Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / MUSTANG / 2005

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0 Injured
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006052160 Incident Date: Jan, 01 2006
Consumer's City: LAS VEGAS Consumer's State: NV
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: MUSTANG Model Year: 2005
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#: 1ZVFT84N055 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 07 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 28 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: On december 30, 2005, my daughter (age 17) was preparing to stop for a red light, as she hit the brakes, she stated: "the car accelerated (full throttle), and would not stop. she called us by phone (crying) and reported the incident. we asked if she was ok and whether she could drive the car. she said yes. she drove the car back home (approximately 3 miles) where we (father and mother) questioned her about the incident. she stated: "she was driving about 50 mph and when she applied the brakes the car accelerated. i was unable to stop and went through a red light". at this point, my wife and i believed she somehow hit both the brake and accelerator pedals simultaneously. she stated emphatically, this was not the case and she would never drive the vehicle again. on monday january 2nd, at approximately 3:00 pm, i was driving the subject vehicle when the accelerator stuck full throttle. i pressed the brakes as hard as i could but the car continued to accelerate until i turned the ignition to the off position. i was in the center lane of the highway. i restarted the car (for fear of being run over by on-coming traffic, raining, decreased visibility), placed my foot on the brake, placed the car in gear to gather momentum, turned off the ignition, and rolled into a parking lot. the throttle remained open. i contacted ford who picked up the vehicle. team ford could not find anything wrong with the vehicle and wanted to return the car. i refused to accept the car for the following reasons: - car failed in full-throttle position (fail-safe position should have been no-throttle) - error codes did not identify this condition - (ford had not included this in their failure modes analysis) - replacement parts may have the same problem - - needed assurances from ford in writing that the root cause to this problem had been identified and corrected. ford corporate is sending an engineer to inspect the vehicle. *jb