Cruise control stopped working & then a couple weeks later while driving up a hill the accelerator took off by itself like the cruise control was on, when I took my foot off the gas pedal the car continued to accelerate. In a panic I shifted the car into neutral & the engine rev'd up to over 4000 RPM it then quit accerating by itself. 3 days later it does it again, accelerated on its own with my foot off the gas pedal. This is a very dangerous situation. Luckily for me there was no car in front of me. Does someone have to die in order for a recall to be ordered?????
2006 Ford Taurus acceleration complaints
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2/15/17- while coasting up-hill with foot not on the gas, car accelerated to over 4,000 RPM all by itself, braking was extremely difficult. I parked, turned car off, turned it back on and even while parked it revved back up to over 4,000 RPM. Took it to firestone on 2/16/17- they replaced the iac (idle air control) valve. 3/3/17- while idling at red light with foot not on the gas, car accelerated/ revved up to over 4,000 RPM all by itself. Had to press on brake very hard and turn car off. Turned it back on and it was no longer accelerating. 3/4/14 took it to a different firestone. They adjusted cruise control cable. 9/3/17- while idling on a bridge with foot not on the gas, car accelerated/ revved up to over 3,000 RPM all by itself. Braking was extremely difficult and had to turn car off in the middle of traffic. Turned it back on and it was no longer accelerating by itself. 9/4/17 took it to firestone. They ordered a new iac valve and replaced it on 9/7/17. 10/14/17- while idling in traffic with foot very light on brake, car accelerated/ revved up to over 4,000 RPM all by itself. Had to quickly turn car off in the middle of traffic to stop it. Turned car back on and it was no longer accelerating on its own. The consumer stated another failure occurred on 10/28/2017
My car, since 130k miles accelerates on its own...when I put in neutral and hit gas it revs to 5 and then normalizes. # days ago it did it 5x within 10 minutes. Currently has 140k miles. I had it sderviced and the ford dealer offered no solutions and werent aware of this type of problem
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. While driving 40 MPH, the brake pedal was applied but failed to respond and the vehicle accelerated. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but did not offer any assistance. The failure mileage was unknown.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. When the contact's foot was released from the accelerator pedal, the vehicle idled abnormally. The failure occurred without warning. The dealer could not replicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired and the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 165,000.
Accelerator sticks. Car failed to de-accelerate several times. Once, coming to stop sign and engine kept racing. Occasionally going down highway and wanted to slow down, but accelerator was stuck. Can barely stop the car with brakes. Reason: the reason is well documented. The cruise control cable becomes disconnected and traps the accelerator cable (throttle) so it can't move. The federal safety agency has investigated this and negligently failed the public. There is a very good youtube.com video showing the problem exactly! My car is the exact problem, and all anyone has to do is google "2006 ford taurus accelerator sticks' to see how frequently it happens. I have wired the cables together myself, but this is not a permanent solution. It does show that ford could easily resolve this. And, yes, in a USA today article from 2013 I see there have been injuries, and maybe deaths from this. Note: mine is not related to any electronic throttle, or electrical issue. It is purely mechanical - part defect. I can send pictures of cables, but you can just watch this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1u1fgabdw4 I will be making a congressional inquiry, complete with extensive documented references to this problem. I believe it is gross negligence that the federal safety agency has known about this and done nothing. Ford has known, and issued a technical service bulletin (tsb) recommending throttle body replacement - at customer expense. Obviously you are both waiting for enough deaths or older cars going out of service before doing anything. I guess I need to get 60 minutes and USA today to look into this, again. Please let me know if you are really looking into this! One more link discussing the problem: http://www.fordforumsonline.com/threads/2006-taurus-car-accelerated-by-it-self.1167/
Car self accelerates for no reason. It happened four times today during a 10 minute drive. It happens while car is moving and at low speed, approximately 25 miles per hour.11\4.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. While driving approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle accelerated to 40 MPH on its own and while the brake pedal was applied. When the contact placed the gear shifter into the neutral position, the rpms increased from 200,000 to 300,000. The ignition was shut off and the gear shifter was placed into park. When the vehicle was restarted, the rpms increased to 300,000. The ignition was shut off a third time and restarted, and the rpms increased to 100,000. The failure recurred numerous times. The manufacturer was not notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 118,320.
On the afternoon of sunday, july 24th, 2016, our 2006 ford taurus began accelerating out of control on its own accord while driving down the street in worcester, massachusetts. We tried to brake the car, but were not able to compete against the rapid acceleration. We ended up putting it in neutral, and then in park, and bring it to a stop (albeit in the middle of a busy street) where it was still reaching upwards of 4,500 rpms. Very disconcerting. As we could not drive any further like this, we shut it off, got out, and called aaa for a tow, which arrived almost two hours later after we sat in the hot afternoon sun and were diverting traffic around our disabled vehicle. Being that we were traveling with two other guests and the tow truck could only accommodate 2 people max for the trip back to rhode island (over 40 miles away), the driver tried to diagnose and fix the problem on the spot. He looked under the hood and showed us that the cruise control cable had become unclipped and fallen off. He then lubed it up, reattached it, and had us do a couple of tests to see if it was working properly. Thankfully it was, and we slowly and cautiously were able to drive home. After doing some research, we became aware that this was and is a known issue with our year, make, and model of car, and that an investigation had been opened into it. We are also aware that, at that time, ford had launched a "customer satisfaction campaign" to fix or replace defective cruise control cables. While we were able to drive the car home that day, we are not thrilled about the possibility of this issue happening again and would like to have this issue fixed by ford. I have spoken to three separate people at ford at this point, and all have refused to have this problem taken care of by ford for us.
When driving the gas pedal sticks to the floor of the car, the cruise control comes on, and the car will just take off. It still stays stuck when you turn the car off. You have to put the car in park and push on the gas pedal until it stops. This happened on 6/25/16 and numerous times since.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. While driving 20 MPH, the vehicle accelerated without warning. The brakes failed to respond when the pedal was depressed. The vehicle stopped upon turning off the ignition. The contact notified the manufacturer. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000. Updated 06/14/16
Car in motion at highway speed. Accelerator sticks after taking foot off. On highway and street. Cruise control is off. Must put car in neutral, pull off road, restart car.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving at 50 MPH, the vehicle independently accelerated. The contact merged to the shoulder of the road when suddenly the engine rpms revved. The failure had recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was repaired, however the details of the repair could not be provided and the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 173,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. While driving various speeds, the vehicle began to accelerate without the accelerator pedal being depressed. There were no warning lights illuminated. Additionally, the rpms on the instrument panel peaked to 400. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the failure could not be determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. While driving at various speeds with the cruise control engaged, the vehicle independently accelerated without warning. The vehicle was able to be stopped and a loud abnormal noise was heard. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 125,000.
Car accelerated with brakes applied,this corrected itself then repeated 3 more times. Took car to my mechanic discovered cruise control arm detached and was getting caught in throttle. Took car to dealer. They will examine on 3/10/16.called ford spoke with jeffrey in customer service no recall gave VIN# and reported issue. Discovered this issue has happened to many others with taurus vehicles. Very dangerous and scary issue. The part is plastic and either wears or bad design because it comes free from the mount and gets caught in the throttle when driving. You don't know until you try to stop. Car wants to keep going and RPM gauge shows throttle being applied with foot off accelerator and on brake.pushing the gas pedal rapidly dislodge's cruise control arm but it gets stuck again randomly. Mechanic snapped piece back in place but it dislodged again once gas pedal is depressed.
So now when I try to reverse my car doesn't move and if I hit the gas the engine just rams up and makes a loud noise.I have got stuck so many times to the point where I can't move...also my headlights and high beams look the same there is no difference and you don't even know when the high beams are on the light in the car doesn't come on..my A/C a and heater only works on high.I can't get on the freeway the gages go up to 4 and go down when I'm going 65.when im on the regular street they still go up hight and I can be going less than 45.
Recently while I was driving my cruise control completely stopped working. Two days after that I was slowing for a red light and I noticed that my car was revving up in gears as I was slowing down. I was barely able to get my car to stop and I shut it down to prevent accident. After the red light was over I started up my car and shifted into drive. That is when I noticed my car accelerating on its own. Without pressing my foot on the gas pedal my car was able to accelerate up to about 45 miles per hour. This car is unsafe and after some research I have found out that there were 14 issues like this reported and others that were not reported (for instance this happened to my sister's 2005 ford taurus and she had to repair it out of her own pocket). I wanted to provide this report because ford is refusing to help with this issue despite this being a clear safety issue. This issue happens while the car is stationary and while moving.
When getting in car vehicle accelerates by itself, can go to 50 MPH without touching gas petal. Even when braking rmp is over 2,000. Very scary, at dealership now trying to figure out what's going on. After reviewing others complaints this seems like a recall is needed for ford before it kills someone.
While I was driving my vehicle accelerated to almost 50 MPH without me touching the gas pedal in at all. When I tried to break, my breaks did work but not completely. There have been multiple occasions when my vehicle has lost all power and completely shut off, every time being at an extremely busy intersection. My cruise control has been disconnected and the issue still occurs. When I turn my car on now, it goes up to 4,000 rpms by itself in park. Huge safety issue.
Spontaneous acceleration increase and RPM's increase causing car to increase speed. While driving in traffic, I had come to a stop and noticed my RPM's was staying at the 2000 (#2) range and when I released the brake the car took off almost hitting the car in front. I then noticed the car increased acceleration on its own. On a back road I drove for miles without touching the gas. Very, very dangerous!!!!!!
I was driving at 20-25 MPH and when I took my foot off the gas preparing to stop the car began accelerating on its own to near 40 MPH. In an effort to stop I had to press very firmly on the brake which then caused the RPM to go to 4000. I had to put it in neutral to turn the car off.
I was driving home from work. The accelerator kept sticking. I rode the brake the last 4 miles home driving in town. I would come to a complete stop at a light and all I had to do go accelerate was to take my foot off the brake. This did not stop until I got home and stopped the car. Rpm's got up to 3000. I see that this issue is under investigation but something needs to be done about it now.
Car was accelerating spontaneously, appears that the accelerator was sticking at the throttle body due to defective cruise control cable that dislodged and got stuck into accelerator mechanism. Car was accelerating on freeway at 70 MPH and climbing, pulling on gas pedal with foot of no benefit. Ultimately had to turn off keys after heading to off ramp. Nicknamed car "[xxx]" after this frightening incident. Noticed multiple reports of same problem on web with brief search. Called ford customer service and spoke with three representatives. Wondering if there is a recall. They were clear to indicate " not our problem" as car is "out of warranty". Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. The contact stated that while attempting to depress the brake pedal, the vehicle accelerated independently. As a result, the contact's vehicle crashed into another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 78,800.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. While driving 10 MPH, the vehicle accelerated without warning. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. Once the engine was restarted, the vehicle operated normally. The contact stated that a substance was sprayed on the throttle, which stopped the acceleration for two years. When the failure recurred, the vehicle vibrated violently as it accelerated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 62,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration causing the driver to lose control and drive onto the sidewalk. After turning the engine off and back on the vehicle operated as normal. The contact indicated that the failure had occurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 76,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. While idling at a traffic light, the engine revved and the vehicle accelerated independently. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing, but the results were unavailable. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 73,000.
I was driving on the highway when the engine started to race, and I had to drive twenty miles to the mechanic's garage, barely being able to stop the car and nearly missing being in 3 accidents. Had to drive with my foot on the brake and had to use emergency brake to stop it at the end. When I put it in park, it sounded like the engine would explode, it was racing so fast. Mechanic saw a cruise control cable detached, and reconnected it, and "played" with the throttle and was finally able to bring it down to normal level. I checked at this site to see if there was a recall, but did not see one, but many complaints of this problem.
2006 ford taurus. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle acceleration issues. *smd the consumer stated he experienced three terrifying incidents, in which the vehicle suddenly accelerated. He came very close to running over pedestrians, each time the vehicle accelerated. After, paying hundreds of dollars, to replace the air control valve, which wasn't the problem, it was finally determined the cruise control cable was causing the vehicle to suddenly accelerate.
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