2005 FORD TAURUS — Complaint #918726
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NHTSA Complaint about VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES filed May 15, 2012
NHTSA complaint #918726 (ODI reference 10458568) concerns a 2005 FORD TAURUS and was filed on May 15, 2012. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 12, 2012. The vehicle had 102,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania 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 2005 FORD TAURUS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE FROM 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS DISCONNECTED AND THE WIRE HAD BECOME STUCK IN THE ACCELERATOR CABLE, CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WHO FILED A COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,000. UPDATED 12/04/12*LJ UPDATED 12/05/12
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 918726 |
| ODI Number | 10458568 |
| Date Filed | May 15, 2012 |
| Failure Date | May 12, 2012 |
| VIN | 1FAFP53U65A |
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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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