VEHICLE COASTED TO STOP, BUT RPMS HAD INCREASED TO 2500RPM AND STAYED THERE FOR OVER .4 MILES. AT WORST TIME VEHICLE RPMS HAD INCREASED TO 3650RPM. OCCURS WHEN PLACED IN NEUTRAL OR CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED AT ANY SPEED, ANY TIME, BUT NOT CONSISTENT AND QUITE RANDOM. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN TO TWO DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIPS, 3 TIMES. BOTH DEALERSHIPS CLAIMED THERE WAS NOTHING TO FIX, AS THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO FIX. FORD TECH LINE STATES THERE IS NOTHING TO FIX. CURRENT DEALERSHIP (WHERE PURCHASED) HAS HAD VEHICLE FOR OVER FOUR WEEKS, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FIRST TIME IT WAS TAKEN IN.

DRIVING 35MPH, WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, VEHICLE HIT A PATCH OF ICE. THE THROTTLE STUCK. VEHICLE TOOK OFF. SPUN AROUND IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION & THEN HIT THE MEDIAN. VEHICLE THEN FLIPPED 3 TIMES.

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER 99V062001, SPEED CONTROL CABLE. CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER INDICATED NO NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING CRUISE CONTROL CABLE. UPON RECEIVING THE NOTICE, HE CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. RECALL 99V062.001. *AK

TRUCK WON'T DECELERATE AFTER REMOVING FOOT FROM ACCELERATOR. CONTINUES TO TRAVEL 25-30 MPH IN SECOND GEAR. SUNDAY APRIL 18, 1999, I WAS TRAVELING ON US 30 WEST CAME TO INTERSECTION OF US 30 AND US 39 AT TRAFFIC LIGHT AT 50 MPH ON WET RAINY ROADS, AND TOOK FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR AND TRUCK WOULDN'T SLOW DOWN. VERY HAZARDOUS. THEY ARE BEING VERY SLOW AT RESOLVING THIS MATTER, APPROACHING 1 YR ANNIVERSERY OF FIRST COMPLAINT. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT LOW AND COMING TO A STOP, VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE AT HIGH SPEED. CONSUMER HAS TO SHUT THE KEY OFF IN ORDER TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. *AK

ENGINE IDLES BETWEEN 2500-3200 WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR SLOWING DOWN.

WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS RELEASED THE ENGINE DOES NOT NECESSARILY SLOW DOWN AND SO THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SLOW. IN FACT IF BACK SHIFTING TO SLOW DOWN, THE VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES GAIN SPEED

VEHICLE WILL RANDOMLY IDLE AT A HIGH RPM. THIS WILL CAUSE MY VEHICLE TO TRAVEL AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AT AN IDLE SPEED. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND TAKING FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR TO BEGIN SLOWING, MY VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TRAVELING AT THE SAME SPEED. ALSO, AS I DOWNSHIFTED VEHICLE TO SLOWDOWN IN TRAFFIC,VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES REMAIN OR INCREASE IN SPEED THAT VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY TRAVELING. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED ON STEEP HILLS AT HIGH ELEVATION. YH