2004 Ford Taurus: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Oct 26, 2016 · Acceleration · 126,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford taurus. While driving 45 MPH, the vehicle accelerated without the accelerator pedal being depressed. The dealer diagnosed that the throttle assembly was faulty. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 126,000.

Filed Jun 28, 2016 · Acceleration · 150,000 miles · FL

Car suddenly accelerates by itself I will not be touching the gas and the car will speedily and consistently accelerating by itself without hitting the gas whatsoever. The car will be in park and its still trying to go by itself getting up to 3000 4000 rpms while its in park. This is ridiculous and very dangerous. The car needs to be recalled before someone gets hurt or worse !

Filed Jun 2, 2016 · Acceleration · 165,000 miles · KS

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford taurus. While driving 10 MPH, the vehicle independently accelerated without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 165,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Sep 14, 2015 · Acceleration, Brakes · 52,728 miles · MA · crash

Tl* the contact owned a 2004 ford taurus. When the vehicle was shifted into reverse, it suddenly accelerated and crashed into a tree. Immediately after the crash, the vehicle independently shifted into drive. The contact attempted to engage the brakes; however, they failed to respond. The contact's vehicle sideswiped another vehicle on the passenger side before crashing into an embankment and tree stumps. A police report was not filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure the failure mileage was 52,728. Updated 03/24/17*lj

Filed Mar 11, 2015 · Acceleration · 208,000 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford taurus. While driving at 45 MPH, the vehicle accelerated without warning. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 208,000.

Filed Nov 22, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 130,802 miles · CA

Coming down poway road in poway, ca it was very difficult to stop and it seemed the engine was revving. I pulled over to a safe turnout and it was difficult to stop completely as the brakes were spongy. When I put the transmission in park, the engine speed was over 2500 RPM. I turned the engine off and could smell the brakes. Suspecting a stuck throttle, I removed the protective cover and the accelerator was being held open by the cruise control cable which had become disconnected at the throttle linkage area. I removed the assembly and pushed it aside so we could continue driving. I consider this a very dangerous situation as we were driving down a grade and I was trying to apply the brakes at the same time the engine was pushing us faster. Since it was saturday I drive to the dealer. I knew there had been a similar recall I checked to see if our vehicle was included and it was not but the service advisor was very familiar with the recall which ford had done as "customer satisfaction program 13b04" which he provided me a copy of. I have seen this in my son's 2002 ford taurus also. The clip that holds the cruise control cable to the throttle linkage disconnects and because of the stiffness, actually prevents the accelerator linkage from returning to idle. Although it has not failed, I can see the same linkage on my 2003 mercury sable which of course is a repackaged taurus. This clip is a very poor design in that it does not do a good job of holding onto the accelerator pin. From observation I know that it was used in at least 3 model years and perhaps more. This should have been more than a courtesy fix as unintended acceleration can be very dangerous as the last few years have shown. It should be expanded to include any vehicle that used this design. It's not a question of if it will fail but as our experience today shows, when.

Filed Nov 13, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 90,677 miles · PA · crash

My 2004 ford taurus accelerated on its own quite a few times. After goggling the problem I saw that there had been a recall. I called ford & was told my car wasn't included in the recall. They also told me to get it fixed because it could be dangerous. I know that because I was almost in a few accidents because of the sudden acceleration. I'd have to pull over, if not at a red light or stop sign, put the car in park & hit the accelerator a few times. I actually had to turn the car off & back on once to get the rpms down. I had the cruise control cable totally removed. The cruise hadn't worked in yrs. My mom owned the car before I did. I'd like to know why my taurus wasn't in the recall.

Filed Jul 28, 2014 · Acceleration · 166,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford taurus. The contact stated that while she drove up an incline the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The local mechanic performed a diagnostic which located the failure at the cruise control clip attached to the throttle body failed. The vehicle was repaired. The dealer disconnected the cruise control cable. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 166,000.

Filed Jun 30, 2014 · Acceleration · 150,000 miles · SC

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford taurus. While driving 30 MPH, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and continued to do so even after the contact removed her foot from the accelerator pedal. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but the failure could not be duplicated. The manufacturer was notified and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 150,000.

Filed Jun 17, 2014 · Acceleration · 148,000 miles · CT

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, the vehicle suddenly accelerate independently without any warnings. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the cruise control disconnected and became lodge on the throttle. As a result, the cruise control needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 148,000 and the current mileage was 148,035.

Filed May 29, 2014 · Acceleration · 121,900 miles · IN

Have owned this car for 1 week. While replacing the spark plugs, found the cruise control cable was not connected to the throttle, which explained why the cruise didn't work. Reconnected the cable. On a test-drive, had the cruise set at 50. In testing the 3 right-side cruise buttons (resume, set, coast) the car accelerated past 65 on its own. "off" button and brake pedal did not disconnect cruise system. Rode the brakes to a stop and shut the engine off. Started the engine and it revved up to 3,000 without my foot on the pedal. Engine returned to normal idle speed after a blip or two on the gas pedal. Carefully drove home and checked - the cruise cable had come undone from the throttle again. Unintended acceleration of this model should be a recall issue before someone gets hurt.

Filed Sep 27, 2013 · Acceleration · AR

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle accelerated without manual force on several occasions. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was unknown.