2004 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

2004 FORD SVT COBRA MUSTANG THE THROTTLE PEDAL WILL HANG UP ON THE CARPET WHEN AT FULL THROTTLE. WHEN THE THROTTLE HANGS, THE ENGINE WILL REV UNTIL REDLINE, AND THEN THE REV LIMITER WILL SET IN. TO STOP THE CAR, THE DRIVER MUST KILL THE IGNITION SWITCH (BEING CARFUL NOT TO TURN IT SO FAR AS TO LOCK THE STEERING WHEEL) AND BRING THE CAR TO A STOP WITHOUT POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. WITH OVER 390HP IN THE SVT COBRA, A STUCK THROTTLE WILL CAUSE THIS VEHICLE TO APPROACH OTHERS AT A VERY RAPID PACE. TO FIX THE PROBLEM, A 3"X3" PIECE OF CARPET MUST BE CUT FROM THE FLOOR BENEATH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL.

I HAD A DEER ACCIDENT ON MY WAY TO WORK & WRECKED MY 2004 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE & THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY & I TOOK THE ENTIRE FORCE OF THE ACCIDENT. I FLIPPED END OVER END & ROLLED IT ONCE OR TWICE & HIT THE RIGHT FRONT BUMPER ON A CONCRETE SLAP & FLIPPED BACK ON THE WHEELS & DESTROYED THE FRONT END & COMPLETELY TOTALED THE CAR! I HAVE SEVERE HEAD TRAMA, WHIPLASH, INJURED BACK, NECK & SHOULDERS & AM IN PHYSICAL THERAPY 3X'S A WEEK & LOTS OF PAIN & INFLAMATION RX'S. FORD MOTOR DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO GIVE ME ANY ANSWERS & I'VE CONTACTED 4 DIFFERENT LAWYERS & NONE OF THEM WANT TO TAKE FORD ON TO INVESTIGATE WHAT HAS HAPPENED & I CAN'T GET ANY HELP SO I THOUGHT I'D ASK FOR YOUR HELP & ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE ME WITH WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED...THROTTLE PEDAL STUCK UNDER CARPET OF VEHICLE CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE CONTINUOUSLY, AND HIT REV LIMITER WHILE I WAS HEADING TOWARDS STOPPED TRAFFIC. CUT ENGINE TO STOP THROTTLE, BUT WITHOUT POWER BRAKES AND STEERING IT WAS MORE THAN FRIGHTENING. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND HAD TO FORCE CARPET UP IN ORDER TO FREE THROTTLE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED "OH, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THESE WITH COBRAS".

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON DRAGSTRIP AND THE GAS PEDAL STUCK UNDERNEATH THE CARPET AT FULL THROTTLE I AM NOT REFERRING TO A MAT, THE ACTUAL CARPET I CALLED MY FORD DEALER AND THEY HAVE NO SPECFIC FIX I AM CUTTING A SLIT IN THE CARPET AND GLUEING IT DOWN IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY, WHO KNOWS?

A STUCK WIDE OPEN THROTTLE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 FORD SVT COBRA MUSTANG... FORTUNATELY I AM AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER WITH SOME AUTO RACING IN MY BACKGROUND... I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY PUSH IN THE CLUTCH(ENGINE WAS BOUNCING OFF THE REV LIMITER AT THIS POINT), AND TURN OFF THE KEY... THE COBRA MUSTANG HAS HYDRO-BOOST POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING SO AT THIS POINT, STEERING EFFORT AND BRAKE PEDAL EFFORT "WENT THROUGH THE ROOF"(WERE VERY HIGH). SINCE I AM AN ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTER AND BUYER OF FORD PRODUCTS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RECALL ON THIS VERY COMMON PROBLEM... BEFORE SOME ONE LESS EXPERIENCED GETS KILLED!!! THESE ARE VERY POWERFUL CARS!!! THINGS HAPPEN EXTREMELY FAST WHEN THE PEDAL IS DOWN!!! THE CAUSE OF THIS STUCK THROTTLE IS A PARTIAL BENDING OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND THE CONTACT WITH AND STICKING UNDER OF THE CARPET BY THE PEDAL. A STUCK WIDE OPEN THROTTLE IN ANY CAR IS VERY DANGEROUS!!! A STUCK WIDE OPEN THROTTLE IN THIS PARTICULAR CAR IS INSANE!!! TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AS SOON AS I ARRIVED HOME I TRIMMED THE CARPET THAT WAS CONTACTING THE THROTTLE WHEN DOWN... SO THAT IT WOULD NO LONGER TOUCH AT ALL. PLEASE NOTE---> AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT THE FLOOR MAT HAD CAUSED THE PROBLEM. I WAS WRONG... WHILE STILL POSSIBLE IF DISLODGED FROM IT'S ANCHOR POINT... IT WAS NOT WHAT WAS STICKING THE PEDAL... IT WAS THE CARPET, WHICH WAS SHAPED POORLY AND RETAINED EVEN WORSE IN THAT CRITICAL THROTTLE AREA. PLEASE NOTIFY THE PROPER AUTHORITIES AS TO THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME CONSEQUENCES THIS DEFECT PRESENTS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DATE IN THE DATE FIELD IS A GUESS SINCE THIS OCCURRED OVER A YEAR AGO... I AM FILING NOW BECAUSE I HAVE READ ABOUT NUMEROUS OTHER INSTANCES OF THIS OCCURRING AND I FIND IT VERY TROUBLING.

THE GAS PEDAL GETS STUCK UNDER THE CARPET CAUSING THE CAR TO REV AT HIGH RPM'S AND SHUTTING THE CAR OFF WHILE DRIVING.

WHILE ACCELLERATING CAR, GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK UNDER CARPET, SO I IMMEDIATELY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, CAR BEGAN TO BOUNCE OFF OF REV. LIMITER UNTIL I FINALLY GOT GAS PEDAL UNSTUCK.

I OWN A 2004 FORD MUSTANG COBRA. ON THE DAY LISTED BELOW, I ENTERED A VERY BUSY FREEWAY IN PHOENIX AND HAD TO GIVE FULL THROTTLE IN THIRD GEAR IN ORDER TO MERGE INTO AN OPENING. WHEN I WENT TO RELEASE THE THROTTLE AS I MOVED INTO THE OPENING, THE THROTTLE STAYED AT THE WIDE OPEN POSITION WITH THE PEDAL STILL TO THE FLOOR. I HAD TO PUSH THE CLUTCH IN, HIT THE BRAKES HARD, AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. IT WAS CLOSE. THEN I HAD TO NEGOTIATE A SAFE EXIT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHAT I FOUND WAS THE THROTTLE PEDAL WAS STUCK UNDER A PIECE OF THE CARPETING. I HAVE FOUND THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON OCCURANCE IN THIS MODEL. (MUSTANG) I CAN PROBABLY GIVE YOU THE NAMES OF 25 PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE!! THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DIRECT YOU TO A FORUM WHERE YOU CAN SEE MANY INSTANCES OF THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I WAS MAKING A TURN AROUND A CORNER FROM A STOP GOING AT APPROXIMATELY 7-10 MPH WHEN MY 2004 FORD MUSTANG STARTED GOING OUT OF CONTROL, PULLING TO THE RIGHT INTO ANOTHER LANE AND HEADING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CURB, I TRIED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BUT THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE PULLING FROM THE BACK, IT EVENTUALLY ENDED UP DOING A 180 DEGREE TURN INTO THE OTHER LANE , FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC IN THAT LANE. ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY AND NORMAL. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER CONTACTING THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY ADDRESSING THE FACT THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A DEFINITE PROBLEM, AS THIS WAS THE THIRD SUCH INCIDENT OF THE VEHICLE LOSING CONTROL. IN THE FIRST TWO INCIDENTS THE VEHICLE HAD STARTED AGAIN GOING OUT OF CONTROL FROM AROUND A CORNER, BUT THE CONDITION WAS WET SO I IGNORED IT. I FEARED THAT THERE WAS A GREATER PROBLEM HOWEVER, WHEN GOING AROUND A CURVE AT BELOW THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IT ALSO STARTED PULLING FROM THE BACK HEADING INTO THE OTHER LANE. FORTUNATELY IN THE OTHER TWO INCIDENTS I WAS ABLE TO PREVENT THE VEHICLES FROM TOTALLY LOSING CONTROL AND DOING WHAT IT HAD DONE ON THIS DAY. THE FORD GILLESPIE DEALERSHIP LOCATED AT 7111 N.W LOOP 410 SAN ANTONIO TEXAS SAID THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AFTER 12 MILES OF DRIVING AND HAVE SAID THAT THEREFORE THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE HANDLING AROUND CURVES AND CORNERS, AND THIS IS A REAL AND LEGITIMATE SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME.

WHILE DRIVING SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER VIBRATED, ALL THE FLUID LEVERS WENT TO EMPTY, AND VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED TWICE BY THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS PROBLEM IN WHICH THE CLAMP WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK