Car was driven for approx. 100 miles, gas was low, so stopped to refill. When car was restarted, the car hesitated then sounded choked like it was not getting gas. Revved car to try to 'clear' system. Problem continued, at worst when idling. After a few minutes, engine light came on, so I turned off the car and called Ford dealer. Wrecker driver came out, revved car a few more times (approx. 3000 RPM) small backfire out of muffler each time. Problem seemed to go away. Wrecker driver blamed 'baffles' in muffler? drove car another 200 miles home. Three days later, after driving a bit, parked for short time then restarted car, same problem reoccurred.

- Royal Oak, MI, USA

While traveling at normal speed and without any indication vehicle stalled. Consumer depressed brakes and tried to turn steering wheel, but vehicle would not respond, resulting in a car crash. Dealer has been notified.

- Beachwood, OH, USA

The car was operating under sunny dry conditions. Temperature was around 60 degrees. The engine stopped running, causing shutdown of all power related devices including steering and brakes. The Taurus seems to be more difficult than most cars to steer without powered assistance. I was lucky enough to be able to coast to an area where I could safely get off the road. Under different conditions, this failure could have caused a serious accident.

- Middleport, OH, USA

While pumping fuel into vehicle with engine off a fire started in engine compartment. Local fire departmentarrived and extinguished the fire. While being towed fire restarted again within engine compartment, fire was extinguished again by local fire department. Feel free to provide any further information concerning this matter.

- Mc Henry, IL, USA