Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2009 Ford Taurus submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 24 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
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 EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE ONE-LANE TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS THAT OCCURRED DURING ROAD CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE FREEWAY. SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT STOPPING AND STARTING THE VEHICLE IN THIS HIGH TRAFFIC DENSITY LOCATIONS COULD PRESENT A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR HER AND HER KIDS. VIN UNAVAILABLE 'INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR*JB
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 AS MY GRANDSON. SHE CALLED ME AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT I WAS NEARBY AND MET HER ALONG SIDE OF THE BUSY TOLL WAY. SHE TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED SO I WENT TO THE CAR AND STARTED IT. IT IMMEDIATELY REVVED TO ALMOST RE LINE AND I SHUT IT OFF. THE GAS PEDAL SEEMED TO WORK FINE TO ME BUT WOULD ONLY INCREASE THE RPM'S BUT NOT GO BELOW 4500. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND TOWED THE CAR TO STURGIS MICHIGAN FORD DEALER. 269-651-7728. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS SUPPOSE TO LOOK THE CAR OVER AND LET ME KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. *TR
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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN CRUISE CONTROL AT 40 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY STALL. IN ORDER TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, HE WOULD HAVE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT IT MAY BE THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE MOTOR ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE MOTOR ASSEMBLY. A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER A SECOND TIME AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WOULD RECALIBRATE THE PCM BUT COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE REPAIR WOULD FULLY REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,000. UPDATED 07/20/11*LJ
ENGINE STOPS RUNNING AND HAS TO BE RESTARTED. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 TIMES OVER 22 MONTHS AND HAD IT TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES. THEY HAVE TRIED SEVERAL THINGS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT TO NO AVAIL. ONE TIME I WAS GOING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND THE ONLY WAY I NOTICED THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING DID NOT WORK DUE TO THE ENGINE FAILURE.
WHILE DRIVING CAR ON 2 OCCASIONS ENGINE SHUTS OFF AROUND 40 MPH. PULL CAR OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND RESTARTS; TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND BOTH TIMES NO CODES ARE RECORDED. *TR
TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS AT A STOP AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE ALL POWER. THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP BUT THE DEALER TOLD THE CONTACT THAT WAS HOW THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED.THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT IT TOOK TIME TO SEND THE SIGNAL TO THE COMPUTER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PROBLEM. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 19,700. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CHECK ENGINE, OIL AND BATTERY WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AS IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE PERSISTED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND A VEHICLE DATA RECORDER WAS INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE. THE FUEL PUMP AND RELAY WERE LATER REPLACED YET THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL TANK AND THROTTLE BODY. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,350. UPDATED 12/01/10. *LJ UPDATED 12/13/10
SUNDAY JULY 12 ENGINE STOPPED. 3RD. TIME IN ONE MONTH AND NOW HAS 4851 MILES ON IT.. FOLOWING PREVIOUS SUGESTION FROM BETHLEHEM FORD, I DID NOT TRY TO RESTART ENGINE .CAR TOWED TO NEAREST FORD DEALER, RAY PRICE FORD , MT. POCONO, PA. ON MONDAY JULY 13, THEY NOTIFIED ME THEY HAD CHECKED ENGINE CODES ETC.& COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM . I GOT CAR THAT AFTERNOON , DROVE APPRXIMATELY 17 MILES & ENGINE STOPPED AGAIN. THIS WAS THE 2ND TIME IN 2DAYS AND 4TH TIME IT STOPPED IN 2 MONTHS.. CAR WAS TOWED BACK TO BETHLEHEM FORD WHERE IT STAYED 3 DAYS. THEY SAID THEY "UPDATED THE COMPUTER " AND "IT MAY SOLVE THE PROBLEM." ALL OF THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY FORWARDED TO FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THAT "THE DEALER HAS DONE ALL CHECKS REQUIRED" AND THERE WERE "NO OTHER REPORTS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM ON THE '09 TAURUS". HA! FORTUNATELY, CAR NOW HAS OVER 10,000 MILES ON IT AND HOPEFULLY THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED
JUNE 12, 2009 APPROX . 4100 MILES ON CAR ENGINE STOPPED 2ND TIME IN ONE WEEK-NO WARNING. SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND RESTARTED .IMEDIATELY TOOK CAR TO DEALER, BETHLEHEM FORD AND AGAIN FOUND NO PROBLEM. SERVICE MANAGER SUGESTED LEAVING CAR 3-4 DAYS FOR THEM TO DRIVE & CHECK OUT. LEFT CAR ON JUNE 22 WITH 4323 MILES ON IT & PICKED IT UP ON JUNE 26. THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM & FOUND NOTHING WRONG.THEY SUGESTED IF IT STOPPED AGAIN NOT TO TRY & RESTART SO ANY COMPUTER CODES MAY NOT BE ERRASED. *CN
PURCHASED NEW 2009 FORD TAURUS MAY13, 2009.ON JUNE 5 IN LATE AFTERNOON WHILE TRAVELING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THRU A ONE LANE CONSTRUCTION ZONE ON I80 IN CENTRAL PA. THE ENGINE STOPPED. I BARELY MANAGED TO GET ONTO A NARROW SHOULDER . THERE WAS NO RESPONSE ON FIRST TRY TO RESTART. IT RESTARTED ON TH 2ND TRY. I TOOK CAR TO BETHLEHEM FORD JUNE 6 AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM . CAR HAD 3800 MILES ON IT. *CN
I WAS A PASSENGER LAST SPRING IN A 2009 FORD TAURUS SEDAN AND WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN A LONG INCLINE AT APPROX 60 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE DIED LEAVING THE CAR WITHOUT POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. I TOLD MY DRIVING FRIEND TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND TRY STARTING THE CAR AGAIN WHICH HE DID. WE CONTINUED WITHOUT IU=INCIDENT THE REST OF THE TRIP. THE INCIDENT WAS HARROWING SINCE WE WERE ON A MOUNTAIN IN ALASKA AND THE ROAD GETS VERY WINDING AT THE BOTTOM SO I KNEW WE WERE ONLY SECONDS FROM DISASTER. THE CONDITIONS WERE SPRING WEATHER ~60F AND THE GAS WAS APPROX. 50% FULL AND THE ALTITUDE WAS APPROX. 2,000 FT. IT WAS A BLUE BIRD DAY AND THE CAR RODE FINE BEFORE AND AFTER. I NEVER REPORTED THE PROBLEM SINCE WE. *TR
I PURCHASED A 2009 FORD TAURUS DEMO. WITH A 1000 MILES ON ODOMETER ON JULY 30, 2009. ON SEPT. 26, 2009 I WAS DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN ON RT. 220, NEAR STATE COLLEGE, PA, AT 55 MPH. SUDDENLY THE MOTOR TURNED OFF AND I HAD TO DRIFT OFF THE ROAD TO STOP. THE LIGHTS, WIPERS AND MY RADIO WERE STILL WORKING. I TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. (NOT EVEN TRYING TO TURN OVER THE STARTER.) I TRIED OFF AND ON FOR 10 MINUTES TO RESTART THE ENGINE WHEN IT FINALLY DID START. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE BLAIZE ALEXANDER FORD, INC. AND THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE SOFTWARE, OR THE ELECTRONIC KEY CHIPS. THEY ARE LOCATED IN LEWISBURG, PA ON RT. 45 , 2265 OLD TURNPIKE RD. 17837. TEL. 1570-524-7267. I CALLED KENNY ROSS FORD DEALER WHEN I RETURNED TO PITTSBURGH. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO POINT IN BRINGING IT IN TO THEM BECAUSE THEY SOFTWARE TESTER WOULD ONLY SHOW THE SAME RESULTS. THEIR SERVICE MGR. TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS. THAT MAY BE TOO LATE IF IT CAUSES A CRASH, OR OUR DEATH. I AM TAKING IT TO THEM ANYWAY ON 10/15/09. I BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD GIVE ME A NEW CAR TO REPLACE THIS ONE SINCE I HAVE TOTALLY PAID OFF THIS CAR ON AUGUST 10, 2009. *TR
I JUST FINISHED RENTING A FORD TAURUS 2009 FROM AVIS WHICH HAD 1543 MILES ON IT AT THE START OF THE RENTAL. DURING THE COURSE OF THE RENTAL THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED. WHILE DESCENDING A STEEP HILL ON A STATE HIGHWAY IN EASTHAMPTON, MA THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. I ONLY DETECTED IT WHEN THE STEERING GOT HEAVY. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A HALT WITHOUT THE POWER BRAKES. AFTER THE VEHICLE STOPPED IT WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. IF THE DRIVER HAD BEEN LESS PHYSICALLY ABLE THE RESULTS MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT, SUCH AS A SERIOUS CRASH. *TR
COASTING AT ABOUT 40 MPH, SLIGHTLY DOWNHILL, A/C ON, ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON, ENGINE STOPPED, SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE. *TR
COASTING AT ABOUT 40 MPH, SLIGHTLY DOWNHILL, A/C ON, ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON, ENGINE STOPPED, SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE. *TR
COASTING AT ABOUT 40 MPH, SLIGHTLY DOWNHILL, A/C ON, ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON, ENGINE STOPPED, SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE. *TR
COASTING AT ABOUT 40 MPH, A/C ON, SLIGHTLY DOWNHILL, ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON, ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING, ABLE TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND RESTART ENGINE. *TR
ACCELERATING FROM 30 TO 40, A/C ON, ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON, ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING, ABLE TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND RESTART ENGINE. *TR
ON ONE OCCASION, DRIVING 40 MPH, SLIGHTLY DOWN HILL, COASTING, WHEN ENGINE SHUT OFF. RESTARTED ENGINE WHILE MOVING, AFTER SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL. TOOK TO DEALER, NO DIAGNOSTIC CODES FOUND IN COMPUTER. *TR
ON 2 OCCASIONS ABOUT A WEEK APART, DRIVING 40 MPH, DOWN HILL, COASTING (FOOT OFF THE GAS COMPLETELY), WHEN ENGINE SHUT OFF. FIRST TIME STALLED IN R LANE AND I WAS ABLE TO RESTART. SECOND TIME I RESTARTED ENGINE WHILE MOVING. WILL TAKE TO DEALER. *TR
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