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10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
96,901 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

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2008 Ford Taurus miscellaneous problems

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2008 Ford Taurus Owner Comments

problem #7

Apr 112022

Taurus

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

only regular maintenence < drove to desination and parked car and car set on fire, at first it was smoking so we called the fire department and by the time they got there the flames were 10 ft high and the whole front was burnt and melted my car ia junk now, before this all gauges worked jst fine and nothing un-ordinary stuff going

- Indianapolis, IN, USA

problem #6

Oct 162020

Taurus

  • 157,087 miles
This has happened about 3 times in the last 2 yrs but while sitting at a light my car suddenly went forward. It didn't go.to far. Maybe a ft or 2 but was enough to scare me. My foot was on the brake. It will also get stuck in gears and lose power on the road. No check engine light is on as of now. One light did come on today while sitting at a light and without notice my car would not go. It was the power throttle/transmission light. I turned the car off and then back on and it drove fine all the way home. It did jerk once. The gear shifting and loss of power happens when I am driving on the highway.

- Frankston, TX, USA

problem #5

May 132020

Taurus 6-cyl

  • miles
The car looses power. The RPM go up but speedometer doesn't move. Dash shows dashes. When you stop and cut the car off and turn it back on it slams into gear. After waiting a few minutes the car drives fine

- Waterville, ME, USA

problem #4

May 012020

Taurus 6-cyl

  • 149,220 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

I don't know the keyless entry code.

- Carrier, GA, USA

problem #3

May 232018

Taurus

  • 145,000 miles
1. after being in stop and go traffic the transmission will start to slip. I try to press the gas and go nowhere, like I am stuck in 1st gear, I coast to a safe place and put the car in park start back up and it will act completely normal after that until another 3 months down the line. 2. once in about 5/6 month I turn out into the street and the 'anti slip' feature turns itself on and it stops me dead in my tracks. It sounds horrible, and after I release the gas it will stop. Right now the vehicle is at the shop and I really hope they can find the cause of this

- San Antonio, TX, USA

problem #2

Feb 152015

Taurus

  • 80,000 miles
My car will jerk and hesitate when I am trying to excelerate slowly, also it will do it while I am doing 50-60 and trying to speed up to pass someone.. I have tried fuel injection cleaner all my fluids have been checked, tune was done, no check engine light and mechanic can not figure out why it is doing it..it mirrors another complaint exacly..also every once in a while the inginiton will sick.. this happens all the time.. since about February of this year

- Elkhart, IN, USA

problem #1

Jan 012015

Taurus

  • 147,000 miles
2008 Ford Taurus(automatic transmission), I was on interstate doing speed-limit 60 mph. When traffic became heavy so was slowed to 45 mph. An when I went to accelerate the car began to jerk an had hesitation like transmission but only when pushed gas pedal. I have notice it bogs down around 60 mph an jerks 3 or 4 times an seems like losing power an then it will pick back up normal drive few more miles an it will repeat. Also checked fluids an they are fine an dash isn't showing any service lights. But when O/D is off it gets intermittent power surge. Also leaving my house got to the stop sign an car would not hold it keep rolling backwards.

- Knoxville, TN, USA

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