2009 Ford Taurus Engine Problems

“While driving with cruise control set at 55mph my engine stalled. Smelled electrical wire burning. Smell went away, so I restarted the engine, and drove on. Took vehicle to dealer, where a tail light harness was discovered to be burned through. Dealer replaced wire harness, and replaced tail light assembly that had also been damaged (melted) by the incident. Vehicle engine has since stalled while in cruise control at highway speeds on two other occasions. Mentioned engine stalling to dealer. Warranty has since expired.”

“Ford Taurus 2009 engine stalled while going about 55 MPH. Driver restarted car by shifting into neutral and restarting car. This happened a second time a few months later. The third time the car started idling very roughly while stopped at a traffic light. This time, a computer message came up on the message board. The car was taken to a place where the error code could be read. The error was a problem with the camshaft sensor position. Replacing the camshaft sensor appears to have resolved the problem.”

“My wife and grandson were entering the toll way via the ramp, as she merged into 75 MPH traffic she increased her speed to match. As she did she let up off the accelerator but the car kept increasing speed. She realized that the throttle was stuck and started to pump the petal in hopes to free it. It did not free and was still increasing speed. She then in her panic could only stomp on the brake as hard as she could. Thankfully this slowed her enough to allow her to get the car over to the shoulder as semi trucks went by her at 70 MPH. …”

“The contact owns a 2009 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that the check engine indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic several times for diagnostic testing and the tc valve was replaced. The failure persisted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 164,000.”