1989 Ford Taurus Engine Problems

I OWN VIN#[XXX] AND WENT FOR INSPECTION ON 8/8/03 AND FAILED EMISSION CONTROL#92E30 DUE TO A RECALL ON CATALYST#93E47 WHICH I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED .FORD NEVER NOTIFIED ME OF THIS BY LETTER EVER ! ALSO THIS HAS NEVER COME UP ON ANY OF MY PRIOR INSPECTIONS THEIR FOR I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS SINCE YOU NEVER SENT ANY INFORMATION OR RECEIVED A CALL FROM ANY ONE ON THIS MATTER AND NOW THIS HAS COME ABOUT AND I SHOULD NOT BE HELD LIABLE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I DID MYSELF .I SHOULD HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITY AS OTHERS TO CORRECT THIS MATTER. PLEASE RESPONSE TO THIS MATTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS AND TELL ME HOW CAN I CORRECT THIS MATTER WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PROBLEM FOR ME OR YOUR COMPANY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE VEHICLE HESITATES WHILE DRIVING, AFTER WHICH BLACK SMOKE EMITS FROM THE VEHICLE AND IT STALLS OUT, POSSIBE ENGINE FAILURE. NLM

WEBBING ON BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS CAUSE THEM NOT TO RETRACT AFTER SEAT BELTS ARE LOCKED, ALSO IT'S HARD TO LOCK THE BELTS EVEN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS.*AK. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WEBBING IS GOOD, HOWEVER THE SEAT BELT DOES RESTRAIN CONSUMER IF THE BRAKES HAVE TO BE APPLIED SUDDENLY, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SEAT BELTS, CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, POSSIBLY ENGINE RELATED.8JB

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. *NLM WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. *MR

ENGINE STALLS REPEATEDY AT ANY SPEED. THE DEALER SAID THE MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR WAS BAD, WHICH COST ME $400 , BUT THE ENGINE REPEATEDLY STALLED WHEN I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP. I RETURNED THE CAR, BUT THEY REFUSED TO WORK ON IT DUE TO A COOLANT LEAK (WHICH WAS IN THE RECOVERY RESEVOIR NOT LEAVING THE COOLANT LOW IN THE ENGINE). THEY INSISTED THAT THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS INDICATED THE MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR AND THAT NOTHING ELSE SHOWED UP. I HAVE TO DRIVE THIS CAR TO WORK AND AVERAGE ABOUT 5 STALLS IN A 24 MILE ROUND TRIP EVERY DAY (ANY SPEED).*AK

THE MOTOR MOUNTS ARE BROKEN, THIS CAUSED THE EXHAUST CONVERTER ASS'Y TO FAIL AN CAUSE A EXHAUST LEAK BY THE ENGINE MAKING THE ENGINE RUN HOT. HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE ENGINE STALLING OUT IN HOT WEATHER, REPLACED FUEL PUMP, FUEL ENJECTORS, AND IGNITION MODULE CAR IS STILL STALLING OUT WHEN THE WEATHER GETS WARM 700F AND ABOVE. TOOK IT TO SHOP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG (NO CODES). LET THE CAR SIT AND WILL START AFTER A WHILE, SOME TIME 1 MINUTE SOMETIMES 1 HOUR.

POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE RESULTED IN ENGINE FIRE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *MJS

AT 55MPH VEHICLE STALLED AND LOSS STEERING AND BRAKING POWER. CAR WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL IT COOLED. INCIDENT OCCURRED THREE MORE TIMES.

HOSE THAT IS HOOKED TO OIL FILTER IS NOT THE CORRECT ONE. ALSO, THE TWO BARS THAT HOLD THE MOTOR IN PLACE BROKE, AND WERE BARELY HOLDING THE MOTOR, BROKEN BARS WERE GRINDING AGAINST THE FAN BELT. *AK

ENGINE FIRE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). MJS

GRADUAL LEAK IN HEAD GASKET PRODUCING ENGINE MISFIRES ,WARRANTING REPLACEMENT BOTH AT 53,000 AND 63,000 MILES.*AK

ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE ON BOTH SIDES OF CAR, CAUSING ENGINE TO DROP AND NO STEERING

WHILE DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER THE CAR WAS OKAY. WHEN THE WEATHER GOT WARM, THE CAR WENT BUMP BUMP BUMP. CONSUMER SAID IT WAS COMPUTER OR A IGNITION CONTROL PROBLEM. DEALER WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER KNEW THE PROBLEM BUT WON'T TELL CONSUMER UNLESS HE PAID FOR THAT INFORMATION. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR JUST DIED. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. IF FAN KICKS IN, THE CAR WILL NOT START FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS. *AK

WHILE PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL, IT WOULD SLIP. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING THOUGH A MAIN INTERSECTION THE CAR JUST QUITS. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK

WHILE SITTING AT A STOP SIGN SOMEONE TRIED TO LET CONSUMER KNOW THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE, BUT THE CONSUMER SMELLED THE FIRE AND . FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE ENGINE COOLING FAN. *AK

ENGINE IS MAKING A NOICE WHEN BRAKING AND ACCERATING.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND VEHICLE WOULDN'T GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD. VEHICLE WAS STALLING AND JERKING, AND EVERTHING WENT OUT ON THE VEHICLE, THE BATTERY WAS BRAND NEW. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, ENGINE SEPARATED FROM TRANMISSION, AND THEN VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. *AK

WNEN STARTING VEHICLE UP MOTOR RUNS REAL LOUD, AND WHEN DRIVING CAN HEAR A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLE. VEHICLE FELT LIKE THE OIL HAD RUN OUT OF THE VEHICLE. BUT THE OIL IS IN THE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE RUNS LIKE THE MOTOR IS DRY. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH, WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD BUMP NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE ENGINE. PULLED OVER AND LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOP TO GET A OIL CHANCE, AND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PUT UP IN THE AIR ON A MACHINE, THEY NOTICED A BIG HOLE IN THE PART THAT HOLDS THE BOLT. THE PART WAS RUSTY. *AK