# 1993 FORD RANGER — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
> NHTSA complaint `159716` · 1999-07-22 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** RANGER
- **Year:** 1993
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
- **Speed:** 65 mph
## Narrative
ON TWO PREVIOUS OCCASIONS THE ACCELERATOR STUCK - MID 1998 - ONE ON A FREEWAY ON RAMP AND THE OTHER WHILE ACCELERATION WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY.  I PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE WHEN STOPPED - IT WAS FINE UPON BEING RESTARTED.   I TOOK IT INTO A SHOP BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING APPARENTLY WRONG.  ON JULY 19,1999, WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, I BRIEFLY ACCELERATED.  THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN STUCK. I TAPPED ON THE BRAKE TO CHECK IF THAT WOULD HELP. (I WAS NOT USING CRUISE CONTROL AND SELDOM USE IT.)  THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE.  I THEN PUT THE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL - IT WAS AN AUTOMATIC.  THE WHEELS THEN FROZE/LOCKED WHICH CAUSED THE TRUCK TO SKID AND THEN ROLLOVER 1 1/2  TIMES.  I DID NOT APPLY THE BRAKES HOWEVER THERE WERE SKID MARKS ON THE ROADWAY.  THE TRUCK HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND OTHER THAN THIS PROBLEM FREE.
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