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2004 Ford TAURUS Structure Body Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1194922
Internal NHTSA #	10730702
Manufacurer	Ford Motor Company
Brand	FORD
Model	TAURUS
Model Year	2004
File date	22/06/15
Component	STRUCTURE:BODY
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Drove car about 4 miles. No problems. When parked it was smoking real bad under hood then caught on fire. Fireman said it was electrical. It gave no warning. As i looked on this website i have seen that i am not the only person that has had this happen. My car is totaled and i am without a vehicle. Now what will ford do about that? I could have been killed. Thank god i wasn't.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	PINEVILLE, LA
VIN pattern	1FAFP55U64AXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	Y
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	19/05/25
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	0
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Type of tire failure code
Was defective tire repaired?
Date of manufacture
Type of child seat code
Type of restraint
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2004 Ford TAURUS Structure Body Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2004 Ford TAURUS Structure Body Problems, Complaints and Defects

What is Recall?

What is Failure?

What is Defect?