Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1997 record →
THE FUEL THROTTLE BODY VALVE WOULD STICK EVERY TIME THE ACCELERATOR WAS APPLIED. ONCE THE THROTTLE WOULD UNSTICK, THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY SURGE FORWARD INTO A SPIN. OWNER HAS HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP. *AK
ENGINE NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLE IS VERY LOUD.
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Full record for the 1997 Ford E-150 → · Every E-150 year → · How the figures are calculated →