2006 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS SE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 132,000.

ENGINE RPM INCREASED EXCESSIVELY AT A STOP SIGN, CAR WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN I HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF TWICE TO GET IT TO STOP REVVING. *TR

THE CAR HAS INTERMITTENT HIGH IDLE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP. IT ALSO LURCHES FORWARD ONCE FOOT IS OFF THE BRAKE. I HAVE BEEN IN SEVERAL NEAR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF HIGH IDLE PROBLEM. REPLACED PVC, REPLACED IAC, CLEANED THROTTLE BODY, WITH NO GOOD RESULTS. *TR

THE THROTTLE HAS STUCK SEVERAL TIMES. IT'S MOST NOTICEABLE AROUND 40 MPH AFTER TAKING MY FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR AND APPLYING THE BRAKE. I'VE HAD TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL WHEN THIS HAPPENS, AT WHICH POINT, THE RPMS RACE UP OVER 5,000. BY REVVING THE ENGINE A COUPLE OF TIMES, THE RPMS WOULD COME DOWN TO IDLE. THEN I COULD PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS EVERY SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES OR SO, SO IT'S DIFFICULT FOR A MECHANIC TO ASSESS. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THREE DIFFERENT MECHANICS. I BELIEVE ALL OF THEM LUBRICATED THE THROTTLE AND/OR MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS OVER 30K MILES AGO. IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT MY CRUISE CONTROL HAS ALSO MALFUNCTIONED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR. I BOUGHT IT WHEN IT HAD 28K ON IT. I CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 90K MILES. THE MOST DANGEROUS SITUATION WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY DOWN NEWFOUND GAP RD. IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATL PARK. COMING DOWN THE 7% GRADE, THE BRAKE PEDAL HARDENED, MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP. WE HAD TO STOP FREQUENTLY, USING STREAM WATER TO COOL THE RIMS WHILE COASTING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN IN NEUTRAL. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED FOR THIS CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE PEDAL WOULD STICK AND THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PUMP THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL NUMEROUS TO DISLODGE THE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WOULD RAPIDLY ACCELERATE WHEN THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR. THE CONTACT WOULD SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF IN ORDER TO STOP THE FAILURE. ONCE RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE WOULD RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 74,000.

CAR WILL ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AT MANY DIFFERENT SPEEDS, EVEN THOSE OVER 55. BREAKING WILL ONLY SLOW AND NOT STOP ACCELERATION. YOU CAN SMELL THE BRAKES BURNING IF YOU TRY TO STOP THE CAR DURING THESE PERIODS BY ONLY PRESSING THE BRAKE. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND LET THE MOTOR RACE UP AND THEN IT WILL RESET THE THROTTLE. IT HAPPENS ON A REGULAR BASIS. *TR

CPSC#I1220409A. 2006 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER STATED WHINE COASTING UP HILL AND APPROACHING HER LEFT TURN THE CAR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. *LN THE CONSUMER STATED SHE MADE THE TURN APPLYING A GOOD AMOUNT FORCE TO THE BRAKE. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ANYWAY. THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATED EVEN WITHOUT HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE. SHE FINALLY MANEUVERED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,PLACE BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH A GREAT DEAL OF FORCE, PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK, AND ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATED TO 3000 RPM'S WHILE IDLING. SHE TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND WHEN SHE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS IT CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB

MY 2006 FORD TAURUS HAS STARTED TO ACCELERATE ITSELF. IT IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN.THIS IS QUITE SCARY. IS THERE A RECALL REGARDING THIS OR WILL THERE BE ONE? AND IF NOT THEN DOES IT HAVE TO COME TO TO WHAT TOYOTA WENT THROUGH FOR FORD TO ISSUE A RECALL? *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO DROP MY KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL AND DAYCARE WHEN I NOTICED IT WAS RUNNING AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH RPM (5000). I HAD TO DRIVE WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO KEEP THE SPEED AT A REASONABLE LIMIT. ONCE I GOT TO THE FIRST SCHOOL, I PARKED AND SHUT IT OFF THINKING MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP. WHEN I STARTED IT BACK UP, THE ENGINE RPM IMMEDIATELY SHOT BACK UP TO 5000 AND CLIMBING. THE ENGINE WAS MAKING SUCH A LOUD AND VIBRATORY NOISE THAT I SHUT IT OFF AGAIN AND CALLED MY HUSBAND AND HE CAME OVER AND TRADED VEHICLES WITH ME. SAME THING WHEN STARTED IT; IT IMMEDIATELY STARTED REVVING AND HE PUT IT INTO DRIVE AND THERE WAS LOUD THUD AS IF THE ENGINE HAD HIT THE GROUND. HE LET OFF THE GAS AND IT STARTED PULLING ITSELF. (NOW FROM MY HUSBAND'S EXPERIENCE) HE TOOK IT ON THE INTERSTATE TO SEE HOW HIGH THE SPEED WOULD GET BEFORE IT TOPPED OUT. EVENTUALLY HE HAD TO START APPLYING THE BRAKES AT 93 MPH. FOR WHATEVER REASON, HE WONDERED IF THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A SAFE SPEED AND HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO RIDE THE BRAKES AT 65-70 MPH. WHEN HIT THE CRUISE CONTROL IT DIDN'T WORK (HE REALIZED HE WAS RIDING THE BRAKES) SO HE HIT THE BRAKE AS FIRMLY AS HE COULD TO GET IT DOWN TO A SLOWER SPEED TO INVOKE THE CRUISE CONTROL. ONCE HE GOT DOWN TO ABOUT 50-60 MPH HE HIT THE CRUISE AGAIN AND IT CAME ON BUT THE CAR WAS STILL SLOWLY ACCELERATING. HE HIT THE BRAKES TO TURN THE CRUISE OFF AND FELT THE GAS PEDAL POP UP AND HIT HIM ON THE SIDE OF THE RIGHT FOOT AND THEN THE CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN. WE STILL HAVE TO DRIVE IT (HE DOES BECAUSE I?M TERRIFIED TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL) AND IT DOES THE SAME THING. NOW HE JUST TAPS THE GAS PEDAL UNTIL RELEASES AND TRIES NOT TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO DEEP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH IN AN EXTENDED DRIVEWAY WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND SHREDDED THE INNER SIDE OF THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.