Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | |||
| 08/24/2012 | 56000 | 1 | |
| We were driving into aurora, il on hwy 88. suddenly, the engine began speeding and we had to apply the brakes and ride the brakes to keep the speed at 45. we were in a work zone, there was a lot of traffic, and the car was hard to control. we pulled into an oasis/rest area where we turned off the car and restarted it. we would push down the accelerator and the revving would drop off some, but it continued to be a problem. when we returned home, we took the car to our mechanic, who did fuel injector cleaning and flushed the transmission; he also found that the accelerator line had disconnected the cruise control. we thought the problem was fixed. today, it happened again. we googled it and discovered the nhtsa's investigation of sudden, unexplained acceleration in the ford taurus model. my wife is now afraid to drive this care or have me drive it. please advise. *tr | |||
| 08/24/2012 | 56000 | ||
| We were driving into aurora, il on hwy 88. suddenly, the engine began speeding and we had to apply the brakes and ride the brakes to keep the speed at 45. we were in a work zone, there was a lot of traffic, and the car was hard to control. we pulled into an oasis/rest area where we turned off the car and restarted it. we would push down the accelerator and the revving would drop off some, but it continued to be a problem. when we returned home, we took the car to our mechanic, who did fuel injector cleaning and flushed the transmission; he also found that the accelerator line had disconnected the cruise control. we thought the problem was fixed. today, it happened again. we googled it and discovered the nhtsa's investigation of sudden, unexplained acceleration in the ford taurus model. my wife is now afraid to drive this care or have me drive it. please advise. | |||
| 07/25/2012 | 200500 | 1 | |
| Vehicle did not slow down when foot removed from gas pedal. engine ran at high rate of speed even with brake on. when vehicle was shifted to neutral, rpm gauge showed engine running at 3500 to 4000 rpm. mechanic found cruise control cable had disconnected from throttle and prevented throttle from moving properly, causing it to be stuck open. *tr | |||
| 07/25/2012 | 200500 | ||
| Vehicle did not slow down when foot removed from gas pedal. engine ran at high rate of speed even with brake on. when vehicle was shifted to neutral, rpm gauge showed engine running at 3500 to 4000 rpm. mechanic found cruise control cable had disconnected from throttle and prevented throttle from moving properly, causing it to be stuck open. | |||