Two problems related to car accelerates on its own have been reported for the 2004 Ford Thunderbird. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Ford Thunderbird based on all problems reported for the 2004 Thunderbird.
As I was parking my car, it suddenly accelerated at a very high rate of speed. I was parking by a wooded area, and was propelled about 2 car lengths into the bushes in the woods (barely missing a tree) before I was able to stop the car. Not certain if the car stopped because of my braking, or because the thick bushes would not permit the car to travel any further. I had the car towed to the Ford dealership, but the service dept. Has not been able to find the problem. I am absolutely certain this was not a "driver error" situation and am very concerned about continuing to drive this vehicle should this occur again and I hit someone or something less forgiving than the bushes in the woods.
I have a 2004 Ford Thunderbird that has suddenly accelerated 3 times over the course of 2005. This happened once forward and twice in reverse. On all 3 occasions I had to stand on the brake while shifting to neutral before the revs would come down. The forward one was the most scary since I had a car in front of me. I took the car to the dealer on Nov 11, 2005 but nothing was found. Thank you tim shipley.
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