2004 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE DEACTIVATED THE CRUISE CONTROL WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE. THERE WAS A CONSTANT INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS UNTIL THE CONTACT APPLIED HEAVY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND NOTICED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD LEAKED ONTO THE GROUND. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT THEN DISCONNECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE AND THE FAILURE HAD NOT RECURRED SINCE. THE TRANSMISSION LEAK CONTINUED DESPITE NUMEROUS REPAIRS PERFORMED BY THE CONTACT AND AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,311. UPDATED 04/13/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE NORMALLY. THERE WAS A HIGHER THAN NORMAL ENGINE RPM AND HE HAD TO USE HEAVIER THAN NORMAL BRAKING TO BOTH SLOW AND STOP THE VEHICLE. JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT A SAFE PARKING AREA, THE IDLE RETURNED TO NORMAL. AFTER A BRIEF STOP, THE CONSUMER WENT BACK HOME. INITIALLY, THE IDLE WAS NORMAL, BUT THEN THE HIGH IDLE RETURNED. THE VEHICLE WA TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE THE NEXT DAY, WHERE HE NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING. THE TRANSMISSION DIPSTICK SHAFT AND DIPSTICK WAS EXTENDED ABOUT 3-4 INCHES ONTO THE GROUND. ALL FLUIDS APPEARED NORMAL AFTER INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED. THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE IAC AND RETURNED TO THE MECHANIC TO VERIFY PROPER INSTALLATION. THE CONSUMER THEN DISCONNECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE FROM THE THROTTLE BODY AS THE HIGH IDLE PERSISTED. THE TRANSMISSION LEAK CONTINUED DESPITE NUMEROUS REPAIRS PERFORMED BY THE CONSUMER AND THE AUTHORIZED DEALER. UPDATED 04/23/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED AT 50 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED INDEPENDENTLY YET THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN, CAUSING IT TO CRUISE AROUND 50-60MPH WITHOUT ANY PRESSURE ON THE THROTTLE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, DROPPING THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL CAUSES THE ENGINE TO REV HIGH. WHEN SHUT OFF AND STARTED AGAIN, PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. HAS NOTICEABLY OCCURRED ON THREE DIFFERENT INSTANCES. MIGHT BE SIMILAR TO A CURRENT NHTSA INVESTIGATION REGARDING "STICKY ACCELERATORS" ON TAURUSES. THE CRUISE CONTROL ON THE VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING ON THE CAR APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO, AND THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SINCE THEN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD UPON SLOWING DOWN BEFORE MAKING A TURN ACCELERATOR WOULD STICK AS IF IT WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL MODE. UPON PUMPING THE GAS PEDAL THE PEDAL WOULD BECOME UNSTUCK. CRUISE CONTROL MODE NOW NO LONGER WORKS IN VEHICLE. THE HAS HAPPENED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS ONCE WHILE MAKING A TURN AND ONCE WHILE PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT. *TR

SPEED CONTROL FAILED AND AFTER FAILING NOTICED THAT ACCELERATOR STICKS AND HOLDS SPEED RATHER HIGH. SO FAR THE ENGINE RETURNS TO NORMAL AFTER TAPPING THE PEDDLE A TIME OR TWO. UPON READING HOWEVER AM SORT OF WORRIED THAT SOMETIME IT MAY STICK FULL POWER IN WHICH CASE WOULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

WHILE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, MY CAR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AND DID NOT GIVE WAY WHEN I HIT THE BREAKS. THE CAR STARTED ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN AT 40MPH, AND KEPT GOING TO 50 MPH, AND THEN AT 60 MPH I BEGAN TO PANIC. THE TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD I WAS TRAVELING ON WAS BUSY AND CARS WERE GOING IN AND OUT OF BUSINESSES. WHEN TRYING TO HIT THE BREAKS THE CAR SLIGHTLY JERKED AND DID NOT SLOW DOWN THE CAR. I WAS QUICKLY APPROACHING A LINE OF CARS WAITING AT A RED LIGHT AND THERE WAS NO BREAK DOWN LANE. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO MOVE INTO A SMALL PARKING AREA AND NEARLY HIT A STOREFRONT BY 3 FEET. I QUICKLY PUT THE CAR IN PARK, WHILE IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. THINKING I WOULD RESET SOMETHING, I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND STARTED IT AGAIN. THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING AND CREATED A LOT OF SMOKE IN THE BACK. $500 TO FIX AT A FORD DEALERSHIP LATER AND I AM STILL ANXIOUS THAT THE SAME ISSUE WILL HAPPEN AGAIN BUT I WILL NOT BE SO LUCKY - WHAT IF IT HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY? WHEN A PEDESTRIAN WAS CROSSING THE ROAD? WHAT IF I HIT SOMEONE? FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THIS PART - AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK! *TR

THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK . I FREE IT BY RE PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL A NUMBER OF TIMES. THIS HAS HAPPEN TWICE OVER 5 MONTHS. ALSO I CHECKED FROM NEWS REPORT ABOUT THE CRUISE CONTROL AND FOUND THAT MY CONTROL DOES NOT FUNCTION AT ALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT PLACED THE GEAR SHIFTER INTO NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF USING THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ACTIVATED WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION FOR THE 2005 FORD TAURUS UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE12005 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES), THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE TO WORK, NOTICED THAT CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT ENGAGE AS NORMAL. AS I BEGAN TO DECEL ONTO THE OFF-RAMP, THE ENGINE RPM STAY AT APPROX 2800 RPM AND WOULD NOT GO ANY LOWER. FOUND THAT BLACK CRUISE CONTROL TAB ON THROTTLE BODY HAD ALLOWED THROTTLE CABLE TO SLIP OUT PARTIALLY, CAUSING THE THROTTLE BODY TO STAY PARTIALLY OPEN. HAD TO WIRE-TYE THE END OF THROTTLE BODY FOR CABLE TO REMAIN ENGAGED TO OPERATE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OR WHEN AT A COMPLETE STOP WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED TO 50 MPH WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE THROTTLE SENSOR AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS DISCONNECTED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.