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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003249372 | Incident Date: Nov, 30 2003 |
| Consumer's City: FRESNO | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: RANGER | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:cruise control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FTYR44V03P | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 08 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 15 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Non injury momentary loss of engine control while driving up a moderate incline with my new ford ranger in cruise control & over drive on at about 65 mph & 2500 rpm's. the engine kicked down twice in immediate succession and the engine ran away to 6000 rpm's+ and stayed there. engine tach limit is 6000rpm's so i do not know the extent of the over rev. i took immediate action to disengage cruise control which lowered the rpm's and turned the over drive off which resulted in a normal rpm of about 3000 @ 65 mph. i have traveled the same area before without any such occurrance. also the engine has a erratic type misfire at idle which may contribute to the problem. this situation was very unsafe as when the engine "ranaway" i only glanced at the tack twice and do not know how fast it ended up before i disengaged the cruise control.*ak |
