general problems of the 2002 Ford Taurus

The key turns over but the car won't start.

My son was driving my 2002 Ford Taurus on 4-15-2014 at approximately 12:00 a. M. He had the cruise control set to 35 mph. While driving, the cruise control began to accelerate. He tried to disengage the cruise control by hitting the brake. The cruise control would not disengage and the car kept accelerating reaching the speed of about 70mph. As a turn approached he could no longer control the vehicle. He hit a curb and a stop sign before the car came to a stop on the roadway. This was not the first instance with that vehicle and cruise control malfunctions, though this was the only time that the cruise control caused an accident. The vehicle had to be towed from the scene. The vehicle sustained $6005. 00 of damage and is a total loss. Which does not include the cost of fixing the cruise control and acceleration issues.

I had the experience described exactly in your current investigation pe 12-033. Throttle was stuck open which caused engine to remain between 3000-4000 rpms even while decelerating or stopped. Physical inspection revealed fractured speed control cable collar. I would like to know if Ford as agreed to recall vehicles or fix this problem.

I pushed the accelerator into passing gear to go around a vehicle in the passing zone on a hill. When I released the accelerator the car continued to accelerate and on topping the hill we were traveling over 70 mph. I tapped the accelerator but acceleration continued. Coming down the hill I shifted into neutral and the engine accelerated to over 6000 rpm. I stopped on level ground and shut the engine off. On restart, the engine immediately revved to over 6000 rpm and a transaxle warning icon appeared. By alternately shifting in and out of gear I jerked to an auto body shop. The mechanics knew the problem immediately; broken plastic tabs had allowed the cruise control cable sheath to slip out of the throttle connector. The cable sheath was jammed against the edge of the connector, holding the throttle open. When the sheath was reinserted into the connector, rpm returned to normal. The mechanics wired the cable to the connector so we could continue our trip. Function is normal 3k miles later. The dealer indicated no recalls or TSB's related to the problem and wants $34. For a new cable.

Started the engine this morning and the engine raced to over 4000 rpm, having never touched the accelerator pedal today. Shut it down and started it again - same thing. Never seen anything like this before on this car. I looked under the hood and a beige colored plastic guide for the cruise control cable had a chip out of the side of the guide entry point such that the cruise control cable and sheath were caught out of alignment in the slot of the chip in the guide. I pulled out, straightened and reset the cable, sheath and guide and, again started the engine. Perfect idle. This is very dangerous if it were to happen while driving! I won't drive this car until I know it's resolved. Do you need pictures? I don't see any recall for this here. . .

With a hard press on the gas pedal at 55mph. . The gas pedal stuck in the fully pressed position after lifting my foot off the gas pedal. . . I then put the transmission in neutral and stomp the gas pedal a few times and then the gas pedal released from the fully pressed position.

I have a 2002 Ford Taurus sedan, and while driving about a month ago I pushed gas pedal to accelerate, the throttles became stuck causing the cars engine to speed up to 80 mph in a 30 mph speed zone. I had to apply as much pressure to the breaks as I could to control the car, and finally I was able to pull into a gas station, with the engine still racing, put the car into park and turn off the car. I was so afraid I just set in the car for about 10 minutes to collect my thoughts. I open the hood to see if anything had broken or came apart but could not find any unusual. I turn the car back on, the engine was still racing, I looked for the accelerator cable and found it. However, I notice that the small plastic o-ring on the cable used as a stop was caught on the corner of the air intake housing. I pulled back on the cable releasing it. When I let go of the cable it went back to its normal position, the engine stopped racing and slowed to a normal idle. I crept back home were the car set for two weeks before I had the nerves to drive it again. It happen again on 3/14/12 when I pushed the accelerator pedal to pass a truck on I-70w in columbus, OH.

The contact owns a 2002 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that the blower relay switch continuously failed in the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or mechanic; however, the contact made repairs to the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 70,000.

The blower in my 2002 Ford Taurus works intermittently. There is also water on the floor board on the passenger side which I suspect has something to do with the problem.

Blower motor doesn't work. Ford dealer fixed it. Problem was a leak in the cowl, they had to put a new cowl , cowl seal , and silicone a hole. With all this is could this be a defect?.

The contact owns a 2002 Ford Taurus. The contact backed approximately ten feet out of her parking garage, and the coil spring failed and ripped the front driver's side tire. The vehicle had to be towed to the dealer and they replaced the front coil spring, struts, and front driver's side tire. In addition, the vehicle was aligned. The repair costs were $1,300. The failure mileage was 70,000. Updated 09/10/08 the cam shaft position sensor was replaced. Updated 09/16/08.

The vehicle shook when the vehicle was started. The dealer was notified.

While driving in the rain the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree. After impact the consumer heard a pop and the vehicle caught on fire.