Unintentional acceleration incident report 2009 lincoln mkz, vin: [xxx] the car was purchased by its present owner in june 2012 after it came off lease with 26334 miles. since that time, the vehicle has been well maintained by lincoln automotive dealerships and now has 85447 miles on it. it has had four (4) incidents of unintended acceleration. see attached pdf file (mkz joint report [xxx]) for details information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr
While driving through an intersection the engine stopped running. my mechanic diagnosed the vehicle as it needing a new cooling fan. the odd part was my engine light never came on, the cool/hot display on the instrument panel never showed it was overheating. i'm currently waiting for the part to arrive to the mechanics shop. the incident happened at night in the middle of an intersection. this could have resulted in a major injury at best, death at worst.
When making a right hand turn steering was lost and the engine shut off. the car went into the opposing lane but thankfully there were no cars at the light. after starting the engine again, the steering was working again. took car into lincoln dealership and they could not find anything wrong with the steering but said the throttle body was bad and there was an issue communicating with the pcm. the throttle body and pcm were both replaced. we have not had it occur again. *tr