# Help my car keeps dying on me!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-my-car-keeps-dying-on-me/54427>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford, taurus\
**Created:** [August 31, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-my-car-keeps-dying-on-me/54427 "2010-08-31T00:12:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Timar\_McNair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Timar\_McNair](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Timar_McNair)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-my-car-keeps-dying-on-me/54427/1 "2010-08-31T00:12:17Z")

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I have an 06 Ford Taurus that seizes up and just dies on me. Today it was while making a right hand turn. I have had both the battery and the alternator replaced this year. It started back up and I took it to a service station that said the computer diagnostic did not indicate any problems whatsoever. Any ideas??

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**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-my-car-keeps-dying-on-me/54427/2 "2010-08-31T02:21:12Z")

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Fuel pump comes to mind, how is everything else as far as maintenance recommended in the manual?

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**Author:** ![Timar\_McNair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Timar\_McNair](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Timar_McNair)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-my-car-keeps-dying-on-me/54427/3 "2010-09-01T03:25:21Z")

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So funny you should say that about the fuel pump! I just talked to my mother-in-law who also has a taurus and she said hers wouldn’t start occasionally and it was the fuel pump! Thanks so much for the advice. I will take it back in and see how much it would cost to just replace it…I have been keeping up with the maintenance, the only thing I haven’t done is flush the radiator which I know I need to have taken care of and change the transmission fluid?

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-my-car-keeps-dying-on-me/54427/4 "2010-09-01T05:16:30Z")

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Before you replace the fuel pump, have the fuel pressure checked. Don’t throw parts at the car, do some diagnostic tests.

A new fuel filter may also help, and will be MUCH less expensive than a fuel pump.