Ford Taurus engine problems

engine problem

6.0

fairly significant

Typical Repair Cost:

no data

Average Mileage:

95,000 miles

Number of complaints:

2 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. fix short in the anti-theft device (1 reports)
  2. not sure (1 reports)

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problem #2

2007Jun 19

Taurus 3.0L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 85,000 miles

This from a short in the anti-theft system. Either unhook your anti-theft device or do what I did. Lock and unlock your door manually from the button inside the door repeatedly for about one minute. Every time I do this, the car starts. It doesn't happen all the time, very sporadically really. Every two or three months and always after I've driven the car a short distance and tried to restart it. One day I was blocking my brother in his driveway and started my car to let him out. I shut off the car and five minutes later when I went to start the car to leave it would not start. The cars anti-theft system keeps the car from starting because it thinks the car is being stolen. Other tricks that help start a vehicle in this condition include using your key to open either of the front doors or opening the trunk with your key. Hope this helps. I tried everything before I discovered this, including replacing my fuel pump-------$411 OUCH!

Jim B.

Newark, Ohio, USA

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problem #1

2008Apr 01

Taurus 24 valve V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 105,000 miles

When the car is warm (only) it can fail to start, but it's very intermittent. Only happens after it's been run for a while, never on cold start. New plugs and wires. After this happens and I crank I can sometimes start it but it will stall if I don't keep giving it lots of gas, like there's a bad sensor - but there's no code (it's been checked) and no check engine light. After about 5 minutes of running 'past this' the problem seems to be gone.

Dave M.

Worcester, MA, USA

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