Although the vehicle can be controlled by either applying the service brakes or shifting the transmission to neutral, increased brake pedal efforts or some increase in stopping distance can result.

Vehicle Speed Control

Date Announced
APR 30, 1997
Vehicles Affected
23,000
Mercury Recall #
97S67
NHTSA Campaign #
97V074000
Summary
Vehicle description: Multi-purpose passenger vehicles equipped with 5.0L engines originally sold or currently registered in the states of Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Michigan (upper peninsula only), Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. These vehicles, when operated for extended periods of time at highway speeds and temperatures below -20 degrees farenheit, do not return to idle due to ice in the throttle body.
Actions
Dealers will install a revised PCV system with water heated vacuum source.
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