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2010 FORD EDGE — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

crash · 1037313 · 2014-02-07

Vehicle

Make
FORD
Model
EDGE
Year
2010
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Miles at failure
50,000
Speed
1 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I BOUGHT A USED 2010 FORD EDGE LAST YEAR AUGUST FROM CONNICELLI DEALER IN CONSHOHOKEN PA. THE SAME DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR, ON MY WAY HOME I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE HAS A PROBLEM. TOOK IT BACK AND WAS FIXED. RIGHT AFTER THIS., I WAS PARKING IN A SMALL PARKING LOT , THE CAR ACCELERATED ON HIS OWN AND WENT ON THE GRASS. THE SECOND TIME I WAS PARKING IN FRONT OF MY GARAGE, THE CAR ACCELERATED AGAIN AND I ALMOST DRAG MY SECOND CAR TO THE BASEMENT. THE THIRD TIME, I WAS PARKING IN SMALL PARKING LOT AND IT ACCELERATED AGAIN. ONLY THIS TIME, THE CAR CRASH INTO PARKED CAR AND THE CAR HIT ANOTHER CAR. MY CAR AND TWO OTHER CARS WAS DAMAGED. THANK GOD, NOBODY WAS IN THE TWO CARS. THE 3 CARS LOOK LIKE IT WAS A HIGHWAY AUTO ACCIDENT. I AM NOT SURE IF THE US GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT FORD AND THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM UNTIL WHEN IT KILLS ONE OF THEIR OWN. ORDINARY CITIZEN DO NOT COUNT. FORD COMPANY IS A GIANT, MEGA COMPANY THAT HELPS WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICIANS IN US. I AM SCARED OF THIS CAR. IT ALMOST KILL ME. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ON THIS MONSTER HEARTLESS COMPANY SIDE. KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR POWER IN THIS COUNTRY. FORD COMPANY ARE UNTOUCHABLE. CONSUMERS JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. THE ONLY TIME YOU PROBABLY GET A SOLUTION WILL BE WHEN ONE OF THE TOPS GET KILLED IN A FORD AUTO ACCIDENT OCCURRING WITH AN ACCELERATION PROBLEM. THEN YOU WILL HEAR IT THE CNN. SHAME ON ALL THAT KNOWS THIS ACCELERATION PROBLEM AND NOT DOING ANYTHING. WILL IT BE DIFFERENT IF ITS YOUR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10563435
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