2004 Ford Thunderbird Vehicle speed control Problems

“As I was parking my car, it suddenly accelerated at a very high rate of speed. I was parking by a wooded area, and was propelled about 2 car lengths into the bushes in the woods (barely missing a tree) before I was able to stop the car. Not certain if the car stopped because of my braking, or because the thick bushes would not permit the car to travel any further. I had the car towed to the Ford dealership, but the service dept. Has not been able to find the problem. …”

“Coming off I-5 freeway in west washintong state. Stopped for red light and then moved into left turn lane but car kept picking up speed, applied brakes (hard) slowing down but auto not wanting to stop. Applied emergency brake, car slowed down more, could hear engine racing and feel it still wanting to go. Slipped car into neutral on the auto transmision, now forward progress slowing down greatly but still hit rear of car in front of me. Ford in body repair shop so have not been able to take to Ford to exam for any defect(s). …”

“I have a 2004 Ford Thunderbird that has suddenly accelerated 3 times over the course of 2005. This happened once forward and twice in reverse. On all 3 occasions I had to stand on the brake while shifting to neutral before the revs would come down. The forward one was the most scary since I had a car in front of me. I took the car to the dealer on nov 11, 2005 but nothing was found. Thank you tim shipley.”

“I have a 2004 Ford Thunderbird. For the second time in the past 8 months, my car went into limp mode unexpectedly while driving. On a 50 mile an hour road, my car suddenly dropped to 20 MPH. I immediately activated my hazard lights, but came very close to getting rear ended. The throttle bodies on these cars evidently go out an alarming rate. This will be the second time I have narrowly avoided being in an accident because of this problem. I had the problem addressed once already, and now it is happening all over again.”

“Car intermittently goes into shut down mode(decelerates, will not take gas) during driving. This has happened while trying to merge onto a highway and almost resulted in me being rear needed by an tractor trailer. This is happening during the middle of highway traffic and has placed me in sever safety situations. I am told by Ford this is a throttle body problem and apparently this is wide spread for numerous Ford automobiles (escape, Thunderbird,mustang, lincoln, Thunderbird...) of the years 2002-2005. Ford needs to be held to task for this repair! This is dangerous!!”