1990 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1990 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Start: 1999-06-13

crash · 158663 · 1999-07-15

Vehicle

Make: MERCURY
Model: GRAND MARQUIS
Year: 1990
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Speed: 25 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

SPEED CONTROL CAN ON FULL FORCE WHILE BACKING WHICH CAUSED A CRASH, TOTALLING THE AUTO. TWICE BEFORE SPEED CONTROL CAME ON WHEN BRAKING. IS THIS A KNOWN PROBLEM ? UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A TV SHOW TALKING ABOUT SIMILAR FAILURES. CAN YOU FURNISH ANY INFORMATION AS WIFE HAD NO CONTROL OVER VEHICLE. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 708641
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown