1991 FORD THUNDERBIRD Vehicle Speed Control Problems

CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STRUCK. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL THE BRAKE PEDAL AND EMERGENCY BRAKE WERE APPLIED. *AK *NM

Mileage: 144,509

PART TO REPAIR NOT AVAILABLE. DT

I WOULD LIKE FOR THESE PROBLEMS TO BE FIXED. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

THROUGH MOUNTAINOUS REGION IN AR, THROTTLE STUCK WIDE OPEN...FOUND A LITTLE $3 PIECE THAT BROKE ON THE PART THAT HOLDS THE LINKAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION TO THE THROTTLE... CAR KEPT GOING FASTER AND FASTER... BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. HAD TO PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL, AND GO UP STEEP INCLINE... KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT BECAUSE THE IGNITION SWITCH IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. HAD TO REPLACE THE PIECE THAT BROKE, THE TRANSMISSION, CAR STILL IDLED HIGH.. AND HAD TO REPLACE ANOTHER PART AS WELL. THE BRAKES ARE VERY SPONGY, THEY HAVE BEEN BLED NUMEROUS TIMES, AND THE MASTER CYLANDER REPLACED AND THEY STILL HAVE TO BE PRESSED DOWN 2-3 INCHES (VERY SOFT) BEFORE YOU FEEL ANY SORT OF BRAKAGE. THE CAR STILL DOES NOT RUN CORRECTLY. HAVE SPENT 650.00 + ON AIR CONDITIONER, AND IT STILL DOES NOT WORK RIGHT. APPEARS TO BE A SHORT IN IT, BECAUSE WHEN CAR IS ACCELLERATED, IT WILL START COOLING AGAIN... ONE PART HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES, SO SOMETHING IS SHORTING IT OUT.

ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK IN A WIDE OPEN POSITION WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. CONSUMER HAD TO TAKE KEY OUT OF IGNITION AND REAPPLY PEDAL TO GET IT UNSTUCK. DEFECT DUE TO A PLASTIC BUSHING CONNECTED TO A THROTTLE VALVE CABLE BECAME DISINTEGRATED, CAUSING CABLE TO TO BECOME LODGED AGAINST THE ACCELERATOR.*AK

VEHICLE RAPIDLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AS WE WERE LEAVING A REST STOP, AND WE WERE FORCED TO ULTIMATELY TURN OFF THE IGNITION BEFORE IT COULD BE BROUGHT TO A STOP. SPEEDS EXCEEDED 100 MPH - BRAKES WERE APPLIED, AND WERE HEATED TO THE POINT THAT ONE OF THE FRONT STRUTS ACTUALLY "BLEW OUT". MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME, AND SHE QUICKLY REACHED A STATE OF PANIC, NOT REALIZING THAT THE IGNITION COULD BE SWITCHED OFF AND THE STEERING WOULD BE MAINTAINED - IF I HAD NOT BEEN WITH HER, THIS MAY WELL HAVE BEEN AN INCIDENT INVOLVING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. I SPOKE TO FORD ABOUT THIS, BUT THEY STATE "IT DOESN'T HAPPEN" AND REFUSED TO PROVIDE ME WITH A WRITTEN DENIAL OF MY REQUEST FOR AN INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE.

BRAKES: PULLED OUT OF DIRVEWAY INTO INTERSECTION, MAKING A LEFT TURN, ACCELERATOR STUCK APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES DID NOT CATCH. *AK

ENGINE SURGED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *DSH

SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT/INJURY. *SKD