2009 Ford TAURUS - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

"tl* the contact owns a 2009 ford taurus. the contact stated that while driving in cruise control at 40 mph and applying the brakes, the vehicle would suddenly stall. in order to restart the vehicle, he would have to shift into neutral and restart. the vehicle was inspected by a dealer and they advised him that it may be the throttle body and the motor assembly. the vehicle was repaired for the throttle body and the motor assembly. a few weeks later, the failure recurred. the vehicle was inspected by a dealer a second time and they advised him that they would recalibrate the pcm but could not guarantee that the repair would fully repair the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 1,000. updated 07/20/11*lj"

"engine stops running and has to be restarted. it has happened at least 6 times over 22 months and had it to the dealer 4 times. they have tried several things to solve the problem but to no avail. one time i was going to make a left turn and the only way i noticed the problem was that the car would not turn because the power steering did not work due to the engine failure."

"while driving car on 2 occasions engine shuts off around 40 mph. pull car over to side of road and restarts; taken to dealership and both times no codes are recorded. *tr"

"tl-the contact owns a 2009 ford taurus. the contact stated that when he was at a stop and attempted to accelerate, the vehicle would lose all power. the engine would rev but not move forward. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership but the dealer told the contact that was how the vehicle was designed.the dealer also stated that it took time to send the signal to the computer. the vehicle was not repaired. the contact had not notified the manufacturer of the problem. the current mileage was approximately 19,700. the failure mileage was approximately 30."

"sunday july 12 engine stopped. 3rd. time in one month and now has 4851 miles on it.. folowing previous sugestion from bethlehem ford, i did not try to restart engine .car towed to nearest ford dealer, ray price ford , mt. pocono, pa. on monday july 13, they notified me they had checked engine codes etc.& could not find the problem . i got car that afternoon , drove apprximately 17 miles & engine stopped again. this was the 2nd time in 2days and 4th time it stopped in 2 months.. car was towed back to bethlehem ford where it stayed 3 days. they said they "updated the computer " and "it may solve the problem." all of this information has been previously forwarded to ford and they told me that "the dealer has done all checks required" and there were "no other reports of this same problem on the '09 taurus". ha! fortunately, car now has over 10,000 miles on it and hopefully the problem was solved"

"purchased new 2009 ford taurus may13, 2009.on june 5 in late afternoon while traveling in heavy traffic thru a one lane construction zone on i80 in central pa. the engine stopped. i barely managed to get onto a narrow shoulder . there was no response on first try to restart. it restarted on th 2nd try. i took car to bethlehem ford june 6 and they could not find a problem . car had 3800 miles on it. *cn"

"june 12, 2009 approx . 4100 miles on car engine stopped 2nd time in one week-no warning. shifted to neutral and restarted .imediately took car to dealer, bethlehem ford and again found no problem. service manager sugested leaving car 3-4 days for them to drive & check out. left car on june 22 with 4323 miles on it & picked it up on june 26. they could not duplicate problem & found nothing wrong.they sugested if it stopped again not to try & restart so any computer codes may not be errased. *cn"

"i was a passenger last spring in a 2009 ford taurus sedan and we were traveling down a long incline at approx 60 mph when the engine died leaving the car without power steering or brakes. i told my driving friend to shift into neutral and try starting the car again which he did. we continued without iu=incident the rest of the trip. the incident was harrowing since we were on a mountain in alaska and the road gets very winding at the bottom so i knew we were only seconds from disaster. the conditions were spring weather ~60f and the gas was approx. 50% full and the altitude was approx. 2,000 ft. it was a blue bird day and the car rode fine before and after. i never reported the problem since we. *tr"

"i just finished renting a ford taurus 2009 from avis which had 1543 miles on it at the start of the rental. during the course of the rental the following occurred. while descending a steep hill on a state highway in easthampton, ma the engine stopped running. i only detected it when the steering got heavy. luckily i was able to bring the vehicle to a halt without the power brakes. after the vehicle stopped it was able to be restarted. if the driver had been less physically able the results might have been different, such as a serious crash. *tr"

"accelerating from 30 to 40, a/c on, all dashboard lights came on, engine stopped running, able to shift to neutral and restart engine. *tr"