Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / TAURUS / 2004

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006069334 Incident Date: Jan, 04 2006
Consumer's City: WOODBURY Consumer's State: MN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: TAURUS Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FAFP552X4G Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 25 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 01 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2004 ford taurus ffv. 1) the car takes two or more attempts to start the engine after sitting for 6+ hours ("cold" engine). vehicle is running e85 only. 2) after it starts, the engine cannot find an idle and can stall or rev up unexpectedly. 3) so far two different dealerships have replaced the fuel pump with no chnage in status. additionally, one dealership has been playing around with the computer programming. this has not sovled the problem. ford's only solution to date is to not use e85 even though this vehicle is a ffv. *jb