2008 FORD TAURUS — Complaint #798326
Open-data reference.
NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT filed July 9, 2010
NHTSA complaint #798326 (ODI reference 10342330) concerns a 2008 FORD TAURUS and was filed on July 9, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 10, 2010. The vehicle had 35,162 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:driveline:constant velocity joint, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD TAURUS cohort independently describe similar power train:driveline:constant velocity joint failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2008 FORD TAURUS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD TAURUS X. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN THE ENGINE RPMS, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO SECOND GEAR AND ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE RECALIBRATED. THE FAILURE DID NOT PERSIST. THE CONTACT WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT A RELATIVELY LOW SPEEDS AND HEARD AN ABNORMAL CLICKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE LEFT FRONT CV AXLE ASSEMBLY WAS DEFECTIVE. THE AXLE WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER; THE CLICKING NOISE CONTINUED WHEN THE CONTACT MADE A LEFT TURN. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER TIME WHEN THE CONTACT MADE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD POTENTIALLY BE CAUSED BY THE POWER STEERING. THE DEALER LUBRICATED THE FRONT BRAKES AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR AND WAS DIAGNOSED
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 798326 |
| ODI Number | 10342330 |
| Date Filed | July 9, 2010 |
| Failure Date | June 10, 2010 |
| VIN | 1FMDK02W68G |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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