The contact owns a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated while driving 70 mph, the accelerator pedal failed to return to the original position after being depressed. The contact had to lift the accelerator pedal with his foot in order to get the vehicle to slow down. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic for diagnosis or repairs. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000. The VIN was unavailable.

- Gibbstown, NJ, USA

The contact owns a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that while driving at 65 mph, the vehicle accelerated rapidly without warning. The contact tried to depress the brake pedal and disengaged the cruise control but neither attempts to slow the vehicle were successful. The contact was able to slow the vehicle down only by depressing the accelerator pedal again after a period of unintended acceleration. The dealer was not contacted about the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and referred the contact to the dealer. The failure mileage was 88,000. Updated 10/24/17

- Cincinnati, OH, USA

The contact owns a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that the vehicle accelerated without warning. The dealer was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 50,000.

- Bedford Hts, OH, USA

1 passenger seat belt not functioning properly 2 speed control not working 3 passenger side headlight not working in low beam only high beam

- Ridgewood, NY, USA

The contact owns a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis. While the vehicle was stopped, the vehicle accelerated without warning. The contact was able to pull over to the side of the road. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed, but the technician could not determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 218,000. The VIN was not available.

- Ailey, GA, USA

The contact owns a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 70 mph, the vehicle was jerking and the ABS and the check engine warning lights illuminated. The vehicle had a drastic reduction in speed. The vehicle was restarted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on several occasions where it was repaired but the repair details were unknown. The repairs failed to remedy the vehicle. The contact stated the service engine warning light continued to illuminated and the vehicle jerked violently, reduced speed and attempted to stall. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 136,037. Updated 12/03/15

- Panama City Beach, FL, USA

I was turning into my drive way and the car all of a certain accelerated to a speed up and I immediately jump on to the brake to stop the car and it crashed into the back fence. I got out the car to check and see if the pedal had the floor mat on it and their was nothing on it.

- Shreveport, LA, USA

Sudden acceleration. Incident occurred in my home driveway. Car lurched forward into my house, damaging the right side of my car and left side of the garage.

- Kings Park, NY, USA

Car would start and die. Failed to run at idle. Replaced idle air sensor. Event occurred at 55,000 miles.

- Wilmington, OH, USA

2001 Mercury Grand Marquis.. sudden engine acceleration. While stopped at a traffic light, the engine accelerated at a rapid rate and had to be placed in neutral in order to return to normal idle. Fortunately driver had his foot on the brake.

- Boca Raton, FL, USA

Car would not idle after starting. Thank god it happened in driveway. Towed to dealer, and dealer replaced iac valve, and cleaned fuel system. Car had 37974 miles on it. Purchased used on 07/03/03, was certified as used car, 33750 miles. Noticed intermittent turn signal flashing when purchased. Changed bulbs, no improvement. Shouldn't a safety recall be issued instead of a tsb on the idle problem?

- The Villages, FL, USA

Cruise control moves gas pedal rapidly down and back up at a rate of 1 to 2 occilations per second, at times car can be felt to jerk back and forth. Dealer has made many attempts to correct the issue under warrenty but now is being told that Ford will no longer pay for repairs. I feel this may be a safety issue as I do not know when the car may accelerate out of controll.

- Middletown, CT, USA

Consumer stated the vehicle experienced sudden acceleration on numerous occasions. The acceleration stopped by itself on attempts to stop the acceleration. When on cruise going up a hill, the vehicle would accelerate rapidly when holding the accelerator up.

- Glasgow, MT, USA

While backing out of a parking lot the vehicle suddenly accelerated without prior warning. Causing damage to the vehicle. The dealership is aware of the problem.

- Garfield Hgts, OH, USA

When shifting from park to reverse the power train will lock up or go into a severe strain similar to brakes being locked. Occassionally the car will surge forward even though the trans indicator is in the reverse position.

- Grove Hill, AL, USA

Consumer stated while backing out at 5 mph, vehicle suddenly accelerated, consumer was not able to stop vehicle, after about 100 ft vehicle hit a building, the vehicle was totalled, no injuries.

- West Palm Beach, FL, USA

Criuse control fails to disengage while driving at highway speed of 65 mph, causing accident and total loss of vehicle.

- Springfield, IL, USA

Vehicle would suddenly accelerate while idling at a stop light/sign. Had no warning. Would need to press hard on brakes and shift/ turn vehicle off. Had been to dealer and mechanic who placed vehicle on diagnostic machine. Nothing was found, even after being test driven.

- Phoenix, AZ, USA

When vehicle is idling at stop sign, at a red light, in gear with foot on brakes, vehicle will start accelerating. Consumer has to slam on brakes to keep vehicle from jumping forward. Also, has to turn key off. But, this problem only happens intermittently.

- Phoenix, AZ, USA

Vehicle suddenly accelerated when applying brakes to stop at approaching stop light, this occurred for second time. Vehicle taken to dealer.on first occasion dealer was unable to locate cause. On second occasion dealer replaced transmission. Feel free to provide any further information on this matter.

- Ford, NJ, USA