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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004297770 | Incident Date: Sep, 04 2004 |
| Consumer's City: LINCOLN | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: EXPLORER | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMDU35PXTU | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 06 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Nov, 27 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The bracket holding the foot accelerator pedal on my 1996 ford explorer broke off while driving the vehile. as a result of this failure i lost complete control of the ability to add fuel to the engine and accelerate or hold speed. the bracket appeared to have been welded to the firewall as part of the manufacturing process. all 3 welds broke. at the time i was not doing anything out of the ordinary and had not put any abnormal strain or pressure on the foot feed pedal or the bracket. there is no appearance of corrosion so i suspect the welds failed farily recently. if this failure had occured as i was pulling into or accross traffic a serious accident could have resulted. *ak |
