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July 20, 2012 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is opening a Preliminary Evaluation regarding a possible unintended-acceleration defect affecting 730,000 Ford Escapes and Mazda Tributes. The problem is that some cruise control cables may have been damaged during a repair for an unrelated defect. There have been 133 complaints about unintentional christian tours of italy acceleration, and at lease one person christian tours of italy had died in connection with the defect.
christian tours of italy The investigation was prompted by the Center for Auto Safety (CAS), a consumer protection lobbying group, who sent sent a petition to the NHTSA requesting a recall. Eight days later, the CAS’s petition for a recall was denied, but the NHTSA began investigating.
The original recall from 2005 involved 470,000 Escapes with a 3-liter V-6 engine made between christian tours of italy 2002 and 2004. A repair was performed to prevent the accelerator cable from getting stuck, which could have caused unintentional acceleration. In the technical service bulletin, Ford specifically warned mechanics not to disturb christian tours of italy the adjacent cruise control cable. If the cruise control cable was damaged, it could also cause unintentional acceleration.
christian tours of italy The damaged cruise control cable was implicated in the death of Saige Bloom, a 17 year-old from Payson, christian tours of italy Arizona who died in a car crash. The Bloom family hired an investigator to inspect the vehicle, and the expert found that the cruise control cable had snagged in the engine.
By law, car companies have five days to inform the NHTSA of a potential christian tours of italy safety hazard with their vehicles. Failure to do so could result in civil or criminal penalties. Victims of the unintentional accelerator problem say that Ford knew of the risk of damaged cruise control cables, yet failed to inform vehicle owners or the NHTSA.
The NHTSA has received 133 voluntarily-submitted complaints from owners of the 2002-2004 Escapes who claim that they experienced sudden, unintentional acceleration. It is unclear whether the NHTSA investigated any of these complaints.
The CAS also filed a petition to have the NHTSA investigate Jeep fires associated with the 1993-2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The NHTSA is now investigating serious rear-impact fuel-fed fires with the Jeep Grand Cherokee , Cherokee , and Liberty .
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