2005 Ford Taurus complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC STOP, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TURNED INTO A SIDE STREET, PLACED THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF TO STOP THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME JAMMED. AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASE DRASTICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 45,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE DEALER BUT NEITHER COULD DIAGNOSE A FAILURE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS FEARFUL OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO TAP THE PEDAL UNTIL IT BECAME DISLODGED. THIS FAILURE RECURRED TWICE AND THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN INSPECTED FOR THE SAME FAILURE WITH LUBRICATION TO THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC STOP, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTICS BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

I WAS DRIVING AND FELT THE ACCELERATOR PAD CLICK, THEN I NOTICED THAT MY SPEED WAS INCREASING. AS I APPLIED THE BRAKE, I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN. I SWERVED DOWN A SIDE STREET AND PULL ON MY EMERGENCY BREAKS AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. IT BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND ACCELERATED ITSELF TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT MY THROTTLE CABLE WAS ERODED AND NEEDED A REPLACEMENT. I GOT A NEW THROTTLE CABLE. ABOUT A MONTH LATER, I FELT THE CLICK AGAIN AND I SAW MY SPEED GO UP AGAIN; THIS TIME, IT UNCLICKED. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND DROPPED OFF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THIS TIME THAT THE TUBE IN WHICH THE THROTTLE CABLE IS INSERTED WAS FILLED WAS DEBRIS SO THAT CAUSED ANOTHER JAM. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT CHARGE ME AGAIN FOR THIS SERVICE BUT IT LEADS TO ME SUSPECT IF THERE ARE FURTHER ISSUES WITH THE ACCELERATOR ITSELF. *TR

I WAS COMING TO A STOP MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE RPM`S SHOOT UP. I HAD TO PUT ONE FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE OTHER TO SLAM THE GAS TO FLOOR TO STOP IT FORM STICKING. *TR

THROTTLE STUCK WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. I HAVE HAD A TRANSMISSION SHOP LOOK AT IT TO NO AVAIL. DECIDED TO WRITE YOU AFTER HEARING OTHER CONSUMERS REPORT THE SAME PROBLEM IN A LOCAL NEW STORY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED QUICKLY. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL, HOWEVER IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE BEYOND 65 MPH, DESPITE MY PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. AS I WAS ON A BUSY MAIN ROAD WITH MULTIPLE STOP LIGHTS, I HAD TO RIDE THE SHOULDER AND DRIVE THROUGH TWO STOPLIGHTS (APPROXIMATELY 0.25 MILE) BEFORE FORCING THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES OVER THE NEXT WEEK. MY LOCAL GARAGE DID A DIAGNOSTIC AND STATED THAT THE PROBLEM INVOLVED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE COMING LOOSE. THEY PERFORMED A "TEMPORARY FIX" AND STATED THAT IT WOULD NEED A LOT MORE WORK. ALTHOUGH THE FIX HAS DIMINISHED THE FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY OF THE OCCURRENCES, THE CAR STILL ACCELERATES RANDOMLY AT TIMES. *TR

ON TWO OCCASIONS THE GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT LIFT UP AFTER ACCELERATING. THE CAR KEPT INCREASING SPEED. I APPLIED THE BRAKES, SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. *TR

GOING 35MPH I NOTICED THE CAR KEPT GOING FASTER. I THOUGHT GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK AND TRIED TO GET FOOT UNDER IT TO PRY IT UP AND NOTICED IT WAS FLOPPY. I THEN TRIED TO PUMP BRAKES AND CAR WOULD NOT SLOW. I MADE IT THROUGH GREEN LIGHT INTERSECTION BUT WHEN CAR STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME I PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL. BY THIS TIME I WAS TOTALLY PANICKED, THERE WAS NO PLACE TO PULL OVER SO I RODE BRAKES THE REST OF THE WAY HOME, PULLED IN DRIVEWAY AND SHUT ENGINE OFF AND BRAKES WERE STINKING. WHEN MY HUSBAND STARTED IT LATER AND DROVE TO REPAIR GARAGE THEY TOLD US THE CRUISE CONTROL CLIP BROKE OFF AND CAUSED IT TO STICK TILL IT RESET ITSELF. WHEN I CALLED THE FORD DEALER FIRST, THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE GAS PEDAL WAS NOT STICKING. NEEDLESS TO SAY I HAD $1500 WORK DONE ON ENGINE THAT HAD A HORRIBLE NOISE FROM DAY ONE AFTER INCIDENT. BEING A 61 YEAR OLD FEMALE I'M SCARED TO DRIVE OVER 40MPH BECAUSE I'M AFRAID IT WILL DO THIS AGAIN. *TR

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, TRYING TO SLOW DOWN TO GET OFF AT AN EXIT, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN, AND THE ENGINE WAS REVVED. FINALLY STOPPED THE CAR, AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD, AND THERE WAS A PIECE OF PLASTIC HOLDING THE THROTTLE OPEN. *TR

MY CRUISER CONTROL STOPPED WORKING AND I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO GET IT FIXED SINCE I DO NOT USE IT VERY OFTEN. SOME DAYS LATER WHEN I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM WORK, I PUSHED THE BRAKES TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND MY CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE BY ITSELF. WHEN I STARTED DRIVING AGAIN, THE ACCELERATION CONTINUED EVEN NOT TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL. I BUMPED THE PEDAL FEW TIMES AND THE PROBLEM WAS STILL THERE. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL (I HEAD THE MOTOR REVS WERE STILL THERE) AND THEM PLACE IT IN DRIVE MODE AGAIN AND BUMP THE PEDAL AGAIN AND THEM THE PROBLEM STOPPED. IT HAPPENED 3 OR 4 TIMES TOTAL IN 2 MONTHS. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING HOME FROM A CONCERT IN WASHINGTON DC AND I NOTICED THAT THE CAR SEEMED TO WANT TO GO BY ITSELF AND CONTINUED TO SPEED UP EVEN THOUGH I HAD TAKEN MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR. WE GOT INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STOP THE CAR. I PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. I THEN PULLED OUT OF TRAFFIC AND DROVE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME ON BACK ROADS TO AVOID THE HEAVY TRAFFIC. AGAIN THE CAR SEEMED TO SPEED UP ON ITS OWN AND I HAD TO HOLD THE BRAKE TO AVOID GOING TOO FAST. AT ONE POINT I PULLED INTO THE GAS STATION AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AGAIN AND WHEN I RESTARTED IT THE PROBLEM APPEARED TO HAVE GONE AWAY. THE NEXT MORNING WE LOOKED AT THE CAR AND FOUND THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS BROKEN AND CATCHING THE THROTTLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE RPMS WOULD RACE TO 4000. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE THROTTLE BEGAN TO STICK WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE HOWEVER, AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS THE VEHICLE REDUCED IN SPEED. THE FAILURE RECURRED EIGHT TO NINE TIMES. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: PE12005 (SPEED CONTROL:CABLES) THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE MALFUNCTION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, VEHICLE WAS TRYING TO SURGE FORWARD WHILE AT A STOP SIGN. ENGINE WAS REVVING VERY HIGH; HAD TO PRESS DOWN REALLY HARD ON THE BRAKES TO PREVENT VEHICLE FROM SURGING FORWARD. TOOK IT TO FORD DEALER (BANKSTON FORD, FORT WORTH TX) WHO SAID THAT THE 'DIAGNOSIS OF CRUISE CONTROL NOT WORKING AND PURCHASE OF A NEW CRUISE CONTROL CABLE.'. I PAID $190.00' TO THE REPAIR, BUT IT STILL SEEMS TO OCCUR SPORADICALLY. *TR

2005 FORD TAURUS CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AFTER TAKING FOOT OFF GAS TO BEGIN TO BRAKE AS TRAFFIC STARTED TO SLOW. I BEGAN TO APPLY FULL PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE, BUT THE CAR WAS STILL TRYING TO ACCELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO STOP IN TRAFFIC AND I PARKED THE CAR, TURNED IT OFF AND RESTARTED IT. AFTER THIS THE ACCELERATION WAS NORMAL. HOWEVER, MY WIFE AND I HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND HAD ONCE HAD FORD CHECK THE VEHICLE, BUT THEY STATED THAT THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG IT. I HAVE NOTICED THAT IF I TAP THE GAS PEDAL DURING ACCELERATION, THE CAR MIGHT STOP SURGING AND A LOUD POP CAN BE HEARD. THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE WAS 3/12/12. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DECELERATING TO A STOPLIGHT, THE ENGINE WOULD REV UPTO 5K RPM. I WOULD HAVE TO JAM ON THE BRAKES AND PLACE THE CAR INTO PARK AND TURN OFF ENGINE. ANOTHER INCIDENT WAS TO STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL TO STOP THE REVVING. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL THE MECHANIC TOOK A TEST DRIVE AND IT HAPPENED TO HIM. HE CLAIMS THERE WAS CARBON IN THE MANIFOLD INTAKE AND CLEANED IT UP. ONLY HAPPEN ONCE SINCE THEN (LAST MONTH 2/2012). *TR

CAR WAS SPEEDING UP BY ITSELF AND TOOK ALL I COULD DO TO STOP IT. ON 02.23.12 TOOK CAR INTO DEALERSHIP AND THEY TESTED. SAID THE THROTTLE CABLE; BROKE OFF A CORNER OF COVER AND FREED UP CABLE. STILL HAVING PROBLEMS, INTERMITTENTLY, WITH CAR DRIVING WITHOUT USE OF GAS PEDAL AND NOT SLOWING DOWN UNTIL I FORCE IT TO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS BETWEEN 5 AND 25 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD BECOME STUCK ABNORMALLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,000. UPDATED 04/10/12*LJ THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE CAUSE WAS THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE, WHICH BROKE AND WORE OUT THE THROTTLE BODY. UPDATED 04/20/12

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR IN 2006 I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE ENGINE ACCELERATING WITHOUT ANY APPLICATION OF PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC SPEED AT WHICH THIS HAPPENS. IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT AND TRAVELING AT 60 MPH. "PUNCHING" THE ACCELERATOR HAS CAUSED THE RACING TO STOP BUT ON OTHER OCCASIONS IT HAS NOT AND I HAVE HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN NEUTRAL AND WAIT FOR IT TO STOP. *TR

I WAS TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL ONE DAY AND I HAD TO BRAKE WHILE I WAS COMING UP BEHIND SOMEONE. WHEN I PRESSED MY BRAKE, I COULD FEEL MY CAR STILL TRYING TO GO..ALMOST AS IF I WERE PRESSING THE GAS AND THE BRAKES AT THE SAME TIME. WHEN THE CAR WOULDN'T COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND THE RPMS WENT UP TO 4,000-4,500. I TAPPED ON THE GAS A COUPLE OF TIMES WHILE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL AND THE ACCELERATION FINALLY STOPPED.THE SAME THING OCCURRED AGAIN WHILE I WAS IN WALMARTS PARKING LOT. AGAIN, I HAD TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND TAP THE GAS TO GET THE ACCELERATION TO STOP. WHEN MY CAR IS IDLING, THE RPMS FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 1,000 AND 2,000 AS IF I WOULD BE TAPPING ON THE GAS, BUT THE GAS PEDAL ISN'T BEING TOUCHED. I HAVE READ OTHER PEOPLES COMPLAINTS, AND SOME HAVE SAID THE PROBLEM MAY HAVE BEEN THE CRUISE CONTROL, BUT MY CRUISE CONTROL HAS NEVER WORKED; I BOUGHT MY CAR USED. I HAVE NOT YET HAD AN ACCIDENT OVER IT, BUT I'M SURE IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. THIS DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE CHECKED INTO. *TR

THROTTLE STUCK OPEN FOR A DISTANCE OF OVER 9.4 MILES. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF, AND BACK ON MULTIPLE TIMES, THE ISSUE PERSISTED. CAR WOULD STEADILY ACCELERATE UNLESS BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED. IF PUT IN NEUTRAL, THE VEHICLE RPM'S WOULD SPIKE TO ABOUT 4000. WAS FINALLY ABLE TO REGAIN SPEED CONTROL BY QUICKLY DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL FULLY TO THE FLOOR AND THEN RELEASING IT. AFTER DOING SO, THE CAR RETURNED TO REGULAR IDLE AND FUNCTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RACE AND THE RPMS INCREASED TO 4000. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD BECOME STUCK. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE12005 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES) THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CABLE TO THE THROTTLE BODY FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE FELT AS IF IT WERE TOO TIGHT AND WAS RELEASING SLOWLY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLIGHTLY ACCELERATE BEFORE DECELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER BUT THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO FAILURES WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FAILURE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE THAT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE UNEXPECTEDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTUATOR, CRUISE CONTROL CABLE AND THE THROTTLE VALVE WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,796 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 77,000. UPDATED 4/2/12 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE THROTTLE WAS STICKING. UPDATED 04/16/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT THEN SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED UPON RESTART. THE FAILURE CONTINUED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS AS THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE RESULTED IN A MINOR CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 245,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,152 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,915.

STICKY THROTTLE. ENGINE RACE TO 3200 RPMS. I HAD A HARD TIME STOPPING THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD ABNORMALLY LUNGE FORWARD WHILE IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED ONE MONTH LATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

I WAS ON VACATION DRIVING UP THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA AND I NOTICED IT WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO BRAKE MY VEHICLE AND MY TACHOMETER WOULD NOT PREDICTABLY FALL AS I LET OFF THE GAS. IT WAS SUBTLE AT FIRST BUT THEN BECAME MORE PRONOUNCED SO I STARTED SHIFTING THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL TO SEE IF IT WAS THE ENGINE OR SOMETHING ELSE. AFTER PUTTING IT INTO NEUTRAL I NOTICED THE CAR WOULD NOT GOES LESS THAN 2000 RPM ON THE TACHOMETER. THEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE CAR WAS ACCELERATING INDEPENDENTLY OF MY INPUT THROUGH THE GAS. I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND COASTED IN NEUTRAL, PARKED AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. AS I HAVE SOME AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC EXPERIENCE, I FIGURED SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE THROTTLE LINKAGE OR SOMETHING WAS STUCK IN THE THROTTLE PLATE. ON INSPECTION, I NOTICED THE CRUISE CONTROL LINKAGE AND SLID OFF. I THEN WENT TO RADIOSHACK AND BOUGHT SOME SMALL ZIP TIES AND ZIP TIED THE LINKAGE IN PLACE. IT IS TO THIS DAY HELD IN PLACE WITH ZIP TIES AND I HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS SINCE (108,000 MILES CURRENTLY). I SAW THAT THE NHTSA WAS INVESTIGATING THESE VEHICLES FOR THE SAME COMPLAINTS AND THOUGHT I'D REPORT MY INCIDENT IN HOPES OF HELPING OTHERS. *TR

THROTTLE STICKS OPEN WHEN DRIVING AND REVS TO 3000 AT A STOP WHEN PARKED. CAN'T TAKE FOOT OFF THE BRAKE OTHERWISE CAR SPEEDS UP. HAVE TO TURN ENGINE OFF AND LET SIT BEFORE STARTING AGAIN. HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES, BUT NO CODES FOUND WHEN SCANNED. *TR

ACCELERATED TO 30 MPH AND THE THROTTLE STUCK AT THAT SPEED. BRAKES WOULD HOLD IT BUT THE THROTTLE WAS STUCK OPEN AT 30 MPH. WENT TO LOCAL GARAGE AND THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE HAD COME OFF. THEY RECONNECTED AND IT IS HOLDING SO FAR. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I WAS GOING UP HILL AND THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC. OTHER CONDITIONS OR STICKING AT HIGHER SPEED WOULD CAUSE CRASH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ABNORMALLY. IN ORDER TO STOP THE ACCELERATION, THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE POLLUTION SENSOR WAS REPLACED. ONE WEEK LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND WIRING WERE REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 111,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED RAPIDLY AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000 THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH MY TAURUS NOT WANTING TO SLOW DOWN. I WOULD BE DRIVING, AND RELEASE THE GAS PEDAL, EITHER TO COME TO A STOP OR ENTER A SLOWER SPEED AREA, AND IT WOULD JUST KEEP ACCELERATING. THE FIRST TIME, I WAS DRIVING BACK TO WORK ON LUNCH, AND WAS GOING APPROX 45 MILES AN HOUR. SUDDENLY, IT KEPT ACCELERATING AND I WAS GOING ALMOST 60! I TRIED TO PRESS ON THE BRAKE, AND IT DIDN'T WORK. MY CAR JUST KEPT GOING. COMING TO A STOP LIGHT, I HAD TO POUND ON THE BRAKES, AND HOLD THEM DOWN EXTREMELY HARD - WHILE MY CAR WAS FIGHTING ME TO KEEP GOING. I PULLED ONTO A SIDE STREET, AND BROUGHT MY CAR TO A STOP, AND PUT IT IN PARK - AND IT STILL KEPT TRYING TO ACCELERATE! IT WENT UP TO OVER 4 RPM!. I HAD TO STOMP ON MY GAS, AS IF I WAS REVVING MY ENGINE AND IT UNFROZE AND WENT BACK TO NORMAL. I DROVE BACK TO WORK THINKING I WAS GOING TO DIE!!! I WAS TERRIBLY AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR, BUT IT WAS MY ONLY WAY TO GO TO AND FROM WORK. I'M JUST THANKFUL MICHIGAN HAD A VERY MILD WINTER, BECAUSE IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE SNOWY ROADS, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN OK. THE NEXT TIMES IT HAPPENED, I SHIFTED MY CAR INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING, AND SLAMMED ON MY GAS TO UNSTICK THE PROBLEM, BUT I AM EXTREMELY SCARED THAT THIS WONT ALWAYS WORK! I BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC, WHO TOLD ME IT WAS MOST LIKELY A THROTTLE ISSUE - THEN TALKED TO A WORKER AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP BY MY WORK AT A NETWORKING EVENT. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SAVE UP MONEY TO GET IT F

INITIALLY THE CRUISE CONTROL ON THE CAR WAS INTERMITTENT ON AND OFF FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. HOWEVER ON THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT WHILE ON THE EXIT RAMP EXITING THE INTERSTATE THE CAR RPM DID NOT DECREASE BELOW APPROXIMATELY 2500 RPM AFTER LETTING OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE. TO GET THE CAR TO STOP THE BRAKE HAD TO BE HELD DOWN AS HARD AS POSSIBLE. WHEN THE BRAKE WAS RELEASED THE CAR TOOK OFF AT A FAST RATE OF SPEED. IT ACTED AS IF THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVE, BUT PRESSING THE CRUISE OFF OR THE BRAKE WOULD NOT TURN IT OFF. WHEN THE CAR WAS PLACED INTO PARK THE RPM WENT TO APPROXIMATELY 3500 RPM. FURTHER EXAMINATION IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS DONE. AFTER REMOVING THE THROTTLE BODY SHIELD THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS DETACHED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE THROTTLE BODY. TO FIX THIS THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS REATTACHED TO THE THROTTLE BODY AND SECURED IN PLACE WITH TWO TIE STRAPS. THE RUNAWAY CAR BEHAVIOR HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE. *TR

FIRST INCIDENT, 2/6/2012 - MY GAS PEDAL SEEMED TO GET STUCK AND THE RPMS WENT UP TO ABOUT 3000 WHEN DRIVING. HAD TO KEEP THE BRAKE PEDAL MASHED TO THE FLOOR WHEN I WAS AT A STOPLIGHT AS THE CAR WANTED TO PULL AWAY FROM ME. SECOND INCIDENT 3/10/2012 - AT A STOPLIGHT IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC, CAR WANTED TO PULL AWAY FROM ME AND RPMS WERE ABOVE 3000. PULLED OVER TO A PARKING SPOT AND CAR WAS HARD TO GET INTO PARK. ONCE IN PARK, THE RPMS WERE OVER 5000 AND I HAD TO TAP ON THE GAS TO GET THE RPMS TO DECREASE DOWN TO 1000. I ALSO SHUT THE CAR OFF TO DROP THE RPMS. CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOW NOT WORK. PURCHASED CAR NEW IN JULY 2005, CAR ONLY HAS 78K MILES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON, I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES TO PREPARE TO EXIT A FREEWAY. UPON TAPPING ON THE BRAKES THE CAR CONTINUED TO DRIVE AS IF THE CRUISE WAS STILL ON. I REALIZED THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD NOT SHUT OFF UPON STEPPING ON THE BRAKES. EXITING THE FREEWAY AT 60 MPH WAS NOT WHAT I WAS INTENDING TO DO. I QUICKLY PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP. I PUSHED THE OFF BUTTON FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL WHICH DID NOTHING. I NOTICED THE ACCELERATOR FELT LIKE IT WAS STUCK. I TAPPED IT A FEW TIMES AND IT CAME LOOSE. THE ENGINE IDLED DOWN. I REFERENCED SEVERAL WEBSITES TO FIND PEOPLE WHO HAD SIMILAR ISSUES. MANY STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WILL BRAKE AND WRAP AROUND THE ACCELERATOR CAUSING IT TO STICK. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO. *TR

THE CAR WOULD SPEED UP BY ITSELF FROM FAULT OF THROTTLE CONTROL ASSEMBLY, ALTERNATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED, WINDSHIELD WIPER HOSE ASSEMBLY, THE AC COMPRESSOR HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED, ACCUMULATOR OR RECEIVER DRIER HAD TO BE REPLACED, AS WELL AS REPLACEMENT OF THE COMPRESSOR DRIVE BELT, EVAPORATOR ORIFICE BELT, SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER, IDLER PULLEY, BELT TENSIONER, ON ANOTHER RECENT OCCASION, THE FORD WAS IDLING HIGH AND WHEN DRIVING, WOULD SPEED UP TO AROUND 4000 TO 4500 RPMS, ON ITS OWN REPLACEMENT OF GASKET ALL SPARK PLUGS, VALVE ASSEMBLY, AND ANOTHER KIT 11794 TO COUNTER THE REVVING ENGINE AND THROTTLE. . ALSO THE POWER STEERING WAS OFF IN THE CAR,AND IT COULD NOT MAINTAIN AN ALIGNMENT, AS YOU DROVE THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD JERK AND SHAKE. ODD NOISES EMANATING FROM THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR OF THE CAR RESEMBLING A WHEEL BEARING ALSO WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN FURTHER REPAIRS. THE WORK WAS DONE AT MILEAGE 85462. TODAY IT IS 102K AND THE FORD KEEPS UP WITH ITS SEEMING REPUTATION OF BEING "FOUND ON ROAD DEAD"... OR "FIX OR REPAIR DAILY". TODAY COMPLETED BY A FORD DEALER AND A MILITARY SHOP, THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS BROKEN. THE CAR WILL START AND REV, BUT WHEN PLACED IN DRIVE OR REVERSE IT WILL NOT ENGAGE AND REMAINS IN PLACE. *KB

I NOTICED A MUSTY SMELL FIRST. AFTER A HEAVY RAIN I NOTICED THAT MY PASSENGER FOOT WELL WAS SOAKING WET UNDER THE FLOOR MAT. I DRIED IT UP. NEXT TIME IT RAINED IT WAS WET AGAIN AND I DID NOTICE SOME DRIPPING FROM THE TOP RIGHT OF THE FOOT WELL. OTHER WATER IS COMING IN SOMEWHERE ELSE, MAYBE BEHIND THE CARPET AS IT IS GETTING MORE WET EVERY TIME IT RAINS. THE ENTIRE FLOOR IS SOAKED WITH WATER.

MY DAUGHTER CALLED ME FRANTIC WHEN THE CAR STARTED ACCELERATING BY ITSELF WHEN DRIVING ABOUT 35MPH. SHE MANAGED TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKES AND WENT TO A NEAR PARKING LOT. SHE PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THE ENGINE WAS AT ABOUT 4000 RPM AND THEN SHE TURNED OFF THE CAR. WHEN I ARRIVED 20MIN LATER I STARTED THE CAR AND THE ENGINE WAS INDEED AT 4000RPM WHILE IN PARK. I TAP TWICE ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THE ENGINE WENT BACK TO NORMAL RANGE (BELOW 1000). I DECIDED TO DRIVE IT HOME. DURING THAT DRIVE ABOUT 6 MILES THE CAR REPEATED THE INCIDENT. I WENT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TAP ON THE GAS PEDAL AND AGAIN UNSTUCK THE PEDAL. NEXT DAY I FOUND THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS DISCONNECTED AT THE THROTTLE CAM. I RECONNECTED IT BUT WHEN I ASKED MY KID TO REV UP THE ENGINE IT CAME OUT AGAIN AND BLOCKED THE THROTTLE CAM FROM RETURNING ALL THE WAY AND STUCK AT HIGH RPM. THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE GOT REPLACED AND ISSUED IS SOLVED.

LOST ALL MOTIVE POWER OR THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD OR REVERSE WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

I ATTEMPTED TO START MY CAR, THE ENGINE WILL NOT TURN OVER, THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE UNDER THE DASH, AND ALL THE INTERIOR, EXTERIOR AND DASH LIGHTS FLASH. *TR

FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED AND SERVICED ON A REGULAR BASIS. IT WAS A PLEASANT SUMMER DAY BUT HAD MORE OF A AUTUMN FEELING WHETHER. I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE IN EAST TENNESSEE, I HAD JUST MERGE ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR MAYBE 10 MINUTES. I SLOWED DOWN FOR TRAFFIC TO ABOUT 40 MPH AS I CREST A HILL. WHEN I STEPPED BACK ONTO THE GAS (GOING DOWN HILL NOW), I FELT THE CAR SHIFT INTO 4 GEAR. I THEN FELT, AND HEARD A POP SIMILAR TO A BLOWOUT, BUT IN REALITY IT WAS THE CAR SLIDING OUT OF GEAR. I HAD ONLY MANAGED TO REACH ABOUT 50MPH WHEN THE CAR STOP ACCELERATING, (I PUT ON MY HAZARDS) I WAS TRYING TO COAST TO A SAFE PLACE, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MADE NO PLACE TO PULL OFF. WITHIN 5 SECONDS, A CAR TRAVELING BEHIND ME WAS BUMPED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER AND WAS KNOCKED INTO ME. MY FORD MECHANIC SAYS THE TRANSMISSION IS SHOT AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WENT OUT (WAS THAT THE POPPING NOISE? I WONDER.) $3500 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE GOOGLE 05 TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS OVER 500 PROBLEMS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER FORD WAS TRYING TO SAVE A FEW DOLLARS, OR IF THEY WERE TRYING TO SAVE FUEL MILEAGE, BUT THIS TRANSMISSION IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER FORD IF THIS PROBLEM DOESN'T GET RESOLVE BY FORD RECALLING THESE TRANSMISSIONS. LAST LAUGH, INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL REPAIR ANY CAR TO THE QUALITY IT WAS JUST BEFORE THE WRECK (NO BETTER, NO WORSE.). SINCE MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT BEFORE

I WAS DRIVING MY FORD TAURUS AT ABOUT 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED UP TO 45 MPH EVEN AFTER RELEASING THE GAS PEDAL COMPLETELY. BRAKES SLOW THE CAR BUT WITH MORE RESISTANCE THAN USUAL, AND MANUALLY PARKING AND RESTARTING DID NOT HELP THE PROBLEM. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ABOUT 5 MILES HOME WITHOUT EVER TOUCHING THE GAS, BUT OFTEN HAVING TO RIDE THE BRAKES. THE ENGINE REVS VERY HIGH (ABOUT 3,00RPM) EVEN IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APX 140,000. I DONT KNOW HOW THIS CAN PASS WITHOUT A RECALL AS I READ OF MANY OTHER INSTANCES OF THIS WITH MY YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION WHEN I NOTICE THAT THE CAR WAS ACCELERATING WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. I TRIED TO PLACE MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL BUT THE CAR KEPT GOING. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TERRIFIED. I PULLED TO THE SIDE AND PLACED THE CAR IN PARK. ONCE I DID THAT THE RPMS RAISED TO ABOUT 4. I WAS SO SCARED THAT THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO BLOW I QUICKLY CUT THE CAR OFF. I SAT FOR 5 MINUTES AND TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR AGAIN THE RPMS SHOT UP TO 4 AGAIN. FEARING THAT I COULD KILL MYSELF OR SOMEONE I JUST LEFT THE CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP GET FORDS ATTENTION BEFORE SOMEONE DIES!!!!!! *TR

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY STREET. TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANIC CLAIMED THE DIAGNOSTICS INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PUMP WENT OUT. THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED OTHER TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS TO GO OUT AS WELL. WITH ONLY 104,000 MILES, THE MECHANIC SUGGESTS A NEW TRANSMISSION BE INSTALLED. *TR

STOPPED AT LIGHT, CAR STARTED TO REV RPM'S. COULD NOT HOLD ON BRAKES ENOUGH TO STOP MOVING. WENT THROUGH RED LIGHT AROUND TWO CARS AS SPEED REACHED ABOUT 70MPH. BOTH FEET ON BRAKES, COULD SMELL THEM BURNING, GOT TO SIDE OF ROAD AND SLAMMED INTO PARK AND TURNED CAR OFF. WOW, THE SCARIEST THING I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED. IF THERE WAS HEAVY TRAFFIC SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED, NO DOUBT IN MY MIND .HAPPENED ON THRUWAY TWO WEEKS EARLIER, ONLY LASTED A MINUTE, THOUGHT THE MAT WAS STUCK, IT WAS NOT. CALLED FORD AND THEY COULD NOT HELP AS THERE IS NO RECALL. TOOK IT TO FORD DEALER, THEY DISCONNECT CRUSIE CABLE. DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS REALLY THE PROBLEM, JUST GOT IT BACK. I AM VERY FEARFUL TO DRIVE IT, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL DO IT AGAIN. PLEASE SOMEONE MAKE FORD WAKE UP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. I WOULDN'T FEEL RIGHT TRADING IT IN, FOR FEAR OF SOMEONE ELSE GETTING KILLED. *KB