2000 MERCURY SABLE — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2000 MERCURY SABLE — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
Start: 2003-12-12

crash · 445419 · 2003-12-16

Vehicle

Make: MERCURY
Model: SABLE
Year: 2000
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
Miles at failure: 36,000

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE BRAKING, THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THE PEDALS WERE DESIGNED TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE/ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10051605
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown