1989 Ford Taurus Complaint Log

971003000. 97M90; THE MANUFACTURERS RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED IN APRI., DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN, CORRECTIVE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. LETTER WAS RECEIVED AND APPOINTMENT WAS RESCHEDULED, WORK WAS NOT DONE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. FORD CONTACTED, AND STATED THEY CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHENEVER VEHICLE ACCELERATES, TRANSMISSION WOULD GRAB. THIS CAUSES AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEARS TO NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED, WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEARS AT ALL. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT & NEEDED REPLACING IT. *AK

WHEN LEANING FOWARD QUICKLY OR PULLING HARD AND FAST ON THE SEAT BELTS, THE BELTS DO NOT STOP RELEASING . CONCERNED THAT THE RETRACTORS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THIS IS FOR THE TWO FRONT SEATS, AND THE TWO REAR SIDE BELTS ACT THE SAME. *AK

SEATBELT LOCATED IN SECOND SEAT IS OPERABLE, BUT SEATBELT RETRACTOR DOESN'T WORK. *AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE REVERSE IT TOOK OFF WIDE OPEN, HITTING A TELEPHONE POLE. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. WHEN DRIVER PUT VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF AGAIN. DRIVER THEN PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, TURNED OFF MOTOR AND WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

TIE ROD UNSCREWED ON LEFT FRONT WHEEL, CAUSING WHEEL TO BE UNCONTROLLABLE.

ENGINE HEAD GASKET DIES OUT, IT BLOWS OUT AT 90,000 MILES. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED. DEALER EXPLAINED THAT THE 1995 WINDSTAR HAS THE SAME 3.8 6 CYCLINDER ENGINE. BUT THEY WILL NOT WRITE UP THE REPAIR FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

A YEAR AGO, THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND SMOKE CAME THROUGH THE STEERING COLUMN. TODAY, WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED THE OWNER HEARD A SHORT CIRCUIT SOUND AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, THE OWNER THEN SHUT IGNITION OFF. *AK TWO WIRES LEADING TO THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SENDING UNIT AND THE BLACK GROUND BOTH ORIGINATING AT THE IGNITION SWITCH COUPLING HAD THE INSULATION BURNT OFF THEM, THE WIRES WERE REPLACED AND THE GROUND WIRE AGAIN OVERHEATED AND THE INSULATION WAS BURNT OFF, A SOLUTION WAS FOUND BY DISCONNECTING THE GROUND WIRE COMPLETELY. *SLC

PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY; NOTICED SMOKE NEAR HOOD; TURNED VEHICLE OFF & GOT KIDS OUT. ATTEMPED TO LIFT HOOD WHEN FLAMES SHOT OUT. FIRE DEPT PUT FLAMES OUT. FIRE INSPECTOR DETERMINED ORIGIN OF FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL WIRING. *AK

THE RELEASE BUTTON ON THE SEAT BELT STICKS AND LOCKS UP WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THE SEAT BELT WILL DISENGAGE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ( THIS DISENGAGED FULLY) WHICH MEANS THAT THE DRIVER IS NOT RETAINED IN THE VEHICLE PROTECTED FROM A COLLISION. *AK

I HAVE HAD NUMERUS STALLING &/OR LACK OF POWER WHILE TRAVELING IN HOT WEATHER! I FIRST STARTED IN OCT. OF 97 WHEN TRAVELING TO SAN DIEGO. WE WERE STRANDED IN L.A. ON THE WAY DOWN, AND IN EAST L.A. ON THE WAY HOME. UPON RETURNING HOME, I REPLACED THE IDLE AIR MOTOR AT A COST OF OVER $300. SINCE THAN, I HAVE HAD THE HEAT TUBE TO THE VACUUM SWITCH AND THE SPARK PLUG WIRING REPLACED IN AN ATTEMPT TO COORECT THE PROBLEM! I HAS NOT STOPPED THE PROBLEM. LAST AUGUST, MY DAUGHTER HAD TO BE TOWED 100 MILES (FROM SAN LUIS OBISPO - SANTA BARBARA) DUE TO A COMPLETE STOPAGE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AFTER DRIVING 150 MILES. I HAVE HEARD OF A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST FORD, INVOLVING THE T.F.I. MODULE. I HAVE ASKED MY LOCAL DEALER TO REPLACE THIS MODULE, IN HOPES TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF STALLING IN HOT WEATHER. I HOPE TO HAVE THE $340 REFUNDED TO ME, IF THE CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT SETTLES AGAINST FORD. I HAVE BEEN TOLD TO COMPLETE THIS FORM TO DOCUMENT ME CASE. PLEASE ADVISE ME OF ANY OTHER ACTION I SHOULD TAKE. THANK YOU, [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *JS *TR

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20MPH OUT OF PARKING LOT INTO TRAFFIC, HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND. VEHICLE KEPT GOING IN MIDDLE LANE, BARELY ABLE TO STEER VEHICLE TO GAS STATION. NOT ABLE TO TURN RIGHT. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP & INFORMED FRAME HAD RUSTED THROUGH. *AK

THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT DISENGAGE WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE SWITCH IN THE STEERING WHEEL HAS TO BE USED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK *SLC

ELECTRICAL: VEHICLE IN REPAIR SHOP FOR MOUNTS. MECHANIC BROUGHT CAR HOME ,AND THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS TOTALED. DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. *AK

THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES WILL NOT ENGAGE AND HOLD. FRONT DRIVE'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE LOCKING MACHANISM HAS WORN OUT. *AK

WHEN DRIVING 55MPH THE STEERING WHEEL PULLS TO THE LEFT.

AXOD TRANSMISSION FAILURE; ALSO, AXOD-E TRANSAXLE FAILED. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR, RESULTING IN A RAPID DECREASE IN SPEED/STALLING. *AK

THE SPRINGS IN THE TRUNK LID THAT HOLD IT UP CAME LOOSE AND THE TRUNK LID FELL ON THE OWNER. DEALER SAID THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WELDED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT IN THE PAST ONE OF THE BARS WOULD COME OUT OF ITS BRACKET, HOWEVER THIS TIME BOTH POPPED OUT AT THE SAME TIME CAUSING THE TRUNK LIK TO HIT HIM IN THE BACK CAUSING MUCH PAIN. *SLC

PISTON INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION BROKE, PREVENTING VEHICLE FROM GOING FORWARD. CONSUMER HAS TO PUT VEHICLE INTO REVERSE THEN IN DRIVE TO GO FORWARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, SAID THAT IT WAS POSSIBLY CAUSED BY A PARTIALLY BROKEN RING AROUND THE PISTON. *AK *ML

SMELT AND SAW HEAVY SMOKE COMING FROM IGNITION, TURNED OFF CAR, CAR STARTED BY ITSELF, PUT EMERGENCY BRAKE ON TO PREVENT ACCELERATION, FIRE UNDER STEERING WHEEL AND THE DASH BOARD, THEN CAR STARTED HONKING CONTINUOUSLY, DISCONNECT BATTERY, THIS STOPPED THE CAR FROM RUNNING AND HONKING, TOTAL FIRE.

COMING FROM SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT ABOUT 20 MPH, WAS MAKING A TURN WHEN A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD, LOST STEERING MOBILITY, WAS A SUBFRAME CONNECTOR THAT BROKE, CALLED DEALER & SERVICE MANAGER NEVER HEARD OF IT. WILL NOT REPAIR, OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK

BELT TENSIONER BROKE.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND LOSE ALL POWER. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT SEVERAL MONTHS. *AK

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15-25MPH WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO 55MPH OR HIGHER. COULD NOT GET VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL APPLIED BRAKES. CAUSE OF THIS ACCELERATION IS NOT KNOWN. *AK *JB

MAKING RIGHT TURN LOST LEFT FRONT BRAKING ABILITY . CAUSE: CENTER/LEFT FRONT BRAKE ROTOR. RESULT: STRIPPED. *AK

DISTRIBUTOR AND ATTACHED COMPUTER FAILED.

WHEN TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL CUT OFF WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING BECOMING A HAZARD WHEN TRAVELING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. DEALER STATES THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO THE IGNITION MODULE. *AK THE IGNITION MODULE WAS REPLACED. *SLC

BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS WHEN MAKING ANY TYPE OF MOVEMENT WHILE DRIVING, THE SEAT BELTS BECOME VERY LOOSE AND WILL NOT FULLY RETRACT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, NO PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK

SEAT RAIL BROKE JUST ABOVE THE FRONT LEFT FLOOR BOLT ANCHOR POINT LEAVING THE SEAT ATTACHED AT ONLY THREE POINTS.

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

IGNITION CONTROL MODULE FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.

VEHICLE BROKE DOWN. TOWED TO NEAREST DEALER. WHILE THERE, INFORMED VEHICLE UNDER RECALL (#93V106002). DEALER THEN INFORMED OWNER WILL NOT REPAIR VEHICLE'S SUPPORT MOUNTS & TO TAKE TO ANOTHER DEALER. OWNER DID NOT RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE. *AK

WHEN TAKING THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH IT IGNITES THE STARTER AND BURNS THE WIRES IN THE IGNITION COMPARTMENT. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO CARPORT, HIT BRAKES AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN A CRASH. ALSO, BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

RECEIVED NOTICE (#93V106002) & HAD IT REPAIRED. WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE SUBFRAME FELL OUT & LOST STEERING CONTROL 3 YRS LATER. TOOK TO MECHANIC & HAD IT CHECKED. INFORMED THAT MOUNTS HAD CORRODED. *AK

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#93V106002): HAD MOUNTS REPAIRED AT DEALER; 3 YRS LATER ENGINE SUBFRAME DROPPED & LOST STEERING CONTROL. TOOK TO MECHANIC & TOLD MOUNTS HAD CORRODED. *AK

ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED ALLOWING ENGINE TO FALL OUT.

THE SUBFRAME SEPARATED FROM THE BODY A T THE REAR MOUNTS. *AK

TAILGATE AJAR WARNING LAMP STAYED ON EVEN WHEN TAILGATE LOOKED SECURELY CLOSED AND COULD NOT BE OPENED WITHOUT KEY. THE BOLT IN THE VEHICLE BODY THAT THE TAILGATE LATCH LOCKS ONTO HAD SHIFTED POSITION DUE TO A ONE AND A HALF INCH TEAR IN THE BODY SHEET METAL THAT BOLT WAS ATTACHED TO. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.

WHEN DRIVING OVER A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD OR TAKING OFF FROM A STOP LIGHT THEREIS A HEAVY METAL CLUNKING SOUND. MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPLACED (2) OR (3) YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF DEFECT. CONSUMER IS HEARING SAME NOISE AGAIN. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER AT THIS TIME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN HIGH WINDS, THE SUN ROOF POPPED OUT OF THE ROOF, FELL AND HIT THE VEHICLE BEHIND, DAMAGING WINDSHIELD/SIDEVIEW MIRROR/HOOD/DOOR, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. *AK

ELECTRICAL FIRE, ORIGINATING IN THE IGNITION WIRING HARNESS. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH SEAT BELT RETRACTOR NOT WORKING PROPERLY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

DUE TO LOCATION, BOLTS WHICH HOLD STEERING MECHANISM RUSTED/BROKE FROM SALT AND SAND, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING.

WHILE WAITING AT STOP SIGNFRONT SUB-FRAME BUSHINGD BROKE, ALLOWING THE SUB-FRAME TO FALL DOWN AND DISCONNECT THE STEERING COMPONENTS, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

FEMALE END OF SEAT BELT BUCKLES FAIL TO COMPLETELY LOCK.

WHEN DRIVING AT 50 MPH AND OVER CRUISE CONTROL GETS STUCK, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE IN ORDER TO COME TO A STOP. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH WILL TURN ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING.

SEAT BELT LATCHES FAIL TO LATCH, MUST BE FORCED, ALSO WHEN FORCED FAIL TO UNLATCH.