2013 Ford Taurus engine complaints

Filed Jul 8, 2015 · Engine · 31,973 miles · MD

This is a police interceptor vehicle. When attempting to go from reverse to drive while the vehicle is still in reverse motion[approx. 5 MPH] as soon as it is put in drive, the engine stalls. Same thing will happen when in forward motion and going into reverse. To my knowledge, all of the 2013 and 2014 police interceptors are experiencing the same issue.

Filed Apr 9, 2015 · Engine, Transmission · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford taurus. The contact stated that the vehicle hesitated to accelerate. Upon making a left or right turn, the vehicle sputtered and attempted to stall. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who replaced the throttle body, but the failure persisted. The VIN was not available. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available. Updated 7/29/15*cn updated 10/05/2017

Filed Mar 30, 2015 · Acceleration, Engine · 62,005 miles · FL

Upon accelerating after green light car surged and started to shake with no power control, had to maneuver across 2 lanes of traffic to side of the road with no power almost getting hit, after removing ignition key and waiting several moments car started and was fine. The problem intermittently persist always during acceleration after a stop. Very dangerous being stuck in the intersections!!

Filed Dec 30, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 60,365 miles · OK

Car spontaneously stopped running. The touch screen display went dark, the dash board lights turned off and the engine stopped while traveling a city street at 25 MPH. The car coasted to a stop and it took about a minute to restart it. *tr updated 2/11/16

Filed Mar 14, 2014 · Engine · 33,000 miles · NC · fire

I drove my 2013 ford taurus approximately 4 miles to my home. After cutting the car off I noticed smoke billowing from under the hood. I restarted the car to back out from under my carport. I cut the car off and within seconds the car was engulfed in flames causing a total loss. There were no warning signs or signals. It was very quick. My insurance company settled the claim and is subrogating with ford. Ford has shown no interest about seeing the car, finding out what happened or determining the possible cause of the fire. This is very disappointing as this could have been very dangerous if it had happened while driving, not to mentioned if it had caught my house on fire. I am very disappointed with ford and chose not to purchase another ford, nor will I recommend one. By the way the car was still under warranty and had been serviced at the ford dealership including recalls.