Ford Taurus electrical problems

electrical problem

10.0

really awful

Typical Repair Cost:

$315.00

Average Mileage:

125,500 miles

Number of complaints:

2 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. replace alternator (2 reports)

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problem #2

2007Apr 16

(reported on)

Taurus V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 126,000 miles

I was driving home from school and my parents bought me this car to be safe, right? the battery light flickered for a while then just turned on completely, i get to my destination and the next day i have the battery charged. The technician said it would be ok but before I could get home, the entire car shut off as i was about to go up a hill on a bridge and there was no roadside... The car got towed immediately and i couldnt get it back for days. This goes along with a huge list of problems that ive delt with in only 3 years of owning the car

danielleann333

Mashpee, MA, USA

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problem #1

2003Dec 12

(reported on)

Taurus LX

  • 125,000 miles

I saw the problem coming but only in hindsight. The climate control fan would fade in and out depending on how much I accelerated. Then it happened; the ABS warning light came on, the tachometer went up and down wildly, and the theft light came on and then all of them lit up. I turned off the automatic headlights to save a little power to make it up a hill on the interstate to a major interchange where I would be more apt to get rescued. Everybody said an alternator would be cheap. Not so with power everything and the 24 valve DOHC Duratec Engine. The part itself is 270.00 rebuilt and there are three labor hours involved only because it's not mounted on top like the Vulcan engine OHV car is; it's buried way way below.

Paul N.

Attleboro, MA, USA

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