# 2001 MERCURY SABLE — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
> NHTSA complaint `309627` · 2001-08-22 · 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:** SABLE
- **Year:** 2001
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
- **Speed:** 20 mph
## 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
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