Below you may see the VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL components and the number of complaints they received.
Unsure--but brake failure led to death of four, cruise control would not disengage, brakes to the floor, emergency pulled and car would not stop, went...
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford taurus. the contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, the accelerator pedal depressed to the floor boar...
Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration resulting in vehicle collision. yh
2 times since sept. 2018 the cable under hood to accelerator came off while i was driving making it very difficult to stop. the first time i was driving on a state highway at 60 mph. the most recent i was driving in a subdivision at 10 mph.the rpm's increased drastically. i feel this is a major safety issue with this issue and ford needs to fix it. i got this from my elderly mother and i am just thankful it did not happen while she was driving.
Uncontrolled acceleration and cruise control stopped working the same day. engine accelerates with rpm climbing without any pressure being applied to the gas pedal. the fix for me is to put into neutral and tap the gas pedal which gets the engine to bring the rpm's back down. this happens when driving and in gear usually at less than 50 mph. this has happened everyday for a few weeks. going to bring it in to be repaired at a ford dealership.
The vehicle has struggled to start after refueling at a gas station with a hiccuping type feeling, as well as being inconsistent on power under acceleration. sometimes very slow with a sudden pull, sometimes quick and responsive, it varies a lot by day.
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.
My 2007 ford taurus was up to 3000 rpm's and my car wasn't letting me drive faster than 19 mph. when pressing the gas pedal all the far would do it rev higher and jolt forward really fast. i turned my car off and began driving normal again except the fact my transmission was still working way too hard for the speed i was going (3000 rpm's at 45 mph). this has happened to me 4 times in the past 2 days now. i'm guessing it's my transmission and my car doesn't even have 146,xxx miles on it and never have i beat on it! this problem follows my dead battery cell and starter relay problem. i have read somewhere else that these transmissions go out very soon. i really think they should be recalled. i don't have money to buy a new transmission or vehicle! no reason this transmission should be bad after 145,xxx miles!!
The accelerator is sticking. when you hit the pedal to speed up, it sticks sometimes. it will not disengage unless you hold the brakes at the same time you tap the gas pedal. it has to be put in park sometimes to disengage. this is the second 05 taurus i've had and the first one did the same exact thing. we just bought this car for a usps mail route. it is not safe to have this happen on the route. it has over 216000 miles on it. the first taurus had this problem well before the 200,000 mark. i will have to pay to get it fixed, but considering both of my tauruses did the same exact thing, it could be a problem.
As i was driving to work on the highway the car began to accelerate by itself the brakes were not able to slow the car down the brakes were grinding it against the accelerator the accelerator or the grpm was over 3000 i managed to get the car off of the highway was able to pull into a parking lot but the car would not stop and so i wound up having to hit a pole to stop the car
The accelerator cable gets stuck. which causes the car to rev at 2000 rpms even when the brakes are applied the car is trying to take off when waiting at a red light or in motion.
I was leaving the grocery store and driving down a local road when i realized that i was accelerating without having my foot on the gas pedal. this had happened twice before in the previous few weeks but far less severe. this time i had to keep my foot heavy on the brakes to maintain control. fortunately i was near home and managed to get my car home without incident, although i saw that i had suddenly developed a flat on my front left tire. this had been a problem the previous year and when i took it into the shop i was told the cruise control cable was causing the problem. i had the car taken in (may 20, 2019) after the two minor incidents the previous week but the repair shop couldn't find the problem so i took the car back promising to come back if it acted up again.
The 2005 ford taurus has repeatedly accelerated on its own - 6 experiences with this terrifying experience - each time, my daughter's foot was not on the accelerator but the car was increasing in speed. she had to apply a tremendous amount of pressure on the brake to slow then stop the vehicle. once the taurus was placed in "park", the engine roared horribly - each time exactly the same roar.. again, this problem has happened to the vehicle 6 times - with no answers provided for this problem. each time this has happened, the vehicle was traveling between 35 - 40 mph. this is my third time reporting the problem. i have not received any answers regarding the problem. there hasn't been further investigation into this dangerous problem. i have found on line that this problem has been presented to other ford taurus owners for their 2005 ford taurus, yet the issue has not been investigated. why isn't this problem being investigated?