2008 Ford Crown Victoria: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Jan 18, 2017 · Acceleration · 200,000 miles · NC

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford crown victoria. While driving 20 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed, but the vehicle still accelerated on its own. The dealer could not duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 200,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Aug 5, 2016 · Acceleration · 119,000 miles · MA · crash

I was driving straight on a highway- route 2 in massachusetts. After tapping on the brakes to begin the process of slowing down, the crown victoria- on it's own- began to accelerate at the same time. It was sudden and unintended acceleration. At that point, I slammed as hard as I could onto the brake pedal- to the point where the brakes were smoking. The engine overwhelmed brakes and I could not stop the vehicle- I could only slow it down. I ended up rear ending the vehicle in front of me (which had come to a stop). Even after the impact, the crown victoria continued to push against the vehicle in front of me. Then, just as suddenly as it started, the full bore acceleration stopped. I had a perfect driving history prior to this malfunction. No accidents ever. I had ample space and time to safely stop my vehicle. There was no problem with mats. I am not suing ford. I am not trying to avoid the surcharge. I can't offer you tangible proof that there was a sudden unintended acceleration in my 2008 ford crown victoria- other than my truthful testimony. I recently bought the vehicle and, until that one incident, it was running normally. It was running normally in the days after the accident. I had a "wrench" light come on once, a couple of weeks earlier but it was gone the next time I started up the car. So I dismissed it. The damage was relatively minor and I have full collision. I considered the car so unsafe to drive, however, that I took it off the road and gave it away. I warned the person I gave it to that the vehicle was unsafe and should be used only for parts. What I am saying is the truth and it is consistent with what I told the motorist I struck at the time of the accident.

Filed Apr 14, 2016 · Acceleration · 100,500 miles · OH

Twice now while slowing for an intersection soon after vehicle start, the vehicle gas tried to surge forward while brakes have e been applied. The car tried to rev up to 5000rpm. Upon managing to stop car, I put it in neutral , it revved to 5000rpm then suddenly dropped back to idle. Both times have nearly ended up in vehicle going through intersections. Car drove normally after that.

Filed Mar 3, 2010 · Acceleration · GA

2008 ford crown victoria. Consumer states unintended acceleration and no response to brake pedal. *tgw the consumer stated when he attempted to apply the brakes to make a turn, the vehicle did not stop and the engine began to rev at a high rate. He had to pump the brakes in order to get the vehicle to stop. *jb the consumer stated the same problem has since happened a second time. The dealer was unable to find a problem. Updated 09/22/10

Filed Nov 13, 2009 · Electrical · VA

2008 ford crown victoria has a problem with unintended acceleration. *nj the consumer stated the vehicle accelerated 3 times with no warning. The consumer stated the problem happened when the vehicle was started and placed into drive and driven approximately 150 feet. The RPM's increased without the accelerator being applied. The consumer applied the brake and the RPM's returned to normal after about 30 seconds. The cruise control was not engaged. In june 2009, the consumer took the vehicle to the dealer and they replaced the throttle body and air intake. However, on august 13, 2009 the vehicle accelerated suddenly as it did previously. The consumer took the vehicle back to the dealer and they found 2 pin holes in the basic wiring harness. The consumer was informed the pin holes were a result of the wiring harness being installed upside down which caused tension and rubbing on the wire insulation until the bare wires were exposed which caused a short in the wiring harness. The dealer repaired the wires, but did not replace any parts. To date no further problems have occurred.

Filed Aug 28, 2008 · Acceleration, Brakes · 11,000 miles · FL

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 ford crown victoria. While attempting to depress the brake pedal at speeds less than 50 MPH, the vehicle would accelerate instead of attempting to stop. The dealer could not find any failures and the issue recurred several times afterwards. While driving 72 MPH with the cruise control activated, the vehicle suddenly accelerated to 90 MPH until the cruise control was disengaged. The manufacturer advised him to take the vehicle to the dealer for installation of a monitoring system; however, the dealer still could not determine the cause of the failure. The dealer also stated that he was depressing both the brake and accelerator pedals simultaneously, which may have caused the failure. The contact stated that was impossible because the pedals were inches away from each other. The failure mileage was 11,000 and current mileage was 15,460. Updated 09/25/08 *bf updated 09/26/08.