Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / TAURUS / 2006

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 007124320 Incident Date: Aug, 23 2007
Consumer's City: FEDERAL WAY Consumer's State: WA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: TAURUS Model Year: 2006
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FAFP53U66A Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 25 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was driving on the freeway at full speed. i was not using my cruise control. my gas pedal was stuck accelerating on me. it would unstick and come hit me in the foot, only to stick back again while i was accelerating. the vehicle was accelerating without my assistance up large hills, and i was required to brake almost constantly on flat areas. when i was at a stop light i placed the car in neutral to alleviate fears that i would shoot out into the intersection, and the car immediately raced to over 4000 rpms! i had to lightly tap on the pedal repeatedly until it finally unstuck and came back to hit me in the foot. yikes. i am thankful that the accelerator was stuck at a lower rpm and not all the way down. i could have been involved in a horrible traffic accident. the next day the dealer determined that my cruise control cable had broken and bound around the throttle body (the thing that drives the accelerator) causing the accelerator pedal to stick. this could have been much worse! *tr duplicate to 10295451