Lastly don't buy relays on eBay to save money, even if someone claims they are new, they may not be, just spring the $15 for a genuine new Ford OEM part at your local dealership. Always make sure your gas cap is on tight, sometimes a loose gas cap can cause issues, but generally a warning light on your dash will light up. When in doubt, if you experience this problem, start with this inexpensive fix and then if it continues, then consider taking your car to a shop.Īlso, a few things to note. If there is anything you would like to add, please leave a comment below. Testing the filter and pressure on each side of it are going to be the quickest ways to rule it out. Not saying this will solve everyone's problem, but in the case of my car which was stalling out while I was driving to now stalling out and not allowing me to restart, it was a case of the bad Fuel Pump relay, an easy fix because they just pop out and you pop in the new one. The symptoms of a bad fuel pump match a lot of other common problems that can occur in the Ford Taurus. You can reference this on page 147 of the owner's manual. Check prices & reviews on aftermarket & stock parts for your 2001 Taurus Fuel Pump. I may just replace the other two now as well (space #31 and #33 above). Compare 2001 Ford Taurus Fuel Pump brands. What this meant was of the five relays mentioned above with the same part number, three of them had gone out within the past six to ten months, which means the other two probably will be going out eventually as well. I went to Ford and purchased another relay (same part number as above), and problem solved. So in my case the Fuel Pump relay was going bad. I then did it a third time putting in the new relay and the car started up just fine. I switched it back with the original relay and it wouldn't start. Since the Fuel Pump relay was the same part number, with my car unable to start up, I switched one of the newer relays to space #30 and the car started up just fine. I had an issue late last year with my wipers not working properly and traced it to the two relays above (spaces #25 and 29) and bought two new relays from my local Ford dealership at about $14 each which fixed the problem completely. You will also notice the same relay in four other areas (space #25 Wiper Speed relay, space #29 Wiper Park relay, space #31 PCM Power relay, and space #33 A/C Clutch relay). Once you take the top off you will see various fuses and relays.
If you open your hood, on the front right side, there is a box (also refer to your manual regarding this). Battery is fairly new, alternator checked out, but doing some investigating on my own found that it was the Fuel Pump Relay. 1 Fuel Pump problem Failure Date: The contact owns a 2001 Ford Taurus. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Ford Taurus based on all problems reported for the 2001 Taurus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. I too own a 01 Taurus and my car over the last few weeks has also been stalling out while I have been driving and then lately it hasn't been starting. One problem related to fuel pump has been reported for the 2001 Ford Taurus.