Five problems related to accelerator stuck have been reported for the 1999 Ford Explorer. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
- the contact owns a 1999 Ford Explorer. While driving at 45 mph the accelerator pedal stuck to the floor. The contact engaged the brake pedal, but the vehicle continued to accelerate. This acceleration continued for a quarter of a mile. The contact turned the power completely off to stop the acceleration. The contact attempted to restart the vehicle and the rpms went almost to 5, and turned the engine off. The vehicle was towed to local repair shop. The current and failure mileage was 117,500.
Consumer noticed that accelerator pedal stuck intermittently. While applying the accelerator pedal vehicle failed to accelerate. Consumer will notify the dealer in the near future. With added pressure on the accelerator the pedal unsticks and the vehicle lunges forward or backwards. The problem corrected by the dealer.
Vehicle was struck by another vehicle (a passenger car) in the left rear quarter (at the rear tire). Vehicle was being accelerated at the time to attempt to avoid pending collsion. Upon impact accelerator stuck; SUV accelerated across two lanes oif traffic & plowed into a dirt embankment. Collision with embankment was head on. This secondary collision is cause of damage to SUV leading to it being totaled by the insurance company. SUV did not respond to brakes during short acceleration period between intial impact (from other vehicle) and final impact with the embankment.
Upon starting vehicle and byn pressing on accelerator pedal sticks. Took to dealer, dealer stated that was the throttle. Please provide any further information.
Intermittently accelerator pedal sticks. Please provide further details.