Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 03/13/2013 | 85108 | ||
| On august 13, 2013 at 1:45pm while driving to a car dealership in elgin, il, my wife and i were driving north on rt59 which is a 45 mph zone. my pressed the accelerator pedal and the car started to sputter and hesitate. she pressed the pedal a little more and the car just took off by its self. before we knew it, we were traveling at 70 mph though a large population area. my wife was terrified and tried pressing the brakes to the floor but they only slowed the car a little. i told my wife to tap the accelerator pedal to see if the speed would reduce. it only increased in speed. i told my wife to tap the pedal again. the car did not slow and she was still unable to slow the car with the brakes. i told my wife to press the pedal harder. the car lurched forward and then began to slow down. my told me last year that while she was driving the car that it did the exacted same thing, but i didn't understand what she was talking about until i experienced it myself. my wife was terrified and it scared the hell out of me as well. the car is showing no check engine lights or service engine soon lights. this malfunction could cost someone their life and needs to be addressed. | |||
| 02/14/2011 | 62864 | ||
| I purchased the vehicle on saturday two days earlier, i drove to work then home approximately 130 miles went to dinner with a wife and friends. one of my friends from norway wanted ride in car and experience the power. fortunately on a clear 6 lane highway i kicked it hard only the car continued to accelerate. the pedal functioned as normal returning to upright position. i kicked the pedal 8 or 9 times before the engine finally responded. it ruined a set brake pads. the dealer says that nothing is wrong with car - said the floor mat must have gotten stuck under the pedal. i said go look again when i bought the used car two days ago there are no floor mats in it. he had no further response. second incident occurred today march 23, 2012 just over a year later basically a duplicate of the original. i think that these drive-by-wire cars have some serious issues regarding fail safe features of the components. i have experienced a number sticking throttles in my lifetime but at least when a mechanical linkage sticks there is an identifiable cause and remedy. this electronic crap and the lack of diginity by both the dealer and the manufacturer to respond to a serious safety concern is frightening. i bought ford's mustang to enjoy it - not be terrified that everytime i open the throttle that it may be my last. i have seen a number complaints on the various mustang forums as well as on this site maybe ford could at least honestly investigate the problem before someone is seriously injured or killed. | |||
| 01/24/2011 | 56883 | ||
| At 12:00 pm my sister in law called me and said her 06 mustang gt was hesitating when accelerating, i advised her to bring it to my shop and i would check it out. i checked to see if any codes were set, and the codes were clear. i test drove the vehicle and when trying to accelerate, there was a 4-6 second delay between pushing on the accelerator pedal and the response of the engine accelerating. i turned right onto the main road of our test drive area and accelerated and the pedal went to the floor to full acceleration and the rear tires spun and the accelerator pedal would not return to the released position. i put the vehicle in neutral and shut down the engine and coasted back into my parking lot. i, at that point went to my office and called the local ford dealer and asked the parts manager if there were any problems with the sticking accelerator and he advised me that there was a recall on certain mustangs where they put a shield under the accelerator pedal, but this vehicle didn't fall into the v.i.n. parameters. there were no additional mats other than the factory mat which is hooked into the mat hooks on the carpet and that there was plenty of clearance from the pedal to the mat. personally it seemed like there is a problem with the drive by wire accelerator. if this would have happened to my sister, she would have been in an accident due to the problem. please advise what we can do? | |||
| 04/05/2008 | 24000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 ford mustang gt. the contact started the ignition and shifted into the drive position; the engine began to rev up to 6,000 rpms. unexpectedly,the accelerator pedal traveled to the floor without application. the engine was turned off. the vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnosis. the technician was unable to locate a problem. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the contact stated the identical failure occurred in april of 2008. there was significant concern of the safety issues during the vehicle's operation. the failure mileage was approximately 24,000. js | |||
| 10/05/2009 | |||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford mustang gt. while proceeding from a stop light the accelerator pedal became stuck. the vehicle then accelerated over 100 mph. he had to reach down to separate the accelerator pedal from the floor-board. he was able to drive the vehicle to the dealership for inspection. the technician stated that it would cost $800.00 to repair the vehicle. the manufacturer was notified, but because the warranty was expired, he was not provided with any assistance. a mechanic speculated that the throttle body became jammed. no repairs were made. the current and failure mileages were approximately 46,000. the vehicle identification number was unavailable. | |||
| 05/12/2007 | 7785 | 3 | 08/25/2006 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford mustang gt. while accelerating from a stop, the contact gently applied pressure to the accelerator pedal. however, the vehicle began to accelerate unexpectedly at a higher rate. the vehicle was taken to the dealer, but they were unable to duplicate and determine the cause of the failure. the contact is in the process of notifying the manufacturer. the failure mileage was 7785 updated 4/14/09 *cn the first two incident no cause was found. the last incident, the consumer rear ended the vehicle in front of her. she also stated the air bag did not deploy. updated 04/17/09.*jb | |||
| 01/28/2006 | 12000 | 1 | |
| Hesitation at acceleration and unintended acceleration. hesitation was not corrected at dealership, i corrected through computer reprogram with diablo programmer to decrease amount of throttle delay, hesitation gone. unintended acceleration corrected by modifying the brake pedal to increase distance between gas and brake pedals which are extremely to close, solved problem. dealership mechanics are inept and unskilled. took me half hour to identify and correct pedal issue. *tr | |||
| 07/24/2008 | 38000 | 1 | |
| Was driving 60 mph on freeway..did a slight acceleration to get around a truck. the gas pedal went to the floor. the rpm's were up around 7000-8000, i hit close to 120 miles an hour, after less than a minute. i tried to get the pedal unstuck with my foot....no avail.. then i popped it into neutral and speed started to back off, with rpm's still racing. i pulled to side of road at about 35-40 mph and turned off car. i had to physically reach down and move rubber pedal to the side and pull metal part up. pedal seemed to work once i pried the gas pedal from the floor. i took it to the ford shop the next day and they said they never heard of that happening before. they blamed it on the floor mat and charged me 58.00. all indications on the engine were normal they stated. i know it was not the floor mat. am very worried about driving the car again. *tr | |||
| 05/01/2008 | 2500 | 1 | |
| My ford mustang gt 2006 continue to accelerated even if my foot was on the brakes. this happen after i stop and press the gas. *tr | |||
| 10/12/2007 | 15000 | 2 | 05/15/2006 |
| Unintended acceleration: twice in one year, vehicle continued to accelerate when foot was off the accelerator and foot was on the brake. happened between 20-45 mph. stock floor mats are in car. driver was able to bring the car to a stop, but required much heavier than normal brake pressure. vehicle being taken to ford dealer to diagnose. additional posts on this same issue with this same model vehicle (both '05 and '06 model years) are located on this nhtsa complaint board. the likelihood that it is related to the vehicle being equipped with an electronic throttle appears to be a real possibility; would be highly beneficial for nhtsa to further investigate prior to accidents and injuries occurring. *tr | |||
| 06/30/2007 | 18536 | 1 | 03/02/2006 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford mustang gt. the contact stated that his vehicle is experiencing speed control failure. the failure caused him to crash into a fence after accelerating over a curb. the sudden acceleration occurred after he stopped at a stop sign to make a right turn. before crashing, the contact lost control and the vehicle made a 180 degree turn. the vehicle continued to accelerate even after he removed the key from the ignition. there were no injuries as a result of the crash. the contact's insurance company and ford both investigated the failure and stated that no visible failure could be found. the speed was unknown. the current and failure mileages were 18,536. | |||
| 05/24/2007 | 3445 | 1 | 12/12/2006 |
| The vehicle is driven approximately 500 miles a month, 90% of the time by my wife. on may 24, 2007 my wife drove it to work as usual. when she arrived at work the parking space she usually parks in was occupied. she then proceeded to circle a small island to return to the entrance drive where the parking spaces are. once one was located she had to make a right turn to access it. while pulling into the parking space and perpendicular to the car stop, about half way into the parking space, the car suddenly accelerated. she hit a tree about 10 - 12 feet away from the parking space. the vehicle is currently at the dealership we purchased it from awaiting body & paint repair. *tr | |||
| 01/12/2007 | 9500 | 1 | 05/15/2006 |
| Vehicle continued to noticeably accelerate (without foot on accelerator) when attempting to brake from 35 mph. continued strong pressure on brake as car continued to attempt to accelerate (engine revs continued to rise.) after car's brakes thankfully overpowered the acceleration and brought the car to a full stop, the unintended acceleration and motor revving stopped. *jb | |||
| 03/04/2006 | 629 | 1 | 02/21/2006 |
| Our ford mustang gt that was purchased for our 17 yr old daughter was purchased 2-21-2006 it had its first problems at 629 miles on 3-4-2006 the dealership replaced some followers and some lifters and some camshaft parts. we've been told all should be replaced the whole bank. dealer won't do anything about it car started smoking a week later and making ticking noise again. dealer said it didn't do it there so nothing was done. next, car started hesitating after driving on hwy couple hrs. dealership replaced fuel pump and gear box was hot and rattling so they replaced it. then car accelerated on its own from 50 to 90 miles hr. dealership couldn't find anything that was at 8300 miles now at 9700 miles car has taking off again from 40 to 80 when our daughter put it in neutral and coast to side of road our daughter and her friends are to afraid to drive it now and its been at dealership for 2 full weeks also the paint on the passenger rear fender is bubbling off the car. someone is going to get hurt, probably already have died but know one has checked into it. sorry about wording you only get 2000 words to describe everything. like you really want to know if your restricting the amount of words. *jb | |||