2006 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT THE CONTACT APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS, WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE TWO SENSORS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000. *TR

PURCHASED THE CAR IN LATE AUGUST 2012. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE CAR WOULD REV HIGH ON COLD STARTS, WHEN PLACED INTO GEAR CAR SOMETIMES WOULD DIE. THIS WAS NOT A CONSISTENT PROBLEM AND DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE AND IDENTIFY THE ISSUE. BY THE END OF DECEMBER 2012 THE PROBLEM BECAME CONSISTENT ON EACH COLD START. TOOK CAR INTO FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE REPLACED IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE AND CLEANED FUEL SYSTEM. FIRST ATTEMPT TO REPLACE AIR CONTROL VALVE FAILED WHEN THEY BELIEVED THE NEW PART WAS DEFECTIVE. REPLACED NEW ONE WITH ANOTHER NEW ONE AND THE CAR STARTED FINE FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND WENT BACK TO INCONSISTENT START UPS. TOOK CAR BACK TO FIRESTONE. THEY AGAIN REPLACED AIR CONTROL VALVE AND THE PROBLEM STILL WAS PRESENT AND I WAS TOLD TO TAKE TO THE DEALERSHIP. TOOK TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY STATED THE MOST RECENT AIR CONTROL VALVE PLACED BY FIRESTONE WAS DEFECTIVE AND THEY REPLACED AIR CONTROL VALVE WITH FORD EXCLUSIVE PART. PICKED CAR UP AND UPON LEAVING THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. I TURNED THE CAR AROUND AND HAD THEM LOOK AT IT AGAIN. THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. TWO WEEKS LATER THE PROBLEM APPEARED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I WOULD LIFT MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND THE CAR WOULD ACCELERATE TO 60MPH BEFORE I APPLIED THE BRAKE TO SLOW IT DOWN. TO KEEP A CONSISTENT SPEED I WOULD HAVE TO "RIDE THE BRAKE". I INTERNET SEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE DESCRIBING THE EXACT PROBLEM I WAS HAVING AND THAT IT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR 2005-06 FORD TAURUS FOR SUDDEN ACCELERATION MOST LIKELY DUE TO CRUISE CONTROL CABLE CATCHING ON THE THROTTLE. TOLD FORD DEALERSHIP WHAT I DISCOVERED, TOOK THE CAR IN AND THEY IDENTIFIED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS IN FACT CATCHING ON THE THROTTLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON (AT 72 MPH). WHEN I EXITED THE INTERSTATE AT THE EXIT RAMP, THE CAR HAD DIFFICULTY STOPPING. I HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKES REALLY HARD TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP AND AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS A BRAKING ISSUE. I HAD TO DRIVE THROUGH 3 TRAFFIC LIGHTS TO GET TO THE CLOSEST PARKING LOT TO STOP AND EACH TIME I HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME GETTING THE CAR TO STOP AND IT WOULD "JACK RABBIT" START AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO HIT THE ACCELERATOR BETWEEN LIGHTS (CAR WOULD GO 35 MPH OR SO). I PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK, WHEN I DID, THE ENGINE REVVED OPEN AND WENT UP THE 3500-4000 RPM BEFORE I COULD SHUT IT OFF. I WAITED FOR MY BROTHER TO COME CHECK THE CAR. HE HOOKED UP THE CAR TO A COMPUTER TO CHECK FOR ANY ISSUES AND THERE WEREN'T ANY THAT CAME UP ON THE COMPUTER. HE HAD ME START THE CAR AND IT WAS RUNNING IN THE NORMAL RPM RANGE. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES SINCE AND HAVEN'T HAD THE CAR CHECKED OUT SINCE IT WAS BEHAVING NORMALLY. I READ ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION ON THE VEHICLE FROM 2012 AND NOTICED THAT THE REPORTS I READ WERE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. I HADN'T TRIED TO USE CRUISE CONTROL AGAIN UNTIL TODAY AND DISCOVERED THAT MY CRUISE CONTROL ISN'T WORKING. THE "CRUISE" LIGHT COMES ON, BUT WHEN I TRY TO SET THE CRUISE CONTROL, IT WON'T SET AT ALL. I TRIED TURNING IT OFF AND ON 3 TIMES TO GET IT TO SET AND IT DIDN'T WORK. I AM PLANNING ON INSPECTING THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO PREVENT FURTHER ISSUES, BUT I WANTED THE NHTSA TO BE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 5/7/13 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE AND THE CAMSHAFT WERE ALSO REPLACED. UPDATED 06/10/2013 *JS

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR EVEN AT SPEEDS OF 45 MILES PER HOUR IT DIES. NO LIGHTS FOR FLASHERS NO POWER STEERING NO POWER BRAKES. IT DOES START BACK UP BUT IN THE MEAN TIME I AM IN MOVING TRAFFIC. I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP ALL WEEK THEY HAVE EXECUTED MANY TESTS AND CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED I HAD MY 3 YR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER IN THE CAR AND I BELIEVE THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE A REAR END COLLISION. *TR

NOTICEABLE VARIATIONS IN SPEED WITH NO DIRECT CONNECTION TO GAS PEDAL/BRAKES. THIS STARTED WITHIN THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND I AM FEARFUL THAT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP WHEN NEEDED. ALSO, THE STEERING WHEEL HAS A RATTLE NOW AND THE STEERING SEEMS "OFF". *TR

ON MY WAY TO WORK I WAS TRYING TO REDUCE MY SPEED BUT NOTICED I COULDN'T BECAUSE IT WAS AS IF I STILL HAD MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL, AND MY CAR WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN. IT HAPPENED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THAT MORNING, WHEN I LEFT WORK IT WAS WORSE THE GAS PEDAL WAS ALMOST STUCK AND WAS STILL GAINING SPEED EVEN WITH ME APPLYING THE BRAKE, I ALMOST HIT SEVERAL PEOPLE BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET TO MY DESTINATION AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. AS A MOTHER I WAS THANKFUL MY CHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE CAR AT THE TIMES THIS OCCURRED, BUT IT SCARED ME TO DEATH AND AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. THIS ISSUE IS PUTTING PEOPLE'S LIVES IN DANGER AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. I CONTACTED THE USED CAR DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR(WALDORF FORD & DODGE USED CAR CENTER) AND SPOKE TO A SERVICE MANAGER NAMED DREW. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THE ISSUE AND WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY, AND HE SAID THERE WOULD BE A CHARGE OF $116.00 JUST TO LOOK AT THE CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP, HE NEVER TOLD ME THERE WAS ANY KIND OF INVESTIGATION REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND ACTED AS IF HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS "RECALL IN PROCESS" . *TR

GAS PEDAL STICKS WHEN STARTING CAR. VERY STIFF UNTIL YOU TAP SEVERAL TIMES. SEEMS TO BE GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. *TR

WHILE DRIVE DOWN THE STREET APPROX 25MPH THE ENGINE STARTED TO REV UP AND THE CAR ACCELERATED. EVEN WHEN I TRIED TO BRAKE THE CAR WANTED TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE. I TRIED STOMPING ON THE GAS PEDAL, BUT IF DIDN'T HAVE ANY AFFECT. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD SHUT OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED THE PROBLEM DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE RPM INCREASED EXCESSIVELY AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 78,000. *TR