1993 Ford Taurus Visibility & Wipers Problems

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED WHILE DRIVING IN RAINSTORM. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE.*AK

REARVIEW MIRROR KEEPS FALLING OFF INSIDE WINDSHIELD, HAD MIRROR REPAIRED THREE TIMES. ADHESIVE FAILS TO BIND MIRROR TO VEHICLES WINDSHIELD INDEFINITELY. *AK

REARVIEW MIRROR FELL OFF BECAUSE GLUE DRIED UP. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS RANDOMLY STOP DURING OPERATION, AND MAY OR MAY NOT RESTART AFTER THAT. THIS PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED WITH THE ORIGINAL PART IN MID-1998. AFTER A FEW UNSUCCESSFUL DIAGNOSES (I.E., THE WIPER MOTOR WAS REPLACED 2 TIMES IN 1998/99 WITHOUT FIXING THE PROBLEM), THE WIPER "MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH" CONTROL WAS REPLACED BY MORANDE FORD AT MY EXPENSE ON 3/17/99 AND THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM IS NOW OCCURRING AGAIN. WIPERS GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE FORD WIPER CONTROL UNITS, SINCE THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED WITH BOTH THE ORIGINAL PART (1998/1999) AND THE REPLACEMENT PART (2000). I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR (EVEN ONCE THE PART IS REPLACED AGAIN) BECAUSE THE PROBLEM RECURS EVEN WITH THE REPLACEMENT PARTS. *AKY

CONSUMER COMPLAINT IS THAT WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED, AND WAS REPLACED BY PRIVATE GARAGE AT THE CONSUMER'S COST. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE HIS CASE TO BE ADDED TO CURRENT INVESTIGATION FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT RETRACT AND TENDED TO STICK IN UPRIGHT POSITION. PROBLEM WOULD NOT CORRECT ITSELF EVEN WHEN SWITCHING FROM INTERMITENT TO OFF OR FROM OFF TO LOW OR HIGH SPEED SETTINGS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDOW AND DO NOT RETURN TO NORMAL POSITION. PROBLEM 2 - HEADRESTS DO NOT LOCK IN DESIRED POSITION, CAUSES SEVERE NECK STRAIN. PROBLEM 3-SOMETHING CAUSED BOTH LEFT SIDE TIRES TO BLOW WHILE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/75/R1 )

EA99023, WINDSHIELD WIPERS; WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONTINUE TO WORK. *AK *ML

WIPER MOTOR SLOWS DOWN AND STOPS WHEN WIPERS ARE ON HIGH SPEED. NEW WIPER MOTOR INSTALLED, SAME PROBLEM RESULTED WITH NEW MOTOR. REAR PASSENGER WINDOW DOES NOT GO DOWN WITH EITHER DRIVER POWER BUTTON OR REAR PASSENGER POWER BUTTON. AIR CONDITIONER FAILED AND CEASED WORKING ENTIRELY.

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE CUTTING ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY.THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS IN A RAIN STORM WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE ON HIGH. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD OPERATE WHILE IN A OFF MODE POSITION. WIPER / WASHER WOULD COME ON AT WILL. DEALER NOTIFED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY ARE AWARE, BUT NO CORRECTION TO THE PROBLEM CAN BE MADE AT THIS TIME. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SUBJECT. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMPLETELY FAILED DURING HEAVY RAIN STORMS, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER REPLACED MOTOR WITH NEW UPDATED REVISED PART AND WIRING HARNESS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE WIPERS, THEY AGAIN WORK. *AK

WINDSHIELD WASHER:FLUID RESERVOIR MALFUNCTIONED, WATER NO LONGER COMES OUT FOR CLEANING WINDOWS. *AK

THIS APPARENT DEFECT CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD FOR MYSELF AND FAMILY, AS IT RENDERED THE AUTOMOBILE UNMOVEABLE DURING A RAINSTORM AND LEFT US STRANDED. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THE REPAIR MADE TO THE VEHICLE AND THE REPAIR BILL WAS $385.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ONE EVENING IN A DOWNPOUR WHEN MY WINSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING SUDDENLY. THEY QUIT WHEN I WAS DRIVING THROUGH AUBURN, IN. ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A WAL-MART STORE AND BUY SOME RAIN-X. I DROVE INTO A SERVICE STATION WITH AN AWNING SO THAT I COULD DRY MY WINSHIELD AND APPLY THE RAIN-X. THE RAIN-X WORKED AS ADVERTISED. THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME SAFELY. MY WIPERS HAVE NOT WORKED SINCE.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO RETURN TO THEIR NORMAL RESTING PLACE, CAUSING OBSTRUCTION OF VIEW AND INAPPROPRIATE DRIVING CONDITION. THE VARIABLE SWITCH MECHANISM SEEMS TO BE INACCURATE AS WELL. THE INABILITY TO HAVE THE WIPERS RETURN TO THEIR RESTING POSITION WHICH IS BELOW SIGHT LEVEL ON THE WINDSHIELD POSES A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO DRIVING AND POTENTIAL ACCIDENT SITUATION. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING AT RANDOM TIMES. FORD CHARGED US TO FIX THE FIRST TIME AND NOW IT HAS FAILED AGAIN. FRIEND OWNS SAME MODEL YEAR AND STYLE AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE FAILED SEVERAL TIME DURING RAIN STORMS, A LOCAL DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND SAID HE CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE, THEREFORE CANNOT FIX IT. *AK