2004 FORD TAURUS Complaints

I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SOUTHGATE FORD ON MARCH 15, 2013, TO HAVE THEM ANALYZE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WHICH CAME ON DURING THE WEEK. I DRIVE ONLY A FEW MILES PER WEEK BUT DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE WITH THIS WARNING. SOUTHGATE FORD TURNED ME AWAY ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO RETURN ON MONDAY, MARCH 18TH STATING: "THEY ARE TOO BUSY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS OF LITTLE CONCERN AND TO RETURN ON MONDAY". WITHIN 2 MILES OF LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP HEADING NORTH ON FORT STREET, I WAS UNABLE TO BRING THE 2004 FORD TAURUS TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT. THE TAURUS ENGINE RACED AND ROARED AT OVER 4,000 RPMS AND REACHED SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MILES PER HOUR. I TRIED TO BRAKE WITH ONE FOOT AND THEN TWO FEET. THE BRAKES COULD NOT BRING THE TAURUS TO A STOP AND IT FELT LIKE THE BRAKES WERE PUSHING BACK TOWARD ME. I SWERVED TO THE LEFT TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND CROSSED OVER THE MEDIAN TO SOUTHBOUND FORT STREET. I ATTEMPTED TO REACH A PARKING LOT TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC AS THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RACE AND ROAR. THE BRAKES COULD NOT CONTROL THE CAR. I MISSED THE ENTRANCE OF THE PARKING LOT BY A FEW FEET AND HIT THE CURB. THE IMPACT OF HITTING THE CURB THREW MY BODY TOWARD THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. THE CAR CONTINUED TO LUNGE FORWARD UNTIL IT HIT THE BRICK BUILDING IN THE LOT AT APPROXIMATELY 47 MILES PER HOUR. THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED IN THIS HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH A BRICK BUILDING. I HAVE SUSTAINED BRUISING FROM MY LEFT EAR DOWN TO MY KNEES AND MULITPLE FRACTURES IN MY RIGHT WRIST. PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE TO HAVE RECALL NOTICES ISSUED? *TR

THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. DEPRESSING BOTH THE BRAKE AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL MADE THE CAR START SMOKING EXCESSIVELY WHILE STILL MOVING. AFTER HITTING ONE VEHICLE DUE TO BEING UNABLE TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, I WAS ONLY ABLE TO STOP THE CAR BY RUNNING IT HEAD ON INTO A CONCRETE PYLON. ONE OF THE MOST TERRIFYING DAYS OF MY LIFE. COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED AND I WAS SO UNPREPARED TO HANDLE THESE EVENTS. THANKFUL TO GOD TODAY THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE, ONLY PROPERTY. ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING. *TR

DRIVING MY VEHICLE UP AN INCLINE NEAR MY HOME AND AT THE TOP I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR. VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I PRESSED THE OFF BUTTON ON CRUISE CONTROL (IN CASE IT WAS ON FOR SOME REASON) AND ALSO PRESSED THE BRAKES. THE CAR SLOWED BUT AS SOON AS I LET OFF THE BREAK IT SPED UP AGAIN. I WAS NOT FAR FROM HOME SO I STAYED ON THE BREAK UNTIL THE TURN AT MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AFTER I TURNED I HAD TO WAIT FOR THE GATES TO OPEN SO I LET OFF THE BRAKES A BIT BUT THE CAR WOULD JUMP FORWARD. I TURNED IN AS SLOWLY AS I COULD AND BEFORE TURNING INTO MY DRIVE WHERE MY SON AND HIS FRIENDS WERE PLAYING IN THE YARD I STOPPED AS MUCH AS I COULD AND WHILE I HAD MY LEFT FOOT ON THE BREAK PULLED ON THE ACCELERATOR WITH MY RIGHT. THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE ENGINE SOUND AND I SLOWLY PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY. THIS HAS NEVER OCCURRED BEFORE. WE BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2008. IS THERE ANY SORT OF FIX?? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, HE ATTEMPTED TO DECELERATE BUT THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SPEED CONTROL CABLE HAD DETACHED FROM THE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,953. UPDATED 06/18/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM HAS SINCE BEEN RESOLVED. UPDATED 06/19/13

DROVE FROM WORK TO HOME, PARKED CAR. WHEN I WENT TO GO START CAR, IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR REVERSE. HAD IT TOWED TO FORD DEALER.UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION WITH FRIENDS THEY TOLD ME TAURUS/SABLE WERE KNOWN FOR BAD CONVERTERS, WENT ON INTERNET TO INVESTIGATE INFORMATION AND HAD HUGE RESPONSE TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH I BRAKE FORCEFULLY TO AVOID ANOTHER CAR COMING OUT OF A STRIP MALL AT EXCESSIVE SPEED. AS I GRADUALLY RELEASED THE BRAKE THE CAR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT MY HAVING TOUCHED THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS ABLE TO TURN WITH A GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE ONTO A SIDE ROAD WHERE THERE WAS LITTLE TRAFFIC. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN UP TO ABOUT 40-50 MPH. THE RPM'S WERE UP TO 4000. I WAS PRESSING ON THE BRAKE, CAR WAS BUCKING AND NOT STOPPING. EVENTUALLY I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. I WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL TOMORROW WHAT HE PLANS ON DOING. HOWEVER AFTER SOME ONLINE RESEARCH I PLAN ON TELLING HIM TO REPLACE THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE AND THE PIN. FORD SHOULD AT LEAST TELL PEOPLE HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM SINCE IT SEEMS THEY ARE NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY AND RECALLING THESE CARS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE CHANGED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BECAUSE IT WAS FLAT AND HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO BECOME FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKES BUT THE BRAKES WOULD NOT RESPOND AS THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTINUED TO INCREASE. THE CONTACT KICKED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES AND NOTICED THAT THE SPEED DECREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

I WAS DRIVING AND HAD TURNED INTO A STORE PARKING LOT. I MADE A TURN DOWN A ROW TO PARK AND AS I RAN OVER A GRATE, GOING NO MORE THAN 25 MPH, THE CAR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. THE RPM'S WENT UP TO ABOUT 40 MPH. I COULD FEEL IT. MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE GAS. MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE HORRIFIED. I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPOT AS FAR AWAY FROM THE OTHER VEHICLES AS POSSIBLE. THE CAR WAS ROARING SO HARD. I CALLED MY MECHANIC BECAUSE I HAD JUST HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME TO QUICKLY PAT DOWN ON THE GAS (THEN RELEASE) WHILE THE CAR WAS SAFELY IN PARK. I DID IT AND IT AND IT STOPPED IT. I COULD FEEL IT IMMEDIATELY STOP THE ACCELERATION. *TR

ON 12.02.2012, I WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION; AT A RED LIGHT; THE LANE TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE FREEWAY; AT THAT MOMENT AND TIME I DID ACTIVATE THE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER ELECTRICAL PUSH BUTTON SWITCH FOR THE VEHICLE REAR WINDOW. AS SOON AS THE SIGNAL LIGHT WAS GREEN; WITHIN APPROXIMATELY LESS THAN TWO MINUTES, I DROVE OFF AND ENTERED THE FREEWAY; UPON ENTERING THE FREEWAY AND IN THE SLOW LANE, I TURNED OFF THE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER; IN APPROXIMATELY LESS THAN TWO OR THREE MINUTES WHILE IN MOTION/DRIVING; THERE WAS A LOUD BANG!. THE LOUD BANG, WAS A SOUND LIKE SOMETHING EXPLODED; I LOOKED INTO MY REARVIEW MIRROR AND SAW THAT I COULD BARELY MAKE OUT WHAT WAS BEHIND ME/TRAFFIC. I PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY AND FOUND THAT MY REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED/WAS BROKEN UP/CRACKED INTO PIECES, THE WINDOW DIDN'T COME APART; STAYED INTACT. THE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER SYSTEM ELECTRICAL CONNECTION @ THE REAR WINDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE; THE CONNECTOR PLASTIC HOUSING WAS MELTED, BUT STAYED CONNECTED/INTACT. THE DRIVER SIDE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR DETACHED/CAME OFF THE REAR WINDOW; THE CONNECTOR PLASTIC HOUSING WAS COMPLETELY MELTED.