1989 FORD TAURUS Problems & Recalls

THE BALL END BROKE OFF THE TIE ROD.

Mileage: 190,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1989 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS HE ATTEMPTED TO SECURE THE SEATBELT, THE ENTIRE SEATBELT BECAME DETACHED FROM THE ANCHORAGE CABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 215,000.

Mileage: 215,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1989 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, HE NOTICED THAT WHEN HE TRIED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, HE WAS UNABLE TO DEACTIVATE THE CRUISE CONTROL USING THE BRAKE PEDAL. HE ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN USING THE BRAKES BUT HAD TO DEACTIVATE...

Mileage: 96,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 1989 FORD TAURUS GLS. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TRIED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UP TO 85 MPH. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF AS THE SPEED INCREASED. THE CONT...

Mileage: 10,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1989 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE DRIVER ACCIDENTLY STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND UNEXPECTEDLY, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN AND C...

Mileage: 150,000

HAVING TO MANY PROBLEMS WITH TIRE, HEATING, BRAKES, SUSPENSION I CHANGE THIS PARTS LIKE 3 TIMES. *TR

HAVING TO MANY PROBLEMS WITH TIRE, HEATING, BRAKES, SUSPENSION I CHANGE THIS PARTS LIKE 3 TIMES. *TR

HAVING TO MANY PROBLEMS WITH TIRE, HEATING, BRAKES, SUSPENSION I CHANGE THIS PARTS LIKE 3 TIMES. *TR

HAVING TO MANY PROBLEMS WITH TIRE, HEATING, BRAKES, SUSPENSION I CHANGE THIS PARTS LIKE 3 TIMES. *TR

HAVING TO MANY PROBLEMS WITH TIRE, HEATING, BRAKES, SUSPENSION I CHANGE THIS PARTS LIKE 3 TIMES. *TR

THIS WAS ON A 1989 FORD TAURUS L . AFTER REAR BRAKE REPAIRS THE BRAKE LINE FROM THE PROPORTIONING VALVE TO THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE HOSE SPRUNG A LEAK AND ALL BRAKING WAS LOST. DUE TO THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE THIS BRAKE LINE LIKELY BROKE DUE TO YEARS OF CORROSION FROM ROAD SALTS AND OTHER SOURCES DURING B...

Mileage: 150,000

SUNDAY AT 11:45 AM, I LEFT MY HOUSE TO GO TO WORK AT WAL-MART. AT ABOUT 4:30 PM, A CUSTOMER AT WAL-MART CAME IN THE STORE AND TOLD US THAT A CAR WAS ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. I WENT OUTSIDE TO SEE WHO CAR IT WAS. IT WAS MINE. IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE DASH. THE WHOLE DASH IS GONE. THE F...

WHILE DRIVING MY 1989 FORD TAURUS SEDAN AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30 PM I EXPERIENCED AN APPARENT BLOWOUT OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. IN THE DARK, MY 13 YEAR OLD SON AND I CHANGED THE TIRE PUTTING ON THE TEMPORARY SPARE AND WE DROVE DIRECTLY TO THE LOCAL...

Mileage: 95,746

WHILE DRIVING MY 1989 FORD TAURUS, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG, AND THE CAR BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. FORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT NEAR ANY OTHER CARS, AND ONLY 1 BLOCK FROM HOME, SO WITH BRUTE FORCE I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR BACK TO MY DRIVEWAY. INSPECTION FOUND THAT BOTH REAR CORNERS OF THE SUB FR...

Mileage: 153,389

CAR TRAVELING 50 MPH DOWN A DRY DIRT ROAD, WITH NO REASON CAR ENDED UP SPINNING 5 TIMES AND BEING STOPPED BY A TREE. A LOUD THUMP WAS HEARD JUST PRIOR TO LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE CAR. INVESTIGATION DONE. ENGINE HAD DROPPED, COULD HAVE BEEN AT TIME OF IMPACT. I WONDER IF THIS AUTO EVEN THOUGH IT WA...

WE HAVE A 1989 TAURUS W/OD TRANSMISSION THAT SHIFTS HARD AND ROUGH, ALSO THE FRONT AND REAR RATTLES AND SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING TO FALL OFF. WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE RECALLS FOR THIS ON OUR VEHICLE. THE PAINT IS BLISTERING WITH ORANGE RUST COMING THROUGH, AND THE STEARING (POWER W/TILT) HAS A JERK I...

Mileage: 95,000

WE HAVE A 1989 TAURUS W/OD TRANSMISSION THAT SHIFTS HARD AND ROUGH, ALSO THE FRONT AND REAR RATTLES AND SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING TO FALL OFF. WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE RECALLS FOR THIS ON OUR VEHICLE. THE PAINT IS BLISTERING WITH ORANGE RUST COMING THROUGH, AND THE STEARING (POWER W/TILT) HAS A JERK I...

Mileage: 95,000

WE HAVE A 1989 TAURUS W/OD TRANSMISSION THAT SHIFTS HARD AND ROUGH, ALSO THE FRONT AND REAR RATTLES AND SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING TO FALL OFF. WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE RECALLS FOR THIS ON OUR VEHICLE. THE PAINT IS BLISTERING WITH ORANGE RUST COMING THROUGH, AND THE STEARING (POWER W/TILT) HAS A JERK I...

Mileage: 95,000

WE HAVE A 1989 TAURUS W/OD TRANSMISSION THAT SHIFTS HARD AND ROUGH, ALSO THE FRONT AND REAR RATTLES AND SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING TO FALL OFF. WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE RECALLS FOR THIS ON OUR VEHICLE. THE PAINT IS BLISTERING WITH ORANGE RUST COMING THROUGH, AND THE STEARING (POWER W/TILT) HAS A JERK I...

Mileage: 95,000

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE THEN THE LEFT FRONT DROPPED TO THE GROUND. CONSUMER GOT OUT TO EXAMINE THE VEHICLE, AND NOTICED THE TIRE WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE RIM. VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE, AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A SHOP. THE TIRE WAS TAKEN OFF. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE COIL SPRING...

THE FRONT AND REAR SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT RETRACT BACK TO THE LOCKING POSITION. TH DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED BUT THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *NM

Mileage: 62,000

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BUCKLE THE SEAT BELT ANCHORING CABLE BROKE FROM ITS ANCHOR. DEALER CLAIMED THAT THE CABLE BROKE DUE TO EXTENSIVE WEAR AND TEAR. MANUFACTURER WOULD BE INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 200,000

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 NEV...

Mileage: 90,090

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT LATCH. DEALER NOTIFIED

I BOUGHT MY 1989 FORD TAURUS IN JUNE OF 2001. IN THE PAPERWORK FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNERS WAS INFO. ON A RECALL/EXTENDED WARRANTY DATED 4/98 REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH SEATBELT BUCKLES. I RECENTLY HAD DIFFICULTIES WITH MY SEATBELT BUCKLES AND TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS CONSEQUENTLY TOLD IT WA...

I BOUGHT MY 1989 FORD TAURUS IN JUNE OF 2001. IN THE PAPERWORK FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNERS WAS INFO. ON A RECALL/EXTENDED WARRANTY DATED 4/98 REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH SEATBELT BUCKLES. I RECENTLY HAD DIFFICULTIES WITH MY SEATBELT BUCKLES AND TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS CONSEQUENTLY TOLD IT WA...

I BOUGHT MY 1989 FORD TAURUS IN JUNE OF 2001. IN THE PAPERWORK FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNERS WAS INFO. ON A RECALL/EXTENDED WARRANTY DATED 4/98 REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH SEATBELT BUCKLES. I RECENTLY HAD DIFFICULTIES WITH MY SEATBELT BUCKLES AND TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS CONSEQUENTLY TOLD IT WA...

THE CHASSIS MOUNTS ON THE REAR OF THE SUBFRAME CORRODED AND BROKE WHICH ALLOWED THE FRAME TO SEPARATE FRONT HE BODY. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *MR *CB *NLM

Mileage: 53,000

VEHICLES' ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. *MR

Mileage: 60,000

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

Mileage: 60,000

I HAVE A 1989 FORD TAURUS WITH AN IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE FOR 1 YEAR AND YESTERDAY WHEN IT WOULDN'T START, IT KEPT CRANKING ON IT'S OWN EVEN AFTER I PULLED THE KEY OUT. IT THEN STATRED SMOKING FROM UNDER THE DASH AND I HAD TO JUMP OUT AND DISCONECT THE BATTERY! FORD RECALL...

WHILE DRIVING APRX. 55MPH BACK PASSENGER TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW, CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICAL (SEDAN) AND GOING INTO A SPIN (TIRE SIZE: P205/70R15 95S),(DOT: W2M0 R3B), (MODEL TYPE: STEEL BELTED RADIAL), (MAKE: FIRESTONE FR360). I HAVE 2 YOUNG CHILDREN THAT WHERE IN THE VEHICAL WITH ME. IN ...

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING.*JB

1989 FORD TAURUS LX. *PH *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**768109

Mileage: 71,775

WHILE DRIVING POWER BUCKET SEAT SOMEHOW DETACHED FROM FRAME/FLOOR? SEAT IS WOBBLING AROUND, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE VEHICLE DUE TO A MOUNTING BRACKET FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

SEATBELT BUCKLE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

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

VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED CAUSE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK

ENGINE WOULD STALL WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, DEALER REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE. *SLC

CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS VEHICLE, HOWEVER IN 1994 THE FRONT SEAT BELT STOPPED WORKING AND THE BELT WOULD NO LONGER SECURE THE SEAT BELT, THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT THE CONSUMERS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED, SO CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS, CONSUMER RECENTLY RECEIVED RECALL 98V323, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REI...

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEATBELT WON'T STAY FASTENED, AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WON'T RETRACT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

JIM DANDY TRANSMISSION REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. NOW I HAVE MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEARING LEAKING WHERE THERE WAS NO LEAKS AND THE POWER STEARING WORKED FINE BEFORE THEY WORKED ON MY TAURUS THEY ARE LOCATED ON CALLEN STREET IN VACAVILLE CA. PHONE 449-8282. I FEEL THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE F...

JIM DANDY TRANSMISSION REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. NOW I HAVE MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEARING LEAKING WHERE THERE WAS NO LEAKS AND THE POWER STEARING WORKED FINE BEFORE THEY WORKED ON MY TAURUS THEY ARE LOCATED ON CALLEN STREET IN VACAVILLE CA. PHONE 449-8282. I FEEL THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE F...

JIM DANDY TRANSMISSION REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. NOW I HAVE MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEARING LEAKING WHERE THERE WAS NO LEAKS AND THE POWER STEARING WORKED FINE BEFORE THEY WORKED ON MY TAURUS THEY ARE LOCATED ON CALLEN STREET IN VACAVILLE CA. PHONE 449-8282. I FEEL THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE F...

JIM DANDY TRANSMISSION REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. NOW I HAVE MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEARING LEAKING WHERE THERE WAS NO LEAKS AND THE POWER STEARING WORKED FINE BEFORE THEY WORKED ON MY TAURUS THEY ARE LOCATED ON CALLEN STREET IN VACAVILLE CA. PHONE 449-8282. I FEEL THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE F...

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 INF...

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 INF...

AFTER HAVING DRIVEN CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES, AND PARKED IT, AND WITHIN 2-3 MINUTES AFTERWARDS, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PUT FIRE OUT.*AK

WHEN THE SEAT BRACKETS FAILED I HAD JUST SAT DOWN IN THE VEHICLE I NOTIFIED THE FORD MOTER COMPANY OF THIS PROBLEM AND ALL THAT THEY SAID WAS THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THIS SERVES A SERIOUS RISK FORMY SELF AND MY FAMILY AND I CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIX TIS PROBLEM ON MY OWN...

THE POWER STEERING PUMP IS BAD,WHILE SITTING AT A DAIRY QUEEN ANOTHER FORD TARUS WAGON HAD POWER STEERING PROBLEMS TOO. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW IS OFF TRACK, WINDOW WILL NOT STAY UP. ALSO, REAR SEATBELT RETRACTOR BROKE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEMS.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW IS OFF TRACK, WINDOW WILL NOT STAY UP. ALSO, REAR SEATBELT RETRACTOR BROKE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEMS.*AK

AS I DRIVE MY CAR IT SHUTS OFF. I CAN ONLY RUN IT FOR 15 MINUTES AT A TIME . IVE AVOIDED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS WHAT CAN I DO ?*AK

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 COOLA...

TEMPORARY SPARE EXPLODED SPONTANEOUSLY INSIDE IT'S STORAGE COMPARTMENT. IT WAS INFLATED TO 60 PSI OR LESS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: FNY2A2HX TIRESIZE: T135/80R14)

THE VEHICLE HAD OIL-LIKE ODOR CAUSED BY THE OVERHEATED TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE VEHICLE ALSO LURCHS WHEN IN GEAR AND WHEN STOPPED. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE. FINALLY,THE OVERDRIVE MODE FAILED AND THE TRANSMISSION COULD NOT ENGAGE AT ALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE TRANSMISSION DEFECT...

BOTH REAR MOUNTING BOLTS ON SUBFRAME FAILED AT 15MPH. RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY. THERE WAS A VERY LOUD BANG, I WAS TURNING A CORNER WHEN THE COMPONENTS FAILED. IT WAS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE SAFELY. IT WAS AS IF THE STEERING WAS LOCKED. FURTHER CONTACT TO DEALER FOR RE...

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: REGULATOR FAILED. *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 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 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 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 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 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 ...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

1) ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE MICHAEL BALLACHEY INITIALLY RULED THAT FORD MUST RECALL AS MANY AS 1.7-MILLION VEHICLES IN CALIFORNIA. A FINAL DECISION ON THE RECALL IS EXPECTED IN MARCH 2001. IF THE RECALL PROCEEDS, FORD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS WHAT TO DO.*AK

RECALL 97 I 003 000/SEAT BELT BUCKLES: DEALER, R.E. BARBER FORD, HOLLAND, MI; PHONE # 616/396-2361 REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS SOLD IN 1988, IN SAFETY INPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN WHICH PROVIDED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, 12 YEAR AND UNLIMITED MILEAGE FOR ALL SEAT BELT BUCKLES ASSEMBLY FROM DA...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CAR STALLS AT STOPS AND TURNS WHEN WARM,USUALLY AFTER FREEWAY. *AK

HEAD GASKET IS LOCATED TOO CLOSE TO RADIATOR CAUSING PREMATURE FAILURE.*AK

3 OF 4 TIRES WITH SEPARATED TREAD AT 25,000 MILES OF 50,000 RATED. BOTH FRONT TIRES HAS SIDEWALL SEPARATION ALSO DOWN TO INNER LINER. ALL FAILED IN SAME TIME FRAME. TIRES BOUGHT NEW 2 YEARS AGO. *AK (TIRESIZE: P205/70R14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/70R14 )

I HAVE HAD NUMERUS STALLING &/OR LACK OF POWER WHILE TRAVELING IN HOT WEATHER! I FIRST STARTED IN OCT. OF 97 WHEN TRAVELING TO SAN DIEGO. WE WERE STRANDED IN L.A. ON THE WAY DOWN, AND IN EAST L.A. ON THE WAY HOME. UPON RETURNING HOME, I REPLACED THE IDLE AIR MOTOR AT A COST OF OVER $300. SINCE T...

WHILE MAKING A SLOW TURN AT 15 MPH, CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE FROM UNDER HOOD. ALSO, SMOKE COMING INTO INTERIOR. STOPPED AND OPENED HOOD, FLAMES FROM REAR OF ENGINE. *AK

WHILE TURNING IN A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION, VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY PUT IN FUEL INJECTION CLEANER. IT HELPED FOR A WHILE, BUT PROBLEM KEEPS REOCCURRING. *AK VEHICLE STALLS WHEN WEATHER CHANGES, WHILE WAITING FOR A LIGHT TO CHANGE, WHILE TURNING, AND WHILE BACKING ...

SEATBELT LOCATED IN SECOND SEAT IS OPERABLE, BUT SEATBELT RETRACTOR DOESN'T WORK. *AK

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

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE MAKE A STOP AT ANY TIME VEHICLE WOULD STALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE, FIRST TIME WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, THE SECOND ONE COST $1800. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURHTER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WILL STALL SUDDENLY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, USUALLY STALLS ON HIGHWAY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO DEALER 6 TIMES . DEALER CANNOT NOT DETERMINE DEFECT BECAUSE BY TIME VEHICLE ARRIVES AT DEALERS VEHICLE WILL RESTART.*AK THE INTAKE GASKET WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS REPL...

VEHICLE WILL STALL SUDDENLY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, USUALLY STALLS ON HIGHWAY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO DEALER 6 TIMES . DEALER CANNOT NOT DETERMINE DEFECT BECAUSE BY TIME VEHICLE ARRIVES AT DEALERS VEHICLE WILL RESTART.*AK THE INTAKE GASKET WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS REPL...

VEHICLE WILL STALL SUDDENLY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, USUALLY STALLS ON HIGHWAY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO DEALER 6 TIMES . DEALER CANNOT NOT DETERMINE DEFECT BECAUSE BY TIME VEHICLE ARRIVES AT DEALERS VEHICLE WILL RESTART.*AK THE INTAKE GASKET WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS REPL...

VEHICLE WILL STALL SUDDENLY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, USUALLY STALLS ON HIGHWAY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO DEALER 6 TIMES . DEALER CANNOT NOT DETERMINE DEFECT BECAUSE BY TIME VEHICLE ARRIVES AT DEALERS VEHICLE WILL RESTART.*AK THE INTAKE GASKET WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS REPL...

VEHICLE WILL STALL SUDDENLY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, USUALLY STALLS ON HIGHWAY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO DEALER 6 TIMES . DEALER CANNOT NOT DETERMINE DEFECT BECAUSE BY TIME VEHICLE ARRIVES AT DEALERS VEHICLE WILL RESTART.*AK THE INTAKE GASKET WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS REPL...

VEHICLE WILL STALL SUDDENLY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, USUALLY STALLS ON HIGHWAY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO DEALER 6 TIMES . DEALER CANNOT NOT DETERMINE DEFECT BECAUSE BY TIME VEHICLE ARRIVES AT DEALERS VEHICLE WILL RESTART.*AK THE INTAKE GASKET WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS REPL...

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE, AND WILL START UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER STOPPED FOR A RED LIGHT AND VEHICLE STALLED OUT, COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER, VEHCILE WOULD START. CONSUMER FELT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH STALLING.*AK

EVER SINCE I'VE HAD THIS CAR IT HAS BEEB A MONEY PIT. I BOUGHT IT AN WAS NOT AWRE OF ALL OF THE PROPLEMS THIS MODEL WAS HAVING. THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP WAS ALSO REPLACED. THE ELCERTICAL WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT FIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. I AM DISABLED AND IT COULD HAVE GIVE...

EVER SINCE I'VE HAD THIS CAR IT HAS BEEB A MONEY PIT. I BOUGHT IT AN WAS NOT AWRE OF ALL OF THE PROPLEMS THIS MODEL WAS HAVING. THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP WAS ALSO REPLACED. THE ELCERTICAL WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT FIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. I AM DISABLED AND IT COULD HAVE GIVE...

EVER SINCE I'VE HAD THIS CAR IT HAS BEEB A MONEY PIT. I BOUGHT IT AN WAS NOT AWRE OF ALL OF THE PROPLEMS THIS MODEL WAS HAVING. THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP WAS ALSO REPLACED. THE ELCERTICAL WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT FIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. I AM DISABLED AND IT COULD HAVE GIVE...

EVER SINCE I'VE HAD THIS CAR IT HAS BEEB A MONEY PIT. I BOUGHT IT AN WAS NOT AWRE OF ALL OF THE PROPLEMS THIS MODEL WAS HAVING. THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP WAS ALSO REPLACED. THE ELCERTICAL WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT FIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. I AM DISABLED AND IT COULD HAVE GIVE...

CONSUMER HAS HAD TO REPLACE THE MOTOR MOUNTS ON HIS VEHICLE. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE MOTOR MOUNTS BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED DUE TO VIN. *JG

VEHICLE HAS HAD 2 BLOWN HEAD GASKETS. *JG

VEHICLE HAS HAD CONTINUOS PROBLEMS WITH THE ALTERNATOR. *JG

CONSUMERS VEHICLE SUFFERED A BROKEN SUB-FRAME MOUNTS WHICH RENDERS THE STEERING OF THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. THERE IS A RECALL ON SUB-FRAME MOUNTS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *JG

CONSUMERS VEHICLE SUFFERED A BROKEN SUB-FRAME MOUNTS WHICH RENDERS THE STEERING OF THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. THERE IS A RECALL ON SUB-FRAME MOUNTS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *JG

ROTOR SEPARATED FROM HUB. *AK

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

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE RECALL REPAIR 92V-113 OF THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES, ONE MONTH AFTER REPAIR THE PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT CAME UNLATCHED, CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS THE SAME LATCH WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED. NLM

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH FELTA BUMPING RIDE, AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A TREAD SEPARATION ON THE LEFT REAR. CONSUMER KEPT CONTROL OF VEHICLE. NOT THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, FIRESTONE FR680 205/70R14 AND DOT # VDKEF6A383. *AK THE FIRST TIRE FAILED AFTER 28,000 MILES AND THE SECOND FAILED AFTER...

NO SUMMARY

3 SETS OF MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED, THE MOTOR MOUNTS HAVE BEEN RECALLED BUT CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. NLM

A BROKEN SUB-FRAME MOUNTS RENDERED THE STEERING INOPERABLE. NLM

5 ALTERNATORS FAILED. NLM

2 HEAD GASKETS BLEW. NLM

WE HAVE HAD THIS CAR REPAIRED REPEATEDLY FOR A LURCHING/JERKING PROBLEM. MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED, NEW CLUTCH, NEW TRANSMISSION, NEW BRAKES, NEW TIRES, IT IS STILL DOING THIS. IF THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF, SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET THE CAR TO TEMPORARILY STOP THE JERKING. WE ARE AGAIN, TAKING IT IN FOR REP...

WE HAVE HAD THIS CAR REPAIRED REPEATEDLY FOR A LURCHING/JERKING PROBLEM. MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED, NEW CLUTCH, NEW TRANSMISSION, NEW BRAKES, NEW TIRES, IT IS STILL DOING THIS. IF THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF, SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET THE CAR TO TEMPORARILY STOP THE JERKING. WE ARE AGAIN, TAKING IT IN FOR REP...

WE HAVE HAD THIS CAR REPAIRED REPEATEDLY FOR A LURCHING/JERKING PROBLEM. MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED, NEW CLUTCH, NEW TRANSMISSION, NEW BRAKES, NEW TIRES, IT IS STILL DOING THIS. IF THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF, SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET THE CAR TO TEMPORARILY STOP THE JERKING. WE ARE AGAIN, TAKING IT IN FOR REP...

WE HAVE HAD THIS CAR REPAIRED REPEATEDLY FOR A LURCHING/JERKING PROBLEM. MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED, NEW CLUTCH, NEW TRANSMISSION, NEW BRAKES, NEW TIRES, IT IS STILL DOING THIS. IF THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF, SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET THE CAR TO TEMPORARILY STOP THE JERKING. WE ARE AGAIN, TAKING IT IN FOR REP...

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (98V-323), WHICH CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO OTHER COMPONENTS, CONSUMER IS BEING DENIED REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH REPAIR INVOICE. *MJS

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

A PIECE OF THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH FELL INTO THE STEERING MECHANISM, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP WHILE CONSUMER WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. *AK

COIL SPRINGS BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

THE EVAPORATOR CORE COMES APART INSIDE, CAUSING THE SMALL LINE TO THE AIR SYSTEM TO BECOME CLOGGED THEREFORE CAUSING PRESSURE TO BUILD IN THE BIG LINE AND THEN EXPLODING APART RELEASING THE FREON INTO THE AIR I BELIVE THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MANUFACTURER TO REPAIR WITH PARTS THAT WILL L...

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

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN THE SEAT ADJUSTMENT SWITCH STUCK IN THE 'REAR-DIRECTION' POSITION. THE ELECTRIC MOTOR APPARENTLY OVERHEATED AND CAUSED THE FOAM TO CATCH FIRE. THE AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER WASN'T SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE, BUT THE UPHOLSTERER WAS, BECAUSE ...

CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL 92V-113 FOR THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES. NLM

EVERYONE THAT I TALK TO THAT HAS A FORD TAURUS FROM 88-89 ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS JUST NOT A COINCIDENCE , WHAT I AM ASKING IS THAT THIS PROBLEM BE LOOK INTO THIS IS MY FIRST CAR AND I REALLY LOVE IT AND WOULD HATE TO GET RID OF IT CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM T...

THESE STRUTS ARE USED ON THE FRONT AND REAR OF MANY MAKES OF MODEL CARS, MY PHYSICIAN SAYS THAT HE SEES MANY INJURIES OF THESE STRUTS FAILING ON HOODS AND TRUNK LIDS. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BOTH BEEN INJURED BY THESE FAILURES

I GOT AN EMISSION TEST AND A RECALL CAME UP ON THE SCREEN-CAT-REPLACEMENT BULLETIN#93E47 -RECALL. IS THIS TO REPLACE THE CAT.CONVERTERS ? NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS , MY CAR ALMOST FAILED EMISSION TEST SO THEY SAY

I GOT AN EMISSION TEST AND A RECALL CAME UP ON THE SCREEN-CAT-REPLACEMENT BULLETIN#93E47 -RECALL. IS THIS TO REPLACE THE CAT.CONVERTERS ? NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS , MY CAR ALMOST FAILED EMISSION TEST SO THEY SAY

THE RIGHT REAR MOUNTING BOLT ON THE SUBFRAME BROKE OFF WHERE IT SCREWS INTO THE MOUNTING PLATE IN THE BODY. THE STEERING ALIGNMENT AND TIGHTNESS WAS NEGATIVELY EFFECTED.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE JUMPS OUT OF GEAR. MANUIFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

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

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

DEALER CONTACTED 3 TIMES BY PHONE HAD VEHICLE CHECKED BY 2 GARAGES NO PROBLEM FOUND. NO SAFETY DEFECT (S) LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK

PUT A NEW UNIT ON IN SEPT.98 AND NOW AM GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. FLUID LEAKING OUT. ALSO SOMETIMES WHEN I STARTINCG THE CAR THERE IS A STRONG GAS SMELL , BUT IT GOES AWAY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND IT SEEMS THE RECALL ITEMS ARE SHOWING UP TOO. *AK

PUT A NEW UNIT ON IN SEPT.98 AND NOW AM GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. FLUID LEAKING OUT. ALSO SOMETIMES WHEN I STARTINCG THE CAR THERE IS A STRONG GAS SMELL , BUT IT GOES AWAY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND IT SEEMS THE RECALL ITEMS ARE SHOWING UP TOO. *AK

ENGINE AND MUFFLER FAILURE CAUSING LOSS OF POWER AND SMOKE, REPAIRS COMPLETED HOWEVER CONTINUES. MJS

ENGINE AND MUFFLER FAILURE CAUSING LOSS OF POWER AND SMOKE, REPAIRS COMPLETED HOWEVER CONTINUES. MJS

FORD NEEDS TO FIX THESE TRANSMISSIONS--WE'RE ON OUR FOURTH--THIS IS RIDICULOUS!

BOTH REAR DOORS ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO OPEN, FROM BOTH INSIDE AND OUT. THE DOORS ARE SO HARD TO OPEN THAT THE HANDLE ON THE LEFT REAR BROKE OFF. MY 10 YEAR OLD HAS TO PUSH ON THE DOOR WITH HER FEET TO GET IT OPEN. MY HUSBAND IS LARGE AND EVEN HE HAS A HARD TIME PULLING THE DOORS OPEN. *AK

EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE THE SCANNER IN THE CAR WILL SAY "BRAKE LAMP OUT" THEN SHORTLY AFTER THE BATTERY LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE CAR WILL DIE AND NOT START AGAIN.

RECALL REPAIR COMPLETED (91S36) REPLACED ROTORS, HOWEVER FRONT WHEEL BRAKES FAILED DUE TO DEEP GROOVE IN ROTOR AND FROZEN CALIPERS (1ST REPAIR 12-2-92 AT 14,595). MJS

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...

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...

TAILGATE AJAR WARNING LAMP STAYED ON EVEN WHEN TAILGATE LOOKED SECURELY CLOSED AND COULD NOT BE OPENED WITHOUT KEY. THE BOLT IN THE VEHICLE BODY THAT THE TAILGATE LATCH LOCKS ONTO HAD SHIFTED POSITION DUE TO A ONE AND A HALF INCH TEAR IN THE BODY SHEET METAL THAT BOLT WAS ATTACHED TO. VEHICLE HAS ...

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH THE REAR CORNER OF THE SUBFRAME BOLT BROKE, AND THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVIN.; VEHICLE INSPECTED BY INDEPENDENT SHOP AND INFORMED CONSUMERTHAT FIRE WAS CAUSED BY FUEL LEAKAGE.*AK

THE REAR SUBFRAME BOLTS PULLED THROUGH, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. ALSO THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION HAS DROPPED. DEALER SAID VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR A RECALL, AND DEALER ORDERED PARTS FOR THAT PROBLEM AND 4 OTHER RECALLS. CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER NEVER CONTACTED HER BACK WHEN PARTS CAME IN. *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 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

ALL SEATBELT BUCKLES I DO NOT FASTEN AT ALL. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE AS OF YET. *AK

ENGINE FIRE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). MJS

THERE WAS NOT A FIRE IN THAT I COULD SEE FLAME BUT FAST ESCAPING SMOKE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN NEAR THE IGNITION AND FROM THE FAR LEFT DASH RIGHT NEXT TO THE WINDSHEILD, I QUICKLY EVACUATED TWO YOUNG GIRLS FROM THE CAR IN CASE IT WENT INTO FLAMES. THE CAR WAS PURSHASED FROM MY BOYFRIEND AND HE KNEW...

THERE WAS NOT A FIRE IN THAT I COULD SEE FLAME BUT FAST ESCAPING SMOKE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN NEAR THE IGNITION AND FROM THE FAR LEFT DASH RIGHT NEXT TO THE WINDSHEILD, I QUICKLY EVACUATED TWO YOUNG GIRLS FROM THE CAR IN CASE IT WENT INTO FLAMES. THE CAR WAS PURSHASED FROM MY BOYFRIEND AND HE KNEW...

THERE WAS NOT A FIRE IN THAT I COULD SEE FLAME BUT FAST ESCAPING SMOKE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN NEAR THE IGNITION AND FROM THE FAR LEFT DASH RIGHT NEXT TO THE WINDSHEILD, I QUICKLY EVACUATED TWO YOUNG GIRLS FROM THE CAR IN CASE IT WENT INTO FLAMES. THE CAR WAS PURSHASED FROM MY BOYFRIEND AND HE KNEW...

THERE WAS NOT A FIRE IN THAT I COULD SEE FLAME BUT FAST ESCAPING SMOKE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN NEAR THE IGNITION AND FROM THE FAR LEFT DASH RIGHT NEXT TO THE WINDSHEILD, I QUICKLY EVACUATED TWO YOUNG GIRLS FROM THE CAR IN CASE IT WENT INTO FLAMES. THE CAR WAS PURSHASED FROM MY BOYFRIEND AND HE KNEW...

THERE WAS NOT A FIRE IN THAT I COULD SEE FLAME BUT FAST ESCAPING SMOKE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN NEAR THE IGNITION AND FROM THE FAR LEFT DASH RIGHT NEXT TO THE WINDSHEILD, I QUICKLY EVACUATED TWO YOUNG GIRLS FROM THE CAR IN CASE IT WENT INTO FLAMES. THE CAR WAS PURSHASED FROM MY BOYFRIEND AND HE KNEW...

MY UNCLE HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE PAINT ON THIS 89 TAURUS. HE MADE A COMPLAINT WITH FORD WHEN HE OWNED IT BUT THEY DID NOTHING.WHEN HE SOLD ME THE CAR HE GAVE ME WHOLE HISTORY OF THE CAR. THERE WAS A LETTER THAT HE WROTE TO FORD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PAINT. (I STILL HAVE THE LETTER IF YOU WOUL...

SHOULDER BELTS ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE BROKE. ALSO, RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER'S TIRE KEEPS GOING FLAT, AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRE FIVE TO SIX TIMES. FINALLY, THERE IS SOME TYPE OF KNOCKING NOISE WITHIN THE SUBFRAME. *AK

SHOULDER BELTS ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE BROKE. ALSO, RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER'S TIRE KEEPS GOING FLAT, AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRE FIVE TO SIX TIMES. FINALLY, THERE IS SOME TYPE OF KNOCKING NOISE WITHIN THE SUBFRAME. *AK

SHOULDER BELTS ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE BROKE. ALSO, RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER'S TIRE KEEPS GOING FLAT, AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRE FIVE TO SIX TIMES. FINALLY, THERE IS SOME TYPE OF KNOCKING NOISE WITHIN THE SUBFRAME. *AK

THE DRIVERS SEAT MOUNTING LUG BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO FLOP BACKWARD AT EVERY START. THE PIECE IS A SMALL STAMPED METAL BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE SEAT FRAME TO THE FLOOR. THE BREAK IS ABOUT 2 INCH LONG. HALF THE BREAK IS SHINY AND HALF IS RUSTY, INDICATING THAT THE PART MAY HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY BRO...

THE TAURUS IS THE WORST ENGINEERED CAR I HAVE EVER SEEN. - WFS

THE TAURUS IS THE WORST ENGINEERED CAR I HAVE EVER SEEN. - WFS

THE TAURUS IS THE WORST ENGINEERED CAR I HAVE EVER SEEN. - WFS

THE TAURUS IS THE WORST ENGINEERED CAR I HAVE EVER SEEN. - WFS

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND I NOTICED SMOKE AND THEN I STOPPED AD OPENED THE HOOD AND THEN I SAW FLAMES AND ALL THAT I SAW ON THE GROUND WAS ANTIFREEZE, BUT THE WIRING UNDER THE HOOD WAS ALL MELTED

IGNITION SWITCH BURNED. VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ABOUT 1/2 HOUR. *AK

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

SPARE TIRE EXPLODED WHILE IN THE SPARE COMPARTMENT CAUSING THE TRUNK LID TO BOW OUTWARD. MJS

SEATBELTS FOUND TO BE FAULTY, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (92V113000). REPAIRS NOT DONE, DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. HOWEVER, THE LIGHT COVER ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS BROKEN DURING THE INSPECTION OF THE SEATBELTS. *YC *YC

WHILE DRIVING ON A SLIGHT UPWARD INCLINE WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN INTO A GARAGE DOOR. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE VEHICLE DUE TO A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL WIRING. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS AT A STOP SIGN/LIGHT, ENGINE WOULD START TO RACE, AS IF IT WAS GOING TO TAKE OFF. WOULD HAVE KEEP FOOT ON BRAKES, AND TURN VEHICLE OFF. RESTARTED VEHICLE & PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR AGAIN. TOOK TO DEALER & PROBLEM WAS NOT LOCATED. HAS HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE. HAD TO DISCONNECT THE CRUISE C...

DRIVING DOWN STREET TOWARDS RED LIGHT. ATTEMPTED TO APPLY BRAKES AT NORMAL BRAKING DISTANCE, BRAKES SEEMED TO HAVE NO AFFECT, CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. APPLIED BRAKES TWO MORE TIMES. CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. IMPACT OCCURRED IN INTERSECTION. FINAL VELOCITY APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. *AK

DRIVING DOWN STREET TOWARDS RED LIGHT. ATTEMPTED TO APPLY BRAKES AT NORMAL BRAKING DISTANCE, BRAKES SEEMED TO HAVE NO AFFECT, CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. APPLIED BRAKES TWO MORE TIMES. CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. IMPACT OCCURRED IN INTERSECTION. FINAL VELOCITY APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. *AK

PLASTIC WHICH HOLD THE LATCH THAT GO INTO BUCKEL FELL APART; CAUSES THE SEAT BELT ON DRIVER SIDE TO BE INOPERATED. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THAT PART WAS NOT PART OF A RECALL. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED PULLING TO THE RIGHT. AS CONSUMER TURNED TO STRAIGHTEN THE WHEEL, STEERING DID NOT RESPOND, CONSUMER HIT A PARKED CAR. DEALER HS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

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

DISC SEPARATED FROM HUB. THIS IS THE FAILURE NOTED ON RECALL 91V134. I WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE RECALL DUE TO MISSOURI NOT BEING INCLUDED IN THE STATES FOR THAT RECALL. THE RECALL MENTIONS CORROSION DUE TO SALTS WHICH WOULD CERTAINLY APPLY TO THE ST. LOUIS AREA. WHY WOULD WE NOT BE INCLUDED IN TH...

RECALL REPAIR ON FAULTY BODY MOUNTS HAVE NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED DUE TO DEALER PROBLEM. NLM (98V-323)

CONSUMER RECIEVED RECALL LETTER. CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. RECALL NUMBER 98V323000, REAR SUBFRAME MOUNTS. *AK

AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR ONLY TWO MINUTES IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON DRIVER'S SIDE CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH IGNITION SYSTEM, RECENTLY THE WIRING UNDER THE DASH STARTER TO SMOKE. MJS

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 98V323000 & CONTACTED AT LEAST 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS. WAS INFORMED BY EACH THAT THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE & COULD NOT SET UP AN APPOINTMENT. *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

COIL SPRING BROKEN NEAR BASE.

RECALL 98V323000: RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE & NOTIFIED DEALER. WAS INFORMED NO PARTS AVAILABLE & WOULD CALL WHEN THEY ARRIVED. HAS BEEN WAITING OVER 2MONTHS & RECEIVED NO CALL. FINALLY CALLED DEALER & WAS INFORMED PARTS ON BACK ORDER FOR SUBFRAME. NOT SATISFIED WITH ANSWER. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH SEAT BELT RETRACTOR NOT WORKING PROPERLY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

WORK DONE AT RACETTE FORD IN OSHKOSH, MAINTAINENCE CHARGED FOR SAME WORK 2 AND 3 TIMES. DROVE CAR ONLY 303 MILES AFTER WORK COMPLETED CAR FAILED SAFETY INSPECTION. TRANSMISSION BLEW UP AFTER SERVICE PERFORMED BY DEALER. CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER AND DEALER RECIEVED NO SATISFACTION. SMALL CLAIMS COU...

DRIVER'S POWER ADJUSTED SEAT FRAME BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO RELEASE FROM THE UPRIGHT POSITION. *AK

POWER STEERING PERFORMS POORLY/STICKING. NM

TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN TURNING. NM

WAS TOLD BY FORD MOTOR CO. AND PARTICIPATING DEALER THAT SUBFRAME RECALL IS NOT WHAT CAUSED THE UNSAFE CONDITION OF SAID VEHICLE, WAS TOLD I AM RESPONISBLE FOR ENTIRE REPAIR BILL. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKET AND RADIATOR. MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKET AND RADIATOR. MJS

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 98V323000 & CONTACTED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS & HAD REPAIRS DONE. ON THE 2ND DAY AFTER REPAIRS (26 MAR 99), THE SUBFRAME BROKE & DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION. MANUFACTURER & DEALER WERE NOT PAYING FOR DAMAGE THAT OWNER DECLARES ARE AT FAULT & SHOULD PAY....

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED VEHICLE ACCELERATING AT INTERSECTION WHILE WATING FOR LIGHT TO CHANGE. ALL OF A SUDDEN VEHICLE COMMENCED TO ACCELERATE, FORCING VEHICLE INTO THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. POLICE WITNESSED INCIDENT WHEN IT OCCURRED. DEALER NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY WILL DO...

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT LOCKS ARE BROKEN AND WON'T LOCK. CONSUMER CAN'T USE THE SEAT BELTS.

SEAT BELT BUCKLES NOT REPAIRED UNDER RECALL AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS, DUE TO A LACK OF PARTS AT DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER ONLY HAS ONE FUNCTIONING SEAT BELT. (92V-113)

WHENEVER VEHICLE ACCELERATES, TRANSMISSION WOULD GRAB. THIS CAUSES AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEARS TO NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED, WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEARS AT ALL. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT & NEEDED REPLACING IT. *AK

RADIATOR LEAKING COOLANT.

HEAD GASKET FAILED.

TURN SIGNALS AND BLOWER MOTOR STOP WORKING. THEN STARTS WORK AGAIN, THEN STOP, THEN START, FUSES ARE OK, POWER WINDOW PASSENGER'S SIDE STOPS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, ALSO, POWER SEAT DOESN'T WORK, INTERMITTENTLY. SEVERAL OTHE R ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ARE EVIDENT INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

TURN SIGNALS AND BLOWER MOTOR STOP WORKING. THEN STARTS WORK AGAIN, THEN STOP, THEN START, FUSES ARE OK, POWER WINDOW PASSENGER'S SIDE STOPS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, ALSO, POWER SEAT DOESN'T WORK, INTERMITTENTLY. SEVERAL OTHE R ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ARE EVIDENT INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

TURN SIGNALS AND BLOWER MOTOR STOP WORKING. THEN STARTS WORK AGAIN, THEN STOP, THEN START, FUSES ARE OK, POWER WINDOW PASSENGER'S SIDE STOPS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, ALSO, POWER SEAT DOESN'T WORK, INTERMITTENTLY. SEVERAL OTHE R ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ARE EVIDENT INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOOSE. ALSO, VEHICLE IS PULLING TO THE LEFT AND THERE IS A SQEAKING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOOSE. ALSO, VEHICLE IS PULLING TO THE LEFT AND THERE IS A SQEAKING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

RECALL REPAIR COMPLETED PRIOR TO NOTICE ON THE REAR SUB-FRAME BODY MOUNTS (98S36).

RECALL 98S36. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED AND PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. HAS BEEN 60 DAYS, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BY ITSELF, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

SEAT BELT BUCKLE RECALL WORK NOT COMPLETED PROPERLY BY DEALERSHIP DUE TO LACK OF REPAIR PARTS.

VEHICLE DISMOUNTED FROM ITS FRAME WHILE DRIVING RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION AND INJURY TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION DID NOT KICK INTO GEAR. DEALER NOTIFIED AND EXPLAINED IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW, FORWARD CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, WHEN TRANSMISSION IS IN UPPER GEAR, A PISTON IS FRACTURED DUE TO POOR DESIGN. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

IN HOT WEATHER BLACK GREASE/OIL/RUBBER COMES FROM THE LEFT HAND SIDE ABOVE THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. LEAKS ONTO THE EMERGENCY BRAKES AND THE CARPET BY THE BRAKE PEDAL. DEALER CONTACTED, AND CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK.ET.

MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO DROP.

CONSUMER HAS A RECALL LETTER, AND DEALER WILL NOT HONOR IT. DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM SO HE WILL NOT REPAIR IT. MANUFACTURER RECALL# 97M90/NHTSA RECALL# 97I003000. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 50 MPH AND OVER CRUISE CONTROL GETS STUCK, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE IN ORDER TO COME TO A STOP. *AK

BODY MOUNTS AT REAR CORNERS OF SUBFRAME WERE CORRODED AND REPAIRED A YEAR AGO, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND BODY MOUNTS WILL BE REPAIRED. ALSO, PROBLEMS WITH STEERING SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN A...

BODY MOUNTS AT REAR CORNERS OF SUBFRAME WERE CORRODED AND REPAIRED A YEAR AGO, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND BODY MOUNTS WILL BE REPAIRED. ALSO, PROBLEMS WITH STEERING SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN A...

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

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 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

PISTON INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION BROKE, PREVENTING VEHICLE FROM GOING FORWARD. CONSUMER HAS TO PUT VEHICLE INTO REVERSE THEN IN DRIVE TO GO FORWARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, SAID THAT IT WAS POSSIBLY CAUSED BY A PARTIALLY BROKEN RING AROUND THE PISTON. *AK *ML

FRONT SUBFRAME MOUNTS HAD CORRODED, CAUSING BOLTS TO BREAK AND DISCONNECT FROM THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

RECALL # 98V323000 ENGINE/ SUBFRAME; WHEN CONTACTING DEALERSHIP CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT RECALL DID NOT COMPLY TO VEHICLE IN THE STATE OF ARIONZA. CONSUMER ALSO TOLD THAT NOTHING WOULD BE REPLACED IF NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND. THIS IS NOT WHAT IS STATED IN RECALL NOTICE. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR THE SUBFRAME MOUNTS ON A FORD TAURUS, MANUFATURER RECALL #98S36/NHTSA #98V323000. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR REPAIR, ONLY ONE MOUNT WAS REPLACED. *AK

SEAT BELT BUCKLES DEFECTIVE, VERY HARD TO LATCH AND UNLATCH, NHTSA CHAMPAIGN # 97I003000 STATES THAT FORD HAS A 12 YEAR UNLIMITED MILEAGE REPLACEMENT, FORD SAYS NO, 3 YEAR 50,000 MILEAGE. I FEEL THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN, AND FORD MUST REPLACE NO MATTER WHAT THE MILEAGE. *AK

ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHEN FIRST SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE, THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT. ALSO, AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, OR SLOWING DOWN ENOUGH TO FORCE THE TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT DOWN TO FIRST GEAR, THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES OR "STICKS" WHEN CHANGING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR.

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE MOTOR WAS BOUNCING UP AND TRANMISSION WASN'T PROPERLY MOUNTED AND THE MOTOR WAS PULLING THE TRANMISSION AND MAKING A CLICKING SOUND WITHOUD ANY PRIOR WARNING. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE MOTOR WAS BOUNCING UP AND TRANMISSION WASN'T PROPERLY MOUNTED AND THE MOTOR WAS PULLING THE TRANMISSION AND MAKING A CLICKING SOUND WITHOUD ANY PRIOR WARNING. *AK

SEAT BELT BUCKLES WON'T LATCH ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDES. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THEY WERE GIVING HER PROBLEMS . CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. *AK

THE WIRING IS OVERHEATING AND IS CREATING A FOUL SMELL IN MY CAR AND THE PLUG FOR THE WIRE IS MELTING. WORRIED THAT THIS FAILURE WILL CAUSE A FIRE IN THE DRIVERS COMPARTMENT. PROBLEM STARTS WHEN THE HEATER BLOWER IS BEING USED. SAFEGUARD NEEDS TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO ASSURE DRIVERS THAT THEY WILL NOT ...

THE WIRING IS OVERHEATING AND IS CREATING A FOUL SMELL IN MY CAR AND THE PLUG FOR THE WIRE IS MELTING. WORRIED THAT THIS FAILURE WILL CAUSE A FIRE IN THE DRIVERS COMPARTMENT. PROBLEM STARTS WHEN THE HEATER BLOWER IS BEING USED. SAFEGUARD NEEDS TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO ASSURE DRIVERS THAT THEY WILL NOT ...

IN ANTICIPATION OF THE RECALL TO BE ISSUED THIS MONTH ON THE ENGINE MOUNTS FOR THE FORD TAURUS, I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE (ON 1/7/99) TO ASK ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS TO MY CAR AFTER THE REAR ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR WAS NOT COVERED BY THE R...

POWER STEERING HOSE LEAK CAUSED AN UNDERHOOD FIRE AFTER IT WAS FIXED FOR THIS PROBLEM ONCE BEFORE. ENGINE FIRE TOTALED CAR. POWER STEERING COLUMN FIRE PROBLEM RESULTED . *AK.

WHEN DRIVING ONE CAN HEAR A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN STOPPING AND PULLING OFF THE VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE, AND IT FEELS LIKE IT PULLING. CONSUMER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

RECALL # 97I003000 FORD/SEAT BELT BUCKLES; SERVICE ADVISOR REFUSES TO PERFORM RECALL WORK UNLESS IT IS APPROVED BY SERVICE TECHNICIAN FIRST. OWNR IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE BUCKLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. BUCKLE IS VERY HARD TO FASTEN. *AK

RECALL # 97I003000 FORD/SEAT BELT BUCKLES. DEALER DOES NOT HAVE PARTS TO CORRECT RECALL. OWNER HAS BEEN WAITING OVER 4 MONTHS FOR PARTS TO COME IN. *AK

NONE

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER.

RECALL REPAIR WORK ON THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES NOT DONE DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.

971003000. 97M90; THE MANUFACTURERS RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED IN APRI., DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN, CORRECTIVE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. LETTER WAS RECEIVED AND APPOINTMENT WAS RESCHEDULED, WORK WAS NOT DONE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. FORD CONTACTED, AND STATED THEY CANNOT...

RECALL # 97I00300; THE BUCKLE TONGUE BROKE OFF WHICH CAUSED THE SEATBELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY TO BE INOPERATIVE AND NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, AFTER 20 MINUTES OF DRIVE TIME, THE HEADLIGHTS BEGIN TO SWITCH ON AND OFF RANDOMLY. THIS HAS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF TURNING HEADLIGHTS OFF, PROCEED AGAIN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH HEADLIGHTS BEFORE THEY AGAIN BEGIN TO SWITC...

AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED THE ENGINE WON'T START. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

RECAL 93V106002. WHEN DRIVING ONTO THE ROAD THE SUBFRAME BODY MOUNTS FELL DUE TO CORROSION PROBLEMS, TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE DROPPED DOWN AND STEERING LOCKED,UP. DEALER CONTACTED, VIN # DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE RECALL. *AK

ENGINE OIL PAN IS LEAKING OIL DIRECTLY ON OR NEAR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. DEALER NOT AWARE OF THE INCIDENT. THUS FAR, ALOT OF SMOKE IS GIVEN OFF WHEN THIS OCCURS. REPAIR WORK DONE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN BECAUSE OF RECALL 93V106002. WHEN THE SUB-FRAME BOLTS BROKE, THE FRAME BECAME UNATTACHED AND CAUSED THE BODY TO TWIST, NO SUPPORT TO THE FRAME, DEALER CONTACTED AND REPRESENTATIVE WOULD CONTACT CONSUMER, AND THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE. *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 BO...

ROOF T-TOP PAINT WEARING EXCESSIVELY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

REAR SUBFRAME MOUNT CORROSION.

THE SEAT BELTS ON DRIVER'S AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDES DO NOT RETRACT BACK INTO THE RETRACTOR. THE BELTS JUST HANG LOOSE. THE SEAT BELTS IN THE REAR ARE THE SAME. THE DEALER WAS TOLD ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE BELTS HAVE NOT BEEN FIXED. *AK

DOOR HANDLES OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE HAVE BROKEN OFF.

SEAT BELT BUCKLE UNLATCHES.

FRONT END SUSPENSION STRUTS FAILED CAUSING 2 TIRES TO BLOWOUT.

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE CAUSING DIRECTIONAL LIGHTS AND HEATER FAN TO FAIL.

ENGINE MOUNT HEAD BOLT FELL OFF DUE TO RUST.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE DIED. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOTALLED. *AK

WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE THE STEERING COLUMN HAS SMOKE COMING OUT OF IT, ALMOST CAUSING A FIRE. BEEN TO DEALER, DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

FRONT MIDDLE RESTRAINT WILL NOT LOCK. THE DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

RECALL 97I003000, SEAT BELT BUCKLE. OWNER HAS BEEN WAITING SINCE APRIL TO HAVE RECALL SERVICED. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING SEALT BELT BUCKLES FOR FRONT SEAT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS, DEALER ONLY REPAIRED ONE SIDE OF SEATBELT. CONSUMER CONCERN IS WHY HAVE A NATIONAL RECALL IF THE DEALER IS NOT GOING TO COVER THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM. WHAT HAPPENED TO SAFETY FRIST?...

VEHICLE PAINT IS FADING.

TFI MODULE AND AXOD TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

CONSUMER'S SON DROVE VEHICLE TO SCHOOL AND PARKED VEHICLE ON THE LOT, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM THE HOOD TO DASHBOARD, IT WAS BURNED MORE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE THAN THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. *AK

GENERAL RECALL WAS ORDERED THIS MAKE AND MODEL. THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED UNDER RECALL, BUT PROBLEM EXISTS. OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER. *AK

GENERAL RECALL WAS ORDERED THIS MAKE AND MODEL. THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED UNDER RECALL, BUT PROBLEM EXISTS. OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER. *AK

THE PASSENGER SIDE SUB-FRAME BOLT BROKE.

SEAT BELT RECALL LETTER SENT, DEALERSHIP INSPECTION REVEALED NO DEFECTS FOUND AND REFUSED REPAIR, HOWEVER BUCKLE WAS INOPERABLE AND FIXED BY OTHER MECHANIC.

POOR PAINT QUALITY.

CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR 4 MONTHS TO GET RECALL FIXED INVOLING SEAT BELT BUCKLES, BUT PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. RECALL NO. 92V065000. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS RUNNING THE KEY COULD COME OUT OF THE VEHICLE . IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE HOOD FLEW UP AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD. THE DRIVER DOES NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE HOOD TO FLY UP. *AK

RECALL WORK ON BROKEN SEAT BELT BUCKLES DENIED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.

RECALL WORK DENIED ON SAFETY BUCKLES DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.

VEHICLE INVOLVED UNDER RECALL #97I003, SEA TBELT BUCKLES. CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER WAS CONTACTED . DEALER CANNOT REPAIR VEHICLE UNTIL 10-15-98. *AK

CONSUMER HAS A COMPLAINT CONCERNING NHTSA RECALL # 92 V 113 PERTAINING TO SEAT BELT BUCKLE REPLACEMENT. DEALER & MANUFACTURER REFUSE TO HONOR RECALL. THREE OF THE SEAT BELTS WILL NOT LOCK PROPERLY. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS STARTED WHITE SMOKE APPEARED. POSSIBLE CAUSE, NO COMPRESSION IN ENGINE. VEHICLE ALSO HAD SEVERAL OTHER PROBLEMS. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING 2 1/2 MONTHS FOR RECALL PARTS AND PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. RECALL NO.971003000, SEAT BELT BUCKLES. *AK *NLM

SEAT BELTS WONT'T LATCH OR SOME TIMES RELEASE/HOLD PRIOR TO MANUFACTURER'S RECALL, RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO VIN (97I-003.000).

POWER STEERING HIGH PRESSURE HOSE EXPLODED. HOSE FAILURE SPRAYED POWER STEERING FLUID ONTO HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND IGNITED CAUSING ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. WAS A FORD HOSE THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED LESS THAN 12 HOURS EARLIER.

SEAT RAIL BROKE JUST ABOVE THE FRONT LEFT FLOOR BOLT ANCHOR POINT LEAVING THE SEAT ATTACHED AT ONLY THREE POINTS.

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

RECALL # 971003000 FORD/SEAT BELT BUCKLES; DEALER DID NOT CORRECT SEAT BELT BUCKLE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT. DEALER STATED THAT THE BUCKLE IS NOT DEFECTIVE. OWNER IS EXPERIENCING A LATCHING PROBLEM WITH THE BUCKLE. *AK

RECALL 97I-033.00; ED KENLEY FORD WILL NOT REPLACE THE REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES, BUT ONLY THE FRONT. MR. HIGGINS SAID THE FRONT AND REAR NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE INTO GAS STATION AND TRYING TO RESTART VEHICLE KEY IN IGNITON MELTED DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN STEERING COLUMN. *AK

RECALL # 971003000 FORD/SEAT BELT BUCKLES; OWNER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET RECALL WORK PERFORMED BECAUSE THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. ON 6/23/98, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE SEAT BELT UNBUCKLED WITHOUT DRIVER'S APPLICATION. *AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 97I-003000/MANUFACTURER'S NUMBER 97M90, SHOULDER BELTS. THE DEALER WAS UNAWARE OF THE RECALL. FORD HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. *AK

RECALL # 971003000 FORD/SEAT BELT BUCKLES; OWNER STILL WAITING FOR A CALL FROM DEALER TO CORRECT RECALL. DEALER IS NOT SURE WHEN PARTS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE FROM MANUFACTURER. OWNER HAS CONTACTED DEALER 3 TIMES SINCE 4/20/97. IS STILL EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE BUCKLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THREE MOTOR MOUNTS FELL OFF. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#97I003000), SEAT BELT BUCKLES & CALLED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE ON DATE GIVEN. AFTER ARRIVING & MECHANIC CHECKED VEHICLE, WAS INFORMED HAD NO PARTS & WOULD HAVE TO ORDER THEM. WILL CALL OWNER WHEN PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE IS UNDER RECALL 97I-003, SEAT BELT BUCKLES. OWNER CONTATCED DEALER IN APRIL OF 98. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PARTS WOULD BE ORDERED . AS OF TODAY VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR. IF THERE WASN'T A 2ND GEAR, IT WOULD SHIFT INTO 3RD INSTEAD. TOOK TO DEALER & SERVICE MANAGER NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. INFORMED OWNER THAT THE LEAK NEEDED REPAIRING & THAT IT WOULD FIXED THE PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET DIES OUT, IT BLOWS OUT AT 90,000 MILES. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED. DEALER EXPLAINED THAT THE 1995 WINDSTAR HAS THE SAME 3.8 6 CYCLINDER ENGINE. BUT THEY WILL NOT WRITE UP THE REPAIR FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

THE REAR SUB-FRAME MOUNTS HAVE BECOME CORRODED, CAUSING THE RIGHT REAR SUB-FRAME TO DROP, AND CAN'T STEER THE VEHICLE. A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS MODEL OF CAR, BUT THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE WASN'T INCLUDED. RECALL #93V106002. *AK *SLC

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 97I-0030.00. CALLED DEALERSHIP FOR AN APPOINTMENT. TOOK VEHICLE IN ON DATE. AFTER ARRIVING, WAS INFORMED BY SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE PARTS FOR SEAT BELT BUCKLLES WERE NOT AVAILABLE. WOULD NEED TO ORDER PARTS. WOULD CALL OWNER WHEN PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE. *AK

FRONT BODY MOUNTS BOLTS FELL OUT OF THE AUTOMOBILE, AND THE FRAME CAME DOWN. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STEER.

UNDERHOOD FIRE STARTED DUE TO LEAKING POWER STEERING WHICH POURED ON THE HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD.

UNDERHOOD FIRE STARTED DUE TO LEAKING POWER STEERING WHICH POURED ON THE HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY AT HIGHWAY SPEED IN TRAFFIC LEAVING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE AND OCCUPANTS AND OTHER MOTORISTS AT RISK.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY AT HIGHWAY SPEED IN TRAFFIC LEAVING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE AND OCCUPANTS AND OTHER MOTORISTS AT RISK.

DRIVER'S SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT AFTER USE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER A MONTH LATER. WAS TOLD NO PARTS AVAILABLE. BEEN BACK 4 TIMES & SAME INFORMATION GIVEN. *AK

BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS WHEN MAKING ANY TYPE OF MOVEMENT WHILE DRIVING, THE SEAT BELTS BECOME VERY LOOSE AND WILL NOT FULLY RETRACT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, NO PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE REVERSE IT TOOK OFF WIDE OPEN, HITTING A TELEPHONE POLE. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. WHEN DRIVER PUT VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF AGAIN. DRIVER THEN PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, TURNED OFF MOTOR AND WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT. ...

IGNITION SWITCH ALLOWS KEY TO BE REMOVED WHEN SHIFT LEVER IS NOT IN PARK.

SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL REPAIR WORK DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.

THE REAR CORNERS OF THE SUB-FRAME DROPPED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER STEERING. CONSUMER WAS NOT INVOLVED WITH RECALL # 93V-106002. *AK

CONSUMER RESPONDED TO THE MANUFACTURER'S RECALL LETTER. DEALERSHIP MADE PARTIAL REPAIRS ON SEAT BELT BUCKLES. COSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEM WITH DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WHICH DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO REPAIR BECAUSE IT APPEAR TO BE WORKING PROPERLY. *AK

PASSENGER SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT RETURN TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITION AND THE DRIVERS BELT INSERT IS BROKEN.

PASSENGER SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT RETURN TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITION AND THE DRIVERS BELT INSERT IS BROKEN.

RECALL971003000, SEAT BELT BUCKLES; DEALER DID NOT DO THE WORK, CLAIMED SOMEONE HAD ALREADY DONE THE WORK. *AK

TIE ROD END SHAFT BROKE.

SEAT BELT BUCKLES FAIL TO OPERATE PROPERLY.

VEHICLE WAS RECALLED UNDER RECALL NUMBER 97I-003, SEAT BELT BUCKLES. THE DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO REMEDY RECALL BECAUSE THE PARTS ARE NOT AVALABLE. *AK

WHEN SEAT BELTS ARE LOCKED IN PLACE ON BOTH DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S SIDES, THE BELT TENSIONER WOULD BECOME VERY SLACK WHEN THE PERSON MOVES OR SHIFTS. THIS WOULD HAPPEN EVERY TIME SOMEONE IS IN THE PASSENGER'S/DRIVER'S SEAT. BELTS WOULD NOT TIGHTEN BACK UP. *AK

VEHICLE IS INCLUDED UNDER RECALL # 97I-003, SEAT BELT BUCKLES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED BECAUSE THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH SEAT BELT BECOME UNBUCKLED BY ITSELF, LEAVING DRIVER AND PASSENGER UNRESTRAINED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY TOLD CONSUMER WHEN THIS HAPPENS AGAIN TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT WORK CORRECTLY. WHEN PULLING OUT THE SEAT BELTS, THEY DO NOT RETURN IN PLACE, BOTH LAP AND SHOULDER BELTS. *AK

SEAT BELT BUCKLE CRACKED, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

BRAKES FAILED, 2 OUTER TIE RODS FAILED, OUTER AXLE BOOTS FAILED.

BRAKES FAILED, 2 OUTER TIE RODS FAILED, OUTER AXLE BOOTS FAILED.

BRAKES FAILED, 2 OUTER TIE RODS FAILED, OUTER AXLE BOOTS FAILED.

ALTERNATOR FAILED.

SERPENTINE BELT FAILED.

RECALL # 97100300 FORD/SEAT BELT BUCKLES; DEALER WILL NOT CORRECT SEAT BELT BUCKLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. BUCKLE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AT ALL TIMES, AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO DETECT PROBLEM WITH BELT BUCKLE. *AK

THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS COME UNLATCHED AND SOMETIMES IT IS VERY HARD TO LOCK THEM. THE DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE INNER TIE RODS BROKE WHILE COMING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. DEALER HAS SEEN AND FIXED. *AK

THE PAINT IS PEELING OFF THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE.

FRONT LOWER MOTOR MOUNT FAILED.*AK

RECALL # 971003000, FORD/SEAT BELT BUCKLES; WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER THE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM WITH SEAT BELT BUCKLE. BUCKLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE SEAT BELT WILL COME UNLATCHED. *AK

VIBRATION DUE TO MISALIGNMENT AND FAILED TIE RODS.

VIBRATION DUE TO MISALIGNMENT AND FAILED TIE RODS.

BODY MOUNTS/SUBFRAME MOUNTS FAILED CAUSING DIFFICULTY STEERING, NO KNOWLEDGE OF PREVIOUS RECALL NOTICE.

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, HOWEVER VEHICLE WAS DENIED SERVICE.

RECALL # 971003000/FORD/SEAT BELT BUCKLES. OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FROM MANUFACTURER. WHEN CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, DEALER STATED THAT HE COULD NOT PERFORM RECALL WORK BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT LISTED IN COMPUTER DATA BASE. OWNER WAS TOLD BY MANUFACTURER THAT VIN HAD TO BE ENTERED BY NHTSA. *A...

WHEN LEANING FOWARD QUICKLY OR PULLING HARD AND FAST ON THE SEAT BELTS, THE BELTS DO NOT STOP RELEASING . CONCERNED THAT THE RETRACTORS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THIS IS FOR THE TWO FRONT SEATS, AND THE TWO REAR SIDE BELTS ACT THE SAME. *AK

THE MALE PORTION OF THE BUCKLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT TORE OFF THE STRAP WHEN FASTENING THE BELT. THE FEMALE PART WAS REPLACED UNDER RECALL # 97100300 ON APRIL 16, 1998. DEALER STATED THAT PART WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *AK

TIE ROD UNSCREWED ON LEFT FRONT WHEEL, CAUSING WHEEL TO BE UNCONTROLLABLE.

TRANSMISSION FAILED

THE DRIVER'S SIDE RESTRAINT DOES NOT EXTRACT PROPERLY. THE HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

REAR BACK WINDOW EXPLODED, POSSIBLE CAUSE A FAULTY REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER THAT GOT HOT WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO DEALER. OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE BODY MOUNTS AT THE REAR CORNER OF THE SUB-FRAME BACAME DETACHED, CAUSING LOSE OF CONTROL . THERE IS A RECALL OUT ON THIS PROBLEM , BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. OWNER HAS CONTACTED THAT MANUFACTURER. *AK

BRAKE RECALL WORK COMPLETED, HOWEVER BRAKES CONTINUOUSLY FAIL.

STEERING RACK FAILED

CRANKSHAFT FAILED.

WATER PUMP FAILED.

A/C FAILED.

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE KEY DOES NOT FULLY ENTER THE IGNITION.

WHEN DRIVING INTO AN INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT, AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE. DEALER HAS DONE NOTHING. *AK

THE RESTRAINT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT LATCH. THERE IS A RECALL OUT ON THE BELT BUCKLES, BUT THIS VIN DID NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL. *AK

SEAT BELT BUCKLES: PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT WILL NOT BUCKLE AT ALL, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE WILL BUCKLE, BUT BEOMES LOOSE. *AK

WHENEVER VEHICLE IS DRIVEN & IS WARMED, VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT FOR NO REASON. TOOK TO DEALER & WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE SPUTTERS, MISFIRES AND STALLS IN HOT WEATHER AND THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON. OWNER BELIEVES THAT IT MAY BE CAUSED BY A THICK FILM IGNITION PROBLEM.

WHEN DRIVING 55MPH THE STEERING WHEEL PULLS TO THE LEFT.

SEAT BELT: THE FRONT RIGID MOUNTED SAFETY BELT LATCH BUTTONS STAY DEPRESSED. CAN'T GET BELT TO GO INTO HOLE BECAUSE LATCH BUTTON STAYS DEPRESSED. ALSO SAFETY BELT WILL SOMETIMES UNLATCH BY ITSELF AFTER HAVING BEEN LATCHED. *AK

WHEN TAKING THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH IT IGNITES THE STARTER AND BURNS THE WIRES IN THE IGNITION COMPARTMENT. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL CUT OFF WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING BECOMING A HAZARD WHEN TRAVELING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. DEALER STATES THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO THE IGNITION MODULE. *AK THE IGNITION MODULE WAS REPLACED. *SLC

VEHICLE BROKE DOWN. TOWED TO NEAREST DEALER. WHILE THERE, INFORMED VEHICLE UNDER RECALL (#93V106002). DEALER THEN INFORMED OWNER WILL NOT REPAIR VEHICLE'S SUPPORT MOUNTS & TO TAKE TO ANOTHER DEALER. OWNER DID NOT RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT IN LESS THAN A YEAR.

MOTOR MOUNTS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL, HOWEVER PROBLEM CONTINUES.

HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT LESS THAN A YEAR.

PROBLEMS WITH ALTERNATOR.

POWER STEERING 0-RING LEAKS.

BRAKES SQUEAL.

A YEAR AGO, THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND SMOKE CAME THROUGH THE STEERING COLUMN. TODAY, WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED THE OWNER HEARD A SHORT CIRCUIT SOUND AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, THE OWNER THEN SHUT IGNITION OFF. *AK TWO WIRES LEADING TO THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SENDING UNIT AND THE BL...

THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES WILL NOT ENGAGE AND HOLD. FRONT DRIVE'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE LOCKING MACHANISM HAS WORN OUT. *AK

DOORS OPEN WHILE DRIVING.

VEHICLE OVERHEATS AND STALLS CONTINUOUSLY.

SEAT BELTS DO NOT WORK.

AIR CONDITIONER STARTS OUT COOL, HOWEVER WHILE IN USE BECOMES HOTTER.

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

DOORS DO NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE.

THE SPRINGS IN THE TRUNK LID THAT HOLD IT UP CAME LOOSE AND THE TRUNK LID FELL ON THE OWNER. DEALER SAID THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WELDED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT IN THE PAST ONE OF THE BARS WOULD COME OUT OF ITS BRACKET, HOWEVER THIS TIME BOTH POPPED OUT AT THE SAME TIME CAUSING THE TRUNK LIK TO...

SEAT BELT BUCKLE BUTTONS STICK WHEN DEPRESSED TO RELEASE BELTS.

THE FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS RUSTED AND FAILED ON THE TIE RODS, MAKING IT HARDER TO DRIVE. *AK

THE RELEASE BUTTON ON THE SEAT BELT STICKS AND LOCKS UP WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THE SEAT BELT WILL DISENGAGE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ( THIS DISENGAGED FULLY) WHICH MEANS THAT THE DRIVER IS NOT RETAINED IN THE VEHICLE PROTECTED FROM A COLLISION. *AK

IGNITION CONTROL MODULE FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.

WHILE CHECKING THE ANTI-FREEZE LEVEL, OWNER WAS BURNED AFTER TWISTING OFF THE CAP BY A GEYSER OF HOT COOLANT. SUGGESTS THAT CAP BE REDESIGNED SO THAT IT CANNOT BE OPENED UNDER PRESSURE.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND LOSE ALL POWER. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT SEVERAL MONTHS. *AK

ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED ALLOWING ENGINE TO FALL OUT.

PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY; NOTICED SMOKE NEAR HOOD; TURNED VEHICLE OFF & GOT KIDS OUT. ATTEMPED TO LIFT HOOD WHEN FLAMES SHOT OUT. FIRE DEPT PUT FLAMES OUT. FIRE INSPECTOR DETERMINED ORIGIN OF FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL WIRING. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

IGNITION CONTROL MODULATOR FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.

BELT TENSIONER BROKE.

DISTRIBUTOR AND ATTACHED COMPUTER FAILED.

DISTRIBUTOR AND ATTACHED COMPUTER FAILED.

ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE FAILED, CAUSING INTERMITTENT STALLING. IN ADDITION, TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THROTTLE STUCK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL. *AK

ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE FAILED, CAUSING INTERMITTENT STALLING. IN ADDITION, TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THROTTLE STUCK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL. *AK

ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE FAILED, CAUSING INTERMITTENT STALLING. IN ADDITION, TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THROTTLE STUCK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20MPH OUT OF PARKING LOT INTO TRAFFIC, HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND. VEHICLE KEPT GOING IN MIDDLE LANE, BARELY ABLE TO STEER VEHICLE TO GAS STATION. NOT ABLE TO TURN RIGHT. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP & INFORMED FRAME HAD RUSTED THROUGH. *AK

REAR RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IS DIFFICULT TO OPEN AND CLOSE. NLM

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT NEVER STAYS TIGHT. NLM

ELECTRICAL: VEHICLE IN REPAIR SHOP FOR MOUNTS. MECHANIC BROUGHT CAR HOME ,AND THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS TOTALED. DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. *AK

AXOD TRANSMISSION FAILURE; ALSO, AXOD-E TRANSAXLE FAILED. *AK

AXOD TRANSMISSION FAILURE; ALSO, AXOD-E TRANSAXLE FAILED. *AK

DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL AND WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH ARE LOCATED TOGETHER (MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SWITCH) RESULTING IN ACCIDENTAL ENGAGEMENT OF WIPERS WHILE TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CORRODED PRIOR TO RECALL, RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO VIN

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CORRODED PRIOR TO RECALL, RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO VIN (91V-134). *AK

THE DEFECTIVE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLES BROKE OFF AND BECAME INOPERATIVE. WONT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. PROBLEM SIMILAR TO RECALL #92V113 WHICH THE VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR, RESULTING IN A RAPID DECREASE IN SPEED/STALLING. *AK

THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT DISENGAGE WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE SWITCH IN THE STEERING WHEEL HAS TO BE USED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK *SLC

SMELT AND SAW HEAVY SMOKE COMING FROM IGNITION, TURNED OFF CAR, CAR STARTED BY ITSELF, PUT EMERGENCY BRAKE ON TO PREVENT ACCELERATION, FIRE UNDER STEERING WHEEL AND THE DASH BOARD, THEN CAR STARTED HONKING CONTINUOUSLY, DISCONNECT BATTERY, THIS STOPPED THE CAR FROM RUNNING AND HONKING, TOTAL FIRE.

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE CAUSING THE VEHICLE STARTING ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT KEY IN THE IGNITION AND RESULTING IN VEHICLE FIRE.

THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED, WILL NOT LOCK PROPERLY.

COOLANT INDICATOR HAS NEVER WORKED PROPERLY.

THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WEARS ABNORMALLY, OUTER LEFT SIDE OF THE TIRE WEARS AFTER 10,000 MILES ON A 60,000 TIRE.

WHILE DRIVING IN HIGH WINDS, THE SUN ROOF POPPED OUT OF THE ROOF, FELL AND HIT THE VEHICLE BEHIND, DAMAGING WINDSHIELD/SIDEVIEW MIRROR/HOOD/DOOR, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. *AK

WHILE WAITING AT STOP SIGNFRONT SUB-FRAME BUSHINGD BROKE, ALLOWING THE SUB-FRAME TO FALL DOWN AND DISCONNECT THE STEERING COMPONENTS, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING AND CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER STATE THE CAUSE OF FIRE WAS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING HARNESS. *AK

COMING FROM SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT ABOUT 20 MPH, WAS MAKING A TURN WHEN A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD, LOST STEERING MOBILITY, WAS A SUBFRAME CONNECTOR THAT BROKE, CALLED DEALER & SERVICE MANAGER NEVER HEARD OF IT. WILL NOT REPAIR, OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED DUE TO BEING TOO THIN. IN ADDITION, MOTOR MOUNTS/AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL MODULE/ENGINE HEAD GASKET/ALTERNATOR/POWER STEERING HOSE/REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED DUE TO BEING TOO THIN. IN ADDITION, MOTOR MOUNTS/AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL MODULE/ENGINE HEAD GASKET/ALTERNATOR/POWER STEERING HOSE/REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED DUE TO BEING TOO THIN. IN ADDITION, MOTOR MOUNTS/AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL MODULE/ENGINE HEAD GASKET/ALTERNATOR/POWER STEERING HOSE/REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED DUE TO BEING TOO THIN. IN ADDITION, MOTOR MOUNTS/AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL MODULE/ENGINE HEAD GASKET/ALTERNATOR/POWER STEERING HOSE/REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED DUE TO BEING TOO THIN. IN ADDITION, MOTOR MOUNTS/AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL MODULE/ENGINE HEAD GASKET/ALTERNATOR/POWER STEERING HOSE/REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED DUE TO BEING TOO THIN. IN ADDITION, MOTOR MOUNTS/AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL MODULE/ENGINE HEAD GASKET/ALTERNATOR/POWER STEERING HOSE/REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

ELECTRICAL FIRE, ORIGINATING IN THE IGNITION WIRING HARNESS. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE. *AK

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15-25MPH WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO 55MPH OR HIGHER. COULD NOT GET VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL APPLIED BRAKES. CAUSE OF THIS ACCELERATION IS NOT KNOWN. *AK *JB

MAKING RIGHT TURN LOST LEFT FRONT BRAKING ABILITY . CAUSE: CENTER/LEFT FRONT BRAKE ROTOR. RESULT: STRIPPED. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO CARPORT, HIT BRAKES AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN A CRASH. ALSO, BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO CARPORT, HIT BRAKES AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN A CRASH. ALSO, BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE.

SEAT BELT BUCKLE COMES UNLATCHED WHILE DRIVING.

REAR DOOR LATCH FELL OFF COMPLETELY.

RECEIVED NOTICE (#93V106002) & HAD IT REPAIRED. WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE SUBFRAME FELL OUT & LOST STEERING CONTROL 3 YRS LATER. TOOK TO MECHANIC & HAD IT CHECKED. INFORMED THAT MOUNTS HAD CORRODED. *AK

POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKS CAUSING FIRE. TRANSMISSION DROPPED AND CONTINUES TO SLIP AFTER REPAIR.

POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKS CAUSING FIRE. TRANSMISSION DROPPED AND CONTINUES TO SLIP AFTER REPAIR.

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT IT CAUGHT FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AREA. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL. *AK

C.V. BOOT FAILED TWICE.

RACK AND PINION FAILED.

ALTERNATOR FAILED.

BATTERY FAILED.

RADIATOR FAILED.

SEAT BELTS FAILED.

WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL, AND WHILE DRIVING AT 40 TO 55MPH, THE VEHICLE WILL DECREASE ITS SPEED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

DUE TO LOCATION, BOLTS WHICH HOLD STEERING MECHANISM RUSTED/BROKE FROM SALT AND SAND, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING.

THE BOLT IN THE CAR BODY THAT THE TAILGATE LATCH LOCKS ONTO HAD SHIFTED POSITION DUE TO A 11/2 INCH TEAR IN THE BODY SHEET METAL THAT THE BOLT WAS ATTACHED TO. *AK

THE SUBFRAME SEPARATED FROM THE BODY A T THE REAR MOUNTS. *AK

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#93V106002): HAD MOUNTS REPAIRED AT DEALER; 3 YRS LATER ENGINE SUBFRAME DROPPED & LOST STEERING CONTROL. TOOK TO MECHANIC & TOLD MOUNTS HAD CORRODED. *AK

SEAT BELT BUCKLES: BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT LOCK SUFFICIENTLY TO SECURE OCCUPANT PROTECTION. RECALL #92V113 ON THESE VEHICLES , BUT MINE WAS NOT IN THIS RECALL EVEN THOUGH HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK *JB

VEHICLE IDLES HIGH DUE TO FAULTY AIR INTAKE PARTS.

WHEN DRIVING OVER A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD OR TAKING OFF FROM A STOP LIGHT THEREIS A HEAVY METAL CLUNKING SOUND. MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPLACED (2) OR (3) YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF DEFECT. CONSUMER IS HEARING SAME NOISE AGAIN. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER AT THIS TIME. *AK

THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED.

REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS; ALSO REPLACED FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS/HEAD GASKETS/POWER STEERING HOSE/AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL MODULE/ALTERNATOR. *AK

REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS; ALSO REPLACED FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS/HEAD GASKETS/POWER STEERING HOSE/AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL MODULE/ALTERNATOR. *AK

REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS; ALSO REPLACED FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS/HEAD GASKETS/POWER STEERING HOSE/AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL MODULE/ALTERNATOR. *AK

REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS; ALSO REPLACED FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS/HEAD GASKETS/POWER STEERING HOSE/AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL MODULE/ALTERNATOR. *AK

REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS; ALSO REPLACED FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS/HEAD GASKETS/POWER STEERING HOSE/AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL MODULE/ALTERNATOR. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT CLUTCH HAS PROBLEMS, HE ALSO STATES THAT CLUTCH CANNOT BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER HAVE THEM IN STOCK. HE NOTES THAT DEALER SAID THAT IT MUST BE REPLACED WITH A 91 MODEL CLUTCH. OWNER IS CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY. *AK

REAR MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED.

SEAT BELT BUCKLE INOPERATIVE.

GAS GAUGE IS NOT WORKING.

OWNER STATES THAT HE HAS PROBLEMS WITH BOTH OF HIS SAFETY BELT BUCKLES, HE ALSO STATES THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED, HE IS VERY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON, THE VEHICLE'S HEADLIGHTS FAILED. *AK

FEMALE END OF SEAT BELT BUCKLES FAIL TO COMPLETELY LOCK.

IGNITION SWITCH WILL TURN ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING.

OWNER STATES THAT WHEN SHE LOOKED OUT OF THE WINDOW ONE DAY SHE NOTICED THAT HER VEHICLE HAD BEEN ON FIRE, SHE ALSO NOTES THAT THE FIRE STARTED FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH; SHE IS AWARE OF RECALLS THAT WERE ISSUSED ON SOME TAURUS MODELS EXCEPT HER'S. *AK

SEAT BELT LATCHES FAIL TO LATCH, MUST BE FORCED, ALSO WHEN FORCED FAIL TO UNLATCH.

BRAKES LOCKED UP.

POOR TRACTION, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT.

IGNITION SWITCH FIRE.

FRONT SEAT BELTS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO LATCH/UNLATCH.

SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)

VEHICLE HAS HAD TWO METAL WHEEL RIM FAILURES IN FOUR YEARS. THE METAL RIM SEPARATED BETWEEN WHERE THE RIM BOLTS TO THE AXLE AND THE TIRE MEETS THE RIM.

BOTH BODY MOUNTS AT REAR SUBFRAME BROKE, BODY MOUNTS WERE REPAIRED/REPLACED UNDER RECALL #93V106002 IN 1994, DEALER WILL REPAIR AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK

HAS HAD ONE RIM REPLACED AFTER RIM BROKE WHILE DRIVING, WENT TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT IS A DEFECT, NOW ALL THE RIMS ARE CRACKED, MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. *AK

TRIED TO START THE CAR AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE ELECTRICAL IGNITION , TURNED CAR OFF, IT MELTED THE WIRE AND IGNITION SWITCH.*JB.

UNDER THE HOOD COMPARTMENT FIRE, FIRE STARTED WHERE THE WINDSHIELD WAS, SAW SMOKE AROUND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND SPREAD INTO THE INSIDE OF VEHICLE. *AK

OIL PAN LEAK.

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE TEN DAYS AFTER PURCHASE.

CLUTCH TROW-OUT BEARING FAILED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS OUT AND WANT RESTART, ECC AND FUEL PRESSURE TESTED, REPLACE FUEL PUMP TWO TIME IN NINE MONTHS.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT BURST INTO FLAMES FOR NO REASON, OWNER LIFTED THE HOOD TO FIND ENGINE ON FIRE. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AT 69,444 MILES.

REAR SHOCKS REPLACED DUE TO VEHICLE PULLING.

CATALYTIC CONVERTER NOISE.

FUEL PUMP NOISE.

LOWER CONTROL ARM PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HOME AND PARKING IN GARAGE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND SAID IT COULD HAVE BEEN FAULTY WIRING. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT LATCH, CALLED MANUFACTURER ABOUT RECALL # 92V113000, MANUFACTURER SAID VEHICLE WAS NOT IN THE RECALL . PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

SEATBACK ADJUSTER FAILURE/SEATBACK COLLAPSED BACK ALL THE WAY, CENTER HINGE PIVOT BROKE LOOSE. *AK

SEAT BELT LATCHES FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL (92V-113). *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE POSSIBLY DUE TO A FUEL LEAK IN THE HOSE CONNECTING THE PRESSURE REGULATOR TO THE FUEL RAIL.

GASOLINE LEAK IN THE HOSE CONNECTING THE PRESSURE REGULATOR TO THE FUEL RAIL, CAUSING FIRE.

VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AFTER BEING STOPPED IN TRAFFIC EVEN THROUGH FOOT REMAINED FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE.

WHILE DRIVING SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM CRACK OF HOOD RIGHT BY WINDSHIELD, TURNED OFF IGNITION, TOWED TO SERVICE STATION, DRIVER WARNED OF FIRE HAZARD.*AK

MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED.

REAR BRAKE CYLINDER REPLACED.

BEARINGS REPLACED.

REAR BRAKE DRUMS REPLACED.

PARKING BRAKE CABLE REPLACED.

STARTER FAILED.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.

ENGINE FAILED.

REAR BRAKES FAILED.

TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER/OXYGEN SENSOR BURNED UP.

TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER/OXYGEN SENSOR BURNED UP.

IGNITION SWITCH HAD A SHORT WHICH CAUSED BATTERY TO BE DRAINED WHILE VEHICLE IGNITION WAS IN OFF POSITION/SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

PASSSENGER'S FRONT SEATBELT BUCKLE INSIDE SPRING BROKE PRIOR TO RECALL (92V-113). *AK

PASSSENGER'S FRONT SEATBELT BUCKLE INSIDE SPRING BROKE PRIOR TO RECALL (92V-113). *AK

CONSUMER IS ABLE TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN OFF POSITION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OWNER NOTICED SMOKE, HE PARKED VEHICLE, WENT INSIDE AND TEN MINUTES LATER SOMEONE TOLD HIM THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE FIRE.

ALTERNATOR REPLACED TWICE.

STARTER REPLACED.

RADIATOR REPLACED.

POWER STEERING HOSES REPLACED TWICE.

AIR CONDITIONER REPAIRED.

CV BOOTS REPLACED 3 TIMES.

REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER INOPERATIVE.

SEAT BELT FAILED.

AIR CONDITIONER INOPERATIVE.

BRAKE PADS WORN.

IGNITION SWITCH FIRE.

IDLE VACUUM FAILED.

ALTERNATOR FAILED.

HEAD GASKET FAILED.

MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED 4 TIMES, TWICE PRIOR TO RECALL.

TWO DOORS LOCKED UP AND WERE UNABLE TO BE USED.

SEAT BELT BUCKLES MAY NOT LATCH, OR THEY RELEASE WHILE DRIVING.

THE STRUCTURE BODY FRAME HAS RUSTED OUT, THE FORD MANUFACTURER SAID HE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL # 93V106000 . *AK CONSUMER STATES REAR CORNERS OF THE SUBFRAME MOUNTING BOLTS PULLED THROUGH THE SUBFRAME MOUNTING PLATE EXACTLY THE WAY IT IS DESCRIBED IN THE CAMPAIGN # 93V106002, CONSUMER CONTACTED...

WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE TO MEET HUSBAND, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH HOOD, PARKED VEHICLE, LIFTED HOOD AND NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM BACKSIDE OF ENGINE. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

LEAK IN RUBBER FUEL LINE CAUSED ENGINE FIRE.

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED SMOKE TO COME OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK DEALER STATES PROBLEM WAS WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. *SLC

THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH BROKE, CAUSING THE STEERING TO LOCK UP WHERE THE CONSUMER COULD NOT MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. *AK CONSUMER FOUND THE TURN SIGNAL AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF DEVICE WAS BROKE OFF AND JAMMED INSIDE WHERE BURRS ON STEERING COLUMN WOULD USUALLY TRIP DEVICE. *SLC

DRIVING VEHICLE AWAY FROM HOUSE, OWNER MADE RIGHT HAND TURN, VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE, UNABLE TO STEER VEHICLE, DRIVER STOPPED VEHICLE, HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC, WAS INFORMED THAT K FRAME CORRODED AND BROKE. *AK *JB

VEHICLE FIRE.

VEHICLE FIRE.

PLASTIC PARTS OF SEAT BELT LATCH FAILED, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO LATCH SEAT BELTS.

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION, CAUSED SMOKE TO COME OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN, AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE.*AK

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSED SMOKE TO COME OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE.*AK *SLC

GAS LEAK IN THE HOSE CONNECTING THE PRESSURE REGULATOR TO THE FUEL RAIL, CAUSING VEHICLE FIRE.

AUTOMATIC TRAINMISSION WAS REPLACED . PLEASE DESRIBE .**AK

ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT PANEL KEEPS GOING OUT DUE TO SHORT IN IGNITION SWITCH.*AK

ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT PANEL KEEPS GOING OUT DUE TO SHORT IN IGNITION SWITCH.*AK

WHILE SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE, TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGED IN ANY GEAR, VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN HILL, NO PRIOR WARNING.*AK *JB

RIMS ON THE VEHICLE CRACKING ALMOST RESULTING IN VEHICLE WHEEL FALLING OFF.

TIE RODS FAILED.

STOPPED AT RAILROAD TRACK FOR TRAIN TO PASS AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, IT WAS TOTALED. *AK

CAR WAS PARKED AND IN ABOUT FOUR MINUTES IT CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK CONSUMER STATES ONE MONTH PRIOR TO FIRE, CHECK UP WAS COMPLETE, NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND CAR DID NOT SEEM LIKE ANYTHING WAS MALFUNCTIONING, POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE. *SLC

CAR WAS PARKED AND IN ABOUT FOUR MINUTES IT CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK CONSUMER STATES ONE MONTH PRIOR TO FIRE, CHECK UP WAS COMPLETE, NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND CAR DID NOT SEEM LIKE ANYTHING WAS MALFUNCTIONING, POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE. *SLC

POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK, RESULTING IN A VEHICLE FIRE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, SHOULDER/LAP BELT BUCKLES INOPERATIVE, MALE AND FEMALE DISENGAGE, WON'T LOCK IN PLACE, POPPED OPEN PRIOR TO RECALL (92V-113). *AK

WHEN PARKING THE CAR THE STEERING COLUMN STARTED SMOKING. COULD BE RELATED TO IGNITION SWITCH. *AK DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH. *SLC

GAS ODOR INSIDE VEHICLE DUE TO FACTORY INSTALLED FUEL HOSE BEING TOO SHORT TO PROPERLY CONNECT.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS BADLY WARPED, CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE/ACCIDENT. *SD

CALIPERS WERE MADE OUT OF SOME SORT OF PLASTIC WHICH CAUSED POOR BRAKING /EXCESSIVE WEAR/WARPING OF BRAKE ROTORS. *SD

SERPENTINE BELT REPLACED PREMATURELY DUE TO DETERIORATION. *AW

WATER PUMP REPLACED PREMATURELY DUE TO DETERIORATION.

FUEL INJECTORS REPLACED PREMATURELY DUE TO DETERIORATION.

REAR SHOCKS REPLACED PREMATURELY DUE TO DETERIORATION.

OUTER CV BOOT REPLACED PREMATURELY DUE TO DETERIORATION.

TRANSMISSION OVERHAULED, ALSO TRANSMISSION HARD SHIFTS INTO 2ND GEAR.

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, SOME SORT OF LEAKAGE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE, PE92-044. *AK

THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS BROKEN, PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONTROL SWITCH CAUSED A FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WENT TO START CAR, PUT KEY IN IGNITION, TURNED KEY, HEARD POP, INSIDE OF CAR FILLED W/SMOKE, FIRE AT STEERING COLUMN, TURNED CAR OFF, TOOK KEY OUT, FIRE STOPPED. *AK AFTER THE INCIDENT, CONSUMER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 95S28, HOWEVER FORD DENIES THIS INCIDENT IS RELATED TO RECALL. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED, LEFT FRONT WHEEL RIM TOTALLY SHATTERED; CAUSED VIBRATION, DIFFICULT STEERING; COULD HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENT; ORIGINAL WHEELS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED, LEFT FRONT WHEEL RIM TOTALLY SHATTERED; CAUSED VIBRATION, DIFFICULT STEERING; COULD HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENT; ORIGINAL WHEELS. *AK

A CRACK IN THE FUEL TANK CAUSES THE TANK TO LEAK. *AK

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE STEERING COLUMN NEAR THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN OFF IGNITION, GEAR IN PARK POSITION, SUDDENLY SAW FLAMES COMING FROM UNDERHOOD IN AREA OF STEERING COLUMN, EXACT CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

CONSUMER AT A STOP SIGN CAR ACCELERATED, PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN STEERING COLUMN, CAUSING WIRING HARNESS TO MELT ON FIVE OCCASIONS, DUE TO SHORT IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *AK HEAD LIGHTS FAILED ON FOUR OCCASIONS DUE TO THE FAULTY HARNESS AND STEERING COLUMN SWITCH. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN STEERING COLUMN, CAUSING WIRING HARNESS TO MELT ON FIVE OCCASIONS, DUE TO SHORT IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *AK HEAD LIGHTS FAILED ON FOUR OCCASIONS DUE TO THE FAULTY HARNESS AND STEERING COLUMN SWITCH. *SLC

REPEATED IGNITION SWITCH FAILURES, CAUSING INTERMITTENT STALLING. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH OVERHEATING DUE TO SHORT. *DH

DRIVING VEHICLE, DRIVER SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM DASHBOARD, PULLED OVER, WENT TO RESTAURANT FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHER, FIRE ENGULFED FRONT AREA OF VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE IN GARAGE, UNDER THE HOOD ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, ELECTRICAL SHORT, CAUSING THE HOME TO BURN, CAT WAS INJURED AND DOG DIED IN FIRE. *AK CONSUMER STATES IGNITION SWITCH WAS CAUSE OF FIRE. *SLC

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO THE IGNITION SWITCH WHILE PARKED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED BATTERY TO DISCHARGE, BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT TO STAY ON DASH, AND SMOKE TO ISSUE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN PRIOR TO RECALL.

AFTER PARKING AND LEAVING VEHICLE, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD, THEN SUDDENLY ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO SHORT IN STARTER SWITCH. *DH

IGNITION SWITCH SMOKED. *SD

ENGINE FIRE.

LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHEN ENGINE STARTED, STAYED RUNNING WHEN IGNITION SWITCH TURNED OFF.

FRONT WHEEL BRAKE ROTOR REPLACED DUE TO RECALL. (91S36)

SEAT BELT BUCKLE REPLACED DUE TO RECALL. (92S53)

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CAUSED THE DASH TO CATCH ON FIRE WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. . *AK *JB

EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL FIRE IN WIRING IN DRIVERS SIDE SEAT. *AK

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CAUSED THE STEERING COLUMN TO CATCH ON FIRE WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CAUSED THE WIRES UNDER THE HOOD TO CATCH ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED, CAUSING SMOKE TO COME FROM UNDER DASH. *DSH

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CONSUMER REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH FIRE. *AK CONSUMER STATED A PUFF OF SMOKE FROM STEERING COLUMN AND ENGINE WOULD NOT START AGAIN THERE WAS JUST A CLICKING NOISE IGNITION SWITCH, PLUG AND RADIATOR FAN HAD TO BE REPLACED, ALSO HAD TO GET A NEW STARTER SOLENOID.*JB

IGNITION SWITCH FIRE. *AK CONSUMER STATED A PUFF OF SMOKE FROM STEERING COLUMN AND ENGINE WOULD NOT START AGAIN THERE WAS JUST A CLICKING NOISE IGNITION SWITCH, PLUG AND RADIATOR FAN HAD TO BE REPLACED, ALSO HAD TO GET A NEW STARTER SOLENOID.*JB

IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED, CAUSING SMOKE TO COME OUT OF STEERING COLUMN. *DSH

ONE CRADLE BOLT COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF, OTHER ONE LOOSE, CAUSING STEERING SHAFT COMPONENT TO WEAR OUT. *DSH

ENGINE FIRE. *DH

FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH, VEHICLE CONTINUE RUN AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN TURN OFF, IN FOR REPAIR,

THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING FROM THE STEERING COLUUMN WHEN STARTING THE CAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 24 HOURS AND THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE ACCORDING TO THE FIRE REPORT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 24 HOURS AND THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE ACCORDING TO THE FIRE REPORT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH WHEN DRIVING YOU CAN TAKE THE KEY OUT THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE IS STILL RUNNING. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH WHEN DRIVING YOU CAN TAKE THE KEY OUT THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE IS STILL RUNNING. *AK

AFTER TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE, SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

AFTER TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE, SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

VEHICLE IN GARAGE, UNDER THE HOOD ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, ELECTRICAL SHORT, CAUSING THE HOME TO BURN . *AK

VEHICLE PARKED IN FRONT OF GARAGE; NOTICED VEHICLE WAS FULL OF SMOKE; REMOVED BATTERY CABLES TO AVOID FIRE; IGNITION/IGNITION SWITCH WIRE MELTED. *AK

VEHICLE PARKED IN FRONT OF GARAGE; NOTICED VEHICLE WAS FULL OF SMOKE; REMOVED BATTERY CABLES TO AVOID FIRE; IGNITION/IGNITION SWITCH WIRE MELTED. *AK

CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE AND FIRE WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK

STARTED AUTO AND IMMEDIATELY THE STEERING COLUMN BEGAN TO SMOKE. *AK

WIRES WHICH PLUG INTO IGNITION SWITCH BURNT, HAD TO REPLACE IGNITION SWITCH, NO FIRE. *AK

EXT 5721: TURNED OFF IGNITION, MOTOR KEPT RUNNING; DEALER CHECKED, FOUND NOTHING WRONG; OCCURRED AGAIN, CAUSING UNDERHOOD FIRE. *AK

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK CAUSED THE IGNITION SWITCH TO BURN OUT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

WHILE PARKING AND LEAVING VEHICLE, OWNER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN. BILLS TIRE & AUTOMOTIVE IN MACON GA., REPLACE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, AT APPROX. 2MPH, SUBFRAME MOUNT BROKE AND DROPPED 8", BOLTS PULLED THROUGH, CAUSED ENGINE TO LEAN AGAINST FIREWALL/LOST STEERING CAPABILITY. *AK *JB

ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCHES, CAUSING THE BATTRIES TO DIE, PLACED THE IGNITION SWITCHES TWICE. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE PARKED IN GARAGE, HEARD LOUD NOISE; INVESTIGATED; DISCOVERED SMOKE COMING FROM GARAGE DOOR; OPENED DOOR; VEHICLE ENGULFED IN UNDERHOOD FLAMES. *AK

NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM IGNITION, CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK

SMOKE CAME FROM THE DASH BOARD AREA, REPLACE THE KEY SWITCH. *AK

BURNT WIRE NOTICE, STARTED IN WIRING THAT IS IN THE JUNCTION BOX TO THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

INTERIOR VEHICLE FIRE CAUSED BY THE IGNITION CATCHING FIRE, OWNER STATED VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND HALF HIS HOUSE WAS BURNT. *AK

BURNT WIRE NOTICE, STARTED IN WIRING THAT IS IN THE JUNCTION BOX TO THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

INTERIOR VEHICLE FIRE CAUSED BY THE IGNITION CATCHING FIRE, OWNER STATED VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND HALF HIS HOUSE WAS BURNT. *AK

ASK FOR EXT 166. VEHICLE PARKED, FLAMES CONSUMED THE ENGINE. UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHERE FIRE ACTUALLY ORIGINATED FROM. *AK

THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HAS CRACKED AROUND THE CENTER HUB, DRIVER DISCOVERED PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE WAS A NOISE/VIBRATIONS IN THE FRONT END. *AK

OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES INOPERATIVE. *SD

THE STEERING WHEEL HAS MORE PLAY THEN NECESSARY AND IT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT LATCH, AND SOMETIMES BECOMES UNLATCHED ON ITS OWN. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED, CAUSING FIRE. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)

STEERING COLUMN; ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE STEERING COLUMN CAUSING THE STEERING COLUMN TO SMOKE. *AK

STEERING COLUMN; ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE STEERING COLUMN CAUSING THE STEERING COLUMN TO SMOKE. *AK

STEERING COLUMN; ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE STEERING COLUMN CAUSING THE STEERING COLUMN TO SMOKE. *AK

WHILE PARKED, IGNITION SWITCH CAUGHT FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

WHILE PARKED, IGNITION SWITCH CAUGHT FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

ENGINE AND WIRES OVERHEATED TO THE POINT OF GLOWING RED. *DSH

DRIVER FREQUENTLY SMELLS GAS.

SMOKE INTERMITTENTLY COMES FROM IGNITION SWITCH.

BRAKES FAILED. (FIRST VEHICLE ON 601413) *DH

STARTER FAILED.

REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER BROKE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *SD

STEERING COLUMN STARTED TO CATCH FIRE, IT STARTED SMOKING FROM THE DASH BOARD SO THE OWNER JUMP OUT THE CAR AND TOOK THE BATTERY OUT HAD THE CAR WORKED ON. *AK

FUMES COMING INTO THE VEHICLE COMPARTMENT AND ALSO A OILY BUILDUP ON THE DASHBOARD, 4 PEOPLE HAVE COME DOWN WITH PNEUMONIA, POSSIBLE DUE TO THE PROBLEM. *AK

PURCHASE USED WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

STEERING COLUMN STARTED TO CATCH FIRE, IT STARTED SMOKING FROM THE DASH BOARD SO THE OWNER JUMP OUT THE CAR AND TOOK THE BATTERY OUT HAD THE CAR WORKED ON. *AK

FUMES COMING INTO THE VEHICLE COMPARTMENT AND ALSO A OILY BUILDUP ON THE DASHBOARD, 4 PEOPLE HAVE COME DOWN WITH PNEUMONIA, POSSIBLE DUE TO THE PROBLEM. *AK

PURCHASE USED WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

SEAT BELT BUCKLES FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL. (92V113000) *DH

DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLES ARE DIFFICULT TO LATCH, SOMETIMES WILL NOT LATCH AT ALL. TT

DUAL FUEL TANKS ARE OVERFLOWING WHEN FILLING UP ONE TANK, THERE IS A RECALL BUT THESE ARE NOT INCLUDED. TT

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, SOURCE OF FIRE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. TT

THE FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE WHEN LOCKING THEM THEY WOULD COME LOOSE TWO OUT OF THREE THAT ARE BAD . TT

FRONT DISC ROTORS HAVE SEVERELY CORRODED DUE TO ROAD SALT. TT

FUEL LINE LEAK RESULTED IN ENGINE FIRE. *DSH

TRANSMISSION FAILED 2 TIMES. *SD

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING-NO INJURIES. TT

LEFT FRONT ALUMINUM POLYLITE RIM JUST DISINTEGRATED CRACKING ALL AROUND READY TO SEPARATE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

LEFT FRONT ALUMINUM POLYLITE RIM JUST DISINTEGRATED CRACKING ALL AROUND READY TO SEPARATE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

DRIVER'S SIDE AND REAR PASSENGER SHOULDER LAP BELTS DO NOT HOLD AFTER LATCHING; BUCKLE RELEASES WHILE DRIVING. TT

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE, UNABLE TO LATCH THE SEATBELT. TT

SEAT BELT BUCKLE RELEASE BUTTON JAMS, PREVENTING BELTS FROM RELEASING. TT

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING CAR AND CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT

THE SUB FRAME BROKE PURCHASE CAR NEW. TT

HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION THE VEHICLE ONLY HAVE 50,000 MILES. TT

HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION THE VEHICLE ONLY HAVE 50,000 MILES. TT

BROKEN TIE RODS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE IN A TWO YEAR PERIOD. TT

PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLES SOMETIMES DON'T LOCK . TT

THE HEATER MOTOR BURNT OUT AND CAUGHT THE CAR ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

ALL THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES AREN'T WORKING CONSUMER CALL FORD SAID HE'S NOT IN THE RECALL THERE IS A RECALL ON SEAT BELT BUCKLE #92V113000 . TT

THE WINDSHIELD IS CRACKING. TT *SLC

LEFT FRONT OUTER RIM BROKE WHEN PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY, WHEEL MODEL #1681. TT *SLC

LEFT FRONT OUTER RIM BROKE WHEN PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY, WHEEL MODEL #1681. TT *SLC

ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED, RESULTING IN ENGINE PROBLEM. TT APRIL 1994 ARTICLE IN GOOD HOUSEKEEPING CLAIMED A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. *YH

WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE DIES OUT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

THE BOLT BROKE OFF OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. ALMOST RUINED THE ENGINE. TT THE BROKEN BOLT CAUSED THE LOSS OF ALL ENGINE COOLANT, CONSUMER STATES ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT INDICATE THERE WAS A PROBLEM, MECHANIC ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THE BOLT HAD BROKEN OFF DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN THE BOLT.*JB

THE BOLT BROKE OFF OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. ALMOST RUINED THE ENGINE. TT THE BROKEN BOLT CAUSED THE LOSS OF ALL ENGINE COOLANT, CONSUMER STATES ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT INDICATE THERE WAS A PROBLEM, MECHANIC ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THE BOLT HAD BROKEN OFF DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN THE BOLT.*JB

CONSUMER DROVE AND PARKED CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE PURCHASE CAR USED. TT CONSUMER DROVE 13 MILES AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGOF ANY PROBLEMS, VEHICLE WAS PARKED.*JB

CONSUMER DROVE AND PARKED CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE PURCHASE CAR USED. TT CONSUMER DROVE 13 MILES AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGOF ANY PROBLEMS, VEHICLE WAS PARKED.*JB

THE FRONT SEATBELTS DO NOT LATCH.TT WHEN SEAT BELT IS INSERTED THE RED RELEASE BUTTON STICKS IN THE UNLOCK POSITION, PREVENTING SEAT BELT FROM LATCHING. DRIVER'S SEAT BELT TAKES 2-10 ATTEMPTS TO GET SEAT BELT TO PROPERLY LATCH, EVERYTIME IT IS ATTEMPTED THE PROBLEM IS WORSE ESPECIALLY WHEN TEMPERATU...

THE SEAT BELTS WON'T STAY LATCHED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

THERE IS A LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION, THERE IS A NOISE IN THE POWER STEERING . TT

THERE IS A LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION, THERE IS A NOISE IN THE POWER STEERING . TT

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN PUTTING DRIVER IN JEOPARDY CONSTANTLY. DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO TRACK. TT THE BRAKES FAILED RIGHT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT DANGEROUSLY. NOW, THE EXTERIOR PAINT WAS FADING. *YH

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN PUTTING DRIVER IN JEOPARDY CONSTANTLY. DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO TRACK. TT THE BRAKES FAILED RIGHT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT DANGEROUSLY. NOW, THE EXTERIOR PAINT WAS FADING. *YH

TIRE ROD FAILED. *SD

TURN SIGNALS INOPERATIVE. *SD

BRAKES FAILED. *SD

WATER PUMP FAILED. *SD

WHEN VEHICLE SLOWED, TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR INTO NEUTRAL, CONSUMER HAD TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE MANUALLY, DEALER FOUND A BROKEN FORWARD PISTION, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *SLC

THE 10 HOLE POLYCAST RIM CRACKED THIS IS THE SECOND ONE . TT CONSUMER STATES AFTER FINDING 3 OUT OF 4 RIMS CRACKED CONSUMER CALLED DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT WARRANTY IS UP, FORD WOULD NOT REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE RIMS.*JB

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT

POWER STEERING HOSE RUPTURED, CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK ONTO MANIFOLD/FIRE. *SD

MIDDLE FRONT SEAT BELT BROKE, UNABLE TO LATCH SEAT BELT. TT

SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED TO LATCH, PRIOR TO RECALL(92V-113). *SD

THE ENGINE MOUNT WAS REPLACED BY A RECALL 7/92 HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM NOW . TT

WHEN VEHICLE IN ANY GEAR, TAKE KEY OUT IGNITION (AT TRANSMISSION). TT

WHEN CAR IS TURN ON YOU CAN TAKE KEYS OUT AND SEAT BELT WON'T RETRACT RIGHT . TT

HEARD LOUD NOISE, THEN STEERING WENT OUT, MOUNTS HAD BROKEN. TT

HEARD LOUD NOISE, THEN STEERING WENT OUT, MOUNTS HAD BROKEN. TT

SEAT BELT BUCKLE DIFFICULT TO ENGAGE/RELEASE. (92V113000) *DSH

ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS ARE SLACK, ALLOWS ENGINE/TRANSMISSION TO SLIP SLIGHTLY; BOTH REAR MOUNTS HAVE SEPARATED; STILL DRIVEABLE; NO ACCIDENTS. TT

ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS ARE SLACK, ALLOWS ENGINE/TRANSMISSION TO SLIP SLIGHTLY; BOTH REAR MOUNTS HAVE SEPARATED; STILL DRIVEABLE; NO ACCIDENTS. TT

THE FRONT PASSENGER AND BACK MIDDLE WILL NOT WORK AND WON'T LOCK UP ON EMERGENCY BRAKING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED TO STAY SECURED TWICE PRIOR TO RECALL, RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO VEHICLE MANUFACTURING DATE (92V-113). *SD

TIE ROD SHEARED OFF. *DSH

TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED TWICE, AND IS CURRENTLY FAILING FOR THE THIRD TIME.

TIE ROD END BROKE. *AK

HAD A UNDERHOOD FIRE, FIRE DEPT. SAID IT WAS THE POWER STEERING. TT

THE TIE ROD SHEARED WHILE DRIVING AND THE CAR JUST LOCKED UP. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

INNER TIE ROD SHEARED OFF WHILE DRIVING AND THE CAR JUST LOCKED UP. TT

THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE ARE BROKE . TT

VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD IN DRIVE, ALSO UPON LEAVING VEHICLE WITH GEAR IN NEUTRAL, TRANSMISSION ENGAGED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *AK

THE FRONT SEAT BELTS WILL NOT STAY LATCHED, AND THE VEHICLE VARIOUS ELECTRICAL OPTIONS WILL NOT WORK FOR NO APPARENT REASON. TT

THE FRONT SEAT BELTS WILL NOT STAY LATCHED, AND THE VEHICLE VARIOUS ELECTRICAL OPTIONS WILL NOT WORK FOR NO APPARENT REASON. TT

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION SPEED UNKNOWN, IMPACT 12:00. TT

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILURE, UNABLE TO LATCH SEAT BELT. *AK

SEAT BELT BUCKLES PLASTIC COVERS CRACKED/PRIOR TO RECALL(92V113). *SD

SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE IN FRONT EA91-011. *AK

RED RELEASE BUTTON STICKS WILL NOT LATCH METAL TONGUE. *AK

CAR WAS PARK IN THE DRIVE WAY ON A HILL TWO KID WAS IN CAR WAS OFF AND GEAR WAS IN PARK CAR ROLL DOWN HILL AND HIT A BRICK HOUSE KID HIT HEADS. TT

SEVERELY CORRODED ROTOR ON RIGHT FRONT FRACTURED/SEPARATED FROM HUB. *AK

DRIVERS SIDE SHOULDER BELT FAILS TO REMAIN LATCHED. *AK

THE TWO SEAT BELT TONGUE BROKES AWAY FROM THE STRAP, CAUSING THE SEAT BELTS TO BE INOPERABLE. TT

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LURCHES FORWARD WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT

CRACKED ENGINE CYLINDER HEADS, ALSO BENT RODS. *AW

ROTOR ON LEFT FRONT BRAKE RUSTED THROUGH, SEPARATED FROM ROTOR HUB, BRAKE NOW DISFUNCTIONAL. TT

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY CLOSED, IT RELEASES. TT

WHILE DRIVING FRONT PASSENGER SHOULDER/LAP BELT BUCKLE COMES UNDONE. TT

THE SEAT BELT GET STUCK AT TIMES AND WILL NOT CATCH. TT

THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT BELT WILL NOT LATCH. TT

SHOULDER/LAP BELT BUCKLE IS INOPERATIVE, BECAUSE CHIPPED PIECES FROM RED RELEASE BUTTON HAVE FALLEN INSIDE, MALE TO FEMALE WON'T LATCH. TT

PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT ENGAGE LATCHING BUCKLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

EXCESSIVE EFFORT TO LOCK DRIVER'S SEAT BELT SOMETIMES WILL NOT LOCK; AFTER LOCKING, DOES NOT REMAIN LOCK. TT

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT RELEASE BUTTON IS STUCK IN DOWN POSITION; WILL NOT RELEASE; EXCESSIVE EFFORT; SOMETIMES WILL HOLD, OTHER TIMES COMES RIGHT BACK OUT. TT

SEAT BELT BUCKLES ARE FAILING , UNABLE LATCH. TT

DRIVER SIDE LAP/SHOULDER BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY. TT

SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE, UNLATCHES BY ITSELF. TT

FRONT SEAT BELTS DO NOT BUCKLE. TT

A WELD IN THE CROSS MEMBER IN THE FRONT OF THE FRAME FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO DROP. TT

WHILE DRIVING UP SLIGHT INCLINE, ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK TO FLOOR; EXCESSIVE EFFORT TO RELEASE; ENGINE SURGED FROM 35 MPH TO HIGH SPEED. TT

REAR CALIPERS LOCKED UP CAUSED PADS AND ROTORS TO WEAR TO THE POINT OF NO BRAKING CAPABILITY. TT

TIE ROD BROKE HAD TO REPLACE. TT

SPARE TIRE EXPLODED TEARING WHEEL WELL COVER/DAMAGING ELECTRICAL WIRING TO FUEL PUMP, RESULTING IN VEHICLE STALLING. *SKD

WHILE DRIVING, AT APPROX. 10MPH SUDDENLY THE INNER AND OUTER TIE ROD END BOOT BROKE, CAUSING WHEELS TO COLLAPSE, RENDERING STEERING INOPERATIVE, NO WARNING. TT

FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELTS WILL NOT LATCH. TT

SEAT BELT BUCKLE RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO LACK OF DEALER NOTIFICATION. (92V-113) *AW

THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT ON TOP FROM BOLT CAME LOOSE, IT MAKE NOISE. TT

GAS PEDAL STUCK WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING ACCELERATION. TT

BRAKES DID NOT STOP VEHICLE. TT

UPON REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 10 MPH, DRIVERS SHOULDER BELT DIDN'T RESTRAIN RESULTING IN STERNUM/CHEST BREAKAGE, DRIVER DIED TT

RIGHT SIDE ROTOR BROKE BECAUSE OF RUST. TT

REAR LIFT IS MALFUNCTIONING. TT

GEARS SHIFT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAIL. TT

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE: FAILURE OF POWER STEERING LINE LEAKED FLUID ONTO CATALYTIC CONVERTER; DRIVER NOTICED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERHOOD BEFORE FIRE. TT

SEAT BELT BUCKLE RELEASE BUTTON STUCK IN DEPRESSED POSITION. *AW

STEERING RACK REPLACED.

VALVE COVER GASKET LEAKS. *AW

HEAD GASKET REPLACED. *AW

HEADLIGHT AUTOMATIC DIMMER FAILED.

AUTOMATIC BRAKE RELEASE VALVE REPLACED.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 76K MILES. STARTED JERKING AT TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WAS SLIPPING GROWING WORSE, DESTROYING GEARS. TT

BELTS REPLACED THREE TIMES DUE TO BEING DEFECTIVE/NOISY. *SKD

WINDSHIELD WIPERS REPLACED.

PROBLEMS WITH AIR CONDITIONER.

VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY UPON BRAKING AND TURNING. FORD STATES RACK AND PINION NEEDS REPLACEMENT. TT

DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE UNLATCHES PREMATURELY. TT

RIGHT FRONT INNER TIE ROD PRESSURE PIN BACKED OFF ALLOWING THE NUT TO COMPLETELY UNSCREW; LOSS CONTROL OF FRONT WHEELS; SPEED 2 MPH; NO WARNING. TT

4 POLYCAST WHEELS BROKE. *SKD

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE DUE TO DEFECTIVE DRIVE CHAIN AND FRONT/REAR PLANETARY SHELLS. *AK

STEERING WHEEL DID NOT RETURN AFTER TURNING TO THE RIGHT DUE TO CRACKED RACK IN RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY. *AK