The clutch cylinder failed and engaged the clutch. This made the vehicle take off, sometimes sending the consumer into the intersection of traffic. The cylinder has been replaced twice and it continues to perform the same way.

- Pleasant Plain, OH, USA

While driving uphill at 15-20 mph the driver heard a sound coming from the transmission. The transmission shifted to neutral, then the vehicle rolled backward. After stopping, the driver was unable to shift to drive or reverse. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where a clutch mechanism inside the automatic transmission was replaced.

- Jacksonville, OR, USA

While driving the vehicle the clutch broke. The dealer has replaced it three times but the problem re-occurred.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

Previous failure (2nd) reported under ODI#759329 on same subsystem -March 2002.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

First hydraulic cylinder failure occurred (while living in fl) on 06 Jun 2001 (odo: 2188 miles) at approx 30mph. Lost use of clutch while shifting between 2nd & 3rd gear. Hydraulic cylinder replaced by orville beckford Ford under warranty. Second occurrence is described earlier in this report --occurred after moving to tx. To be repaired by gillespie Ford, san antonio, tx.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

While traveling at highway speeds clutch became disengaged from mechanism that it was attached to. Driver could not get out of gear. Driver felt this was very unsafe. Dealer replaced master cylinder and clutch.

- Alberqueque, NM, USA

Clutch hose line that runs from the master cylinder down to the slave cylinder melted across the exhaust manifold thereby releasing all the hydraulic fluid, upon shifting out of overdrive due to the trailer and the grade on the freeway, the clutch pedal stayed on the floorboard of vehicle resulting in vehicle effectively being stuck in neutral.

- Arlington, WA, USA