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Wheels
03/21/2017
"TAKATA RECALL" WHILE DRIVING MY CAR THIS HAS HAPPEN TWICE DRIVING MAKING A TURN LEFT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WHELL ON THE PASSENGER JUST STICKS FOR 10 SECOND COULDN'T TURN JUST HAD TO WAIT UNTIL IT COULD TURN. THIS IS SCARY. A CAR WAS COMING AND IT COULD HAVE HIT ME BOTH TIMES. IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET TURNING
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Vehicle Speed Control
07/22/2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 FORD TAURUS. WHILE REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT 2 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LUNGED BACKWARDS AT AN ABNORMAL SPEED. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE SWERVED AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE AND IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE OCCUPANTS IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WERE INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000. UPDATED 05/05/17*LJ *AS
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Electronic Stability Control (esc)
12/27/2016
TRACTION CONTROL LOCKS UP MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THIS HAPPENED ON 12/27/16 AND TWO OTHER TIMES IN THE PAST. BRAKES WERE NOT APPLIED AT THE TIME. THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM LOCKED THE BRAKE. THERE A MANY COMPLAINT OF THIS HAPPENING ON THE WEB IN OTHER FORD MODELS AS WELL. THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS. I WAS PULLED LEFT AND WENT OFF THE ROAD. FORD WILL NOT RESPOND AS THEY CAN'T REPRODUCE THE ISSUE. SOMEONE WILL GET HURT!!! I WAS DOING 20MPH WHEN IT HAPPENED ALL 3 TIMES.
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Unknown Or Other
07/11/2016
CAR COMES TO A SUDDEN STOP ON ITS OWN WITHOUT WARNING NO LIGHTS OR ANY KIND OF WARNING WE JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
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Engine
07/16/2016
I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR A FEW YEARS. IT HAD 32,000 MILE WHEN I GOT IT. SINCE THEN EVERY 6 MONTH OR SO I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND FOR NO REASON THE ENGINE JUST DIES AND I HAVE TO COAST OF THE HIGHWAY TO RESTART. IT START FINE AND CAN'T GET IT FAIL AGAIN. NEXT A FEW MONTHS HAPPENS AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPEN ABOUT FIVE OR SIX TIME IN THE PAST 20,000 MILE. THIS HAPPENS ON OPEN HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS WHILE GOING STRAIGHT .THE DEALER SAYS NO INFORMATION IS EVER IN THE ENGINE COMPUTER ABOUT ANY FAILURE. 2009 FORD TAURUS [XXX]. PLEASE ADVISE ANY INFORMATION. [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
