general problems of the 2003 Ford Taurus

At times the vehicle accelerates by itself albeit I am not touching the gas pedal. While driving the vehicle at 45 mph, I take my foot off of the accelerator and the vehicle maintains the 45 mph speed or increases speed if I am driving down a hill or any downward gradient regardless of the angle of decent. When I try to stop the vehicle using the foot brake it continues to maintain speed and if I put the shift lever in neutral, while trying to stop, the rpm's increase from approximately 1500 rpm's to 3200 rpm's until the vehicle comes to a complete stop, and then, only after approximately five seconds do the rpm's begin to drop to 1000 rpm's. If I am driving the vehicle with cruise control and cancel the cruise control, the vehicle maintains the cruise control speed indefinitely, literally for miles thereafter. I wanted to give this vehicle to my daughter who has multiple sclerosis but it's too dangerous for her to drive with this acceleration problem. Do you have any recommendations for me???.

My car suddenly, and without warning, accelerated and the brake peddle dropped to the floor. The car mat was not on the peddle.

Put vehicle in shop vehicle had rough idle, misfiring on #2 cylinder. Shop removed and replaced spark plug, air filter, fuel filter, and ignition coil. Got vehicle from shop. Vehicle idle too high-speeds up on its own. Took back to shop shop removed and replaced idle air control valve got vehicle out of shop. Vehicle still idle too high and still speeds up on its own. When stopped at stop light, when the breaks are released, car jumps forward. When backing up out of garage, car back-up too fast; must hold breaks at all times.

My vehicle with [xxx]. I can not shift my car from park, or if I press on the brake a couple of times, and get the brake light to come on, they say on. Even when foot is not on brake. My vehicle in not apart of a recall, it was manufactured in an atlanta plant. I am being out of money and time with repairs that I have had done, and its not solving the issue. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

My car will accelerate on its own when driving. And in the morning it will be in park but the rpm nozzle will go up like somebody's pushing on the gas pedal. When im pulling off I have to hold the brakes down hard because the car will try to take off before me. It has serious acceleration issues.

The car does not slow down (intermittent) sometimes. Traveling at bout 55 or 60 I will take my foot off the pedal and the car will not slow down. When I finally come to a stop (which is hard on the brakes) my rpm's are 1000. If I put the transmission into neutral my rpm's will climb to 4000. Dealer has not been able to fix the problem and has no idea what to do.

When driving the car the car will accelerate on its own with out pushing the gas. Even when you come to a complete stop the rpm will not go down to 0 it will stay above the 1. The car never comes to a complete stop the car is always accelerating even when at a complete stop.

I was pulling into a gas station, going to a gas pump, when all of a sudden the rpms rev¿ed up and the car accelerated on its own. I was able to avoid the gas pump and instead went over a ramp which caused the car to go airborne. I went through a fence and hit a pole. The impact caused enough damage on the car for the car to come to an abrupt and complete stop. The car has been totaled. I have seen other reports on 2003 Ford Taurus regarding acceleration problems/issues. I would like for my incident to be part of the investigation.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while driving 60 mph, the vehicle proceeded to accelerate after she had removed her foot from the accelerator pedal. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 159,000 and the current mileage was 159,100.

While driving down the road, if I release the gas pedal, the vehicle will continue to increase in speed. When I am completely stopped at stop sign or stop light, I have to pressed on the brakes really hard to keep the vehicle from surging forward.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 mph, the vehicle accelerated independently. The contact was able to stop the vehicle on the shoulder of the roadway. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 157,493.

Driving in city traffic at 30 mph, car began to accelerate on it's own, despite tapping on accelerator or brake pedal to stop. Had to put car into neutral and hold brake to come to a complete stop while the car remained at 4000 rpm. Even after turning the car off and on several times, it remained stuck at 4000 rpm (in both park and neutral). Had to have car towed to mechanic because it was inoperable and a safety concern.

We have replaced valves. Cleaned throttles etc. . On our Ford Taurus and we continue to experience unintentional acceleration (revving) rpm's at over 2,000-3,000. At a stop light it will be at around 2000 rpms with your foot on the brake and then just drop down to . 5. I have to keep my foot on the brake when it is revving so high. If the speed limit is 35 I ride the brake continually until it finally lowers. I am afraid of driving it or selling it, yet it is one of our primary vehicles. The shop doesn't know what to do. I seen there is an investigation on this and I am wondering what the current status is. If I continue to drive it, I am sure I will have to spend $ to replace all the brakes next.

My 2003 Ford Taurus wagon rpm's rev up and down causing the car to sputter, hard lurches forward and die when stopping, usually if the air conditioner is running, also the gas pedal does not release at higher speeds. When first starting car up, it rev's to 2000 rpm and I have to wait for it to idle down to 1000 before shifting out of park to drive. If I am driving at speed of 30mph or more, I can take my foot off the gas pedal and it will maintain the exact speed on its own for miles, sometimes even speeding up 10 more mph. If I turn on the air conditioner, still not putting my foot on the gas pedal, the car will decrease its speed by about 10mph, consequently if I turn off the air conditioner the car will speed up about 10 more mph's. I have had the wagon in the mechanic's shop twice, one was an independent shop, the last was a Ford dealership. Between the two shops I have spent over a thousand dollars and neither one could diagnose or fix my problem. It is becoming increasingly hard to control the car at stops and I'm scared to drive it with my three children in the car but being a single mother with no outside help, our lives depend on the wagon and I have no more finances to try a shop again. Has there been a recall or could you add my problem to your database to see if someone else has my problem, maybe they can tell me what fixed theirs, thank you!.

Went to my mothers for thanksgiving dinner. On the way home going 55 mile an hour the car stared excelling in speed. My husband was driving and knew to put the car in neutral to get the car to stop. He had to constantly stay on the brakes to slow it down. We got the car home, I looked on line and saw the complaints on your website. My husband then took the car to the local for dealership. He took a copy of the complaint with him. Ford service dept. Said they didn't want to see that article and wanted $80 to even look at the car. The car is not fixed, we plan on trying to get it fixed in the near future. If you would like to see what it is doing, that should take place in the next few weeks.

While driving on speed control, my car started to accelerate like crazy. Luckily, I was able to slam on the brakes, but this was a very scary issue!.

I was driving down state road 9 an as I started around a curve my rpm shot up an mph gauge went down envied revved up. I had no drive no neutral no reverse no nothing.

Transmission stopped working, it was replaced at my expense.

Vehicle made noise while driving on flat ground. Asked passenger if they heard the noise and they did not. Car continued to drive approximately 2 more miles. Car started to fail while driving uphill. The car made a revving sound and then stopped moving. Turned flashers on and pulled over to the side of the road. Scared that car would not park. Tried to change gears and vehicle went into park. Still scared so hand brake was applied. Called father and uncle to move car. Car had to be pushed backwards down the hill into a parking space at a secondary school. Next day, car was towed to residence. Vehicle will be towed to transmission specialist in February for diagnosis. Had to worry about getting to work to even pay for repair. Scared to imagine the cost.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that the vehicle would accelerate even when his foot was not engaging the accelerator pedal. The contact also stated that he was able to maintain control of the vehicle by engaging the brakes. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The current mileage is 184,341. . . Updated 04/16/12 the consumer stated the engine did not slow down normally when the accelerator was released. The vehicle would maintain speed for 15-20 seconds after the accelerator was released. The engine idle was set too fast. Updated.

Vehicle was traveling southbound in the outside lane of a 4 lane hwy. Vehicle changed lanes abruptly and went left of the center of roadway entering into the nourthbound lanes of traffic, continuing in a southbound direction, the vehicle departed the east side and collided with the end portion of a guardrail. The inside portion of the right front tire caught the outside of gaurdrail causing the car to straddle the top of the rail until the undercarriage of the car caught on a post of the rail causing the car to slide sideways until the left side tires dug into the ground and flipped the car completely over where it continued to travel south, rolling over again, colliding with a wood post then finally coming to rest on it's tires facing northwest. No airbags deployed at any point of the collision. Gearshift was between neutral and overdrive.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while stopped, there was an increase in the engine rpms. The contact had to apply heavy pressure to the brake pedal to keep the vehicle stopped. The failure ceased after a few moments. The failure also occurred while driving at various speeds. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on three occasions and they were unable to diagnose a failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 130,000.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that the vehicle accelerated to 45 mph without the accelerator pedal being depressed. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer where the air idle regulator was replaced but the failure recurred on three separate occasions. The failure mileage was 171,000 and the current mileage was 193,000.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus. The contact stated while driving 15 mph she applied the brakes and the vehicle independently accelerated. The contact thought there was a brake problem and her son changed the master cylinder. Six months later the failure recurred three more times. The contact was informed by the local news about NHTSA action number pe12033. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 80,000 and the current mileage was 90,000.

I was driving eastbound on I-90 (mass. Pike) in massachusetts, about 60 miles outside of boston, with my fiancee in the passenger seat. Road conditions were ideal. Temperature was in the high 80s. Sun was out, about 4 p. M. In the afternoon. Suddenly, the rpms went through the roof, but the car did not slow or speed. I tested again and same thing happened. I signaled right and was able to move over one lane and again onto the shoulder. Once parked, the car would not go into gear. I just got revving in park, drive, reverse, lower gears, etc. Transmission failure. No power to the ground. Repair costs came to $2,000. I would consider this a safety problem since I was not able to control the speed of my car on a busy highway. I was lucky enough to have space to my rear and right when the incident occured, but had I been boxed in, there certainly would have been an accident. It appears this is a common problem with the '03 Taurus.

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while driving 75 mph with the curse control engaged, the vehicle would not decelerate while braking. The contact had to shift the vehicle into neutral in order for the vehicle to slow down. The contact then shut the vehicle off. The contact did not call the manufacturer or take the vehicle to a dealer. The failure mileage was 160,000.

The vehicle begins to throttle and then shut off at any time if your foot is not on the gas. The vehicle also stays or goes up in speed while you are driving. I had thought this was the fuel pump but learned it is not. Im afraid that whatever the problem may be I could be driving the speed will go up on its own and then force the car to shut off and die leading to an accident. Therefore I must say I do not drive this car often or far.

I have a 2003 Ford Taurus. In the past, I've had the pedal stick and the car will accelerate on it's own. When I pushed on the brakes, it takes me about 3 times as long to stop the car and once it's stop it is still trying to go and the rpm was above 3. I was also pushing the brakes as hard as I could and the car was still trying to go. The first time this happened was in the winter of 2010. It happened roughly 5 times in the winter of 2010 and 3-4 times in the winter of 2011. It did not happen in 2012 due to the warm winter climate, at least that is my guess. I also remember it happening when it was very cold outside. The one time it was around 0 degrees. It felt like the pedal would get stuck. The only way I could get it to stop would be to aggressively keep pushing the pedal and then it would get unstuck. One time I let it go to see how far it could speed up on it's own I got it to 50 mph without pushing the pedal before I got nervous and was able to get it to stop. I've also noticed in the past that the pedal sometimes will feel like it will get stuck but in those cases the car won't accelerate on it's own like I explained above. I brought all of this to the dealer's attention but they wrote me off and said it could have been due to the cold. I never thought to report it till I heard about other incidents similar to mine recently in the news.

I having so much trouble issues on this car I want refund money for this was $1,900 refund back to me.

Dt the vehicle surged forward when in park. Contacted dealer, they checked it, and said was a sensor problem. They had to have an order to fix it. Did not say from who or why. Had not contacted the manufacturer. This happened on August 12, 2005.

Owner was driving in a parking lot at approximately 5 mph and suddenly the vehicle began to accelerate. Owner drove into a large plant which got caught under the vehicle, causing the front of the vehicle to become airborne. This caused damaged under the vehicle and the front bumper. The dealer replaced the iac valve assembly.

Involutary acceleration of car at low speeds while the traction control is engaged due to slippery surfaces. This has happened four times in the last month and, everytime the driver's foot was on the brake pedal and not on the accelerator. The dealer has had the car twice and has not been able to replicate the conditions. Ford motor company refuses to take further action.

Consumer complained that the vehicle would continuously accelerate to 200 rpm and causes the engine to overheat. Vehicle had been to the dealer on two occasions, but problem recurred. Dealer contacted the manufacturer, and manufacturer informed that dealer that was the normal characteristic of that vehicle.

While going down a hill the vehicle shifted from over drive to drive, the vehicle gained speed and appeared to be in a "free wheeling" mode. The dealer stated the problem was the idle air control. Mr scc.