2014 Ford Taurus

I DROVE MY CAR JUST FINE ON SUNDAY. WHEN I GOT IN THE CAR TO GO TO WORK MONDAY MORNING, THE ENGINE WOULD CRANK, BUT IT WOULDN'T START. SO I CALLED MY MECHANIC WHO CAME OVER WITH A MACHINE. THEY FOUND THAT FUEL WAS NOT GETTING TO THE ENGINE ALTHOUGH I HAD HALF A TANK OF GAS. THERE IS NO KILL SWITCH ON MY MODEL CAR, FOR THEM TO RESET THINKING I HAD HIT A BUMP AND SOMEHOW SET OFF THE THEFT FEATURE THAT KILLS FUEL TO THE ENGINE WHEN MY CAR THINKS IT BEING STOLEN(?). THEY WERE ABLE TO BYPASS SOMETHING TO GET THE CAR TO CRANK WHICH DETERMINED THE FUEL PUMP WAS IN WORKING ORDER. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE WHEN WE FOUND THE NHTSA #16V621000, WHICH SHOWS THE 2013-2015 FORD TAURUS MODELS (WHICH I HAVE), "A COMPONENT WITHIN THE FUEL PUMP ELECTRIC MODULE (PEM) MAY OVERHEAT CAUSING A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE FUEL PUMP. I RECALL RECENTLY THAT WHILE I WAS DRIVING ONE DAY I COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING, AN ELECTRICAL WIRING SMELL, BUT SINCE MY CAR STILL RAN DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WHEN YOU TYPE IN MY VIN, THIS RECALL DOES NOT SHOW UP, BUT WHEN YOU ENTER THE YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL IT DOES SHOW UP. I STRONGLY URGE THE PROPER PEOPLE AT FORD TO LOOK INTO THIS. I THANK JESUS THAT MY VEHICLE DIDN'T STALL WHILE DRIVING.

MY CARE ONLY HAS 46+ THOUSAND MILES ON IT. IN FEBRUARY OF 2017, I CAME OUT TO START MY CAR AS I HAVE DONE EVERY DAY SINCE I GOT IT AS A USED CAR AT 22,000 MILES . THE CAR WOULD NOT START. IT JUST TURNED OVER, BUT WOULD NOT START! I HAD IT TOWED TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC, AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE A BAD FUEL MODULE UNDER THE BACK SEAT. IT WAS REPLACED AND DROVE FINE FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS. IT DID IT AGAIN IN EARLY JULY 2017. TOOK IT BACK, MODULE WAS BAD AGAIN. REPLACED AGAIN. DROVE IT FOR 1 DAY, TANK FULL OF 93 GAS, IT SHUTS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, AND WOULD NOT START (IT TURNED OVER, BUT WOULD NOT START LIKE IT WAS OUT OF GAS). I CHECKED FOR A RECALL, AND IN AUGUST 25, 2016 NHTSA DID A RECALL ON CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V621000. I CALLED FORD AS DIRECTED TO DO, AND WAS TOLD MY CAR DID NOT HAVE A RECALL ON THE FUEL SYSTEM. I ARGUED THAT I HAVE THE CAMPAIGN NUMBER, BUT THE PERSON VEHEMENTLY REFUSED TO EVEN LOOK UP THE NUMBER. THE CAR IS BACK IN THE SHOP. I LOVE MY CAR, BUT I AM FRUSTRATED THAT FORD WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECALL FROM AUGUST 2016. WHAT DO I DO? I CAN UPLOAD ALL OF MY INVOICES FORM MY MECHANIC WHEN HE PROVIDES THE TO ME.

I HAD THIS CAR FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS IN 2015 AND IT HAD CARBON MONOXIDE LEAKAGES. I SENT THIS CAR TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND THEY TOLD ME THE CAR HAD NO ISSUES. I HAD SYMPTOMS OF SEVERE HEADACHE, BLURRED VISION AND CONFUSED STATE OF MIND ALL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. I BOUGHT INDUSTRIAL GRADE DETECTORS BUT THEY DID NOT PICK UP ANYTHING. HOWEVER WHEN MY DOCTOR ORDERED BLOOD TESTS THEY SHOWED SERIOUS EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE. I HAD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COME IN AT TEST MY RESIDENCE BUT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF CARBON MONOXIDE LEAKS. I FINALLY GAVE UP THE CAR AND BOUGHT SOMETHING ELSE. MY BLOOD WORK CAME BACK AFTER A RETEST ABOUT A MONTH AFTER I LET THE CAR GO. I HAVE NOT HAD THESE SYMPTOMS SINCE THEN. THIS IS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT THE CAR WAS THE PROBLEM AND YET NO DEALERSHIP HELPED ME OUT. I DROVE 100 MILES A DAY IN THAT CAR AND I AM SURE HAD I JUST KEPT IT SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. I AM REPORTING THIS NOW DUE TO REPORTS OF SEVERAL FORD EXPLORER RECALLS. MY POINT THIS THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT LIMITED TO FORD EXPLORERS. FORD TAURUS AT LEAST 2014 NEEDS INVESTIGATED AS WELL AS PEOPLES LIFE ARE AT STAKE. I CAN PROVIDE BLOOD WORK REPORTS IF NEEDED.

CAR ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY, TWICE THIS HADS HAPPENED. CAUSING ME TO COAST WITH LITTLE TO ABSOLUTE NO CONTROL OVER THE ACCELERATION/SPEED OF THE VEHICLE, AGAIN BOTHER TIMES CAR WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 65MPH. CAR SITS AND COOLS DOWN AFTER A TIME PASSES APPROXIMATELY 15 -30 MIN AND CAR WILL START BACK UP. ALL ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS WORK AS FAR AS DASH, LIGHTS, RADIO, ETC. PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A SIMILAR RECALL OF THE SAME MAKE AND YEAR BUT DIFFERENT TRIM... ALSO THE COMPLAINTS ARE VERY SIMILAR.

TAKATA RECALL. THE STARTED MODULAR HAS AN ISSUE. IT WILL CRANK AND NOT START, 7/8 OF FUEL. PUSH START ENGINE. NEW BATTERIES IN REMOTE. CAR WAS PARKED AND I ATTEMPTED TO START WITH BOTH THE FOB AND DIRECT. HAD TO GET IT TOWED. NOW COSTING ALMOST $250. MYSYNC REPORT HAD NO INDICATION. NEITHER DID ANY LIGHTS ON THE DASH AS A WARNING.

I TOOK A 50 MILE TRIP ON THE EXPRESSWAY TO ANOTHER CITY. I TURNED THE CAR OFF WHEN STOPPING TO GET SOME FOOD. AFTER THE CAR WAS PARKED 10 MINUTES I TURNED IT BACK ON TO LEAVE. WITH THE CAR TURNED ON I STARTED TO BACK UP AND NOTICED HOW I COULD HARDLY TURN MY STEERING WHEEL. I PARKED AND THEN TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND IT CONTINUED DOING THE SAME THING. THERE WERE TWO MESSAGES APPEARING FROM THE COMPUTER: "STEERING ASSIST SERVICE REQUIRED" AND "SERVICE ADVANCED TRAC". I JUST PURCHASED MY CAR WHEN THE LEASE ENDED AND HAVE ONLY MADE TWO PAYMENTS ON IT AND ITS BROKE! I ONLY HAVE 15,976 MILES ON THIS 2014 TAURUS WHICH NEVER HAD ANYTHING WRONG ON IT BEFORE. I BOUGHT A PREMIUM WARRANTY WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND HOPE THAT THIS IS COVERED. MY HUSBAND, MY GOLDEN RETRIEVER AND MYSELF WERE THANKFULLY NOT ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED, BUT PARKED. I HAD DRIVEN US ON OUR OUTING AND I DON'T KNOW IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IF I COULD HAVE STEERED THE CAR OVER TO SAFETY. WE HAD THANKFULLY FOUND A TOWING TRUCK THAT ALLOWED OUR DOG TO TRAVEL WITH US.

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70 PLUS MPH MY CAR LOST ACCELERATION POWER THIS MAKES THE 3 TIME IT HAS DONE THIS, BUT THIS TIME I WAS STUCK IN THE FAST LANE WITH NOW POWER BECAUSE A CAR WAS IN THE SLOW LANE, I WAS STUCK I HAD TO THROW ON MY EMERGENCY BLINKERS AND WAIT BEFORE I COULD GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER I HAD CARS LOCKING IT UP BEHIND ME ABOUT HITTING ME. THIS IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS. AS I WAS LOOKING UP WHAT IT COULD BE I HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HASN'T BEEN LOOKED INTO MY CAR IS A 2014 CAR WITH LESS THEN 50K MILES.

2014 FORD TAURUS RECALL: MY CAR WOULDN'T START AFTER BEING PARKED, I REPLACED THE BATTERY, AND IT STILL WOULD NOT START. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS OR WARNINGS CAME ON. I WAS CHECKING ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THERE IS A RECALL OUT FOR MY MAKE MODEL & YEAR OF CAR FOR A FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE MALFUNCTION BUT DIDN'T INCLUDE MY VIN. I GOT IT TOWED TO A LOCAL AUTO SHOP AND DIAGNOSED AND THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY THE ISSUE. I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE MY VIN# HADN'T BEEN INCLUSIVE OF THIS RECALL. I NEED TO GET MY VIN ADDED, MY CAR HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE ONES COVERED, SO I CAN GET REIMBURSED.

TWO MONTHS AGO MY CAR WON'T START. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I NOTICED THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS THE FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE. THEN I FOUND OUT THAT FORD HAD ISSUED A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE ISSUE. I CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THE RECALL WAS FOR A DIFFERENT SIZE ENGINE. LAST WEEK I WAS DRIVING HOME ON THE INTERSTATE GOING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 70 MPH AND THE CAR QUIT. THE RECALL STATES "IN THE AFFECTED VEHICLES, THE FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE COULD FAIL, WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ENGINE TO NOT START OR STALL. IN SOME CASES, THE ENGINE COULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO RESTART, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH." HTTPS://MEDIA.FORD.COM/CONTENT/FORDMEDIA/FNA/US/EN/NEWS/2016/08/24/FORD-ISSUES-TWO-SAFETY-RECALLS-AND-ONE-SAFETY-COMPLIANCE-RECALL-.HTML. NOW THE FORD DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE ME $700 FOR THE FUEL CONTROL PUMP MODULE JUST BECAUSE THE RECALL IS ONLY FOR A LARGER ENGINE.