1989 MERCURY COUGAR — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1989 MERCURY COUGAR — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Start: 1999-08-30

crash · 169032 · 1999-09-07

Vehicle

Make: MERCURY
Model: COUGAR
Year: 1989
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

Severity

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

Narrative

WHEN PUTTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING LOUD NOISES AND THE VEHICLE ACCELORATED AT FULL SPEED,COLLIDING WITH OTHER VEHICLES. A CABLE CAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE ACCELERATOR LINKAGE SYSTEM AND LODGED THE ACCELERATOR OPEN. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 846943
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown