1994 Ford Taurus Complaint Log

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 98V323000, REAR SUBFRAME MOUNTS. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

POOR DESIGN OF ENGINE HEAD GASKET CAUSED GASKET TO FAIL AT APPROXIMATELY 53,335 MILES. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

IGNITION KEYS REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS PRIOR TO IDENTIFYING STARTER FAILURE.MJS

RECALL # 98V323000 FORD/REAR SUBFRAME CORROSION; DEALER HAS NO PARTS TO CORRECT RECALL. OWNER HAS BEEN WAITING SINCE MARCH 1999. *AK

ENGINE MADE ODD SOUNDS WHEN OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. OIL PRESSURE LIGHT WAS SOLID. INFORMED BY MECHANIC ENGINE NEEDED REPLACING DUE TO BURNED OUT COOLING FAN. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING LEAKAGE, CAUSING FAILURE TO THE TIMING COVER GASKET / INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET / THERMOSTAT / CRANKSHAFT & BEARINGS WHICH WERE REPLACED. *YC

POWER WINDOWS ARE INOPERABLE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED MOTORS 3 TIMES. *AK

MOTOR MOUNT BROKEN CAUSING AIR CONDITIONER TO FAIL. REPAIRS WERE DONE. *YC

ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE PROBLEMS. ON ONE OCCASION AT THE INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL. HOWEVER, THE BRAKE PADS AND MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED TO PREVENT FAILURE. *YC

DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY DURING A CRASH. *AK

COMING TO STOP OR HITTING BRAKES HARD TO DOWNSHIFT, VEHICLE WILL SLIP OUT OF GEAR AND WENT INTO NEUTRAL. MANUFACUTER HAS SENT OUT TSB FOR REVISED FOWARD CLUTCH PISTON #9837. *AK

NO PARTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR OF RECALLED REAR LOWER SUBFRAME MOUNT PLATE. NLM (98S36)

CORROSION ATE THROUGH THE TUBING (METAL) WHERE IT'S COVERED WITH RUBBER.

TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL AT INTERSECTIONS. NLM

DEALER REFUSES TO PERFORM RECALL # 98S36 ON MY CAR, MANUFACTURER IGNORES MY LETTERS

FORWARD STRUT GEAR WHICH IS MADE FROM ALUMINUM HAS CRACKED, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO BECOME FAULTY . PART HAS BEEN REDESIGNED, AND IS NOW MADE OUT OF STEEL. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT RESPOND WHEN NEEDED. MANY CLOSE CALLS DUE TO WINDSHIELD NOT BEING ABLE TO BE PROPERLY CLEANED. NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS WILL CAUSE WIPERS TO TURN ON. OCCURS ANY SEASON OF THE YEAR. HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW HAVE CAUSED NEAR MISSES DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO CLEAR WINDSHIELD. THEY ARE INTERMITTENT WIPERS. I AM REPORTING THIS NOW BECUASE I FOUND THIS SITE. I DID NOT CONTACT DEALER BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHO TO CONTACT.

WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH THE ODOMETER WOULD READ 75 MPH. DEALER HAS BEENT CONTACTED. *AK

REAR MOUNTS BROKE, CAUSING STRESS ON THE FRONT MOUNTS. DEALER WANTS CONSUMER TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT MOUNTS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

THE ALUMINUM PISTON WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION PREMATURELY MALFUNCTIONED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE NOT TO SHIFT CORRECTLY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHEN ENGINE STARTED REVVING WITH FOOT ON BRAKES. VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, AND REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS WAS THE 2ND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. WILL BE TAKING TO DEALER. *AK

WHEN THE ENGINE OVERHEATS OR THE WEATHER IS EXTREMELY HOT, THE ENGINE CUTS OFF AND WILL NOT CUT BACK ON UNTIL IT HAS COOLED DOWN. DEALER CAN'T FIND A SOLUTION. *AK

THERE WAS KNOW SIGN OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE AN OIL CHANGE AND THE MECHANIC PUT THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR AND IT WOULD NOT SHIFT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

EGR VALVE SYSTEM IS COMPLETLY REBUILT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL COMES ON

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFTED FROM NEUTRAL INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE ON ITS OWN. BEEN TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC ALUMINUM CLUTCH PISTON VALVE WAS SPLIT OPEN & IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WILL BE USING A STEEL CLUTCH PISTION WHICH WILL HOLD BETTER. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO CONTROL DUE TO A MALFUNCTION IN THE POWER STEERING PUMP. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT GEARS. WHEN STOPPING THE VEHICLE WILL JERK AND DOWNSHIFT LATE. WHEN ON AN INCLINE AND IN DRIVE POSITION, THE CAR WILL ROLL BACKWARDS. DEALER HAS VEHICLE NOW. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED WHILE DRIVING, HOWEVER WHEN CONSUMER CALLED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED PER RECALL DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR BECAUSE THE CAR HAD OVER 50,000 MILES. NLM

ENGINE OIL PAN IS RUSTING UNDER THE PAINT . DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED. *ET

WHEN STOPPING VEHICLE JUMPS FORWARD,AND WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION, VEHICLE ACTS AS IF IT IS IN NEUTRAL. THIS IS DUE TO A CRACKED PISTON. MECHANIC HAS FIXED IT. *AK

DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK INOPERATIVE. YH

CRUISE CONTROL HAS NOT WORKED FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS. WAS QUOTED $65 JUST TO LOOK AT IT. *AK

DUE TO THE LOCATION AND DESIGN OF THE FUEL LINE PLASTIC LINE IS PUSHED AGAINST THE FLOORBOARD AND SIDE PANEL WELD, THE WELD IS BENT, CAUSING A FUEL LEAKAGE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET AND GASKET COVER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, ALMOST CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AT 66,000 MILES. *AK

VEHICLES SHOOK WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE ENGINE MOUNTS CORRODING AWAY. DEALER REPLACED THE MOUNTS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WASHER AND INTERMITTENT WIPERS QUIT WORKING...NOT A FUSE PROBLEM..DEALER ESTIMATES $250.00 TO REPAIR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY LIGHTS WENT OUT THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES. AFTER DIMMING LIGHTS,CONTINUED ON. NO PROBLEMS UNTIL I TRIED DRIVING WITH "BRIGHTS' AGAIN,LIGHTS WENT OUT AGAIN...THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD IN 1998,AND HAD SWITCH REPLACED ON RECALL. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED. NLM

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE CRACKED AT 56,000 MILES, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL THE IGNITION SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED,THE IGNITION JAMS AND WOULD NOT RELEASE THE KEY CAUSING SHORT IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (96V-071). YH

RECALL 98V323000 FORD/SUBFRAME CORROSION; OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN JULY 1999. OWNER HAS CONTACTED DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER DOES NOT HAVE PARTS TO CORRECT RECALL. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE CITY ACATUALL DISPOSED OF THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF CONTINUING OVERHEATRING OF THE ENGINE. IT COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED AS HEAD GASKET PROBLEM, BUT AFTER RESEARCH AND RECENT PUBLICITY, I AM CONFIDENT THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. FORD SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOSS OF THIS POOR VEHICLE. *AK

SWAY BAR BRACKET WAS LOOSE AND MAKES NOISE. YH

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN HEAD-ON COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK