1998 MERCURY VILLAGER Complaints

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS, AT ANY SPEED. CONSUMER HAS TO PRESS PEDAL HARD TO GET IT TO UNSTUCK, PROBLEM GETTING WORSE. DEALER SAID THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE. ALSO, HEIGHT OF BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE THE SAME WHICH CAUSED PEDAL MISAPPLICATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKING INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHEN DEPRESSING GAS PEDAL TO GAIN SPEED PEDAL BECOMES STUCK AND WILL NOT DEPRESS TO FLOORBOARD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 15MPH AND ENTERING INTO A SCHOOL PARKING LOT AND SHE RAN OVER A SPEED BUMP. REAR RIGHT WHEEL FELL OFF DUE TO MATERIAL THAT WAS ATTACHED TO WHEEL WAS DEFECTIVE. DEALERSHIP AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, DUAL FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING MY CAR TO LURCH FORWARD INTO VEHICLE IN FRONT OF MINE. VERY LITTLE STRUCTURAL EXTERIOR/INTERIOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO MY CAR WHICH INDICATED THAT THE AIRBAGS MAY HAVE EITHER CAUSED THE ACCIDENT, OR GONE OFF UNNECESSARILY AT TOO LOW A SPEED. ON THE VERY SAME DAY, A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD MOTOR CO. ARRIVED IN THE MAIL INDICATING THAT THERE IS ALSO A DEFECT IN THE FILLER PIPE VENT HOSE OF MY VEHICLE WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE. DID THIS SOMEHOW CAUSE A MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRBAG SENSORS? OR IS THERE A FUEL LINE IRREGULARITY THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE SUDDEN LURCHING FORWARD OF MY CAR? I HAD NOTICED IN THE WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, SOMEWHAT JERKY ACCELERATION OF MY CAR, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS JUST DUE TO THE COLD WEATHER. ALSO, THERE IS EVIDENCE OF GASOLINE OR OIL HAVING LEAKED FROM CAR ON THE FLOOR OF MY GARAGE. MY HUSBAND AND I ONLY NOTICED THIS WHEN WE RETURNED HOME AFTER THE ACCIDENT, AND OUR CAR WAS NOT PARKED IN ITS USUAL SPOT. I HOPE YOU CAN INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER. I BELIEVE THAT IF AIRBAGS WERE TO GO OFF SPONTANEOUSLY AT A HIGHER SPEED, THEY WOULD MOST CERTAINLY CAUSE A COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE CAR, AND POSSIBLE FATALITIES. ADDITIONALLY, IF ONE'S FOOT IS ACCIDENTALLY RELEASED FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT NOT PLACED ON THE ACCELERATOR, SHOULD THE CAR LURCH OR SURGE FORWARD? I FEEL THAT THE TRAUMA AND SUDDEN DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG MAY HAVE CAUSED ME TO RECOIL AND RELEASE THE BRAKE, THEREBY CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY, WE WERE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, AND MY CHILDREN AND I ONLY SUSTAINED MINOR PHYSICAL INJURIES.*AK

AFTER MAKING A STOP TIED TO RETURN TO NORMAL SPEED. CONSUMER HAD TO DEPRESS GAS PEDAL VERY HARD TO GAIN SPEED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

GENERAL AMER-G3GO TIRES (NO SIZE) WERE REPLACED AFTER 30,360 MILES, THE FRONT TIRES WORE DOWN ONLY AFTER 9600 MILES. *SLC

FRONT WHEELS ARE HARD TO MOVE WITH THE STEERING IN VERY COLD CLIMETE. THIS MAY CAUSE ACCIDENT. MY CAR IS STILL NOT FIXED.

WHILE DRIVING, THROTTLE STICKS, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED MANY TIMES, BUT THEY CAN NOT FIND A FIX AND THEY DON'T SEEM WORRIED ABOUT DOING SO, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING A NEW VEHICLE UNTIL THIS PROBLEMS IS CORRECTED. *SLC