2004 FORD TAURUS — Complaint #918053
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NHTSA Complaint about VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES filed May 10, 2012
NHTSA complaint #918053 (ODI reference 10458025) concerns a 2004 FORD TAURUS and was filed on May 10, 2012. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 9, 2012. The vehicle had 19,350 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Rhode Island based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as vehicle speed control:cables, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD TAURUS cohort independently describe similar vehicle speed control:cables failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2004 FORD TAURUS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 50 MPH WHEN THE ACCELERATION PEDAL WAS RELEASED IN AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE SPEED. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY. THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED WITH EXTREME FORCE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED, THEY LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE AND THE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON MAY 11, 2012. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,350. UPDATED 07/17/12*LJ
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 918053 |
| ODI Number | 10458025 |
| Date Filed | May 10, 2012 |
| Failure Date | May 9, 2012 |
| VIN | 1FAFP53U84A |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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