Speed Control Cable problems of the 2001 Ford Escape

The contact owns a 2001 Ford Escape. The contact stated that she was trying to park the vehicle when the vehicle began to accelerate independently. The contact took the vehicle to a dealer for inspection where they stated that there was a recall for the failure under NHTSA campaign id number: 12v353000 (vehicle speed control:cables). The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified but the contact did not receive a response. The failure mileage was unavailable. The VIN was unavailable.

2001 Ford Escape. Consumer writes in regards to safety recall notice. Recall # 12v353000. The dealer informed the consumer, the parts were still not available, even though they were supposed to available as of August 5, 2012.

My wife was driving the Escape down residential roads around 24mph and as she let off of the accelerator it still was accelerating. She put on the brakes and the engine still wanted to accelerate but she was able to make a turn. As soon as she let off the brake it started accelerating again without her depressing the gas pedal. She pulled into our parking lot and the engine throttle was still on. She just depressed the brake as much and she could and immediate turned the car off. I looked under the hood and notice the cruise control cable appear out of place. I took the cruise control cable off of the throttle cable and took the car for a test drive around the block and it appeared to be working fine. Then I drove it later that day and the cruise control cable came off the throttle cable so the cruise control wouldn't work. I can see how if the cruise control cable came off the throttle cable it could catch the throttle cable and keep the throttle open.

The contact owns a 2001 Ford Escape. The contact was accelerating from a traffic stop when the accelerator pedal became stuck. In addition, the engine began to rev rapidly as the rpms increased. The vehicle failed to decelerate until the contact shifted into neutral with the brakes applied. The vehicle was maneuvered to a safe location and the driver loosened the throttle body cable. The vehicle was able to resume normally for a brief moment. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 133,000.

Accelerator cable gets stuck under plastic engine cover.

The contact owns a 2001 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving 60 mph up a hill the cruise control system was activated and the vehicle continued to accelerate beyond the set speed on the cruise control. The contact was not able to deactivate the cruise control. The contact was able to slow the vehicle down when the brakes were applied but the rpms continued to increase excessively. The contact was able to bring the vehicle to a complete stop without incident. The contact removed the cruise control fuse in an attempt to prevent the failure from recurring. When the vehicle was restarted, the rpm's continued to increase; therefore, the vehicle was towed to a dealer. The dealer stated that the throttle control cable caused the sudden acceleration and it was replaced. The contact was concerned that sudden acceleration could have resulted in a crash while driving. The failure mileage was 99,405.

On July 4th, my husband and I were driving on the freeway. Suddenly, the accelerator stuck and my husband was unable to slow the car down with the brakes. He turned off the car and pulled to the side of the road. The vehicle was taken to lithia Ford for repair. The cause of the problem was "cruise control cable failed". The receipt stated that "cruise control cable failed 1. 00 verified, cruise control cable sheath broken and cable end flips over cause throttle to be held open". The Ford service advisor stated that he had seen several Escape's with the same problem, but his manager says there is no recall and Ford will not cover the cost of the repair.

The contact owns a 2001 Ford Escape. While driving 30 mph and attempting to use the brakes, the vehicle would accelerate instead of slowing down. The only way to stop the vehicle was to shift into neutral and turn off the ignition. The dealer inspected the vehicle and suggested that the housing for the speed control could be the cause of the failure. The contact was informed that her VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign id number 00v210001 (vehicle speed control). She filed a complaint with the manufacturer and was informed that nothing else could be done. The contact asked the dealer to unhook the speed control because she thought that may be the cause of the failure. The current and failure mileages were approximately 88,000. Updated 07/29/08 the consumer stated her vehicle should have been included in recall # 04v574000 since the build date of the vehicle was 6-11-2001 which was close to 2002. Updated 07/31/08.

The contact owns a 2001 Ford Escape. While driving approximately 35 mph, the accelerator pedal became difficult to depress. The engine would still accelerate once the contact released the pedal. He stated that the failure was a result of the accelerator cable. The vehicle has not been diagnosed or repaired by a mechanic. The failure mileage was 98,000 and current mileage was 101,000.

: the contact stated that the vehicle experiences sudden acceleration from 0-45 mph after releasing the brake pedal while in the stopped position. The vehicle experiences increased braking and jolts forward when braking is applied. When the vehicle is placed in park, the engine revs on its own. The vehicle must be turned off for the engine to quit revving. This problem was initially sporadic, but is now getting progressively worse and occurs more often. The dealership replaced the accelerator cable but the problem still occurred. An independent repair shop determined that the problem might be the speed control servo. There is an NHTSA recall, #00v210001, regarding the: vehicle speed control. The VIN was not included in the recall.

In may 2005 the accelerator cable stuck wide open on my 2001 Ford Escape (v-6 engine automatic transmission) this happened in my driveway when I punched down on the pedal very hard. There is a plastic cover on top of the engine that must be removed in order to see where the cables hook up to the throttle body. I removed this to determine if it was the throttle body or the cable that was stuck. As I was taking it off the cable became unstuck on it's own so I was unable to determine the problem. At that point I took it to the dealer and they said they were unable to duplicate the problem so they did nothing. On 8/10/05 my wife pushed down hard on the gas pedal while merging into freeway traffic. The accelerator stuck wide open again and she found herself going about 100 mph down the highway. Finally she put the car in neutral, shut off the engine, coasted to the berm and called a tow truck. Since the dealer couldn't fix the problem the first time I decided to look at it again myself. Again I took the plastic cover off the top of the engine and once again the cable became unstuck. This made me suspect that the plastic cover may have something to do with the problem. Upon further inspection I found that the cruise control cable housing had broken right before the part that connects to the throttle body. This creates a situation that can cause the cruise cable to pivot up and wedge against the plastic engine cover during hard acceleration instead of it moving in its housing like it should thus causing the throttle to stick wide open. I was able to make this happen a few times so I am confident this was actually the problem. I explained the problem to the dealer but they wouldn't be able to work on the car for over a week so I went to the parts dept. Ordered the part (under $30) went home and put it on myself (takes less than 5 minutes). The car is fixed now.

Accelerator pedal sticking. Had inspected, determined throttle cable needed to be replaced. This is the 2nd time in 2 years this has been replaced. Current recall by Ford for this problem does not include 2001 models.

Twice in last year (excluding today) I had unintended acceleration while driving my 2001 Ford Escape. Both times I was on the freeway and SUV had a mind of its own. I stepped on brakes - it did nothing. I tried to pull up on gas pedal - nothing happened. Finally stopped with neutral and emergency brake. . . Took SUV to Ford - they replaced the throttle body on 6/18/04. Today (7/23/04) while on the freeway driving to work (in rush hour traffice), I accelerated to get out of the way of a truck that was going to merge onto the freeway. Accelerator stuck; brakes did not work; I put car in neutral; engine made really loud "revving" type noices; I put car back in drive and brades still did not work. . I had to use emergency brake to stop. What saved me from a possibly fatal accident was that there was no one directly in front of me on freeway. I called Ford and am dropping vehicle back off. . They think it might be the cable now. I am afr aid to drive it. I was doing about 62 mph this am and when it accelerated on its own - I went up to about 78 mph.

Recall campaign 00v210001 concerning vehicle speed control cable. While drivingthrottle cable becomes inoperable. Upon depressing the pedal it will stick. Consumer has taken the vehicle to the dealer five times for the very same problem as the recall stated.

There is currently a recall on the 2002-2004 Ford Escape SUV's due to accelerator cable problems. We have a 2001 Ford Escape 4x4 SUV and the accelerator cable is also sticking. Why not recall all the model years? why wait till there is an accident or major failure?.

The gas pedal became stuck, which effected the speed control cable . There was a recall for this year, make and model, however the vehicle's VIN was not included. The dealer replaced the throttle body.