1998 MERCURY VILLAGER — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

crash · 107741 · 1998-06-02

Vehicle

Make: MERCURY
Model: VILLAGER
Year: 1998
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 0
Fire: No
Crash: Yes
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

DESIGN PROBLEM; THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE THE SAME HEIGHT. IF DRIVER HAS PART OF FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL HE STEPS ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME. DRIVER WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH ON JUNE 1, 1988 BECAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 823839
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown