2007 Ford Taurus

FLOOR BEHIND GLOVE BOX IS GETTING WET WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED AND SITS IN THE RAIN. MUST BE COMING IN THE HOOD OR WINDSHIELD. MULTIPLE REPORTS ON LINE ABOUT THE COWL OVER CABIN AIR FILER. OR A RAIN HAT EXTENSION. CAUSING A/C MOTOR TO GO OUT NOW BECAUSE OF THE WATER COMING IN CONTINUALLY. CANT SEEM TO GET THE PROBLEM SOLVED ON OUR 2007. HOPING WATER LEAK DOES NOT CAUSE A FIRE IF IT KEEPS COMING ON THE WAY IT HAD BEEN. *TR

VEHICLE ROUGH STARTED AND WAS SURGING AND DIED IN THE LANE OF A TWO LANE BUSY ROAD, HAD TO MANUALLY STEER THE VEHICLE OFF THE BUSY ROAD INTO A DRIVEWAY UNTIL HELP ARRIVED. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. THE KEY WAS THEN CYCLED 3 TIMES AND THE CAR STARTED. INCIDENT #2 11/25/2013, SAME SCENARIO, WOULD NOT START FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES WHEN KEY WAS RECYCLED 3 TIMES THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A ROAD AT 45 MPH AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WENT OFF. THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS STARTED LOCKING AND UNLOCKING, THE DASH LIGHTS, ALARM SYSTEM, AIR BAG, CHECK ENGINE, CAME ON AND THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE TACHOMETER WENT TO ZERO EVEN THOUGH I WAS MOVING. I BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING. IT HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY SINCE THEN, THE LATEST GOING 65 MPH ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE CUTS OUT AS WELL, BUT THE BLINKING LIGHTS MAKE ME THINK IT'S ELECTRICAL. IT'S RIDICULOUSLY DANGEROUS. *TR

I HAVE ALREADY HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED 3 TIMES ON MY VEHICLE. IT LOPE, HEADLIGHTS DIM/BRIGHT, AND JUTTS. ALSO SLIGHT UNEXPLAINED ACCELERATION OCCURS, AND OCCASIONAL HESITATION ON ACCELERATION. FUEL FILTER REPLACED, FUEL PUMP CHECKED OUT WORKING PROPERLY, AND INJECTORS ARE RUNNING FINE. ALSO ALTERNATOR CHECKED OUT GOOD, NEW SPARK PLUGS, WIRES WORKING FINE, NEW BATTERY. MECHANIC CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR, BUT IT RUNS TERRIBLY. IT`S LOPED SINCE AROUND 60K MILES, AND SEEMS TO BE STEADILY GETTING WORSE. ALSO ON THIRD RADIATOR. A FRIEND TOLD ME IT COULD BE THE AC GETTING LOW OR CHARGING, OR POSSIBLE IAC MOTOR GOING OUT, BUT THERE`S NO REAL GOOD WAY OF TESTING IT. DEALERS KEEP TELLING ME THEY WON`T FIX UNLESS IT`S FOR SURE BROKEN. WILL TAKE TILL I`M STRANDED TILL A MECHANIC WILL FIX THE PROBLEM.

THE ENGINE IDLE SPEED WOULD SURGE AFTER A COLD START. A MECHANIC CLEANED THE THOTTLE BODY. THIS SEEMED TO HELP THE SURGING PROBLEM, BUT THEN THE CAR WOULD START TO ACCELERATE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING, IT WAS NECESSARY TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL & PUMP THE GAS PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES. AFTER THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES I HAD THE IDLE CONTROL MODULE REPLACED. FOR A WHILE THE VEHICLE RAN OK, THEN IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN FOR NO REASON. WHILE IT WAS ACCELERATING, I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN AND IT REVVED UP TO 4000 RPM. LOOKING AROUND THE THROTTLE BODY, I FOUND A CABLE DISCONNECTED FROM THE LOWER PART OF THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS CABLE WENT TO A BOX NEAR THE FIREWALL WHICH I ASSUME TO BE THE CRUISE CONTROLLER. I RECONNECTED THE CABLE AT THE THROTTLE BODY AND HAVE NOT ANY PROBLEMS SINCE THEN. HOWEVER, I AM AMAZED AT HOW EASY IT IS TO DISCONNECT THE CABLE FROM THE THROTTLE BODY. IT PROBABLY BECAME DISCONNECTED WHEN THE MECHANIC CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

I HAD DRIVEN MY CAR IN THE AM AND IT WOULD NOT START IN THE AFTERNOON. I CALLED FOR A TOW ON MONDAY, AFTER THE HOLIDAY. THE SYMPTOMS PRESENTED AT THE TIME OF FAILURE WERE: THE CAR DID NOT START, AND THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT WAS BLINKING. THE CAR WAS JUMPED AND THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR SERVICE. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. TODAY, THE CAR STOPPED WORKING AGAIN, SAME ISSUES. THIS TIME I DID NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO BE JUMPED. INSTEAD, IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO WAS ABLE TO RUN A BETTER DIAGNOSTIC WHICH APPEARED TO BE THE ALTERNATOR, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE THE COMPUTER. IN RESEARCHING THE ISSUE ON MY OWN, THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH FORD CARS AND HAS BEEN FOR YEARS. SOME WERE DRIVING WHEN THE CAR JUST 'SHUT DOWN. THE FOLLOWING ARE JUST A FEW OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT I'VE FOUND. HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2002/FORD/TAURUS/10405871.ASPX HTTP://WWW.FORDTAURUS.NET/FORUMS/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?F=37&T=13438&P=101835#P101835 TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F110E23TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F110E23 HTTP://WWW.FORD-FORUMS.COM/ENGINE-DRIVETRAIN/2000-FORD-TAURUS-CAR-WONT-START-ANTI-THEFT-DEVICE-BLINKS-T31244.HTML HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F110E23 HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F0CE673/204#MSG204 HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/WEBX?229@@.F0CE673/204 HTTP://ANSWERS.YAHOO.COM/QUESTION/INDEX?QID=20070823101809AAEOYAE HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/TAURUS/2002/ENGINE/ENGINE_FAILS_TO_START_WHEN_WARM.SHTM. PLEASE NOTE, ONE REPORT ON ONE WEBSITE HAS HAD OVER 600 VIEWS. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT HAS GONE ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND FORD NEEDS TO FIX IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME! SINCERELY, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A WARNING CHIME SOUNDED AND THE CHECK CHARGING SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT ASSIST THE CONTACT WITH THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000. UPDATED 8/29/11 *CN THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED AND THE LIGHT HAS REMAINED OFF. THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED TWICE. UPDATED 09/26/11