Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / ESCAPE / 2003

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005059978 Incident Date: Mar, 20 2005
Consumer's City: AUSTIN Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: ESCAPE Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:cables
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMYU02B93K Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 20 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 22 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1.) car was revving up during idling and shifting of the manual transmission. 2.) per dealership, the accelerator cable had to be replaced due to a malfunction. see nhtsa # 04v574000 and ford recall #04s25 3.) dealership has to replace the accelerator cable but refuses to acknowledge mechanical malfunction and recall. recall was only for v6 suvs while we have a v4 manual transmission even though the part is the same one that is malfunctioning in the v6 models. *nm