2008 Ford Taurus Engine cooling Problems

“This incident occurred in a rented 2008 Ford Taurus. I left a restaurant, drove a very short distance to my hotel, pulled into a parking space, began applying the brake and the engine surged uncontrollably. No matter how I braked, I could not stop it. It tore out a small tree and lodged into the wall of the hotel.”

“I was entering I 70 east in columbus ohio off the james road exit, while attempting to merge into the outside lane. I sped up to adjust my speed, as a vehicle was in the same lane. When I accelerated, the car automatically took over and suddenly accelerated and revved up high and fast. My first reaction was to hit the brakes, I did, but the brakes would not depress or brake. I was trying to think of everything to do and monitor the cars around me, as well. …”

“While driving my 2008 Ford Taurus with 80k miles on 01-21-11 the car started missing. Drove the vehicle directly to my mechanic. Diagnosis was a badly burnt coil on the #2 cylinder. In order to get to the #2 cylinder and spark plugs my mechanic made me aware that the air intake manifold needs to be removed and while that is taking place I should have a tuneup since one is recommended at 90k anyway. Coil in the #2 cylinder was replaced and tuneup completed and car was still missing. …”

“It began with only the wrench light going on and the RPM would go up and the car would lurch forward. I would reset it with a code checker and I would not have the problem. The problem and the light would eventually return. It was recommended to change the air filter, the air filter was changed and the problem went away for approximately 3 weeks. Now not only my wrench light but my engine light also goes on and it returns every day after resetting it. After I looked up the problem on the internet I found that the problems seems to appear in other Ford models. …”

“I was approaching a stop light, decelerating at approximately 5 to 8 with my foot on the brake when the accelerator sped up significantly pushing the car forward. Even though I applied heavy force to the brake pedal, the engine and RPM gauge kept increasing to between 1800 and 2400 RPM's, far from the avg of 800 when coming to a stop. I put the car in neutral and the RPM and engine speed kept increasing just as if the accelerator was stuck. I put it in park and the same thing happened. I pulled the handbreak and immediately turned the key off. Upon restarting the car, the idle was normal. …”