The accelerator cable snapped while driving on a bridge. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and repaired. *jb
2001 Mercury Sable acceleration complaints
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I have a 2001 mercury sable ls with 9000 miles. I was attempting to park the car in front of a store in a shopping plaza located in cocoa beach ,fl. When I applied the brakes to park in the parking place, the brakes failed and the engine made a revving noise and the car leaped forward jumping the curb and crashing into a brick support column. This car was recalled for the brake pedal and accelerator problem and was supposedly fixed at the mercury dealers. I was transported to the hospital by the emergency squad. I was treated for a large gash in the forehead and xrays were taken of the chest, back and ribs which were not fractured but severely bruised. I also sustained two black eyes caused by my sunglasses hitting the steering wheel. I was wearing my seatbelt, however, the airbags did not deploy. Estimated cost to repair my car is $7048.
When the gear was switched from park to reverse, the vehicle lurched forward and almost caused an accident. *jb..
The steering wheel vibrated while in idle, the structure of the vehicle rocked back and forth or from side to side. Vehicle also picked up speed on its own without pressing the accelerator. Ts
Consumer states that the new brake pedal that was install due to a recall is now to big and to high for the consumer to reach causing their foot to go under the pedal. Dealer notified ts
When applying brakes vehicle accelerated forward resulting in a collision. Dealer has been notified. Please provide further information.
Electrical system shut down, loses all power. *ak the auto has accelerated on numerous occasions while stopped in traffic. Teh air conditioner shut down while traveling, twice the vehicle experienced complete electrical shut down, on one occasion requiring the vehicle to be towed. Consumer is requesting a vehicle replacement and for the failures to be recalled.
When at a complete stop vehicle will suddenly accelerate without applying gas.*ak A/C shut down while traveling. Consumer unable to start the vehicle, the wipers, A/C and blinkers failed due to electrical system failure.
On three occasions I have unintentionally hit the accelerator pedal because it is too close to the brake. After backing out of a parking place . I applied the brake and moved the gear lever to "drive". At the same time my foot also hit the accelerator causing the car to move forward. The engine was racing. I turned off the ignition. If I had not had my foot on the brake, the car would have lurched forward out of control. Another time I was slowing down for a red light and my foot momentarily hit the accelerator.
While at stop brakes applied, vehicle surged forward. Consumer shifted to park to stop vehicle. Dealer reprogrammed power module. Vehicle surged again at a stop on 20 mar 2002, dealer found no problem.ak
On numerous occasions, while attempting to depress brake pedal in my vehicle, I have inadvertantly depressed the accelerator at the same time. At first I thought it was my big feet, (size 13), in conjunction with me purchasing a smaller car than I was used to. But after hearing about your investigation into the matter based on other complaints, I had to add my concern as well.
Accelerator pedal and gas pedal are so close together when the brakes are applied consumer mistakenly steps on accelerator. *ak consumer has come close to having a collision due to this design.
When applying gas pedal it would get stuck, gas and brake pedals on this model are too close together, allowing the gas pedal to be accidentally engaged while applying the brake to stop, and has been involved in 3 accidents. *ak.
Vehicle would accelerate on its own at slow speeds, this happened 5 times. Vehicle taken to dealer 2 or 3 times. Dealer could not find a problem. Then on september 15, 2001 while parking vehicle accelerated. Consumer applied brakes, but was not able to stop vehicle, resulting in vehicle running into building. Consumer suffered headaches, amount of damage was $ 7000.
Brake pedal & accelerator are too close together. Manyt times both are depressed when only the brake was meant to be applied. Vehicle was almost involved in 6+ collisions due to this problem.
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.
Before consumer's wife could take foot off the brake, and after shifting from park to drive, vehicle suddenly accelerated and went 30 feet before hitting a building. Consumer bruised, but otherwise not seriously injured. *ak manufacturer is stating that accident was caused not caused by a defect in the vehicle.
When brakes are applied brake pedal is depressed and it goes down flush with accelerator pedal, causing unintentional acceleration. Brake pedal sits higher than accelrerator pedal. So acclerator does not cause a problem, untile brake is applied. Ford sent a letter stating it was within design specifications for the vehicle.*ak the consumer depresses the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal at the same time unintentionally due to faulty design of the pedal.
While at a stop light engine started to rev. Then consumer crashed into another car. Recently, authorized mechanic's foot accidentally engaged the gas pedal while applying the brake pedal and drove consumer's vehicle into a work bench causing extensive damage to the vehicle. *ak the gas pedal and brake pedal are too close together and are a dangerous safety hazard. This problem was a design defect. *yh consumer has experienced 3 accidents due to the design of the gas and brake pedal. By inspected dealership and dept. Of highway administration, the brake and gas pedal assemblies were replaced.
When braking vehicle would suddenly accelerate. Vehicle was a rental.
While driving, consumer tried to move the front seat back by using what he thought was the power seat adjustment switch on the left side of the driver's seat, however the consumer really was adjusting an electric pedal adjustment switch that moved brake and gas pedal closer to consumer causing sudden acceleration, consumer states that these two switches should not be located near each other and that the pedal switch should only be able to be used while in park.
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