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2004 Ford TAURUS Electrical System Instrument Panel Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1048882
Internal NHTSA #	10573551
Manufacurer	Ford Motor Company
Brand	FORD
Model	TAURUS
Model Year	2004
File date	17/03/14
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT PANEL
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I was driving through a parking lot on march 17, 2014 in the late evening. My foot was not on the gas or the brake as i was trying to let my car slow itself down when i realized my car was not slowing; it was speeding up. I looked at my speedometer and i was cruising through a parking lot at 45 mph. I then applied the brakes and realized the rpm's were staying above 2,500. At this point i started to panic a little since i felt like i was fighting my car as it wanted to accelerate and as i was getting closer to lots of parked cars and a building which screamed accident. I drove it around the parking lot with the brakes on hard and i decided to park it far away from other cars. Once in park the car revved up to over 3,000 rpms. After it did this i decided to shut it off. Thinking that maybe it would reset itself i turned it back on and it revved up once again past 3,000 rpms. I decided i shouldn't drive it anymore. The next day, march 18th, i had my car towed and taken to an auto shop, where they told me that it was the cruise control cable that became detached. They reattached it which hopefully fixes the problem. When i returned home, i found online that i was not alone other tauruses were having this issue and that a recall could be possible. I searched on ford's website and nothing on my car had been recalled. I am sending a letter to ford to see what they have to say about this issue. Hopefully this issue is resolved because i would not want this to happen to anyone else or to me again.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	114942
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	FORT WAYNE, IN
VIN pattern	1FAFP55U74GXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	23/05/25
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
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Vehicle speed	45
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2004 Ford TAURUS Electrical System Instrument Panel Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2004 Ford TAURUS Electrical System Instrument Panel Problems, Complaints and Defects

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