Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 01/12/2013 | 127350 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford crown victoria. the contact stated that while waiting at a traffic stop sign with the brakes applied, the vehicle lunged forward as the engine rpm's raced. the contact then shifted into neutral as the vehicle continued to lunge forward. the contact was able to move off the road, shut off and restart the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where they advised him that the throttle body and position sensor failed due to a build up of carbon. the vehicle was repaired by the replacement of the throttle bottle unit, sensor and a cleaning of the fuel system. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure and current mileages were approximately 127,350. the vin was unavailable. | |||
| 01/12/2013 | 127350 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2007 ford crown victoria. the contact stated that while waiting at a traffic stop sign with the brakes applied, the vehicle lunged forward as the engine rpm's raced. the contact then shifted into neutral as the vehicle continued to lunge forward. the contact was able to move off the road, shut off and restart the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where they advised him that the throttle body and position sensor failed due to a build up of carbon. the vehicle was repaired by the replacement of the throttle bottle unit, sensor and a cleaning of the fuel system. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure and current mileages were approximately 127,350. the vin was unavailable. kmj | |||
| 01/12/2013 | 127350 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 ford crown victoria. the contact stated that while waiting at a stop sign and the brakes applied, the vehicle lunged forward and the rpm's raced. he then placed the vehicle into neutral and the vehicle continued to lunge. the contact was able to pull off the road and restart the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. after diagnosis they advised him that the throttle body and position sensor failed due to build up of carbon passing through. the vehicle was repaired by replacing the throttle bottle unit, sensor and cleaned the fuel system. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure and current mileages were approximately 127,350. the vin was unavailable. tb | |||
| 10/18/2012 | 1 | ||
| The operator of the vehicle applied the brake and stopped the vehicle, however, it started to accelerate on its own and move forward. the engine continued to rev and the vehicle continued to move forward to the point that the operator had to place two feet on the brake. there have been several other complaints of this nature regarding crown victorias. this vehicle is a 2007 ford crown victoria police vehicle. *tr | |||
| 06/19/2011 | 81243 | ||
| This is another of an on going acceleration issue when depressing the foot brake. in this instance i had just backed out of a parking space in a shopping center and drove maybe 200' and had just about rolled to a stop sign for ga highway 212 and very slightly depressed the brake pedal to come to a complete stop. as soon as i started pressing the brake pedal, the engine picked up rpm and i immediately moved foot from brake pedal. end of acceleration. by this time vehicle had already rolled to a complete stop. i did not, as ford seems to think, have my foot on both the gas and brake. the very light pressure i had applied would have my foot three to four inches away from the top of the gas pedal. yes, i had my foot on the brake. i had to remove my foot from the gas to get to the brake. this is a vehicle malfunction. not operator error. i am unable to determine a failed component.....fuel? brake? electrical? i don't have a clue. | |||