Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 1989 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE ENGINE REVVED UP WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD WHILE HE HAD HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE FIRST TIME THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED IT DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, BUT THE SECOND OCCURRENCE, HE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *JB *SC
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNWANTED ACCELERATION, AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. *TS *JB
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN COLLISION AND INJURIES. MJS
WHILE ENGAGED IN CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION.
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE ACCELERATION. WHILE PULLING INTO AN INTER SECTION, WAITING ON TRAFFIC LIGHT TO CHANGE, VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER PRESSED DOWN ON BRAKES TO PREVENT VEHICLE FROM HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CHANGE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL, AND TAPPING ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ABLE TO DISENGAGE THE ACCELERATION. ALSO CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ENGAGED AT THE TIME. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK
IN ONLY 3 OCCURRENCES WHEN STARTING VEHICLE, IT WOULD LEAP FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE TO 85 MPH. *AK
UPON STEPPING ON GAS PEDAL, THROTTLE STUCK WIDE OPEN, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTIN GIN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
WHEN DRIVING THE CAR, SOMTIMES CAR ACCELERATES. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *SD
TURNED ON IGNITION ENGINE RACED TO FULL THROTTLE IN REVERSE AND LANDED ON ANOTHER VEHICLES WINDSHIELD. *AK
VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE. TT
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, STARTED TO PARK AND CAR ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. *AK
WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITH GREAT SPEED TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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