# 2000 FORD TAURUS — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
> NHTSA complaint `236196` · 2000-09-13 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** TAURUS
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
- **Speed:** 17 mph
## Narrative
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25MPH ON A SIDE STREET WHILE IT WAS RAINING  AT THAT EVENING.  SHE WAS GOING DOWN A MOUNTAIN HILL  AND VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.  VEHICLE STARTED TO SLIDE TO LEFT INTO THE CROSS LANE.  SHE APPLIED BRAKES, AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE.   THEN, SHE SLAMMED INTO A MUD ENBANKMENT.  STARTED  VEHICLE UP, AND SHE DROVE AWAY TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT.  A WEEK BEFORE THAT INCIDENT,   SERVICE DEPARTMENT KEPT  VEHICLE FOR FIVE DAYS.  MECHANIC GAVE HER SERVERAL PAGES OF INVESTIGATION  OF VEHICLE, AND  TOLD HER THAT SHE HAD TO USE SUMMER BLEND GASOLINE  SO THAT HER VEHICLE WOULDN'T STALL.  *AK
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