15 problems related to speed control cable have been reported for the 2007 Ford Taurus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2007 Ford Taurus based on all problems reported for the 2007 Taurus.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Taurus. While driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle inadvertently accelerated at rapid speed. While the brake pedal was depressed, the vehicle continued to accelerate rapidly. The contact had to place the gear shifter in neutral to stop the vehicle from accelerating. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but it could not be diagnosed. The vehicle was then taken to encinitas Ford at (888) 700-8208 located at 1424 encinitas blvd, encinitas, CA 92024, but no diagnostic failure codes were found and the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was then taken to another independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the cruise control was disconnected and the cable clip needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was advised to take the vehicle to a dealer. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000.
Car accelerator got stuck at about 4,000 rpms. It would not dislodge until car was forced to stop by maxing pressure on brakes and putting car into 'park'. Research shows that the cruise control cable gets worn and disconnects from the throttle body and can get stuck on the throttle cable disallowing the throttle to return to idle position. This VIN is not subject to any open recalls but the condition is very dangerous.
Traveling at 60 mph, had to slow down for a slower vehicle but the car did not slow down when I removed my foot from gas pedal. I braked and slowed the car, but had to ride the brake as the car tried to accelerate. When we encountered a stop light, the brakes almost could not hold the car back. I put the car in park and reved the engine twice and the car idel speed droped from 4000+ rpm back to normal. This happened several times on the trip home. I did a quick google search for this problem and found earlyer Taurus models with simaler problems had recalled for defective cruse control cable. I looked at my car's cruse control actuator cable and found it's connector had sliped off the throttle connection point. I now have a temporary fix to keep it from interfering with the throttle. This could have caused an accident and hurt somebody.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while at a stop light, the vehicle surged forward and the engine rpms revved up. The vehicle could be restarted but the failure persisted. The failure occurred on two occasions. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the cruise control cable clip needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 95,787.
I own a 2007 Taurus se with about 90,000 miles. The cruse control stopped working last week and I turned it off. On at least four occasions in the last week, since then I have had unexpected, uncontroled acceleration while driving that could easily resulted in an accident. When the acceleration happened , I got the car off the road steped on the brake as hard as I could, the car ran up to 3to 4000 rpm before I could shift to neatral and turn off the ignition after the the incident yesterday afternoon ; I took the car in to eckenrod Ford in cullman, alabama. They gave me a loaner car while they are fixing mine. I see that you have had several complaints of the same thing happening in this year and model and recommend a recall or at least a service bullitin, to deal with this problem. In researching this problem a lose cruise control cable may be causing this problem. The prblem is danerous and disconcerting and should be addressed.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while driving 25 mph, the cruise control command was turned on and the vehicle accelerated and would not stop or come out of cruise control until the contact shifted into park and turned the vehicle off. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the mechanic stated that the cruise control cable, throttle cable and the throttle body had to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 101,684. . . Updated 11-14-13 the consumer stated the vehicle continued to accelerate even in park. The cruise control would not turn off. When the consumer started the vehicle, it accelerated at a high rate of speed. She pushed the accelerator pedal all the way down, fast and it went to normal idle. The vehicle accelerated on its own on two prior occasions.
Important to note is that a week before the first incident the cruise control stopped working in that it would turn on but I could not set a speed anymore. I decided I would have that fixed at my next scheduled servicing. After a week when driving at about 40mph the car continued to accelerate after I released the throttle, the cruise control was not turned on it was still broken. Braking a little to stop the forward momentum and tapping the throttle resolved the issue at least temporarily. At the time I thought it must be the mat snagging it. However, only a few days later the throttle got stuck again. Again at about 40mph the car continued to accelerate even after releasing the throttle. Since tapping the throttle didn't work immediately I shifted the car into neutral and the engine was raging at 4000 rpm in neutral. This was a very dangerous situation since I was approaching a busy intersection when this happened. With the car in neutral I could stop, then I slammed the throttle a couple of times and it released. I took the car to the dealership the next day and they replaced the cruise control assembly, which fixed the problem. Doing some research online showed that for certain makes, when the cruise control cable get loose and moves around a little it can interfere with the throttle, which I believe is a serious problem that Ford should address.
Cruise control stopped working - checked cable at throttle and it had come unattached-reattached cable and all was fine for a day. Then car started to hold speed when cruise control was not on. When braking, felt like gas pedal was still engaged. Put car into neutral and rpms went up. Tapped gas pedal and all returned to normal. Put car back into drive and it was fine again for a few minutes, then same problem happened again. Car will hold rpms as if gas pedal is still engaged even when my foot is no longer on the gas. Have to depress gas pedal hard and fast to get it to disengage again. Beginning to happen more regularly. Have to put the vehicle in neutral often to come to a safe stop. Cruise control cable keeps detaching from its housing and makes the throttle stick partially open.
Vehicle was increasing speed without giving it gas. Had to push on the brake hard to slow down. Cruise control was not on. After stopping it appeared to be ok, but the cruise would no longer work. The cruise light comes on, but nothing happens. I checked under the hood and the cable going to the cruise control had popped off. Reattaching the cable did not fix the problem as the cruise still does not work. I checked and the cable was off again.
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!?.
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.
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. . Read more...
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Taurus. While driving at speeds of 40 mph, there was an unusually large increase in engine rpms. The vehicle then abnormally accelerated without driver intent. The contact was able to shut off the engine mid-acceleration and coasted to a stop. The dealer advised there were no recalls on the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where they advised replacing the vehicle speed control sensor and cables. The failure and current mileages were 107,000. The VIN was not available.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle experienced sudden abnormal acceleration. The contact stated that the vehicle was still accelerating while the brakes were being applied. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the dealer replaced the cruise control cable. The contact stated that the failure persisted after the repairs. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 30,000 and the current mileage was 80,000.
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.