NHTSA Complaint #10479418 — 2005 MERCURY SABLE

CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. I TRAVELING UNDER 30 MPH CAR BEGAN ACCELERATING ON IT'S OWN! I BRAKED AND RPM'S CONTINUED REV-VING AT 3000. PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL- DID NOT STOP REV VING. PLACED IN PARK- SAME THING. TURNED IT OFF- SAME THING WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IT PEELED AWAY. AT THAT TIME I TAPPED THE GAS AND THE PROBLEM CORRECTED ITSELF. THIS WAS THE THIRD INCIDENT OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION. FIRST TIME IN JUNE OF 2012- MY MECHANIC CLEANED THE THROTTLE. HOWEVER, THIS TIME I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THE CULPRIT WAS A BROKEN CRUISE CONTROL CABLE. FORD/MERCURY NEEDS TO WARN CONSUMERS TO GET THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLES CHECKED! CAN PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION FROM THE DEALERSHIP IF NEEDED. *TR