While backing into my garage, foot on brake, shifted into reverse, car took off full throttle. Hit wall of garage bounced off wall hit concrete retaining wall. Damage to passenger side back qtr panel, rear end and buckled the driver side. Damages est over $6000.00. Took back to ford and they said found nothing wrong with vehicle.
2005 Ford Mustang acceleration complaints
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I was driving 30-35 miles on a busy street (over pass) in a 2005 ford mustang with my wife. The car went crazy unintended sudden acceleration with a frightening noise. I tried desperately to stop the car by braking hard and meantime to avoid the cars ahead and opposite coming cars. The car would not stop. I applied hand brake ,that did not help either only to leave heavy skid mark and the car to spin once thankfully in a corner of a three way road,at that stage I tried to put the car in park position ,but the second the gear reached the reverse mark the car went full speed backwards crossing the busy nordhoff way hitting a pole and fire pump and with car tires spinning at full speed at the moment I managed to put the car in park position and turn off the engine. Luckily nothing serious happened to me and my wife and no car or other person .thanks to god. How.? I don't know ,someone up there must have taken care of us and the others because this street is near a shopping mall and the day was saturday 15 april and tim was 1 pm afternoon. The police and fire team got there immediately and there is a police report of the incident. I have hard time to convince insurance allstate and ford dealers to assign an engineer to look into the matter. I need your advise please. W e are emotionally disturbed .
I was driving through a shopping center parking lot at a speed of approximately 5-10 MPH, approaching a stop sign. There were about three cars ahead of me. As I applied the brakes, the engine suddenly revved and bucked 3 times right into the back of the vehicle in front of me. The brakes were applied throughout, but did not stop the vehicle. That monday vehicle was taken to ford dealership and they could not duplicate problem, therefore no assessment was made. They suggested the after market floor mat I was using could have possibly been the cause for the sudden acceleration. I disagree, the floor mat was very heavy and did not shift about and was not in the way of the accelerator pedal; although, I have removed the floor mat. Any further incidents will be reported.
On december 30, 2005, my daughter (age 17) was preparing to stop for a red light, as she hit the brakes, she stated: "the car accelerated (full throttle), and would not stop. She called us by phone (crying) and reported the incident. We asked if she was ok and whether she could drive the car. She said yes. She drove the car back home (approximately 3 miles) where we (father and mother) questioned her about the incident. She stated: "she was driving about 50 MPH and when she applied the brakes the car accelerated. I was unable to stop and went through a red light". At this point, my wife and I believed she somehow hit both the brake and accelerator pedals simultaneously. She stated emphatically, this was not the case and she would never drive the vehicle again. On monday january 2nd, at approximately 3:00 pm, I was driving the subject vehicle when the accelerator stuck full throttle. I pressed the brakes as hard as I could but the car continued to accelerate until I turned the ignition to the off position. I was in the center lane of the highway. I restarted the car (for fear of being run over by on-coming traffic, raining, decreased visibility), placed my foot on the brake, placed the car in gear to gather momentum, turned off the ignition, and rolled into a parking lot. The throttle remained open. I contacted ford who picked up the vehicle. Team ford could not find anything wrong with the vehicle and wanted to return the car. I refused to accept the car for the following reasons: - car failed in full-throttle position (fail-safe position should have been no-throttle) - error codes did not identify this condition - (ford had not included this in their failure modes analysis) - replacement parts may have the same problem - - needed assurances from ford in writing that the root cause to this problem had been identified and corrected. Ford corporate is sending an engineer to inspect the vehicle.
Dt: the consumer stated when pulling into a parking lot at a very low speed the vehicle suddenly accelerated when brake pressure was applied. The vehicle slowed then quickly surged forward. He placed the vehicle into neutral and turned the engine off. He took the vehicle to the dealer, who inspected the vehicle. The diagnostic test did not show any codes. They could not duplicate the problem. The dealer insisted there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. No repairs have been made at this time. *ak updated 12/07/05.
Dt: while the contact's wife was using the cruise control the accelerator would go to the floor. She had to press the accelerator repeatedly to get it to turn off. This happened twice. The vehicle has not yet been to a dealership to be inspected.
Dt: 2005 ford mustang gt -had an electrical system problem which resulted in a crash. While turning off of the highway into a residential area the transmission malfunctioned causing uncontrollable acceleration. The brakes were appliedbut the vehicle continued to accelerate. The front brakes did not stop the vehicle. The vehicle went into a clock wise spin. The car turned onto the driver's side and then hit a tree. What happened next was that the electrical system was still acting strange, the trunk opened and trying to close it back down the lights came off and on. The door locks would lock and unlock by themselves. The vehicle had $6,300 worth of damage. The dealership did not assist the consumer with anything. The vehicle was purchased on august 29, 2005 as a new vehicle which only had 72 miles on it. Upon impact the airbags did not deploy and the fuel cut off switch did not activate. A police report was taken. *ak
I was fully stopped and was parking my car. Made a left turn and came to full stop. Trying to see that if I had enough space to clear parked car on left released brake pedal and car took off at the speeds of 3 to 5 MPH hitting the parked trucked on the right.
Dt: while backing car into garage vehicle was in reverse. Consumer had to put it in drive to move forward a bit with foot on the brake at the time. With slight brake pressure and ease the engine revved and lunged forward and struck the right side on driver's side mirror into the side the garage when the vehicle accelerated forward. Consumer was able to get control of vehicle by slamming on the brakes and putting ignition into park which stopped the acceleration. Had towed to a ford dealer, who did a diagnostics check which reported no codes or failures. The car was in dealer 2 days with no repairs, no problems were found. Would not fix mirror because they could not duplicate a problem. This was the first and only incident.
Dt: the consumer states throttle got stuck with the brake on. The vehicle sped up real fast;.the consumer turned the vehicle off. He then pulled the vehicle over to the center lane and started the car again. This happened on july 8, 2005, it has not happened since. The vehicle was taken to the dealership, but they could not duplicate the problem.
I purchased a 2005 mustang on june 17, 2005. On july 6, 2005, while in traffic I noticed in stop and go traffic the car was accelerating when it should have been decelerating. I actually smelled rubber burning from the tires that were still moving although the break was pressed. When I began to accelerate, the car acted as if it was in neutral and would not move for approximately 4 to 5 seconds, but the engine reveled up high then the car jerked and accelerated on its own. On july 8, 2005 while stopping at a stop sign the car accelerated when it should have decelerated causing the tires to continue to turn, once again I smelled the rubber burning from the tire. On june 11, 2005, car accelerated when stopping. I took the car in to automax ford, explained what was happening, took repair office attendant for a test drive, problem did not happen during the test drive. Attendant said if it happens again bring it in. On july 12, 2005, accelerated at stop sign, when tried to accelerate car would not move, then kicked into gear after 4 to 5 seconds accelerated high and sped off. July 13, 2005, accelerated when stoped, july 14, 2005, when stopped and started car would not move when accelerated. Called automax ford spoke with same repair attendant, voiced my concern of being afraid to drive the car. I have kids and this car is not safe. Asked attendant for a loaner car becasue I have no other transportation and he said he will call me when a loaner car is available. Pleaded with him not to forget about me and how afraid I was to drive the car. I haven't made the first payment on this car and it is causing problems for me.
Dt: starting about a month ago, the car began having a problem with the accelerator. The owner was at a stop sign. Car was completely stopped and car accelerated to 60 MPH and owner had to put car in neutral and kicked the gas pedal until the RPM's came down to normal. Then it was taken to dealer who reported no problem. Then about three weeks later on interstate, owner was going about 60 and the car accelerated to 80 MPH. The car was taken to dealer again, and the dealer put on a black box to record events. The owners are afraid to drive it because they are unable to determine what is wrong or have it repaired. The vehicle is now sitting. The problem is intermintent.dt: starting about a month ago, the car has having a problem with the accelerator. The owner was at a stop sign. Car was completely stopped and car accelerated to 60 MPH and owner had to put car in neutral and kicked the gas pedal until the RPM's came down to normal. Then it was taken to dealer who reported no problem. Then about three weeks later on interstate, owner was going about 60 and the car accelerated to 80 MPH. The car was taken to dealer again, and the dealer put on a black box to record events. There were no warning lights on in vehicle and .the owners are afraid to drive it because they are unable to determine what is wrong or have it repaired. The vehicle is now sitting. The problem is intermintent.
Problen 1: when slowing to a stop, maybe 5 MPH or so, then pressing on the gas pedal to accelerate, the engine RPM's increase as if the transmission is in neutral, then jumps into gear causing a sudden jerk forward. The problem has been reported and confirmed by ford dealership. Problem 2: started vehicle, with foot on brake put in reverse and heard a strange noise and blue smoke outside passenger window. The right rear tire was "burning rubber" pulled shift leaver back to nuetral and engine RPM normal. Possibly related to the problem above or I could ahave had my foor on brake and gas pedal at the same time but can not that easily.
While pulling into a garage, the accelerator pedal became stuck, and the vehicle accelerated through the garage wall into the kitchen. The consumers daughter had to shift the vehicle into park to stop it. The consumers wife sustained injuries, and was transported to a local hospital. Dealer and manufacturer were notified.*ak
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