2002 FORD F SERIES — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2002 FORD F SERIES — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
Start: 2003-04-20

crash · 408550 · 2003-05-20

Vehicle

Make: FORD
Model: F SERIES
Year: 2002
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
Miles at failure: 19,889
Speed: 80 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON AS WE PROCEEDED UP A HILL. WHEN DRIVER TRIED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL IT WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. ENGINE CONTINUED TO EXCEL, GOING FASTER. IT REACHED SPEEDS OF ALMOST 80 MPH. HITTING BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP CRUISE CONTROL, NOR SLOW THE VEHICLE. *NLM

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10018996
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown