2007 Ford Taurus

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE ENGINE RPMS. THE CONTACT HAD TO TAP ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO STOP THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE HAD SINCE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL FEATURE NO LONGER FUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AND INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000. UPDATED 04/06/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE CRUISE CONTROL FEATURE NO LONGER WORKED. UPDATED 04/16/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE12005 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES) THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE, BUT DID NOT INCLUDED THE 2007 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE ENGINE IDLE SPEED WOULD SURGE AFTER A COLD START. A MECHANIC CLEANED THE THOTTLE BODY. THIS SEEMED TO HELP THE SURGING PROBLEM, BUT THEN THE CAR WOULD START TO ACCELERATE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING, IT WAS NECESSARY TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL & PUMP THE GAS PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES. AFTER THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES I HAD THE IDLE CONTROL MODULE REPLACED. FOR A WHILE THE VEHICLE RAN OK, THEN IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN FOR NO REASON. WHILE IT WAS ACCELERATING, I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN AND IT REVVED UP TO 4000 RPM. LOOKING AROUND THE THROTTLE BODY, I FOUND A CABLE DISCONNECTED FROM THE LOWER PART OF THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS CABLE WENT TO A BOX NEAR THE FIREWALL WHICH I ASSUME TO BE THE CRUISE CONTROLLER. I RECONNECTED THE CABLE AT THE THROTTLE BODY AND HAVE NOT ANY PROBLEMS SINCE THEN. HOWEVER, I AM AMAZED AT HOW EASY IT IS TO DISCONNECT THE CABLE FROM THE THROTTLE BODY. IT PROBABLY BECAME DISCONNECTED WHEN THE MECHANIC CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

THE THROTTLE ON MY CAR HAS GOTTEN STUCK ON ME ON FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE FIRST TIME I WAS COMING TO A RED LIGHT AND THE CAD AR SPEEDED UP TO FIFTY MILES AN HOUR. I HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. I STARTED THE CAR AND THE THROTTLE WAS STILL STUCK IN PARK. I HAD TO WAIT FIFTEEN MINUTES BEFORE IT STOPPED. IT HAS GOTTEN STUCK ON THE OPEN HIGHWAY ALSO. *TR