# 2001 Taurus won't fire **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ford, taurus\ **Created:** [January 13, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271 "2018-01-13T20:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Terry-P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Terry-P](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Terry-P)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271/1 "2018-01-13T20:28:49Z")
2001 Ford Taurus. 3.0L, 6 cyl., 80K mi. Won’t start, doesn’t fire. Brand new fuel filter last April (77k), fuel system cleaned at same time, and ignition wires replaced then, also. Plugs all replaced 2/16 (74.5 K). Started right up 1/2/18 after sitting 3 days in sub-freezing temps. Drove 7 miles, fueled up, then wouldn’t start and hasn’t started since. What could it be? ---
**Author:** ![COROLLAGUY1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/corollaguy1/32/7575_2.png) [@COROLLAGUY1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/COROLLAGUY1)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271/2 "2018-01-13T20:35:42Z")
Does the engine turn over but doesn’t starts? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271/3 "2018-01-13T20:38:57Z")
Check for spark. If there’s no spark, the problem might be with a faulty crankshaft position sensor. [https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=445772&cc=1372755&jsn=439](https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=445772&cc=1372755&jsn=439) If the computer see’s no signal from the crank sensor, the computer see’s no reason to operate the fuel/ignition systems. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Terry-P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Terry-P](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Terry-P)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271/4 "2018-01-13T20:45:42Z")
How much might that cost me to have replaced, Tester? ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271/5 "2018-01-13T20:49:10Z")
Tester is making an educated possible solution and he most likely is right. But if you are going to have someone do the work don’t tell just to replace something. Let them find the actual problem. ---
**Author:** ![Terry-P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Terry-P](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Terry-P)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271/6 "2018-01-13T20:55:14Z")
Copy that. Thanks, Volvo. > > VOLVO\_V70 > > January 13 | Tester is making an educated possible solution and he most likely is right. But if you are going to have someone do the work don’t tell just to replace something. Let them find the actual problem. Visit Topic or reply to this email to respond. In Reply To > > Terry\_P > > January 13 | How much might that cost me to have replaced, Tester? Visit Topic or reply to this email to respond. To unsubscribe from these emails, click here. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271/7 "2018-01-13T20:59:01Z")
Enter your information here, [https://repairpal.com/estimator](https://repairpal.com/estimator), and see if provides that information. Tester ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271/8 "2018-01-14T01:43:51Z")
Does your Taurus have a safety-reset switch in the trunk compartment ? I forget what that’s for something about the fuel pump probably, but my parents had a Taurus and I noticed it said on the label there it if the car won’t start, try pressing that. Maybe that switch has tripped and needs to be pressed. ---
**Author:** ![Terry-P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Terry-P](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Terry-P)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271/9 "2018-01-14T01:47:18Z")
Thanks, George. I’ll check it out. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271/10 "2018-01-14T05:09:33Z")
I thought the Ford inertia switches were usually behind the right kickpanel . . . ? That’s where they are on all our fleet’s Fords ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271/11 "2018-01-14T16:33:37Z")
The inertia switches in my old Mercury and both of my LIncolns were in the trunk. I doubt the inertia is the problem but they’re very easy to test. Simply a matter of continuity or not through 2 wires. Since this problem surfaced after fueling up what about the possibility of water in the fuel freezing? That happened to me many years after obtaining some tainted gasoline and the temperature dropping to 8 degrees. Water settles in the lowest point which happened to be the fuel iine from tank to engine and that’s where it froze solid. Still kind of agree with Tester though… ---
**Author:** ![Terry-P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Terry-P](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Terry-P)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271/12 "2018-01-14T16:40:11Z")
Thanks, OK. If you’re correct about the freezing, do I just wait til temps get above freezing to try to restart? ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271/13 "2018-01-14T17:25:22Z")
There are 2 3.0 motors. Pushrod and OHC and each has it’s own ignition issues. The OHV motor seems a bit more reliable. You said plug wires so I assume it is the OHV motor. You can always pull a plug and see if to wet with fuel. ---
**Author:** ![Terry-P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Terry-P](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Terry-P)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271/14 "2018-01-14T17:26:27Z")
Thanks, Cavell, I’ll check it out. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-taurus-wont-fire/111271/15 "2018-01-17T01:45:54Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > thought the Ford inertia switches were usually behind the right kickpanel . . I don’t know where it is on a 2001, but on certain earlier models it was in the trunk. If the OP wants to explore that idea, their owner’s manual probably says where it is.