Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / ESCAPE / 2002

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007115677 Incident Date: Aug, 03 2007
Consumer's City: CINCINNATI Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: ESCAPE Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMYU04192K Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 14 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 28 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Unintended acceleration - 2002 ford escape xlt: driving on interstate accelerated for a hill and car continued to accelerate after foot removed from pedal. car continued to accelerate and gain speed up hill, hill peaked and speed exceeded 80 miles per hour. further acceleration down hill - transmission placed in neutral, and able to be stopped on side of freeway. engine continued to rev; turned off, and then revved when turned back on. cruise control was not being used at any time. dealer inspected and found and replaced defective cruise control cable. *jb