Seven problems related to speed control cable have been reported for the 2001 Ford Focus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Ford Focus based on all problems reported for the 2001 Focus.
No event led to this failure. I was driving on the freeway when my accelerator cable broke. Luckily, I was in a lane that allowed me to coast to the shoulder; however, a defect such as this is a safety concern. This could have caused me to get into a car accident.
The vehicle experienced sudden acceleration while driving 35 mph. The gas pedal went all the way down to the floor. The cable popped out of the throttle mechanism and the vehicle accelerated. Please provide further information.
While in motion consumer's foot slipped from gas pedal. Consumer tried to put foot back on the pedal, but there was no pedal. Consumer was able to move vehicle to the side of the road. C0nsumer had vehicle towed, and it was stated theat cable to gas pedal broke. . . . .
Was traveling uphill at 30mph and was depressing accelerator pedal, which went to the floor. Vehicle started to drift backwards. Parked vehicle and had it towed next day. Mechanic indicated accelerator cable had broken. It went to the motor, had separated completely.
The cable that connects gas pedal to the engine broke off, I was driving up a hill and had no gas pedal . I called some Ford dealers but they nad never heard of this. I am worried someone might have a very bad accident because of this. I was lucky no one was behind me when it happened.
While traveling at normal highway speed, I was crossing the tacoma narrows bridge when I experienced complete loss of throttle control. The vehicle slowed to a stop with the engine at idle. The accelerator pedal went to the floor. I called 911 and a washington state patrol vehicle responded and pushed me off of the bridge. The vehicle was towed to the nearest Ford dealer where it was discovered that the throttle cable had snapped close to the linkage at the engine. The cable was replaced under warranty. Due to the high volume of traffic on the bridge the stalling of my vehicle caused a large traffic jam and left me in a very unsafe condition.
When parked ifo a house, was listening to stereo, shut off stereo and looked down and noticed gas pedal on the floor. Went down to look and the cable had gone thru the eyelet, indicating to me that there was a break in the pedal cable. The sheathing was pulled back and cable pulled out freely and was frayed at the end of appx. 18" from the throttle body. The config on this design is very poor; the cable has two 90 degree turns in it above the radiator and the 90 degree turn closest to the throttle body is where the cable is frayed and snapped apart.