Cruise Control problems of the 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis

Cruise control will not work nor power on. Cigarette lighter outlet has no power.

The contact owns a 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact was attempting a left turn when the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into the side of a building. No one was injured. The vehicle was damaged at the hood and the grill. The police were contacted and an incident report was filed. The contact stated that the vehicle abnormally accelerated on another occasion which also resulted in a crash. As the contact shifted into drive, the vehicle lunged forward and the rpm's increased excessively. The vehicle crashed into a parked vehicle but no one was injured. A police report was also filed of the second incident. The contact stated that both of the incidents that led to a crash occurred immediately after utilizing the cruise control function. The contact stated that he was planning to have the feature removed from the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 33,000 and the current mileage was 45,400.

The contact owned a 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis. While driving at an unknown speed with the cruise control activated, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The rear brakes locked when the failure occurred. The contact was unable to stop the vehicle and crashed into a tree. The air bags failed to deploy. The front seat passenger was injured and received medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 38,000.

Sporadically and without warning, my cruise control will activate causing the vehicle to immediately accelerate. I had been using the control but had DE-activated it but depressing the brake which leaves the unit "on" but not activated.

Was getting on highway, accelerated more than normal to pass a very slow vehicle entering highway from 5 mph on highway (estimate 80 to 90% of full throttle), when I was safe of slow vehicle and let off the pedal, vehicle continued to accelerate to about 83 mph as I recall, I continued to press brake, still accelerating, pressed steering control buttons to make sure cruise control was off (did not have it on previous to this), pressed brakes again and again, finally vehicle slowed down just before I was going to turn of the ignition. Did not have the car checked out, did not smell or see anything irregular, vehicle increase in the continued speed was felt with some g-force before it went back to normal operation. Appears that it just went full throttle on its own I could feel it really moving. Has only occurred once, I also emailed Ford regarding this issue. Luckily it was 5 a. M. In the morning no harm done, just frightened. Bought car used @ 45 k incident occurred around 47,393 miles.

The contact owns a 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that when utilizing the cruise control at 60 mph and higher, the vehicle would abnormally accelerate without warrant. He was able to deactivate the cruise control by depressing the brake pedal but the engine continued to idle violently and the vehicle continued to accelerate. The contact was unable to deactivate the cruise control using the deactivation switch on the steering wheel. The dealer could not duplicate the failure. He stated that the vehicle was safe to drive and the failure was contributed to either the floor mats or driver error where the contact was mistakenly hitting the cruise control resume button. There were no repairs made to the vehicle. The failure mileage was 26,000 and the current mileage was 33,000. Updated 6/3/10 the consumer stated tapping the brake didn't always release the cruise control. Updated 06/17/jb.