I've been having an issue with my 2005 Ford Taurus SEL recently, and I was wondering if anyone here had any idea about what might be causing it.
Sometimes the car just "turns off" while I am driving.
Specific symptoms:
1) Engine goes off, accelerator does not work
2) Lights / power work, battery life comes on
3) Display says '--------------' or 'FUEL COMP ERROR' (the latter is if I had the display showing 'miles remaining' or something -- if I'm displaying nothing, I get the dashes).
4) After I slow down and I'm nearly stopped (i.e. low speed), I see an oil pressure error message. The power steering turns off when this happens.
5) Right afterward, the car does not attempt to turn over when I try to start it. However, if I just sit and wait for a few minutes, it starts just fine.
Some background info:
This happened to me once a few weeks ago and I took it to a mechanic -- he said he didn't find anything wrong and the computer had no error codes. He drove it around and thought it was fine. He said there was a bit too much oil (I had just had an oil change) and he removed some.
Then I drove it for a few weeks without it happening at all (but it was all fairly short trips).
Yesterday, I had it happen again (unfortunately while I was hauling a bunch of stuff from my old apartment to my new one), and it happened 4 times on the way home.
Both times when this happened I had parked the car (for 30 minutes or so) on a steep hill -- no idea if that could have something to do with it.
Thanks for reading!
Sometimes the car just "turns off" while I am driving.
Specific symptoms:
1) Engine goes off, accelerator does not work
2) Lights / power work, battery life comes on
3) Display says '--------------' or 'FUEL COMP ERROR' (the latter is if I had the display showing 'miles remaining' or something -- if I'm displaying nothing, I get the dashes).
4) After I slow down and I'm nearly stopped (i.e. low speed), I see an oil pressure error message. The power steering turns off when this happens.
5) Right afterward, the car does not attempt to turn over when I try to start it. However, if I just sit and wait for a few minutes, it starts just fine.
Some background info:
This happened to me once a few weeks ago and I took it to a mechanic -- he said he didn't find anything wrong and the computer had no error codes. He drove it around and thought it was fine. He said there was a bit too much oil (I had just had an oil change) and he removed some.
Then I drove it for a few weeks without it happening at all (but it was all fairly short trips).
Yesterday, I had it happen again (unfortunately while I was hauling a bunch of stuff from my old apartment to my new one), and it happened 4 times on the way home.
Both times when this happened I had parked the car (for 30 minutes or so) on a steep hill -- no idea if that could have something to do with it.
Thanks for reading!