1997 FORD TAURUS — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1997 FORD TAURUS — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Start: 2002-10-16

crash1 injured · 388876 · 2003-01-13

Vehicle

Make: FORD
Model: TAURUS
Year: 1997
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Miles at failure: 97,900
Speed: 60 mph

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 1
Fire: No
Crash: Yes
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

WHILE IN MOTION, CONSUMER PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK IN THE DOWNWARD POSITION. CONSUMER PRESSED AGAIN, HOPING THE PEDAL WOULD DISENGAGE ITSELF BUT TO NO AVAIL. *JG *JB

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10001488
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown