NHTSA complaint: 2000 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HAD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 37,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE PREVIOUSLY PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND IT TOOK OFF HE KEPT BRAKING BUT THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T STOP AND DAMAGED THE FRONT END OF THE CAR. UPDATE 05/22/07*TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation