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2011 Ford Taurus cruise control problems

15 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2011 Ford Taurus, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
15 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
31,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2011 Ford Taurus Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 31,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 31,000 miles
Based on 12 complaints that include mileage. 58% 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 miles6
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 12 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 31,000 miles, and 58% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford taurus. The contact stated that the vehicle unexpectedly accelerated while shifting from park into drive. The contact stated that the vehicle did not come to stop until it crashed into an island in a parking lot and blew out the two front tires. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was informed that an engineer would examine the vehicle. The vehicle had not been inspected at the time of the complaint. The failure and current mileages were 13,000.

Reported at 13,000 miles, June 2012 Crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle began to lose power abnormally. The contact depressed the accelerator while attempting a turn and the vehicle accelerated abnormally slow. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times for the failure, who advised that they were unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified who informed the contact to take the vehicle back to the dealer for further inspection. The failure mileage was 13,756.

Reported at 13,756 miles, March 2012

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