What 334 owners told NHTSA about the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-e Bev Bev

There are many reports of the Mustang Mach E "accelerating unexpectedly." This usually happens in parking lots or other situations involving low speed and a rapid turn of the wheel. I know exactly what the problem is, because it happened to me this morning. While parking in my parking garage, my car rapidly accelerated uphill and I only narrowly avoided hitting a wall. Here is why: There are two interconnected problems. The first is that the "cruise control on/off" button is located on the far left of the interior of the steering wheel, which makes it easy to accidentally press when doing a sharp, quick one-handed turn of the wheel (like when parking). When this happens, CC engages while in the act of parking. This is exactly what happened to me. I accidentally hit the button while doing a sharp twist of the wheel, I saw the CC engage, the car rapidly accelerated uphill without my foot on the gas pedal, and I would have hit the wall in front of me if I had been a split-second slower in hitting the brake. The second problem is that there is supposed to be a failsafe for accidentally activating CC at low speed, BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK. Page 224 of my manual says "Press the button to activate system. When the system activates, the set speed is equal to whichever is greater, the current vehicle speed, or 15 mph...." This part is true, and this is how the unexpected acceleration to 15mph occurs when parking. But the manual continues: "If the speed is too low, or other conditions are not correct for adaptive cruise control activation, the system enters standby mode. When you are below 15 mph ... adaptive cruise control does not activate unless you are following another vehicle." This is FALSE. This did not work. Clearly the CC mistook the wall in front of me for "following another vehicle." And so, when I accidentally activated CC while parking, it lurched forward UPHILL to 15mph toward a wall a few feet away. Ford needs to move the button and/or fix the failsafe.

NHTSA ODI 11693304

The contact owns a 2021 Ford Mustang Mach E. The contact stated that while the wife was driving the vehicle and approaching oncoming traffic the vehicle was stopped. Immediately after stopping the pre-collision warning activated and the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration crashing into the rear of a second vehicle and pushing the vehicle nearly 50 feet into and across the street intersection. During the incident the driver sustained an injured neck, the front passenger sustained an injured neck and fractured left wrist. Both occupants required medical treatment. Also, the second vehicle's occupant sustained an unknown injury. No further information was available. A police report was taken at the scene and both vehicles were towed to an undisclosed location. The cause of the failure was not determined. The contact indicated that the vehicle's pre-collision warning system had been serviced prior to the incident. The local dealer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not yet contacted. The failure mileage was 30,000.

NHTSA ODI 11526504

On approximately March 20, 2022, I was driving my Mach E vehicle. I pulled into a driveway and parked my vehicle. Upon exiting my vehicle, my vehicle began accelerating forward up the inclined driveway. It then struck a parked vehicle and came to a stop. The car accelerated uninetentionally which is in alignment with the current recall. Additionally, the advanced emergency braking did not work as the brakes did not deploy and the car only went back to rest after I re-entered the car post-accident.

NHTSA ODI 11466177

While parking in a garage the vehicle unexpectedly accelerated and ran into a wall. Anyone in or around the car may have been seriously ignored. The issues has happened twice but can not be reproduced by me. There we no indicators that the event was about to take place There is a recall for this on the vehicle type but not for the date of my manufacturing.

NHTSA ODI 11465417