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2002 Ford Excursion vehicle speed control problems

16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2002 Ford Excursion12% of all complaints for this model year.

16
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
12%
share of all complaints
102,150 mi
median reported incident mileage
5 / 4
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford excursion. The contact stated that while driving 70 mph, she applied the brakes to disengage the cruise control and the vehicle continued to accelerate independently. The contact was able to get the vehicle to stop after several minutes. The manufacturer was…

    filed Jul 16, 2013

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford excursion. While driving approximately 65 mph, the vehicle began to decelerate while the contact was depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact released the accelerator but was able to regain acceleration once depressed again. The failure recurred intermittently…

    filed Dec 22, 2011

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Related recalls

Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Excursion years

YearReportsShare
2005 Excursion35%
2004 Excursion99%
2003 Excursion77%
2001 Excursion126%
2000 Excursion306%
Excursion vehicle speed control problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.