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2004 Ford Taurus cruise control problems

166 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2004 Ford Taurus, which is 34% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
166 34% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
100,000 miles 152 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
15 and 1
Injuries and deaths
6 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2004 Ford Taurus Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 100,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 9 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 11 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 27 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 21 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 27 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 19 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 15 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 11 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 4 complaints 200k+ miles: 4 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 100,000 miles
Based on 152 complaints that include mileage. 16% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles9
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles11
60k to 80k miles27
80k to 100k miles21
100k to 120k miles27
120k to 140k miles19
140k to 160k miles15
160k to 180k miles11
180k to 200k miles4
200k+ miles4

What the data shows

Of the 152 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 16% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 15 crashes, 1 fire, 6 injuries, 1 death.

What owners wrote

While leaving a pva, gas pedal went to floor and stuck causing the engine to rev up, had no control over car, crossed road into another pva and hit 3 cars and hit 2 concrete pillars which caused injuries to the driver and caused a death to the passenger. Driver indicates he had no steering or brakes. Car did not stop until slamming into the concrete pillars....updated 03/28/12...updated 07-15-13 updated 07/19/2013

February 2012 CrashInjuryDeath

My car began accelerating on its own. It was traveling around 65 MPH without touching the gas pedal. I had to drive with the brakes depressed to keep the car from accelerating even more. When I turned the car off and then restarted it, the engine was going very fast and if I put it in drive, it accelerated on its own. ' however, today it seems okay.

Reported at 132,000 miles, September 2013

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