2002 Ford Taurus: engine stalls while driving

Filed Mar 15, 2017 · Electrical · 132,000 miles · MO

While driving my 2002 ford taurus, it started to stall and and not pick up speed while I was driving it. It started shaking and cut off several times. I was able to start it back up twice then it stopped in front of my job. It had to be towed to the auto repair shop. They stated the computer went out in the car. I don't understand what that means. Is there anything I can do about that. Can ford give me any answers. Never heard of this before.

Filed Sep 8, 2013 · Acceleration, Brakes · 116,500 miles · GA

1st major incident- on september 12th -traveling at approx 50 MPH and when I tried to brake the car would not slow down but stayed or even accelerated its speed.I eventually was able to get control of the car and continued to my destination. My wife called the sandy springs ford dealership and we made an appointment to drop off the car the next evening for service on wednesday, august 14th. The ford rep took down all of my information but never mentioned the recall or the repercussions of driving this car after this reported incident. 2nd incident- on september 13th - traveling approx 50 MPH and then all of a sudden I lost complete control of the car and for a few seconds I thought I would not only kill myself but other innocent people on the freeway. I managed to pull the car into an apartment complex parking lot. I called aaa and they delivered the car to the sandy springs ford dealership. My wife called the customer service the next day - spoke with karen. Why were we not told about the recall (did research on the internet)? Her response: they just found out about it that very same day. We just returned from vacation and our neighbor just delivered our mail, well there was a letter from ford about the recall. Then, on friday september 16th we received an automated call from sandy springs ford about the recall. Does ford have any idea in the act of negligence they have created? There could have been fatalities. Our car is still at the ford dealership - it is stalling out and the brakes were not the same (charged us to fix them). Ford said the speed control cable was completely broken off and they were required to report it and mail you the part. Was this done? For the life of me, I can not fathom that a car manufacturer would not have alerted their dealers about this recall. I should have been alerted and warned on monday evening and told do not drive the car.

Filed Nov 2, 2012 · Acceleration · 199,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving approximately 80 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact merged to the shoulder and attempted to restart the vehicle but to no avail. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The mechanic advised that the throttle and cruise control cables needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 199,000 and the current mileage was 202,000.

Filed Jun 10, 2011 · Electrical · 80,000 miles · NJ

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds the anti theft device activated on five occasions, causing the vehicle to stall. The vehicle would not restart until the anti theft device de-activated. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 80,000 and the current mileage was 100,000.

Filed Nov 11, 2008 · Visibility · 5,000 miles · WA

When we purchased our vehicle in 2003 with 5,000 miles on it we would have issues of the car stalling whenever we turned on the heater to high while driving. We had the car in several times and it never got resolved. Now we have found mold under our passenger side carpet and water leaks from under the hood and has got into our heater blower motor. After some research we have found ford had release a t.s.b 04-15-3 on how to fix this known leak issue on 2001-2004 fords. There are other complaints you should have received over this issue from other people. Reference recall number 03v087000 and another persons complaint #10184014.

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 Mar 29, 2007 · Engine · 31,000 miles · MD

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 ford taurus. Each time the contact's foot was removed from the accelerator pedal the vehicle would stall. There were no warning indicators at the time of failure, and the weather and road conditions were not a factor. In order to repair the failure several valves had to be changed. The contact attempted to speak to the dealer, but was unsuccessful. The contact possesses copies of the repair invoices. The failure mileage was 31,000.

Filed Dec 27, 2005 · Engine · VA

Dt: the contact stated while driving vehicle stalled intermittently. Also, at a stop light the vehicle lost power. The vehicle was taken to the dealership for inspection. They replaced the air valve assembly. The contact drove the vehicle home. Currently, the problem recurred.

Filed Sep 29, 2005 · Electrical, Engine · 71,022 miles · MI

Dt: the contact stated the hub bearings on the right wheel in the front were bad, had to replace them three times. On 8-22-05 a garage told the contact the wheel was getting ready to fall off. They had not taken it back to the dealer. She heard a noise like a rubbing , grinding sound and the noise got worse. The noise occurred at speeds of 10 MPH and above. Also the engine light was coming on, and they had to replace the feedback sensor to the engine. *ak the vehicle would stall while being driven. The dealer replaced the fuel tank and pump. The vehicle could not be started. The dealer replaced the battery. Two ball joints, one inner tie rod and left side axle shaft were replaced.

Filed Sep 7, 2005 · Engine · 58,000 miles · AZ

I was driving and the car just went dead in the middle of the road. Tried starting and smelled fuel. Car towed. Fuel line had come loose and fell off. Then a week later, car stalled on freeway - I was able to coast off. Car started again after 1 1/2 hours. Taken to ford service dept. I had to slip into neutral and give gas when slowing down or breaking in tandem with using breaks. Dealership said there were no problems. Same week, car stalls on freeway again. I am stopped in rush hour traffic trying to start car. It starts - I make it to work, car stalls in parking lot. Take it again to dealership - they say no problem. 2 weeks later, car stalls on freeway. I had to drive with no air conditioning in order to keep the car from stalling. Again to dealership (3rd time in 3 weeks) and again they say there is no problem. They also tell me air conditioning pulls a lot of gas - ? What - you shouldn't be able to drive your car with air conditioning on in the 100 plus degree weather in az? I have been lucky up to now, but am afraid of having an accident on the freeway if it stalls again. I would like to hear back from someone at ford motor company - I have already paid two different dealerships diagnostic fees and both say there is no problem. I think there is.

Filed May 5, 2005 · Electrical · IL

All warning lights on dashboard would turn on spontaneously, car would stall for a fraction of a second. Sometimes that vehicle would just die, sometimes it would just slow down for a fraction of a second, then pick up speed again like nothinng happened. This is regardless of how fast you're going. You could be going 20mph on a school zone, or 60mph on a highway. We've brought the car in on (4) different times throughout the last 12 months. On the 3rd time we brought it in (sometime in february/march), carmax changed the force air valve which we thought fixed the problem. This problem didn't happen again until after a month later. The condition has gotten worse. It used to happen like this when the car is at a slow down phase in traffic. But now, it even happens while you're running 60mph on a highway. Both carmax and friendly ford dealership say they can't find what's wrong with the vehicle. The car is our main vehicle as it is the only car that can accommodate our family of 5 (3 children). With this condition, I'm too afraid to have my children ride in the car.

Filed Apr 11, 2003 · Engine · 24,064 miles · MO · crash

While driving on a major highway my car stalled. The car began to decrease in speed and shake profoundly. There were no warning lights on to indicate the problem with the car. More pressure was applied to the gas pedal and still no increase in speed. After several attempts to accelerate the car increased to 40 MPH and then continued to decrease in speed. I pulled off to the side of the highway were my car was struck by another vehicle. After the incident the car did start and accelerated as if nothing ever happened.