I was driving at 45mph and got up to the speed limit and let off the gas, but the car kept on speeding up. I tapped the brakes and it quit accelerating. (cruise control was not on) a few minutes later we were on a highway and got up to 55mph, again let off of the gas and the car kept accelerating. Tapping the brake did nothing, so I pushed the brakes to stop the car alongside the road, the whole time, the car was fighting me, it wanted to keep accelerating. I did get it to stop, and then popped it into neutral, which caused the rpms to ramp up to 5500rpms. I shut the car off. Waited a few minutes and then started it back up in park, and rpms ramped up again. Shut the car off again. Popped the hood and looked at the throttle/cruise control cable, pulled on it a bit, and it seemed as if it was stuck. Started the car again and worked just fine. But then the cruise control no longer worked. The next morning looked at the cable again and found that the cruise cable was detached, so hooked it back up, which fixed the cruise control, but it has accelerated on its own twice this past week. So problem not fixed.
2005 Ford Taurus acceleration complaints
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I was driving at 45mph and got up to the speed limit and let off the gas, but the car kept on speeding up. I tapped the brakes and it quit accelerating. (cruise control was not on) a few minutes later we were on a highway and got up to 55mph, again let off of the gas and the car kept accelerating. Tapping the brake did nothing, so I pushed the brakes to stop the car alongside the road, the whole time, the car was fighting me, it wanted to keep accelerating. I did get it to stop, and then popped it into neutral, which caused the rpms to ramp up to 5500rpms. I shut the car off. Waited a few minutes and then started it back up in park, and rpms ramped up again. Shut the car off again. Popped the hood and looked at the throttle/cruise control cable, pulled on it a bit, and it seemed as if it was stuck. Started the car again and worked just fine. But then the cruise control no longer worked. The next morning looked at the cable again and found that the cruise cable was detached, so hooked it back up, which fixed the cruise control, but it has accelerated on its own twice this past week. So problem not fixed.
My husband was traveling to newnam,ga on 11-10-13 late at night when the car accelerated while just going up hwy 85 s., the second time was at a red light making a left turn coming into our area and third time when he came near our house to a stop sign. My husband tried to kick the accelerator to bring it down, it helped some then tapered off. Is this something that is under a ford recall? Thank you
Accelerator sticks under acceleration. Attempting to pull the accelerator pedal upwards doesn't stop acceleration. Had to shift car into neutral or apply brakes. Had to have vehicle serviced at ford dealership.
Tl* the contact owns 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, the vehicle accelerated independently. The contact also mentioned that the accelerator pedal sank to the floor. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The technician was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 40,000.
Engine starts to race up to 4, 000 RPM making it extremely hard to stop. Had to swerve to avoid hitting car in front of me. When trying to decelerate the car continues to climb in RPM. Seams like the gas pedal is staying depressed.
Earlier in the week, the accelerator pedal on my 2005 ford taurus got stuck and would not function. Hitting the brakes slowed the car. When car was put in neutral, the engine raced. I immediately took it to a repair shop and they could not replicate the problem. It worked fine for a few more days, but happened again yesterday.
On occasions, the acceleration (level) does not stop once I take my foot off the accelerator. I have to put the car in neutral gear and pump the pedal once or twice. So far, I have been able to do so; I have not needed to turn off the car while the engine is revved up.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal became stuck to the floorboard numerous, times. The contact was able to avoid previous crashes by shifting the gear into neutral to release the accelerator pedal however, he recently crashed into the rear of another vehicle because he was unable to release the accelerator pedal. There was no injury report. The contact stated that the mechanic replaced the throttle position sensor, but the failure was not corrected. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 66,735 and the current mileage was 146,924.
My daughter was driving and the engine went to 4,000 rpms without applying the gas pedal and stayed at 4,000 rpms after she applied the brake, stopped, and put in park. Turned off the engine and restarted moments later with same result. The next day it started and drove with no problem. I found the cruise control cable was detached from its post and I reattached. Now we know why we didn't have cruise control. She was a bit shaken by the experience.
The gas pedal on my 2005 ford taurus got stuck and caused acceleration even as I broke fully. This could have easily caused an accident had I been behind another car. I had to turn the car off for it to fix and it felt like it was going to happen again. This is unacceptable the ford taurus is a horrible car and should be recalled.
At low and higher speeds the gas petal gets stuck and the engine revs high. I have to press the gas petal down sometimes more than once to get it unstuck.
Vehicle accelerates on own. This usually occurs at speeds of 20-35 MPH. Rmps also surge significantly. It is difficult to bring the vehicle to a stop when this occurs. The problem is intermittent.
I was braking to pull into my driveway, and all of a sudden the car's RPM went from normal up to 4500 rpms. When I would press the brake, the car would not slow down, it kept accelerating. I finally put the car into neutral and was able to stop the vehicle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle accelerated without manual force. The failure recurred twice. The contact was able to stop the vehicle by applying the brakes. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified of the incident. The approximate failure mileage was 65,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving 25 MPH, the vehicle began to accelerate independently. The contact applied the brakes however, the vehicle reached 40 MPH. Two weeks later the failure recurred. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileage was 106,000.
My wife and I were out driving our 2005 ford taurus when the car started accelerating on it's own. I was trying to brake and the car continued to increase in speed. I wasn't using the cruise control at the time, I seldom do, but the cruise control doe's work though. I finally had to break hard and put it into neutral to get it stopped and the engine RPM's were going really high, between 4000-5000 RPM's. The vehicle has done this numerous times since and is highly dangerous! My wife is afraid of the vehicle and don't even want to drive it! This is a very serious safety issue and seems to be a problem for most of ford taurus owners on this web site in this year range of ford taurus vehicles. A safety recall should be established so that ford can correct this very dangerous problem. Please don't wait until someone is killed before you do something about it. Thanks in advance!
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving 20 MPH, the vehicle accelerated without manual force. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis where it was stated that the accelerator wiring needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the problem persisted. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.
Slowing from highway speed had difficulty slowing, tachometer reading 2400rpm, continued braking slowed the vehicle. At a stop, took car out of gear, engine revved up, tapped accelerator then rpms dropped to 700rpm. Second occurrence happened 3 weeks later in local traffic. Speed without touching accelerator about 40mph at 2400rpm, tapping accelerator petal recovered control. No incidences since but cruise control is now non functional (related?)
Accelerator starts sticking at 65 MPH and continue to accelerate. Cruise control stopped working at the same time.
The accelerator got stuck while driving. After applying the brake the car was still accelerating and was pulling forward. I put the car in park and revved the engine to try and disengage the accelerator. I put it back in drive and it jerked forward and was still stuck. It finally became un-stuck. This has happened several times since. Ford shows no recalls on my year only 2000-2003 models.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle accelerated without manual force on several separate occassions. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.
My daughter's 2005 ford taurus started to surge with a stuck throttle at various speeds; still happening from time to time; we are very worried about this; we can share more details if needed. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving 30 MPH, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact was able to stop the vehicle by applying the brakes. The contact called the manufacturer and filed a complaint. The contact did not take the vehicle to the dealer or local mechanic for diagnostic testing or repairs. The failure mileage was 110,000.
Gas pedal will stick while driving. It increases in speed on its own and rpms spike. It has been happening for almost a year but now it happens almost daily. While it can be stopped by hitting the brakes or putting the car in neutral, this could be very dangerous if it happens in heavy traffic. At times it can be difficult to handle when it accelerates. Too dangerous to have a teen drive and too dangerous to drive our kids.
My 2005 ford taurus has an acceleration problem. It drives and picks up speed on it's own. It have reached speeds of up to 80mph on its own, and RPM's shoots up pass 5 with foot on brake as if its still wants to drive.
My ford taurus suffered from unwanted acceleration I.e. Speeding up with out pressing gas when I was driving. I managed to put the vehicle in park at an intersection. I noticed that the engine was revving at 4000 rpms even in park. This incident happened again on 7/4/2013 after I fixed up my car once this is a dangerous safety issue.
Hello, I'm submitting this report due to the recent recall of ford taurus vehicles with the gas pedal sticking. Please expand this recall to include other years, specifically my vehicle's (2005). On numerous occasions, I have been inching along in traffic or have removed my foot from the gas pedal only to discover that the car suddenly accelerates. I have narrowly avoided a car accident because of this problem. At first I thought it was me, however the same thing happened when my boyfriend was driving the car. He had to press down on the brakes hard and we could still feel the car attempting to accelerate- at a red light. I have discovered tapping on the gas will usually correct the problem, however it is very happenstance when it occurs and is very frightening. Please expand the recall, there are newer years' that are also affected. (as a side-note, I purchased my vehicle used and it did not come with floor mats, so this is not an issue of a floor mat being stuck.) thank you.
Throttle sticks open at 4,000 rpms and will not close unless you spike the accelerator. Assuming the problem is with the design of the throttle body and linkage. Has been acting up for over a year.
I was driving and pulled into a parking lot and my taurus accelerated and the rpms went haywire and I could not stop it from racing. I slammed on the brakes and it continued to rev up and was very hard to stop. I was terrified. Then the next day pulling into my driveway it happened again. I thought we were going in to the bedroom where my child was asleep. I just bought this car used so I'm not sure if this just started but I'm scared I'm going to die driving this car. All these complaints of the same thing obviously something is defective. Ford needs to recall and fix this before something bad happens.
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