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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 000060737 | Incident Date: Oct, 25 2000 |
| Consumer's City: BRONX | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: EXCURSION | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMNU42F91E | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 06 2000 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 31 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Failure of cruise control to cancel from the steering wheel or from the brake. the cruise control was activated at approximately 65-70 mph. after applying the foot brake the vehicle failed to disengage the cruise control. i was fortunate enough to be able to reduce the speed even as the rpm continued to stay at 2000rpm, although it took a much greater distance than normal. i brought the vehicle to a stop and the engine continued to rev at 2000rpm. the cancel button on the steering wheel would not disengage the engine rpm at 2000, and neither would the brake pedal. i pulled to the right side of the road and and placed the transmission in park, and the engine continued to rev at 2000rpm. i applied more fuel and was able to rev the engine between 2000 and 3000rpm only. the cancel button on the steering wheel continued to be inoperable. finally, at one point, i released my foot from the brake pedal and the rpm then dropped to the normal idle range. i then opened the hood and inspected the engine compartment but was unable to see anything significant to have caused this to have occurred. i consider myself quite lucky to have been in the particular driving situation where i had ample room to bring the vehicle to a stop without having been involved in an accident or to have involved others in an accident. my suspicions are that the code that monitors the switches was somehow confused. i have taken the vehicle to covert ford where it has been since 11/14/2000. yesterday, i am told, a fmc technical rep has looked over the vehicle. to date no one else , i am told, has been able to replicate the problem. this is the second time reporting this problem. the initial report was identified by nhtsa as "odi-735-005" but the report does not appear on your databases. *ak |
