Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCURY / SABLE / 2002

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006094295 Incident Date: Nov, 30 2006
Consumer's City: WELLINGTON Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: SABLE Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1MEHM59S02A Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 05 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 31 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl*- the contact owns a 2002 mercury sable. while driving 15 mph and due to heavy traffic the cruise control cable jumped out of its socket and the vehicle started to accelerate. the contact applied the brakes, but the vehicle did not respond. the driver had to turn the vehicle's power off completely to stop it from accelerating. the contact scheduled an appointment with a repair facility. the failure mileage was 100,000. *ak the consumer stated he experienced unwanted acceleration. updated 02.27.07.*jb