NHTSA Complaint #10460578 — 2005 MERCURY SABLE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Complaint Details

ODI Number	10460578
Vehicle	2005 MERCURY SABLE
Component	VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Date of Incident	November 17, 2010
Date Filed	June 4, 2012
Mileage	73,500 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	MI

Consumer Description

THROTTLE WAS RANDOMLY STICKING UPON ACCELERATION; PROBLEM BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND WAS REPRODUCIBLE AT TIMES. ON ONE OCCASION CAR WAS STOPPED VIA BRAKE AND SHIFTED INTO PARK WHILE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN AT 4,000 RPM. BROUGHT CAR TO DEALER ON 12/02/2010; PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AND DESCRIBED AS "CRUISE CONTROL CABLE HOLDING THROTTLE OPEN." DEALER REPLACED PART WITH PART NO. YF1Z-9A825-CA. (PROBLEM WAS REPRODUCIBLE WITHOUT ANY USE OF CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM.) NO PROBLEMS WITH THROTTLE STICKING OCCURRED UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 5/20/2012 ( 95,600 MILEAGE) WHEN SAME BEHAVIOR BEGAN TO RECUR AT FREEWAY SPEEDS THOUGH WITHOUT THE CRUISE CONTROL BEING USED. *TR

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