2007 Ford Explorer Vehicle speed control Problems

“I bought the car from a Ford dealer used 2 years ago. It was a one owner vehicle. This problem started about six months after purchase and has been continuing since and over the last 3 months has been more and more frequent. Car will suddenly display the yellow box and wrench on the status screen in dash board and if cruise is set, the cruise will turn off. It will start lunging, then stop completely. After several tries I can finally get it started. Then it will start running, stop, start and will only rev to low RPM's and move very slowly. …”

“Driving vehicle on freeway and it lost power, rode rough and would only move about 5mph. Wrench light appears on the dashboard console. All other functions were normal. It would reverse but would not accelerate forward. Had to tow to dealer. Dealer turned on and said it was functioning. We had no warning about an issue before this happened before. We are concerned that it is a safety issue because it can stop without warning in dangerous traffic situations. We feel it is the electronic throttle body as many other people have experienced with their Ford vehicles.”

“I was coasting up to a stop light and began applying the brakes. The brakes did not seem to be stopping the car and I realized that the engine was running at 3000 rpms while my right foot was applying the brakes. So the acceleration occurred after applying the brakes. I was able to get the car to a stop and put it into park without hitting the car in front of me. I turned off the ignition immediately after stopping and had the car towed to the dealership. I will not have an answer from them before monday.”

“I was approaching a stop light intersection in my 2007 Ford Explorer. As I braked to stop, all of a sudden the vehicle on its own downshifted into a lower gear and accelerated pushing me into the intersection. An alert driver entering the intersection saw what was happening and stopped in time avoiding what could have been a serious accident. The only way I was able to safely drive the vehicle back home that day was to carefully put the transmission into neutral each time I wanted to slow down or stop. The dealership where I purchased it, was unable to diagnose and repair the problem.”

“We had just purchased a new 2007 Ford Explorer, had only been driving it for three weeks, we'd hadn't even made our first payment yet. We were at a stop at a traffic light in bumper-to-bumper traffic, when the Explorer took off by itself. By this, I mean both of my husband's feet were firmly on the brake pedal and the Explorer started surging forward by itself. To avoid colliding with the truck in front of us, he turned the vehicle to go down between the two lanes, and scraped down the sides of other cars. The vehicle only finally stopped when my husband threw the vehicle in the park. …”