2006 FORD TAURUS Complaints

CAR IN MOTION AT HIGHWAY SPEED. ACCELERATOR STICKS AFTER TAKING FOOT OFF. ON HIGHWAY AND STREET. CRUISE CONTROL IS OFF. MUST PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL, PULL OFF ROAD, RESTART CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WHEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE RPMS REVVED. THE FAILURE HAD RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED, HOWEVER THE DETAILS OF THE REPAIR COULD NOT BE PROVIDED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 173,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE RPMS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL PEAKED TO 400. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE STOPPED AND A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

CAR ACCELERATED WITH BRAKES APPLIED,THIS CORRECTED ITSELF THEN REPEATED 3 MORE TIMES. TOOK CAR TO MY MECHANIC DISCOVERED CRUISE CONTROL ARM DETACHED AND WAS GETTING CAUGHT IN THROTTLE. TOOK CAR TO DEALER. THEY WILL EXAMINE ON 3/10/16.CALLED FORD SPOKE WITH JEFFREY IN CUSTOMER SERVICE NO RECALL GAVE VIN# AND REPORTED ISSUE. DISCOVERED THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHERS WITH TAURUS VEHICLES. VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY ISSUE. THE PART IS PLASTIC AND EITHER WEARS OR BAD DESIGN BECAUSE IT COMES FREE FROM THE MOUNT AND GETS CAUGHT IN THE THROTTLE WHEN DRIVING. YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU TRY TO STOP. CAR WANTS TO KEEP GOING AND RPM GAUGE SHOWS THROTTLE BEING APPLIED WITH FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR AND ON BRAKE.PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL RAPIDLY DISLODGE'S CRUISE CONTROL ARM BUT IT GETS STUCK AGAIN RANDOMLY. MECHANIC SNAPPED PIECE BACK IN PLACE BUT IT DISLODGED AGAIN ONCE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED.

ON JAN. 10 2014 I PURCHASED 2 NEW TIRES FROM LES SWAB HERE IN OROVILLE CA. IN OCT. 2015 I NOTICED A WOBBLE IN MY STEERING, TOOK THE CAR BACK TO WHERE I PURCHASED THE TIRES AND ASK THEM TO ROTATE THE TIRES AND CHECK FOR DEFECTS. WAS TOLD TIRES WERE OK BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED, WENT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD I HAD A TIRE BAD TIRE SEPARATION, WENT BACK TO LES SWAB AND THEY REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE TIRE. TODAY THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP ADVISED ME I HAD ANOTHER TIRE SEPARATION AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. IT IS EVIDENT TO ME THEY ARE SELLING DEFECTIVE TIRES THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.

THROTTLE STICKS AND VEHICLE ACCELERATES UNCONTROLLABLY AND UNPREDICTABLY. I BELIEVE THIS IS PART OF AN INVESTIGATION THAT DATES TO 2012. THE CRUISE CONTROL HAS AN ARM THAT CONNECTS TO THE THROTTLE-BODY. THAT ARM POPS OFF FROM TIME-TO-TIME. WHEN IT BECOMES DISCONNECTED, THE ARM WEDGES BETWEEN THE PIVOT POINT AND THE THROTTLE BODY, CAUSING THE THROTTLE TO STICK OR ACCELERATE.

THE GAS PEDAL GETS STUCK EITHER WHEN DRIVING VERY SLOW OR AFTER I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. AFTER I PUT THE CAR IN PARK I TRIED ON THE GAS PEDAL AGAIN AND IT WORKED BUT IT KEEPS HAPPENING DAILY WITH THE GAS PEDAL GETTING STUCK EVEN WHEN I PRESS WITH A LOT OF PRESSURE.

SO NOW WHEN I TRY TO REVERSE MY CAR DOESN'T MOVE AND IF I HIT THE GAS THE ENGINE JUST RAMS UP AND MAKES A LOUD NOISE.I HAVE GOT STUCK SO MANY TIMES TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN'T MOVE...ALSO MY HEADLIGHTS AND HIGH BEAMS LOOK THE SAME THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN THE HIGH BEAMS ARE ON THE LIGHT IN THE CAR DOESN'T COME ON..MY A/C A AND HEATER ONLY WORKS ON HIGH.I CAN'T GET ON THE FREEWAY THE GAGES GO UP TO 4 AND GO DOWN WHEN I'M GOING 65.WHEN IM ON THE REGULAR STREET THEY STILL GO UP HIGHT AND I CAN BE GOING LESS THAN 45.

RECENTLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY CRUISE CONTROL COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. TWO DAYS AFTER THAT I WAS SLOWING FOR A RED LIGHT AND I NOTICED THAT MY CAR WAS REVVING UP IN GEARS AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET MY CAR TO STOP AND I SHUT IT DOWN TO PREVENT ACCIDENT. AFTER THE RED LIGHT WAS OVER I STARTED UP MY CAR AND SHIFTED INTO DRIVE. THAT IS WHEN I NOTICED MY CAR ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. WITHOUT PRESSING MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL MY CAR WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE UP TO ABOUT 45 MILES PER HOUR. THIS CAR IS UNSAFE AND AFTER SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE 14 ISSUES LIKE THIS REPORTED AND OTHERS THAT WERE NOT REPORTED (FOR INSTANCE THIS HAPPENED TO MY SISTER'S 2005 FORD TAURUS AND SHE HAD TO REPAIR IT OUT OF HER OWN POCKET). I WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS REPORT BECAUSE FORD IS REFUSING TO HELP WITH THIS ISSUE DESPITE THIS BEING A CLEAR SAFETY ISSUE. THIS ISSUE HAPPENS WHILE THE CAR IS STATIONARY AND WHILE MOVING.