2005 Lincoln LS Vehicle speed control Problems

“I was completely stopped at a red light with my foot on the brake. The car suddenly lurched on it's own. My reaction was to apply both feet to the brake with force. In spite of that, the vehicle continued to crawl and it rolled into the intersection. I was hit by an oncoming car. My car was totaled.”

“The car will suddenly surge or die out while driving. Can occur at any time while driving, did it to me multiple times, whether in idle or on the highway going 50+MPH. I am trying to get the part replaced from the dealer. The part is on backorder, seemingly there is a large number of these going bad and not enough new ones to go around. The part the dealer is telling me went bad is the throttle body.”

“My 2005 Lincoln LS has been going into an etc failsafe mode almost every other day for last four months. Dealership has told me it is a faulty accelerator pedal sensor. However, this part was and continues to be on a national backorder . I have avoided countless crashes due to this failure while merging into traffic. Once the etc failure comes on, I lose all accelerator power and merely coast in an attempt to get off highway so I can restart the car. On one particular day this happened 4 times over the course of driving about 15 miles. …”

“On july 4, 2009 while traveling on a major highway driving at the speed of 60 MPH the acceleration stopped functioning without warning. This was the first time this issue ever occurred. To correct the problem the car was taken to a ford dealership to repair the problem. I was told that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The throttle body was replaced and while leaving the dealership on another major highway the issue happened 3 times after the repair was said to be completed. Both times the issue occurred my family and I was in a near fatal accident. …”

“Dt: the contact stated the check engine light and other lights illuminated. The vehicle would not accelerate over 40 MPH. The mechanic reset the warning lights. But was unable to diagnose the cause of the problem. The warning lights illuminated again. This time the vehicle would not accelerate over 30 MPH. .”