This deal is profitable. The price is 5.2 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $9759
Fair price: $11589
High price: $13418
MPG: 18 mpg city / 28 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Information Unavailable
Color: Brown
Dealer: Chrysler World
Mileage: 72,745
Year: 2012
Ownership Cost for 2012 Ford Taurus SE
Estimated: $41984 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2847
$1367
$1196
$1082
$968
$7460
Insurance
$1857
$1922
$1989
$2059
$2131
$9958
Fuel
$1696
$1747
$1808
$1880
$1965
$9096
Maintenance
$2346
$1665
$1072
$1167
$2099
$8349
Repairs
$826
$1000
$1137
$1259
$1455
$5677
Taxes & Fees
$977
$977
$977
$977
$977
$1447
Total Ownership Costs
$10549
$7811
$7343
$7537
$8744
$41984
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st & 2nd Rows
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 3500.0
Displacement CI: 213.58310433156
Displacement L: 3.5
Doors: 4
Drive Type: FWD/Front Wheel Drive
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 263
Engine KW: 196.1191
Engine Manufacturer: Ford
Engine Model: Ford
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: FORD
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY, USA
Manufacturer Id: 976
Model: Taurus
Model Year: 2012
Other Engine Info: 4V
Plant City: Chicago
Plant Company Name: Chicago
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: ILLINOIS
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Trim: SE
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. AFTER PLACING THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL, THE RPM READING INCREASED. THE CONTACT SHUTDOWN THEN RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT FAILURE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE SEIZED CAUSING THE ACCELERATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD HAVE TO BE CLEANED. AFTER THE REPAIR THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHICH STOPPED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,100.
2012
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT IN OUR FORD TAURUS THERE IS A VERY NOTICEABLE HORIZONTAL LINE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD. THIS DIVIDES THE WINDSHIELD IN HALF AND LOOKING THROUGH THE UPPER HALF IS SIMILAR TO LOOKING THROUGH DARK SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT WHILE THE LOWER HALF IS CLEAR. THIS MAKES IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE ANYTHING IN FRONT OF THE CAR, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE WALKING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS OCCURS ON ROADS WHERE THERE IS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IF THERE ARE ONCOMING VEHICLES WITH LIGHTS ON THIS LINE DISAPPEARS AND THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD IS CLEAR. IF THE HEADLIGHTS ARE SWITCHED TO THE BRIGHTS POSITION THE LINE ALSO DISAPPEARS. THIS IS SO DISTURBING THAT MY WIFE AND I TRY TO LIMIT OUR NIGHTTIME DRIVING TO OUR OTHER VEHICLE. I HAVE NOTICED THIS COMPLAINT A NUMBER OF OTHER TIMES IN YOUR DATABASE AND YOU CAN FIND THOSE COMPLAINTS HERE: HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2012/FORD/TAURUS/EXTERIOR_LIGHTING/PROBLEM.ASPX [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
