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The contact owns a 2006 Ford Mustang. While driving less than 5 mph on a gravel road surface, the contact attempted to park the vehicle. The brakes were engaged, and the engine revved excessively high with an unintended acceleration causing the tires to spin. The vehicle would not slow down and the gear selector was shifted into "park". the acceleration failure continued. The vehicle came to a complete stop when the engine was turned off. The contact waited a few moments and resumed operation. During the travel the speed rate increased to 100 mph unexpectedly. The vehicle slowed down after repeated application to the brakes. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for diagnosis where no trouble codes were detected. The technician was unable to duplicate the problem. The contact had significant concern pertaining to the safety defect and feared driving the vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 51,000.
March 2010, just driving down the road and came to a stop sign, car died. Everything seemed fine until recently, July 2010, when the car stalled about 5-6 times while I was trying to cross the road in traffic. I had 2 people nearly run into me before I could actually get it pulled over to the side. Then, it wouldn't start back up with me. I had to let it set for a few mins, tried again and it finally started back up. Had it diagnosed at the Ford dealership, and there is a throttle body issue, needs to be replaced. There is no rhyme or reason to when this happens. I have not had it replaced bec I am on unemployment and do not have the money right now. I need my car for interviews and a job when I finally find one. :(
I have a 2006 Ford Mustang and I continuously have problems putting gas into the vehicle, even when it is near empty. The gas will splash back out and not go into the tank. This has happened numerous times and just as recent as June 6, 2010. I also had an incident around March of 2010 when I tried to stop for a stop light and my car accelerated while I was literally standing on the brake. I almost hit the car in front of me and was stopped by police for hazardous driving. When I explained what had happened, I did not receive a citation but had to go across a curb and stand on the brake while pulling the emergency brake to get the car to stop. This was very frightening and dangerous to myself and the people around me.
The gas pedal on my 2006 Ford Mustang got stuck as I was pulling into a parking lot, causing me to hit 2 other parked cars. I applied the brakes but the car kept going forward and then suddenly stopped. This caused the wind to get knocked out of me. The damage to my vehicle consisted of the driver side fender, turn signal, headlamp, bumper and hood. Damage to the other vehicles was to their respective rear bumpers. I had the car towed to the dealer where I purchased it to have them look at the problem and was told that nothing was found and that I'd be responsible for the charges!
My daughter's 2006 Ford Mustang accelerator stuck this afternoon and almost caused her to hit a vehicle in front of her. While starting to pass another vehicle on a two lane highway she noticed oncoming traffic and was attempting to end the passing maneuver when the engine accelerator "stuck" wide open. The pedal itself had complete freedom of movement and no matter what she tried to do to get it "unstuck" the accelerator remained at full throttle. Full brakes were unable to slow the cars speed. The throttle finally released after about 10-15 seconds of full acceleration and she was able to stop the car before hitting any other vehicle on the highway. I have call a local Ford dealership, Nevada Ford at (417)667-3385 or (800)999-3368 and asked the service manager about any safety recalls or information on this type of problem. He told me that he had not heard of any complaints on this issue from Ford. I just did a quick search on line and found several complaints about sticking accelerators on Ford Mustangs. She bought this car used from miler-quinn in harrisionville Missouri about February or March of this year and has not had any problems with it until this. Now I believe there may have been an issue with the original owner due to the low price my daughter was able to purchase the car for, $10,500. It booked for $14,500 at the time of purchase from a dealership. Please contact either myself or my daughter on this issue.
- Jerico Springs, MO, USA
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When at a complete stop, my foot on the brake and transmission in neutral, the engine revs up to 3500 RPM and rises from there. In order to stop it, I have to turn the ignition off. I took it to the dealer 3 different times. The first time they replaced the throttle body unit. Two weeks later it happened again. Ford said there is no codes in the system and they can't recreate the situation to verify. They also said that I might be touching the gas pedal and brake at the same time. The next time it happened I had a passenger verify that my feet and the floor mat was completely away from the gas pedal as the engine revved over 3500 RPM. The car operated normally for the last 4 months until this past week when it happened again. It's occurred around 20 times with 3 of them during driving where the car started to accelerate on it's own. Ford has said they can't do anything until a code shows up or a part actually breaks. Hopefully, I won't have an accident by that time.
The contact owns a 2006 Ford Mustang. While driving approximately 10 mph on wet road conditions, the vehicle came to a stop sign and then proceeded to accelerate. Suddenly, the contact heard water coming from the front passenger side of the vehicle. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and the driver observed that the passenger floor panel area and the glove compartment exhibited water leakage. The vehicle resumed normal operation to his residence. The following day, the engine failed to start. The vehicle was towed to the authorized dealer for diagnostic testing and they stated that the failure was contributed to an electrical shortage in the junction box. The technician stated that this was a manufacturer design flaw with the drainage. A fan was used to dry out the junction box; however, the electrical failures still persist. The exterior components that were inoperative consist of: Taillights, parking lights, emergency brake lights, turn signals, rear back up lights, and the low beams. The VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileages were 52,000.
While accelerating/pressing gas pedal from a full stop after driving approximately 25+ minutes, vehicle has hesitated and then surged forward as if it lost power or gas but never completely stalled. Since purchasing the vehicle in July 2006, this problem has occurred 15+ times as I began documenting it. Dealer has been unable to duplicate the problem, nor has anything shown up on the car?S computer. Next question is if they place a "black box" on the vehicle.
The contact owns a 2006 Ford Mustang. The contact was parking the vehicle with one foot on the clutch and the other on the brake pedal. The tires began to screech and the vehicle unexpectedly surged forward and struck the vehicle in front of it. The contact noticed that the gear was in neutral and the brake and clutch pedals were still depressed. She was certain that she did not depress the accelerator pedal. The air bag deployed and both vehicles were towed. The dealer was unable to determine the cause of failure. The contact was injured and a police report was filed. The speed was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 15,000. To date the dealer has not determined the cause. Updated 08/29/07.
Numerous little failures. Gas light stays on, levers on seat backs both broken, side mirrors needed replaced, both sides. When accelerating the car surges, then chokes, surges again.
Applying quick acceleration in order to pass other vehicles causes the throttle to stick in my car. I have apply hard braking and turn the ignition key off to gain control of my car.
: the contact stated while accelerating from an stopped position, the vehicle accelerated from 50-90 mph on its own. Both feet were applied to the brake pedal and the acceleration stopped. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the problem could not be duplicated. This happened a second time and the dealership was still unable to duplicate the problem.
: the contact stated while exiting the interstate, after decelerating, the accelerator pedal was depressed and the vehicle lost power. The vehicle hesitated then suddenly surged forward. This occurred on three occasions, the dealership was unable to determine a problem. Updated 5/2/2006 - each time this problem occurred the vehicle had been driving at highway speed for over 2 hours.
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- Mulberry, FL, USA