Engine not cranking?

Im no mechanic but im good at troubleshooting
when you press the gas and nothing happens be more specific

your in drive and push the gas pedal but you dont move at all correct?

Hello,

to answer Kzersatz question that is correct I can put the car in drive and press the gas and the car won't move at all.

I can turn on the engine and the care will rev up and the engine will run fine but when I switch gears from park to drive and press the gas the engien will still run and rev but the car won't move at all.

I have not check the fuel levels for te tranny.

3 weeks ago I was driving and my car just, shut off. I tried starting it again, wouldnt turn over. Tried again, it started but stalled. Tried again, started and stayed running.
I took it to my garage and they could not figure out what it was. Hooked it up to a diag, nothing showed up.
I drove it home, did not stall once. Drove it the next day, stalled 5 times in an hour.
When it stalls all the lights on my dash blink. The electrical all works when it stalls.
I am so puzzled and frustrated.

Fuel injectors may be dirty. Or plugged. The car just sitting there may have caused the gas to go bad which may have given them a head start on plugging from the get go. Get some cleaner for it.
When the dash lights blink, is it unlike anything you've seen it do before?
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I'm having a very similar problem and I'm finding several older posts but this is the first current one. I too, have a 99 Taurus w/ the DOHC engine. A year ago it died when I came to a stop and wouldn't restart. I did get an engine light and eventually ended up replacing the EGR sensor and the crank case ventilation hose. I didn't have another problem again until about three months ago when I couldn't restart after a short stop. This has happened several times. The fix? Wait 15-30 minutes and the car starts right up. Yesterday, however, it stopped on me again at a light. I tried to start it so many time I ran the battery dead. So I let it sit an hour and it fired right up.

My son and I have also had several near stalls recently; usually when at or coming to a stop.

I'm getting no error codes. I have read in a few cases that peoples anti-theft lights are coming on and that maybe a faulty key might be the issue and that the anti-theft system retards the spark and cuts the fuel. In my case, I only have the one key so I cannot test the theory easily.

Is there a way to disable the anti-theft system?

Engine is trying to turn over but takes several tries before it starts.

Engine Mechanical problem
1999 Ford Taurus 6 cyl Front Wheel Drive

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