2010 Ford Taurus

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD THE ISSUE WITH THE DRIVER AND PASSANGER SIDE BLIND DOOR ACTUATOR DOOR MOTORS. THESE WERE HEATER MOTORS THAT WOULD BLOW AIR SO HOT THAT IT WOULD MELT THE CONSOLE AND POSSIBLY CAUSE A FIRE WHERE THE VENTS WERE LOCATED.THE CONTACT WENT TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED A MOTOR. THE ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN AND MOTOR WAS REPLACED AGAIN. A DEALER RON NORRIS FORD (3000 CHENEY HWY, TITUSVILLE, FL 32780 (321) 267-2112) ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE AND QUOTED A REPAIR COST OF OVER $2,000. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AGAIN.THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

I HAVE A 2010 TAURUS SHO THAT HAS THE ECO ENGINE THAT I BOUGHT 7 MONTHS AGO AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND I LOOK AT THE DASHAFTER SOMETHING POPS UP ON THE DISPLAY UNDER THE MPH GAUGE AND IT SAYS THAT I HAVE TO SERVICE POWERSTEERING SO I PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF IT RESET AND TO MY SURPRISE WHEN I START THE VEHICLE IT SAYS SERVICE POWERSTEERING NOW SONOW MY STEERING WHEEL IS COMPLETELY UN ASSISTED BY THE THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SO THE STEERING WHEEL IS ALMOST LOCKED I STRUGGLED TO MAKE IT HOME AROUND TURN ALMOST CRASHING INTO RAILS AND I HAD TO DRIVE SLOWER THAN THE 18 WHEELERS ON THE FREEWAY THE WORST PART WAS THAT I WAS WITH MY FAMILY WE WERE ALL TERRIFIED AS I WAS STRUGGLING TO STEER WITH ALL MY STRENGTH TO MAKE IT HOME SAFE . AFTER WE BARELY MADE IT HOME I JUST TOOK IT TO GET THE CODE TURNED OFF AT A MECHANIC SHOP WICH WAS VERY SIMPLE , BUT GUESS WHAT IT CAME BACK EVERYTIME I GOT ON THE FREEWAY WICH IS NOT SAFE .THIS VEHICLE IS JUST SITTING IN MY GARAGE AS IT CANNOT BE DRIVEN WITH SUCH PROBLEM . THIS IS A REALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED ASAP BEFORE ANYONE GETS HURT .

02/09/2016. I WAS STATIONARY AT A STOP LIGHT. I LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER.I LOST ALL POWER STEERING FUNCTIONS. THE DASHBOARD MESSAGE SAID TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK. THESE INSTRUCTIONS WOULD HAVE IMMEDIATELY DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION. YOU CAN RESTART THE PUSH BUTTON START IN NEUTRAL ONLY BY USING THE BRAKE PEDAL FIRST. HAD I BEEN IN ANY TYPE OF TRAFFIC, A REAR END COLLISION COULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE CAR WAS INSPECTED AT A FORD DEALER TODAY ( 02/11/2016). THE REMEDY WAS TO CHANGE A RFA MODULE RELATED TO THE KEY FOBS. THE THEORY IS THIS : NO KEY RECOGNITION MEANS THE COMPUTER IS TELLING THE CAR TO SHUT DOWN. THE FORD DEALER CAN'T EXPLAIN WHILE THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT : ( I DRIVE WITH THE SAME KEY FOBS AT ALL TIMES). THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE SOLUTION. THIS IS THE SECOND REPORT FILED ON THE SAME VEHICLE. THE DATE OF LAST REPORT WAS 07/31/2011. NHTSA ID NUMBER 10416408. THE SOLUTION LAST TIME WAS REPLACEMENT OF THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS THE SOLUTIONS DO NOT MATCH. SO BASICALLY, FORD HAS NO ANSWER.

OPENED MY SUNROOF AND IT BROKE. IT GOT STUCK OPEN AND WE HAD TO TAKE IT APART TO GET IT CLOSED. NOW I HAVE TO PAY TO GET IT FIXED WHEN IT WAS PLASTIC PIECES THAT BROKE. HAD A STORM COME THROUGH AND THE INSIDE OF MY CAR WAS FLOODED. I HAVE RECORD OF EVERYTHING. SEEMS THAT IF WATER GETS ON THE ELECTRICAL PARTS IT WILL START SHORTING EVERYTHING OUT CAUSING THE CAR TO CATCH FIRE.

THE CAR WILL NOT START. THIS HAS HAPPENED 7 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. IT IS TOTALLY RANDOM. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS COLD OR HOT. THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN OR HOW LONG IT HAS SAT PARKED. FOR EXAMPLE: YESTERDAY, THE CAR WAS PARKED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. I WENT TO START IT AND NOTHING. AFTER 15 MIN, IT STARTED. I THEN WENT TO ANOTHER STORE THAT WAS MAYBE FIVE MIN AWAY. THE CAR WAS PARKED NO LONGER THAN 10 MIN . WHEN I GOT IN THE CAR TO LEAVE IT WOULD NOT START. IT STARTED 60 MIN LATER. THE SHORTEST AMOUNT OF TIME I HAVE WAITED FOR IT TO START IS 10 MIN THE LONGEST IS ONE HOUR. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO START IT THERE IS USUALLY NO SOUND. ONCE WHEN I TURNED IT OVER, I HEARD A CLICK, BUT NOTHING. I CANNOT MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT AND THE BRAKES ARE FROZEN. I HAVE HAD IT IN THE DEALERSHIP TWICE AND THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG BECAUSE THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I CANNOT JUST LEAVE IT AT THE DEALERSHIP INDEFINITELY BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE LUXURY OF HAVING ANOTHER CAR AT MY DISPOSAL. THEY WILL NOT GIVE ME A LOANER BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I AM HESITANT ABOUT GOING ANYPLACE FOR FEAR OF IT NOT STARTING AND HOW LONG I WILL BE SITTING SOMEPLACE WAITING FOR IT TO START. IT ISN'T SAFE. I AM LEAVING FOR THREE WEEKS AND WILL LEAVE IT WITH THE DEALERSHIP THEN, BUT IF THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, I 'M BACK TO SQUARE ONE. I HAVE BEEN ON-LINE AND NO ONE ELSE HAS MADE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS ISSUE FROM WHAT I HAVE READ. *TR

THE SEAT WARMER OVERHEATED AND BURNED THROUGH THE LEATHER SEAT COVER WHILE MY 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR TO A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT. SHE VEERED OFF THE EXPRESSWAY (I-75) AND EXITED THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD IT TO A FORD DEALER AND DOCUMENTED THE ISSUE AND HAD THE SEAT COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED FROM THE WIRING SYSTEM. THE CAR IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD, WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS. NEVER ANY INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM UNTIL THIS INCIDENT. WE ARE STILL PAYING ON THE LOAN! THROUGH RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, IT APPEARS THAT THE NHTSA IS ALREADY AWARE OF THE ISSUES WITH THESE HEATED SEAT WARMERS WITH SEVERAL MANUFACTURERS, YET THERE IS NO RECALL AND THE SAFETY ISSUE HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED AT ALL?

THE HEATED SEAT ELEMENT IN DRIVERS SEAT SHORTED OR BROKE AND BECAME VERY HOT, HOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE A BURNING FEELING ON THE DRIVERS BACK AND ACTUALLY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE LEATHER ON THE SEAT BACK. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM WITH OTHER CARS AND SAID THEY COULD NOT RE-ASSURE ME THAT IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR