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09-04-2011, 02:24 PM
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cruise control gone wild
 have 92 ranger stx that took off wide open when put into reverse,, wife was driving never touched gas pedal, has done this twice now has 108,000 miles on it everything else is great, anyone else ever heard of this? nobody including dealers have any idea, i think it has to be cruise, nothing else could open throttle,
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09-04-2011, 02:25 PM
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Re: cruise control gone wild
pull out the cruise control throttle cable and see if that resolves the problem
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09-04-2011, 02:30 PM
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Re: cruise control gone wild
there is no reason for cable to even move cruise should not be activated in reverse or under 40 mph switch is not on, no warning when it does it, she backed into a concree support, bent tie rod and bent and tore right arm, i am going to disconect cable when back on the road,
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09-04-2011, 02:32 PM
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Re: cruise control gone wild
if there is a short in the cruise control module then its possible for the cable to move...ford had a big problem with this back in the early 90s
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09-04-2011, 02:37 PM
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Re: cruise control gone wild
thanks that is what i thought
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09-04-2011, 02:40 PM
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Re: cruise control gone wild
and welcome to FRF by the way...saw youre up in newville im not too far from there
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09-04-2011, 02:41 PM
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Re: cruise control gone wild
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if there is a short in the cruise control module then its possible for the cable to move...ford had a big problem with this back in the early 90s
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Sounds like toyota today 
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09-04-2011, 02:42 PM
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Re: cruise control gone wild
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i knew youd say something haha
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09-04-2011, 03:29 PM
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Re: cruise control gone wild
I haven't heard of FORD's jumping, but I have heard of early 2000's catching fire due to a cruise control switch going bad. I had an 02' that was recalled due to this as were Explorer's and F 150's, so there may be something else going on. I had an old Escort where the throttle cable got stuck causing the vehicle to sometimes take off (and have trouble stopping).
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Re: cruise control gone wild
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i knew youd say something haha
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couldnt help it 
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09-04-2011, 03:31 PM
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Re: cruise control gone wild
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I haven't heard of FORD's jumping, but I have heard of early 2000's catching fire due to a cruise control switch going bad. I had an 02' that was recalled due to this as where Explorer's and F 150's, so there may be something else going on. I had an old Escort where the throttle cable got stuck causing the vehicle to sometimes take off (and have trouble stopping).
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back in the late 80s-early 90s ford had a huge issue with this...there is actually a dateline report about it on youtube
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09-04-2011, 06:45 PM
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Re: cruise control gone wild
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back in the late 80s-early 90s ford had a huge issue with this...there is actually a dateline report about it on youtube
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Can you post the link for the vid? I kinda want to see this.
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09-04-2011, 07:32 PM
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Re: cruise control gone wild
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back in the late 80s-early 90s ford had a huge issue with this...there is actually a dateline report about it on youtube
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Once again, I learned something new on this site.
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09-04-2011, 07:35 PM
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Re: cruise control gone wild
I heard of Ford cruise controls catching fire in the 90s and early 2000s
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09-05-2011, 04:55 AM
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Re: cruise control gone wild
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Can you post the link for the vid? I kinda want to see this.
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heres the first part...theres 5 or 6 parts IIRC
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