| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 973241144 | Incident Date: Oct, 04 1973 |
| Consumer's City: LAKE RIDGE | Consumer's State: VA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: SABLE | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, other |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 16 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2003 mercury sable with 20,000 miles on it. while driving at 60 mph, i stepped on the accelerator to pass a truck, i heard a thump and then the engine went to idle and we lost all power. we pulled over and found that the accelerator cable had snapped. i found a small piece of plastic on the floor that came from the mechanism. we were stranded 100 miles from the nearest city on a sunday night. i subsequently asked the rental car manager if he had ever heard of this before and he said the same thing happened to a taurus he was driving. this, as i am sure you know a very dangerous situation - if we had been on a crowded interstate there would have been serious problems. we were lucky. is there any record of this problem occurring. judging by the plastic linkage i bet it has happened a number of times. please let me know. *la |
