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
2009 Ford Taurus engine complaints
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Coasting at about 40 MPH, slightly downhill, A/C on, all dashboard lights came on, engine stopped, shifted to neutral, able to restart engine.
Coasting at about 40 MPH, slightly downhill, A/C on, all dashboard lights came on, engine stopped, shifted to neutral, able to restart engine.
Coasting at about 40 MPH, slightly downhill, A/C on, all dashboard lights came on, engine stopped, shifted to neutral, able to restart engine.
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.
Accelerating from 30 to 40, A/C on, all dashboard lights came on, engine stopped running, able to shift to neutral and restart engine.
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.
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.
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