Vehicle gas peddle stick wide open about 6000 RPM cold out side with snow, 10 degrees f. Young girl 2 years of driving experience drove out of control until told to shut engine off and put in neutral. Dropped off at certified mechanic he cleaned carburetor tried to look at control cable things checked out fine. No warning codes came up. Drove he next day after picking up 10 degrees f, same issue sticking accelerator. I look again at in take cleaned it out again, issue happened again but not as bad. Very dangerous for a young girl with 2 years driving experience.
2006 Ford Focus acceleration complaints
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When I try to start my car it doesn't want to stay running unless I push the accelerator pedal and at the same time my accelerator pedal wants to stick when I push it to go. I had it checked and nobody can seem to find the issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford focus. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal was extremely resistant and could only be depressed partially. The pedal was able to be pushed when the vehicle was shut off and when driving, the contact would have to pump the accelerator pedal in order to operate the vehicle. In addition, the pedal would become stuck intermittently and the vehicle would decelerate before resisting any acceleration attempts. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer. The failure mileage was 80,000 and the current mileage was 81,000. Updated 02/15/12*bf updated 02/28/12
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford focus. The contact was driving 5 MPH and entering a parking space when the accelerator pedal would became stuck in open throttle. The contact stated that the failure was most prominent in colder to freezing temperatures. The vehicle had not been inspected by a dealer nor repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Bought the car brand new in may 2006. On 01/23/07 driving on a surface street I realized the gas pedal seemed to have broken and I could not accelerate. I could only coast and was able to pull into a shopping center. Had the car towed to dealership where bought and was told the speed control cable had broken. On 10/26/11 it happened again, only this time I was on a 65mph freeway in rush hour. (5-lane freeway in each direction - major highway.) (mileage 65040.) I was able to coast to the shoulder and get off at the next exit. Had it towed again to ford dealership and confirmed it was the same cable that had broken. I had the dealership save it and you can see how the cable was completely frayed. Luckily the cable has not become stuck while accelerating like some other reports I have read on the 06 focus, but I think still this is a major safety concern.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford focus. The contact was driving approximately 50 MPH when she engaged the accelerator and the vehicle did not respond. The accelerator pedal became stuck and the contact stated that the failure would occur intermittently in colder weather and when the vehicle had been parked for more than eight hours. The manufacturer was contacted and advised there was no recall for the failure and that she should take the vehicle to the dealer for inspection. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnosis or repairs. The failure mileage was 112,000 and the current mileage was 116,000.
On 6/19/10 my car would not brake to a full stop while exiting the freeway (speed had gone up to 80 on own without brakes applied) the light turned green and I let my foot off the brake. The car accelerated on its own without applying the gas. The car would not come to a stop and I subsequently crashed at approximately 10-15 MPH to prevent a major accident in the intersection of a busy street in the middle of the day. (due to my background and knowledge I was able to prevent a far worse accident) after the car came to a rest against a palm tree I put the car in park and the rpms revved to 5-6. Several days prior to this when I put the car in park it would rev to 3-4 rpms and then settle down after applying the brake while in park. This had never happened prior. The dealership had just performed a 90000 check of the vehicle (though it was at 85000 due to a check engine light of an unrelated part issue) 2 months prior to this incident. The dealership stated the throttle body cable has come apart. They state that the maintenance of this would not have prevented it and state that since the car is no longer in warranty they wont pay. This is a huge safety issue that could have cost my life or someone else's. Could this had been caught by the dealership or is the part defective? Ford should be liable for this as a car accelerating on its own is beyond dangerous. The vehicle is 4 years old, extremely well taken care of, and I am the original owner. No accidents for this vehicle. Police were on scene but no report was taken. No other signs were ever displayed besides the car revving in park 3 days prior.
Gas pedal sticking due to manufactures defect in the way the gas pedal cable is designed. There was not really a crash, but we did have to go off of the road to keep form hitting the car in front of us at a stop light. The cable was frayed and was getting stuck inside of the jacket causing the pedal to stick at the previous setting. I contacted ford, I was told "too bad nothing we can do" if this problem is not fixed people will die and ford doesn't care! Not any real property damage, just mud and a few scratches from going off of the road.
Accelerator pedal sticking. The problem just began recently in the last 2 months during the cold weather. It does it all the time. I have not yet taken it to get repaired or inspected but I read a lot of people having the same problem with another model the ford escape and it is the same recall toyota is doing. I have been close to a couple of accidents because of this problem at dangerous intersections where my car is just idle and I cannot accelerate to get out of the way unless I push the pedal all the way down which makes the car tires burn rubber and speed off dangerously.
The accelerator pedal binds in my wife's 2006 focus. The other day it stuck open and would not release while she was on the expressway. She grabbed the floor mat and pulled it away in case it was causing it to no effect. She hit the brakes and the car wouldn't slow down. The accelerator pedal wouldn't respond to input it was jammed, after stomping her foot on it several times it finally released. Dealer claimed at first was floor mat but pointed out mat was sitting on the other side of the car - then claimed it was carbon build up on throttle body causing it to jam.
After accident occurred on sept 6, 2009, I noticed that the gas pedal seems to stick especially after or during use of the cruise control. Car engine also revved in park once, and a couple of times seemed hard to brake. Car taken to dealership and diagnosed for $100. Dealership says it is not related to accident but that the throttle body needs to be replaced because the pedal is sticking and it is a safety issue - cost almost $400 not including the cost of the diagnostics. Second dealership confirmed price of throttle body and said that I needed to get it fixed because it's a safety issue. My car is a 2006 ford. I was not able to get the car fixed. I don' t have that much money, dealership put that I refused service.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford focus. During application the accelerator becomes stuck. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. She was advised that they may have to make an adjustment, and that the throttle cable was shredding . She repaired the vehicle at an expense of $300.00 dollars. The failure and current mileages were 58000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford focus. While driving 25 MPH, the contact's vehicle accelerated and rear ended another vehicle. The contact's vehicle was damaged very badly. The insurance company stated that this failure occurred in other ford focus' as well. There were no injuries. A police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 44,000. Updated 04/21/08
Same problem as odi #10182755. When attempting to stop as for a traffic light or parking, the car would suddenly kick into high revs, (over 5000 RPM, and attempt to accelerate, but would stop if brakes applied very strongly. First incident happened less than 24 hours after purchasing the car in april 2006. Several more incidents over the next month, including two times where the car had to be towed back to the dealership for repair. Dealer replaced throttle body assembly and a cruise control cable; neither repair fixed the problem. Final attempt at repair dealer drove the car over 600 miles in 5 days and reported no problem found. Problem disappeared until march 2007 when it occurred again.
Tl* - the contact called regarding the 2006 ford focus. The contact stated that the vehicle will idle high and then accelerate on its own. The vehicle will stop if he applied the brakes, this failure happened intermittently. There were no warning indicators. The failure mileage and current mileage were both 13,000. The vehicle has been towed to a ford dealer. The vehicle had not been diagnosed at this time.
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