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 1996 Mercury Villager submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
INTERMITTENTLY THE THROTTLE WILL STICK NOT ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO ACCCELERATE WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE. MORE THAN NORMAL PRESSURE HAS TO TO BE APPLIED, WHICH MAKES VEHICLE ACCELERATE WITH MORE SPEED THAN INTENDED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
AFTER COMING TO A STOP AT STOP LIGHT ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK. ENGINE REVVED, AND VEHICLE BUMPED INTO THE ONE IN FRONT. VEHICLE HAS ACCELERATED LIKE THIS TWICE. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THIS.*AK
THE CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON ON THE HUB OF THE STEERING WHEEL DOESN'T ALWAYS FUNCTION. NLM
PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE , FOOT WAS LIGHTLY ON BRAKE WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD ,RUNNING OVER MEDIAN.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE PLACING VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND THEN APPLYING BRAKES TO DRIVE IT, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT A WALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO BACK UP AND THEN WE PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND THE CAR TOOK OFF AND HIT A WALL, THE ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK. *AK
GAS PEDAL STICKS . WHEN GOING IN REVERSE HAV ETO PUSH ON PEDAL HARDER THAN IT WILL SURGE. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE COUTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND BRAKE FADING AWAY. ALSO RPMS CONTINUED TO GO UP AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. *AK DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE BODY. *SLC
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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