general problems of the 2007 Ford Crown Victoria

My 2007 Crown Victoria has had a worsening unintended acceleration issue over the past year. When hitting hard bumps the car will suddenly begin revving my itself (normal rpm is 600 idling in drive and 800 idling in neutral) when this issue occurs it will sit around 1k rpm in drive (pushing against the brakes so I must hold them down very hard) and will shoot up to 2k rpm in neutral. When the issue is occurring it drives the car forward with no user input. This issue has been becoming more and more frequent with it happening up to 5 times in a 15 minute drive. It is very unsafe and has caused me to hit a parking pole before as I could not slow the car down fully.

The operator of the vehicle applied the brake to stop at traffic light engine started to rev and accelerate on its own and move forward.

The operator of the vehicle applied the brake and stopped the vehicle, however, it started to accelarate on its own and move forward. The engine continiued to rev and the vehicle continued to move forward to the point that the operator had to place two feet on the brake. There have been several other complaints of this nature regarding Crown Victorias. This vehicle is a 2007 Ford Crown Victoria police vehicle.

This is another of an on going acceleration issue when depressing the foot brake. In this instance I had just backed out of a parking space in a shopping center and drove maybe 200' and had just about rolled to a stop sign for GA highway 212 and very slightly depressed the brake pedal to come to a complete stop. As soon as I started pressing the brake pedal, the engine picked up rpm and I immediately moved foot from brake pedal. End of acceleration. By this time vehicle had already rolled to a complete stop. I did not, as Ford seems to think, have my foot on both the gas and brake. The very light pressure I had applied would have my foot three to four inches away from the top of the gas pedal. Yes, I had my foot on the brake. I had to remove my foot from the gas to get to the brake. This is a vehicle malfunction. Not operator error. I am unable to determine a failed component. . . . . Fuel? brake? electrical? I don't have a clue.

While driving the vehicle at highway speeds (60-70mph) going uphill, while making a sharp turn left or while rocking the steering wheel to make the rear of the car sway slightly to the left, there is a surge and complete loss of power for 1/2 second. This causes a surge/jolt feeling in the vehicle like the vehicle transmission or engine has lost all power. If you try to sway the vehicle immediately a 2nd time nothing happens. If you wait several minutes and sway the rear end again there is again a heavy surge and loss of power. I also observed the tac-ometer show a loss of power for a brief moment. If you are going up hill at highway speeds and the vehicle sways to the right or you swerve the steering wheel to make the vehicle swerve to the right (body rock to the right) nothing will ever happen. It is only on left body rock while at highway speeds on an incline. There are no trouble codes. There is no indicator light or dash flash or buzzer. Nothing happens and nothing triggers a diagnostic code. All codes are clear. There are two bulletins posted on the NHTSA website. 1. Id# 10024695 & 2. Id# 10039053. When calling Ford @ 800-392-3673 they are unable to provide any information or help regarding this matter or the bulletins mentioned. They advise there are no bulletins at all for my vehicle. This problem started when the vehicle was brand new. The dealership in California was unable to diagnose the problem because it was intermittent. Now at 54,000 miles the problem happens 8 or 10 times in a 30 mile trip. It is very troubling that the vehicle loses power and surges. It causes a panic in the passenger comparetment when happening!.