NHTSA Complaint #10524391 — 2005 FORD TAURUS

WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AT POSTED SPEED, ENGINE REVVED EXCESSIVELY AND NEEDED TO DO HEAVY BRAKING TO GET VEHICLE STOPPED. PROBLEM WENT AWAY AFTER STOPPING, TURNING VEHICLE OFF FOR A COUPLE MINUTES THAN THEN RESTARTING. ABOUT 10 MILES EARLIER, TRIED TO USE CRUISE CONTROL BUT IT NEVER WORKED (COULD NOT SET IT). ON FRIDAY 8 JUNE, WHILE DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING IN BUFFALO, MN, SYMPTOMS OCCURRED AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW IF MY DAUGHTER TRIED TO USE THE CRUISE CONTROL THIS TIME. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR THE 8 MILES TO HOME AND PARK IT IN THE DRIVEWAY. SEVERAL HOURS LATER, WHEN I STARTED THE CAR, WHILE IN PARK, THE ENGINE RPMS WAS 3500. TAPPED GAS PEDAL A COUPLE TIMES AND ENGINE STAYED REVVED. THEN TURNED OFF CAR AND STARTED IT AND ENGINE RPM WAS BACK TO NORMAL. I DROVE ABOUT 10 MILES, INCLUDING TRYING TO USE CRUISE CONTROL, WITHOUT INCIDENT, THOUGH THE CRUISE CONTROL STILL NEVER WORKED (WOULD NOT SET). ON WEDNESDAY 10 JULY, IN ALBERTVILLE, MINNESOTA, WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING 30 MPH, SHE NOTICED THAT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THE CAR STOPPED AT 2 DIFFERENT STOP LIGHTS. THEN ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM THE SECOND STOP LIGHT, WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP HER CAR FOR A 3RD STOP LIGHT AND HAD TO DRIVE THROUGH A RED LIGHT, THIS TIME WITH SEVERAL PASSENGERS. SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR WITH ENGINE REVVING AND AFTER TAPPING THE GAS PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES IT RETURNED BACK TO NORMAL. SHE WAS NOT TRYING TO USE THE CRUISE CONTROL. *TR