2006 Ford Taurus: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jun 14, 2023 · Brakes, Transmission · 165,000 miles · OK

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving at an undisclosed speed and attempting to make a left turn, the vehicle inadvertently lost motive power before stalling. The vehicle continued to roll forward before the driver was able to bring the vehicle to a complete stop. Upon restarting the vehicle, the vehicle returned to normal functionality; however, the contact stated that failure reoccurred three additional times. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a failure with the braking system. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 22V413000 (Power Train). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 165,000.

Filed Sep 2, 2014 · Engine · 158,000 miles · AL · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 70 MPH, the engine stalled as the check engine and the oil warning lights illuminated. The contact maneuver to shoulder of the road and as the contact inspected the vehicle, it immediately ignited into flames from under the passenger side hood. The fire department extinguished the fire and the entire vehicle was burned. A police/fire report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic but was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 158,000.

Filed May 25, 2012 · Transmission · 130,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. While driving approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle suddenly stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The mechanic advised the contact that the torque converter would have to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.

Filed Aug 30, 2011 · Electrical, Engine · 90,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. The contact stated that the vehicle would exhibit a loud noise when starting. In addition, the vehicle would also stall sporadically and without warning, the air bag warning light was illuminated and the headlights would continuously deactivate. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 90,000 and the current mileage was 117,340.

Filed Aug 9, 2011 · Engine · 78,485 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. The contact stated that the vehicle would sporadically stall without warning. When the vehicle stalled, the speedometer would fluctuate back and forth. At times, the vehicle would not restart. The dealer made ten attempts to duplicate the failure but to no avail. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. No repairs were performed. The current mileage was 98,900 and the approximate failure mileage was 78,485.

Filed Aug 1, 2011 · Electrical, Engine · 66,125 miles · LA

I have a 2006 ford taurus and within the past couple of months it will die while sitting at a redlight. I have to turn off the ignition and restart the car and that usually solves the problem. This has happened about 6 times in the past 2 months. Today, however, it stalled at a redlight and I restarted but as I continued driving, the RPM would drop rapidly when I hit the breaks and it acted like it would die. I continued driving and was going about 45 miles an hour and all of the sudden all the odometers dropped to zero and everything on the dashboard went out. I pushed the gas pedal and then everything came back on. Very strange and now I'm worried the car might die when I'm actually driving and not sitting at a redlight.

Filed Jun 24, 2011 · Electrical · 14,000 miles · TX

Tl*he contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. While driving at any speed, the contact stated that the vehicle would suddenly stall without warning. The dealer inspected the vehicle and advised the contact to have the computer upgraded. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure continued. The manufacturer had not been notified. No additional repairs were performed. The failure mileage was 14,000 and the current mileage was 38,000.

Filed May 25, 2011 · Electrical · 135,000 miles · AZ

On numerous occasions my car has shut off while driving. Everything electrical shuts off and the car itself turns off. Basically the car is electrically dead. I have literally had to put the car in neutral, so it will continue to coast to lessen the chance of being rear ended, switch the ignition to off and pray that the car turns back on when I switch the ignition back on. In most instances this has been successful but on one occasion I was forced to pull off the highway and coast to a complete stop. The intermittent nature of this problem makes it very difficult to diagnose. I have checked the battery connections and the ground wire and all seem to be secure and tight with no "play" that I can determine. I don't believe it is the battery or the car wouldn't start to begin with.

Filed Jan 11, 2010 · Engine · 125,000 miles · GA

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford taurus. He stated that in extremely cold temperatures the vehicle would not start. The theft light would illuminate whenever the vehicle stalled. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer and there were no recalls. No repairs were made. The current and failure mileages were 125,000.

Filed Feb 14, 2008 · Engine · FL

This is a government owned fleet vehicle (the florida department of law enforcement). This vehicle has stalled five (5) times. I took the vehicle to the ford of pompano beach dealership and they could not find anything wrong with the vehicle.