2004 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN TO STOP THE CAR THE RPM'S REVVED UP TO OVER 3000RPM AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STOP THE CAR. I HAD TO PRESS ON THE BRAKE REALLY HARD AND THE CAR WAS STILL REVVED UP OVER 3000RPM. I COULD BARELY GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD AND HAD TO THROW IT INTO PARK AND TURN THE CAR OFF. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON IT STILL REVVED UP TO OVER 3000RPMS. THE NEXT DAY THE CAR STARTED AND IDLED AT A NORMAL 1000RPMS. THE PROBLEM REPEATED ITSELF TWO OTHER TIMES WITH VERY SIMILAR SCENARIOS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THE CAR STOPPED AS IF IT WANTS TO RUN AWAY. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS MAY, 2011, THEN OCT., 2011, AND FEB. 2012. *TR

I READ THIS STORY U.S. INVESTIGATES FORD TAURUSES FOR STUCK THROTTLES BY PETER VALDES-DAPENA @PETERDRIVES MARCH 12, 2012: 1:19 PM ET AND WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME DID NOT THINK MUCH ABOUT IT BUT AFTER READING THIS I AM NOW CONCERNED. I JUST PULLED OUT FROM A GAS STATION ACCELERATED TO ABOUT 30MPH WHEN I NOTICE IT WAS STILL ACCELERATING WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. AS IT WAS STILL GAINING SPEED I BECAME NERVOUS AND PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL IT DID REV UP TO A HI TACH SPEED (5000) OR BETTER. I KICKED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL QUICK AND HARD TO SEE IF THAT WOULD KNOCK IT DOWN BEFORE I WOULD HAVE TURNED IT OFF BUT IT DID WORK. I LATTER STOPPED OPENED THE HOOD LOOKED FOR ANYTHING OBVIOUS AROUND THE AREA WHERE ACCELERATOR & SPEED CONTROL CABLE COME TO AND FOUND THE SPEED CONTROL CABLE NOT CONNECTED TO THE BALL. REATTACHED IT BUT SEEMED LOOSE PLASTIC SEEMED TO BE WORN SOME. BUT HAS FALLEN OFF AGAIN. CHECKED THE SPEED CONTROL CABLE WHERE IT GOES INTO THE CONTROL BOX SEEMED TO BE LOOSE AND NO BINDING. IN ALL THE YEARS I HAVE HAD THIS CAR HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM ONE TIME....OH AND BY THE WAY JUST BEFORE I KICKED THE ACCELERATOR I DID TRY TO TURN ON/OFF THE SPEED CONTROL THINKING THAT SOMEHOW IT HAD ENGAGED BUT HAD NO EFFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD BECOME STUCK AND THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE AND ABNORMALLY. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE CABLE TIGHTENING, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 141,000.

STARTING APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AGO MY THROTTLE STARTED GETTING STUCK ON MY CAR. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE GAS PEDDLE, THE SPEED SLOWED DOWN SOME, BUT THEN IT ACTED AS THOUGH THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON AND THE THROTTLE WAS STUCK. I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE BUT THE THROTTLE WAS STILL ENGAGED. EVEN WHEN I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE THROTTLE WAS STILL ENGAGED AND THE ENGINE RACING. SEVERAL TIMES I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND/OR STOMP ON THE GAS PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE THROTTLE TO RELEASE. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD BECOME STUCK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT WOULD PUMP IN ORDER TO DISLODGE THE PEDAL. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE SEPARATED, WHICH INTERFERED WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,900 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 04/19/2012*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED, THERE WAS A RAPID INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE CONTACT APPLIED HEAVY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE FAILURE CEASED AND THE CONTACT CONTINUED DRIVING. A FEW MOMENTS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT SAFELY DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME AND HAD HER SPOUSE EXAMINE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE NOTICED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS DETACHED AND HE REATTACHED IT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKE TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

JUST SAW THIS THAT YOU WERE INVESTIGATING ON 2005-06 FORD TAURUS MODELS IN LOCAL PAPER FOR SIMILAR COMPLAINT. MY COMPLAINT IS FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL OR THROTTLE CONTROL ON MY FORD TAURUS 2004. MY CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. AFTER THAT, SOMETIMES MY CAR WOULD JUST LOCK ON USUALLY AT 40 TO 60 MPH AS FAR AS ACCELERATION AND EVENTUALLY DISENGAGE AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME AFTER PRESSING GAS PEDAL OR I WOULD SHUT MY CAR OFF TO RESET/REBOOT. IT HAPPENED MANY TIMES, BUT LUCKILY NO ACCIDENTS, JUST A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR ON BRAKES. I DID MENTION THIS PHENOMENON SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO LOCAL DEALER WHEN MY CRUISE WENT OUT AND THEY SAID NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS REPORTED AND NO RECALLS AT THE TIME. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CPSC#I1220619A. 2004 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND LEFT HIS WIFE STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. *LN

MY NEWLY LICENSED 16 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING HOME FROM SCHOOL AND SUDDENLY THE CAR STOPPED PULLING. IT STAYED RUNNING AND HE WAS ABLE TO BARELY COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD AND THERE WAS NO NOISE OR PRIOR INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. AFTER INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. RECALL THIS VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IS WARRANTED DUE TO THE DANGER OF THIS PROBLEM. I AM HOPING TAKING THIS ROUTE WILL GET RESULTS. IF NOT I WILL TAKE OTHER ROUTES TO GET THE ATTENTION THIS MATTER DESPERATELY NEEDS. LOCAL NEWS MEDIA AS WELL AS BBB AND OTHER AVENUES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING SOUND IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER BUT DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING WRONG. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO STATED THERE WAS A BROKEN COIL SPRING ON THE RIGHT SIDE . THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT JUST RECENTLY THE LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 139,338.