Mercury Cougar owners have reported 8 problems related to accelerator pedal (under the vehicle speed control category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Mercury Cougar based on all problems reported for the Cougar.
While driving throttle stuck, and vehicle accelerated to a high rate. Consumer able to decelerate vehicle.
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Consumer states that while driving at any speed and with no warning throttle pedal would stick. Dealer notified.
Consumer depressed the brake pedal. The vehicle hesitated to accelerate, then it accelerated in full throttle. This resulted in an accident. Please provide more details. Ph.
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While driving at 30 mph gas pedal got stuck and vehicle started to accelerate to 100 mph before slowing down,. Contacted dealer, and dealer was not willing to do anything.
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While driving the throttle will stick causing the engine to rev up when I push in the clutch, it lasts anywhere from 5 to 10 seconds at a time. It is off and on, somedays it does it, then other days it's fine. I have takin it to the dealer twice before now, the first time they replaced the idle air control valve which seemed to fix the problem, then approx. 3 months later began to do it again, so they put a new throttle body in it, that lasted about 3 weeks and now im taking it back again.
While traveling on highway throttle will stick. When taking foot off of pedal, engine doesn't slow down. Dealershipwas aware of problem.
Passenger's seat will not lock in place unless seat is positioned all way to the back closely to rear seat . Consumer states the seat if unlocked and moved foward will only relock when pushed all the way to the rear, then seat can be adjusted and locked from any position, the problem is that you can not lock the seat if anything is placed behind the seat, in trying to lock the seat consumer states she has the crush her grandchild's feet in the car seat, consumer states there is a strong to light gasoline odor, also gas pedal will stick in up position and need strong push to release, door locks automaticcalylock and unlock at any time, the locks were finally replaced and consumer was given an extended warranty, consumer states radio goes out and the display disappears when it is hot.
Consumer states that throttle sticks intermittently when driving, causing unintended acceleration. Problem has been occurring for 2 years.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control problems | |
| Cruise Control problems | |
| Accelerator Pedal problems | |
| Speed Control Cable problems | |
| Car Accelerates On Its Own problems | |
| Car Throttle Stuck problems | |
| Accelerator Stuck problems | |
| Speed Control Linkage problems |