general problems of the 2000 Mercury Villager

Sticky accelerator pedal on 2000 Mercury Villager. Sticks about half the time causing abrupt surge into traffic and dislodging of occupants.

Truck was parked and without prior warning truck suddenly jumped out of gear, accelerating down a hill.

- the contact stated that her 2000 Mercury Villager has acceleration problems. When at a complete stop or at a low speed, when she tried to accelerate, the vehicle will not accelerate as expected. The contact stated that she has to put the foot completely to the floor for the vehicle to accelerate. She has replaced the throttle body twice since she owned the vehicle. She stated that she had several close calls, almost resulting in several crashes. Also, the stabilizing link was causing problems with the steering. When she turned left or right there was a noise coming from the front end of the driver side wheel. If she hit a hole the vehicle made a loud clunky noise. The contact had the stabilizer bar repaired 2/1/07, and she has had three tires replaced. The contact stated that dealership said the stabilizer bar was the cause of the tires wearing out so quickly. There have been 6 occurences of this failure.

The throttle body unit was replaced due to constant sticking of the accelerator which made acceleration ruff and jerky. After replacing the accelerator the vehicle experienced high idle which caused the vehicle to surge.

On two occasions, while my wife was driving, the engine began to race with no warning, nearly causing an accident. In one case, a pedestrian was in front of the vehicle and would have been severly injured if my wife was unable to keep the car under control. In both cases, the event occurred while she was manuvering in tight confines in a parking lot. The engine began to race and the power steering refuses to respond. She had all she could do with all her strength to keep the car under control by extreme pressure on the brakes. The first incident was reported to condit Ford. The second just happened today and will be reported to condit Ford tomorrow. There was no injury to anyone or damage to any property in these incidents but we do not want to wait until there is damage or injury, to report the problem. My wife successfully put the vehicle into "park" in both cases, after which the engine returned to a normal idle. The incidents happened about two months apart. The first in January, the second just today.

When air conditioner is turned on while stationary or moving there is an explosion which causes the car to jolt forward momentarily. Although this lasts only a couple of seconds the loud concussion and jolt can cause momentary loss of control and raises the risk of injury. T.