Hello, this is the second time this car's accelerator petal went out of control (ford taurus). On yesterday, I had my daughter in the car and the car started to accelerate on it's on faster, faster and faster. It was so scary my daughter said mommy you are shaking. Even while holding the breaks down I was able to slow it down but the car was still moving. This happened previously about 8 months or so ago. That incident was really bad. I had to call 911 while driving down the road unable to stop the vehicle. As I was sliding on my breaks I almost got hit in the back as well as almost hit someone else. This happened in a high speed busy traffice area. I took the car back to the dealer. They told me it was nothing they could do. They first charged me over a hundred dollars to look at it. Then when he did a test drive he refunded my money. I still owe a great deal of money on the car. So, I can't afford pay the car note and purchase a new car. I had contacted the ford corporate office. They inform me that not enough fatalities have taken place for them to recall the vehicle. I am unable to go to work and have no way of getting there and no money to pay this car off and purchase a new card. I contacted performance ford on s. Blvd in charlotte during the previous incident. They were nice but sent me home with the same car and now the issues are back again. I am terrified to drive my car, recently divorced with a daughter and college. Can someone please help me.
2005 Ford Taurus acceleration complaints
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The car was accelerating on its own. So we had a mechanic fix it he replaced the throttle cable. Approximately 4 months later it started doing it again. The car accelerated and my daughter hit a car in front of her. Gorno fords fixed the car they replaced the throttle cable agene. That was around may 3, 2015 that they fixed the car. Around june 12, the car accelerated and I could not stop the car and I hit the care in front of me. I called gorno ford but they said that they could not do any thing to help me. Even though the fixed the car.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that the engine rpms increased excessively without warning. In addition, while driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle suddenly surged forward to a speed of 70 MPH or higher. The contact had to shift the vehicle into neutral and then park to maneuver the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal to prevent the failure from recurring. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was not available. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 74,700.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. While driving at various speeds or while idling, the vehicle would rev and attempt to accelerate. The contact attempted to shift the vehicle into neutral position, but it continued to rev. The vehicle would only resume normal function after it was restarted. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the cruise control cable was loose and strapped up the cable so it would not loosen again. The failure continued to occur. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 60,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. While driving 55 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed and remained stuck causing the vehicle to accelerate. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000.
My daughter-in-law was using the car going approx. 30mph, when she attempted to break, but the car would not slow down and the acceleration remained constant (there was no deceleration until the rpms randomly lowered after flooring the breaks for a considerable period of time) almost causing an accident with the car in front. I then had the car checked out and received throttle body work, totaling approx $450.00 including labor. The condition of the car had not changed, upon arriving at my home there was a strong smell of burnt rubber and smoke rising from the front right hood of the car. I then contacted ford and was told to get an appointment with a local dealership.
Accelerated on its own. Reached a speed of 60 MPH on busy highway. Was unable to brake but was able to pull over and put the car in park. After looking under the hood, noticed the cruise control cable had come off. Almost had a collision. Very dangerous!
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. While driving at approximately 65 MPH, the vehicle accelerated independently without any warning. The contact had to engage the emergency brake in order to bring the vehicle to a complete stop. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the throttle needed replacement. The vehicle was in the process of being repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 87,000.
My daughter was driving down the road going 35 MPH, when there was sudden acceleration and the pedal got stuck. The engine was at about 4,000 RPM. There was no traffic, so she was able to pull over and shut the car off, however, it was extremely difficult for her to brake. This is the second time this has happened, and we recently had the transmission and the accelerator wiring replaced.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle accelerated independently without warning. The contact depressed the brake pedal on several occasions and activated the emergency brake until the vehicle stopped. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 160,000. The VIN was not available.
I have a 05 ford taurus with the same exact symptoms as the previous year taurus had wich lead to a recall. My cruise control cable will come off the throttle body holding the throttle open and revving at 4 grand when pit in neutral to resolve the issue. After a week of disputing with the car dealership, they finally fixed it at no charge.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle accelerated independently to 55 MPH. The contact applied the brake pedal on multiple occasions; however, the vehicle continued to accelerate. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the cruise control cable became disconnected from the throttle linkage which locked the speedometer at 55 MPH. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 196,560.
This happened on 3 separate occasions when slowing to stop for a light or because of traffic. The engine would rev and feel like it was putting out more power than it should. If I had bad brakes, I would definitely have hit someone. I would either shift the car into neutral or park and the rpms would shoot up to 4. I had to pump the gas a few times to get it to return to normal. I took it to a repair shop and they diagnosed it as a faulty idle speed motor that was sticking and causing the throttle to be stuck wide open.
The gas pedal was stuck and I could not slow down, I put the car in neutral and stepped on the gas pedal hard and the rpms lowered and I could drive normal again, I did a search on the internet and the speed control cable is the cause, sure enough I looked under the hood after my search and it was disconnected and was interfering with the throttle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. While driving 45 MPH, the vehicle accelerated independently to 60 MPH. The contact was able to stop the vehicle on the side of the road by shifting into neutral. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be cleaned. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 91,000.
My car continued to accelerate on its own.
My car continued to accelerate on its own.
Gas peddle stuck causing car to accelerate. Had to apply brake with force and press accelerator to floorboard to get it to unstick. Could have caused a serious wreck.
As soon as the weather cools in the fall my car speeds up on its own, sometimes I have had to have one foot on the gas pedal and one on the brake. This is dangerous. I try to get a ride with someone else, but I need it fixed and I believe the car should be recalled.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. While traveling 45 MPH, the accelerator pedal became stuck and caused a sudden increase in engine rpms. The contact had to depress the accelerator pedal several times and shift into neutral in order to release the accelerator pedal. The contact turned off and restarted the vehicle, but the failure persisted. The vehicle was inspected and it was determined the cruise control cable was broken. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 104,000. Updated 12/22/14*lj updated 02/03/15
Car has issues of sudden acceleration, seems like a stick in gas pedal, noticed when speed reaches between 40 and 45 MPH and then when speed is reached at 65 MPH. No explanation for sudden acceleration. Does not happen every time car is driven. Had taken to dealership and they could not get acceleration issue to happen with them. Had checked out 2 times, both times, nothing found. Scary when you think you will not be able to stop car when acceleration happens. Issue started all of a sudden, first time the first of september, never had any other issues with my taurus, acceleration happened two times in the past week, stood up on brake and was able to stop, but car seemed that it wanted to creep down the road, tried tapping gas pedal to see if it would unstick, didn't work. Had to throw in park and cut off ignition. I love my taurus, but I'm really scared to drive it now. I checked to see if recalls were listed for it, but there wasn't. Service manager at dealership states they were no recalls listed. Seems you can't find cars without some type of issue now. Recalls, recalls, recalls, or matters that are in being investigated, manufacturers don't investigate issues reported by public until there has been a serious injury or death due to safety issue with vehicles.
On the afternoon of 10/08/2014, owner's spouse was operating said vehicle on a country road. She had just stopped at a stop sign, accelerated and turned onto a state highway. When the vehicle reached approximately 40mph, vehicle began quickly accelerating on it's own. Car reached 80mph. In a panic, driver didn't know what to do, so she pressed on the brakes as hard as she could but could only get the vehicle to slow to approximately 40mph. Driver made a quick decision and turned into a driveway, shut vehicle off and put it in park. Driver called husband. Husband told driver to turn on car. Car revved up to approximately 5000rpm. Husband told driver to put the car in neutral and punch on the accelerator a couple of times. This brought RPM back to normal. This was an extremely dangerous situation, as driver didn't know exactly what to do in this instance and there were many other vehicles on the road. Driver just got lucky that she did the right thing. This happens to the car daily. This evening, owner's son checked under the hood and found the cruise control cable was unhooked due to a broken bracket. This evening, owner's spouse checked the internet for possible causes. Exact cause was found but couldn't find any recalls for this specific problem. Son said to unhook the cruise control module. Will see if this solves the problem.
Car accelerates suddenly and RPM stay at 1500rpms when in drive and go up to 3000 to 4000 RPM when in neutral or park. Vehicle has to be pulled over and engine turned off to be able to drive it again. This incident has happened twice in the past 4 days.
While driving through a residential area my car began to accelerate uncontrollably. I had to keep my foot on the break to maintain the 25 MPH speed limit and had difficulty coming to a complete stop.
The accelerator on my 05 taurus appeared to have gotten stuck. The accelerated on its own without me applying pressure on the gas pedal. I was able to safely get off the road but this appears to be a known issue with this vehicle and ford is doing nothing about it.....
While driving at a safe speed , was starting to slow down to make turn, engine accelerated on its own, lucky my husband was with me and told me to put in neutral and put foot on gas hard and short to stop the acceleration, which I did. This happened and I took the car to dealer to be repaired.may 7,2013. The dealer replaced the cruise control servo cable. All was working well until now as of august 2014, it is now accelerating on its own again. Why is this happening again as it was repaired a year ago?
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle accelerated independently. The contact mentioned that when the vehicle was started it would rev. On one occasion, the vehicle was turned on and jerked forward, crashing into a pedestrian that was standing in front of the vehicle. The contact did not indicate if the pedestrian was injured. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000.
I was traveling on a city road when I noticed my speed kept increasing. I had to keep braking to slow it down. It has happened more than once. The most scary part is when I was traveling down a highway going 60 MPH when it started speeding up on its own. I even took my foot off the gas pedal and it still kept increasing speed. It was over 70 and still going. I managed to slow it down (very hard to do, afraid the brakes would fail). Turning it off did no good. When I started it up again, it was still racing. I kicked it down and went on my way. I do not use my cruise control at all. I have very low mileage for the age of my car. When I start my car up after it's been sitting for a while, the engine races. I give it a minute to rev down and then go on my way. This has happened at least a dozen times over the past two yrs. It makes me afraid to go fast at all.
I was traveling at about 35 to 40 MPH when suddenly the engine started increasing RPM's and the vehicle began accelerating on its own. It made the vehicle hard to stop. It does not occur every time I drive but has happened 4-5 times and is becoming more frequent.
Was driving on road and car suddenly accelerated on its own. Vehicle difficult to stop until gas pedal was stomped on. This has happened several times. Also the cruise control does not work. This is horrifying, when it happens as the engine goes faster. This can easily cause an accident!
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