2009 Ford Taurus

2009 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *SMD THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. HE IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL OR PARK POSITION AND THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK SOUND. WITHIN A SECOND OR SO, HE TURNED THE IGNITION TO THE OFF POSITION. HE THEN RE-STARTED THE CAR AND IT RESUMED ITS NORMAL OPERATION. THE CONSUMER STATED EACH TIME, HE WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT, WITH HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE ENGINE INCREASED SLIGHTLY DURING THE FIRST TWO INCIDENTS;PERHAPS SEVERAL HUNDRED RPM.

I WAS DRIVING THIS 2009 FORD TAURUS THAT I JUST GOT FROM THE DEALER SHIP.I WAS AT A STOP AND THERE WERE PEOPLE INFRONT OF ME WHEN I WENT TO MOVE FORWARD I TAPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL AND IT ACCELERATED REALLY FAST AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HIT THE BACK OF A VAN AND MY AIR BAG WENT OFF ..I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE THROTTLE WAS STICKING , I BELIEVE THAT WHEN I TAPPED THE GAS IT STUCK AND ACCELERATED FAST MAKING THE CAR HIT SOMEONE ELSE ..MY BUMPER IS CRACKED AND MY AIRBAG WENT OFF ....I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS FAULTY AND THAT THIS SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF AND PAID FOR ...I WILL BE CONTACTING A LAWYER TO EXHAUSTED ALL MY OPTIONS ....THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED BEFORE SOME ONE REALLY GETS HURT ...I WANT TO BE CONTACTED [XXX].... INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY WIFE AND GRANDSON WERE ENTERING THE TOLL WAY VIA THE RAMP, AS SHE MERGED INTO 75 MPH TRAFFIC SHE INCREASED HER SPEED TO MATCH. AS SHE DID SHE LET UP OFF THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE CAR KEPT INCREASING SPEED. SHE REALIZED THAT THE THROTTLE WAS STUCK AND STARTED TO PUMP THE PETAL IN HOPES TO FREE IT. IT DID NOT FREE AND WAS STILL INCREASING SPEED. SHE THEN IN HER PANIC COULD ONLY STOMP ON THE BRAKE AS HARD AS SHE COULD. THANKFULLY THIS SLOWED HER ENOUGH TO ALLOW HER TO GET THE CAR OVER TO THE SHOULDER AS SEMI TRUCKS WENT BY HER AT 70 MPH. WITH THE BRAKES ON THE CAR SMOKING LIKE CRAZY SHE GOT THE CAR SLOWED ENOUGH TO THROW THE CAR INTO PARK. WHEN SHE DID THE ENGINE REVVED TO ALMOST REDLINE AND SHE SHUT THE CAR OFF. SHE WAS VERY SHAKEN AS WELL AS MY GRANDSON. SHE CALLED ME AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT I WAS NEARBY AND MET HER ALONG SIDE OF THE BUSY TOLL WAY. SHE TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED SO I WENT TO THE CAR AND STARTED IT. IT IMMEDIATELY REVVED TO ALMOST RE LINE AND I SHUT IT OFF. THE GAS PEDAL SEEMED TO WORK FINE TO ME BUT WOULD ONLY INCREASE THE RPM'S BUT NOT GO BELOW 4500. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND TOWED THE CAR TO STURGIS MICHIGAN FORD DEALER. 269-651-7728. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS SUPPOSE TO LOOK THE CAR OVER AND LET ME KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH AND RELEASING HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED TO 4500 AFTER SHIFTING THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 106,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT OF THE CONTACTS VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE DRIVER SUSTAINED SEVERAL BROKEN BONES, BRUISES AND LACERATIONS. THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND VEHICLE ALSO SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE CONTACTS VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING A CAR DROVE THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF HER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE CONTACT STATED THE TOP HALF OF HER BACK COLLAPSED. THE CONTACT AND THE PASSENGER HAD SEVERAL CUTS AND BRUISES OVER THEIR BODY. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVERS SIDE DID NOT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

FORD TAURUS 2009 ENGINE STALLED WHILE GOING ABOUT 55 MPH. DRIVER RESTARTED CAR BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL AND RESTARTING CAR. THIS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME A FEW MONTHS LATER. THE THIRD TIME THE CAR STARTED IDLING VERY ROUGHLY WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THIS TIME, A COMPUTER MESSAGE CAME UP ON THE MESSAGE BOARD. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A PLACE WHERE THE ERROR CODE COULD BE READ. THE ERROR WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR POSITION. REPLACING THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR APPEARS TO HAVE RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 55MPH MY ENGINE STALLED. SMELLED ELECTRICAL WIRE BURNING. SMELL WENT AWAY, SO I RESTARTED THE ENGINE, AND DROVE ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHERE A TAIL LIGHT HARNESS WAS DISCOVERED TO BE BURNED THROUGH. DEALER REPLACED WIRE HARNESS, AND REPLACED TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY THAT HAD ALSO BEEN DAMAGED (MELTED) BY THE INCIDENT. VEHICLE ENGINE HAS SINCE STALLED WHILE IN CRUISE CONTROL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS. MENTIONED ENGINE STALLING TO DEALER. WARRANTY HAS SINCE EXPIRED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO HER WHEN IT DROVE THROUGH A STOP LIGHT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE POLICE REPORTED TO THE SCENE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISES, A SPRAINED BACK, AND BROKEN RIBS. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000... UPDATED 08-07-12 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH WHEN THE KEY BECAME HOT, MELTED, AND DETACHED FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE STALLED AS A RESULT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE KEY. THE FAILURE REPEATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,700.