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Service Brakes, Hydraulic
11/06/2003
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH DRIVER HIT A CURB WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC REPLACED ROTORS AND PARTS DUE TO CORROSION. *AK
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Vehicle Speed Control
05/04/2003
ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WHILE RETURNING FROM A LONG TRIP, THE CRUISE CONTROL ON MY MUSTANG JUST STOPPED WORKING. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE HOLLOW PLASTIC HEAD PIECE ON THE ACTUATOR CABLE HAD BROKEN AND THE CONTROL CABLE WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO PULL ON THE THROTTLE. THE STEEL CABLE IS TERMINATED A COUPLE OF INCHES BACK OF THE THROTTLE ARM AND SLIDES FREELY INSIDE THE PLASTIC HEAD PIECE WHICH IS ATTACHED THE THROTTLE ARM ITSELF. I ASSUME IT BUILT LIKE THIS TO PREVENT BINDING WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS NOT IN USE. FAST FORWARD TO YESTERDAY, WHILE COMING HOME ON THE FREEWAY, I WAS ACCELERATING AROUND SOME SLOWER MOVING CARS WHEN THE THROTTLE JAMMED WIDE OPEN. NO AMOUNT OF MANIPULATION OF THE PEDDLE COULD GET PROBLEM TO CLEAR SO I HAD TO KILL THE IGNITION AND COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I GOT OUT AND INSPECTED THE LINKAGE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE END OF THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE HAD SLID PAST THE END OF THE PLASTIC HEAD PIECE AND HAD JAMMED THE THROTTLE WIDE OPEN. THE NATURE...
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Steering, suspension, structure
02/16/2003
SWAY BAR REPLACEMENT/STEERING WHEEL SEPARATION. MR THE REPAIRED/REPLACED PARTS ARE AS FOLLOWED: SWAY BAR LINKS(REPLACED THE TWO SIDES), HEAT SHIELDS HAD COME LOOSE, AND THE STEERING WHEEL HAD COME OFF ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD HE COULD DRIVE THE VEHICLE WHILE LOOSE AND WITH THE BROKEN SWAY BAR/ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE SWAY BAR LOOKED AS IF IT WERE CUT ON BOTH SIDES AFTER REPAIRS. SCC *JB
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Seats
11/19/2002
THE RESTRAINING BOLT ON THE BRACKET OF THE DRIVERS SEAT, WHICH PREVENTS THE SEAT FROM COLLAPSING BACKWARD, SHEARED. I WAS STOPPED IN A PARKING LOT AT THE TIME. HAD I BEEN IN MOTION, I WOULD HAVE COLLAPSED BACKWARD, SUBMARINING UNDERNEATH THE SEAT BELT AND WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED HAD I CRASHED.
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Electrical System
01/01/2002
THE PLUG ATTACHED TO THE IGNITION SWITCH HAS BURNED THE WIRE INSIDE OF THE SWITCH. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH
