Cruise Control problems of the 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis

The contact owns a 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that he was driving with the cruise control activated. As he approached a traffic stop and applied the brakes, the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The contact was accelerating toward traffic and in order to stop the vehicle, he veered off the highway and shut the engine off. He restarted the vehicle several minutes later as it resumed normal operation. The dealer was contacted and advised the contact to bring the vehicle in for inspection. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 98,900. The VIN was unavailable.

: the contact stated when the cruise control was deactivated manually or deactivated by applying brake pressure, there was a loud popping noise. The dealership determined this was by pressure in the cruise control line. The contact expressed this problem was related to brake repair work performed by the dealership.

While driving 70 mph vehicle stalled. Cruise control was engaged. After waiting for a little while the vehicle was restarted. Vehicle continued to run for a while before it stalled again. Vehicle was towed to a repair shop, and nothing could be found.

While driving on with the speed control on , the engine abruptly stopped. The ignition key was turned off, which inactivated the speed control, and the engine was started with no problem. The consumer stated there was a smell hot burning wires.

While cruise control is activated it will turn off unexpectedly. In one case trottle opened and driver had to turn off vehicle, which almost caused a crash. The cruise control failed ten times.