Automatic Transmission Park/neutral Start Switch Problems of Mercury Sable

Vehicle was standing still with park gear on when consumer turned vehicle on, and vehicle went forward without prior warning.

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Vehicle exhibits an intermittent neutral condition after driving and coming to a stop (I found service bulletin number 983112 on nstha web site) almost caused an accident when brake was released vehicle rolled onto busy highway and I had to come to a complete stop almost struck by semi. Mercury dealer did not find a problem. I can never tell when this is going to happen. There is absolutely no warning.

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Vehicle was parked with keys in ignition. Was not able to shift into park. Neighbor checked under hood & found transmission wires for shift lever had snapped. Wires were unhooked before lever was able to shift into park. Contacted dealership & service truck towed vehicle to dealership.

When shifting the car into reverse it would hesitate and would eventually shift after repeated attempts. After a couple days the car would not shift into reverse from park but would if it was first put into drive and then reverse. Then it would not shift into any gear and would freely coast on an incline. I had to have the car towed on a flatbed from my driveway to a dealership. They had it for 5 days, did not fix it correctly and I had to take it back in for service. The shift cable had to be replaced.

Vehicle rolled on a slight incline while in park , resulting in a minor collision. The dealer has been notified.

The check engine light came on so the car was taken to the dealer to check it out on November of 1998. The dealer said it was a bad shift solinoid that would not effect the car very much but, should be replaced sometimes. On Feb. 4, the vehicle would not start so it was towed to a local garage, they said that it needed to go to a dealer because they didn't have the proper computer to diagnose the problem. The car was then towed to bob hastings Ford, east rochester NY, where they found that a fuel sensor was misssing. I contend that the sensor was never there to start with but, having no way to prove it could not get them to warranty it. Two weeks later the transmission began to slip so I drove it to empire transmission, webster NY, where I was told I needed to have the transmission rebuilt. I contacted Ford to see if they would cover part of the work, but I was told that since I didn't have an extended service plan there was nothing they could do. I think this is premature failure for a transmission not used for towing or off road.

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Transmission jumped out of gear, causing injury to consumer.

When shifting gear from park to drive and without foot depressed on the brake pedal, vehicle was able to move out of gear due to transmission interlock system malfunctioning. Consumer has contacted dealer. Please provide any further details.

Without the key in the ignition and vehicle in the park position, the vehicle rolls forward on flat surface. Please give any further details.