1990 FORD TAURUS Vehicle Speed Control Problems

WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE CAR SOMETIMES MOVES BACKWARDS AND VICE VERSA. NEAR ACCIDENT IN A PARKING LOT WHILE COMING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE.*AK

ACCELERATOR "STICKS" WHEN FLOORED, MAKING THE CAR SPEED UP UNCONTROLABLY. VERY DANGEROUS, AS CAR SPEEDS UP UNCONTROLABLY. ACCELERATOR MUST BE "PUMPED" TO UNSTICK IT. HAPPENS ONLY WHEN ACCELERATOR IS FLOORED, WHICH IS RARE. TOOK IT TO A DEALER- NO RECALL, COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM, SAID IT WAS OK. DIDN'T STICK FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT APPARENTLY ONLY BECAUSE I HAVEN'T FLOORED IT.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE SWITCHED FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, IT SURGED FORWARD SUDDENLY. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE, AND CANT FIND A SOLUTION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65MPH UP ON A VERY STEEP HILL VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN,AND THE GAS PEDAL STUCK WHEN GOING AROUND A CORNER. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, AND THAT DIDN'T HELP. SO CONSUMER SHIFTED TRANSMISSION DOWN TO A LOWER GEAR. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN WHEN DRIVING DOWN A STREET, VEHICLE JUST STARTED ACCELERATING, NO WARNING. *AK

I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE JAN 1994; IT HAD 78,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT. IN THE LAST YEAR I HAVE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH NO RESOLUTION. FRONT CENTER SEAT BELT BUCKLE BUTTON REMAINS DEPRESSED AND WILL NOT RETURN TO THE TOP POSITION MAKING IT UNUSEABLE AS A RESTRAINT. TAILGATE LATCH HAS BROKEN OFF DEEP INSIDE THE DOOR AND WILL NO LONGER LATCH. CATALYTIC CONVERTER "RAM'S HORN" BURNED OUT IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR; STARTED ENGINE AND BARELY AVOIDED SERIOUS ENGINE FIRE AS RESULT OF CONVERTER FAILURE. CAR SURGES WHEN IDLING, CAUSING IT TO LUNGE BACK AND FORTH SO HARD IT IS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FAILED; WINSHIELD WIPERS STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD WHEN USING INTERMITTENT WIPE; A YEAR AGO WIPER MOTOR BURNED OUT AND WAS REPLACED. HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION WORKED ON THREE TIMES IN THREE YEARS. LED INDICATOR ON...

DRIVER LEAVING SERVICE CENTER PARKING LOT, AFTER VEHICLE WAS SERVICED. WHILE PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPACE, WITH FOOT STILL ON BRAKE, CAR RAPIDLY ACCELERATED, LUNGED FORWARD AT FULL SPEED, HITTING TWO OTHER PARKED VEHICLES IN THE LOT. VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP DESPITE FULL APPLICATION OF BRAKES. WAS ABLE TO PUT CAR INTO REVERSE, AND THEN SHIFT TO PARK.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE TO THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. AT FIRST, CONSUMER HAD CONTROL BY APPLYING THE BRAKES. THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN, AND CONSUMER HAD TO STEP ON THE BRAKES AGAIN, THEN PROBLEM HAD STOPPED. *AK

ACCELERATOR STUCK WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO HIGHWAY. MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ALONE AND COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR. CAR WAS WRECKED BEYOND REPAIR.

WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE ENGINE REVVED, AND THE VEHICLE ZOOMED OUT OF THE GARAGE AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED. WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND HIT A DITCH. THE DRIVER NEVER PUT FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL OR BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK

ENGINE ACCELERATES WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION. WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE STARTS TO SPEED UP. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AKSPARK PLUG WIRES WERE REPLACED BUT ONLY SOLVED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE THROTTLE LINKAGE AND CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED, OVERRIDING THE BRAKING SYSTEM WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AT 45MPH VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 60MPH FOR NO REASON. DEALER IS UNABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM, OWNER IS CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY. ALSO, REPLACED TRANSMISSION. *AK

AFTER DRIVING SEVENTY MILES PARKED CAR OUTSIDE GARAGE, GOT OUT GAVE FRIEND HER SUIT CASE, GOT BACK INTO VEHICLE AND STARTED IT, PUT FOOT ON BRAKE, PUT IT IN DRIVE AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF UNCONTROLLABLY, PEELED RUBBER AND CRASHED INTO FOUNDATION OF HOUSE . *AK

VEHICLE SURGES AT STOPS. *SD

TWO OCCASIONS OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION. TT

TWO OCCASIONS OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION. TT

WHEN DRIVING STOP AT A STOP LIGHT CAR ACCELERATES . TT

VEHICLE TAKES OFF AT HIGH SPEED. *AK

GAS PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE HAD JERKY ACCELERATION. *AK

AUTO-TRAN: WHILE DRIVING, BRAKES APPLIED, ENGINE RPMS SPEEDS UP 10 TO 15 MPH; OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 4 TIMES PER MONTH; NO WARNING. TT

THROTTLE STICKS WHEN FIRST DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE ACCELERATOR STUCK. TT

VEHICLE HAD SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK OCCURED WITH NO WARNING HAD TO THROW INTO PARK TO STOP. TT