When pulling up to a stop sign and applying the brake, the car unexpectedly accelerated instead of stopping. This has happened 2 times in the last 2 months. The car was in straight forward motion on a street pulling up to a stop sign, the brake applied, and instead of stopping the vehicle suddenly accelerated. We were able to go through the stop sign and immediately turn to the right and avoided any accident.
2008 Ford Taurus X: sudden unintended acceleration
5 of the 153 complaints about the 2008 Ford Taurus X describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- typical mileage
- 54,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
What owners say
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford taurus x. While the vehicle was idling at a red light, it independently accelerated without warning. The contact stated that the brake pedal was depressed, but the vehicle failed to stop. The contact placed the gear shifter in neutral to stop the vehicle. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but no diagnostic failure codes were found and the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and advised the contact to take the vehicle to a ford dealer. The vehicle was taken to ford lincoln of cookeville (1600 interstate dr., cookeville, tn 38501, (931) 284-4509), but no diagnostic failure codes were found. The failure could not be duplicated, but the battery was replaced. The approximate failure mileage was 94,000.
Driving on highway from milwaukee wi, to oshkosh, wi. After driving around an hour at freeway speed with cruise control set at 70, car suddenly accelerated on its own and RPM went up too. Took car off of cruise control and continued driving. The car did it again after a few minutes, accompanied by a loud 'thunk' noise. Immediately got off freeway, turned off car and waited till driving again. Problem did not reoccur then. But happened again next day on way home. Since then it has occurred numerous times. Generally only happens on long trips at freeway speeds after driving about an hour to hour and a half. We do not use cruise control any more, but it still happens on every long trip. Have taken to dealership and contacted ford. They don't see any service codes so nothing has been fixed.
The vehicle was merging into a lane of bumper to bumper traffic with the air conditioner on and it lurched forward in such a way that the brake needed to be applied so the the vehicle would not hit another vehicle. The driver felt as if she was not in control & the vehicle quickly accelerated without the driver pressing the gas pedal.
Sudden acceleration while stopped in 2008 ford taurus x.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2008 Ford Taurus X sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 2008 Ford Taurus X?
5 of 153 owner complaints about the 2008 Ford Taurus X (3%) mention sudden unintended acceleration.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2008 Ford Taurus X?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2008 Ford Taurus X
Loss of power 16Jerking 14Power steering loss 12Harsh shifting 8Adaptive cruise 6Grinding brakes 6Transmission failure 6Check engine light 5
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