NHTSA complaint: 2001 MERCURY SABLE — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
type: Event
additional type: https://schema.org/AccidentReport
start date: 2001-02-09
description: WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT ENGINE STARTED TO REV. THEN CONSUMER CRASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR. RECENTLY, AUTHORIZED MECHANIC'S FOOT ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED THE GAS PEDAL WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND DROVE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE INTO A WORK BENCH CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *AK THE GAS PEDAL AND BRAKE PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER AND ARE A DANGEROUS SAFETY HAZARD. THIS PROBLEM WAS A DESIGN DEFECT. *YH CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED 3 ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE GAS AND BRAKE PEDAL. BY INSPECTED DEALERSHIP AND DEPT. OF HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDAL ASSEMBLIES WERE REPLACED. *TT
organizer: Ford Motor Company
publisher: AI Analytics
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/
source organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation

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property ID: NHTSA Complaint ID
value: 295260

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