2005 Ford Taurus: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Sep 28, 2019 · Acceleration · 180,000 miles · OH · crash

As I was driving to work on the highway the car began to accelerate by itself the brakes were not able to slow the car down the brakes were grinding it against the accelerator the accelerator or the grpm was over 3000 I managed to get the car off of the highway was able to pull into a parking lot but the car would not stop and so I wound up having to hit a pole to stop the car

Filed Dec 23, 2013 · Acceleration · 75,500 miles · MO

While driving with my some in the car on an interstate, I tried to set my cruise control. The cruise would register that it was set but it would not hold the speed that was set. After a little while my car accelerated on its own. After trying to apply the brakes, which just sounded like it was grinding the brakes because it didn't want to idle down. Put the car in neutral, the rpms revved over 4000 and the same when I switched to drive. I shut the car off and upon turning the car back on the rpms went over 4000 RPM again. I talked to ford and they said since there was no recall that there was lot bing they could do for me. I think that something needs to be done.

Filed May 24, 2013 · Acceleration · 87,124 miles · MO

As I was driving down the road, I noticed that my 2005 ford taurus was accelerating, even though I wasn't actively pushing the accelerator and the cruise control wasn't on. I was forced to use the brakes to control the speed of the vehicle. I was able to maintain my speed at 30 MPH, but could tell that I was fighting the car's need to accelerate. Thankfully, I was close enough to home and tried my best to make it there. I used the brake to get my car down to a safe enough speed to turn onto my street, at which point I heard a loud grinding sound. I tried shifting the car into neutral and the car went up to 4000 RPM. I then returned it back to drive and was forced to start circling my block. I called my father and he told me to turn my car off while still in drive. I did this and rolled to a stop in front of my house. While in park, I turned the car back on, and it immediately went up to 4000 RPM. I shut the car back off and repeated the test, with the same results. Upon inspection, we found that the cruise control cable had detached from the throttle cam and was blocking the throttle from returning to its correct position. We removed the cable from the area of the throttle and the engine returned to the normal idling range around 1000 RPM.

Filed May 20, 2013 · Acceleration, Engine · 108,832 miles · OH

We was driving and the car started to accelerate on its own and continued to accelerate @ faster speed till about 75 MPH .. We was going 40 MPH on our own to start .. We had to brake the car but it seemed the more we brake the more it would go .. But we did it @ force till it stopped , and squealing brakes and put it in park and the car sound as if I was pushing pedal to floor and I turned it off as is .. So I opened hood went to throttle and moved the cage on it then I heard a click and started it up and it was fine ..now 5/20/13 it does it atleast 1 a day and my cousin who is mechanic said put it in neutral and give the gas a little push to get it to release .. And call ford to see if there's a recall .. I called and they said there isn't a recall to have it service asap because it dangerous .. But my thought is if there is a lot of people with same issue why wouldn't it be on recall due to severity (fordforum.com).

Filed Nov 1, 2012 · Acceleration · 95,300 miles · KY

My 2005 ford taurus all of the sudden started accelerating on its own. The first time this happened was october 1, 2012. I was going 45 MPH when all of the sudden it started revving up even as I applied the brakes. I had to jump up onto a median at 65ish MPH to avoid other cars. The brakes began to smoke and grind as I tried to stop. I had to apply the emergency brake to stop. Even stopped the motor continued to rev at 8000 RPM. I had to turn the car off. Since then the sudden acceleration has occurred five more times. I had to take it in for brake repairs and the mechanic said he didn't know what was causing the acceleration and suggested I remove my floor mats as they may have gotten jammed under the pedal. While I know this to be false I nonetheless removed the floor mats and the condition remains. Another terrifying incident happened while I was visiting my daughter. She lives off a windy dirt road high on a leaf covered ridge. I usually don?t go any faster than 15 MPH on her road. The car experienced another sudden acceleration as I was turning a bend. The car began to slide on the leaves and I bounced off a tree stump and almost hit my daughter?s fianc. Again I applied the emergency brake to stop and had to turn the car off. The last occurrence happened in my driveway before I took the car out of park. I had to mash down on the accelerator to bring it back to idle. At this point I am too afraid to drive my car. I have incurred replacement brake bills and various car damages as a result of these incidents. Thankfully no one has been hurt.

Filed Apr 19, 2011 · Engine · 85,000 miles · NY

This happened in a 2005 ford taurus se sedan with the 3.0l vulcan v6 flex-fuel engine. Car was just hitting 85,000 when the problem appeared. Car began to make a squealing noise- which turned out to be the belt beginning to wear heavily. It was changed, and the noise became even worse. Now an added clunking sound began to manifest itself. It was found out to be the A/C compressor beginning to break. In fact, a nut or something had become lose, which was the clunking noise I heard. The whole compressor had to be replaced and filled (so I can use the A/C.) and a new belt had to be bought as well. If this compressor wasn't replaced, it would have failed- causing it to seize, the belt to break, and my engine to quickly overheat and probably crack. It took around 2 hours to replace everything- including letting the broken A/C compressor out. Illegal, but I could not afford taking it to the dealer and getting charged $800+ so I had my brother in law do it. Altogether I spent around $350 for parts and labor. I later learned, from my mechanic friend, that taurus' hitting around 80k have this same A/C compressor failure like clockwork. It's a common problem, that is expensive, and should have been fixed if it is known what causes it.

Filed Feb 17, 2006 · Brakes · IA

I bought a 2005 ford taurus on nov, 29, 2005. Approx.. 1 month after buying it, the brakes began to squeak. It has cut out when going up a hill, and it lunges forward slightly when parking and taking the key out of the ignition. I have been to the dealer I bought it from 2 times. They say the brake problem came from manufacturing with the 2005 model and that they did not find any other problems as I have described. They say there is nothing they can do about the squeak of the brakes, that it was ford motor company's fault for putting the brakes on that they did.