2001 Ford Focus Cruise Control Problems

Your car is experiencing sudden, uncontrolled acceleration where the engine revs up to 2000-3500 RPM on its own, whether the car is idling or driving at any speed. This has happened multiple times and you've already replaced the throttle position sensor, throttle body, spark plugs and wires, coil pack, fuel pump, and filter without resolving it. On one occasion after exiting the highway, the engine accelerated severely and you couldn't stop the car even pressing hard on the brakes—you had to shift into Neutral to avoid hitting vehicles at a traffic light. The fix will likely require a comprehensive diagnostic to identify the actual cause of the uncontrolled acceleration, which could involve engine computer reprogramming, fuel injector service, or additional sensor replacement.

WHEN VEHICLE HAS IDELED OR TRAVELED AT SLOW SPEEDS FOR A LONG PERIOD, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE. IT WILL ALSO STALL HAS LOST FUEL EFFICIENCY AND DRIVER CAN SMELL FUEL. MECHANIC STATES THE FUEL RAIL PRESSOR SENSOR IS LEAKING. MECHANIC STATES PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. ONE CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT BACK ORDER IS CAUSED BY SAME OR SIMILLAR MALFUNCTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD RANDOMLY ACCELERATE AND DECELERATE INDEPENDENTLY AS IF IT WERE GOING TO STALL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER BUT WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000. *TR

DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 60 MPH WHEN CAR ACCELERATED GAINING SPEEDS OVER 75. I PULLED OVER, SHUT DOWN ENGINE, LIFTED HOOD AND SAW ACCELERATOR LINKAGE WAS STUCK. I CLEARED LINKAGE, STARTED ENGINE AND CAR RAN NORMALLY. THIS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES ON LATER DATES WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED. CAR STARTS ACCELERATING UNTIL I STOP VEHICLE, SHUT OFF ENGINE, AND FREE UP LINKAGE/METAL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN UP SHIFT AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DOWN SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL TO APPLY THE BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO BRAKE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND IT ACCELERATED UP TO 40 AND 60 MPH. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF TO STOP ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE; HOWEVER NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 109,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWN A 2001 FORD FOCUS. WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE IT ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR REPLACED. A YEAR AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE TRANSMISSION AND THE THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR WERE ALSO REPLACED; YET, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE CONTACT STATED THE THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,000. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE WENT INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING. THE MECHANIC STATED IT WAS DUE TO A FAULTY TPS SENSOR. THE CONSUMER STATED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION WOULD CEASE FOR ABUT SIX MONTHS AND THEN RETURN. THE TPS SENSOR WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. UPDATED 07/29/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20-80 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD BECOME STUCK MOMENTARILY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE AND THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS BEING REDESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR THIS FAILURE, AND WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2008. THE VEHICLE IS INOPERABLE AND AWAITING THE REPLACEMENT PART IN ORDER TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 30,000.

THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS DISCONNECTED BY FORD DEALERSHIP IN OCTOBER OF 2007 BECAUSE OF RECALL. THEY SAID IN DECEMBER THAT I SHOULD HAVE NEW PARTS READY FOR INSTALL ON MY 2001 FORD VAN. THIS IS MARCH OF 2008 AND NO ONE CAN TELL WHEN THIS PART WILL BE REPLACED. I FELL LIKE I HAVE PAID FOR THE COMFORT OF CRUISE CONTROL AND DO NOT HAVE IT. I FELL LIKE I CANT SELL VAN WITH A DEFECTIVE PART OR CRUISE UNPLUGGED. HOW LONG DOES FORD HAVE TO REPAIR THIS PART. *TR

2001 FORD EXPEDITION SITTING IN DRIVEWAY CATCHES FIRE. FIRE SPREAD TO HOUSE. CAR A TOTAL LOSS, HOUSE DAMAGED. YARD ALSO DAMAGED. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. TRAFFIC WAS TRYING TO MERGE, AND SHE WAS BLOCKED IN ON THE LEFT. SHE ACCELERATED A LITTLE TO GET AHEAD OF THE MERGING TRAFFIC. AT THAT TIME THE THROTTLE STUCK WIDE OPEN AND WOULD NOT RELEASE. SHE STATED THAT WHEN SHE TRIED TO STOP THE CAR WITH THE BRAKES, IT WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS PUSHING AS HARD AS SHE COULD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. SHE PLACED THE GEAR SHIFT IN NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR. SHE CAME TO A STOP AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. THE RPMS WERE AT 7000 BEFORE SHE SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. UPON RESTART, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RACE TO 7000 RPM. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE THROTTLE UN-STUCK BY PUSHING THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND RELEASING. SHE DROVE THE CAR TO A SEARS AUTO CENTER, WHERE THE TECHNICIAN FOUND THE THROTTLE LINKAGE MALFUNCTIONING. HE COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, AND COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. WE ELECTED TO LEAVE THE CAR THERE, AND HAVE IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP IN THE MORNING. IT WAS A VERY SCARY AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS EVENT. *NM

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.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATION PEDAL. THE CAUSE OF THIS WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

THE GAS PEDAL ON MY FORD 2001 ESCAPE KEEPS GETTING STUCK WHEN WE ARE DRIVING IT. I'M AFRAID IT MAY GET STUCK AND NOT RELEASE. WHICH COULD CAUSE A VERY BAD ACCIDENT. IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS?*AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING OR WOULD NOT START. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO THE IDLE CONTROL VALVE, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE MONTAUK HIGHWAY 27, I REACHED THE SPEED OF 50 MPH. APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AFTER REACHING 50 AND PLACING MY CAR IN CRUISE CONTROL, THE CAR UNEXPECTEDLY BEGAN TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE. I COULD NOT SLOW THE CAR DOWN, HAD TO TURN THE IGNITION KEY OFF AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP TO 70 MPH. DRIVER TRIED TO BRAKE BUT VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. VEHICLE EVENTUALLY CRASHED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS SURGING AT A STEADY SPEED OF 53-63 MPH. *PH *SC *JB

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. *JB

VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT DRIVER TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. OVER $5,000 FOR REPAIR.*AK

MY 2001 FORD FOCUS SE 4DR TENDS TO STALL OUT AFTER USING THE AIR CONDITIONER. THE STALLING BEHAVIOUR STARTS AFTER THE A/C HAS BEEN ON FOR A WHILE AND CONTINUES AFTER THE A/C IS TURNED OFF. THE ENGINE SPUTTERS AND WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.*AK

WHILE BACKING UP SLOWLY WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR LURCHED BACKWARD WITH TREMENDOUS FORCE AND STRUCK TWO OTHER PARKED VEHICLES. THE BRAKE FAILED TO STOP IT. DT

THE CONSUMER WAS BACKING THE VEHICLE OF OUT A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH 2 OTHER VEHICLES. THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *MR *NLM

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. *JG....*AK

WHILE BACKING VEHICLE INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE ENGINE SURGED AND THE VEHICLE SHOT BACK TOWARD THE HOUSE HITTING IT. THE VEHICLE THEN SHOT FORWARD BENDING A METAL FENCE. CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE NECK, ALSO, IN THE ACCIDENT THE FRONT SEAT BROKE, PUTTING CONSUMER INTO A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. *JG

ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SPEED UP WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

THE VEHICLE SURGES WHILE IN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR, AROUND 35-40MPH. IT HAS STALLED OUT THREE TIMES. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO A DEALER TO BE REPAIRED AFTER TELLING THEM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND THE PROBLEM HAS NEVER BEEN COMPLETELY RESOLVED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATING BY ITSELF TO THE POINT WHERE CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER, OUT OF THE HIGHWAY.DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

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.*AK

CAR HESITATES WHILE AT STEADY THROTTLE AND STALLS WHILE IDLE UNLESS I TURN OFF AIR CONDITIONER AND STEREO (SOMETIMES STALLS ANYWAY). DEALER HAS BEEN NON RESPONSIVE TO THE PROBLEM, STATING IT NEEDS ROUTINE MAIN TENANCE FLUSHES,WHICH HAVE COST HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS WITH LESS THAN 25, 000 MILES ON THE CAR. THE PROBLEM ONLY CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. THE STALLING MAKES ME FEAR FOR MY SAFETY. ALSO, THE DEALER CANNOT SERVICE MY VEHICLE IN LESS THAN TWO. *AK WEEKS WHEN I CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT. I HAD THE VEHICLE LOOKED AT TODAY BY ANOT HER MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME IN HIS OPINION, THESE FLUSHES HAD NOT EVER BEEN DONE AND THAT THE CAR WAS BADLY IN NEED OF SUCH. I HAVE THE INVOICE FROM THE DEALER STATING THAT THEY PERFORMED THE FUEL INJECTOR CLEANING AND THE THROTTLEBODY COMBUSTION CHAMBER CLEANING (AT MY EXPENSE) AT 25,482MILES. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CAR HAS NOT STARTED IMMEDIATELY IN THE MORNING AS WELL.

WHEN RETURNING FROM BEING OUT OWNER WAS BACKING VEHICLE INTO DRIVEWAY WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED REARWARD. VEHICLE STRUCK THE WALL, AND THEN BOUNCED BACK INTO STREET, HITTING A POLE. DRIVER'S SEATBACK COLLAPSED IN THE PROCESS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ENGINE STARTED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE REPAIRED BY DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT MAP SENSOR FAILED. ON 08/05/02, ENGINE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AGAIN. VEHICLE TAKEN BACK TO DEALER, WHO INSTALLED A FLT RECORDER IN CAR TO DETECT WHERE PROBLEM EXISTED. ON 08/09/02, ENGINE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AGAIN. CONSUMER WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT FAMILY SAFETY IN VEHICLE.*AK

VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO STALLING/STOP, LUNGE FORWARD OR HESITATE WITH NO WARNING WHILE IN MOTION. DEALERSHIP HAS HAD VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO CHANGE IN CONDITION. OWNER ALSO STATED THAT SHE HAD SOME SORT OF FLUCTUATION WITH THE RPM GAUGE, SPORATICULLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE LOSES POWER WHILE ACCELERATING UP HILLS, AND AT ANY SPEED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE HAS A TENDENCY TO JUMP/LUNGE OR HESITATE AND STALL COMPLETELY. DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO DETECT FAILURE, EVEN WITH VEHICLE REPAIRED 15 INCONSECUTIVE DAYS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF AND ACCELERATED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF GOING THROUGH THE BACK WALL OF THE GARAGE. THE AIR BAGS DID DEPLOY. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WHICH WAS ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND A CHIP WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AGAIN UP TO 100 MILES PER HOUR. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY TURNING OFF THE ENGINE. DEALER FOUND THROTTLE WAS STUCK WIDE OPEN. *TT

THREE TIMES I HAVE HAD THE THROTTLE STICK EVEN THOUGH I HAVE LET OFF THE GAS. ONCE WHEN I HAD LESS THAN 5,000 AND AGAIN AT THE END OF LAST YEAR. ONCE WHEN I PARKED THE CAR AND ONCE WHILE I WAS STOPPING AT A LIGHT. BOTH TIMES I HAD TO SHUT-OFF THE VEHICLE AND RE-START IT TO CURE THE FAILURE. I DID NOT REPORT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT IT DID IT AGAIN LAST WEEK WHILE I WAS DRIVING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND SHOW VEHICLE SURGING FORWARD. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD STICK INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE PARKING, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND HIT A BRICK WALL. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WEERE NOTIFIED.*AK *SLC

THE CAR VEERED TO THE LEFT ON ITS OWN AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WITH FOOT OF GAS AND WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED THE CAR BEGAN TO SLIDE AND ROLL OVER A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES BRFORE COMING TO A STOP. *AK

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.*AK

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. *AK

SOMETHING CAUSED GAS PEDAL TO STICK TO FLOOR AND RAPIDLY INCREASE SPEED RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE RESULTING IN CRASH.*AK

I WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON GA HWY 400 AT 7:30 A.M. TRAFFIC WAS LIGHTER THAN NORMAL, SO I DECIDED TO USE MY CRUISE CONTROL. I SET THE CRUISE AT 70 MPH & DROVE IT FOR APPROX 5 MILES. WHEN I APPROACHED MY EXIT, I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE. THE CRUISE LIGHT WENT OFF, BUT THE CRUISE DID NOT DISENGAGE. I FOUGHT IT ALL THE WAY UP THE RAMP. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE LIGHT WAS GREEN & THERE WERE NO CARS AHEAD OF ME (NORMALLY EXTREMELY BUSY INTERSECTION). I EXITED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AS I CONTINUED TO PUMP THE BRAKE. I GOT THE CAR OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PUT IT IN NEUTRAL & ONCE IT WAS ALMOST STOPPED, PUT IT IN PARK & TURNED IT OFF. EVERY TIME I TURNED IT BACK ON, THE ENGINE REVVED BACK UP LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO REACH THE 70 MPH SPEED IN PARK. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BAD SERVO. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN POTENTIALLY FATAL TO ME & OTHERS, HAD THE NORMAL TRAFFIC BACKUP BEEN AT THE OFF RAMP. I COULD HAVE SLAMMED INTO ONE OR MORE OTHER CARS TRYING TO GET MINE STOPPED. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE RECALLS ON THE 2000 FOCUS CARS, DUE TO DEFECTIVE CRUISE CONTROLS, BUT HAVE SEEN NOTHING ON THE 2001 VEHICLES. NEEDLESS TO SAY, ALTHOUGH I PAID EXTRA FOR CRUISE CONTROL, I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO TRUST IT ENOUGH TO USE IT AGAIN.*AK

I WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON GA HWY 400 AT 7:30 A.M. TRAFFIC WAS LIGHTER THAN NORMAL, SO I DECIDED TO USE MY CRUISE CONTROL. I SET THE CRUISE AT 70 MPH & DROVE IT FOR APPROX 5 MILES. WHEN I APPROACHED MY EXIT, I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE. THE CRUISE LIGHT WENT OFF, BUT THE CRUISE DID NOT DISENGAGE. I FOUGHT IT ALL THE WAY UP THE RAMP. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE LIGHT WAS GREEN & THERE WERE NO CARS AHEAD OF ME (NORMALLY EXTREMELY BUSY INTERSECTION). I EXITED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AS I CONTINUED TO PUMP THE BRAKE. I GOT THE CAR OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PUT IT IN NEUTRAL & ONCE IT WAS ALMOST STOPPED, PUT IT IN PARK & TURNED IT OFF. EVERY TIME I TURNED IT BACK ON, THE ENGINE REVVED BACK UP LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO REACH THE 70 MPH SPEED IN PARK. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BAD SERVO. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN POTENTIALLY FATAL TO ME & OTHERS, HAD THE NORMAL TRAFFIC BACKUP BEEN AT THE OFF RAMP. I COULD HAVE SLAMMED INTO ONE OR MORE OTHER CARS TRYING TO GET MINE STOPPED. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE RECALLS ON THE 2000 FOCUS CARS, DUE TO DEFECTIVE CRUISE CONTROLS, BUT HAVE SEEN NOTHING ON THE 2001 VEHICLES. NEEDLESS TO SAY, ALTHOUGH I PAID EXTRA FOR CRUISE CONTROL, I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO TRUST IT ENOUGH TO USE IT AGAIN.*AK

WHILE BACKING INTO DRIVEWAY, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. CONSUMER COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE, VEHICLE HIT TREE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK THE CONSUMER HAD MINOR INJURIES DURING THE ACCIDENT BUT VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES SOME KIND OF DEFECT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. *YH

AIC VALVE REPLACED 2 TIMES CAR SAME: THROTTLE CABLE REPLACED 1 INTERMTTENT PROBLEMS, STILL. THEY TOLD ME "THIS IS THE WAY IT IS" ITS DANGEROUS?

THROTTLE CABLE APPEARS TO BE TOO LONG - CABLE HAS KINKED AND CAUSES CAR TO HESITATE ACCELERATION. WHEN THE CAR DOES ACCELERATE IT IS SUDDEN AND COULD BE DANGEROUS UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS (HEAVY TRAFFIC, ICE ON ROADWAY). IT APPEARS MY CAR IS NOT THE ONLY CAR IN FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM - THE PART HAD TO BE SPECIAL ORDERED.*AK

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.