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At 62k my 2008 taurus x began having "surging" issues while what was first felt at high way speeds. it almost felt as if i was driving with somebody that had the bad habit of pressing down on the gas and letting off continuously, only i knew this was not the case for it was myself driving. it was worse when the cruise control was engaged. the problem did not occur everytime driven but the frequency began to increase. one day i turned the car on and you could hear the surging in the idling and see it in the tachometer. this day i was coming to a stop with my foot on the brake and the entire car lurched forward causing me to almost rearend the car in front of me. once stopped i stepped on the gas to pull forward from the stop and the car would not go although my foot was pressed down on the gas pedal. i continued to drive the car home and while accelerating up a hill the car was waiting until about 3500 rpms to shift - almost like it was slam shifting and bucking until i got to cruising speed at the top. my car is now at the ford dealerships and has been for 3 days. i have been told it was not throwing any error codes but ford head quarters had been involved and once they placed a certain code into my car others came up. right now i am waiting for the throttle body to be replaced - or so i have been told. *tr
The drivers side floor mat on my 2008 ford taurus x, shifts/slides to the right, using the floormat latch as a pivot point. this shift in the floor mat causes the floormat to place itself in the vicinity of the accelerator pedal. when the accelerator pedal is depressed to accelerate, it gets lodged behind/underneath the drivers side floor mat, preventing the accelerator from returning to its normal position, and causes the car to accelerate out of control. ford motor company has been notified of this incident and problem via both email and phonecon. the crc at fmc informed me, the consumer, that since this was an isolated incident, no action or recall investigation would be taken. i feel this incident is a serious safety concern, having the issue happen to me on at least a half a dozen occasions. fortunately, i have a calm head and know the proper solution to resolve the issue was to place the car in neutral, which causes the engine to rev to its limiter, and slide the floormat out from under the accelerator pedal. i feel i am the exception to the norm of peoples, in that i did react appropriately others would probably not be so calm and smart in the situation. fords response to my clear safety concern is disturbing and appalling. i feel the only reason this has been an isolated incident is due to the fact that there are probably not many of these particular models out there that have the use/mileage on it,. being that it is such a new vehicle... in my opinion, this problem will occur in the future, with the resulting serious injury of another individual... i recommend someone investigate this issue.... email with fmc crc, stating case number, can be furnished upon request. *tr