2004 FORD TAURUS Complaints

VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN WHEN FOOT REMOVED FROM GAS PEDAL. ENGINE RAN AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED EVEN WITH BRAKE ON. WHEN VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, RPM GAUGE SHOWED ENGINE RUNNING AT 3500 TO 4000 RPM. MECHANIC FOUND CRUISE CONTROL CABLE HAD DISCONNECTED FROM THROTTLE AND PREVENTED THROTTLE FROM MOVING PROPERLY, CAUSING IT TO BE STUCK OPEN. *TR

FIRST INCIDENT: PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND THE CAR ACCELERATED IN REVERSE TO 40 MPH UNTIL I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE. THE SAME NIGHT AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF 60MPH, THE CAR ACCELERATED UP TO 75MPH BEFORE I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE. SECOND INCIDENT: THE CAR WAS IN PARK AND THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE AS IF THE CAR WAS ACCELERATING. WHEN I SWITCHED GEARS AND PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE IT DARTED OFF IT STOPPED WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE. THE CAR REACHED 55MPH. *TR

THE CAR EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. DRIVING AT ~40 MPH, I NOTICED WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE TO TURN THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN THAT MUCH AND THE TACHOMETER WAS OVER 2000 RPM. WHEN I PULLED OVER AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK THE TACHOMETER WENT TO OVER 4000 RPM. I SHUTOFF THE ENGINE TAPPED THE GAS PEDAL AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE. ONCE AGAIN THE TACHOMETER WAS OVER 4000 RPM. I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND THE CAR TOOK OFF. I RODE THE BRAKES THE ~1000 FT TO MY HOME. I ONCE AGAIN SHUTOFF THE AND THEN RESTARTED THIS TIME IT WAS IDLING AT ~800 RPM (NORMAL). SINCE I RODE THE BRAKES TO KEEP THE CAR UNDER SOME CONTROL, ALL FOUR WHEELS WERE VERY VERY HOT. I WENT ON LINE AND FOUND OTHERS HAVE THIS PROBLEM WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE BECOMES DETACHED FROM THE THROTTLE CAM. I INSPECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE AND FOUND IT WAS IN FACT DETACHED. NEEDLESS TO THIS SUDDEN ACCELERATION COULD HAVE LED TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. AT A MINIMUM IT DID SOME WEAR TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND POSSIBLY WHEEL BEARING DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE EXCESSIVE HEAT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY ACCELERATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,700. UPDATED 8/24/12 *CN UPDATED 09/11/12. *JB

SLOWLY GOING OVER A SMALL SPEED BUMP AND I HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE DRIVER SIDE REAR SPRING HAD BROKEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STOPPED AND HAD THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED BY A PERSONAL MECHANIC; HOWEVER NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. AS THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE, WHENEVER THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 70 MPH THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER PERSONAL MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 133,000.

THE THROTTLE STICKS WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP. IT SUDDENLY REVS UP. MUST STOMP ON THE BRAKES AND ATTEMPT TO THROW INTO NEUTRAL. HAD BEEN ABLE TO STOP BUT 2 DAYS AGO REAR ENDED A TRUCK. DAMAGE TO MY CAR. *TR

THE THROTTLE STICKS WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP, IT SUDDENLY REVS UP. MUST THEN STOMP ON THE BRAKES AND TRY TO THROW IT INTO NEUTRAL. USUALLY CAN CATCH IT HOWEVER, 2 DAYS AGO ENDED UP REAR ENDING SOMEONE. THE FRONT END OF MY CAR IS DAMAGED. RAN INTO A TRUCK WHICH WASN'T DAMAGED. *TR

ACCELERATOR ON 2004 FORD TAURUS SES STICKS WHEN ACCELERATING ONTO HIGHWAY OR OTHER HIGH-SPEED ROADWAY. HAVE TO THROW THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN PRESS ON GAS PEDAL TO HALT THE ACCELERATION. SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN ACCELERATING. IT MAY BE CONNECTED TO THE CAR'S CRUISE CONTROL, WHICH RECENTLY STOPPED WORKING. A CABLE THAT ATTACHED TO THROTTLE COMES OFF AND WON'T STAY ON THE NIPPLE WHERE IT NORMALLY ATTACHES (HAVE A PHOTO OF THE CABLE). *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY AND RAPIDLY ACCELERATED. THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT BEGAN TAPPING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND EVENTUALLY REGAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS SERVICED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE RECURRED OVER 150 TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 147,000.