general problems of the 1999 Mercury Villager

I have a 1999 Mercury Villager, periodically the gas pedal will be very hard to push. It actually got stuck accelerating once. I have researched this online and have found many many complaints about this situation. I have found that Mercury has recalled the mountaineer (campaign # 00v422000) for this "exact" issue but has taken no action with the Villager. I have replaced the whole throttle body once, soon after I purchased the van, but after the warranty had expired. As I recall it was at a $600 expense to me. I would like to know what is being done about this issue. Thank you.

The contact owns a 1999 Mercury Villager. While the contact was pulling into a parking space the vehicle suddenly surged forward without warning causing the contact to crash into a pole. The contact previously noticed that the vehicle would surge forward whenever it came to a stop. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership. There were no prior warnings. The VIN was not available. The current and failure mileages were 140,000.

The 1999 through 2000 Mercury Villager vans have a defective throttle body assembly. My gas petal started sticking on my Villager van late last year. I finally had the throttle body assembly cleaned and throttle control sensor replaced in January, after several failed attempts by the Mercury dealership to rectify this problem. I had another mechanic replace the failed throttle body control sensor (in may)after only 4 months (part was guaranteed for 12 months) and the throttle body was ok for a short period of time and now it's sticking and the gas petal is hard to depress. It is a major accident hazard because you need to know that you can pull out safely from an intersection or accelerate when entering a ramp on the interstate. With this problem you have to press the gas petal harder than normal and then you feel like you are getting whiplash because the petal will unstick and you shoot forward. Our car had a check engine light that came on and it was also associated with this problem. From the contents of this article, I believe that Mercury and Nissan are completely aware this danger. . Read more...

Gas pedal on Mercury Villager does not always respond and when it does it does so rapidly/has been fixed twice by dealer/dealer states that it is a design flaw and without replacement of carb there is no cure.

Ltr fm salette silvana selvaggi(NY) involved in accident traveling I-95 in connecticut in vehicle a 1999 Mercury village experienced loss of stopping power and control question if vehicle is defective reply to the rockland district ofc west nyack, NY. While trying to brake there was a total loss of stopping power and loss of control resulting in a crash in the passenger side. Luckily there were no injuries but the consumer believes a vehicle malfunction caused the problem. The insurance company came to the conclusion that he consumer was 100% at fault.

When the gas pedal was pressed, there was a delay in acceleration. The consumer had to pump the gas pedal to get the vehicle to move. It was later determined that the throttle was dirty. A faulty resistor caused the blower to only work on high. The left front door panel fell off.

When the gas pedal was pressed, there was a delay in acceleration. The consumer had to pump the gas pedal to get the vehicle to move. Dealer cleaned dirty throttle body. Blower only worked on high. Failed resistor replaced. Left front door panel was peeling and had to be replaced.

Vehicle lurches forward unexpectedly. Took vehicle to dealer, and they stated that carbon has build up in throttle body.

Accelerator pedal intermittently sticks until a large force is applied. This caused delayed and lurching starts. Problem fixed by replacing the throttle body. Ford and dealership refused to pay for repair. Mr.

Consumer states that when pressing the brake pedal to stop, and then proceed to press the gas pedal, the vehicle will delay in taking off then vehicle will suddenly take off. Please provide any information.

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While vehicle is in gear and stops with brake applied it will surge forward suddenly, and engine will runaway. Dealership has examined vehicle and informed consumer that carbon build up on accelerator. This will be a reoccurring problem.

Vehicle does not respond to the reverse mode until heavy acceleration is applied resulting in hazardous condition. Yh.

Throttle clean by dealer at my expense - solved issue for now - dangerous design.

Vehicle is experiencing problems with the gas pedal freezing, this causes the vehicle to weave and makes it difficult to control.

When consumer stopped at a red light vehicle raced, making it hard for the driver to control the vehicle once it started moving. Driver's foot was on the brake when vehicle suddenly moved forward, rear ending the vehicle and caused front-end damage in the consumer's vehicle. This is the second occurrence of the vehicle suddenly moving forward since purchase on March 2003. Consumer thinks that it may be a possible computer sensor problem. Also, dealer refused to examine vehicle.