NHTSA Complaint #10451425 — 2002 FORD TAURUS

MY SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD SON HAD TOLD ME PREVIOUSLY THAT THE GAS PEDAL HAD BEEN SUCKED DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR ACCELERATED WILDLY. AT FIRST, I DISMISSED IT AS THE FLOOR MAT GETTING TANGLED IN THE GAS PEDAL. BUT THEN I EXPERIENCED IT MYSELF AND IT WAS A WILD AND CRAZY EXPERIENCE TO GET THE CAR UNDER CONTROL WITHOUT ANY ADVANCE NOTICE THAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE OFF FROM A DEAD STOP AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN GEAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO VARSITY FORD IN ANN ARBOR, MI (INVOICE # [XXX]) AND HERE IS THE SERVICE WRITE UP LANGUAGE; "CUSTOMER STATES GAS PEDAL WILL STICK TO THE FLOOR INTERMITTENTLY, CHECK AND ADVISE. CHECKED THE EECV SYSTEM AND ROAD TEST INSPECTED THE THROTTLE AND CABLE AND FOUND ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS CONCERN, HOWEVER, RECOMMENDED SOME PM TUNE-UP WORK. REPLACED AIR FILTER AS MAINTENANCE. THIS WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT. I WILL FILL OUT ANOTHER COMPLAINT FORM FOR THE SECOND INCIDENT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR