1988 MERCURY COUGAR — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1988 MERCURY COUGAR — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
Start: 1995-09-22

1 fatalcrash1 injured · 49530 · 1996-03-15

Vehicle

Make: MERCURY
Model: COUGAR
Year: 1988
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES

Severity

Deaths: 1
Injured: 1
Fire: No
Crash: Yes
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNEXPECTED AND UNINTENDED ACCELERATION FROM APARK POSITION. INDEPENDENT ENGINEER IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS A CRUISE CONTROL CABLE HOLDING THE THROTTLE OPENED, EA90-009. *AJ

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 502576
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown