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1997 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

crash · 300877 · 2001-07-05

Vehicle

Make
MERCURY
Model
MOUNTAINEER
Year
1997
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE TURNING INTO AN INTERSECTION VEHICLE STARTED TO REV AND TAKE OFF. MOTOR ON VEHICLE WAS GOING FASTER AND FASTER. FOOT WAS ON BRAKE, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. AFTER 10 SECONDS MOTOR WAS BACK TO NORMAL. *AK THIS HAS OCCURRED ON THREE SEPARTE OCCASIONS, ONE TIME THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE CONSUMER HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM, THERE WERE NO INJURIES, CONSUMER FOUND SERVICE BULLETING 97S67 AND STATES THAT THIS EXACTLY DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING. *SLC

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
891977
Machine
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