Problems with 2001 Ford Focus VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

I was traveling northbound on ga hwy 400 at 7:30 a.m. traffic was lighter than normal, so i decided to use my cruise control. i set the cruise at 70 mph & drove it for approx 5 miles. when i approached my exit, i pressed on the brake to disengage the cruise. the cruise light went off, but the cruise did not disengage. i fought it all the way up the ramp. i was very fortunate that the light was green & there were no cars ahead of me (normally extremely busy intersection). i exited at a high rate of speed as i continued to pump the brake. i got the car off to the side of the road, put it in neutral & once it was almost stopped, put it in park & turned it off. every time i turned it back on, the engine revved back up like it was trying to reach the 70 mph speed in park. i had it towed to the dealer, where it was diagnosed as a bad servo. this could have been potentially fatal to me & others, had the normal traffic backup been at the off ramp. i could have slammed into one or more other cars trying to get mine stopped. i understand there are recalls on the 2000 focus cars, due to defective cruise controls, but have seen nothing on the 2001 vehicles. needless to say, although i paid extra for cruise control, i will never be able to trust it enough to use it again.*ak

I own a 2001 ford focus automatic transmission. i was parked on a flat surface, when someone backed up into my car, they only moved 3 feet didn't do any damage to teh bumpber, but from that slight hit it sent my car free wheeling in park 175 feet, across a road, and slamming into 3 trees totalling out the rear of the car. luckily no one was hurt nor in the car at the time fo this accident. when i got into my car i expected to see the geer shifter broken but it wasn't it still worked. my car was the way i left it just 175 feet down teh road. this is not right! two of teh main safety feature failed on this car. ford sent out an investigartor who looked over the car, pushed on the car with their hands, but never took the transmission aprt to see if there was any damage. now ford said there is nothing wrong with my car and it is perfectly safe. i am very unhappy, i am stuch with a car i don't want any more, dont trust, and now becuase of the damage unable to trade in. i have only owned this car since oct of 2000. i feel that this is a major defect in the car and ford is just trying to cover it up.*ak

While attempting to park, the vehicle took off and accelerated without any warning. the vehicle took off going through the back wall of the garage. the air bags did deploy. on another occasion, the vehicle was serviced for check engine light which was on. the vehicle was taken back to the dealer and a chip was replaced. however, while driving, the vehicle accelerated out of control again up to 100 miles per hour. consumer was able to stop the vehicle by turning off the engine. dealer found throttle was stuck wide open. *tt

While backing into driveway, vehicle suddenly accelerated. consumer could not stop vehicle, vehicle hit tree. vehicle was totalled. *ak the consumer had minor injuries during the accident but vehicle was totaled. the consumer believes some kind of defect caused the vehicle to suddenly accelerate on its own. *yh

While driving 70 mph gas pedal fell to floor. consumer had no control over accelerator, there was a sound like an explosion in gas line. dealer stated egr valve needed replacement. also, numerous times before when driving between 30 - 40 mph engine sounded like it was accelerating, but speed stayed the same. to dealer 5 times, could not remedy problem. *ak

Aic valve replaced 2 times car same: throttle cable replaced 1 intermttent problems, still. they told me "this is the way it is" its dangerous?

When parked ifo a house, was listening to stereo, shut off stereo and looked down and noticed gas pedal on the floor. went down to look and the cable had gone thru the eyelet, indicating to me that there was a break in the pedal cable. the sheathing was pulled back and cable pulled out freely and was frayed at the end of appx. 18" from the throttle body. the config on this design is very poor; the cable has two 90 degree turns in it above the radiator and the 90 degree turn closest to the throttle body is where the cable is frayed and snapped apart.

Throttle cable appears to be too long - cable has kinked and causes car to hesitate acceleration. when the car does accelerate it is sudden and could be dangerous under certain driving conditions (heavy traffic, ice on roadway). it appears my car is not the only car in for the exact same problem - the part had to be special ordered.*ak