TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 30 M.P.H. PULLED OVER , PUT IN PARK, SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED VEHICLE. CYCLED THROUGH GEARS, NO ENGAGEMENT. FREE WHEELS IN ANY GEAR BUT PARK. NO SYMPTOMS PRIOR TO THIS. WILL UPDATE WHEN IT IS REPLACED. *TR
2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY INCREASED ACCELERATION AND FAILED TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVEN TIMES. THE MALFUNCTION WOULD OCCUR WHENEVER THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED OR DEACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.