DRIVING ON HIGHWAY FROM MILWAUKEE WI, TO OSHKOSH, WI. AFTER DRIVING AROUND AN HOUR AT FREEWAY SPEED WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 70, CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND RPM WENT UP TOO. TOOK CAR OFF OF CRUISE CONTROL AND CONTINUED DRIVING. THE CAR DID IT AGAIN AFTER A FEW MINUTES, ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD 'THUNK' NOISE. IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF FREEWAY, TURNED OFF CAR AND WAITED TILL DRIVING AGAIN. PROBLEM DID NOT REOCCUR THEN. BUT HAPPENED AGAIN NEXT DAY ON WAY HOME. SINCE THEN IT HAS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. GENERALLY ONLY HAPPENS ON LONG TRIPS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AFTER DRIVING ABOUT AN HOUR TO HOUR AND A HALF. WE DO NOT USE CRUISE CONTROL ANY MORE, BUT IT STILL HAPPENS ON EVERY LONG TRIP. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND CONTACTED FORD. THEY DON'T SEE ANY SERVICE CODES SO NOTHING HAS BEEN FIXED. *JB
2008
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
FAILURE OF VEHICLE TO STOP. TWO INCIDENTS - 10/25/08 & 7/13/09. TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNS RED, AND I TRIED TO BRAKE AND CAR DOES NOT STOP, ENGINE REMAINS AT TRAFFIC SPEED AND ROARS. SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND STILL NO RESPONSE AND THEN TURN CAR OFF AND ON. BACK TO NORMAL AND PROCEED TO SAFELY GET OFF ROAD AND CALL FORD SERVICE. FIRST TIME CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON AN THEY REPLACED CANCEL SWITCH ON BRAKE. 2ND TIME NO CRUISE CONTROL AND HAD JUST LEFT ONE LIGHT AND ANOTHER TURNS RED. FORD CANNOT DETERMINE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THEY DROVE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE AND RETURNED WITH BLACK BOX TO RECORD INCIDENT. 2 WEEKS LATER I RECEIVE A CALL THAT ON A HUNCH THEY ORDERED A NEW THROTTLE BODY AND REPLACED IT 8/8. NO ONE FEELS SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. I AM AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND THIS TIME I WILL NOT BE THE FIRST CAR TO APPROACH A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR SOMEONE WILL PULL IN FRONT OF ME AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT MY LOCAL FORD SAID THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIMILAR INCIDENTS. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE ON LINE AND THEY HAVE ONLY REPLIED THAT SOMEONE WILL FORWARD IT TO THE PROPER DEPARTMENT AND THAT I SHOULD CONTACT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, WHO RETAINS REPAIR RECORDS. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP DOES NOT HAVE ANY ANSWERS AND WOULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR UNLESS THEY HAD TO. WHICH SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE LEAVES ME NO OPTION. I WAS WONDERING IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY SIMILAR INCIDENTS. THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION IS A 2008 FORD TAURUS X. *TR