NHTSA Complaint #735005 — 2001 FORD EXCURSION

THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED AT APROXIMATELY 65-70MPH. AFTER APPLYING THE FOOT BRAKE THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE SPEED EVEN AS THE RPM CONTINUED TO STAY AT 2000 RPM, ALTHOUGH IT TOOK A MUCH GREATER DISTANCE THAN NORMAL. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AT 2000 RPM. THE CANCEL BUTTON ON THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE AND NEITHER WOULD THE BRAKE. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK, AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AT 2000 RPM. I APPLIED MORE FUEL AND WAS ABLE TO REV THE ENGINE BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 RPM ONLY. THE CANCEL BUTTON ON THE STEERING WHEEL CONTINUED TO BE INOPERABLE. FINALLY AT ONE POINT I RELEASED MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE RPM THEN DROPPED TO THE NORMAL IDLE RANGE. I THEN OPENED THE HOOD AND INSPECTED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BUT WAS UNABLE TO SEE ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT TO HAVE CAUSED THIS TO HAVE OCCURRED. I CONSIDER MYSELF QUITE LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN IN THE PARTICULAR DRIVING SITUATION WHERE I HAD AMPLE ROOM TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP WITHOUT HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR TO HAVE INVOLVED OTHERS IN AN ACCIDENT. HAVING WORKED WITH COMPUTERS FOR MOST OF MY LIFE I SUSPECT THAT THE CODE WAS SOMEHOW FOULED UP THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE INVOLVED IN MONITORING THE STATUS OF THE CANCEL SWITCHES...JUST A HUNCH. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY OTHER REPORTS OF SUCH AN INCIDENT ON FORD EXCURSION OR FORD F250 FROM WHICH THIS MODEL IS DERIVED?