# 1997 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `300877` · 2001-07-05 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** MERCURY
- **Model:** MOUNTAINEER
- **Year:** 1997
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
## 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
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