2003 FORD TAURUS Complaints

I HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS. IN THE PAST, I'VE HAD THE PEDAL STICK AND THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN. WHEN I PUSHED ON THE BRAKES, IT TAKES ME ABOUT 3 TIMES AS LONG TO STOP THE CAR AND ONCE IT'S STOP IT IS STILL TRYING TO GO AND THE RPM WAS ABOVE 3. I WAS ALSO PUSHING THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD AND THE CAR WAS STILL TRYING TO GO. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS IN THE WINTER OF 2010. IT HAPPENED ROUGHLY 5 TIMES IN THE WINTER OF 2010 AND 3-4 TIMES IN THE WINTER OF 2011. IT DID NOT HAPPEN IN 2012 DUE TO THE WARM WINTER CLIMATE, AT LEAST THAT IS MY GUESS. I ALSO REMEMBER IT HAPPENING WHEN IT WAS VERY COLD OUTSIDE. THE ONE TIME IT WAS AROUND 0 DEGREES. IT FELT LIKE THE PEDAL WOULD GET STUCK. THE ONLY WAY I COULD GET IT TO STOP WOULD BE TO AGGRESSIVELY KEEP PUSHING THE PEDAL AND THEN IT WOULD GET UNSTUCK. ONE TIME I LET IT GO TO SEE HOW FAR IT COULD SPEED UP ON IT'S OWN I GOT IT TO 50 MPH WITHOUT PUSHING THE PEDAL BEFORE I GOT NERVOUS AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO STOP. I'VE ALSO NOTICED IN THE PAST THAT THE PEDAL SOMETIMES WILL FEEL LIKE IT WILL GET STUCK BUT IN THOSE CASES THE CAR WON'T ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN LIKE I EXPLAINED ABOVE. I BROUGHT ALL OF THIS TO THE DEALER'S ATTENTION BUT THEY WROTE ME OFF AND SAID IT COULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO THE COLD. I NEVER THOUGHT TO REPORT IT TILL I HEARD ABOUT OTHER INCIDENTS SIMILAR TO MINE RECENTLY IN THE NEWS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO DECREASE SPEED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 202,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AND MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, BUT WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THERE WAS AND INCREASE IN THE ENGINE RPMS, BUT THE VEHICLE THEN STALLED INSTEAD OF ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 50,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE ENGINE RPMS. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY HEAVY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO KEEP THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE FAILURE CEASED AFTER A FEW MOMENTS. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE A FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP TO 75 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE ONTO THE SHOULDER AND STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL THROTTLE CABLE WAS FRACTURED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE CABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000. THE VIN INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS SEDAN SES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 119,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

PULLED INTO TRAFFIC JUST BEFORE STOP LIGHT, CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, AT STOP LIGHT PUT CAR IN TO NEUTRAL, ENGINE CONTINUED TO RACE, TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON STILL CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, PULLED INTO TRAFFIC AS I COULD NOT PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC CONTINUE TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL, IN AND OUT TILL COULD PULL OVER AND CALL TOW TRUCK. BREAKS WERE ABLE TO CONTROL CAR BUT ENGINE OVER HEATED. TOOK TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE WAS TOLD IT WAS A BROKEN/STUCK CRUISE CONTROL CABLE AND THAT ENGINE OVERHEATING HAD CRACKED RADIATOR CAP. *TR

FIRST TIME WE NOTICED IT I WAS ACCELERATING TO GET ON THE FREEWAY AND THE THROTTLE PEDAL FELT LIKE IT WAS STICKING AT A POINT ABOUT 1/4 THROTTLE THEN IT WOULD WORK NORMALLY PAST THAT POINT. THIS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT DAY. AFTER THAT OCCURRENCE TWO DAYS LATER WE WERE ON OUR WAY HOME AND WHILE CRUISING AT 70MPH ON I-40, WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON, I ACCELERATED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AND I FELT THE SAME INCIDENT AS BEFORE. THE FEELING ON THE THROTTLE IS AS FOLLOWS: HARD TO PRESS UNTIL THE PEDAL REACHES THE 1/4 POINT THEN A SNAP AND THE PEDAL MOVES DOWN FREELY. BY COINCIDENCE TWO DAYS AFTER ARRIVING HOME I CAME UPON THE MSN REPORT OF FORD TAURUS THROTTLE PROBLEMS. I WILL NOW BE TAKING MY CAR TO THE LOCAL DEALER TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU *TR

CAR STARTS TO ACCELERATE BY ITSELF WITHOUT PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL AND DOESN'T STOP TILL IT IS SHUT OFF. *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING ALONG WHEN THE RADIO STOPPED WORKING AND THAN THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. HE PULLED OVER AND IT STALLED AND HE SAW FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE POLICE OFFICER SUSPECTS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THE CAR BURNT FROM FRONT TO REAR..A TOTAL LOSS. *TR