Service engine soon indicator came on. Later, the car stalled on the highway, almost causing an accident. Dealer could not provide an answer to why this happened. Upon investigating this issue myself, I found safety recall 16S31 which described the exact symptoms experienced with my car. My car was manufactured at the Ford Chicago plant during the designated time period of the recall, yet my VIN # was not part of the recall. Ford dealer agreed that the reason for the recall could have been the cause of my car shutting down on the highway. This situation is too potentially dangerous if it occurs again. I contacted Ford, they would not accept fault and told me they would report the incident to NHTSA, case# [xxx]. information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Burlington, WY, USA

Car stalled while going 50 mph, lights inside worked fine, notice alerted me on the dash that car was not in park. I was unable to accelerate, pulled to a stop on the side of the road and put the car in park and turned the vehicle off. Restarted and it restarted just fine. I noticed there were recalls on the 2015 Ford Taurus that were made in the Chicago plant for very similar problems but mine is not included. 37000 miles on the vehicle. Pretty dangerous for it to just stall when going that fast for no apparent reason.

- Gloucester, VA, USA

2015 Ford Taurus/approx 7850miles on car/6 months old....vehicle went into limp home mode at highway speed. Especially in the hands of a less experienced driver, this could cause major confusion, and possibly a major rear end collision and it is a safety concern that proves this problem still exists with this part, even though the NHTSA has "closed the file" and accepted Ford's explanation. The NHTSA should re-open this file and investigate. The folks at Ford service seem to be all too familiar with this problem. Ford must be held accountable for these potentially life threatening situations caused by these parts and they must be forced to perform a full scale recall on part at4Z-9E926-B (throttle body)

- Nutley, NJ, USA

2015 Ford Taurus sel 3.5L ecoboost flex fuel has vibrations at idle and speeds of 60-70 mph. Vibration does not always occur at idle or at high speeds, usually happens during deceleration, and sometimes happens at low speeds as well. Was told by Ford dealer that other similar models were test driven to compare, and these vibrations are normal for similar cars. I drove a 2011 for Taurus sel for 4 years and never had any vibrations so am certainly not happy with the dealer's response but they said since no codes are popping up there is nothing they can do, and I took it to a different Ford dealer and they wouldn't even have the technicians check anything since it wasn't vibrating at that moment

- Depauw, IN, USA

My 2015 Ford Taurus with the 3.5L V6 will unexpectedly stall out while driving. The car will go into "limp home mode" until you turn the car off. This has happened at 70mph and at 45mph. The dealership updated the computer in the car and couldn't find anything else wrong. A week and a half later the car starts stalling out again. This time I have a obdii hooked up to the car and the code is P2112 (throttle actuator control). The dealership is too busy this week, so I have to see what they do. From what I've read other Ford have had the same problem. The car currently has over 23,000 miles on it.

- Xenia, OH, USA

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Taurus. While merging onto the highway, the vehicle's rpms suddenly reduced and forced the vehicle to drive at approximately 5 mph. The contact drove off to the side of the road. The dealer stated that they would need to tow the vehicle to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 11,000.

- Liberty, SC, USA

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Taurus. While driving 65 mph, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart, but failed to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body module and gasket failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 12,630.

- Fort Worth, TX, USA

Driving on the highway at 70 mph experienced sudden loss of engine power- no limp home mode just loss of acceleration - coasted to the side of the road. After turning car off and back on was able to continue driving. Only error shown was see manual. Failed three more times before I could get off the road - known problem with throttle body - extremely dangerous situation as you can can have difficulty getting off the road crossing several lanes. This should be a major recall. If you are not able to get off the road in time you will most likely experience being rear ended on the highway. As I researched this this has been happening for years and is still not fixed - why is the nhstb not taking this more seriously.

- Saline, MI, USA

Avis rental car in las vegas, nv: Pressing the engine start/stop pushbutton switch caused the whole switch assembly to fall backwards down behind the dash panel, rendering the Taurus inoperable. Although this incident occurred in a parking lot, pressing the engine start/stop pushbutton switch and having it fall down into the dashboard area creates a potential serious safety issue. (this frequently used switch should not be mounted from behind the panel with the small tangs/grooves currently used.) I was unable to obtain the rental car VIN but have.jpg photos of the affected vehicle.

- Clyde, TX, USA

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Taurus. After driving the vehicle, a strong abnormal odor emitted from the hood. When the contact opened the hood, the steam was so hot that he could not touch the radiator hose. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician stated that the water pump was placed in a different location from previous older models causing the radiator to emit higher heat. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 300. Updated 5/11/15

- Exclesior Springs, MO, USA