NHTSA Complaint #10888016 — 2011 LINCOLN MKX

UNINTENDED ACCELERATOR FIRST HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS AGO. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALER TO HAVE A BRAKE RECALL DONE AND TOLD THEM THAT I WENT TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND SOMETHING MADE THE ACCELERATOR STICK FORCING ME TO JUMP A CURB AND RUN AT A HIGH SPEED THROUGH AN EMPTY LOT IN FRONT OF OUR LIBRARY AND THEN BACK OVER ANOTHER CURB AND OUT ONTO ANOTHER ROAD. I PUT BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE AND KEPT PUSHING; IT FINALLY STOPPED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON THE CAR AND THEY COULD NOT FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. ON JULY 18, 2016 I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT AND AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO BRAKE AGAIN MY VEHICLE ACCELERATED BY ITSELF FORCING THE CAR TO JUMP THE CURB AND PLOW INTO A 4-FOOT HEDGE. THE CAR STOPPED ON TOP OF THE HEDGES. I AM ATTACHING A PICTURE. HAD THE CAR NOT BEEN STOPPED BY THE HEDGE ' THERE WAS AN EIGHT LANE ROAD IN FRONT OF MY CAR AND I DARE NOT THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD THE CAR GONE STRAIGHT INTO TRAFFIC. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT COMPONENT OR SYSTEM CREATED THIS UNSAFE RISK.