# 2008 FORD TAURUS — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `1189418` · 2015-06-09 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** TAURUS
- **Year:** 2008
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- **Miles at failure:** 96,000
- **Speed:** 2 mph
## Narrative
WAITING AT A FLASHING RED ARROW TO TURN LEFT.  TRAFFIC CLEARED, I ACCELERATED, GOT BARELY INTO INTERSECTION, CAR CHOKED, WOULD BARELY MOVE.  SEMI TRUCK PUT UP HUGE PLUMES OF BLUE SMOKE FROM TIRES BURNING ON DRY PAVEMENT.  TRUCK BARELY STOPPED BEFORE T-BONE IN MY DRIVERS DOOR.  CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.  COIL PACK ON CYLINDER #2 BURNED OUT, ALSO BURNING OUT PCM COMPUTER ON BOARD.  REPAIRED AND REPLACED BOTH.  CYLINDER #2 COIL PACK BURNED OUT 2 MORE TIMES SINCE.  CYLINDER #4 COIL PACK BURNED OUT ONCE SINCE.  PCM COMPUTER HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE MORE SINCE ORIGINAL INCIDENT.  FORD HAS HAD A TECH BULLETIN OUT SINCE 04/2011 ON THIS PROBLEM.    THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WITH NO PRIOR WARNING IS GOING TO GET PEOPLE KILLED.  I WOULD NOT BE WRITING THIS RIGHT NOW, IF THE SEMI WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING A LITTLE FASTER, OR WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE CLOSER.  GOOGLED PROBLEM...VERY, VERY COMMON, AND MOSTLY ON CYLINDER #2.  FORD MOTOR COMPANY UNWILLING TO DO ANYTHING.  SPOKE BY PHONE 06/09/2015
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