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1999 MERCURY VILLAGER — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

crash · 299717 · 2001-06-26

Vehicle

Make
MERCURY
Model
VILLAGER
Year
1999
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND KEYS WERE IN A LOCKED POSITION CONSUMER'S CHILD WAS ABLE TO SWITCH GEAR SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE WITHOUT BRAKE PEDAL BEING APPLIED. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTATCED.*AK DEALER STATED EVERYTHING WAS FUNCTIONING AS NORMAL. *SLC

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
891317
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown