1995 Ford Taurus Complaint Log

THIS CAR HAS HAD HEAD GASKET REPLACED AT 56,000 UNDER RECALL #00M09. ACCORDING TO THE OUTSIDE REPAIR SHOP THAT I'VE TAKEN MY CAR TO FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS, THE ENGINE FAILURE IS DUE TO THE CRANKSHAFT NOT BEING PROPERLY FLUSHED WHEN THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPAIRED CAUSING LOWER END DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. HUNTINGTON BEACH FORD DENIES ANY RESPONSIBILITY . IF THE ENGINE FAILURE IS NOT A RESULT OF HEAD GASKET FAILURE, IT MUST BE A DEFECTIVE ENGINE BECAUSE I HAVE TAKEN IMPECABLE CARE OF THIS CAR AND HAVE ALL SERVICE RECORDS.*AKY

ALL RECORDS OF THE 3 SPEEDOMETERS PUT IN THIS CAR AT GREENHAW EDDINGS - THEY HAVE FULL SERVICE RECORD SINCE I PURCHASED FROM MY NEPHEW IN FL. WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. 2 SPEEDOMETER WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE 3RD ONE I HAD TO PAY HALF AND SUPPOSEDLY GREENHAW PAID THE OTHER HALF. I DID CONTACT FORD MOTOR ASKING IF THEY WERE HAVING SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. THEY SAID NO>. WHEN IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND I FELT FORD OWED ME REPLACEMENT TIL IT WAS FIXED. THE DEALER SAID NO. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID ON THE LAST ONE IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN - I ASKED WHY -- HE SAID BECAUSE FORD HAD A NEW REPLACEMENT. SO THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS. NOW IS HAS OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS DOING THE SAME [XXX] THING AGAIN. WHEN DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER ACTS LOOSE THE NEEDLE SWINGS BETWEEN 45MPH AND 70MPH. IT SEEMS TO ME THEY OWE ME RESTITUTION AND TO FIX THIS THING ... I HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH A PROBLEM AND CAN'T BELIEVE I AM THE ONLY ONE. CAN YOU HELP ME?*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH FORD AND THIS MOTOR IF ANYTHING THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY PROBLEM THINK OF YOUR FAMILY DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE GASKETS LET GO NOT A PRETTY SITE THINK SAFETY FOR EVERYBODY S SAKE. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WILL JUMP BACK AND FORTH INDICATING DIFFERENT SPEEDS. NLM THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN, SB051230, REGARDING THIS CONDITION. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO OPEN A RECALL. THE SPEEDOMETER ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AT OWNERS EXPENSE AT $657.20. *TT

WHILE DRIVING WOULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP OR REDUCE SPEED, BUT BRAKES WILL NOT ACTIVATE ON TIME. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WOULD STEP ON BRAKES PEDAL AND BRAKES WOULD NOT ACTIVATE, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING NOISE WAS COMING FROM ENGINE. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR THE PROBLEM, BUT DEALER COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS CAUSING THE NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN COULD HEAR LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL, HAD CONTACTED DEALER, BUT PROBLEM STILL THERE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THE DOOR PANELS AND MOLDING STRIP ON ALL 4 DOORS OF VEHICLE ARE COMING OFF, THIS IS THE SECOND REOCCURRENCE, AND THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. THE PROBLEM IS CAUSING THE DOORS NOT TO SHUT PROPERLY. *AK. ALSO THERE WAS WATER COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST, WHICH CAUSED THE MUFFLER TO RUST.*JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT STARTED FLASHING, IN CHECKING, FOUND A SHORT IN THE DRIVER?S SIDE AIR BAG, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER THEY FOUND A SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT REPAIR WOULD COST OVER $125.00. DEALER HAS DECLINED REPAIRS AS THEY FEEL THE AUTO IS TOO OLD AND HAS TOO MANY MILES. *YD

IGNITION SWITCH IS TURNED OFF AND ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I BOUGHT THE CAR ABOUT A YEAR AND HALF AGO AND RIGHT OFF WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. VERY DISAPPIONTED BECAUSE I LOVE MY FORDS I CHECKED THE FLUILDS AND KEPT IT UP HAD THE GASKET REPLACED. AND IT STILL JERKS INTO GEAR BUT ITS AN AUTOMATIC ! WHAT CONCERNS ME NOW MY I HAD MY ROTARS AND BRAKES REPLACED AND MY CAR IS STILL EATING UP TIRES TOO AND BOUNCING ALL OVER THE ROAD!! *AK

RECALL# 97V019000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01S30.GOT RECALL ON ENGINE COOLING FAN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND HAD IT REPAIRED. FAN MOTOR DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. TOOK BACK TO DEALER, BUT DEALER REFUSED TO LOOK AT VEHICLE. CALLED MANUFACTURER, MANUFACTURER INDICATED DEALERSHIP DIDN'T WANT ANY MORE CONTACT WITH CONSUMER. SUGGESTED GO TO ANOTHER DEALER.*AK *YD

THE CONSUMER WAS INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND HE SMELLED SMOKE COMING IN THROUGH THE VENTS FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. NLM THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. *YH

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO LOSE POWER. DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. DRIVER PULLED OVER, RAISED HOOD, AND NOTICED THAT WIRES IN HARNESS BEHIND ENGINE WERE ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFOMATION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

01 V 390 000/ENGINE COOLING FAN BEARING: VEHICLE IS STILL OVERHEATING. DEALER: HILL CREST FORD; HHUNTSVILLE, TX; PHONE# 936/295-3780 HAS INSTALLED CIRCUIT BREAKER, BUT REFUSED TO REPLACE FAN MOTOR. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

GOT RECALL NOTICE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO GET RECALL REPAIRED, BUT DEALER WOULD NOT HONOR RECALL NOTICE. CONSUMER HAD ALREADY REPLACED THE PARTS, EXCEPT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER, PREVIOUSLY. CALLED DEALER, AND TOLD ABOUT REPAIRS. DEALER URGED CONSUMER TO BRING VEHICLE IN ANYWAY.*AK

ANOTHER 1995 FORD TAURUS, 3.8L ENGINE BLOWS A HEAD GASKET, MISSED THE SO CALLED EXTENDED WARRANTY BY 3 MONTHS, WHAT A SHAME, A MINIMUM OF 1,200 TO 1,500 DOLLARS, OH WELL. ANOTHER POOR SUCKER PAYING FOR FORDS ENGINEERING. AM I JUST UNLUCKY OR DOES FORD HAVE IT FIGURED OUT WHEN THIS ENGINE IS GOING TO BLOW? WELL I'M FURIOUS THAT I HAVE TO TAKE A SECOND LOAN TO REPAIR THIS CAR, THE FIRST LOAN WAS TO BUY THIS CAR. *AK *TR

ENGINE FAN STOPPED OPERATING AND CAUSED ENGINE TO OVERHEATE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

DEALER "REPLACED" SPEEDOMETER AFTER IT WAS SHOWING SAME PROBLEMS AS WE'VE READ ON OTHER 95 TAURUSES. HOWEVER, THE ODOMETER STILL READ THE SAME -- DID THEY REALLY REPLACE IT? WITHIN ONE WEEK IT WAS HAVING THE SAME "JUMPY" PROBLEM. THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY "LUBRICATED" THE SPEEDOMETER CABLE, WHICH FIXED THE SITUATION FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE ARE TAKING THE CAR BACK TOMORROW TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY, NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN HOW MANY TAURUS OWNERS HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH SPEEDOMETERS.

I BROUGHT CAR IN TO CRYSTAL FORD FOR A VERY LOW NOISE PERIODIC THUMPING AS I DID ALMOST ONE YEAR AGO. ONE YEAR AGO THEY DID SOME MAJOR BRAKE WORK FOR THE NOISE BUT NOW FOR THIS SAME NOISE THEY SAID I NEED NEW SWAY BAR LINKS. THE STRAGE THING IS THAT AFTER I PICKED UP THE CAR AND BEGAN TO DRIVE HOME THE NOISE WAS MUCH MUCH LOUDER AND DIFFERENT FROM THE NOISE WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN. IT IS NOT THE PERIODIC NOISE BUT A LOUD GRINDING SOUND. HAS CRYSTAL FORD DAMAGED THE CAR TO EARN MORE FROM SERVICE? IF SO THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE CUSTOMER. IT IS VERY STRANGE THAT THE NOISE IS LOUDER AND DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I HAD WHEN I CAME IN. ALSO WHAT IS STRANGE IS THAT LAST YEAR WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR THE SAME NOISE THEY DID A DIFFERENT REPAIR JOB.*AK

NHTSA# 01 V 390 000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01S38 CONCERNING ENGINE COOLING FAN BEARING. VEHICLE HAD NO PROBLEM UNTIL DEALER: CHGNOWETH, FORD; CLARKBURG, WV; PHONE# 304-623-6501 COMPLETED RECALL REPAIRS. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE IS STARTING TO OVERHEAT WHILE DRIVING, DEALER NOTIFIED AND IS NOT WILLING TO ASSIST. *AK *TT

VEHICLE COOLING FAN STOPPED OPERATING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 01 V 390 000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01S30 CONCERNING ENGINE COOLING FAN BEARING: H&L FORD IN AUBURN, NY. PHONE# 315/252-7255 WAS UNABLE TO HONOR RECALL BECAUSE OF NO PARTS AVAILABLE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER BROUGHT VEHICLE IN FOR RECALL 01V390000. HOWEVER, RECALL REPAIRS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED DUE TO CICUIT BREAKER PART WHICH WAS NOT IN STOCK. CONSUMER ARRIVED FOR SECOND APPOINTMENT DEALERSHIP WAS CLOSED. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT

THE ENGINE COOLING FAN FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 01I-011,THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS WILL NOT LATCH, CAUSING DRIVER AND PASSENGER NOT TO BE SAFE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS A/C CLUTCH HUB WAS REPLACED.*SLC

I AM APPAULED AT THE AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE FORD TAURUS THAT I PURCHASED. I AM CURRENTLY WITHOUT A CAR WHILE I WAIT FOR THE FUSE IN THE RADIATOR TO BE REPLACED ( WHICH LEAD TO THE FAN MOTOR IN THE RADIATOR AND THE RADIATOR ITSELF TO BE REPLACED AS WELL). THE FIRST RECALL, WHICH WAS THE HEAD GASKET, TOOK A TOTAL OF THREE MONTHES TO BE REPAIRED, THREE MONTHES I SPENT HITCHING RIDES. IN THE LETTER, EACH TIME THEY HAVE PROMISED ME A RENTAL CAR, AND EACH TIME, NO CARS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE, AND IF CARS ARE AVAILABLE, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RENT ONE TO ME BECAUSE I AM A COLLEGE STUDENT WHO IS NOT TWENTY ONE. I AM DEEPLY OFFENDED AT THE FACT THAT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY CAN GET AWAY WITH MAKING ME PAY TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND I AM STILL LEFT WALKING ON THE SIDE OF I-75 ON THE COLDEST SAY OF THE YEAR (HEAD GASKET INCIDENT). IN SUMMARY, IF A GROCERY STORE SELLS YOU BAD BANANAS, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR MONEY BACK. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY COMMENTS, AND I HOPE OTHERS FEEL THE SAME WAY. P.S. ALL OF THE ABOVE IS FACTUAL AND A JOKE. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A VIBRATION COMING FROM ENGINE. *AK. CONSUMER STATED THE VIBRATION FROM THE ENGINE IS COMING FROM THE SUPPORTS OF THE MOTOR.*YH

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY MPH COULD STEP ON BRAKES PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT IT WILL NOT STOP. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY MPH AND STEPIN GON ACCELERATOR , ENGINE WILL NOT ACCELERATE, JUST LIKE MENTIONED IN RECALL # 97 V 025 000/ THROTTLE CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE COULD OVERHEAT MOST OF THE TIME WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER NEEDS TO STOP VEHICLE AND LET THE ENGINE TO COOL DOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WAS GOING 45MPH AND SLID INTO A POLE HEAD ON. FRONT END WAS TOTALED. UPON IMPACT, FRONT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY, CAUSING FACIAL INJURY TO DRIVER. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. DEALER DETERMINED ALL BELTS WERE TORN, COMPRESSOR HAD LOCKED UP AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

NHTSA RECALL 01-V-390-000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01S30 DEALER WAS CONTACTED 3 WEEKS AGO TO SERVICE RECALL BUT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. CONSUMER RECEIVED A CALL ON 22-JAN-02 TO COME IN ON 23-JAN-02, AND WAS TOLD PARTS WERE NOT IN. DEALERSHIP FORD BURTS ARAPASOE, 10039 ARAPASOE RD, ENGLEWOOD, CO. 80112. PHONE NUMBER 3003-643-9000. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER VEHICLE HEATED UP, CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND TURNED OFF VEHICLE, BUT IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALER. *AK*SLC

SPEEDOMETER JUMPS TO 85 MPH WHEN DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT WAS UNABLE TO ORDER A REPLACEMENT PART. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

SPEEDOMETER HAD TO BE REPLACED AT THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND MILES. CONSUMER SPEEDOMETER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ONCE AGAIN AT FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT FORD HAS DISCONTINUED THAT COMPONENT. AS A RESULT, SPEED CANNOT BE READ ONCE VEHICLE EXCEEDS 45MPH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 01 V 390 000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01S30 CONCERNING ENGINE COOLING FAN BEARING. DEALER JOHNSON FORD; KINGSTON, NY; PHONE 845/338-7800, EXT 642 UNABLE TO HONOR RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT. FRONT-END RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, BUT THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING OF A BLOWOUT HEAD GASKET. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR A REGULAR MAONTENANCE CHECK, AND MECHANIC INDICATED THAT HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER FOR VEHICLE TO RUN.*AK

RECALL 01 V 390 000/ENGINE COOLING FAN BEARING: UABLE TO GET RECALL HONORED. DEALER: H&L FORD; AUBURN, NY; PHONE # 315/252-7250 STATED NO PART WAS AVAILABLE. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE PLASTIC PIECE THAT ATTATCHES THE TWO STRAPS ON HER CHEST BROKE OPEN AND SHE HIT THE BACK OF MY DRIVERS SIDE SEAT.

BRAKE LIGHT FLASHES ON DASHBOARD. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE STILL OVERHEATS AFTER REPLACING ENGINE. AS SOON AS TEMPERATURE GAUGE MOVED IN THE RED, PULLED VEHICLE OVER TO COOL OFF. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE ABOUT 30 MILES AND STOPPED, VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING AND CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDERHOOD. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

RECALL 01S30/01M09 TO REPLACE A CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR COOLING FAN. THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE. DEALER IS ASTRUCCI FORD. STATE ROUTE 28, THE SERVICE MANAGER IS GARY. *AK

TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL 01V39000 REPAIRS OF ENGINE COOLING FAN. HOWEVER, PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK *YH

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60MPH ENGINE BLEWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL, ALSO ALMOST EVERYTHING WAS DOWN, CONTACTED DEALER. *AK DEALER STATED THERE IS A RECALL HOWEVER CONSUMER NEVER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE. VEHICLE WAS 29 DAYS OVER THE 7 YEAR WARRANTY. CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *TT