2003 FORD TAURUS Complaints

THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO THROTTLE AND THEN SHUT OFF AT ANY TIME IF YOUR FOOT IS NOT ON THE GAS. THE VEHICLE ALSO STAYS OR GOES UP IN SPEED WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING. I HAD THOUGHT THIS WAS THE FUEL PUMP BUT LEARNED IT IS NOT. IM AFRAID THAT WHATEVER THE PROBLEM MAY BE I COULD BE DRIVING THE SPEED WILL GO UP ON ITS OWN AND THEN FORCE THE CAR TO SHUT OFF AND DIE LEADING TO AN ACCIDENT. THEREFORE I MUST SAY I DO NOT DRIVE THIS CAR OFTEN OR FAR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40MPH AND THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND WAS FORCED TO PRESS HARD ON MY BRAKES TO GET THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND APPLIED EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE12033 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

3 OCCURRENCES OF THROTTLE STICKING OPEN WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE WHEN EITHER PASSING OR MERGING ONTO EXPRESS-WAY. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS WHEN PASSING A VEHICLE ON A ROAD SHORTLY AFTER A FULL STOP GOING ABOUT 35-45 MPH THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE EVEN WHEN PUMPING THE BREAKS. THE 2ND TIME WAS NOT UNTIL ABOUT 6-8 MONTHS LATER WHILE ACCELERATING RATHER QUICKLY TO MERGE SAFELY INTO TRAFFIC ON AN EXPRESSWAY AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. SLOWLY AT FIRST AND THEN AFTER GETTING OFF AT NEXT EXIT I BARELY WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE BREAKS TO PULL OVER. I WAS ABLE TO SHUT IT DOWN AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES ATTEMPTED TO START CAR AND THE ACCELERATOR RACED SO I IMMEDIATELY SHUT IT DOWN AGAIN. AFTER WAITING 10 MIN. OR SO I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND IT PERFORMED LIKE NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. I WAS IN AN AREA OF DETROIT THAT I WAS NOT GOING TO STAY THERE UNLESS I HAD TO SO I AGAIN DROVE MAKING SURE I SLOWLY ACCELERATED UNTIL GETTING UP TO EXPRESSWAY SPEED. THE 3RD OCCURRENCE HAPPENED IN MUCH THE SAME WAY THE 1ST ONE HAPPENED. I THINK MY RESPONSE WAS DIFFERENT THIS TIME IN THAT I DID NOT ATTEMPT TO PUMP THE ACCELERATOR TO TRY AND UNSTICK. IF MEMORY SERVES ME I WENT INTO A COAST MODE UNTIL I SAW THE TACK COME DOWN TO A NORMAL RPM SPEED. AFTER THE 2ND OCCURRENCE I REMOVED THE FLOOR MAT FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE, SO I KNOW THAT AFTER IT HAPPENED THE 3RD TIME IT DEFINITELY WAS NOT THE RESULT OF A JAMMED FLOOR MAT. THE WEATHER ON ALL 3 OCCASIONS WAS NOT WET. THE 2ND AND 3RD HAPPENED DURING THIS PAST SUMMER. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE ALTHOUGH WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THIS LOOKED AT BEFORE WINTER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE DRIVER APPLIED EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED A PLASTIC CLIP ON THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS FRACTURED, WHICH CAUSED THE CABLE TO BECOME STUCK. THERE WAS A CONCURRENT INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE12005 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHEN I WAS ON MY WAY TO ARBYS THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON ME WITH NO WARNING. MY CAR COULD NOT SHIFT GEARS TO GO INTO REVERSE OR FORWARD. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK. THE EMPLOYEES AT ARBYS ASSISTED ME WITH PUSHING THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE DRIVE-THROUGH. THE CAR RUNS BUT CANNOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH A TRANSAXLE ASSEMBLY RECONDITIONED TRANSMISSION WITH REMAN TORQUE CONVERTER. TOTAL COST OF REPAIR WAS $1,839.33. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATED UPHILL IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AREA. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK. STARTED THE IGNITION AND ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT OPERATE IN ANY GEAR WHICH WAS SELECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE MECHANIC WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED/REPAIRED 18 MONTHS AGO. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. TOTAL COST OF REPAIR WAS $710.00. *TR

I WAS TAKING MY BROTHER TO THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS HAVING A BREATHING PROBLEM. I SAW THE SIGN FOR QUITMAN EXIT AND VEERED IN THAT DIRECTION. IT WAS TO SOON, I WENT OFF AN EMBANKMENT AND BESIDES HITTING SOME TREES, DEBRIS, LANDED IN A POND. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I HIT HEAD ON. MY BROTHER WAS HURT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH HE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERAL INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

I JUST PICKED MY FOUR YEAR OLD SUN FROM DAYCARE AND THE CAR SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING, I WAS ON THE LEFT LANE AND HAD TO STEER THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NO FORWARD NO REVERSE. NEIGHBOR SAID SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIS TAURUS AND HE CHANGED THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND NOW IT DRIVES FINE, SEEMS LIKE A COMMON PROBLEM. THIS IS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN, IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING 60? *TR