Three problems related to accelerator stuck have been reported for the 1998 Mercury Mountaineer. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Accelerator pedal stuck in idle position and could not be depressed. Happened in traffic. Had to pull off road and manually hand manipulate pedal to get it moving again.
Accelerator had been sticking. On February 22 vehicle was at stop light, light changed, consumer applied gas, nothing happened , applied gas with more force and vehicle surged forward and hit vehicle in front . $ 1700 damage to consumer's vehicle.
Accelerator stuck between 3,000-4,000 rpm's. Driver pressing on the brake pedal would not stop vehicle. The vehicle stopped when driver threw the vehicle into neutral and turned off the engine. Vehicle has been towed to dealership. Vehicle would not stop with both feet on the pedal, incident happened after recall repair was completed.