2006 Ford Mustang: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Apr 16, 2016 · Engine · 66,590 miles · IL

Sudden acceleration. Happened 3-4 times before. Cruise control on highway. I rolled into it (that is not flooring it) and it would not stop accelerating. Used brakes to control car, turned off ignition, and stopped on shoulder. I had to wait what seemed like 2-3 minutes before it would restart without racing. Tonight was different. I had braked off cruise control as I exited 94e to 65n. As I began to plan my merge onto 65 a guy alone in the right lane would not move over, I rolled into and the acceleration happened again. There was no shoulder at first and the brakes were almost overwhelmed. I turned off ignition and coasted forward until I got a shoulder. On my second restart it reved to 3,000 RPM then very slowly got to a normal idle. I started driving again.

Filed May 26, 2014 · Acceleration · 164,000 miles · NC

Was driving into a convenience store parking lot, car suddenly started to accelerate , immediately tried to apply the brakes, did no good, slammed the car into park. (RPM's were really racing high) very scary. Was only 10-15 feet from going through the store!!!!! We have now experienced sudden acceleration on 3 separate occasions going back 5 years. We are the original owners of the car and have not received any recall notices. Help!

Filed Mar 18, 2012 · Acceleration, Engine · 91,000 miles · WI · crash

My wife was pulling into a parking space--I was in the car as well. About half way into the parking spot, the engine suddenly began reving and the car jumped forward causing a head on collision with the truck in front of us.

Filed Aug 27, 2010 · Acceleration · 51,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford mustang. While driving less than 5 MPH on a gravel road surface, the contact attempted to park the vehicle. The brakes were engaged, and the engine revved excessively high with an unintended acceleration causing the tires to spin. The vehicle would not slow down and the gear selector was shifted into "park". The acceleration failure continued. The vehicle came to a complete stop when the engine was turned off. The contact waited a few moments and resumed operation. During the travel the speed rate increased to 100 MPH unexpectedly. The vehicle slowed down after repeated application to the brakes. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for diagnosis where no trouble codes were detected. The technician was unable to duplicate the problem. The contact had significant concern pertaining to the safety defect and feared driving the vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 51,000.

Filed Sep 20, 2007 · Acceleration · TX

While accelerating/pressing gas pedal from a full stop after driving approximately 25+ minutes, vehicle has hesitated and then surged forward as if it lost power or gas but never completely stalled. Since purchasing the vehicle in july 2006, this problem has occurred 15+ times as I began documenting it. Dealer has been unable to duplicate the problem, nor has anything shown up on the car?s computer. Next question is if they place a "black box" on the vehicle.

Filed Aug 7, 2007 · Acceleration · 15,000 miles · MD · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford mustang. The contact was parking the vehicle with one foot on the clutch and the other on the brake pedal. The tires began to screech and the vehicle unexpectedly surged forward and struck the vehicle in front of it. The contact noticed that the gear was in neutral and the brake and clutch pedals were still depressed. She was certain that she did not depress the accelerator pedal. The air bag deployed and both vehicles were towed. The dealer was unable to determine the cause of failure. The contact was injured and a police report was filed. The speed was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 15,000. To date the dealer has not determined the cause. Updated 08/29/07.

Filed Apr 12, 2006 · Acceleration · 2,840 miles · TN

Dt*: the contact stated while exiting the interstate, after decelerating, the accelerator pedal was depressed and the vehicle lost power. The vehicle hesitated then suddenly surged forward. This occurred on three occasions, the dealership was unable to determine a problem. Updated 5/2/2006 - each time this problem occurred the vehicle had been driving at highway speed for over 2 hours.