Four problems related to vehicle speed control have been reported for the 1999 Ford Explorer Sport. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Fire in engine compartment 4:00am in morning.
The contact owns a 1999 Ford Explorer Sport. The contact received a safety recall notice for NHTSA campaign id number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control). In August of 2007, she called her local Ford dealer and they have stated since that time that the parts were unavailable. The dealer has not offered to disconnect the speed control switch. There had been no failure to date. The current mileage was 64,800. Updated 12/12/07.
I have a 1999 Ford explore. The problem that I had was when I was driving up a hill going below the speed limit while not using the speed control my Ford explore just started to accelerate at high speeds by it's self. I could not slow it down. I thought that it could have been the speed control but no light was on and I hit the off button several times. Finally I had to place it in neutral and the engine was still on acceleration. I called Ford and they did not help me. Then I had it sent to a dealership and had them document what was going on which they did. They charged me seven hundred dollars to fix it and I am still having problems with it. I am sure that I am not the only person that this has happen too, and I am worried to drive my car.
Consumer is experiencing the same defect for the throttle in their vehicle as stated in recall number 00 v 422 000, but their vehicle is not included due to the fact that the recall is for the two previous year vehicles. Although consumer's vehicle has the same size engine. The vehicle was serviced by a dealership who indicated that the consumer vehicle is" having the same defect". Ts.
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