While stopped at a stop light (depressing the brake), the vehicle lunged forward and RPM kept high. Rpm went to normal in few seconds. It often happens (1 of 10 times depressing brake), yesterday mornig the car lost power on free way (vechicle speed was not able to pass 40 MPH), it backed normal in the afternoon. Sent the car to garage, it can be repeated by shift to d, depressing both gas and brake pedals, quickly release gas pedal.
2007 Ford Taurus: sudden unintended acceleration
16 of the 149 complaints about the 2007 Ford Taurus describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 16
- of this car's complaints
- 11%
- typical mileage
- 101,684
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
Tl* the contact owned a 2007 ford taurus. While attempting to make a right turn and attempting to stop, the vehicle accelerated without warning and crashed into a building. The driver and passenger side air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was towed and destroyed. The passenger received chest injuries and the driver received head, chest, leg, and facial injuries. Medical attention was needed a police report was filed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 131,000. Updated 07/18/17*lj
Sudden acceleration on city streets without touching the gas pedal. Engine running at 4rpm at a complete standstill and while moving. Even when the brake was engaged the car kept lurching forward wanting to proceed through the red light.
Sudden acceleration.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford taurus. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated without any warning. The contact was able to slow the vehicle down by using the brakes. However, the engine RPM's continued to surge. The contact stated that the failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The failure mileage was 149,000. The VIN was not available.
Driving my 2007 ford taurus on the freeway at 60 MPH and sudden acceleration making car go 75 MPH without pressing the accelerator more then I was. I tried to pull the accelerator back with my right foot with my left foot on the brake to be safe and that did nothing to solve the problem the car still wanted to accelerate . So I pulled over on the freeway and put the car in park and the RPM went high as if I was pressing on the accelerator. It was very hard to stop the car because as I was pressing on the brake to pull over the accelerator felt as if the gas pedal was pressed all the way down while braking.
Paid for a 100,000 mile tune up, new front brakes, etc. One day later it suddenly surged forward right as I was pulling into my driveway. I came close to driving through the closed garage door. Hit the brake hard and the RPM's shot up. I turned off the engine while in park. My husband started the car while in park and the RPM's shot up again. Eventually, he pressed the gas pedal and the RPM's dropped. Earlier that same week, I had to swerve to avoid hitting a car in front of me while driving down hill. I assumed that my brakes were beginning to fail, but now I am wonder *tring if this same problem caused my car to surge forward even though I was trying to slow down.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford taurus. The contact stated that while at a stop light, the vehicle surged forward and the engine rpms revved up. The vehicle could be restarted but the failure persisted. The failure occurred on two occasions. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the cruise control cable clip needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 95,787. Updated 9/3/14
On two occasions I was traveling approx. 60 MPH on the freeway when my car suddenly accelerated to 80 MPH. The first time I took my foot off the gas and the car slowed to at 50 MPH and continued that way for a couple minutes, then returned to normal. The second time I had to push the brake pedal very hard with both feet to make it slow down. I was able to get off the freeway, but there was I red light and I slid through the light trying to stop my car. I was fortunate no other car was coming. I put the car in neutral, and there was a very hard kick and the RPM's where still very high. Then it just stopped racing and went back to normal.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford taurus. The contact stated that after stopping the vehicle and shifting into park, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and traveled over the sidewalk until crashing into a sign. The contact was not injured. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 69,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving 25 MPH, the cruise control command was turned on and the vehicle accelerated and would not stop or come out of cruise control until the contact shifted into park and turned the vehicle off. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the mechanic stated that the cruise control cable, throttle cable and the throttle body had to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 101,684...updated 11-14-13 *bf the consumer stated the vehicle continued to accelerate even in park. The cruise control would not turn off. When the consumer started the vehicle, it accelerated at a high rate of speed. She pushed the accelerator pedal all the way down, fast and it went to normal idle. The vehicle accelerated on its own on two prior occasions.
While driving 25 MPH took foot off gas to slow down and car accelerated on its own. Tapping on gas would slow it down but didn't stop it. Pulled in parking lot and put vehicle in park. Rpm's raced to over 3000 without me having foot on gas. Turned off and started up and rpms still racing. While in parking lot attempted to drive and vehicle would go without my foot on gas. Took to dealer on monday and happened on way but of course nothing when got to dealer. On 4/22/13 happened again while driving 35 MPH could feel the gas pedal engage and car accelerated on own. Again pulled in parking lot and put in park. Rpms accelerated. Turned on and off this lasted for 15 minutes. Then could feel the gas pedal disengage. About 1 hour later happened again while driving. Was in drive through lane and even though foot on brake you could feel car try to push against it. Had passenger in car with me who could experience it as well. I feel very unsafe in this car and disappointed that ford dealer says they know of no fix for this problem even though its been reported for years.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2007 Ford Taurus sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 2007 Ford Taurus?
16 of 149 owner complaints about the 2007 Ford Taurus (11%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 2005.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2007 Ford Taurus?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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