2001 Mercury Sable: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Aug 20, 2018 · Acceleration · 164,000 miles · IA

Sudden acceleration and continued high rpms. Accelerates without depressing accelerator pedal. This is a known issue for mercury sable / ford taurus 2000-2003 and I just discovered a recall was done in 2013 by ford. The cause is a malfunctioning of the throttle body and/crusie control cables.

Filed Feb 10, 2015 · Acceleration · 60,000 miles · TX

I was driving along the highway at approximately 45 MPH when suddenly accelerator sped up to a high rate of speed. Could not slow down when braking. Car continued to accelerate. Could not get car to slow down no matter what I tried. Had to turn car off to come to a stop. The local wichita falls ford company says there is recall for this problem, but I have read all over the net that it is a problem ford motor company said that it would fix. Called ford motor co. Headquarters and they said there is no recall issued for this problem and they will not fix it. I should not have to pay for this when ford knows it is an ongoing problem. I am 73 years old and do not have money for this kind of repair.

Filed Jul 9, 2013 · Acceleration · 96,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 mercury sable. The contact stated while driving approximately 20 MPH the vehicle accelerated on its own. The contact was forced to depress the brake pedal with both feet and place the vehicle in neutral gear in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle accelerated to approximately 70 MPH for a 16 mile stretch. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnosis. The tow truck driver inspected the vehicle and noticed the cruise control cable had disengaged causing the acceleration. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 96,000.

Filed Apr 9, 2012 · Acceleration · 118,399 miles · FL

Driving on the hwy with my 3 yr old daughter @ approx 65 MPH the veh started accelerating on its own. Even with pressing the brake veh would slow down but kept accelerated on its own ( and it kept climbing until I pressed on the brake) and got upto approx 80 MPH. I was able to safely get veh off the hwy with depressing the brake extremely hard (and veh kept creeping forward, luckily the light turned green quickly) and a ford dlrshp was right next to the hwy. Dlrshp performed repairs. They replaced the accelerator cable assembly for the throttle control. I was adv by dlrshp that the plastic piece on the cruise control throttle broke and got stuck on my regular accelerator cable. I cant begin to say how frightened I was for my daughters safety as well as my own. I seen there is an investigation for 2005 & 2006 tauruses...you need to also look @ the 2001 sables for the same problem! Someone is going to get killed if they don't do something about it.

Filed Feb 24, 2010 · Acceleration · 1,000 miles · NY

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 mercury sable. The contact stated that when putting the vehicle in gear, the vehicle would start to "race" and the engine would rev as if someone put the pedal to the floor board; if he did not have his foot on the brake pedal, the vehicle would lunge forward. He depressed the brake pedal, shifted into neutral and turned off the vehicle. When he re-started it, the problem seemed to correct itself. The failure has occurred approximately 12 times since the vehicle was purchased. He previously owned the identical failure which had the same problem. When he towed the vehicle to the dealership, the dealer gave him this vehicle (same year, make and model). He had not taken this vehicle to the dealership and had not called the manufacturer to-date. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The current mileage was approximately 37,000. The failure mileage was approximately 1,000. Updated 03/26/10. *lj updated 05/17/10.

Filed Nov 28, 2006 · Acceleration · 54,960 miles · IL

Dt*: the contact stated while driving 15 MPH under normal road conditions, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. There were no warnings prior to the incident. The vehicle was taken to the service dealer, who could not duplicate the problem.

Filed Oct 25, 2005 · Transmission · 31,000 miles · WI

2001 mercury sable, 31,000 miles. Got into vehicle after work,put into reverse to back out of parking spot, vehicle lunged forward. Transmission found to have failed-locked into forward gear. All gear selector positions are now forward including neutral and reverse. Dealer and ford motor company notified of situation. Transmission to be replaced. Old transmission may be available after work is complete. I am dissatisfied with ford's response to this issue, both financially and the lack of concern from the safety issue this could create.

Filed Jun 28, 2005 · Acceleration · RI

Dt: car accelerated without warning three different times while driving, once to consumer, and twice to her sister. When she hit the brakes they did not hold. Her sister had to throw the car into reverse to get the car to stop. They almost had a crash all three times, she never knew when it was going to happen until it happened. Dealer said they could not help unless it happened while they were driving the car. Manufacturer said the same thing.*ak

Filed Dec 2, 2004 · Transmission · IN

Vehicle had been to the dealer on several occasions. Mechanic could not duplicate the problem. Vehicle jumped forward. Transmission popped into gear on its own. The rpms accelerated, then vehicle would stalled. Consumer was unable to restart vehicle. It was towed to the dealer, and mechanic informed consumer that vehicle was placed on diagnostic machine, and computer was reprogrammed. Consumer informed the mechanic that this problem occurred again, and had not been resolved.

Filed Nov 18, 2002 · Transmission · NJ

Consumer stated that when breaking the vehicle will surge forward with no warning. Dealer notified ts

Filed Jul 11, 2002 · Acceleration, Electrical · MI

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.

Filed May 8, 2002 · Acceleration · FL

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