Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact was traveling 35 MPH when vehicle abnormally accelerated after the accelerator pedal was no longer being depressed. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic where the mechanic confirmed that the cruise control caused the acceleration failure. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired and the VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 85,000 and the current mileage was 110,000.
2005 Ford Taurus acceleration complaints
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I was getting off the freeway and the car started to go faster and my foot was not on the accelerator.
While driving the throttle seemed to be less responsive than normal and the engine idled at about 4000 RPM. The car was very difficult to stop and wanted to push through the brakes. We had to shift into neutral to sit out a red light as the engine revved. This has happened three times so far. I'm not sure of the first time, the second was last year and the latest was just today. Each time we opened the hood and found that the control cable that connects the throttle body to the cruise control unit was disconnected. On the latest occurrence the car had been driving fine, she made a downhill stop at a stop sign, made a right turn and as she was accelerating the car lurched and wanted to take off. For the most part the brakes were able to control the car but at a stop light she had to shift into neutral to remain stationary. After some amount of fiddling with the gas peddle it seemed to come unstuck and worked for a short time after which it behaved stuck again. Opening the hood she saw that the cruise control cable had come disconnected again. On the second occurrence of the cable detaching our toddler had been playing in the drivers seat while the car was parked and trying to push the gas peddle with her hands. My best guess was that she had pulled up on the peddle instead of down. To confirm my suspicion I made sure everything was connected and pulled up on the peddle with my foot, as soon as I gave the car gas the cruise control cable came disconnected again. It seemed repeatable. I'm not sure why pulling on the peddle messes things up or how that would have happened while an adult was actually driving, but I suppose it would have been possible. For the first occurrence I don't have details but my girlfriend, who owns the car, said that it had happened before when it happened the second time. She suggested that I look at the connection at the throttle body.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact mentioned that after inspecting the vehicle she noticed that the cruise control cable had detached. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileages were 120,000. ....updated 08-24-12 *bf updated 08/30/2012
I had noticed on several occasions that the gas pedal seemed to stick and the engine seemed to rev and the RPM needle would increase to 3500 or more even though I had my foot on the brake. After a couple of minutes, the engine would return to normal. Last week, my cruise control would not work, although I was able to turn on the word cruise on the dash when I pushed the on and set buttons, but the cruise did not take hold. The engine continues to rev up when I start the car and when I bring the car to a stop..
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH the vehicle accelerated abnormally. The contact had to put the vehicle in neutral to get the rpms to decrease. The failure recurred numerous times and in some cases, the contact had to shift to park to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for a diagnosis and he requested the dealer to disconnect the cruise control but could not confirm if that would remedy the failure. The manufacturer was notified but offered little assistance. The vehicle had not been repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 62,000 and the current mileage was 69,000.
Tuesday july 10, 2012, while driving home from work, heading slightly uphill at roughly 32 MPH, I was messing around with the cruise control that hasn't been working since sometime in early december. The dashboard cruise control light comes on when I press on then set accel to set the speed, but the cruise control does not take over the gas pedal and maintain speed. It appears to shut off when I depress the brake, or turn the cruise control off via the steering wheel buttons. Once before, I noticed driving the same path that the car appeared to accelerate on its own. This was sometime early spring 2012. On tuesday, I let off the gas pedal, but noticed the engine continued to slightly increase RPM and speed on its own up to about 44 MPH. I was able to stop at the stop lights using the brakes, but the engine kept revving somewhat. Pushing some of the buttons and pulling up on the gas pedal with my foot seemed to release the throttle and get the car to act normal once again. This is the second time I have noticed this happening in 8 months, but the first time I have documented the incident.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated while attempting to enter the driveway and the rpms increased to 3,000. The contact had to turn the vehicle off to stop the acceleration . The contact inspected the vehicle and found the accelerator cruise control cable plastic receptacle detached and caused the vehicle to accelerate. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 85,000 and the current mileage was 109,000.
My 2005 ford taurus accelerated abruptly at an intersection at 4000 RPM. If a car had been in front of me it would have hit them. The car was able to get through the intersection and into a parking lot. The car was towed and as the tow truck driver started the car it revved up again and he was able to stop it in time. It is currently at my mechanic in pompano beach florida.
Driving at 35mph I took my foot off the gas pedal and the car continued to accelerate. I put the car in neutral and the RPM's jumped to 4000. I pushed the pedal down to the floor and the throttle began to slow down and return to normal. Now randomly during acceleration the throttle will stick open when I take my foot off the gas, and not return to normal until after pushing hard down on the gas pedal. This was quite scary being on the road and have my car accelerating out of my control. I read that a cruise control cable can become disconnected that can be causing this problem.
I was driving at 35-40 MPH when the car accelerated on its own. I have to depress the brake to stop the car at a traffic light but the car still battled hard to go. I parked at a nearby parking lot and shift to parking. The engine RPM went to 4000 quickly and I shut off the engine. I turned the engine on and off a couple of time and it did the same thing every time. I tapped the gas pedal really hard and it went back to normal. The day before this incident, cruise control quit working for about 3 hours and functioned well again. Meanwhile, the gas pedal is really sticky and I have very rough idle in the morning. I searched the web for solution and obviously a lot of people have experienced the identical problem already. Just want to urge ford recall this vehicle asap. I'm willing to provide any information the federal safety agency in order to ensure the security of thousands of ford customers.
Car continued accelerating after taking foot off gas pedal. Slowed car down. Pulled off road and stopped and put in park. Engine roared. Turned off car. After a few minutes restarted car but engine still roared. Car bucked and lurched. Stomped on gas pedal to stop engine surge. Have taken car to ford dealer 5 times and each time they tell me it is fixed only for it to happen again.
While driving, the car speeds up without control of the driver. This has happened three times in the last month. Each time this has happened, the car has been between 25 and 40 MPH. The car begins to speed up of its own power. The speed will continue to rise unless you can stop the car with pressure from the brakes. Once the car is slowed by use of the brakes, it must be put into park. Once in park, the RPM will race to 3500-4500. I switched the car to reverse, and once my foot is removed from the brake the car speeds up. In my experience, it takes turning off and on the car a couple times to correct the situation. The car is currently at a local independent shop, and has been for the past week. Thus far, they have been unable to determine the cause of the problem. Please help with this very serious issue.
I was turning left into the side road leading to my home when the vehicle suddenly accelerated. I applied the brakes (to no avail) and then shifted into neutral. Engine RPM exceeded 3000. After tapping the accelerator pedal several times the engine returned to idle speed. I continued and turned left into my driveway and the same situation occured. It has not happened again although my cruise control no longer works.I can turn it "on" and when I press "set accel" the cruise light on the dash comes on but the cruise control won't engage.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, the cruise control failed. A week later, the vehicle began to accelerate on its own. The failure continued to occur. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileages were 83,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that upon starting the engine, there was an excessive increase in the engine rpms. The contact shut the engine off to stop the failure. The contact also stated that while driving 55 MPH, there was sudden accelaration. The contact depressed the brake pedal and shifted into neutral to slow the vehicle down. The dealer was not notified. The manuafacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 120,000 and the current mileage was 120,683.
While driving approximately 45 MPH and slowing down due to traffic, the engine started revving at 3,000 RPM's. I pulled over in the nearest parking lot and while the car was in park, the engine was still revving at 3,000 rpms. I turned the car off, waited about 15 minutes and started it up again but nothing changed. This is the second time this has happened in a period of about a month. It feels like the gas pedal is stuck down but it isn't. I did manage to drive the car back to work but it never fell below 3,000 rpms and felt like it was jerking forward and trying to go faster. When I left work about 3 hours later the car was ok and driving home it was ok also. The first time this happened I took it back to the dealer but it didn't happen so they said nothing was wrong and didn't fix anything. There seems to be alot of complaints on this issue - how many more does there need to reported before ford will step up and realize there is a problem with this car and issue a recall and have it corrected before someone is seriously injured or even killed!
Absolutely frightening! This afternoon a passenger and I pulled out onto the main thoroughfare when my car (2005 taurus) independently accelerated and began running/spinning at a high RPM. The experience was not unlike a self propelled vacuum where you let go and it wants to run off by itself - only this is far more dangerous having been in traffic with precious lives at stake. It was not wanting me to brake either. Thankfully, I was able to pull off into a gravel lot. I turned the car off for a few minutes then started it again only that time it was running at rocket speed. Needless to say it was unsafe to drive at that point so I had it towed to the local ford dealer. They just called to say it was the "speed control cable" that appeared to disengage and do something with the throttle. Clearly this is a problem with the make and model of car based on the cumulative posts I am seeing. Ford needs to step up or the ntsb needs to step in.
While driving the gas pedal gets stuck and car accelerates. Have had to turn car off to stop and at that time the gas pedal pops back up to normal.
Car was accelerating while in park. When moved to the drive gear it would accelerate really fast without me even pressing on the gas. As I attempted to press my brakes my car was up to 45mph without me pressing the gas.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that while accelerating between second and third gears, the accelerator pedal would become stuck, causing the vehicle to accelerate abnormally. The contact stated he had to tap the accelerator pedal in order for it to release. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer and manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 77000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that the vehicle unexpectedly surged forward while driving at various speeds. The failure recurred intermittently. The contact was able to successfully stop the vehicle after applying the brakes. The contact also smelled a burning odor during some of the failures. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 96,000.
Car failed to slow down when accelerator released shifted into neutral and engine revs had occurred twice. Accelerator sticking.
I was driving my car when the pedal suddenly stuck. I tried to stop the car but it was difficult, so I shifted into neutral. My throttle was stuck open at 4,000 rpms. I managed to get the car to idle normal after slamming on the gas pedal repeatedly. I assumed the throttle body was the cause of my problems, so I had my mechanic clean it out for me, but the problem is still there. It happens randomly, and the only way I have found stops the issue is shifting to neutral and slamming on the gas pedal. I have also noticed it acts up more when it is hot outside.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. While driving approximately 25 MPH in rainy weather, the vehicle suddenly accelerated abnormally, causing the contact to loose control of the vehicle and crash into a fence. The vehicle was towed to an auto shop for repair to the body. The mechanic disabled the cruise control to minimize any future failures with abnormal acceleration. There was an investigation open under the federal safety agency action number: pe12005 (vehicle speed control:cables) that could possibly have been related to the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000.
While driving the car begins to accelerate on its own. When I press on the brakes it will slow down, however as soon as I left off the brakes the car rapidly speeds up and continues to go faster. I had to put the car into neutral and apply the brakes. When I placed the car into neutral the RPM's were at the highest level. It is as if the throttle is set to the floor and driving itself. It has done it everyday since the first incident on 5.31.12. It even does it at speeds of 35mph now as well. If I mash the gas pedal to the floor sometimes it will stop otherwise I have to place the car into neutral and shut it off.
I was on I 17 north to flagstaff az,when the speed control all the sudden began to climb 65, 70, 75 almost 80 MPH I tried braking. I had to take out of gear and coast to a er lane before I could shut off the car. Very scary luckily I was heading north not south heading south is mostly downhill I probably would be writing this. Please look into this problem.
On 5/24/2012, I was driving in my neighborhood at about 45 MPH when all of a sudden the rpms spiked to about 4000 and the car would not slow down from 45 MPH even with my foot off the accelerator. I was able to turn down a side street and stop. My brakes did work. I had the car towed to my dealer. The dealer replaced the throttle body and speed control cable and said they had worn causing cable to come loose and jam throttle body.
This is the 3rd time this has happened to me- and each experience is as frightening as the last. I was driving approximately 15 miles an hour and the engine revved and the car sped up without my pressing the gas- I did not have my foot on the gas pedal. I reached the light, put the car in park, at which time the engine accelerated higher and higher. I turned the car off and when I turned it back on the engine continued to rev higher and higher. After turning it off again, I decided it would be ok to make it through the intersection, at which point the car sped up to 45 MPH without my pressing the gas at all- in fact, I had to press the brake pedal several times to try and slow down and avoid hitting another vehicle in front of me. I finally had to pull over and turn the car off for several minutes before turning it back on- and then it was fine. It is terrifying to feel such loss of control and feel like I could not slow down. Please recall this issue- it is a danger to anyone on the road.
Ford taurus 2005 has been auto-accelerating, random but frequent enough to be a concern. The worst case involved an approach to a red traffic light and the brakes had to be forced and the auto placed in neutral, where RPM was over 3000 on its own. The car restarted at the traffic light, temporarily at idle RPM, but similar issue at the next traffic light 0.5 miles away. Shut the car down again and restarted. Drove it home without incident. Next day, no abnormal behavior. Prior to this most serious issue, the car has occasionally stayed at speed on the highway or accelerated on its own without the gas pedal pressed and no cruise control engaged. Car taken to the dealer for review but they stated they could not reproduce. Suggested new parts address car idling as a potential solution but could not guarantee resolution.
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