2001 FORD TAURUS — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2001 FORD TAURUS — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Start: 2001-07-13

crash · 344261 · 2002-04-23

Vehicle

Make: FORD
Model: TAURUS
Year: 2001
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Speed: 20 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

PE 02 035:BRAKE/ACCELERATOR PEDAL SEPARATION: WHEN APPLYING BRAKE, DRIVER'S FOOT MISTAKENLY PRESSED ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO REAREND ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE DISTANCE OF TRAVEL BETWEEN THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS BEING TOO CLOSE. *SLC

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 8008308
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown