NHTSA Complaint #10350677 — 2003 FORD TAURUS

SON WAS DRIVING CAR, STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION TO MAKE SURE NO CARS WERE APPROACHING, TOOK FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND NOTHING, STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. HE SHUT THE CAR OFF, STARTED IT BACK UP, TRIED ALL THE GEARS AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. I HAD DRIVEN THE CAR EARLIER IN THE DAY AND DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, THERE WAS NOT ANY INDICATIONS ANYTHING WAS WRONG. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A HUGE, COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2003 FORDS. I AM A STUDENT AND I HAD JUST PAID OFF THIS CAR. IT HAS JUST OVER 89,000 MILES ON IT. I DON'T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT IS GOING TO TAKE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL FORD THAT THEY HAVE A DEFECT IN THEIR VEHICLES AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I CALLED FORD AND ALL THEY SAID THEY COULD DO WAS TAKE DOWN MY INFORMATION AND TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THEY KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND THEY ARE IGNORING THOSE WHO HAVE A FORD VEHICLE AND REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED SINCE I NOW HAVE NO CAR AND CAN'T BUY ANOTHER ONE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING. *TR