NHTSA Complaint #10554158 — 2003 FORD TAURUS

OCT 2012 BOUGHT MY FORD TAURUS 2003. IN NOVEMBER AS I DROVE HOME AT 3 AM AT 55 MPH THE CARS DASHBOARD LIGHTS ALL FLASHED ACROSS MY DASH THEN THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AS I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE CAR STALLED. I SAT FOR APPROX 15 RESTARTED CAR AND GOT IT HOME. THE NEXT MORN THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. PURCHASED BATTERY. CAR RAN FINE FOR A YEAR THEN CHANGED COILS IN OCTOBER 2013. ION NOVEMBER I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN DASH AND HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR INTO A DRIVEWAY BEFORE GETTIN HIT BY 2 CARS. CAR WAS TOWED TO MY HOUSE I CHARGED BATTERY CHECK THE ALTERNATOR. NEXT DAY CAR WAS STARTED 3 TIMES. THE FOURTH TIME NO GO. CAR TOWED TO MECHANIC. OR SHALL I SAY DEALERSHIP WHERE CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY. THEY CALLED NEXT DAY TO TELL ME IT WAS A DEAD BATTERY THEY HAVE CHARGED IT FOR AN HOUR. I LET THE CAR SIT THERE FOR A FEW DAYS THEN CALLED BACK, THEY THEN SAID MY NEG TERM TO MY BATTERY WASN'T CONNECTED.. AND THE CAR IS NOW FIXED, THE CAR HAS SAT AT DEALERSHIP FOR THREE WEEKS. IM SCARED TO DRIVE IT AND DON'T WANT MY FOUR KIDS IN THAT DEATH TRAP. *TR