2006 Ford Taurus

REGARDING ACTION #PE12005.SUDDEN ACCELERATION, MY 2006 FORD TAURUS HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES OF ACCELERATION, BEGINNING JULY 14 & 15TH 2011, AND ENDING APPROXIMATELY SEPTEMBER 2011...I KNOW THE BEGINNING DATES ARE ACCURATE, BECAUSE ONE OF THESE DATES IS A FAMILY BIRTHDAY, AND IT HAPPENED FIRST ON THAT BIRTHDAY.. THIS USUALLY HAPPENED WHEN I WAS DECELERATING, SUCH AS AT STOP LIGHTS..IT REQUIRED HARD, HEAVY PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES TO KEEP THE VEHICLE STOPPED UNTIL I COULD PULL OVER AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL I WOULD GUESS THE NUMBER OF INSTANCES TO BE 6-8 TIMES THIS SOMEHOW SEEMED RELATED TO MY CRUISE CONTROL..MY CRUISE STOPPED WORKING ON JUNE 14 2011, THEN THE INCIDENTS OF ACCELERATION STARTED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY..I WAS USUALLY DRIVING A DAILY STRETCH OF ROAD AT 45 MPH WHEN THE INSTANCES OF ACCELERATION OCCURRED. WHEN THE ACCELERATIONS HAPPENED, I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, RIDING THE BRAKES HARD UNTIL I WAS SLOWED, THEN I SLIPPED THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND WOULD DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAST AND RELEASE..THIS USUALLY CAUSED THE ACCELERATION TO STOP...OCCASIONALLY I HAD TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF TO GET THIS TO CEASE.. AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS, THIS ALL STOPPED, AND HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN IN SEVERAL MONTHS...MY CRUISE CONTROL NO LONGER WORKS.. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND APPROACHING AN OFF RAMP, THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STOPPED. AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKES TO NO AVAIL, THE CONTACT TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE COULD HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS DISCONNECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000. UPDATED 6/4/12 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THROTTLE STUCK AND HE CRASHED INTO A DITCH AS A RESULT. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES DURING THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT WAS NOT EXAMINED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND WOULD NOT STOP PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 05/09/12 *BF THE CONTACT'S WIFE PULLED UP TO THE BACK DOOR OF HER HOME AND EXITED HER VEHICLE. UPON REENTERING THE VEHICLE A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE VEHICLE REVERSED A FEW FEET. THEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE AND PUT HER FOOT ON ACCELERATOR THE CAR IMMEDIATELY SURGED FORWARD, RESULTING IN THE CAR LANDING IN A DITCH. SHE SUFFERED SOME MINOR BRUISING OF HER LEG. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT NOT EXAMINED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 06/06/12 *JS

THE CHECK BATTERY LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHILE JUST TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS OCCURS JUST A RANDOM TIME AND IN ANY KIND OF WEATHER. I HAD A LOCAL INSPECTION STATION LOOK AT AND FOUND THAT THE BATTERY WAS BAD. THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY AND THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. AFTER A SHORT WHILE THE LIGHT WILL GO OFF. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEM STARTING THE VEHICLE. I JUST CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND WONDER IF SOMETHING THAT NEEDS LOOKED INTO FURTHER. *TR

ON JAN. 10, 2012 I WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A CROSS WALK WITH A FOLLOW TO A STOP LIGHT. IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT THE CAR ACCELERATED SO FAST I HAD TO PUT THE BRAKES ON, THAT WAS NOT GOING TO STOP THE CAR, SO I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND HIT THE GAS PEDAL WITH MY FOOT, THAT STOP THE CAR FROM ACCELERATING. I ALMOST HIT A PERSON IN THE CROSS WALK AND THEN I WOULD HAVE GONE IN TO THE INTERSECTION. THIS WAS ONE OF MANY INCIDENT'S MY SELF AND MY FAMILY, (HUSBAND, AND SON) HAD WITH THIS CAR. I CALLED FORD CORP OFFICE AND ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM OF COURSE THEY SAID NO. I TOLD THEM ON THE FORD FORM WEBSITE, OTHERS WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. STILL FORD SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, THAT NO RECALLS WERE OUT THERE. I SAID DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE TO GET A RECALL. STILL NO REAL ANSWER FROM THEM. SO, I HAD TO GO TO (3) DIFFERENT MECHANICS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. THE FORD DEALER IN GREENFIELD, MA DISCONNECTED MY CRUISE CONTROL, THEY SAID THAT IT WAS LATCHING ON TO THE THROTTLE, THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. THIS TO ME IS A FORD RECALL ISSUE. I PLAN ON ADDRESSING THIS WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE. *TR

I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN NOV OF 2010 AND THE SPEED CONTROL ISSUE BEGAN IN JULY OF 2011. THE ENGINE RPM WOULD GO UP AROUND 4 OR 5 WHILE COMING TO A STOP OR SLOWING. AT TIMES THIS MADE IT HARD TO SLOW DOWN. I WOULD HAVE TO SHIFT OUT OF DRIVE TO GET SLOWED OR STOPPED. NOTICED THAT THE SPEED CONTROL DID NOT WORK DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL INSPECTION STATION AND THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM WITH A ZIP TIE. NOT TO SURE IF THAT WOULD WORK. IT DID CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 80MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON WHEN I DECIDED TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY TO GO TO A GAS STATION. AT THE TIME THE LIGHT WAS GREEN SO I MAINTAINED SPEED BUT SLOWED GRADUALLY. THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW AND I TRIED TO SPEED UP A LITTLE BIT. THE LIGHT QUICKLY TURNED RED. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES HARD AS I POSSIBLY COULD BUT THE VEHICLE DIDN'T SEEM TO SLOW AND THE ENGINE RPM REMAINED STEADY. I MANAGED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE TO AROUND 35MPH BEFORE HAVING TO TAKE AN EVASIVE MANEUVER INTO A BUSY INTERSECTION THROUGH A RED LIGHT. I STRUCK ONE CAR AND IT SPUN ME AROUND HITTING ANOTHER CAR. *TR

RECURRING - INTERMITTENT SPEED CONTROL PROBLEM FROM 2008 TO PRESENT (3/1/12). ENGINE UNINTENTIONALLY ACCELERATES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN OVER A BUMP OR DEPRESSION IN THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVEN OVER A RAILROAD TRACK CROSSING. ONCE IT STARTS TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL, APPLYING THE BREAK WILL ONLY HAVE A SLIGHT EFFECT FOR AS LONG AS PRESSURE IS PUT ON IT, ONCE I REMOVE MY FOOT FROM THE BREAK, THE ENGINE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE DESPITE THE FACT THAT NO PRESSURE IS BEING PLACED ON THE GAS PEDAL; HOWEVER HITTING THE GAS PEDAL (DOWN TO THE FLOOR) SEVERAL TIMES CORRECTS THE PROBLEM. ENGINE ALSO UNINTENTIONALLY ACCELERATES WHEN THE BREAK IS APPLIED ABRUPTLY. THE ONLY WAY TO CONTROL THE CAR ONCE THIS HAPPENS IS TO APPLY INTENSE FIRM PRESSURE ON THE BREAK AND THEN QUICKLY PLACING THE CAR INTO PARK. THE ENGINE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO RACE IN THE PARKED POSITION; HOWEVER HITTING THE GAS PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES SEEMS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I DID PREVIOUSLY ATTEMPT TO ADJUST THE CRUISE CONTROL BUTTONS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM; HOWEVER THAT HAD NO EFFECT. FLOOR MATS WHERE NO WHERE NEAR EITHER PEDAL. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES OVER THE PAST 4 YEARS. I DID TAKE IT TO THE MECHANIC SEVERAL TIMES WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED, HOWEVER THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DETECT THE PROBLEM AND EXPLAINED THAT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE UNLESS IT HAPPENED WHILE THEY WERE INSPECTING IT OR TEST DRIVING IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP WITH THE BRAKE DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND LUNGE FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE RPMS INCREASED TO 7,000 ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND RETURNED TO NORMAL FUNCTION. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89,000.