2007 Ford Taurus

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING HIM TO HAVE TO AVOID AN CRASH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT AND THEN CRASHED INTO A CEMENT PARKING CHOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PERSONAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS STILL WAITING FOR THE RESULTS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 120,000.

CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND HAD DIFFICULTY IN STOPPING. PUT INTO NEUTRAL AND ENGINE RACED FOR A FEW MINUTES, TAPPED GAS PEDAL AND IT SLOWED DOWN. THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR INCIDENTS OF THIS NATURE SINCE THE LATEST BEING SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2012. AFTER THE FIRST THREE INCIDENTS IT WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THE LAST INCIDENT WHEN PUT INTO NEUTRAL THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION SHOOK FOR A WHILE AND IT SLOWED DOWN. *JS

CAR EXPERIENCE UNCONTROLLED, UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, THE ENGINE REVVED VERY HIGH. HARD BRAKING WAS REQUIRED TO BRING THE CAR TO A STOP DUE THE REVVING ENGINE. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS RELEASED AFTER STOPPING THE CAR EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN START DUE TO THE REVVING ENGINE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A ROAD AT 45 MPH AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WENT OFF. THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS STARTED LOCKING AND UNLOCKING, THE DASH LIGHTS, ALARM SYSTEM, AIR BAG, CHECK ENGINE, CAME ON AND THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE TACHOMETER WENT TO ZERO EVEN THOUGH I WAS MOVING. I BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING. IT HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY SINCE THEN, THE LATEST GOING 65 MPH ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE CUTS OUT AS WELL, BUT THE BLINKING LIGHTS MAKE ME THINK IT'S ELECTRICAL. IT'S RIDICULOUSLY DANGEROUS. *TR

I HAVE ALREADY HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED 3 TIMES ON MY VEHICLE. IT LOPE, HEADLIGHTS DIM/BRIGHT, AND JUTTS. ALSO SLIGHT UNEXPLAINED ACCELERATION OCCURS, AND OCCASIONAL HESITATION ON ACCELERATION. FUEL FILTER REPLACED, FUEL PUMP CHECKED OUT WORKING PROPERLY, AND INJECTORS ARE RUNNING FINE. ALSO ALTERNATOR CHECKED OUT GOOD, NEW SPARK PLUGS, WIRES WORKING FINE, NEW BATTERY. MECHANIC CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR, BUT IT RUNS TERRIBLY. IT`S LOPED SINCE AROUND 60K MILES, AND SEEMS TO BE STEADILY GETTING WORSE. ALSO ON THIRD RADIATOR. A FRIEND TOLD ME IT COULD BE THE AC GETTING LOW OR CHARGING, OR POSSIBLE IAC MOTOR GOING OUT, BUT THERE`S NO REAL GOOD WAY OF TESTING IT. DEALERS KEEP TELLING ME THEY WON`T FIX UNLESS IT`S FOR SURE BROKEN. WILL TAKE TILL I`M STRANDED TILL A MECHANIC WILL FIX THE PROBLEM.

CAR ACCELERATED WHEN BRAKING APPROACHING INTERSECTION. THROTTLE APPEARED STUCK. HAD TO "GUN THROUGH INTERSECTION", RACE INTO PLAZA PARKING LOT ON OTHER SIDE AND PARK IRREGULARLY SHUTTING ENGINE OFF. TRIED RESTARTING FIVE MINUTES LATER, SAME PROBLEM SO LEFT PARKED AND CALLED FOR RIDE. NEXT MORNING CALLED OUR MECHANIC THREE MILES AWAY AND HE SAID TO "BRING IN SLOWLY WITH CAUTION SO AS TO NOT ACCELERATE INTO SOMETHING, OTHERWISE CALL FOR TOW". DID AS TOLD AND AN ELECTRONIC SENSOR WAS REPLACED. HEARD RECENTLY ABOUT THE PROBLEMS BEING INVESTIGATED WITH SIMILAR SYMPTOMS ON '06 TAURUS' DUE TO POSSIBLE CRUISE CABLE FAILURE? OUR CRUISE STOPPED WORKING LAST YEAR-USE ONLY ON LONG TRIPS AND SO NOTICED AT CHRISTMAS GOING 300 MILES HWY TO RELATIVES. COINCIDENCE? ANYWAY, WAS ON WAY HOME TODAY AND ACCELERATOR AGAIN RACED AND HAD TO PULL OVER SEVERAL TIMES IN ORDER NOT TO HURT TRANSMISSION JAMMING GEAR SHIFT INTO PARK SINCE HOLDING DOWN BRAKE HARD WASN'T STOPPING CAR. AGAIN DROVE IT TO MECHANIC AND WAS PICKED UP. WILL SPEAK WITH HIM IN THE MORNING ABOUT CHECKING PART ALREADY REPLACED ETC. BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OR TRANSMISSION BLOWUP OCCUR(WAS ALREADY CLOSED WHEN I ARRIVED). PART REPLACED HAS ONLY BEEN USED A MONTH OR SO BY ME!? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE THREE OCCURRENCES OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION EXPERIENCED IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR, THE ENGINE WOULD EXHIBIT EXCESSIVELY HIGH RPMS EVEN WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO FAILURES WITHIN THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE RAPIDLY WHEN APPLYING VERY MINIMAL PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER INSPECTED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE VEHICLE I OWN HAS HAD A STUCK THROTTLE ISSUE IN THE PAST. THIS OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A MAIN STREET IN MY HOMETOWN. I HAD ACCELERATED INTO TRAFFIC WITHOUT ISSUE EXCEPT THAT WHEN I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE. IT APPEARS THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE SIMPLY SNAPS ONTO THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WITH A QUICK CONNECT CLIP AND HAS SIMPLY WORN OUT. IN DOING SO, WITH THE CABLE BEING FAIRLY RIGID, STICKS STRAIGHT OUT AND MAY BECOME LODGED ON THE PROTRUDING BUTTON THAT THE CABLE ATTACHES TO AND PROP THE THROTTLE PARTIALLY OPEN. I WAS ABLE TO PREVENT FURTHER ISSUES WITH A SMALL ZIPTIE ON THE CABLE AND HAD NO FURTHER ISSUES. I AM FILING A COMPLAINT AS IT DOES NOT SEEM TO COVER THE 2007 MODEL YEAR TAURUS WHICH LIKELY HAS THE SAME ASSEMBLY AS EARLIER MODEL YEARS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF IMAGE LINKS FROM MY TEMPORARY FIX IF THEY WOULD PROVE TO BE HELPFUL. HTTP://IMG14.IMAGESHACK.US/IMG14/8969/CRUISECABLE1.JPG HTTP://IMG339.IMAGESHACK.US/IMG339/5510/CRUISECABLE2.JPG. *TR