2015 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT LEASES A 2015 FORD TAURUS. WITHIN LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V621000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) BY SHAMALEY FORD (11301 GATEWAY BLVD W, EL PASO, TX 79936, (915) 591-8600), IT STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE SAME DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED AND PLANNED TO CONDUCT MORE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. A CASE NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,823.

VEHICLE STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON BUSY INTERSTATE. AFTER A FEW START/STALL CYCLES, MOTOR WOULD NOT START AT ALL. FULL FUEL TANK, WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE, WITH ONLY ABOUT 42K MILES AND NO DAMAGE HISTORY. NEEDED TO PUSH OFF ROADWAY, VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. TOWED TO GARAGE, CURRENTLY AWAITING DIAGNOSIS.

'TAKATA RECALL' NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THE FUEL CONTOL MODULE IS NOT RECALLED FOR MY CAR BEING I AM HAVING TO PAY TO GET IT CHANGED OUT MYSELF. DROVE IT ALL DAY, STOPPED A FEW TIMES. BY 10:00 AT NIGHT IN A WALMART PARKING LOT WITH MY FAMILY MY CAR WON'T START. I HAVE TO GET IT TOWED FOR THE THIRD TIME OF ME HAVING THIS CAR. FIRST TIME I PUT IT IN THE SHOP AT A FORD DEALERSHIP THEY CHANGED A FUSE AND BATTERY SECOND TIME I PUT IT IN THE SHOP THEY CHANGE PUMP AND BODY CONTOL MOD. NOW THE THIRD TIME I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS CAR DOING THE SAME THING *CRANKING WITH NO TURN OVER* I GET TOLD IT'S A FUEL CONTOL MOD. YOU SHOULD HAVE THE RECALL ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THESE CARS. INSTEAD OF THE OWNERS HAVING TO SPEND 500 TO REPLACE IT BY THE DEALERSHIP.

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AND WARNING LIGHT CAME ON DASH SAYING POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE. POWER STEERING IMMEDIATELY QUIT WORKING AT SPEED OF 70MPH DURING A LAND CHANGE AND ALMOST LEAD TO A CRASH. NO PRIOR EARRING THIS SYSTEM WOULD FAIL. NOT SAFE

WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY THE CAR JUST SUDDENLY STARTS TO SLOW DOWN AND STALLS, I TRY TO HIT THE GAS, BUT NOTHING HAPPENS WITH THE CAR, IT JUST CONTINUES TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL IT DOES NOT MOVE ANYMORE. I HAVE TO QUICKLY GET OUT OF THE HIGHWAY AND GET TO THE MEDIAN BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF GETTING HIT. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN I AM ON THE ROAD AS SUDDENLY STOPPING CAN CAUSE A CAR TO HIT ME FROM BEHIND.

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY SUDDEN SURGE OF RPM THEN LOSS OF ALL POWER. CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE. DISPLAYED WRENCH WARNING LIGHT AND SEE OWNERS MANUAL WHICH INDICATES POWER TRAIN/LOSS OF POWER. DEALER SAID CODE WAS READING THROTTLE BODY. BELIEVE THEY NEED TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR AND LOW OR HIGH SPEEDS IT WILL STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING IT. NO ENGINE LIGHTS WILL BE ON OR ANY TYPE OF WARNING. ONCE IT STALLS AND THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND THEN TURNED BACK ON IT WILL WORK FINE UNTIL IT WILL DO IT AGAIN. WITH THE RECALLS OF SOME OF THESE MODELS I LOOKED UP THE VIN NUMBER AND THERE IS NO RECALL HOWEVER IT SEEMS BASED ON RESEARCH WE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS OTHER FORDS WERE HAVING WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM.

ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS IN THE PAST 30 DAYS MY 2015 TAURUS HAS HAS A LOSS OF POWER TO THE STEERING SYSTEM WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE IT HAPPENS AT LOW AND HIGH SPEEDS IT HAPPENED AT MY SONS GRADUATION IN A PARKING LOT FULL OF STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND COULD NOT STEER THE CAR IT ALSO HAPPENED ON A MAIN ROAD TRAVELING IN MY LANE AROUND A HARD TURN IN ROAD AND THE STEERING FAILED I STOPPED THE CAR ON THE SHOULDER BY SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES THANK GOD NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME AND IT HAPPENED AT THE GROCERY STORE TURNING INTO A PARKING SPOT ON 2 OCCASIONS THE WAY TO MAKE IT WORK AGAIN IS IF YOU TURN OFF CAR AND RESTART IT AND IT'S FINE TILL THE NEXT TIME A LIGHT COMES ON ON THE DASH THAT READS POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILURE I CONTACTED FORD ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THERE WAS NO RECALLS IN AND THAT IT NEEDED A NEW STEERING GEAR AND RACK AND IT WOULD COST ME 1500$ TO DO THE JOB I HAVE LOOKED INTO ANY RECALLS ONLINE AND THEY DID HAVE A RECALL ON A THE POWER STEERING ASSSIST ON EARLIER MODELS OF THE TAURUS 2012-2013 SO MAKES ME THINK THAT THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM AND WON'T ISSUE A RECALL ARE THEY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET HURT OR POSSIBLY KILLED AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY THE POWER STEERING FAILS AT ALL SPEEDS AND GIVES NO INDICATION THAT IT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE THANK YOU

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD TAURUS. UPON ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,100. *TT

WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID PUMP FAILURE AFTER 30K MILES ON THE VEHICLE. BEGAN BEING INTERMITTENT AFTER 20K MILES. REPLACED PUMP AND REMOVED PROTECTIVE COVER TO FIND CORRODED MOTOR WINDINGS. FAILIRE APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL LEAK WITH IN THE PUMP ALLOWING THE WASHER FLUID TO ENTER THE ELECTRIC MOTOR PORTION OF THE PUMP. THIS IS A PARTICULAR HAZARD DURING THE WINTER MONTHS IF YOU CANNOT CLEAN SALT, DIRT AND OTHER DEBRIS OFF YOUR WINDSHIELD ,. PARTICULARLY DURING SUNNY DAYS.