1999 Ford Explorer Sport Vehicle speed control Problems

“On 08/11/05,I had a gentleman interested in purchasing my 1999 Ford Explorer Sport. He came to look at it, he looked under the hood & mentioned that Ford was having problems with connectors in front of the brake fluid reservoir & that some vehicles had even caught on fire! He said it looked as though it had already melted. Very concerned, I made an appt for the next day. I took the vehicle to moore motor sales in caro, & had the recall done. On my way home, I tried out the cruise control - to my surprise, it did not work! …”

“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. …”

“I was driving down the highway when I noticed a loss of power and the check engine light started flashing and the entire vehicle started shaking. I pulled over and exited the vehicle. I called the repair shop and they came and towed it back to their shop. The repair man told me that a fire started under the hood. It required extensive repair. Upon further examination he told me that he believed it started with the speed control deactivation switch. I was talking to my boss about a week after that and he informed me that the 1998 explorers had a recall for that exact problem. …”

“Dt: driving when he felt gas pedal went down, it began to accelerate all on its own in busy traffic. He was pressing brake at the same time in effort to stop. Could smell something as if burning. Jammed ignition into park and pulled keys out. Vehicle stopped. Called triple a and the cops, vehicle was towed. No accident. No repairs yet. Tow druck driver supsects something with gas pedal has broken off.”

“Poor performance/durability of the vehicle. Includes 5 recalls (to date) and the need to replace the transmission in the vehicle after only 72,000 miles of operation. Other parts not properly functioning at this time are the radio, cruise control, and brake lights.”