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2001 MERCURY SABLE — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES

crash · 309627 · 2001-08-22

Vehicle

Make
MERCURY
Model
SABLE
Year
2001
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
Speed
20 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS VEHICLE REVVED AND ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AFTER DEALER'S INSPECTION, VEHICLE, REVVED AND ACCELERATED FORWARD GAIN, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK CONSUMER STATES THREE TIMES AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 3 TO 20 MPH WHEN JAMMING N THE BRAKES EITHER IN FOWARD OR REVERS THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP AT HIGH SPEED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD LURCH EITHER BACKWARDS OR FOWARDS, DEPENDING ON WHAAT GEAR CONSUMER WAS IN, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED, ON THE LAST OCCASION THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONRTOL AND WAS TOTALLED.*JB

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
894890
Machine
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