2002 Ford Taurus: engine failure

Filed Sep 13, 2016 · Acceleration · 87,667 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford taurus. While driving 10-20 MPH, the vehicle accelerated independently. The contact was able to place the vehicle in neutral to slow it down. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed that a plastic tab linked to the vehicle speed control cable fractured and seized in the open position. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed, but was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 87,667.

Filed Sep 6, 2010 · Fuel system · 34,270 miles · CA

While driving at posted speed limit, engine stuttered and died in traffic. Battery light lit up. Auto club restarted car and stated "no battery failure".drove car all day and next day for approx. 3 hours when same engine stutter and died in traffic occurred. This time,besides "battery light" the "check engine light"came on. Again auto club was able to restart. Drove car to repair shop,who performed a "diagnostic test" and replaced a "fuel pressure sensor". I retained the old part. The car has been regularly serviced at recommended intervals by selling dealer. This engine failure is not only dangerous to me and fam.,but also to the surrounding traffic at the time failure occurs while driving. Getting the vehicle out of traffic was extremely difficult, due to inabilty to use power steering and brakes,being that it happened on an incline. I sincerely hope this information is relevant to your research.

Filed Jul 29, 2008 · Electrical · 93,237 miles · TX

Ford electrical systems switching devices continue to be under rated which results in random voltage drops and engine stalls. The underrated switching device contacts overheat which results in high resistance which results in higher heat with results in high resistance until eventually the results drops voltages below what is required to operate the downstream load. These down stream load typically are the head lights and components associated with supplying power to the spark plugs. Once the downstream device turn off from low voltage the switching device cools and resupplies the downstream load with enough voltage an current to reactive the device in varying amounts of time ranging from instantaneously to sever minutes. I fist noticed the problem years ago in a 1987 mustang and then saw it again tonight in a 2002 taurus driven by my wife. Until the failed switching device is replaced the frequency of fails and the duration will continue to increase. This is clearly a materials failure and needs to be addressed. This has had to have resulted in engine failure which has resulted in crashes and / or deaths if the problem has not been resolved since I first noticed in the 1987 mustang.

Filed Jun 19, 2007 · Suspension · 88,000 miles · NY

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 ford taurus. While driving 5 MPH, the driver side front coil spring failed and punctured her front tire. The engine failed shortly afterwards. The vehicle was towed to the mechanic who confirmed with the manufacturer that the springs were not under warranty. The driver and passenger side coil springs had to be replaced by the dealer, even though only one of them failed. The cost to repair the front coil springs was $800. During an oil change two weeks ago, the driver and passenger side coil springs failed. The rear springs and struts were replaced for $650. The contact can provide invoices for the repairs that were performed. The current mileage is 88,100 and failure mileage was 88,000.

Filed Jan 25, 2007 · Suspension · 30,000 miles · NY

My wife owns a 2002 ford taurus sedan (4-door). The car has 30,000 mi. The car has had control arms and ball joints already replaced on it and this time (january 7, 2007), backing out of our garage, the right front coil spring snapped and seized the car from rolling. The spring broke in the way the the 99-01 taurus coil spring recall states. The spring pinned against the right front tire and had to be fixed in place as to not cause more damage to the vehicle. I did the work myself and replaced it with a napa front coil spring assembly because I don't trust the ford replacement part. I feel that a coil spring on a 2002 ford taurus with 30,000 mi should not fail and should not even come close to failing. It is quite obvious that the issue is more than just a 99-01 issue. Even though this happend backing out of the garage (which is hard to believe in itself), I have worried that the other one could break on the street or highway and cause serious injury to my wife and baby.

Filed Jan 15, 2004 · Engine, Fuel system · 30,000 miles · SD · 1 injury

Sept 18, 2001 we purchased a new 2002 ford taurus. In one day radiator hose popped off. Thirty days after the firs repair the hose popped off again. The dealer wanted to replace the engine to correct the problem. On 10-29-01 the car started to make a hiss noise and smoke would come from the front end when it was parked or turned off. The vehicle was taken to the dealer dirks motors. They asked if the could replace the engine again and we said no. We left the car and they told us they would let us know but we did not hear nothing from them, when we would call to ask them what was going to happen they did not know at all. On 11-5-01 the car was returned to us and with leaving the service center and not being less then 20 miles from akron, iowa the car got hot and started to smoke and I called dirks service center on my cell phone and told them I was bring it back and this time I wanted the car replaced no questions.. But the car was taking back and they looked over it and they did not call us at all while it was in service, we called everyday to see if they knew what was wrong with it and the funny thing about it was the car was at dirks motor inc from 11-5-01 to 11-16-01 and they could not find nothing wrong. On 11-16-01 this would have been the 4th time this car had been serviced and it was getting old.. On 12-27-02 the car started the hissing noise and short cuts on and the cd player stopped working and that was it.. I called the ford company at 1‑800‑392‑3673. While talking with the call center they called dirks service center and edu'd them to have the cd player replaced and look at the engine. This car has been service for the same issue more then 3 to 4 times.. We wanted the car replaced.... We rec'd a call back from fords call center (natalie) and she edu'd to me they were going to order a new cd player and have the car looked at to see about getting the car replaced. Steve irwin [email protected] p# (605) 761-0268