NHTSA Complaint #10596858 — 2007 FORD TAURUS

I OWN A 2007 TAURUS SE WITH ABOUT 90,000 MILES. THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING LAST WEEK AND I TURNED IT OFF. ON AT LEAST FOUR OCCASIONS IN THE LAST WEEK, SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD UNEXPECTED, UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING THAT COULD EASILY RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. WHEN THE ACCELERATION HAPPENED , I GOT THE CAR OFF THE ROAD STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AS HARD AS I COULD, THE CAR RAN UP TO 3TO 4000 RPM BEFORE I COULD SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND TURN OFF THE IGNITION AFTER THE INCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ; I TOOK THE CAR IN TO ECKENROD FORD IN CULLMAN, ALABAMA. THEY GAVE ME A LOANER CAR WHILE THEY ARE FIXING MINE. I SEE THAT YOU HAVE HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME THING HAPPENING IN THIS YEAR AND MODEL AND RECOMMEND A RECALL OR AT LEAST A SERVICE BULLETIN, TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM A LOSE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE MAY BE CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS DANGEROUS AND DISCONCERTING AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. *TR