Unintended Acceleration Results In National Highway Transportation Safety Administration Ford Escape Probe
A petition was filed recently with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to look into unintended acceleration in the first-generation Ford Escape. There are a number of reports and a few accidents, such as one fatality. It has been publicized that a NHTSA Ford Escape probe has been opened.
Worst thing is unintended acceleration
Ford knows just about as much as anybody that unintended acceleration claims can hurt business more than any other car issue, with the exception of fire which is right up there with it. The 2002 to 2004 Ford Escape crossover models are being accused of having unintended acceleration issues, which is why the NHTSA has begun a probe
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was petitioned recently by the Center for Automotive Safety, which was asking for an NHTSA investigation into the matter, according to AutoGuide. The CAS has evidently succeeded, as an NHTSA Ford Escape investigation has been publicized by the agency, according to USA Today. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration investigators are focusing on 2001 to 2004 Ford Escape and also Mazda Tribute crossovers, as the Tribute is a Mazda-badged Escape, equipped with a V-6.
Problem with cable
The issue, according to USA Today, is a broken cruise control cable. The damage comes from a 2004 recall of the Escape. That recall, according to AutoGuide, was due to accelerator cables that could snag on the accelerator pedal, causing unintended acceleration. If the cruise control cable is damaged during the repair, the cruise control cable could loosen, causing it to possibly catch on a ridge on the top of the plastic engine cover. If that happens, the snagged cable can stick the throttle in the open position, causing the car to accelerate.
There are certainly some cars on the road with damaged cables in spite of the technical service bulletin published by Ford to alert technician so the problem, according to ABC15. This is because there were repairs performed before the bulletin was released to the technicians.
Investigating over 700,000 automobiles
There were 13 crashes and 1 death linked to the unintended acceleration so far. The girl who died was a 17-year old girl named Bloom who was in a fatal wreck when her 2002 Ford Escape accelerated from her, according to ABC15. The cruise control cable was snagged on the engine cover in her Escape that got the car repaired in the recall before the bulletin was announced. There have also been 99 reports of unintended acceleration, according to USA Today.
The NHTSA Ford Escape probe could possibly impact 730,000 Ford Escape crossovers of the 2001 through 2004 model years, along a further 7,261 Mazda Tribute crossovers.
Worst thing is unintended acceleration
Ford knows just about as much as anybody that unintended acceleration claims can hurt business more than any other car issue, with the exception of fire which is right up there with it. The 2002 to 2004 Ford Escape crossover models are being accused of having unintended acceleration issues, which is why the NHTSA has begun a probe
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was petitioned recently by the Center for Automotive Safety, which was asking for an NHTSA investigation into the matter, according to AutoGuide. The CAS has evidently succeeded, as an NHTSA Ford Escape investigation has been publicized by the agency, according to USA Today. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration investigators are focusing on 2001 to 2004 Ford Escape and also Mazda Tribute crossovers, as the Tribute is a Mazda-badged Escape, equipped with a V-6.
Problem with cable
The issue, according to USA Today, is a broken cruise control cable. The damage comes from a 2004 recall of the Escape. That recall, according to AutoGuide, was due to accelerator cables that could snag on the accelerator pedal, causing unintended acceleration. If the cruise control cable is damaged during the repair, the cruise control cable could loosen, causing it to possibly catch on a ridge on the top of the plastic engine cover. If that happens, the snagged cable can stick the throttle in the open position, causing the car to accelerate.
There are certainly some cars on the road with damaged cables in spite of the technical service bulletin published by Ford to alert technician so the problem, according to ABC15. This is because there were repairs performed before the bulletin was released to the technicians.
Investigating over 700,000 automobiles
There were 13 crashes and 1 death linked to the unintended acceleration so far. The girl who died was a 17-year old girl named Bloom who was in a fatal wreck when her 2002 Ford Escape accelerated from her, according to ABC15. The cruise control cable was snagged on the engine cover in her Escape that got the car repaired in the recall before the bulletin was announced. There have also been 99 reports of unintended acceleration, according to USA Today.
The NHTSA Ford Escape probe could possibly impact 730,000 Ford Escape crossovers of the 2001 through 2004 model years, along a further 7,261 Mazda Tribute crossovers.
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