1994 Ford Taurus Body & Structure Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN WHEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL POP NOISE. WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE CRADLE BOLT WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED THE FAILURE AND ORDERED THE PART NEEDED FOR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 98V323000 (STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS) AND ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS THEN CONTACTED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. UPDATED 9/20/11 *CN UPDATED 10/11/11

THE FRONT LOWER SUBFRAME MOUNT PLATE NUT DROPPED. THERE WAS LOSS OF THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE SUBFRAME MOUNT ATTACHMENT. DETACHMENT OF THE BODY MOUNTS AT THE FRONT CORNERS OF THE SUBFRAME, WHICH SUPPORTS THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, ALLOWED THE FRONT CORNERS OF THE SUBFRAME TO DROP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH HE HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND SHUT OFF. UPON EXAMINATION HE NOTICED THAT THE SUB FRAME FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE AND WAS NOT EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 75,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOWER THAN USUAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED A CRACK IN THE FRAME THAT CAUSED THE REAR SUSPENSION TO LOWER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO MADE A CLUNKING SOUND. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE STRUTS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 190,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE WENT THROUGH STATE INSPECTION AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR ENGINE MOUNT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS A RECALL FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 98V323000 (STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS); HOWEVER, THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE RECALL IN THEIR SYSTEM. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000. UPDATED 10/07/08. *LJ UPDATED 10/10/08. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS FIRST DEPRESSED. A MECHANIC STATED THAT THE REAR SUBFRAME OF THE ENGINE MOUNT WAS CORRODED. THE PURCHASE DATE, SPEED, AND MILEAGE INFORMATION WERE UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 5/6/08 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THEY HAVE AGREED TO REPAIR THIS VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL AND REPAIRS ARE NOW COMPLETE. UPDATED 05/06/08 *TR

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ON HIS VEHICLE. RECALL # 98V323000. THE WASHER CORRODED. THE CONSUMER SAID THE INCIDENT HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT. THE CONSUMERS WIFE HIT HER HEAD BUT SHE WAS NOT HURT VERY BAD. DEALER STATED IT WAS THE RECALL PROBLEM BUT THE MANUFACTURER SAID IT WAS NOT THE RECALL. DEALER WILL NOT FIX IT WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. *JB

RECALL FOR 1994 FORD TAURUS, RECALL WAS NEVER IMPLEMENTED. *BF RECALL#98V323000. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED BUT IT WASN'T. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED T6HA T FRAME BROKE CLOSE TO MOTOR MOUNT. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT RECALL 98V32300 ISSUED ON DECEMBER 15, 1998 CONCERNING STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS DEFECT. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MANUFACTURED IN THE STATE WHERE THE PROBLEM HAPPENED.*AK THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE, SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. ENGINE APPEARED LOWER THAN NORMAL AND THE BODY MOUNTS ON SUBFRAME SEPARATED DUE TO CORROSION.*TS *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE REAR STRUCTURE/FRAME OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT FRAME HAS A DESIGN DEFECT.

AFTER THE RECALL FOR THE SUBFRAME WAS PERFORMED, THE SUBFRAME BROKE. RECALL # 98 V 323 000.*JB

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE, AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH ON A HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE DROPPED DOWN ON TO THE STEERING MECHANISM MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE. *YH

NHTSA RECALL 98 V 323 000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 98S36 CONCERNING SUBFRAME CORROSION: A DETACHMENT OF BODY MOUNTS HAD OCCURRED WHILE PARKING AND CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN OPENING DRIVER'S DOOR INSTEAD OF STAYING OPEN IT WILL COME BACK AND HIT DRIVER'S LEG. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES.*AK

SUBFRAME BODY MOUNT BECAME DETACHED AND VEHICLE STARTED TO SWERVE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE. *AK

SUBFRAME ASSEMBLY, RIGHT SIDE, FRONT ROD MOUNTING HOLE CORRODED THROUGH.

SUBFRAME FAILED WHILE MAKING A TURN. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT STEERING JAMMED. *SLC

SUBFRAME IS CORRODED, LIKE IN RECALL 98V323000, YET THIS VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF RECALL.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 5 MPH A POPPING NOISE WAS COMING FROM BOTTOM OF VEHICLE A TECHNICIAN HAD FOUND OUT THAT FRAME WAS COMING APART AND HAD TO BE WELDED AGAIN.*AK