Fail To Accelerate Problems of Ford Explorer

Tl the contact owns a 2013 Ford Explorer. While driving 50 mph on the expressway, the vehicle accelerated independently to 60 mph. The contact depressed the brake pedal to stop the vehicle and the steering wheel became difficult to turn. Also, the wrench warning icon illuminated. The contact was close to her residence and was able to drive home. The vehicle was taken to beach Ford (2717 virginia beach blvd, virginia beach, va 23452, (757) 486-2717) where the contact was advised to bring the vehicle back when the wrench warning icon illuminated again. In addition, while driving on the expressway, the vehicle slowed down, failed to accelerate, and shook. The wrench warning icon illuminated again. The contact was able to coast to the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to beach Ford, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the failure recurred four times. The contact stated that she just purchased the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.

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The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while driving at 40 mph, the vehicle lost power. In addition, the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 8,000.

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While driving over a period of time and attempting to accelerate, vehicle failed to accelerate and accelerator pedal was slow to respond. Vehicle was parked for a short period of time. Upon restarting vehicle and depressing accelerator pedal, it failed to respond, pedal fell off. It was determined that the 3 rivets that hold the mounting bracket hard sheared off causing the accelerator pedal to fail.

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