Brake Pedal And Linkage Problems of Ford Ranger

The contact owns a 2022 Ford Ranger. The contact stated that the brake pedal and accelerator pedal were too close together. While driving at various speeds, the contact’s foot slid off the brake pedal onto the accelerator pedal and the vehicle lunged forward. While reversing, the vehicle automatically backed up, but after depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle jumped several feet. There were no warning lights illuminated. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 10,000.

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The contact owns a 2021 Ford Ranger. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the brake pedal was depressed, causing the accelerator pedal to depress simultaneously, due to the brake pedal being positioned very close to the accelerator pedal. While both the brake and accelerator pedals were depressed, it caused the rear tires to squeal and create smoke. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The dealer informed the contact that there was no failure and that the vehicle was up to specification. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 4,500.

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The contact owns a 2003 Ford Ranger. While driving approximately 5 mph the consumer's son depressed the brake pedal and his foot unintentionally depressed the accelerator pedal due to the close proximity of both pedals. The driver crashed into a fence. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 18,000. Updated 02/14/lj updated 02/22/12.

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I would like to report poor design of brake and gas pedals , when wearing work boots if not careful you will push on gas pedal as you apply brake causing vehicle to not slow down and at times actually excelerating, this has happened twice , once resulting in accident during highway panic stop.

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: the contact stated while brake pressure was applied at a stop sign, due to the placement of the brake and accelerator pedal the two were pressed at the same time which caused the vehicle to lurch forward resulting in a rear impact collision. No one was injured and seat belts were used. Minor damage was sustained to both vehicles. The police were contacted and a report was taken. The vehicle was not seen by a dealer. Updated 04/06/06.

The contact owned a 1996 Ford Ranger. The vehicle was involved in an accident due to brakes because the brake pedal mounting bracket broke. This occurred on may 24, 2005. The accident was reported to the police. The vehicle was towed to a mechanic and they saw the brake pedal hanging down. Upon inspection, they noticed that the mounting bracket broke when brake pressure was applied. There was no problems with the brake pedal before this accident. The mounting this was made of pot metal, and it held the clutch pedal and the brake pedal together. The whole thing broke. The estimated speed was about 30-35 mph.

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Consumer stated the pedals are so close together that sometimes when driving he hits both pedals at one time. The consumer stated that the brake needs to be moved 2 to 2 1/2 inches to the left.

The brake pedal and gas pedal are too close together and the travel of the pedals overlaps making it possible to accidentally press both petals at the same time. This ocurred in the winter when I was wearing heavy boots but is possible at any time.

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Brake pedal fell off while pulling out of the parking lot. There were no injuries to report. Consumer was able to stop the vehicle. By applying the emergency brake.

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When applying brakes while driving stopping distance was greatly increased and brake pedal was hard to depress. Took vehicle to dealer who could not diagnose any problem. One day, consumer attempted to apply brakes, but pedal was very hard, vehicle then collided with another vehicle.

Consumer advised that due to design of brake and accelerator pedals will inadvertently depress the brake pedal when attempting to depress the gas pedal and vice-versa. Consumer feels that pedals were designed to close to each other. Ts.

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Gas pedal and the brake pedal are too close together and may result in pedal misapplication which could result in a crash.

While driving the bracket the holds the gas pedal in place broke away from the firewall, leaving no acceleration. When applying the brakes, the pedal would not go all the way down because the accelerator pedal was dangling behind the brake pedal. Driver was able to coast safely to a stop. The prolbem has not been corrected.

Pedals are to close, causing acceleration.

The consumer complained about the brake pedal and gas pedal being too close together. The consumer applied the brake pedal and touched the gas pedal at the same time on many occasions.