1998 FORD EXPLORER Vehicle Speed Controlaccelerator Pedal Problems

THROTTLE STICKS PARTICULARLY WHEN COLD. SIMILAR TO THAT OF RECALL 00V422000 BUT FORD CLAIMS THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *AK

GAS PEDAL BECAME DETACHED FROM THE CHASSIS DURING AN ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING;AN ACCIDENT WAS AVOIDED. IT APPEARS THAT THE GAS PEDAL BRACKET, WHICH APPARENTLY WAS TACKWELDED AT THE FACTORY TO THE FIREWALL, CAME LOOSE FROM THE FIREWALL, RSULTING IN THE BRACKET AND GAS PEDAL LITERALLY HANGING BY THE ACCELERATOR CABLE UNDERNEATH THE DASH.

AFTER CONSUMER HAD RECALL 00V422000 REPAIRS DONE THROTTLE WAS STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. GAS PEDAL WILL STICK WHILE DRIVING, AND SHE HAS TO KEEP PUSHING TO KEEP PEDAL FROM STICKING IN ONE POSITION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 60MPH AND LET UP TO REDUCE SPEED. THROTTLE NEVER LIFTED FOR VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. CONSUMER ROAD 2-3 MILES, HITTING BRAKES AND THROTTLE TO SEE IF PEDAL WOULD LIFT. CONSUMER ENDED UP RUNNING INTO A FIELD, SLOWING TO 40MPH AND SLAMMED ON BRAKES. ALL FOUR BRAKES WERE BURNED UP. CONSUMER WASN'T SURE IF TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED. VEHICLE IS AT FORD TO BE LOOKED AT.*AK

YESTERDAY (2/24/01) I NOTICED THAT THE ACCELERATOR WAS NOT RESPONDING. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE FUEL INJECTOR. TODAY, I WENT TO GO ON AN ERRAND AND THE GAS PEDAL/W BRACKET FELL OFF THE FIREWALL. I CANNOT FIND THE BOLT(S) WHICH FASTENS IT TO THE FIREWALL. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT HAD I GOTTEN ONTO THE FREEWAY!

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED GAS PEDAL STICKING. PRESSED A BIT HARDER TO GET IT TO RELEASE, AND VEHICLE STARTED SPINNING, RESULTING IN A CRASH. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATOR PEDAL WILL STICK. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE; HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK

ALL THREE RIVETS CAME APART ON GAS PEDAL WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VHDL TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

WHILE DRIVING ON ROAD ENGINE WILL LOSE POWER. EACH TIME WHEN STEPPING ON GAS PEDAL VEHICLE WILL NOT GO.VEHICLE HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. BUT CONSUMER HAD NEVER TAKEN CARE OF DEFECT.*AK

WHEN GAS PEDAL IS APPLIED IT STICKS UNLESS EXTREME PRESSURE IS APPLIED. VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE. AFTERWARDS, VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE FASTER THEN INTENDED. ALSO, HAVING IDLE CONTROL VALVE STICKING WHICH CAUSES VEHICLE NOT TO START. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE PRESSING ACCLERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE LOST POWER , THEN FINALLY LUNGED FORWARD AND WOULD SLOWLY SPEED UP WHICH MAY CAUSE A REAR END CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

AFTER CRUISE CONTROL SHUTS OFF FROM BRAKE PEDAL OR PUSHING THE OFF BUTTON ON STEERING COLUMN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECOMES STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS IT SMOOTHLY. THIS HAPPENS UNTIL THE MOTOR IS TURNED OFF. I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM, WHICH SEEMS VERY OBVIOUS TO ME, TO FREEHOLD FORD. THEIR TECHNICIAN CAN'T IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH & GIVING VEHICLE GAS, IT WOULD START TO PULL INTO THE RIGHT LANE ONLY. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS AT LEAST 4 TIMES FOR PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED ONCE. PROBLEM REAPPEARED AFTER TIRES WERE ROTATED.*AK

EA99001, WHILE DRIVING ACCLERATOR GOT STUCK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY ACCLERATE. OCCUPANT HAD TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO STOP. IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THROTTLE BODY UNIT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

EA99001; WHILE DRIVING ACCELERATOR PEDAL GOT STUCK, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION. BRAKES ONLY SLOWED DOWN VEHICLE, WOULD NOT STOP IT. DRIVER HAD TO PLACE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, THEN SHUT OFF VEHICLE. CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. *AK

WHEN DEPRESSING GAS PEDAL VEHICLE WILL SPEED UP. GAS PEDAL HANGS UP AND WILL ACCELERATE BY ITSELF. GAS LINKAGE AND CABLES HAVE BEEN OILED WITHOUT EFFECT. *AK *ML

WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN TRYING TO DEPRESS GAS PEDAL, PEDAL BROKE OFF. CONSUMER COULD NOT GAIN SPEED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

GAS PEDAL SNAPPED OFF THE FIREWALL, AND CAME LOOSE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE WELD.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND STEPPING ON GAS PEDAL, ENGINE WILL NOT DECELERATE. IT FELT LIKE SOMEBODY WAS STILL PRESSING ON GAS PEDAL. *AK

THROTTLE BECAME STUCK WHILE TURNING A CORNER , CAUSING A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. VEHICLE RAN OFF ROAD, HITTING ITEMS AND A TREE WHICH FINALLY STOPPED THE VEHICLE. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS ACCELERATOR WOULD BECOME HARD. TRANSMISSION WOULD JUMP FROM NEUTRAL INTO DRIVE. THEN A LOUD NOISE, LIKE A BANG, WOULD BE HEARD. TRANSMISSION WOULD REENGAGE ITSELF INTO DRIVE. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. TOOK TO DEALER TO HAVE TRANSMISSION OVERHAULED. *AK

THROTTLE. GAS PEDAL STARTED TO STICK--MORE PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL DOESN'T CAUSE THE CAR TO ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY, WAITS A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND THEN LURCHES FORWARD.

WHEN STOPPING VEHICLE AND PULLING OFF, THE GAS PEDAL HESITATES AND STICKS. *AK

WHEN I TRIED TO USE THE AC IN MARCH IT BLEW OUT ONLY HOT AIR. A NEW COMPRESSOR HAD TO BE PUT IN IT. IT STILL LEAKS UNDER THE DASH WHEN IT RAINS HARD OR GOING THROUGH CAR WASH. REAR WIPER MOTOR BURNT OUT. WIPER WOULD NOT WORK, HAD TO BE REPLACED. REAR SEAL, PINON SEALS, AND REAR DRIVE SHAFT WERE REPLACED TWICE. THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR PANEL AND WINDOW RATTLED REALLY BAD. HAD REPAIRED. NOW FRONT DRIVER DOOR PANEL AND WINDOW RATTLES. HAD A "VIBRATING" NOISE REPAIRED. WHEN VEHICLE IDLED A PIECE OF METAL VIBRATED. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE GONE TO TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS AND THEY WON'T COME ON. I HAVE TO TURN THE BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THEY WILL COME ON. AFTER MY AUTO HAS SET OVERNIGHT AND I START IT, IT IDLES VERY ROUGH FOR A FEW MINUTES. THE GAS PEDAL HAS BEEN STICKING FOR QUITE...

WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL GOT STUCK AND DID NOT RETURN TO IDLE, VEHICLE RAN OFF THE FREEWAY AND LANDED ON TOP OF A TREE. VEHICLE IS BEING LOOKED AT NOW. *AK

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. THE CABLE FOR ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE. OWNER FEELS THE RECALL OF CRUISE CONTROL HAS CAUSED THE PROBLEM WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL. AFTER USING CRUISE CONTROL AND COMING TO A FULL STOP, ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. DRIVER MUST TAP IT ONCE OR TWICE TO CORRECT.

ACCELERATOR STICKS. WENT OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL, VEHICLE JUST KEPT GOING AND DID NOT SLOW DOWN. THROTTLE REPLACED. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS IN IDLE POSITION. THIS REQUIRES USE OF GREATER FORCE TO START MOVEMENT, CAUSING VECHILE TO LURCH FORWARD/REVERSE. *AK

LEASED. THROTTLE STUCK WHEN FIRST STARTED VEHICLE UP, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, INVOLVING SIDE IMPACT AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE TOWED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

3 PROBLEMS; #1. GAS PEDAL STICKS. DEALER SAYS NO PROBLEM, BUT KEEPS PUTTING LUBE ON LINKAGE. #2 LEFT FRONT BEARING REPLACED TWICE DUE TO SQEALING AT LOW SPEED, OTHER TIMES THEY LUBED RUBBER BOOT. #3 REAR HATCH WHEN COLD,LIFTS FAIL, HIT HEAD AND UPPER BACK.

THROTTLE PEDAL CONTINUALLY STICKS WHEN INITIALLY ENGAGED IN EITHER DRIVE OR REVERSE. CAUSES LUNGE IN DIRECTION OF TRAVEL IF DRIVER UNAWARE OF DEFECT. SUBMITTED TO DEALER TWICE, STILL NOT REPAIRED. POOR SEATBELT DESIGN HAS DRIVER'S SEATBELT CONTINUALLY STUCK IN DRIVERS DOOR UPON EXIT FROM VEHICLE. REAR PASSENGER WINDOW SCRAPES AND MAKES NOISE DURING OPERATION. DEALER DID NOT FIX WHEN INITIALLY BROUGHT UP AFTER INITIAL PURCHASE. ABS LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY APPEARS DURING DRIVING. DEALER NOTED CODE OF 1924 BUT HAD NO RESPONSE FOR PROBLEM. NOT RESOLVED. DISSAPOINTED WITH QUALITY OF VEHICLE FOR $$ PAID.

THE GASOLINE PEDAL ON MY 1998 EXPLORER SEPARATED FROM ITS MOUNTING BRACKET, MAKING IT UNSAFE TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. SINCE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTACT DEALER UNTIL 2 JANUARY 1999.

WHEN ACCELERATOR IS APPLIED, IT WOULD STICK. MAINLY STICKING WHEN WEATHER IS COLD. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER AT LEAST 3 TIMES. WAS INFORMED IF STILL STICKING IT WAS MADE LIKE THAT. *AK

GAS PEDAL STICKS WHEN CAR IS FIRST STARTED. DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL DOES NOT ACTIVATE THE FORWARD MOTION. THEN THE PEDAL ENGAGES AND THE CAR BUCKS FORWARD, ACCELERATING TOO QUICKLY. THIS WOULD BE DANGEROUS IF THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WERE TOO CLOSE TO A STATIONERY OBJECT.

WHEN GETTING IN THE VEHICLE TO START AND PULLING OFF THE GAS PEDAL STICKS, BUT WHEN DRIVING EVERYTHING STARTS TO WORK FINE. CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS, AND THE VEHICLE IS STILL ACTING THE SAME WAY WHEN TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL. *AK

GAS PEDAL STICKS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. *AK

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE THEN PRESSING ON GAS, GAS PEDAL GETS STUCK. AFTER A FEW SECONDS IT RELEASES ITSELF AND THE VEHICLE SPEEDS OFF FASTER THAN INTENDED. *AK