This is the second complaint. The 2005 mercury mountaineer spontaneously accelerated on the freeway. I was driving at 70 MPH and it accelerated to over 80 MPH. The gas pedal was pulling itself down.
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Tl*the contact owns a 2005 mercury mountaineer. While pulling into a parking spot at 5 MPH, the vehicle automatically accelerated to an unknown speed. The contact was depressing the brake pedal at the time of failure. The VIN and engine size were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 23,000.
Purchased a new 2005 mercury mountaineer in 7/31/2005 the first time the car accelerated when the brakes were applied and the car had to be put in neutral to stop. The dealer reported that there were no known fixes for this problem at this time. The second time while pulling into my driveway when the brakes were applied the car accelerated and crash into my garage door. This time the dealer blamed my wife and said she must have pressed the gas and brake peddles at the same time. The car sustained front end body damage and my garage door needs to be replaced. The car has been at the dealer since the accident happened and we are still waiting to find out what is ford's determination of this issue and what they will do to get us out of this car and into something else.
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