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Ford Sudden Acceleration

Number 22338
Subject Automobiles
Source WFAA-TV (Dallas)
State Texas
Year 2005
Publication Date May 10, 2005
Summary This story examined Center for Auto Safety records and discovered 25,000 instances of sudden acceleration since the early 1980's. Ford vehicles were involved in almost one third of all incidents and were twice as likely as General Motors vehicles to have sudden acceleration problems. Fords were connected to 69 death caused by sudden acceleration accidents.
Category None
Pages 9
Keywords FOIA;National Highway Traffic Safety Administration;Ford;cars;car safety;sudden acceleration;accidents
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