2009 FORD TAURUS Engine Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SEVERAL TIMES FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE TC VALVE WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,000.

I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR A FEW YEARS. IT HAD 32,000 MILE WHEN I GOT IT. SINCE THEN EVERY 6 MONTH OR SO I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND FOR NO REASON THE ENGINE JUST DIES AND I HAVE TO COAST OF THE HIGHWAY TO RESTART. IT START FINE AND CAN'T GET IT FAIL AGAIN. NEXT A FEW MONTHS HAPPENS AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPEN ABOUT FIVE OR SIX TIME IN THE PAST 20,000 MILE. THIS HAPPENS ON OPEN HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS WHILE GOING STRAIGHT .THE DEALER SAYS NO INFORMATION IS EVER IN THE ENGINE COMPUTER ABOUT ANY FAILURE. 2009 FORD TAURUS [XXX]. PLEASE ADVISE ANY INFORMATION. [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, [XXX], WAS DRIVING A FORD 2007 TAURUS (108, 000 MILES) FROM YPSILANTI, MI TO DAYTON, OH. SHE HAD ON BOARD HER INFANT (4 MONTHS) AND TODDLER (4 YEARS). EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY UNTIL THEY ENTERED THE SUBDIVISION OF HER PARENTS. FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THE CAR TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD ALL CAME ON. SHE LOST POWER STEERING AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND STOP THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND PROCEEDED TO HER PARENTS? HOME. HER AND HER FATHER DID SUBSEQUENT TEST DRIVES TO TRY AND DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE ? THEY WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. SHE DROVE HOME THE NEXT DAY WITH NO PROBLEMS. SHE EXPRESSED CONCERN TO ME ABOUT HER SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF HER CHILDREN HAD THIS RANDOM SHUT DOWN OF THE VEHICLE OCCURRED IN A SITUATION WHERE SHE COULD NOT PULL OVER TO SAFETY. SHE SPECIFICALLY...

MY WIFE AND GRANDSON WERE ENTERING THE TOLL WAY VIA THE RAMP, AS SHE MERGED INTO 75 MPH TRAFFIC SHE INCREASED HER SPEED TO MATCH. AS SHE DID SHE LET UP OFF THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE CAR KEPT INCREASING SPEED. SHE REALIZED THAT THE THROTTLE WAS STUCK AND STARTED TO PUMP THE PETAL IN HOPES TO FREE IT. IT DID NOT FREE AND WAS STILL INCREASING SPEED. SHE THEN IN HER PANIC COULD ONLY STOMP ON THE BRAKE AS HARD AS SHE COULD. THANKFULLY THIS SLOWED HER ENOUGH TO ALLOW HER TO GET THE CAR OVER TO THE SHOULDER AS SEMI TRUCKS WENT BY HER AT 70 MPH. WITH THE BRAKES ON THE CAR SMOKING LIKE CRAZY SHE GOT THE CAR SLOWED ENOUGH TO THROW THE CAR INTO PARK. WHEN SHE DID THE ENGINE REVVED TO ALMOST REDLINE AND SHE SHUT THE CAR OFF. SHE WAS VERY SHAKEN AS WELL...

FORD TAURUS 2009 ENGINE STALLED WHILE GOING ABOUT 55 MPH. DRIVER RESTARTED CAR BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL AND RESTARTING CAR. THIS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME A FEW MONTHS LATER. THE THIRD TIME THE CAR STARTED IDLING VERY ROUGHLY WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THIS TIME, A COMPUTER MESSAGE CAME UP ON THE MESSAGE BOARD. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A PLACE WHERE THE ERROR CODE COULD BE READ. THE ERROR WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR POSITION. REPLACING THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR APPEARS TO HAVE RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 55MPH MY ENGINE STALLED. SMELLED ELECTRICAL WIRE BURNING. SMELL WENT AWAY, SO I RESTARTED THE ENGINE, AND DROVE ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHERE A TAIL LIGHT HARNESS WAS DISCOVERED TO BE BURNED THROUGH. DEALER REPLACED WIRE HARNESS, AND REPLACED TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY THAT HAD ALSO BEEN DAMAGED (MELTED) BY THE INCIDENT. VEHICLE ENGINE HAS SINCE STALLED WHILE IN CRUISE CONTROL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS. MENTIONED ENGINE STALLING TO DEALER. WARRANTY HAS SINCE EXPIRED. *TR