2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, CONSUMER'S FOOT HIT ACCELERATER PEDAL AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF OVER A CURVE. CONSUMER FEELS PEDALS ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER.*AK *JG

VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITH BRAKES APPLIED. THIS OCCURRED THREE TIMES. PREVIOUSLY, VEHICLE DRAGGED 20-30 SECONDS APPROACHING A STOP DUE TO IT NOT STOPPING ON TIME.PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 40 MPH, AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ENGINE RACES TO 3500-4500 RPM WITH FOOT OFF OF ACCELERATOR AND USUALLY WHILE ON BRAKE, HOT OR COLD, IN OR OUT OF GEAR, WHILE DRIVING, STOPPED, OR PARKED. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PEDAL SPACING, HAS OCCURRED OFTEN ENOUGH TO VERIFY THAT FOOT WAS EITHER COMPLETELY OFF ACCELERATOR OR COMPLETELY ON BRAKES. OCCURS RANDOMLY AND WITHOUT WARNING, USUALLY AROUND 40 MPH IN CITY STYLE DRIVING. HAS BEEN SERVICED THREE (3) TIMES, HAS NOT BEEN DUPLICATED BY FORD SERVICE TECHS, NOR HAS THE PROBLEM BEEN RESOLVED. HAPPENS BOTH WITH THE SPEED CONTROL CABLE ATTACHED OR DETACHED FROM THE THROTTLE BODY. PEDAL IS NOT JAMMING ON FLOOR MAT OR ANY OTHER FOOTWELL OBSTRUCTIONS. HAS OCCURRED WHILE STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT, REQUIRED EXTREME BRAKING EFFORT TO KEEP VEHICLE STATIONARY, RESOLVED WHEN ACCELERATOR DEPRESSED ON GREEN LIGHT. HAS ALSO OCCURRED DRIVING INTO NEIGHBORHOOD, RODE BRAKES UNTIL I GOT TO MY DRIVEWAY WHERE HEAVY BRAKING WAS APPLIED AND CAR PUT IN PARK AND IGNITION QUICKLY TURNED OFF. DURING DRIVE THRU NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE ENGINE RACING WAS OCCURING, NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO RESOLVE PROBLEM BY PUTTING VEHICLE IN NUETRAL, BUT HAD NO EFFECT. VEHICLE WAS REENTERED AFTER SITTING IN DRIVEWAY FOR APPROX 30-60 MINUTES. BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, IGNITION TURNED ON, FOOT REMAINED ON BRAKE TO PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE, IMMEDIATLEY UPON PUTTING VEHICLE IN REVERSE THROTTLE RACED AND THREW VEHICLE 1.5-2 CAR LENGTHS BACKWARDS BEFORE CONTORL WAS RESUMED BY FIRMLY APPLYING BRAKES. DURING THIS INCIDENT, FOOT WAS NEVER REMOVED FROM BRAKE PEDAL. CAR QUICKLY SHUT OFF, AND SCENARIO WAS REPEATED BY FATHER, CAR BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL AGIAN, AND PROBLEM RESOLVED BY APPLYING ACCELARATOR WHILE IN NEUTRAL. OTHER INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURED WHILE REMOVING FOOT FROM ACCELARATOR AND COASTING. OBVIOUSLY IT IS NOT ALWAYS SAFE TO RESOLVE PROBLEM BY ACCELERATING, AND IS AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM.

A SQUEALING SOUND MADE WHEN MAKING A TURN. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK

GAS AND BRAKE PEDAL SIT TOO CLOSE TOGETHER AND CLOSE TO THE SAME HEIGHT, WHEN FORD WAS CONTACTED, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO INSPECT.*AK

FORD'S PROBLEMS WITH SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND STUCK THROTTLES IS WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED. FORD SHOULD RECALL AND FIX THESE VEHICLES IMMEDIATELY!!!*AK

BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. I WAS COMING TO A STOP AND HAD MY WORK BOOTS ON, PUT MY FOOT ON I GUESS BOTH THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR, CAUSING ME TO BUMP THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. NO INJURIES, BUT NEVERLESS A JOLT.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY VEHICLE WAS MAKING A VERY BAD NOISE. CONSUMER STATES THE FAN PULLEY FELL OFF. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

WHEN TRYING TO APPLY BRAKES VEHICLE STARTED TO SURGE FORWARD BECAUSE THE GAS PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATER PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK