2006 FORD TAURUS User Comment / Complaint

I was driving on the freeway at full speed. i was not using my cruise control. my gas pedal was stuck accelerating on me. it would unstick and come hit me in the foot, only to stick back again while i was accelerating. the vehicle was accelerating without my assistance up large hills, and i was required to brake almost constantly on flat areas. when i was at a stop light i placed the car in neutral to alleviate fears that i would shoot out into the intersection, and the car immediately raced to over 4000 rpms! i had to lightly tap on the pedal repeatedly until it finally unstuck and came back to hit me in the foot. yikes. i am thankful that the accelerator was stuck at a lower rpm and not all the way down. i could have been involved in a horrible traffic accident. the next day the dealer determined that my cruise control cable had broken and bound around the throttle body (the thing that drives the accelerator) causing the accelerator pedal to stick. this could have been much worse!