Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / TAURUS / 1998

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0 Injured
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005011624 Incident Date: Mar, 04 2005
Consumer's City: LEXINGTON Consumer's State: KY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: TAURUS Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FAFP58S0WA Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 17 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 03 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1998 ford taurus station wagon began low power acelerating at stop times 2. a third incident occured from a complete stop with foot on brakes an this time it could not be stopped with both feet on breaks. it ran for about 75 feet and then quit on its own. took to local ford delears ship and they could find nothing wrong with my car. i asked if this were common and was told they never heard of such thing. keep car two days i contacted the taurus club of americal at their web line and it seems there have been many incidents such as this and they called it surging. *ak