NHTSA Complaint #10304976 — 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA

WE HAVE A 2005 CROWN VICTORY I HAD STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT COMPLETELY SITTING STILL THE CAR ACCELERATED I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE ALREADY IT WOULD NOT STOP SOMEHOW I HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL I TOLD MY HUSBAND A FEW DAYS LATER HE WAS DRIVING IT HAPPENED TO HIM AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE SOMETHING WOULD NOT ALLOW THE FAN TO BE TURNED DOWN IT SEEMED STUCK WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER THEY FIXED THE FAN BUT SAID THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE WRONG DROVE IT A FEW MORE TIMES IT HAPPENED AGAIN BACK TO DEALER THIS TIME WE WERE ASSURED THAT FORD SAID THERE WAS NOTHING TO FIX BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AT CHRISTMAS 2007 A FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS I WAS DRIVING AGAIN I HAD STOPPED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN I WAS VERY NEAR WHERE I HAD INTENDED TO GO I GAVE IT A LITTLE GAS ALL AT ONCE IT WAS AS IF SOMEONE HAS PLACED A BRICK ON THE GAS PADDLE I PUT BOTH OF MY FEET ON THE BRAKE IT WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL I HIT A BUILDING ALL AT ONCE THE GAS WAS RELEASED AGAIN THE FORD DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR I WAS CHARGED WITH THE ACCIDENT WE STILL HAVE THE CAR I WILL NOT DRIVE IT WE DIDN'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO BE MAYBE KILLED IF WE TRADED IT MY HUSBAND DRIVES IT SOMETIME SO FAR NOTHING HAS HAPPENED I DON'T KNOW IF THEY FIXED IT AFTER THAT OR NOT WE TRIED TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE THIS HAD HAPPENED TO I THINK HE FOUND 2 OR 3 PEOPLE THAT HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS BUT WOULD NOT COMMENT ON IT. *TR