2004 Ford Taurus Fuel System Problems

TOOK CAR TO BROOKER FORD DEALERSHIP ON 7/15/14 COMPLAINING ABOUT GAS PEDAL STICKING, MOTOR RACING TO OVER 6000 RPMS. HAD COME CLOSE TO HITTING CARS IN FRONT OF ME SEVERAL TIMES WHILE PUSHING BRAKE PEDAL DOWN HARD. THEY CHECKED CAR AND REPLACED AIR CONTROL VALVE. TOTAL COST TO ME WAS $352.77. A BIG CHUNK OUT OF MY S.S. NOW THE SAME PROBLEM HAS RETURNED, BUT IS MUCH WORSE THIS TIME AND IS MUCH HARDER TO TAP PEDAL HARD TO TRY AND GET IT TO SLOW DOWN. WILL BE GOING BACK TO DEALERSHIP. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AND APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION I BEGAN TO APPLY BRAKE FOR RED LIGHT, THE RPMS SPIKED TO 4000. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN.TRIED TO TAP BRAKE AGAIN..NO CHANGE. PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TAPPED GAS TO FINALLY GET THE RPMS TO LOWER TO AT LEAST 2000 LEVEL. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 4 OTHER TIMES. *TR

TRAVELING AT 35MPH AND PRESSED ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR DID NOT IDLE DOWN AND USUAL. TAPPED THE GAS AND NO RESPONSE. SLIPPED THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND THE RPM'S RACED TO 3 AND 4000. TAPPED THE GAS HARDER AND THE CAR IDLED DOWN. SLIPPED THE CAR INTO DRIVE AND CONTINUED ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES NOW ALL AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 35 AND 40MPH. HAVE CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE GOT A CASE NUMBER AND WAS TOLD TO GET IT FIXED AT A DEALER AND KEEP THE RECEIPT IN CASE THERE IS A RECALL. NOT HAPPY WITH THAT RESPONSE. HOW LONG OR WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE THIS RIGHT? THIS SEEMS TO BE MORE SERIOUS THAN HOW IT IS BEING HANDLED. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW SERIOUS UNLESS YOU ARE ON THE RECEIVING END OF A CAR THAT DOESN'T WHAT TO STOP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE SPEED REMAINED AT 40 MPH. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ACCELERATOR CLIP MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 195,000. UPDATED 12/5/12 *CN UPDATED 12/11/2012 *JS

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE TO WORK, NOTICED THAT CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT ENGAGE AS NORMAL. AS I BEGAN TO DECEL ONTO THE OFF-RAMP, THE ENGINE RPM STAY AT APPROX 2800 RPM AND WOULD NOT GO ANY LOWER. FOUND THAT BLACK CRUISE CONTROL TAB ON THROTTLE BODY HAD ALLOWED THROTTLE CABLE TO SLIP OUT PARTIALLY, CAUSING THE THROTTLE BODY TO STAY PARTIALLY OPEN. HAD TO WIRE-TYE THE END OF THROTTLE BODY FOR CABLE TO REMAIN ENGAGED TO OPERATE VEHICLE. *TR

MY 2004 FORD TAURUS ACCELERATED ON IT'S OWN ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. WITHOUT MY FOOT ON ANY PEDAL, MY CAR KEPT GOING FASTER & FASTER. IT WOULD NOT STOP BY PRESSING THE BRAKES. CAR HAD TO BE PUT IN NEUTRAL & THEN TURNED OFF. IT HAPPENED WHEN MECHANIC DROVE MY CAR, ALSO. NO CAR IN FRONT OF ME, SO NO ACCIDENT. I PAID TWICE TO HAVE MY CAR FIXED, SINCE PROBLEM WAS DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE. SOUNDS LIKE SAME THROTTLE PROBLEM THAT IS HAPPENING TO OTHER TAURUSES NOW. I HAVE COPIES OF MY CAR REPAIR RECEIPTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, SHE TURNED ON THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR. WHEN SHE PULLED OVER, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SPUTTERING. SHE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. SHE TURNED IT OFF AND ON AGAIN BUT IT STALLED AGAIN. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE AND FLAMES BEGAN "SHOOTING OUT". THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY BURNED. THERE WAS A FIRE REPORT FILED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT; A FIREFIGHTER STATED THAT A FUEL LEAK COULD HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE BUT WAS UNSURE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 130,000-

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. HE STATED THAT THE FUEL FILLER PIPE WAS PINCHED AND HE WAS UNABLE TO PUT GASOLINE IN THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF A FOREIGN OBJECT CAUSING THE BLOCKAGE. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AND NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,109.