Ford Trouble
My wife's car, a 2002 Ford Taurus, intermittently shuts off. It's as if someone turns off the key. The lights, radio, air conditioner and dashboard instruments turn off. Pull the car to the side of the road, turn the ignition off then restart the car and everything is fine until the next time it happens. We've had the car at the Ford dealer three times and they look at the computer, which doesn't return any error codes, so they say that nothing is wrong with the car. I talked to Ford customer service and they say the same thing, nothing is wrong with the car! The dealer drove the car 30 miles and since it didn't fail, everything is okay. Yet this has happened to my wife three times and to my stepson one time where he was almost rear ended. The last time I left the car with them four days and they still couldn't find the problem.
My wife says that we should get a bumper sticker that says, "Car may stop suddenly, but Sunrise Ford says everything is okay". Right now I believe that the car is unsafe to drive. What has happened to the diagnostic capabilities of automobile mechanics? There has to be another way to diagnose what appears to be an electrical problem other than the computer. I just want the car fixed. Does anyone have a suggestion?
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 12:54:14 PM in Life
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If they say there is nothing wrong with it sell it back to them and get something else. We had a similar issue with a neon. I believe it was the transmission. I think it was a standard if I remember correctly. We traded it in after they said there was nothing wrong with it and it stalled on them when they went to fill it up with gas after we had made the trade.
Sunrise Ford put in a data acquisition device about four weeks ago. If the car stops, we are supposed to push a red button on the device. Now it's working correctly, not one shut off since they installed the device. Oh, well.
It's the gremlins I tell ya. 'em gremlins!!!! ;-)