Complaint 1382789
2007 FORD EXPLORER • VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL • incident Jun 5, 2017
- Complaint ID
- 1382789
- Make
- FORD
- Model
- EXPLORER
- Model Year
- 2007
- Component
- VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- Incident Date
- Jun 5, 2017
- Date Received
- Jun 6, 2017
- Data As Of
- Aug 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Owner Narrative
DRIVING VEHICLE ON FREEWAY AND IT LOST POWER, RODE ROUGH AND WOULD ONLY MOVE ABOUT 5MPH. WRENCH LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD CONSOLE. ALL OTHER FUNCTIONS WERE NORMAL. IT WOULD REVERSE BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FORWARD. HAD TO TOW TO DEALER. DEALER TURNED ON AND SAID IT WAS FUNCTIONING. WE HAD NO WARNING ABOUT AN ISSUE BEFORE THIS HAPPENED BEFORE. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT CAN STOP WITHOUT WARNING IN DANGEROUS TRAFFIC SITUATIONS. WE FEEL IT IS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY AS MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THEIR FORD VEHICLES.
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.