While driving 60 mph vehicle accelerated. No impact reported.

- Houston, TX, USA

Accelerator pedal becomes hard to depress whenever temperature is below fifteen degrees F for an extended period. Once depressed, idle does not return. Engine RPM stays elevated, dropping only when gears change, then building back up to "stiuck" RPM. When placed in neutral, engine revolutions increase to almost 5000 RPM; placing vehicle in drive causes RPM to drop to approximately 2200, which is consistent with 70 mph in drive. Vehicle cannot be stopped unless gearshift is placed in neutral or ignition turned off. It would appear that conditon relieves after about twenty minutes of driving, consistent with some internal component warming sufficiently to relieve a cold-originated contraction apparently causing binding. Condition returns randomly at somewhat higher temperatures at speed, almost as though responding to wind chill cold. Dealer obeserved conditon in two-day obervation, did not cure probelm, yet released vehicle in unsafe condition. No followup following week; reported to Lincoln customer care, but complaint ignored; no action taken. "we'll investigate" three weeks now.

- Pennington, NJ, USA

Consumer states accelerator pedal is sticking, causing vehicle to lose control. Dealer notified. Vehicle has unexpectedly accelerated and or stuck in passing gear over 12 times. On July 14, the failure occurred while in reverse. The remaining times in forward while approaching speeds of 90 to 95mph. The engine would continue to "rev" up for no reason. The consumer's only resolution to this problem is to put it in neutral and turn the key off and back on to control the steering and have brakes power to stop the vehicle. The transmission had started making a "clunking" noise when switching from neutral to either drive or reverse.

- Orange Park, FL, USA