NHTSA Complaint #10392044 — 2005 FORD TAURUS

THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT IT SEEMED TO BE DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE TOYOTAS WERE DOING, ACCELERATING ON IT'S OWN. WHEN I WOULD GET TO APPROX. 50-55MPH, I COULD FEEL THE GAS PEDAL "STICK." THE CAR WOULD THEN ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS, UP HILLS, ON FLAT ROADS, ETC. THE BRAKES WOULD STOP THE CAR, BUT YOU COULD HEAR THE ENGINE IDLING IN A HIGHER GEAR, AND WHEN THE BRAKE WAS RELEASED, THE CAR WOULD TAKE OFF WITHOUT GAS BEING APPLIED. ONCE, WHEN I WAS PARKING, THE CAR WAS DOING THIS AND WHEN I PLACED THE GEAR IN "P" THE RPM'S WHEN PAST 3 BEFORE I SHUT THE CAR OFF. WHEN I CALLED THE FORD COMPANY TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS, THEY INSTANTLY KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND SAID THEY HAD SEEN 3 COME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ALREADY. THE PROBLEM ENDED UP BEING THE THROTTLE BODY AND CRUISE CONTROL CABLES. I JUST FELT THAT I NEEDED TO LET YOU KNOW OF THE SITUATION AS IT CONCERNED ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND IF IT HAS HAPPENED ENOUGH THAT ONE DEALERSHIP KNOWS THE PROBLEM INSTANTLY WITHOUT SEEING THE CAR, I THINK THIS MAY BE AN ISSUE THAT WARRANTS A RECALL OF SOME KIND.