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2001 Ford Taurus fuel system problems

24 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2001 Ford Taurus, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
24 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
122,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 2
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2001 Ford Taurus Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 122,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 122,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 25% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 16 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 122,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Dt*: the contact stated that the vehicle was involved in a rear impact accident while the vehicle was in the parked on normal road conditions. The contact was wearing the seatbelt but still suffered major and permanent injuries. The fuel line did not shut off during the accident and the frontal driver and passenger airbags did not deploy. There were no warning signal prior to the accident. An police report was processed. Further examination of the vehicle was being done by the insurance agency.

Reported at 62,000 miles, September 2006 CrashInjury

Car engine would not stop after applying brakes, car engine kept trying to go forward while I was pressing hard on the brakes at a stop light. Car engine would not stop, it would stop go, stop go, stop go, stop go while I was pressing hard on the car brakes had to change car lanes to avoid hitting the car in front of me almost ended up in the middle of the intersection. Had some close calls. This has happen before with this car, but not as bad. The engine light went on this time (never had a engine light before).

Reported at 118,702 miles, March 2010

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