1989 Ford Taurus Complaint Log

REAR SUBFRAME MOUNT CORROSION.

WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN BECAUSE OF RECALL 93V106002. WHEN THE SUB-FRAME BOLTS BROKE, THE FRAME BECAME UNATTACHED AND CAUSED THE BODY TO TWIST, NO SUPPORT TO THE FRAME, DEALER CONTACTED AND REPRESENTATIVE WOULD CONTACT CONSUMER, AND THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE. *AK

ENGINE AND MUFFLER FAILURE CAUSING LOSS OF POWER AND SMOKE, REPAIRS COMPLETED HOWEVER CONTINUES. MJS

ENGINE OIL PAN IS LEAKING OIL DIRECTLY ON OR NEAR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. DEALER NOT AWARE OF THE INCIDENT. THUS FAR, ALOT OF SMOKE IS GIVEN OFF WHEN THIS OCCURS. REPAIR WORK DONE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE THE STEERING COLUMN HAS SMOKE COMING OUT OF IT, ALMOST CAUSING A FIRE. BEEN TO DEALER, DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE DIED. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOTALLED. *AK

PUT A NEW UNIT ON IN SEPT.98 AND NOW AM GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. FLUID LEAKING OUT. ALSO SOMETIMES WHEN I STARTINCG THE CAR THERE IS A STRONG GAS SMELL , BUT IT GOES AWAY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND IT SEEMS THE RECALL ITEMS ARE SHOWING UP TOO. *AK

FORD NEEDS TO FIX THESE TRANSMISSIONS--WE'RE ON OUR FOURTH--THIS IS RIDICULOUS!

WHILE DRIVING THE HOOD FLEW UP AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD. THE DRIVER DOES NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE HOOD TO FLY UP. *AK

THE PASSENGER SIDE SUB-FRAME BOLT BROKE.

MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO DROP.

POWER STEERING HIGH PRESSURE HOSE EXPLODED. HOSE FAILURE SPRAYED POWER STEERING FLUID ONTO HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND IGNITED CAUSING ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. WAS A FORD HOSE THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED LESS THAN 12 HOURS EARLIER.

RECALL # 971003000 FORD/SEAT BELT BUCKLES; DEALER DID NOT CORRECT SEAT BELT BUCKLE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT. DEALER STATED THAT THE BUCKLE IS NOT DEFECTIVE. OWNER IS EXPERIENCING A LATCHING PROBLEM WITH THE BUCKLE. *AK

RECALL # 971003000 FORD/SEAT BELT BUCKLES; OWNER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET RECALL WORK PERFORMED BECAUSE THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. ON 6/23/98, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE SEAT BELT UNBUCKLED WITHOUT DRIVER'S APPLICATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THREE MOTOR MOUNTS FELL OFF. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING SEALT BELT BUCKLES FOR FRONT SEAT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS, DEALER ONLY REPAIRED ONE SIDE OF SEATBELT. CONSUMER CONCERN IS WHY HAVE A NATIONAL RECALL IF THE DEALER IS NOT GOING TO COVER THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM. WHAT HAPPENED TO SAFETY FRIST? *AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 97I-003000/MANUFACTURER'S NUMBER 97M90, SHOULDER BELTS. THE DEALER WAS UNAWARE OF THE RECALL. FORD HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. *AK

SEAT BELT RECALL LETTER SENT, DEALERSHIP INSPECTION REVEALED NO DEFECTS FOUND AND REFUSED REPAIR, HOWEVER BUCKLE WAS INOPERABLE AND FIXED BY OTHER MECHANIC.

FRONT BODY MOUNTS BOLTS FELL OUT OF THE AUTOMOBILE, AND THE FRAME CAME DOWN. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STEER.

RECALL WORK DENIED ON SAFETY BUCKLES DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.

UNDERHOOD FIRE STARTED DUE TO LEAKING POWER STEERING WHICH POURED ON THE HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD.

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 97I-0030.00. CALLED DEALERSHIP FOR AN APPOINTMENT. TOOK VEHICLE IN ON DATE. AFTER ARRIVING, WAS INFORMED BY SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE PARTS FOR SEAT BELT BUCKLLES WERE NOT AVAILABLE. WOULD NEED TO ORDER PARTS. WOULD CALL OWNER WHEN PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE. *AK

THE REAR SUB-FRAME MOUNTS HAVE BECOME CORRODED, CAUSING THE RIGHT REAR SUB-FRAME TO DROP, AND CAN'T STEER THE VEHICLE. A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS MODEL OF CAR, BUT THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE WASN'T INCLUDED. RECALL #93V106002. *AK *SLC

TURN SIGNALS AND BLOWER MOTOR STOP WORKING. THEN STARTS WORK AGAIN, THEN STOP, THEN START, FUSES ARE OK, POWER WINDOW PASSENGER'S SIDE STOPS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, ALSO, POWER SEAT DOESN'T WORK, INTERMITTENTLY. SEVERAL OTHE R ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ARE EVIDENT INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

SPARE TIRE EXPLODED WHILE IN THE SPARE COMPARTMENT CAUSING THE TRUNK LID TO BOW OUTWARD. MJS

IN ANTICIPATION OF THE RECALL TO BE ISSUED THIS MONTH ON THE ENGINE MOUNTS FOR THE FORD TAURUS, I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE (ON 1/7/99) TO ASK ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS TO MY CAR AFTER THE REAR ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL, AND THAT FORD WOULD NOT REIMBURSE ME FOR THE TOWING AND REPAIRS. THE PARTS REPLACED WERE: REAR CRADLE BUSHING (2) # 5 F1DZ85400396*A AND 5 F3DZ*5400155*A. *AK

CONSUMER RESPONDED TO THE MANUFACTURER'S RECALL LETTER. DEALERSHIP MADE PARTIAL REPAIRS ON SEAT BELT BUCKLES. COSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEM WITH DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WHICH DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO REPAIR BECAUSE IT APPEAR TO BE WORKING PROPERLY. *AK

SEAT BELT BUCKLES NOT REPAIRED UNDER RECALL AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS, DUE TO A LACK OF PARTS AT DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER ONLY HAS ONE FUNCTIONING SEAT BELT. (92V-113)

TIE ROD END SHAFT BROKE.

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#97I003000), SEAT BELT BUCKLES & CALLED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE ON DATE GIVEN. AFTER ARRIVING & MECHANIC CHECKED VEHICLE, WAS INFORMED HAD NO PARTS & WOULD HAVE TO ORDER THEM. WILL CALL OWNER WHEN PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT WORK CORRECTLY. WHEN PULLING OUT THE SEAT BELTS, THEY DO NOT RETURN IN PLACE, BOTH LAP AND SHOULDER BELTS. *AK

CONSUMER HAS A COMPLAINT CONCERNING NHTSA RECALL # 92 V 113 PERTAINING TO SEAT BELT BUCKLE REPLACEMENT. DEALER & MANUFACTURER REFUSE TO HONOR RECALL. THREE OF THE SEAT BELTS WILL NOT LOCK PROPERLY. *AK

POWER STEERING HOSE LEAK CAUSED AN UNDERHOOD FIRE AFTER IT WAS FIXED FOR THIS PROBLEM ONCE BEFORE. ENGINE FIRE TOTALED CAR. POWER STEERING COLUMN FIRE PROBLEM RESULTED . *AK.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH SEAT BELT BECOME UNBUCKLED BY ITSELF, LEAVING DRIVER AND PASSENGER UNRESTRAINED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY TOLD CONSUMER WHEN THIS HAPPENS AGAIN TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

RECALL # 971003000/FORD/SEAT BELT BUCKLES. OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FROM MANUFACTURER. WHEN CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, DEALER STATED THAT HE COULD NOT PERFORM RECALL WORK BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT LISTED IN COMPUTER DATA BASE. OWNER WAS TOLD BY MANUFACTURER THAT VIN HAD TO BE ENTERED BY NHTSA. *AK

SEAT BELT BUCKLE CRACKED, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

THE REAR CORNERS OF THE SUB-FRAME DROPPED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER STEERING. CONSUMER WAS NOT INVOLVED WITH RECALL # 93V-106002. *AK

FRONT LOWER MOTOR MOUNT FAILED.*AK

RECALL WORK ON BROKEN SEAT BELT BUCKLES DENIED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.

TFI MODULE AND AXOD TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

SEATBELT BUCKLE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR. IF THERE WASN'T A 2ND GEAR, IT WOULD SHIFT INTO 3RD INSTEAD. TOOK TO DEALER & SERVICE MANAGER NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. INFORMED OWNER THAT THE LEAK NEEDED REPAIRING & THAT IT WOULD FIXED THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE MALE PORTION OF THE BUCKLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT TORE OFF THE STRAP WHEN FASTENING THE BELT. THE FEMALE PART WAS REPLACED UNDER RECALL # 97100300 ON APRIL 16, 1998. DEALER STATED THAT PART WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKET AND RADIATOR. MJS

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE MOTOR WAS BOUNCING UP AND TRANMISSION WASN'T PROPERLY MOUNTED AND THE MOTOR WAS PULLING THE TRANMISSION AND MAKING A CLICKING SOUND WITHOUD ANY PRIOR WARNING. *AK

VIBRATION DUE TO MISALIGNMENT AND FAILED TIE RODS.

CONSUMER'S SON DROVE VEHICLE TO SCHOOL AND PARKED VEHICLE ON THE LOT, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM THE HOOD TO DASHBOARD, IT WAS BURNED MORE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE THAN THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. *AK

BODY MOUNTS AT REAR CORNERS OF SUBFRAME WERE CORRODED AND REPAIRED A YEAR AGO, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND BODY MOUNTS WILL BE REPAIRED. ALSO, PROBLEMS WITH STEERING SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. BEEN TO DEALER, BUT DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. NO REPAIRS FOR THE STEERING PROBLEM. RECALL 93V106000. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE BODY MOUNTS AT THE REAR CORNER OF THE SUB-FRAME BACAME DETACHED, CAUSING LOSE OF CONTROL . THERE IS A RECALL OUT ON THIS PROBLEM , BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. OWNER HAS CONTACTED THAT MANUFACTURER. *AK

ROOF T-TOP PAINT WEARING EXCESSIVELY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK