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2004 FORD CROWN VICTORIA — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

crash · 855361 · 2011-05-09

Vehicle

Make
FORD
Model
CROWN VICTORIA
Year
2004
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Miles at failure
75,156
Speed
2 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. SUDDENLY THE ENGINE RACED, PROPELLING MY VEHICLE INTO THE REAR OF THE STOPPED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME, CAUSING BODY DAMAGE TO BOTH. THIS WAS THE FOURTH OCCURRENCE OF THE SAME PROBLEM, THREE WHILE I WAS DRIVING, ONCE WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING, DATING BACK TO NOVEMBER, 2010. WE WERE INFORMED, BY THE ONE REPAIRING THE BODY, THAT HE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING OUR VEHICLE INTO HIS SHOP. HE CAN VERIFY THIS OCCURRENCE. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND IT HAS ALREADY CAUSED CONSIDERABLE STRESS AND ANGST FOR BOTH OF US. THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE MOST SEVERE. TO MY KNOWLEDGE THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL RELATIVE TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT IT SHOULD BE REQUIRED. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10399578
Machine
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