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Ford Territory accelerator pedal recall affects police fleet

FORD TERRITORY
By David Zalstein |
FIND DEALS

Ford Australia is recalling roughly 300 Ford Territory models employed by police forces nationwide due to an accelerator pedal issue.

The 302 current-generation SZ Ford Territory models built between April 11, 2011 and May 24, 2012 fitted with Ford’s Police Equipment Pack are at risk of having their accelerator pedals interfered with by an incorrectly fitted driver’s side footwell trim panel.

The official recall notice published on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) website explains:

“Interference with the accelerator pedal travel could result in the engine not returning to idle, posing a potential crash hazard.”

As per normal, Ford Australia says letters have been sent to owners notifying them of the recall and recommending vehicles be brought into Ford service centres to be inspected and, if required, repaired. The repair should take approximately 20 minutes to complete.

Despite the recall affecting the entire fleet of Police Pack Territorys built in the given time period, Ford’s Sinead Phipps told CarAdvice that while a small number of reports of the issue initiated the recall, there have been no reports of any injuries.

In August 2011, 3681 Ford Territory SZ models were recalled for a fuel line return hose fault that had the potential to lead to a fuel leak.


 

  • Zaccy16

    I like the territory but reliabilty and build quality are not its strong points like all aussie built cars

    • Legnab

      Probably would have been smarter to buy craptiva’s .

      • Zaccy16

        The Craptiva is much worse than the territory at least the territory handles/drives well and is reasonably priced but they both have quality and reliability issues

    • Terry

      Very average quality control, but is what they dish up to their dwindling customers

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Micheal-Riseley/505139725 Micheal Riseley

        How has an issue with a floor mat got anything to do with quality control?

  • Basil Exposition

    Ford make thier cars to go, not to stop! The spirit of Bathurst lives on.

  • gt86.com.au

    Officer, I swear I wasn’t speeding..The accelerator pedal did it.

    • Sydlocal

      …is what they would say as they try to book themselves…. ;-)

  • Neville

    I thought it might of been because it did not go down far enough.

  • Stumpy

    What was that I heard about wallopers and big flat feet?

  • Toyota sucks

    These shoddy Toyotas should be crushed!

    • pixxxels

      Wrong article brother.

      I hope… (?)

  • Eaglefry

    For once give Ford Break, they are a great vehicle..

  • F1

    It’s a Ford after all. No one buys a Ford with high expectations.. 

    • F1orce

      Damn straight 

      • Foxfire

        An this coming from a Hyundai owner?…

        • Lovestodrive

          Hell yeah!…my new i30 had 3 months spent 2 in the garage…absolute garbage

    • dookie

      lol…my last three falcons have never had a spanner on them…great cars

  • Captain Nemo®™

     You and your mate Bungle need to stop living in fairy land.
    Territory & Captiva are way more reliable than any junk VeeDud cobble together.    Go watch the video review here on CA of the Tiguan by Jez he says “the thing about VeeDud is reliability it isn’t up there where you would expect it to be”
    In other words Veeduds aren’t that reliable.

    • Legnab

      SAPPER ZERO  rabbiting on about his beloved craptiva , now that is junk , maybe the front end geometry on the terry is out of wack too , noted for their wobbly ball joints , even this model .

      • Captain Nemo®™

         Still can’t bring yourself to watch Jez’s video hey Bungle. 

        • Legnab

          And the holdens reliability is not up there where you expect it to be  , as written by a newspaper journalist .

          • Sydlocal

             I don’t know, there are a lot of the buying public out there who still have low expectations about the reliability of Korean cars.
            However those same people would probably be thinking ‘I will buy this Holden instead of a Hyundai/Kia as it should have better reliability than the Korean cars’!!! TIC

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Karl-Sass/100000921334936 Karl Sass

            The difference is that the locals don’t pretend (or charge like) they are a premium brand, unlike VW who take advantage of impressionable people who think they’re buying a premium car. While both aren’t perfect in regards to reliability, the locals are far more durable long term, l6 engine will easily do 500,000+ k’s and parts are affordable.

          • Legnab

            Who wants a dinosaur car no future in a falcoon .

            If i wanted premium i would have bought an AUDI , VW is the” peoples car “, aussies know that .

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Karl-Sass/100000921334936 Karl Sass

            The majority of the Australian population don’t speak German.

  • Beewee100

    302 cars affected by a non production, special order modification and the media and Vee D nutters are waiting under a rock, ready to pounce. Perhaps an article in regards to Vee D Polo’s with wacked out factory wheel alignment tolerences! Unless pulling to the left is a technological marvel that is exclusively Vee D feature.

    • Zaccy16

      Nothing wrong with my polos wheel allignment! 

      • Sydlocal

         How many cars do you have???!!! ;-)

        • Zaccy16

          2 a Mazda 6 2005 wagon and 2011 polo 77 tsi dsg, I har previously owned a Mazda 3 2004 Marx sport, territory 2005 mazda 2 2003and the list goes on

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Karl-Sass/100000921334936 Karl Sass

            What I think Syd was getting as was that one example of a certain vehicle doesn’t prove they’re all reliable.

          • Zaccy16

            My bad

  • Car Fanatic

    Actually Nemo they aren’t. We took delivery of our Territory Diesel last December, 28th to be exact.

    We done 14,000 k’ms compared to our Golf TDI with 80,000. The Golf has only ever had two brake light bulbs replaced, normal wear and tear. The Territory has been in for a communications error which has affected the cars ability to start and a drivers door which intermittently refuses to close. Ford fixed both issues but the door problem has returned.

    Now don’t get me wrong, it’s a nice vehicle to drive, but my wife chose the Territory in the end, I wanted her to get the Diesel Cherokee

    • Captain Nemo®™

       ”Actually Nemo they aren’t”     Hmmmm interesting comment there CF.  Your comment suggests you think the Territory is unreliable because yours had a few problems.  I bet if your beloved VeeDud had the same problems you would brush them off as minor. I know someone that had the TSI hand grenade in their Rolf replaced & still consider it a 100% reliable car.   
      And as for your other comment that i,am not honourable what because i speak the truth about VeeDud’s poor reliability that makes me not honourable??.   Bit rich coming from a person who thanks to Disqus i know previously trolled under the user name “Seal team six” i bet you have never been a member of any team or in the Navy.
       

  • Car Fanatic

    Legnab, don’t call him Sapper, it’s insulting our honourable Sappers who are serving our country.

    Nemo is neither honourable or serving our country.

    • Legnab

      Your right , maybe janitor is more correct .

      • Sydlocal

         ”You’re” right works even better still…. ;-)

      • PoisonEagle

         Does anyone like you in real life?

    • Fairlane

      Legnab is just showing how misinformed he is.

  • bg

    i would buy a toyota kluger anyday over the ford territory or holden captiva, its much more reliable than ford or holden

  • F1orce

    Ford’s are so boring, lame and have terrible build quality. They’re also very heavy and as a result have weak acceleration. 

    I would never touch a Ford

    • Zaccy16

      Thats a very broad statement F1orce, some fords are like you say but you can’t classift a g6e turbo as slow or a new focus st!

    • PoisonEagle

      Given your Hyundai avatar, your endorsement would be a curse.
       Fords might be heavier than Hyundais but they are unanimously preferred by enthusiasts.(And BMW is preferred above Fords for the same reason).

        Enjoy your feedback free steering, notchy gearshift and a marque that aspires to be Toyota.

      • Zaccy16

        Very good point

  • PoisonEagle

    Need I remind everyone this affects POLICE SPEC Territorys.  Are there any police spec Hyundais, VWs, etc? No. They aren’t trustworthy/ reliable enough. Period.
    This doesn’t affect civillian vehicles.  Ignorant zealots will still persist  with their miserable rhetoric however…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Micheal-Riseley/505139725 Micheal Riseley

    Did any of you actually bother to read what the recall was for?, it wasn’t an actual issue with the car itself, the articvle states that an issue only may have occur if a floor mat is incorrectly installed, I wouldn’t exactly call that a build quality fault.