2001 FORD TAURUS Vehicle Speed Control Problems

THE CAR WILL SOMETIMES STAY AT HIGH RPMS EVEN WHEN PRESSURE IS RELEASED ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THIS HAPPENED TO ME IN 2018 WHEN I FIRST GOT THE CAR AND HAS HAPPENED RECENTLY IN DECEMBER 2020. IN THE FIRST EPISODE, I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE AND THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN UNTIL I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL. IN THE SECOND, MY WIFE HAD TO THROW IT INTO PARK. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET IN BOTH INSTANCES GOING STRAIGHT

MY HIGH BEAM LIGHT INDICATOR IS ON BUT THE LOW BEAMS ARE ON. WHEN I PUSH THE SWITCH TO TURN MY HIGH BEAMS ON THEY TURN ON BUT THE LIGHT INDICATOR TURNS OFF AND WHEN SWITCH MY HIGH BEAMS ON MY SPEEDOMETER STARTS KINDA WORKING, OTHERWISE IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL.

THE THROTTLE CABLE HOUSING DOES NOT STAY IN IT'S SEAT WHERE IT IS MOUNTED BY THE THROTTLE BODY CAUSING OVER ACCELERATION WHEN USING MODERATE ACCELERATION, VERY HARD BRAKING IS NECSESARY TO STOP AND PUTTING THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL CAUSES MAJOR OVER REVING OF THE ENGINE.

CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATING WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL. CRUISE CONTROL ACTUATOR CABLE ADJUSTER APPEARS TO BE MALFUNCTIONING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH BY SHIFTING THE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000.

I WAS ENTERING ONTO THE FREEWAY, AND WHEN I ACCELERATED TO REACH 60MPH, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE PEDAL, AND HAD TO USE MY BRAKES CONTINUOUSLY TO KEEP FROM CRASHING INTO OTHER CARS UNTIL I COULD GET IT SAFELY PULLED OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE, AND FORCING THE STOP WITH ALL I HAD. THE WHOLE CAR WAS SHAKING. QUITE SCARY. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE CRUISE CABLE BROKE AND GOT CAUGHT ON THE ACCELERATOR CABLE WHICH CAUSED SUDDEN AND UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. WHILE RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, FOUND OTHERS WHO EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING. WHY THERE ISN'T A RECALL ON THIS, I WILL NEVER KNOW. IF THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF MALFUNCTIONS RESULTING IN POSSIBLE CRASH, DON'T YOU THINK THE MANUFACTURER WOULD PUT THE CONSUMER FIRST, INVESTIGATE IT, AND MAKE IT RIGHT? I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 226,000.

MY DAUGHTER HAD JUST LEFT A STOPLIGHT AND AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES AN HOUR LET OFF THE THROTTLE BUT VEHICLE CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE. PUSHED AS HARD AS POSSIBLE ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN AND GET OFF THE ROAD PUT IN PARK THROTTLE STILL HIGH, SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. I INVESTIGATED AND FOUND CRUISE CONTROL CABLE CASING HAD COME OUT OF PLASTIC RETAINER CLIP AND END OF CABLE HOUSING CAUGHT ON PLASTIC RETAINING CLIP CAUSING THROTTLE TO REMAIN OPEN APPROXIMATELY 1/2 INCH OFF IDLE! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND MAKING A TURN, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY INCREASED ACCELERATION. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE GEAR LEVER WAS SHIFTED INTO THE NEUTRAL POSITION AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED FORCEFULLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES AFTER BEING REPAIRED UNDER A VOLUNTARY RECALL ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE REMEDY CONSISTED OF REPLACING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL CABLE CLIP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT THEN DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO DECELERATE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT THEN MANAGED TO MERGE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD REV WITHOUT BEING ACTUALLY DRIVEN AND SHIFTED INTO PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT THE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE ACCELERATOR CABLE AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE CRUISE CONTROL AND ACCELERATOR CABLES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

CAR WOULD NOT STOP ACCELERATING. I SEE THAT THROTTLE CABLE IS BINDING AND GETTING HUNG UP IN THE OPEN POSITION. *TR

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE THROTTLE CABLE (OR SPEED CONTROL CABLE) GOT STUCK AND MY CAR ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. LUCKILY, BOTH TIMES I WAS FAIRLY CLOSE TO HOME AND MADE IT WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT, I FOUND WHERE THE CABLE WAS GETTING HUNG UP. I SPRAYED IT WITH WD-40, BUT THAT OBVIOUSLY DID NOT DO THE TRICK AS IT HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY. I'VE READ WHERE OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND, GIVEN THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION, AM SHOCKED THAT THE NHTSA HASN'T TAKEN ACTION. *TR

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE TO COME TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SURGE AT FULL THROTTLE. IN THE ELEVEN YEARS I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE THIS IS THE FOURTH INSTANCE OF THE VEHICLE SURGING. TO RECOVER FROM THIS CONDITION IT WAS NECESSARY TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF, PLACE THE VEHICLE IN PARK, AND ATTEMPT TO RESTART. IT TOOK THREE ATTEMPTS AT RESTARTING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS IN FOR REPAIR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION WHICH MUST BE ADDRESSED BY NHTSA. *TR

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK IN THE FULL OPEN POSITION AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN A SIDE STREET. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT BY THE TIME THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF THE TRANSMISSION HAD TOTALLY FRIED AND ALL THE FLUIDS CAME OUT OF THE ENGINE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS AT A STEADY SPEED, THE CAR BEGAN TO SPEED UP RAPIDLY, REACHING NEAR 55 MPH WITHIN SECONDS. THE ENGINE STAYED AROUND 4,000 RPM AND USING THE BRAKES ONLY SLOWED THE VEHICLE, BUT COULD NOT STOP IT. TO AVOID A CRASH, THE ONLY OPTION I HAD WAS TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND TURN IN TO A PARKING LOT. ONCE IN NEUTRAL, THE ENGINE'S RPM REMAINED CLOSE TO 4,000. AFTER TURNING THE IGNITION OFF, I INSPECTED UNDER THE HOOD OF THE CAR TO FIND THAT THE FLIMSY PLASTIC PIECE THAT HOLDS THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE IN THE PROPER POSITION WAS BROKEN IN SEVERAL PLACES, LEAVING THE CABLE FREE TO GET CAUGHT ON WHAT IS LEFT OF THE PLASTIC PIECE EXTREMELY EASILY. SINCE THAT INCIDENT, THE EXACT SAME SITUATION HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. DUE TO THE PLASTIC PIECE BEING BROKEN, THE CABLE DOES NOT SIT INSIDE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DESTROYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BROKEN FINGER AND A BRUISED KNEE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

I PULLED OUT OF A GAS STATION. CAME UP TO A STOP LIGHT. AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR THEN NOTICED THE CAR WAS INCREASING IN SPEED WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. CAME UP TO ANOTHER STOP LIGHT AND COULD BARELY GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT A MOUNTING PIECE ON THE THROTTLE CABLE FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS DISCONNECTED TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 130,000...UPDATED 03/18/13 *BF UPDATED 03/27/13

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE ALTHOUGH HE HAD REMOVED HIS FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,052.

AS I WAS DRIVING ALONG, THE GAS PEDAL STARTED TO STICK I APPLIED THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE, BUT SCARED THAT ONE OF THESE DAYS IT WON'T SLOW DOWN. ..UPDATED 12/11/12 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRYING TO PARK HIS VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL HARD IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300. UPDATED 12/21/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE UNEXPECTED ENGINE ACCELERATION WOULD OCCUR WHILE PARKING, STANDING STILL, IDILING IN A PARKING LOT, OR FIRST ACCELERATING. UPDATED 1/9/2013 *JS

I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 FORD TAURUS ONTO A FREEWAY AND GOT UP TO 45 MPH AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AFTER I LIFTED MY FOOT OFF THE GAS. I ATTEMPTED TO PRESS ON THE BRAKE AS HARD AS I COULD AND THE CAR WAS STILL ACCELERATING. PRESSING THE BRAKE WOULD NOT MAKE THE CAR STOP. I WAS NOT USING CRUISE CONTROL. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK, THE CAR WAS STILL REVVING UP, SO I TURNED THE CAR OFF. I WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND CONTINUED DRIVING AND THE CAR EXHIBITED THE SAME CONDITIONS AS BEFORE. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE FREEWAY AND WAS ABOUT TO GET TO AN INTERSECTION THAT HAD A STOP SIGN. I REALIZED THAT EVEN AFTER PRESSING DOWN ON THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD, THE CAR...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 1 MPH AND ENTERING A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE CHEST AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE WRIST AND KNEE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 37,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE BRAKES WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE PUSHED THE THROTTLE, CAUSING THE FAILURE. AS A REMEDY, THE MECHANIC DISCONNECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE. THERE WAS A CONCURRENT INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE12033 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING FROM A DRIVEWAY, SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE INSTEAD ACCELERATED WHILE THE CONTACT HAD THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED. THE SPEED INCREASED TO ABOUT 50 MPH. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LEVER AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF VEHICLE IN ORDER TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NO TAKEN TO DEALER OR REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, HOWEVER NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 107,000.

I HAD JUST PUNCHED THE GAS PEDAL AND THEN WENT TO HIT THE BRAKES A FEW SECONDS LATER, BUT THE CAR WASN'T REALLY SLOWING. LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED THE RPMS WERE AT 4000 SO I MOVED THE TRANSMISSION TO NEUTRAL AND THE CAR STARTED SLOWING MORE. THE CAR KEPT REVVING AT 4K RPMS THOUGH SO I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. I HADN'T COME TO A COMPLETE STOP YET SO THE LAST FEW FEET WERE HARDER TO STOP, BUT LUCKILY THERE WASN'T ANY TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME AND I WASN'T IN ANY DANGER OF HITTING ANYONE/ANYTHING. I TRIED STARTING THE CAR UP AGAIN AND IT WENT RIGHT UP TO 4000K RPMS, I SHUT IT OFF AND THEN TRIED TO HIT THE GAS PEDAL THINKING THAT MAYBE IT WAS STUCK OR THERE WAS SOMETHING UNDER IT OR SOMETHING, BUT THAT WASN'T IT SO I SHUT THE CAR OFF AGAIN. THEN I...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY INCREASED ACCELERATION AND FAILED TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVEN TIMES. THE MALFUNCTION WOULD OCCUR WHENEVER THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED OR DEACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY AND WITHOUT COMMAND. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE AND COASTED TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE NEEDED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,965.

I WAS MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY AND I ACCELERATED UP TO THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC WHICH WAS 65 MPH. I LET UP OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING. IT FELT LIKE THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON BUT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ON OR SET. EVEN WHEN PRESSING ON THE BRAKES THE CAR WAS NOT DECELERATING AND THE CAR KEPT GOING FASTER AND FASTER TO OVER 80MPH. I KEPT TAPPING THE BRAKES AND EVEN TRIED TAPPING THE GAS PEDAL. NOTHING UNDER THE PEDALS WAS STUCK BUT THE ENGINE WAS ACCELERATING LIKE I WAS FLOORING THE GAS PEDAL. THEN AFTER ABOUT A FEW MILES I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF MY CAR BY PRESSING ON THE BRAKES REALLY HARD. *JS

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS DESCRIBED IN RECENT NEW ARTICLE (LINK BELOW) OF A STICKY THROTTLE AND UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION WHILE AT A STOP. ALSO THE CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T ALWAYS RELEASE. PLEASE ADVISE HOW AN INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER CAN HAVE THESE SERIOUS ISSUES REPAIRED AT FORD'S EXPENSE NOW TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT OR WORSE! WHEN WILL YOUR AGENCY ANNOUNCE A FORMAL RECALL OF THESE ISSUES. HERE'S THE LINK I SAW FROM A LOCAL SEATTLE, WA NEWS RELEASE: HTTP://WWW.KOMONEWS.COM/NEWS/CONSUMER/FEDS-PROBE-STICKY-THROTTLES-IN-19M-FORD-SEDANS-142392835.HTML. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT THEN APPLIED THE BRAKES WITH EXTREME PRESSURE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE. THE CONTACT SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND COASTED TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE RESTARTED DUE TO THE HIGH RPMS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS FRAYED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. ..UPDATED 04/26/12 *BF UPDATED 04/30/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND CRASHED INTO A COFFEE SHOP. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,476. ..UPDATED 04/16/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED ON DECEMBER 24, 2011, WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AND THE ENGINE BEGAN RACING. WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED TO HIS DESTINATION, THE ENGINE WAS STILL REVVING LOUDLY. THE CONSUMER PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK. HOWEVER, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV. HE PRESSED HARD ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE ENGINE STOPPED REVVING. UPDATED 05/30/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED UP TO 50 MPH. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS DISCONNECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO RECOMMENDED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL REMAIN DISCONNECTED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I HAVE READ THE NEWS THIS WEEK ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INTO 2005-06 TAURUS SPEED CONTROL PROBLEMS AND IT IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS A VERY SCARY PROBLEM I EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR WITH MY 2001 TAURUS. A FORD DEALER REPLACED A CABLE FOR THE SPEED CONTROL ON THE CAR'S CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM. I STILL HAVE A COPY OF MY FORD INVOICE AND I KEPT THE BROKEN CABLE THAT WAS REPLACED ON MY CAR. I WAS DRIVING MY CAR DOWN A BOULEVARD WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RACE EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT ACCELERATING. I HAD TO PRESS HARD ON MY BRAKES TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT, AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUE TO RACE AT ABOUT 4,000 RPMS. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, THEN TURNED IT ON AGAIN, HOPING I COULD MOVE OUT OF THE LANES OF TRAFFIC. HOWEVER, THE ENGINE CONTINUE TO SPEED SO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DISLODGE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS OR REPAIRS. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION FOR THE 2005 FORD TAURUS UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE12005 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES) THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,327.

THIS VEHICLE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SPEEDING UP ON ITS OWN. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHEN IT BEGAN IN LATE 2007, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I ALSO HAVE RECORD OF ITS HISTORY INVOLVING THIS ISSUE WITH MY PERSONAL MECHANIC. NO MECHANIC HAS EVER FOUND A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM, AND I CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS CAR. I RECORDED CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING EACH INCIDENT, DOWN TO THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE AND WEATHER CONDITIONS TO FIND A COMMON CAUSE. EACH CASE WAS UNIQUE AND NO CAUSE WAS FOUND. OFTEN, I WOULD RECOGNIZE THE ISSUE WHEN TRYING TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN AND FOUND MYSELF FIGHTING THE CAR TO STOP. THE BRAKES CONTINUED TO WORK DURING THESE EPISODES, HOWEVER I COULD NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP UNLESS I PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL. DURING ONE INSTANCE, THE CAR REACHED 70 MPH BEFORE THERE...

MY PARENTS WERE GETTING OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. MY DAD WAS STANDING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH ALL OF HIS STRENGTH BUT THE CAR KEPT MOVING THROUGH A RED LIGHT AND INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHERE THEY WERE HIT BY SEVERAL VEHICLES. MY FATHER HAD MULTIPLE SERIOUS INJURIES AND DIED ON AUGUST 10TH OF 2007 AS A RESULT OF THOSE INJURIES. *TR

CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL. THE ENGINE REVVED UP VERY HIGH AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP. CAR WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND HAD TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND USE EMERGENCY BRKAE. DETERMINED CRUISE CONTROL CABLE HAD POPPED OUT. HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL WE CUT THE CABLE. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR

THE GAS PEDDLE ON MY 2001 TAURUS HAS BEEN STICKING FOR ABOUT THE PAST THREE YEARS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO AUTO REPAIR SHOPS AND ALWAYS ASK FOR IT TO BE LOOKED AT WHEN OTHER REPAIRS ARE NEEDED. HOWEVER, NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE STICKING. I AM AFRAID THAT IT WILL STAY IN A STUCK POSITION WHILE DRIVING SO I AM EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS. LATELY IT SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN WORSE ESPECIALLY IN THE COLDER WEATHER. I REALIZE THE CAR IS OVER 10 YEARS OLD, BUT THIS IS A REAL HAZARD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE SURGED AND CONTINUED TO SURGE WHILE THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT HAD TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE SURGING AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I HAVE BEEN A LICENSED DRIVE FOR 37 YEARS. AFTER MERGING MY 2001 FORD TAURUS ONTO AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AFTER I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL. I TAPPED THE BRAKES TO SEE IF CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON. IT WASN'T. I GLANCED AT THE GAS PEDAL TO SEE IS SOMETHING WAS ON IT. THERE WASN'T. I TAPPED THE GAS PEDAL TO SEE IF IT WAS STUCK. IT STAYED DEPRESSED. I BRAKED HARD AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO 60MPH. I RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE CAR BEGAN ACCELERATING AGAIN. TO KEEP FROM REAR-ENDING THE CAR AHEAD OF ME, I DOWNSHIFTED AND STOOD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I PULLED ONTO THE ROAD SHOULDER, SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION TO NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR WITH BRAKES SMOKING. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RACE. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SUDDENLY STUCK WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS CONNECTED TO THE THROTTLE AND WHEN HE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, IT WOULD DISCONNECT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS RELEASED, IT STUCK. FURTHERMORE, THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DEACTIVATE UNLESS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BECAUSE THE ON/OFF SWITCH DID NOT FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER (REPAIR INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED). THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 66,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 77,000. UPDATED 02/08/11*LJ UPDATED 02/14/11

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY 15 SOUTH FROM TEMECULA, CA. I EXITED MISSION/FALLBROOK AND PROCEEDED TO GO UP THE LITTLE INCLINE AND MY ACCELERATOR STUCK. I HAD TO TAKE ON A CURVY ROAD FOR ABOUT 4 MILES, UNTIL I COULD FIND A SPOT TO PULL OVER. I ENDED UP RUNNING A RED LIGHT, AFTER RUNNING THE LIGHT I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND HIT MY BRAKES. I FINALLY COME TO A STOP, RIGHT BEFORE RUNNING INTO THE REMAX BUILDING. SOMEONE NEEDS TO CHECK INTO THIS PROBLEM. I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH, AND FOUND OUT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. I CONTACTED FORD AND FILE AN INCIDENT REPORT AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. I TOLD THEM TO DO A GOOGLE SEARCH AND THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO RANCHO FORD. THEIR DIAGNOSIS WAS THE ACCELERATOR...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RELEASED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL YET THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE. HE THEN SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL HOWEVER, THE ENGINE RPMS REMAINED AT 4000. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE ACCELERATION CABLE HAD FRACTURED FROM THE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,000.

CAR WANTED TO ACCELERATE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. HAD TO PUT CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND APPLY BRAKES TO STOP, ENGINE RPM RACE FOR A FEW SECONDS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I HAD THIS SAME CAR PROBLEM REPAIRED. DATED JUNE 18, 2010, LITHIA FORD DEALER # 23. HAD TO REPLACE MAF SENOR, AFLS 154 REMAN SENSOR ASY, REPROGAM PCM 5926 CF. *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER STATES UNINTENDED ACCELERATION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED ON TWO DIFFERENT DAYS, IN DIFFERENT PARKING LOTS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AND CONSEQUENTLY, HE HIT A BARRIER WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BOTH TIMES. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE MADE A RIGHT TURN AT 15 MPH WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. SHE HAD TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF TO STOP THE ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 121,000.

CAR ENGINE WOULD NOT STOP AFTER APPLYING BRAKES, CAR ENGINE KEPT TRYING TO GO FORWARD WHILE I WAS PRESSING HARD ON THE BRAKES AT A STOP LIGHT. CAR ENGINE WOULD NOT STOP, IT WOULD STOP GO, STOP GO, STOP GO, STOP GO WHILE I WAS PRESSING HARD ON THE CAR BRAKES HAD TO CHANGE CAR LANES TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME ALMOST ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. HAD SOME CLOSE CALLS. THIS HAS HAPPEN BEFORE WITH THIS CAR, BUT NOT AS BAD. THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON THIS TIME (NEVER HAD A ENGINE LIGHT BEFORE). I TOOK THE CAR TO A CAR REPAIR SHOP (MEINEKE CAR CARE) AND THEY RAN THEIR ENGINE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND GOT A (ERROR CODE P0171 AND P0174) SYSTEM TOO LEAN BANK 1 AND 2. THERE WAS AIR LEAKS IN THE AIR HOSE ASSY, REPLACED AIR TUBE ASSY, PARTS...

AT A STOP LIGHT, NO CRASH, BUT ALMOST. I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES HARD AND THE CAR ENGINE DID NOT WANT TO STOP. THE ENGINE KEPT TRYING TO GO FORWARD, BUT MY HARD BRAKING KEPT IT FROM GOING FORWARD. I HAD TO CHANGE CAR LANES TO PREVENT A CRASH. I HAD TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PRESSING HARD. THE CAR ENGINE FINALLY STOP TRYING MOVE FORWARD.. THIS HAS HAPPEN BEFORE WITH THIS CAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH SOME CLOSE CALLS. THIS HAPPENS ON AND OFF FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS. MY BRAKES ARE IN GOOD SHARP. MAYBE A SENSOR PROBLEM ??? *TR