1999 FORD TAURUS Problems & Recalls

THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE HAD CONDENSATION INSIDE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS TWO WEEKS AGO, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT TOOK ON AN INCH AND A HALF OF WATER INSIDE THE COVER, AND THE DRIVER SIDE HAD INCREASED CONDENSATION TO OBSCURE THE WHOLE COVER. THE CAR IS COMMONLY PARKED OUTSIDE MY APA...

Mileage: 65,000

TL* THE CONTACT'S FRIEND OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT'S FRIEND HEARD KNOCKING NOISES COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE IF THERE WERE ANY WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT'S FRIEND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, B...

Mileage: 187,000

I WOULD SAY 7 TIMES OUT OF 10 WHILE DRIVING IN MY CAR THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT RANDOMLY POPS UNBUCKLED OR IF I REACH FOR SOMETHING IT UNBUCKLES. IT IS A LITTLE SCARY TO BE HONEST. SOMETIMES WHEN I BREAK THE SLIGHTEST PRESSURE CAUSE IT TO FAIL

Mileage: 100,580

WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED JUMPING AROUND, WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS THE RPM'S REVED UP HIGH. I STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN AND THE CAR ACCELERATED BY ITSELF INTO THE INTERSECTION I CAME CLOSE TO HITTING ANOTHER CAR! I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR REPLACED TWICE ALREAD...

Mileage: 148,725

WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED JUMPING AROUND, WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS THE RPM'S REVED UP HIGH. I STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN AND THE CAR ACCELERATED BY ITSELF INTO THE INTERSECTION I CAME CLOSE TO HITTING ANOTHER CAR! I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR REPLACED TWICE ALREAD...

Mileage: 148,725

THE CAR HAS HAD YRANSMISSION REBUILT LAST YEAR AND IM STILL MAKING PAYMEMTS ON THE CAR. THEN 4MONTHS AGO I HAD THE SPEED SENSOR REPLACED RAN GOOD UNTIL DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY WHEN IT STARTING ACTING THE SAME WAY IT WAS BEFORE I GOT IT FIXED SO I JMOW ITS THE SPEED SENSOR AGAIN HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE...

THE CAR HAS HAD YRANSMISSION REBUILT LAST YEAR AND IM STILL MAKING PAYMEMTS ON THE CAR. THEN 4MONTHS AGO I HAD THE SPEED SENSOR REPLACED RAN GOOD UNTIL DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY WHEN IT STARTING ACTING THE SAME WAY IT WAS BEFORE I GOT IT FIXED SO I JMOW ITS THE SPEED SENSOR AGAIN HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR ROW SEAT BELTS ON THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000.

Mileage: 132,000

MAY 2016 I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND IT FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS ALL OUT OF WHACK, THE RPM'S WERE GOING HIGHER AS I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, THE CAR HAS HAD MORE PROBLEMS AND WAS BROKE DOWN FOR ALMOST THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR. DE...

Mileage: 145,861

MAY 2016 I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND IT FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS ALL OUT OF WHACK, THE RPM'S WERE GOING HIGHER AS I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, THE CAR HAS HAD MORE PROBLEMS AND WAS BROKE DOWN FOR ALMOST THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR. DE...

Mileage: 145,861

MY AC UNIT BLEW OUT AND STOPPED WORKING THIS SUMMER, NOW THAT IT IS RAINY SEASON THERE IS A PUDDLE OF WATER ON THE FLOOR OF MY FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE CALL REF NUMBER: 03V087000. COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10184014. I AM NOT SURE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE BUT IT RAINS IN WASHINGTO...

Mileage: 130,000

MY AC UNIT BLEW OUT AND STOPPED WORKING THIS SUMMER, NOW THAT IT IS RAINY SEASON THERE IS A PUDDLE OF WATER ON THE FLOOR OF MY FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE CALL REF NUMBER: 03V087000. COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10184014. I AM NOT SURE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE BUT IT RAINS IN WASHINGTO...

Mileage: 130,000

FRONT SPRING COIL IS BROKEN

Mileage: 162,000

FRONT SPRING COIL IS BROKEN

Mileage: 162,000

FRONT SPRING COIL IS BROKEN

Mileage: 162,000

VOLTAGE REGULATOR, OR ITS FUSE, IS FAILING TO CHARGE BATTERY

Mileage: 166,879

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DAY TIME RUNNING HEADLIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

Mileage: 150,000

I'LL COPY ANOTHERS POST TO REFLECT EXACTLY THE WAY I FEEL AND MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS STEERING ISSUE... RACK AND PINION SEAL LEAKS FLUID INTO THE RIGHT HAND BOOT AND THEN THE GROUND, CAUSING THE POWER STEERING NOT TO FUNCTION PROPERLY AND FAILURE TO THE POWER STEERING PUMP. I CAN'T BELIEVE FORD DOES...

PASSENGER SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT OUT OF HOLDER TO BE PUT ON PASSENGER. DRIVERS SEATBELT STAYING OUT, NOT RETRACTING BACK IN AS TO WORK PROPERLY.

Mileage: 122,450

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES, SIZE: P225/60R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE TIRES EXPERIENCED CRACKS AND LEAKS. THE DEALER FOUND NO FAILURE WITH THE TIRES. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIE...

Mileage: 152,000

I JUST BOUGHT A 1999 FORD TAURUS AND FOUND THE COIL SPRING FRONT DRIVER SIDE OUT OF PLACE CHECKING ON RECALLS SAYING THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR THIS CAR IM GUESSING THIS ISSUE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN REPAIRED THEN WHY IS IT OUT OF PLACE AGAIN IN SAYING I DO NOT KNOW IF ANY OF THE OTHER RECALLS MIGHT HAV...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DIM AND THE VISIBILITY WAS IMPAIRED EVERY TIME THEY WERE TURNED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

Mileage: 74,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUPPORT BEAMS AND THE SUB FRAME WERE CORRODED. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS SEVERE CORROSION UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THE SEAT COULD FALL OUT AT ANYTIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PRO...

Mileage: 133,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUPPORT BEAMS AND THE SUB FRAME WERE CORRODED. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS SEVERE CORROSION UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THE SEAT COULD FALL OUT AT ANYTIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PRO...

Mileage: 133,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOUD POPPING NOISE WHILE THE CONTACT WAS REVERSING. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS PUNCTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO ADVISED THAT THE STRUT FA...

Mileage: 85,796

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A RATTLING NOISE. A LOCAL MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE FRONT SPRING STRUTS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 0...

Mileage: 112,000

WAS DRIVEN DOWN THE HIGHWAY NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE NOTICED A BURNING WIRE SMELL.. PULLED OVER AND THE WHOLE TOP OF MY MOTOR WAS ON FIRE... THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS ELECTRICAL... MY CAR IS TOTALED. *TR

MY SON IS 22 YRS OLD HE BOUGHT THIS 1999 FORD TAURUS FROM A USED CAR DEALER IN MARCH 2013,HIM AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,THE CAR JERKED TO THE LEFT REALLY HARD HE COULD NOT CONTROL IT NO STEERING CONTROL,NEEDLESS TO SAY HE WENT DOWN A DITCH THRU A YARD AND H...

Mileage: 100,000

MY SON IS 22 YRS OLD HE BOUGHT THIS 1999 FORD TAURUS FROM A USED CAR DEALER IN MARCH 2013,HIM AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,THE CAR JERKED TO THE LEFT REALLY HARD HE COULD NOT CONTROL IT NO STEERING CONTROL,NEEDLESS TO SAY HE WENT DOWN A DITCH THRU A YARD AND H...

Mileage: 100,000

MY SON WAS DRIVING ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR JERKED TO THE LEFT,RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AT 55 MPH CAR CRASH HIS GIRL FRIEND WAS AIRLIFTED, HE LEFT THE HIGHWAY WENT THRU A LADY'S YARD HITTING AND TOTALING HER CAR AND HITTING HER HOUSE,HIS GIRL FRIEND HAS 7 FRACTURED FACIAL BONES 3 CRACKED...

Mileage: 100,000

THE THROTTLE CABLE BROKE AND HAS TO BE REPLACED. I'VE NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE THROTTLE CABLE SPECIFICALLY BUT I CANNOT FIND INFORMATION REGARDING THIS WITH THE NHTSA. *JS

Mileage: 90,000

ONE OF THE REAR BRAKE LINES RUPTURED CAUSING GRADUAL BUT COMPLETE LOSS OF NORMAL BRAKING. LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF IN TO A PARKING AREA JUST AS BRAKES QUIT WORKING COMPLETELY. CAUSE OF RUPTURE APPEARS TO BE RUST. RUPTURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY UNDER THE DRIVER SEAT LOCATION. NO PRIOR WARNING...

Mileage: 139,500

HIT THE BRAKES HARD WHEN THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED SOFTNESS IN THE PEDAL VASTLY DEVELOPING INTO 98 % LOSS OF BRAKING CAPACITY. AFTERWARDS, NOTICED LEAK IN ONE OF BRAKE LINES RUNNING ALONG THE LEFT SIDE UNDERBODY ABOUT MIDWAY. APPRO...

Mileage: 155,000

WAS DRIVING MY 1999 FORD TAURUS AT A SPEED OF 30-35 MPH AFTER DRIVING AT 70-75 MPH STEADY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR ON THE HWY AND THEN WITHOUT ANY NOTICE WHILE DRIVING, THE SPEEDOMETER DROPPED FROM 30-35MPH TO 0-5 MPH AND STAYED AT THAT FOR ABOUT 3-5 SECONDS AND MY CAR TRIED TO DOWNSHIFT AND DEEXCELERATE A...

GOT A TRANSMISSION LEAK, THE TRANSMISSION PAN SEALS WERE REPLACED AS THEY WERE WET AND TRANSMISSION WAS FLUSHED AND REFILLED. NEXT DAY THE CAR WAS STILL LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID BROUGHT IT BACK TO SHOP WHERE THE SEALS IN THE TRANSMISSION PUMP WERE SHREDDED. WAS REPLACED AND AGAIN TRANSMISSION WAS ...

ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVE AND THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. NOW JUST THIS MORNING AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. I KNOW THERE IS A RECALL FROM FORD O4S17 FRONT COIL SPRINGS. HOWEVER THEY ARE ...

Mileage: 160,000

ON MARCH 11 2013 AS I BEGAN TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY MY FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. I KNOW THERE IS A RECALL FROM FORD NUMBER 04S17.WHEN THEY RAN MY VIN THEY SAID THERE WAS NO OPEN RECALL FOUND. AFTER CONTACTING 3 DIFFERENT MECHANICS THEY BELIEVE MY CAR SHOULD BE COVERED ...

Mileage: 160,000

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR AT A LOW SPEED, DEER RAN OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I BRAKE TO STOP AND AT THAT TIME THE CAR SURGED AND ACCELERATED AT A HIGH SPEED WHICH CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR AND HIT A TREE HEAD ON. I PRESSED THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD AND THE SPEED WOULD NOT DECELERATE. I SUFFE...

Mileage: 85,000

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR AT A LOW SPEED, DEER RAN OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I BRAKE TO STOP AND AT THAT TIME THE CAR SURGED AND ACCELERATED AT A HIGH SPEED WHICH CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR AND HIT A TREE HEAD ON. I PRESSED THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD AND THE SPEED WOULD NOT DECELERATE. I SUFFE...

Mileage: 85,000

SUBFRAME AND ROCKER PANEL RUST / ROT. *TR

Mileage: 117,000

SUBFRAME AND ROCKER PANEL RUST / ROT. *TR

Mileage: 117,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A PILLAR ON THE SIDE OF A BUILDING...

Mileage: 98,000

DRIVING AT LOW SPEED MAYBE 25 MPH. WHEN REAR COIL STRUCT ASSEMBLY WENT BAD. COULD THIS BE A MANUFACTOR DEFECT? *TR

Mileage: 89,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, A DEER CROSSED IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM VIA AMBULANCE...

Mileage: 167,000

MICHELIN HYDROEDGE HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS IN BOTTOM OF ALL TREADS WITH ONLY 37,000 MILES ON A 90,000 MILE RATED TIRE. THEY DO NOT HAVE SIDEWALL WEATHER-CHECKING SO IT IS NOT A WEATHER OR CHEMICAL ISSUE. MICHELIN WAS ASKED TO PAY FOR AT LEAST 50% OF REPLACEMENT COST BUT THEY REFUSED. THERE IS ONLY 4...

Mileage: 78,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LINE FRACTURED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CRUISE TO A STOP SAFELY. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE BRAKE LINE WAS REPAIRED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS CORRODED...

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS SMOKE RISING FROM THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT SAFELY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND DID NOT NOTIFY POLICE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE...

Mileage: 200,000

I BOUGHT THIS 1999 FORD TAURUS IN 2011. I HAD TO HAVE THE POWER STEERING RACK REPLACED DUE TO IT LEAKING. ONCE THIS GOT REPLACED THE CAR BEGAN TO IDLE REALLY REALLY BAD WHEN THE AC OR HEATER WAS TURNED ON, THIS WOULD ALSO SOMETIMES OCCUR JUST SITTING AT A LIGHT WITH NOTHING ON. IT WOULD ALSO HAPPEN ...

Mileage: 86,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS RELEASED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARD AND CRASHED INTO A FENCE. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE BACK AND RIGHT LEG. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER DROVE THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACC...

Mileage: 58,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHILE STOPPED AND WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANU...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN DRIVING AS IF THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD BEEN ACTIVATED AND ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 121,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE COIL SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPAI...

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND THERE WERE NO WARNINGS ON THE INSTRUMENT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS U...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT BELT EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE INTERMITTENTLY. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 99V250000 (SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE), THAT M...

Mileage: 59,000

I WAS GOING DOWN HE INTERSTATE WITH MY 3 KIDS WHEN MY CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. IT ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND THE RPM'S WOULD GO UP WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL BUT IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE ANYMORE. I HAD TO MERGE OVER 3 LANES OF INTERSTATE TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SHOULD...

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE CONTACT DROVE OVER AN UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE AND NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO DROP DOWN TOWARD THE GROUND. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE DRIVE AXLE WAS FRACTURED AT THE CV JOIN...

Mileage: 21,000

GOT OFF FREEWAY AND MADE TWO LEFT TURNS GOING DOWN STREET WITH A SLIGHT BEND TO THE RIGHT STEERING LOCKED SLIGHTLY TURNING TO THE RIGHT, CONTINUED TILL GOT OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. SHUT OFF CAR AND RESTARTED TWICE BEFORE STEERING LOCK RELEASED. *TR *KB

Mileage: 57,213

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS INOPERABLE AND THE OVERDRIVE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CON...

Mileage: 143,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. NO WARNING. DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH AND IT WAS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO NEUTRAL. THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL HAD TO STOP ALL NORTH BOUND TRAFFIC ON I5 IN LOS ANGELES SO THE TOW TRUCK CAN MOVE THE CAR WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY TO SAFETY. WE COULDN'T EVEN OPEN THE...

Mileage: 92,912

A MINOR SLIPPAGE IN THE TRANSMISSION BECAME A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN LESS THAN A MILE. NO POWER TO ANY GEARS, HAD TO BE TOWED. ONLY REPAIR OPTIONS PRESENTED WERE NEW/USED TRANSMISSION, RANGING FROM 1500-3000 IN PRICE, EVEN THOUGH THE NATURE OF THE FAILURE WAS KNOWN BY THE DEALERSHIP AND ...

Mileage: 100,000

A MINOR SLIPPAGE IN THE TRANSMISSION BECAME A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN LESS THAN A MILE. NO POWER TO ANY GEARS, HAD TO BE TOWED. ONLY REPAIR OPTIONS PRESENTED WERE NEW/USED TRANSMISSION, RANGING FROM 1500-3000 IN PRICE, EVEN THOUGH THE NATURE OF THE FAILURE WAS KNOWN BY THE DEALERSHIP AND ...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE FAILURE WAS MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS REPLACED. APPROXIMATEL...

Mileage: 42,470

1999 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER STATES THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. *TGW

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE IN FOR ROUTINE SERVICE, THE MECHANIC ADVISED HIM THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS THEN CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT HE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE COMPONENT BECAUSE IT COULD CAU...

Mileage: 95,000

I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY STEERING WHEEL IT SHAKES OVER 45 MPH AND I HAVE CALLED THEY PLACE WERE I BOUGHT IT AND MY WARRANTY RAN OUT SO I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT FIXED THEN I SEE THERE IS A RECALL N MY TYPE OF CAR I WANT IT REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

THE FRAME UNDER THE FRONT OF MY CAR HAS ROTTED AWAY DUE TO ROAD SALT. I SEE FORD HAS A RECALL ON OLDER MODELS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. LOSS OF STEERING OCCURRED WHEN THE FRAME LET GO. *TR

Mileage: 94,000

THIS TAURUS HAS NO ENGINE BRAKING AT ALL. SPEED CANNOT BE DECREASED BY RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. EXCESSIVE SPEED CAN ONLY BE AVOIDED BY "RIDING" THE BRAKES. THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON ON THIS YEAR AND MODEL. FORD DEALER SAYS IT IS NORMAL AND "OK". JUST A CONSEQUENCE OF HAVING AN OVERDRIVE TRA...

Mileage: 63,000

1999 FORD TAURUS, WESTBOUND WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD THE TREAD SEPARATE. THE TREAD CAME OFF AND DAMAGED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0521-90)*JB

MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BOARD, AND I COULD NOT STOP SO I CRASHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND IT IN TURN CRASHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF IT. *TR

Mileage: 185,000

1999 FORD 3L DUO CAM ENGINE. THEIR IS NO APPARENT ENGINE BRAKING FROM THIS ENGINE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. LOCKING OUT OVERDRIVE WILL HELP BUT CAUSES THE ENGINE TO REV EXCESSIVELY. CRUISE CONTROL SPEED WILL EXCEED THE SPEED LIMIT BY A LOT WHILE GOING DOWN HILL, EVEN SLIGHTLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LARGE PLASTIC COMPONENT NEAR THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SEPARATED AND WAS CURLING UPWARD. THE PLASTIC WAS OBSTRUCTING THE CONTACT'S VIEW OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACT...

Mileage: 110,000

A 51 POINT INSPECTION DONE ON A 1999 FORD TAURUS I PURCHASED THAT HAD THE FOLLOWING SAFETY ISSUES: CRACKED BRAKES, LOOSE PINION ROD, TRANSMISSION, STEERING WHEEL OFF CENTER TO NAME A FEW ITEMS. REQUIRED A FLUSHING, OIL, ETC. I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE MOST OF THESE ITEMS REPAIRED OR REPLA...

A 51 POINT INSPECTION DONE ON A 1999 FORD TAURUS I PURCHASED THAT HAD THE FOLLOWING SAFETY ISSUES: CRACKED BRAKES, LOOSE PINION ROD, TRANSMISSION, STEERING WHEEL OFF CENTER TO NAME A FEW ITEMS. REQUIRED A FLUSHING, OIL, ETC. I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE MOST OF THESE ITEMS REPAIRED OR REPLA...

A 51 POINT INSPECTION DONE ON A 1999 FORD TAURUS I PURCHASED THAT HAD THE FOLLOWING SAFETY ISSUES: CRACKED BRAKES, LOOSE PINION ROD, TRANSMISSION, STEERING WHEEL OFF CENTER TO NAME A FEW ITEMS. REQUIRED A FLUSHING, OIL, ETC. I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE MOST OF THESE ITEMS REPAIRED OR REPLA...

A 51 POINT INSPECTION DONE ON A 1999 FORD TAURUS I PURCHASED THAT HAD THE FOLLOWING SAFETY ISSUES: CRACKED BRAKES, LOOSE PINION ROD, TRANSMISSION, STEERING WHEEL OFF CENTER TO NAME A FEW ITEMS. REQUIRED A FLUSHING, OIL, ETC. I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE MOST OF THESE ITEMS REPAIRED OR REPLA...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THAT THE FRONT STABILIZER BAR WAS FRACTURED AND THE REAR STABILIZER BAR WAS MISSING. THE DEALER ADVISED WHEN DRIVING IN WET OR ICY WEATHER A SAFETY HAZARD COULD EXIST. THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 185,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THAT THE FRONT STABILIZER BAR WAS FRACTURED AND THE REAR STABILIZER BAR WAS MISSING. THE DEALER ADVISED WHEN DRIVING IN WET OR ICY WEATHER A SAFETY HAZARD COULD EXIST. THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 185,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS CORROSION BUILD-UP THAT HAD TO BE FLUSHED AND DRAINED. THE REPAIR WAS DONE AT THAT TIME. A FEW MONTHS LAT...

Mileage: 30,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE INVOLUNTARILY DECELERATED TO APPROXIMATE SPEEDS OF 10 MPH WITHOUT WARRANT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A SPEED SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE...

Mileage: 128,000

I HAVE A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SEAT BELT HAS RECENTLY LOCKED AND IS UNFUNCTIONAL. I LOOKED UP ON YOUR RECALL LIST TO SEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ID 99V250000. I CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AT THE NUMBER YOU PROVIDED 1-800-392-3573. I WAS TOLD THAT YOUR SITE GEN...

Mileage: 92,000

I HAVE A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SEAT BELT HAS RECENTLY LOCKED AND IS UNFUNCTIONAL. I LOOKED UP ON YOUR RECALL LIST TO SEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ID 99V250000. I CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AT THE NUMBER YOU PROVIDED 1-800-392-3573. I WAS TOLD THAT YOUR SITE GEN...

Mileage: 92,000

MY 1999 FORD TAURUS HAS POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION ISSUSES. THE CAR MAKES WHINING NOISES WHEN TURNING, THE STEERING GETS TIGHT AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING. THE FLUID OZZES OUT OF PUMP OUT OF CAP.CAN CAUSE A CRASH IT JERKS THE WHEEL A LITTLE BIT ALSO. IVE LOOKED THIS PROBLEM UP ON INTERNET AND...

Mileage: 127,000

I PURCHASED A VEHICLE FROM SOME [XXX] AND I HAVEN'T HAD THE CAR FOR 30 DAYS AND THE VEHICLES IS UNSAFE HAS HAD ME ALMOST IN SOME ACCIDENT DUE TO THE UNSAFE OF THE CAR. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE PLACE WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY KEEP ON TELLING ME ITS MY FAULT THE CAR IS GIVING ME PROBLEMS. I ASKE...

I OWN A 99 FORD TAURUS. IT IS LEAKING WATER INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THIS LEAK HAS CAUSED THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTER TO SHORT OUT AS A RESULT I HAVE NO HEAT AND IT IS WINTER IN MINNESOTA. I CANNOT AFFORD THE OVER $200 REPAIR AND WITH THE LEAK STILL PRESENT IT WILL SHORT OUT AGAIN...

WHILE DRIVING IN A SMALL TOWN I EXPERIENCED A LOSS IN BRAKING. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO GUIDE THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THEN HAD IT TRANSPORTED TO A GARAGE. THEY FOUND THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD FAILED. AND WAS LEAKING FLUID. THIS CAUSED FAILURE OF THE...

Mileage: 40,500

THE FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT, 2ND SEAT SEATBELTS HAVE NOT RETRACKED PROPERLY SINCE PURCHASE OF OUR USED FORD TAURUS WAGON. BACK SEAT BELTS ALSO TWIST THEMSELVES AND ARE CONSTANT PROBLEMS. I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN THAT NEED TO BE RESTRAINED AND THIS CAUSES BIG PROBLEMS. SINCE THIS APPEARS TO BE A CONTINU...

Mileage: 106,000

I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A CAR DEALER. SINCE I PURCHASE MY BOLTS TO THE BACK BRAKES CAME OUT. FRONT END IS MAKING NOISES ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. BACK WINDOW IS READY TO BREAK OFF MISSING PASSENGER SIDE HINGE TO HOLD THE WINDOW IN PLACE. BRAKES SQUEAL. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS NOT WO...

I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A CAR DEALER. SINCE I PURCHASE MY BOLTS TO THE BACK BRAKES CAME OUT. FRONT END IS MAKING NOISES ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. BACK WINDOW IS READY TO BREAK OFF MISSING PASSENGER SIDE HINGE TO HOLD THE WINDOW IN PLACE. BRAKES SQUEAL. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS NOT WO...

I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A CAR DEALER. SINCE I PURCHASE MY BOLTS TO THE BACK BRAKES CAME OUT. FRONT END IS MAKING NOISES ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. BACK WINDOW IS READY TO BREAK OFF MISSING PASSENGER SIDE HINGE TO HOLD THE WINDOW IN PLACE. BRAKES SQUEAL. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS NOT WO...

I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A CAR DEALER. SINCE I PURCHASE MY BOLTS TO THE BACK BRAKES CAME OUT. FRONT END IS MAKING NOISES ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. BACK WINDOW IS READY TO BREAK OFF MISSING PASSENGER SIDE HINGE TO HOLD THE WINDOW IN PLACE. BRAKES SQUEAL. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS NOT WO...

I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A CAR DEALER. SINCE I PURCHASE MY BOLTS TO THE BACK BRAKES CAME OUT. FRONT END IS MAKING NOISES ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. BACK WINDOW IS READY TO BREAK OFF MISSING PASSENGER SIDE HINGE TO HOLD THE WINDOW IN PLACE. BRAKES SQUEAL. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS NOT WO...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. DURING STATE INSPECTION, THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED. HIS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS EXCLUDED FROM RECALL# 04V332000(FRONT COIL SPRINGS). NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 96,719.

Mileage: 96,719

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER MOTOR HAS A SHORTAGE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR WAS ALWAYS WET DUE TO A LEAK. THE DEALER HAS NOT DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 199,000.

Mileage: 199,000

TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE: HAVING WORKED ON CARS FOR 40+ YEARS AND OWNED MANY VEHICLES OVER THE YEARS, IT WAS A SURPRISE TO SUFFER TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WITHOUT EVER HAVING THE BRAKE LIGHT INDICATE A FAILURE. FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, ALL MY VEHICLES HAD A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BRAKE CIRCUIT WITH A PRE...

Mileage: 78,280

LOSS OF BRAKING DUE TO REAR BRAKE LINES CORRODING AND RESULTING FLUID LOSS. AN INTERNET SEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD TAURUSES OF THIS ERA. FAILURE OCCURRED NEAR THE REAR OF THE DRIVER'S DOOR. CAR IS AWAITING REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

AUTOMATIC POWER-TRAIN. SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING ,CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT AND HEATER CORE NEEDS REPLACEMENT . WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT SHIFT SOLENOID NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

AUTOMATIC POWER-TRAIN. SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING ,CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT AND HEATER CORE NEEDS REPLACEMENT . WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT SHIFT SOLENOID NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

AUTOMATIC POWER-TRAIN. SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING ,CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT AND HEATER CORE NEEDS REPLACEMENT . WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT SHIFT SOLENOID NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT. SHE WAS ABLE TO BUCKLE THE SEAT BELT, BUT THERE WAS NO RESISTANCE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HER SAFETY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO N...

Mileage: 59,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE SPREAD QUICKLY THROUGHOUT THE GARAGE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND STATED THAT THE FIRE COULD HAVE ORIGINATED WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL MODULE, WHICH IS COMMON IN SOME FORD ...

Mileage: 84,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE FLATTENED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED A HOLE THROUGH THE TIRE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBE...

Mileage: 96,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 FORD TAURUS TO WORK ON APRIL 16TH OF THIS YEAR, I NOTICED WHAT APPEARED TO BE LIGHT COLORED SMOKE COMING OFF MY TAILPIPE AS I SAT AT A STOPLIGHT. AT THE NEXT STOPLIGHT, THE SMOKE WAS MORE INTENSE. AT THE SAME TIME, I NOTICED MY BRAKES SEEMED SPONGY. WHEN I GOT TO WORK, I CHECKE...

Mileage: 64,950

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING SPLIT IN HALF AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD INSTALL NEW COIL SHIELDS UNDER THE WARRANTY FOR FREE, BUT WILL NOT R...

Mileage: 140,000

THE REAR SUSPENSION COIL SPRING ON MY 1999 FORD TAURUS SEDAN RUSTED THROUGH AND FAILED. THIS CAUSED A MOMENTARY LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE CAR, BUT DID NOT RESULT IN A CRASH OR ANY DAMAGE. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2008, MY FRONT WINDSHIELD SUDDENLY SHATTERED, LEAVING A HOLE IN IT'S CENTER AND "CRACKLING" THE REMAINING PART OF THE WINDOW, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO SEE THROUGH IT. I IMMEDIATELY SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES (THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD AT THE TIME) CAUSING THE CAR TO JER...

Mileage: 62,000

ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2008, MY FRONT WINDSHIELD SUDDENLY SHATTERED, LEAVING A HOLE IN IT'S CENTER AND "CRACKLING" THE REMAINING PART OF THE WINDOW, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO SEE THROUGH IT. I IMMEDIATELY SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES (THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD AT THE TIME) CAUSING THE CAR TO JER...

Mileage: 62,000

HEADLIGHTS SEEM VERY DIM. WE NOTICE THE PLASTIC LENS OVER THE HEAD LIGHTS ARE YELLOWING AND PROBABLY BLOCKING THE LIGHT OUTPUT. *TR

THE HIGH-MOUNTED BRAKE LAMP COVER FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. AT 43,400 MILES, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AT THE COST OF $1,400. WITHIN A YEAR, IT HAD TO BE REBUILT A SECOND TIME AT NO CHARGE. ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2008, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT FOR THE THIRD TIME AT 53,600 MILES. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED TH...

Mileage: 56,408

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. AT 43,400 MILES, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AT THE COST OF $1,400. WITHIN A YEAR, IT HAD TO BE REBUILT A SECOND TIME AT NO CHARGE. ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2008, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT FOR THE THIRD TIME AT 53,600 MILES. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED TH...

Mileage: 56,408

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF HEAD DURING ACCELERATION ON HIGHWAY ON RAMP. VAPORS CONTINUED COMING OUT OF SPARK PLUG HOLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO A POSSIBLE ENGINE FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 129,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VISIBILITY WAS HINDERED BY DUST FROM THE LARGE STREET SWEEPING VEHICLES. SHE DID NOT SEE THE PRECEDING VEHICLE AND REAR-ENDED THE VEHICLE. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHIC...

Mileage: 140,000

HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES, THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. HAD ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY REPLACED. BATTERY LIGHT IS ON AND LIGHTS DIM CONSIDERABLY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT RESULTING IN SOMETIMES SHUTTING DOWN COMPLETELY. HAPPENS DAY AND NIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. A MECHANIC REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR; HOWEVER, THE LIGHT STILL ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A MISFIRE ON THE #6 CYLINDER. IN ADDITION, THERE...

Mileage: 117,400

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. A MECHANIC REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR; HOWEVER, THE LIGHT STILL ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A MISFIRE ON THE #6 CYLINDER. IN ADDITION, THERE...

Mileage: 117,400

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. A MECHANIC REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR; HOWEVER, THE LIGHT STILL ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A MISFIRE ON THE #6 CYLINDER. IN ADDITION, THERE...

Mileage: 117,400

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. A MECHANIC REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR; HOWEVER, THE LIGHT STILL ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A MISFIRE ON THE #6 CYLINDER. IN ADDITION, THERE...

Mileage: 117,400

I HAVE A 1999 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON. IN 2003 THE RLEFT REAR SEAT BELT WOULD SOMETIMES GET STUCK AND NOT RETRACT. I WOULD HAVE TO FEED THE BELT BACK INTO THE MECHANISM IN ORDER FOR THE BELT TO FINALLY WORK. AFTER DOING THIS FOR SOME TIME, I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER IN DECEMBER, 200...

I HAVE A 1999 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON. IN 2003 THE RLEFT REAR SEAT BELT WOULD SOMETIMES GET STUCK AND NOT RETRACT. I WOULD HAVE TO FEED THE BELT BACK INTO THE MECHANISM IN ORDER FOR THE BELT TO FINALLY WORK. AFTER DOING THIS FOR SOME TIME, I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER IN DECEMBER, 200...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. ON MAY 29, 2008, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING AND BURNED THE PAVEMENT IN THE CONTACT'S DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO GARAGE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS DETERMINED TO BE BRAKE LINE CORRO...

Mileage: 31,529

REAR COIL SPRING FAILURE DUE TO RUST 1999 FORD TAURUS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT'S WIFE ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT PLACED BRAKE FLUID INTO THE BRAKE RESERVOIR AND DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, IN WHICH IT EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR AGAIN. HE INSPECTED T...

Mileage: 57,445

THIS VEHICLES HAS A COOLING SYSTEM PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS KNOWN BY FORD TO HAVE A PROBLEM AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE DEFECT. MY VEHICLE IS A 1999 FORD TAURUS WHICH DEVELOPED HEATING PROBLEMS LAST YEAR. TODAY IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE VEHICLES COOLING SYSTEM IS PLUGGED WITH A RUST TYPE ...

Mileage: 65,000

BROKEN FRONT COIL SPRING ON 1999MY FORD TAURUS WAGON. *TR

Mileage: 169,542

DESIGN DEFECT/SAFETY DEFECT. MY SON JUST RECEIVED HIS DRIVER'S PERMIT AND HAS RECENTLY BEEN DRIVING MY 1999 FORD TAURUS. I PLANNED TO GIVE HIM THIS CAR AND THEN PURCHASE ANOTHER CAR WHEN HE TURNS 16. IN ADJUSTING THE TILT STEERING WHEEL, IT CAUSED THE WIRING MECHANISM THAT CONTROLS THE AIR BAGS T...

Mileage: 111,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE AFTER IT WAS DELIVERED, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT IT LOOKED AS IF IT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE VEHICLE LEFT OIL STAINS ON THE DRIVEWAY. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,560.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE AFTER IT WAS DELIVERED, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT IT LOOKED AS IF IT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE VEHICLE LEFT OIL STAINS ON THE DRIVEWAY. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,560.

ROUNDED A CURVE AND REALIZED THE ONCOMING CAR WAS IN MY LANE. STEERED LEFT TO AVOID ONCOMING CAR AT THE SAME TIME THE OPPOSING DRIVER CORRECTED. STEERED TO THE RIGHT AND WENT INTO A SPIN. THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE THE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO REGAIN CONTROL AND THE WINDSHIELD WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED...

Mileage: 138,000

THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE HE HEARD A LOUD POOPING NOISE AND THEN NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE AND THE COIL SPRING BROKE. HE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPAIRED THE VEHIC...

Mileage: 130,000

WIPERS COME ON AND SPRAY WIPER FLUID WHILE THE SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION. THIS OCCURS WHILE THE BLINKERS ARE SWITCHED ON. THEY WILL EVENTUALLY TURN OFF BY GIGGLING THE LEVER. NOT ONCE WAS THE WIPER SWITCH EVER FOUND IN THE ON POSITION. THIS HAS BEEN A TROUBLESOME EXPERIENCE FOR YEARS. *TR

THE KEY IS UNABLE TO TURN AND UNLOCK THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH SOMETHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND SHATTERED IT. THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO OBJECTS THAT SHE COULD NOT IDENTIFY. THE CRASH OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 10, 2008. THE SEAT BELTS DIDN'T ENGAGE TO KEEP HER FROM HITTIN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE AIR BAGS DI...

Mileage: 67,473

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH SOMETHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND SHATTERED IT. THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO OBJECTS THAT SHE COULD NOT IDENTIFY. THE CRASH OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 10, 2008. THE SEAT BELTS DIDN'T ENGAGE TO KEEP HER FROM HITTIN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE AIR BAGS DI...

Mileage: 67,473

I HAVE A 1999 FORD TAURUS WAGON AND THE COOLING SYSTEM HAS BEEN A THORN IN MY SIDE FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS. FIRST 1K WAS LEAKING COOLANT AND WHEN I BROUGHT INTO THE DEALERSHIP,WAS TOLD THE FREEZE PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS THE COOLANT WAS ACIDIC. THIS WAS MY FOURTH CAR AND I HAD NEVER IN MY LIFE H...

1999 FORD TAURUS ENGINE IS FAILING. CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE WOULD LIKE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ANY PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP HER GET HER ENGINE REPLACED. *KB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT PART OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING WAS ON THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPE...

Mileage: 175,000

RACK AND PINION POWER STEERING PUMP FAILURE.*CN

Mileage: 42,000

I AM EXPERIENCING A LEAK (TWICE) IN MY 1999 FORD TAURUS LX THAT LEAVES MY PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR SOAKED AND HAS CAUSED ME TO REPLACE MY BLOWER MOTOR/RESISTOR(ONCE THUS FAR). I DO NOT SEE A SPECIFIC RECALL RELATED TO MY MAKE AND MODEL LISTED ON ANY FORD SITE BUT I HAVE BECOME AWARE THAT THIS IS AN EX...

Mileage: 144,000

I AM EXPERIENCING A LEAK (TWICE) IN MY 1999 FORD TAURUS LX THAT LEAVES MY PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR SOAKED AND HAS CAUSED ME TO REPLACE MY BLOWER MOTOR/RESISTOR(ONCE THUS FAR). I DO NOT SEE A SPECIFIC RECALL RELATED TO MY MAKE AND MODEL LISTED ON ANY FORD SITE BUT I HAVE BECOME AWARE THAT THIS IS AN EX...

Mileage: 144,000

MY '99 TAURUS DAYTIME DRIVING LIGHTS FLICKER TO THE POINT WHERE I HAD TO PULL THE FUSE. I HAD ONE INCIDENT WHERE I COULDN'T TURN OFF THE LIGHTS. YESTERDAY WHEN I SET THE ALARM, THE HORN DIDN'T BEEP SO NOW THE HORN DOESN'T WORK EITHER. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE LIGHTS GOING ON AND FLICKERING WHEN ...

Mileage: 33,620

MY '99 TAURUS DAYTIME DRIVING LIGHTS FLICKER TO THE POINT WHERE I HAD TO PULL THE FUSE. I HAD ONE INCIDENT WHERE I COULDN'T TURN OFF THE LIGHTS. YESTERDAY WHEN I SET THE ALARM, THE HORN DIDN'T BEEP SO NOW THE HORN DOESN'T WORK EITHER. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE LIGHTS GOING ON AND FLICKERING WHEN ...

Mileage: 33,620

FORD COOLANT CORROSION IS COSTING US TOOOOO MUCH. ENGINE WAS RUNNING HOT. STARTED WITH THERMOSTAT, THEN DEGAS BOTTLE CAP (FULL OF RUST), THEN WATER PUMP (FINS CORRODED AND GONE), THEN RADIATOR FLUSHED-FULL OF RUST, NOW HEAD GASKET IS GONE. FLUSHING SYSTEM DIDN'T HELP. HEATER CORE HAS PROBLEMS T...

Mileage: 145,000

FORD COOLANT CORROSION IS COSTING US TOOOOO MUCH. ENGINE WAS RUNNING HOT. STARTED WITH THERMOSTAT, THEN DEGAS BOTTLE CAP (FULL OF RUST), THEN WATER PUMP (FINS CORRODED AND GONE), THEN RADIATOR FLUSHED-FULL OF RUST, NOW HEAD GASKET IS GONE. FLUSHING SYSTEM DIDN'T HELP. HEATER CORE HAS PROBLEMS T...

Mileage: 145,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DECELERATING TO 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WOULD CHANGE GEARS AND DRIVE IN REVERSE, BUT IT WOULD NOT DRIVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND HE STATED THAT THERE WAS INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE (CODE P0401EGR) AND...

Mileage: 125,000

ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2007, WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, A KELLY SPRINGFIELD TIRE (MOHAVE) SHREDDED. ALTHOUGH THE TIRES AND TREAD APPEARED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE (FROM STEEL BELT OUTWARD) WITHOUT WARNING. THE TIRE SKIN RETAINED AIR, BUT CAR UNDRIVABLE. THIS PREVIO...

Mileage: 71,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE FELT VIBRATIONS IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE DURING DECELERATION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT THE REAR SPRINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SHE STATED THAT THE FRONT SPRINGS HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RE...

Mileage: 90,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASED. THE CONTACT NOTICED RUST ON THE REAR BRAKE LINE AS WELL AS BRAKE FLUID LEAKING. AS OF SEPTEMBER 5, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AN...

Mileage: 119,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTORS HAVE MALFUNCTIONED. THE SEAT BELTS WILL NOT PULL OUT TO BE USED, THEREFORE SHE CANNOT RESTRAIN ANYONE IN THE REAR SEATS. BOTH SEAT BELTS FAILED WITHIN ONE MONTH OF EACH OTHER. SHE STATED THAT THE REAR S...

Mileage: 77,000

SUBJECT VEHICLE IS A 1999 FORD TAURUS, MANUFACTURED IN SEPTEMBER, 1998. THE MILEAGE TRAVELED IS 111,000. I WAS PROCEEDING AT 20 TO 25 MPH BEHIND A LOGGING TRUCK. WE APPROACHED A STOP SIGN. I BRAKED. THE CAR CONTINUED TO PROCEED SLOWLY FORWARD, BUT THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ENGAGED AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO...

Mileage: 111,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. SHE HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANIC AND HE STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED. THE FAILURE AND C...

Mileage: 108,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE RISING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. HE ACTIVATED THE HEADLIGHTS SO THAT HE COULD SEE MORE CLEARLY. WHEN HE DIMMED THE HEADLIGHTS, THE VEHICLE STOPPED SMOKING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED WHEN HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE....

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE RISING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. HE ACTIVATED THE HEADLIGHTS SO THAT HE COULD SEE MORE CLEARLY. WHEN HE DIMMED THE HEADLIGHTS, THE VEHICLE STOPPED SMOKING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED WHEN HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE....

Mileage: 100,000

RAIN CAUSES A LEAK IN THE CABIN OF MY 1999 FORD TAURUS. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BLOWER MOTOR AND FIX THE AC. ALSO CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR CARPET. THE LEAK IS ALWAYS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AFTER RAIN. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 1 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND CAUSED IT TO FLATTEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GAS STATION. HE SPOKE WITH THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HIM TO BRING THE...

Mileage: 152,000

MY 1999 FORD TAURUS BRAKE LINE CORRODED AND FELL INTO PIECES. THIS METAL LINE SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. THE METAL ALLOY IN THIS LINE IS AT FAULT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED OR WARRANTY DUE TO THE SEVERELY DANGEROUS OUTCOME. MY 16 YEAR OLD PULLED THE CAR INTO THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THE LINE LITERALL...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING FROM THE HEAD GASKET AND THERE WAS CORROSION IN THE COOLANT. THE DEALER REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET. THERE IS SERVICE BULLETIN # 622646 FOR THE COOLING SYST...

Mileage: 84,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILS TO RETRACT. THE FORD DEALER DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AS NEEDING A NEW RETRACTOR. THE DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR IT FOR FREE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT...

Mileage: 96,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S HEADLIGHTS BLINK INTERMITTENTLY, DAY AND NIGHT. SHE COULD DRIVE 20 MILES AND THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD BLINK FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR MINUTES BEFORE DIMMING. THE FORD DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR FIVE DAYS AND WA...

Mileage: 15,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD THAT SHE HAD TO HAVE THE HEADLIGHTS REPLACED. THE HEADLIGHTS HAD OXIDIZED AND PREVENTED THE PROPER AMOUNT OF LIGHT FROM SHINING THROUGH. THE PURCHASE DATE OF THE VEHICLE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT A...

Mileage: 120,000

DRIVING OUR 99 FORD TAURUS WHEN WE HAD A SUDDEN BLOWOUT AND SAGGING ON THE LEFT FRONT. THE STRUT SPRING HAD RUPTURED, ALSO PUNCTURING THE TIRE. NEW FRONT STRUTS AND TIRES TOTALLED OVER $1100. LUCKILY, WE WERE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED WHEN THIS OCCURED. ONE MONTH LATER I DISCOVER THAT FORD HAD RECALLED...

Mileage: 165,000

1999 FORD TAURUS CUSTOMER STATES THAT THEY REPLACED THE WIRING HARNESS THREE TIMES DUE TO IT BURNING OUT **CC *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 1999 FORD TAURUS AT 40 MPH IT CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT HAS NOT HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE REASON FOR THE CRASH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOM...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING HIGH. THIS CONFIRMED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS OFF. THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKES. HOWEVER, THE HIGH IDLE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE BRAKES FAILED. ...

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING HIGH. THIS CONFIRMED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS OFF. THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKES. HOWEVER, THE HIGH IDLE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE BRAKES FAILED. ...

Mileage: 97,000

1999 FORD TAURUS CUSTOMER HAS CONCERN ABOUT RECALL 04V332000 **CC THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED A RECALL, HOWEVER WHEN HE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, HE WAS TOLD HIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT HIS VEHICLE WAS OVER THE MILEAGE LIMIT. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT HAS A 1998 FORD TAURUS WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 99106 MILES. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING UNDER SNOWY CONDITIONS AND WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOWOUT. THE CONTACT HAS THE SAME FAILURE AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 0...

Mileage: 99,106

WE HAD A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE ON OUR 1999 FORD TAURUS, WE DROVE OUT OF OUR DRIVE WAY GOING TO THE MAIL BOX AND WHEN WE HIT THE BRAKES THE BRAKE FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON AS THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR COASTED TO A STOP. IF WE HAD BEEN GOING FASTER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS. THE PROBLE...

Mileage: 114,000

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS FOUND A SAFETY RECALL 04V33200 ON THE1999 FORD TAURUS REGARDING SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. THE CONTACT WOULD LIKE HIS VEHICLE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SAFETY RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE LIVES IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM IOWA WHICH IS INCLUDED, A...

Mileage: 60,000

MY WIFE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE ON MY 99 TAURUS WAGON (46K MILES). SHE WAS STARTING OUT OF HER PARKING SPACE SO THERE WAS NO COLLISION. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AS THIS VEHICLE HAS A DUAL DIAGONAL SYSTEM FOR SAFETY. UNFORTUNATELY THE DIAGONAL PART IS WHAT DID IT IN AS THE TW...

Mileage: 46,200

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE ON MY 1999 FORD TAURUS. I WAS TOLD BY THE TOW DRIVER IT WAS A RECALL ISSUE WITH THE MODEL. I CHECKED ON FORD'S WEB SITE AND SURE ENOUGH IT WAS. FORD AGREED TO FIX THE COIL, BUT NOT THE TIRE IT PUNCTURED. THEY SAY I WAS INFORMED BY MAIL, ALTHOUGH I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICE. ...

Mileage: 111,075

I HAVE A 1996 FORD TAURUS AND A 1999 FORD TAURUS. I HAVE HAD THREE INCIDENTS (2 WITH THE 1996 MODEL AND ONE WITH THE 1999 MODEL) WHERE THE RIGHT FRONT TIRES HAVE BLOWN DUE TO LOW INFLATION PRESSURE. I HAVE ROTATED TIRES, CHANGED BRANDS OF TIRES, REPLACED VALVE STEMS, ETC. YET THE PROBLEM REMAINS; T...

Mileage: 39,000

MY WIFE WAS PULLING UP TO PICK UP FOR HER PRESCRIPTION WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKE IT FAILED. STEEL BRAKE LINE FAILURE. 18 FOOT OF STEEL BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED. *JB

Mileage: 65,472

I HAVE A 1999 FORD TAURUS WITH A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE FORD MOTOR CO. KNEW ALL ALONG THIS WAS A PROBLEM. I TOOK MY CAR IN TO GET THE THERMOSTAT REPLACED BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE ANY HEAT. I GET THE CALL THE NEXT DAY THAT I HAVE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. I HAVE AN AUTISTIC DAUGHTER AND ...

Mileage: 125,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI FREEZE IN THE COOLANT SYSTEM AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A SLUDGE PROBLEM IN THE COOLANT SYSTEM AND THE VEHICLE WAS FLUSHED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI FREEZE IN THE COOLANT SYSTEM AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A SLUDGE PROBLEM IN THE COOLANT SYSTEM AND THE VEHICLE WAS FLUSHED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO...

I OWNED A 1999 TAURUS AND DROVE IT FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVEN YEARS WITHOUT MAJOR PROBLEMS. I PERFORMED THE NORMAL MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. ON SEPTEBMER 20, 2006 THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE APPEARED T...

Mileage: 85,000

I OWNED A 1999 TAURUS AND DROVE IT FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVEN YEARS WITHOUT MAJOR PROBLEMS. I PERFORMED THE NORMAL MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. ON SEPTEBMER 20, 2006 THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE APPEARED T...

Mileage: 85,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE RETRACTOR SEIZED AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THE SEAT BELT TO EXTEND FOR USE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. UPDATED 10/31/2006 - THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO INDICATED THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING AF...

Mileage: 88,920

CONSUMER FELT A POP IN THE BRAKES ON HIS 1999 FORD TAURUS. UPON INSPECTION MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED DUE TO CORROSION AND THE PASSENGER SIDE ALSO NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *KB *JB

Mileage: 128,000

I WAS ON VACATION WHEN MY CAR LOST ACCELERATION I PULLED UP TO THE STOP SIGN WHERE MY CAR WAS SMOKING, DROVE TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC TO FIND OUT I HAD A BLOWN GASKET. MY TEMP LIGHT NEVER WENT ON AND ITS FUNCTIONING. THE MECHANIC THERE TOLD ME THIS WAS A KNOWN FORD PROBLEM. I CALLED MY OWN MECHANIC W...

Mileage: 52,395

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT LOCKING MECHANISM FAILED TO RETRACT THE SEAT BELT WEBBING ON 07/07/06. THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE TOOK THE MECHANISM APART, RETRACTED THE WEBBING, AND THEN THE WEBBING WOULD NOT EXTRACT AT ALL. THE OCCUPANT CAN NOT USE THE SEAT BELT AND THERE ARE...

Mileage: 134,700

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 8/16/2006 - THE DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE AIR BAG MONITOR. *NM

Mileage: 26,705

PROBLEM WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE WITHIN 6 DAYS. I TOOK THE CAR TO 5 CAR MECHANICS INCLUDING THE FORD DEALERSHIP. ALL AGREED THAT THE PROBLEM IS MAJOR MECHANICAL FAILURE WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. REPAIR WOULD REQUIRE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION OR OVERHAUL. NO CRASHES OR INJURIES RESULTED F...

Mileage: 48,370

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH WHEN I HEARD A BIG BANG AND MY CAR WAS HEADED TO THE OTHER LANE OF THE ROAD. I TRIED GETTING THE CAR UNDER CONTROL, WHEN I HIT A MAIL BOX AND MY AIR BAG DEFLATED. I WAS THEN THROWN UP INTO THE AIR AND RAN STRAIGHT INTO A PILE OF HARD WOOD LOGS. THERE WERE ABOUT ...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT RECALL # 04V332000 WAS RECEIVED. AFTER RECEIVING THE RECALL THE CONTACT WENT TO THE DEALER FOR THEM TO PUT GUARDS ON THE SPRINGS OF THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER AFTER A FEW WEEKS THE SPRINGS FRACTURED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. AFTER THE INCIDENT THE CONTACT TOOK THE C...

Mileage: 104,000

TOTAL BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT MEDIUM SPEED, AND PRESSED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AT THE CURVE. TO MY HORROR THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN ALL THE WAY WITHOUT SLOWING THE CAR AT ALL. THERE WAS NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHT. THE BRAKES CAME BACK BRIEFLY AFTER PRESSING A FEW TIMES, BUT W...

Mileage: 120,000

4/27/2006, I HAD A VIBRATION IN MY STEERING WHEEL NOTED PRIMARILY AT LOW SPEEDS. I HAD MY BRAKES DONE AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE BUT VIBRATION WAS STILL PRESENT. WENT TO TIRE SHOP WHO EVALUATED PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE WHICH WAS SEPARATING. I HAD COOPER TOURING TIRES ON THE VEHICLE APPROX 1 1/2 YEARS...

Mileage: 98,000

I WAS TOLD BY THE FORD SERVICE PERSONNEL THAT MY CAR HAS A BAD STEERING RACK WHICH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $750. MY CAR WAS BROUGHT TO THE MECHANIC BECAUSE MY STEERING BECAME LABORED AND DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. I WAS TOLD IT IS A HAZARD TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE. *NM

I HAVE A 1999 FORD TAURUS. MY CAR WAS RECALLED IN DECEMBER OF 2004 FOR THE COIL SPRINGS TO HAVE A COVER PLACED ON THEM TO PREVENT CORROSION AND BREAKAGE. I HAD THE RECALL DONE AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS STARTED NOTICING A LOUD CLUNK AND BANG FROM THE RIGHT FRONT WHILE PERFORMING A TURN. I BROUGHT THE CA...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT RETRACT OR IT WILL LOCK BEFORE IT IS FASTENED INTO THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 99V250000 REGARDING THE SEATBELTS FRONT: ANCHORAGE. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER...

Mileage: 25,000

1999 FORD TAURUS REAR CENTER SEAT LAP/SHOULDER BELT ASSEMBLY. CHILD WAS TAKING SEAT BELT OFF AND THE ATTACHMENT FELL APART. THE LATCH PLATE COMPLETELY FELL APART AND THE BELT IS NOT USABLE. LUCKILY I WAS NOT IN A CRASH OR THIS BELT WOULD HAVE FAILED ALLOWING MY CHILD TO BE INJURED. *JB

Mileage: 14,700

DT*: THE CONTACT OWNS A COSCO HIGH-RISE/AMBASSADOR BACKLESS BELT POSITIONING BOOSTER SEAT, MODEL #22-297-FLP BUILT ON JANUARY 25, 2006. WHILE THE BOOSTER SEAT WAS BEING INSPECTED, THE INSPECTOR DETERMINED THERE WAS A CLIP MISSING FROM THE SEAT. THE CLIP THAT PREVENTS THE SHOULDER STRAP FROM PUSHI...

Mileage: 11,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT SPARE TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION. THE TREAD DAMAGED THE WIRING IN THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP; HOWEVER, NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.

Mileage: 90,000

REAR PASSENGER SEAT 3-POUNT SAFETY BELT FAILURE. BELT LOCKED AND WOULD NOT RETRACT AND FUNCTION AS A USABLE SAFETY DEVICE. THE REPLACEMENT COST WAS $69.07 FOR THE BELT AND $145.00 LABOR. THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE. IN 2004, THE REAR DRIVER SEAT 3-POINT BELT ALSO FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

Mileage: 75,450

TRYING TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, THE SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE. I CALLED THE LOCAL FORD GARAGE, AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIX IT UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE IT IS OVER 160,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. WE BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION OF THIS RECALL....

Mileage: 161,000

ON DEC. 14, 2005, WITH 60,001 MILES, THE VEHICLES SERVICE (HYDRAULIC) BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. FULLERTON FORD OF SOMERVILLE, NJ EVALUATED THE VEHICLE, AND FOUND THAT A BADLY RUSTED STEEL BRAKE FLUID TUBE (WHICH FEEDS FLUID TO THE REAR BRAKES) HAD RUPTURED. GIVEN THE CARS LOW MILEAGE, RELATIVELY YOUNG...

Mileage: 60,001

DT: THE CONTACT HEARD AN EXPLOSION OUTSIDE HIS HOME ON DECEMBER 14, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY MIDNIGHT. HE CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE TO FIND HIS 1999 FORD TAURUS ON FIRE WHILE PARKED. THE FIRE APPEARED TO BE LOCALIZED IN THE FRONT ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE POLICE WERE NOT NOTIFIED, BUT THE FIRE DEPARTMEN...

Mileage: 130,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION LURCHED FORWARD. AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS PURCHASED. HOWEVER, THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT COVERED. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED, BUT NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE ACCELERATION WITH BRAKE PRESSURE THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND LURCHED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SEEN BY A DEALER, BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 4,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY SHE PUT FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. SHE PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A SERVICE STATION. THE MAIN BRAKE ASSEMBLY WAS BEING REPLACED. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON DECEMBER 1, 2004 FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE THAT PUNCTURED THE TIRE. ALSO, THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. ONCE IN AWHILE ONE COULD TURN THE STEERING WHEEL JUST RIGHT AND THE KEY WILL COME OUT. THE CONTACT HAD TO PRY OPEN THE HOOD OR IT WILL NOT OPEN. C...

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON DECEMBER 1, 2004 FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE THAT PUNCTURED THE TIRE. ALSO, THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. ONCE IN AWHILE ONE COULD TURN THE STEERING WHEEL JUST RIGHT AND THE KEY WILL COME OUT. THE CONTACT HAD TO PRY OPEN THE HOOD OR IT WILL NOT OPEN. C...

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON DECEMBER 1, 2004 FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE THAT PUNCTURED THE TIRE. ALSO, THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. ONCE IN AWHILE ONE COULD TURN THE STEERING WHEEL JUST RIGHT AND THE KEY WILL COME OUT. THE CONTACT HAD TO PRY OPEN THE HOOD OR IT WILL NOT OPEN. C...

CONSUMER VEHICLE MADE A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE AND THEN DIED. *TS*** NAR RECEIVED 10-12-05*** WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT THROUGH PUDDLES THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY THE POWER STEERING LOCKING UP AND STALLING. THE DEALER CONCLUDED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE ...

CAR "BOUNCING" A LOT, BROTHER IN LAW SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A BUBBLE IN THE TIRE. HAD THE TIRES CHANGED AND MY HUSBAND WAS CALLED OVER BY MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC TOLD MY HUSBAND WE HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND SHOWED HIM THAT THE RODS FOR STEERING WERE LOOSE BUT THAT THE LUG NUTS WERE TIGHT. HE SAID IT WA...

DT: THE CONTACT HAS A 1999 FORD TAURUS AND HAS HAD CONSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SINCE IT WAS BOUGHT NEW. SHE HAS BEEN COMPLAINING FOR THE LAST 48,000 MILES FOR THE SAME THINGS. MOST RECENTLY LAST WEEK SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A LEAK IN THE MASTER CYLINDER, WHICH THEY REPAIRED. . T...

Mileage: 1,000

DT: THE CONTACT HAS A 1999 FORD TAURUS AND HAS HAD CONSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SINCE IT WAS BOUGHT NEW. SHE HAS BEEN COMPLAINING FOR THE LAST 48,000 MILES FOR THE SAME THINGS. MOST RECENTLY LAST WEEK SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A LEAK IN THE MASTER CYLINDER, WHICH THEY REPAIRED. . T...

Mileage: 1,000

DT: THE CONTACT HAS A 1999 FORD TAURUS AND HAS HAD CONSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SINCE IT WAS BOUGHT NEW. SHE HAS BEEN COMPLAINING FOR THE LAST 48,000 MILES FOR THE SAME THINGS. MOST RECENTLY LAST WEEK SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A LEAK IN THE MASTER CYLINDER, WHICH THEY REPAIRED. . T...

Mileage: 1,000

DT: THE CONTACT HAS A 1999 FORD TAURUS AND HAS HAD CONSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SINCE IT WAS BOUGHT NEW. SHE HAS BEEN COMPLAINING FOR THE LAST 48,000 MILES FOR THE SAME THINGS. MOST RECENTLY LAST WEEK SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A LEAK IN THE MASTER CYLINDER, WHICH THEY REPAIRED. . T...

Mileage: 1,000

DT: THE CONTACT READ IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT THE 2000-2001 FORD TAURUS INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THE REAR COIL SPRINGS BREAKING AND COULD PUNCTURE A TIRE. THE INVESTIGATION NUMBER IS PE05054. THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TAURUS WITH THE EXACT PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN THE ARTICLE. HE NOTICED THIS A...

Mileage: 114,000

DT: THE BRAKE LINES TUBING RUSTED FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE BRAKE LINE FAILED AND THE CONSUMER LOST BRAKING ABILITY. HAD TO TAKE A SECTION OUT. TALKED TO DEALER, THEY SAID NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THIS HAPPENED ON AUGUST 26, 2005. WAS PULLING IT INTO THE SHED CHANGED THE OIL AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT A...

Mileage: 66,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON INTERESTATE. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED ROUGHLY WHILE IN OVERDRIVE, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO RACE AND BOG DOWN. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON. ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR IS $1600.00. THIS OCCURED EVEN AFTER THE LUBE TUBE WAS REPLACED BY FORD AS PART...

Mileage: 67,000

SEAT BELT BECAME UNUSABLE. TWO OTHER SEAT BELTS IN SAME CAR WERE REPLACED WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY FOR SAME PROBLEM. A FOURTH SEAT BELT WORKS, BUT WITH DIFFICULTY. PAID DEALER TO REPLACE UNUSABLE SEAT BELT. INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS PROBLEMS AND SOME RECALLS WITH SAME MODEL CAR BUT DIFFERENT RELEA...

Mileage: 47,622

WHEN YOU HIT THE HORN THE ENGINE TRIES TO CUT OUT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. WHEN THAT HAPPENS THE CAR JERKS REALLY BAD LIKE YOU SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. ALSO THE CRUISE CONTROL ONLY WORKS HALF THE TIME. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS YET. IT IS GOING INTO THE SHOP IN A WEEK. *JB

Mileage: 82,811

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON HIS 1999 FORD TAURUS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. THE RECALL WAS ON #04V332000 NHTSA, FORD# 04S17 ON THE SUSPENSION: FRONT COIL SPRING: PROTECTIVE SHIELD. THE CONSUMER TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP THAT FORD RECOMMENDED IN THE CON...

Mileage: 43,043

ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, I HEARD NOISE IN THE RIGHT FRONT OF MY 1999 FORD TAURUS AS I TURNED INTO A PARKING LOT. AS I LEFT THE PARKING LOT, THE STEERING SEEMED "STIFF" AND ON HARD TURNS THERE WAS NOISE. AS A RESULT, I TOOK MY CAR IMMEDIATELY TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. THE ATTENDANT LOOKED AT THE S...

Mileage: 48,690

ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, I HEARD NOISE IN THE RIGHT FRONT OF MY 1999 FORD TAURUS AS I TURNED INTO A PARKING LOT. AS I LEFT THE PARKING LOT, THE STEERING SEEMED "STIFF" AND ON HARD TURNS THERE WAS NOISE. AS A RESULT, I TOOK MY CAR IMMEDIATELY TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. THE ATTENDANT LOOKED AT THE S...

Mileage: 48,690

I NOTICED PROBLEMS WITH MY AIR AND HEAT IN MY 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHEN I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC, I WAS TOLD THAT A FREEZE PLUG ON MY ENGINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH, AND ANTIFREEZE WAS LEAKING OUT OF THE CAR. I SPENT A LITTLE OVER $200 TO REPLACE THE FREEZE PLUG (MOSTLY LABOR CHARGES). TWO MONTHS LATER, M...

Mileage: 64,000

DT: CONTACT STATES HER SEAT BELTS IN 1999 FORD TAURUS KEPT RETRACTING AND JAMMING. SHE NOTICED THIS IN OCTOBER 2000. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP 7 TIMES, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. THE DEALER HAS NOT TOLD HER WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT STATED SEAT BELTS WERE VERY SHORT, A...

Mileage: 20,000

DT: THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04S17-04M04 ON FRONT SPRINGS. THE CONSUMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE REAR SPRINGS. THE CONSUMER SAID THE REAR SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN THEDRIVEWAY WHEN THE CONSUMER STARTED IT UP AND HE HEAR...

Mileage: 66,000

THE POWER DOOR LOCKS OCCASIONALLY UNLOCK AUTOMATICALLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE OR WHEN PARKED. PROBLEM CONTINUED UNTIL LOCK ACTUATORS FAILED AND THE DOORS COULD ONLY BE LOCKED OR UNLOCKED MANUALLY. DEALER REPLACED THREE FAILED ACTUATORS ($500) AND THE DOORS BEGAN TO AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCK AGAIN.

Mileage: 62,000

THE POWER DOOR LOCKS OCCASIONALLY UNLOCK AUTOMATICALLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE OR WHEN PARKED. PROBLEM CONTINUED UNTIL LOCK ACTUATORS FAILED AND THE DOORS COULD ONLY BE LOCKED OR UNLOCKED MANUALLY. DEALER REPLACED THREE FAILED ACTUATORS ($500) AND THE DOORS BEGAN TO AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCK AGAIN.

Mileage: 62,000

DT: CONSUMER CALLED IN REGARD TO A RECALL 04M04 HE RECEIVED IN 08-2004 REGARDING CORRODED COIL SPRINGS, CAUSING A RUPTURED TIRE WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. THE REMEDY WAS TO MAKE A SHIELD AND TO NOTIFY CUSTOMERS WHEN THIS SHIELD WAS READY. ON 12-30-04, VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT BUT NO ON...

DT: CONSUMER CALLED IN REGARD TO A RECALL 04M04 HE RECEIVED IN 08-2004 REGARDING CORRODED COIL SPRINGS, CAUSING A RUPTURED TIRE WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. THE REMEDY WAS TO MAKE A SHIELD AND TO NOTIFY CUSTOMERS WHEN THIS SHIELD WAS READY. ON 12-30-04, VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT BUT NO ON...

MY HUSBAND AND I HAD THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS WHEN IT STARTED MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. WE THEN TOOK IT TO 2 MECHANICS. JUST LOW ON FLUID, NO OTHER PROBLEMS. WE CHECKED THE FLUID BEFORE WE DROVE IT AFTER THAT. THE L...

THE COIL SPRINGS FAILED ON THE CONSUMERS 1999 FORD TAURUS. *JB A RECALL WAS ISSUED IN AUG 2004 REGARDING THE COIL SPRINGS AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD SHE WOULD BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE PARTS ARRIVED, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED AND THEREFORE EXPERIENCED A FAILURE WITH THE COIL SPRINGS. THE ...

DT: ON 06/13/05 CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE GARAGE. WHEN DRIVER WAS TURNING ON THE CAR SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. DRIVER TOLD HER HUSBAND, AND AS HUSBAND CAME OUT TO THE VEHICLE, HE SAW FLAMES COMING FROM CRACKS IN THE HOOD. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED THE GARAGE WAS ON FIRE ALONG ...

Mileage: 105,000

STEERING RACK IN 1999 FORD TARUS. PER THE AUTO SHOP THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH TYPE OF VECHICLE, STATED THAT IT WAS JUST A POOR DESIGN

Mileage: 640,000

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD IN A 1999 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED WITH NO WARNING AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP WITH NO DAMAGE AND SAFELY EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN (USING THE EME...

Mileage: 98,908

GAS TANK RUSTED THROUGH, AND LEAKING.

Mileage: 132,200

1. NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE. 2. REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTION MECHANISMS FAIL. REPLACED 1, UNIT FAILED AGAIN. NOW NEITHER OF THE 2 UNITS WORK. UNABLE TO USE THE VEHICLE WITH MORE THAN 2 PASSENGERS. 3. 1 PART REPLACED, FAILED AGAIN WITHIN 1 YEAR.

1. NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE. 2. REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTION MECHANISMS FAIL. REPLACED 1, UNIT FAILED AGAIN. NOW NEITHER OF THE 2 UNITS WORK. UNABLE TO USE THE VEHICLE WITH MORE THAN 2 PASSENGERS. 3. 1 PART REPLACED, FAILED AGAIN WITHIN 1 YEAR.

CRUSIE CONTROL SWITCH STOPPED WORKING. DEALER SPENT AN HOUR FINDING PROBLEM WHICH HE SAID WAS CASUED BY SWITCH ON BRAKE PEDAL LOSING ADJUSTMENT.PAID $90.00 TO "ADJUST". SEVERAL MONTHS LATER SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED.

LOWER BALL JOINTS LOOSE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 65,000

I HAVE A 1999 FORD TAURUS I HAVE THE ANTI-BREAK SYSTEM (ABS). I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR 5 YEARS AND NEVER MADE ANY NOISE UNTIL THE PAST WEEK. I BROUGHT IT INTO FORD GARAGE AND THEY SAID IT IS COMMON AND DON'T WORRY. WHILE DRIVING I FEEL PULSATION AND VIBRATION WHILE BREAKING. WHEN I DO GO SPEED AB...

CAR: 1999 FORD TAURUS SE SEDAN A PROBLEM HAS STARTED OCCURING WITH MY FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS SINCE OCT 2004. THE WIPERS ARE MALFUNCTIONING, WHEREBY THEY COME ON INTERMITTENTLY EVEN WHEN THE WIPER-SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION. I TOOK MY CAR TO MY DEALER ( DILLON FORD, 30 TOLLAND TURNPIKE, MANCHES...

Mileage: 85,000

CAR: 1999 FORD TAURUS SE SEDAN A PROBLEM HAS STARTED OCCURING WITH MY FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS SINCE OCT 2004. THE WIPERS ARE MALFUNCTIONING, WHEREBY THEY COME ON INTERMITTENTLY EVEN WHEN THE WIPER-SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION. I TOOK MY CAR TO MY DEALER ( DILLON FORD, 30 TOLLAND TURNPIKE, MANCHES...

Mileage: 85,000

ON APRIL 23, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 HOURS ON INTERSTATE 59 SOUTH IN RURAL ALABAMA MY DAUGHTER EXPERIENCED A TIRE MALFUNCTION IN MY FORD TAURUS. THE TIRES TREAD TOTALLY DISINTEGRATED CAUSING EXTENSIVE BODY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE (APPROX. $1800). MY OWN PERSONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT SITE...

WHILE GOING THROUGH A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION AT RUSH HOUR, MY 1999 FORD TAURUS JUST STOPPED. IT WILL ONLY OPERATE IN REVERSE. THE CAR HAS JUST UNDER 50,000 ORIGINAL MILES. THERE HAS TO BE SOME DEFECT FOR A VEHICLE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM WITH SUCH REASONABLE MILES.

Mileage: 49,099

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL CAMPAIGN# 04V332000 CONCERNING THE COIL SPRINGS WHICH WAS MANDATED BY LOCATION. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED AND REFUSED TO DO THR REPAIRS. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WH...

Mileage: 92,000

RECALL 04V332000 FOR THE COIL SPRING WAS ISSUED. CONSUMER STATED THAT DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE PART, AND HAS BEEN WAITING SINCE AUGUST OF 2004. *AK FORD TOLD CONSUMER PART TO CORRECT PROBLEM WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL AUGUST 2005. *BF *NM

Mileage: 54,000

WHEN DRIVING MY CAR,THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON PERIODICALLY WITHOUT BEING TURNED ON.THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING DOWN A ROAD WITH OR WITHOUT HAVING MADE A TURN. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 40 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.MY FORD DEALER SAYS THEY CANNOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MAKE ...

Mileage: 21,970

RECALL 04S17 PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO FIX CAR.WAS TOLD IN AUGUST 2004 THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN DECEMBER 2004, IN JANYARY 2005 GOT POST CARD SAYING PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN MARCH 2005 IT'S NOW MAY 2005 AND HAS NOT HEARD FROM MANUFACTURER ON PARTS. *AK

CONTACT STATES: DROVE CAR 1/2 MILE USING HEADLIGHTS BY THE TIME SHE ENTERED THE DRIVEWAY A BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF FRONT DRIVER SIDE HOOD ABOVE THE HEADLIGHTS. SMELLED BETWEEN TAR AND GLUE SMELL. IT SMELLS EVEN WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT IN USE DROVE LESS THAN 1/2 MILE. FORD DEALE...

Mileage: 100,000

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL IN AUG 2004 REGARDING FRONT COIL SPRINGS #04V332000 (MFG RECALL #04217). THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER SHE WOULD RECEIVE LETTER INDICATING WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. AS OF 4/22...

TRANSMISSION FAILED! FORD SEEMS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND WANTS TO DO NOTHING!*AK

Mileage: 87,000

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS. CONSUMER WAS WAITING FOR RECALL REPAIRS SINCE AUGUST 2004. DEALER STATED PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' FORD TAURUS 1999 RECALL WAS NOT COMPLETED FOR THE CONSUMER. *BF RECALL# 04V332000. *SC

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' ISSUED FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS ON 1999 FORD TAURUS. *BF RECALL# 04V332000. *SC

AFTER RECALL REPAIRS FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS PERFORMED STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH OR SLOWER. DEALER STATED THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.*AK

Mileage: 36,000

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS. IT HAS BEEN OVER EIGHT MONTHS AND THE MANUFACTURE DOES NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE. *AK

1999 FORD TAURUS EXPERIENCED TIRE BLOW OUT ON GENERAL UNIROYAL TIRE EQUIPMENT.*MR

RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000,CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR THE COIL SPRING SHIELD WHICH WAS MAKING A NOISE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY STATED IT WAS NOT TIGHT ENOUGH. WHEN TURNING A CORNER VEHICLE SOUNDED LIKE THE SPRING SHIELD WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE SPRINGS. D...

Mileage: 119,000

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE, CAUSING A TIRE BLOW OUT. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

FORD TAURUS 1999, BOTH REAR SEAT BELTS SEIZED UP. *BF THE CONSUMER HAS REPLACED BOTH REAR SEAT BELTS, THE CAUSE WAS THE PLASTIC SPOOL THAT THE SEAT BELT WRAPPED AROUND HAD CRACKED AND BROKE INTO PIECES, THE PIECES BECAME JAMMED IN THE SEAT BELTS AS THEY WERE RETRACTED OR EXTENDED. THE HUB OF THE...

RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS: CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO GET THIS RECALL HONORED BECAUSE NO PARTS ARE AVAILABLE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER 2004. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V332000 ON THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THE DEALER REFUSED TO DO THE RECALL. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE SPRINGS HAVE TO BE FRACTURED FIRST, BEFORE IT CAN BE INSPECTED OR REPLACED. *JB *TT

THE CAR HAS 84,000 MILES, NO WARNING SIGNS. I HAD JUST GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE AND WAS STOPPED BEHIND ANOTHER CAR. WHEN I STARTED OUT I HEARD A THUNK AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T WORK.THE CAR IS NOW AT THE FORD GARAGE AND THE COST OF A FACTORY REBUILT TRANSMISSION IS $2500.00.*AK

Mileage: 84,000

NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING COIL SPRINGS. HALLMAN CHAMPION FORD, 814-878-2500.*AK RECALL CAMPAIGN; THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HER COIL SPRINGS ARE BAD AND MAKING NOISES. DEALER PUTTING THE CONSUMER OFF. *TC

Mileage: 115,000

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' ISSUED FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS ON 1999 FORD TAURUS. *BF THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED AND DAMAGED THE TIRE. THE REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER HAD DIFFICULTY MOVING THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED BROKEN COIL SPRINGS WHICH DAMAGED THE FRONT TIRES ...

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' ISSUED FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS ON 1999 FORD TAURUS. *BF *NM

NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR RECALL 04S17 CONCERNING COIL SPRING. DICK JAMES, FORD, 708-339-9100. *AK RECALL CAMPAIGN; NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V332000. COMPONENT: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. *TC

Mileage: 40,000

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING. AFTER HAVING THE PROTECTIVE SPRING SHIELDS INSTALLED AND WHILE DRIVING DRIVER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STRUTS NEE...

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING. AFTER HAVING THE PROTECTIVE SPRING SHIELDS INSTALLED AND WHILE DRIVING DRIVER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STRUTS NEE...

THE PARTS TO PERFORM THE FRONT COIL SPRING RECALL 04V332000 REPAIRS WAS NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. PARTS WERE SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN DECEMBER 2004. CURRENTLY, THE PART WERE DUE TO ARRIVE BETWEEN JUNE - JULY 2005. ALSO, CONSUMER FELT THAT THE REMEDY WAS NOT ADEQUAT...

UNDER 40,000 MILES ON MY 1999 FORD TAURUS AND IT HAS A POWER STEERING PUMP FAILURE WHICH CAUSES NO POWER ASSIST TO THE STEERING, EVEN AFTER REFILLING UNIT WITH FLUID. LOUD WHINE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT DOES NOT ABATE WITH FLUID REFILL. PROBLEM CAME ON SUDDENLY AND WIFE HAD DIFFICULT TIME DRIVING HOM...

Mileage: 39,612

TRECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000 CONCERNING COIL SPRINGS. THE COIL SPRING BROKE IN THREE PLACES. IT BLEW THE TIRE OUT. THERE WERE SEVERAL PARTS ON THE VEHICLE THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS STAYED ON WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS OBSTRUCTED THE DRIVER'S VISION. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK WHENEVER THE INTERIOR GETS WARM. THE MAP READING LAMP AND THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ON THE DASH WILL STAY ON. WHEN THIS HAPPENDS THE HEATER WILL ALSO TURN ON TO WINDOW DEFROST. THE ...

Mileage: 80,000

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE WINDSHIELD MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB LEFT BACK WINDOW MOTOR FELL OUT OF WINDOW. ...

Mileage: 2,000

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE WINDSHIELD MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB LEFT BACK WINDOW MOTOR FELL OUT OF WINDOW. ...

Mileage: 2,000

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT ON ITS ON. THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT MOVE WHILE ADJUSTING. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *ER *JB

Mileage: 67,310

I OWN A 1999 FORD TAURUS WITH 53,000 MILES. I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE REGARDING A FRONT COIL SPRING DEFECT IN AUGUST OF 2004. THIS NOTICE SAID THAT I WOULD BE CONTACTED AGAIN IN DECEMBER FOR DETAILS ON GETTING SHIELDS INSTALLED AROUND THE COIL SPRINGS WHICH WOULD PREVENT POTENTIAL PUNCTURI...

Mileage: 53,000

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V322000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED IN AUGUST 2004 THAT THE PARTS NEEDED WILL BE AVAILABLE BY DECEMBER, 2004. AS OF TODAY, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AS WELL AS THE MANUFACTURER, AND ALL THEY WERE SAYING WAS TO CONTINUE CALLING FOR AVAILABILITY ...

Mileage: 53,000

SINCE AUGUST OF 2004, THE DEALER HAS NOT HAD PARTS FOR RECALL #04332000 REGARDING THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. *JB

RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR FORD 04V332000, PARTS PROBLEM. *BF THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. SIX MONTHS AFTER RECEIVING THE RECALL THE DEALER STILL DOESN'T HAVE THE PARTS TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. *HNM

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000 NOTICE IN AUGUST OF 2004 FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS. SINCE THEN DEALER DID NOT RECEIVE PARTS FOR DEFECT.*AK

RECALL CAMPAIGN: CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE REGARDING FAULTY FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THE LETTER INDICATED THAT THE CONSUMER WOULD BE CONTACTED TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE BUT SHE HASN'T RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER. *NM *JB

THE CONSUMER WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH REIMBURSEMENT FOR TAURUS COIL SPRING RECALL. *BF RECALL CAMPAIGN# 04V332000. *SC *JB

NHTSA RECALL 04V332000 ON THE FRONT COIL SPRING. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *JB

COOLING SYSTEM BROKEN, REPLACED FAULTY OIL PAN GASKET AND HEATER SUPPLY HOSE. *BF *JB

NHTSA CAMPAIGN 04V332000/FRONT COIL SPRINGS. OWNER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FOR THIS RECALL IN AUGUST, 2004. OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS THE MANUFACTURER AND NO ONE IS ABLE TO GIVE THE OWNER ANY DEFINITE INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE ETA OF THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE RECALL. *...

Mileage: 170,000

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE(04V332000) FRONT COIL SPRINGS NO PARTS AVAILABLE. *NM

NO PARTS FOR RECALL #04S17 FRONT COIL SPRINGS. SOUTH GATE 734-282-3636. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY THE VEHICLE'S DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED. *NM RECALL CAMPAIGN: THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. PER THE DEALER THE RECALL COULD NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD AFTERMARKET STRUTS INSTA...

NHTSA RECALL 04V332000 ON THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *JB

NHTSA CAMPAIGN 04V332000; FORD ISSUED A FRONT COIL SPRINGS RECALL. THIS VEHICLE IS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT HAD THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BREAK CAUSING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE TO RUPTURE. MANUFACTURER WILL RECEIVE PARTS IN ORDER TO REPAIR. *NM

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE SPEED CONTROL SENSOR AND SHIFTER CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

LOSS OF LIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES, LTERNATOR AND BATTERY FAILED, ENGINE SHUT OFF. REPLACED BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR.*AK

Mileage: 77,800

LOSS OF LIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES, LTERNATOR AND BATTERY FAILED, ENGINE SHUT OFF. REPLACED BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR.*AK

Mileage: 77,800

ALTERNATOR BELTS BREAKING. NEW ALTERNATOR BELT LASTING FOR ONLY 1 MILE, THEN SHREDDING AGAIN. HAD TO GET ENTIRE PULLEY SYSTEM REPLACED. *AK

Mileage: 76,000

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO HAVE THE COIL SPRING SHIELD PLACED ONTO THE VEHICLE SINCE THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE STATED NO PARTS WERE IN. NHTSA SPRING SHIELD RECALL 04V332000. *AK

Mileage: 6,000

NHTSA RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V332000; FORD ISSUED A FRONT COIL SPRINGS RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT THE DEALER HAD PARTS AVAILABLE TO DO REPAIRS.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. ALSO, DEALER DOES NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE.*AK

I WAS NOTIFIED BY MAIL BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN AUGUST OF 2004 OF A RECALL OF MY 1999 TAURUS REGARDING THE COIL SPRINGS. THE RECALL # IS 04S17/04M04. THE NOTICE STATED THAT IN CERTAIN HIGH CORROSION AREAS THE FRONT SPRINGS COULD FRACTURE AND RUPTURE THE TIRE. IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT IN DECEMBER 2...

Mileage: 90,100

I HAVE HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE KEY TO WORK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE DOOR AND TRUNK LOCKS. THE KEY WILL GO IN THE LOCKS,BUT IT WILL NOT TURN TO UNLOCK AS IT SHOULD. IT TAKES SOME TIME TO GET THEM TO WORK. I HAVE STARTED TO LEAVE THE DOORS UNLOCKED SO I WILL BE ABLE TO GET IN THE CAR IN AN EMERG...

MY WIFE DROVE OUR 1999 FORD TAURUS SE TO THE STORE AND WHEN SHE WENT TO LEAVE THE KEY WOULD NOT FIT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS SHE FINALLY GOT THE KEY IN BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH. HER AND MY KIDS WHERE STRANDED IN TOWN CLOSE TO HOME. BUT WITH ME BEING DEPLOYED I...

Mileage: 72,000

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS. NO PARTS AVAILABLE WERE AVAILABLE. SERVICE MANAGER DARRYL. *AK

I WAS TRAVELLING SOUTH ON I-15 AT 11:00 AT NIGHT GOING DOWN FROM THE EL CAJON SUMMIT WHEN I THOUGHT THERE WAS A STRANGE WOBBLING EVERY TIME I USED THE BRAKES. I HEARD A TERRIBLE THUD AND THOUGHT I SAW A PIECE OF TIRE FLY BY THE PASSENGER SIDE. I PULLED TO THE SHOULDER AND LOOKED AT ALL THE TIRES,...

Mileage: 63,000

WHEN STOPPED AND ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO PARK, THE ENGINE ACCELERATED TO OVER 3000 RPM'S, RESULTING IN AN IMPACT TO A BRICK WALL. THERE WERE ATTEMPTS TO PLACE THE SHIFT IN PARK, TURN THE KEY OFF, AND THE ATTEMPTS TO PULL KEY OUT WERE ALL FAILURES. THE ENGINE ACCELERATION CONTINUED. *BF *SC

Mileage: 47,000

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL FROM MANUFACTURER. RECALL # 04S17-04MO4 INVOLVING THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. SHE TOOK HER VEHICLE TO GET SERVICED BUT WAS TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE. THEY WOULD ORDER THEM BUT IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT A MONTH. IT HAS BEEN A MONTH AND THE DEALER STILL HAS NOT RECEI...

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 04V332000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 04S17 BACK IN AUGUST. HAD CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED PARTS BE AVAILABLE IN DECEMBER. CHECKED WITH DEALERSHIP, TODAY, AND PARTS WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 04V332000. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR THE FRONT SAFETY SHIELD, AS STATED IN THE RECALL THAT THE SHIELD WOULD BE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE WARRANTY EXTENDED. DEALER REFUSED TO PLACE THE SHIELD ONTO THE VEHICLE. *AK

Mileage: 30,200

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. THE CONSUMER WILL TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC FOR THE REPAIR OF THE RACK AND PINION. *JB......REPAIR SHOP REMOVED AND REPLACED POWER RACK AND PINION STEERING GEAR, AND BLED POWER STEERING SYSTEM. *AK

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. THE CONSUMER WILL TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC FOR THE REPAIR OF THE RACK AND PINION. *JB......REPAIR SHOP REMOVED AND REPLACED POWER RACK AND PINION STEERING GEAR, AND BLED POWER STEERING SYSTEM. *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT AT 35 MPH. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK

Mileage: 102,000

RECALL 04V332000, THE PROTECTIVE SPRING SHIELDS TO PERFORM THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS RECALL REPAIRS WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR 2 MONTHS, AND THE MANUFACTURER DIDN'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL BECOME AVAILABLE. *AK

Mileage: 53,000

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 04V332000 NOTICE FROM MANUFACTURER, INVOLVING THE COIL SPRINGS. IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS THAT CONSUMER HAS WAITED TO GET VEHICLE SERVICED, BUT DEALER HAS NO PARTS.*AK. DEALER HAD NO PARTS FOR SIX MONTHS. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO FAIROAKS DEALERSHIP. WAS SATISFIED WITH ...

Mileage: 97,500

REAR SEAT SEATBELTS QUIT WORKING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *BF NONE OF THE SEAT BELTS IN THE VEHICLE WILL NOT RETRACT. *TC *JB

REAR SEAT SEATBELTS QUIT WORKING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *BF NONE OF THE SEAT BELTS IN THE VEHICLE WILL NOT RETRACT. *TC *JB

REAR SEATBELT RETRACTORS NONFUNCTIONAL. BELT IS OUT DOES NOT RETRACT OR ADJUST BACK IN.THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES TO THIS CAR. ONCE WHEN FIRST PURCHASED, FIXED AT NO COST. LAST YEAR ,ONE RETRACTOR REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. NOW AGAIN. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR DEFECTIVE FRONT COIL SPRING. REPLACED BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS. *BF CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V332000 THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD HER FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE NOT CRACKED AND ARE WORKING NORMALLY. FORD MOTOR COMPANY'S POSITION IS TO INSTALL PROTECTIVE SPRING SHIELDS WHICH WERE NO...

THE CONSUMER WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT BELT. THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED AND DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR A SEAT BELT PROBLEM. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL. *JB THE SEAT BELT WOULD NO...

Mileage: 20,000

THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REGISTERED SINCE IT WILL NOT PASS EMISSION. *JB (11/29/05) THE FRAME WAS TWISTED AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. THERE WAS ALSO A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT. ON ANOTHER OCCASION A TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. THE CONSUMER WAS DEN...

Mileage: 47,800

THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REGISTERED SINCE IT WILL NOT PASS EMISSION. *JB (11/29/05) THE FRAME WAS TWISTED AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. THERE WAS ALSO A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT. ON ANOTHER OCCASION A TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. THE CONSUMER WAS DEN...

Mileage: 47,800

HAD FIRST ALIGNMENT DONE AND RACK STARTED LEAKING INTO BOOT DIRECTLY AFTER. DEALER REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. NEW RACK LEAKS, REPLACED OUT OF WARRENTY BY WHEEL WORKS. RPLACEMENT RACK LEAKS, REPLACED UNDER WHEEL WORKS WARRENTY. REPLACEMENT RACK LEAKS, RESIVOUR WENT DRY AFTER JUST 10 MILES. I HOPE THEY ...

Mileage: 40,000

HAD FIRST ALIGNMENT DONE AND RACK STARTED LEAKING INTO BOOT DIRECTLY AFTER. DEALER REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. NEW RACK LEAKS, REPLACED OUT OF WARRENTY BY WHEEL WORKS. RPLACEMENT RACK LEAKS, REPLACED UNDER WHEEL WORKS WARRENTY. REPLACEMENT RACK LEAKS, RESIVOUR WENT DRY AFTER JUST 10 MILES. I HOPE THEY ...

Mileage: 40,000

WHEN APPLYING THE GAS VEHICLE STALLED. THE GAS LINE WAS REPLACED, THE ENGINE HAD BEEN TUNED, AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL.*AK

Mileage: 90,000

WE HAD PURCHASED ARE 1999 FORD TAURUS WAGON USED IN 2002. WHEN WE BOUGHT IT WE STARTED NOTICING THINGS GOING WRONG.SO WE TOLD THE PLACE THAT WE BOUGHT IT FROM. THEY DID NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING. WHEN WE CALLED THE LOCAL FOR DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD US THERE WERE KNOW RECALLS EVER ON THAT YEAR. WHEN I DID...

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT BOTH FRONTAL AND REAR SEAT BELTS WERE INOPERATIVE, AND DID NOT RETRACT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 76,000

SPRING GUARD RECALL. *NM CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V332000 THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED AN UNBALANCED RIDE AND HE BELIEVED HIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE APART OF THE RECALL. *TC *JB

WHILE BACKING, RIGHT SPRING BROKE. RECALL RECEIVED, DEALERSHIP FIX ONE AND REFUSED TO FIX OTHER SPRING. *BF CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V332000. *TC

THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT A HOLE WAS INSIDE OF THE GAS TANK WHICH WAS LEAKING GAS AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

REWIND SPRING ON SEAT BELT BECAME UNDONE FROM ITS ANCHOR, RENDERING SEAT BELT USELESS. *BF THE PROBLEM HAPPENED WITH THE REAR SEAT BELT. *JB

Mileage: 50,000

I HAVE A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH IS OFF, SOMETIMES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON FOR NO REASON. SOMETIMES THIS IS JUST ONCE THEN IT WILL STOP. SOMETIMES IT IS SEVERAL TIMES IN A ROW THEN IT WILL STOP. IT IS MOST PREVALENT DURING THE SUMMER, OR ON HOTTER DAYS. ALT...

Mileage: 55,000

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. DOWNS FORD 732-349-2240. *AKI

Mileage: 65,000

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE WINSHIELD WIPERS FAIL AT TIMES OR COME ON BY THEM SELVES, ESPCIALLY WHEN TURNING NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET TO CORRECT FAILURE

THE TRANSMISSION LINE FITTINGS THAT CONNECT THE TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES TO THE RADIATOR FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE TRANMISSION FLUID TO LEAK OUT CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO JERK AND SHIFT ERRACTICALLY. BOTH FITTINGS THAT CONNECT THE TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE TO THE RADIATOR AND ONE TRANSMISSION COO...

Mileage: 83,500

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED CUTTING THE TIRE OPEN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO OFF THE ROAD. *NM

Mileage: 98,750

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IT BEGAN TO SHAKE, AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME BUT AT A VERY SLOW PACE. SHE VEHICLE ACTED AS IF IT DID NOT WANT TO GO. CONSUMER STATED LAST WEEK THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AT ALL. SHE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED T...

CONSUMER STATED THAT TRANSMISSION JERKED. BUT IT HAD BEEN DOING THIS SINCE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. HE MENTIONED THIS TO THE DEALER FROM WHOM HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE . TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER, AND THEY PUT A STRAINER IN THE TRANSMISSION, BUT IT DID NOT HELP THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER WAS TO...

CONSUMER HAD TO PUMP BRAKES TO STOP, BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. SWAY BAR LINK SNAPPED CUTTING THE RUBBER BRAKE HOSE AND RESULTED IN BRAKE FAILURE. *NM

Mileage: 63,571

INTERMITTANTLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PUSHED! I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR THREE YEARS. USUALLY BY TURNING THE WIPER SWITCH ON THEN OFF, IT WOULD STOP. TODAY THAT HAD NO AFFECT ON THE WIPERS. I DROVE THE CAR FOR ABOUT 2.5 HOURS TODAY. THE WIPERS CAME ON FOR A TOTAL O...

Mileage: 105,600

THE REAR LAP/SHOULDER SEATBELTS ON BOTH SIDES DO NOT RETRACT CORRECTLY. ONE STOPPED RETRACTING COMPLETELY, AND THE OTHER INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING THEM TO BE UNSAFE AND UNUSABLE. I FOUND NHTSA SAFETY RECALL #99V250000 FOR A SIMILAR PROBLEM, WHICH I BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER AND MANUFACT...

THE WAY THAT THE DEALERSHIP IS INSPECTING THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS IS RECALL 04V332000, NOT ADEQUATE ENOUGH TO DETECT A PROBLEM WITH THE COIL SPRINGS. THEY ARE ONLY TEST DRIVING THE VEHICLE. ALSO THE RE ENFORCEMENT SHIELD WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER 2004. *AK

THE REINFORCEMENT SHIELD TO PERFORM FRONT COIL SPRING RECALL 04V332000 REPAIRS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME.*AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING RUPTURED. TWO MONTHS LATER A RECALL NOTICE WAS ISSUED FOR THAT PART, HOWEVER, DEALER INSISTED THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE COIL BECAUSE IT HAD NOT YET FAILED. *AK *SC *JB

Mileage: 53,000

RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED FOR A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONT SPRINGS BROKE AND CAUSED DAMAGES TO BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED. FORD DEALER WAS CONTACTED. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY WOULD REPAIR THE ...

Mileage: 78,000

RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED FOR A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONT SPRINGS BROKE AND CAUSED DAMAGES TO BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED. FORD DEALER WAS CONTACTED. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY WOULD REPAIR THE ...

Mileage: 78,000

RECALL 04V332000 WAS ISSUED REGARDING FRONT COIL SPRINGS. DEALER STATED PARTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER 2004. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT COIL SPRING WILL FAIL WHILE DRIVING. *AK

Mileage: 59,000

A NEW OIL PUMP WAS REPLACED AND THE ENGINE WAS STILL KNOCKING. DEALER STATED THAT THE LIFTERS WERE BAD. ALSO, BRAKES WERE REPLACED FOUR TIMES.*AK

Mileage: 78,000

A NEW OIL PUMP WAS REPLACED AND THE ENGINE WAS STILL KNOCKING. DEALER STATED THAT THE LIFTERS WERE BAD. ALSO, BRAKES WERE REPLACED FOUR TIMES.*AK

Mileage: 78,000

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INF...

PASSENGER SAFETY BELT, IN BACK SEAT WILL NOT RETRACT. WENT TO MY FORD DEALER TO HAVE THEM REPLACE IT UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT THEY SAID "NORMAL". THIS BELT NEVER RETRACTS LIKE THE OTHERS AND OFTEN THE DOOR GETS SHUT ON IT. DISCOVERED LATER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THESE BACK SEAT BELTS,...

Mileage: 40,000

SINCE WE PURCHASED THE CAR NEW IT HAS LURCHED FORWARD WHEN BEING STARTED. THE TRANSMISSION HAS HAD A HARD TIME SHIFTING, REVING THE ENGINE UP, THEN JUMPING INTO GEAR. WE HAVE HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR VARIOUS PROBLEMS. RECENTLY THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN MAKING NOISE AND SHIFTING BA...

Mileage: 80,000

REAR AXLE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE BROKE WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. DEALER/ANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK

Mileage: 85,000

1999 FORD TAURUS WARNING.*MR WHILE DRIVING THE WIND FROM OTHER VEHICLE'S MADE THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SHAKE VIOLENTLY ALMOST TO THE POINT OF LOSING CONTROL. *NM

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A ROUTINE CHECK UP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, AND THAT THE OIL GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE CONSUMER WROTE THAT HE SHOULD BE REFUNDED MONEY PAID FOR THE WORK THAT HAD TO BE DONE *TC

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING CUT INTO THE TIRE, CAUSING A BLOW OUT. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND CHANGED THE TIRE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED AND REPLACED THE SPRING. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. *AK *NM

Mileage: 101,842

A;RIL 2002 PURCHASE USED 1999 FORD TARUS (ODOMETER READING 70198. APRIL 2003 TRANSMISSION FAILED (ODOMETER READING 82,719). REPLACED WITH COST PAID BY ME (TOTAL COST $2,085, WARRANTY $1,238, I PAID $847). QUESTIONING SERVICE RECALL FOR POSSIBLE FAILED TRANSMISSIONS AND WHY DEALERSHIPS DID NOT REPA...

Mileage: 82,719

1999 FORD TAURUS SE: WHILE TURNING, STARTED HEARING GRINDING, SQEALING NOISES. POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL WAS FINE. BROUGHT IT TO MECHANIC, SAID THE POWER STEERING RACK AND POWER STEERING PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE HAS 65000 HIGHWAY MILES. PER MECHANIC AND FORD DEALER, THIS IS A VERY COMM...

Mileage: 75,000

REQUEST FOR REFUND FOR REPAIRS PERFORMED TO 1999 FORD TAURUS.*MR (RECALL #04V332000) *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT FORD CHANGED THE GASKET IN THE FORD TAURUS. THE GASKET MELTED, AND WATER ENTERED INTO THE ENGINE, WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH REAR COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE.*AK

Mileage: 130,000

THE VEHICLE LOST POWER ASSISTANCE WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE RACK & PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

Mileage: 71,000

A RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WAS ISSUED. WHEN THE CONSUMER CALLED DEALER TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THEY COULD NOT LOOK AT THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE COIL SPRINGS FAILED. *AK

Mileage: 91,000

WHEN FOLLOWING BEHIND A SEMI TRUCK OR A PICKUP PULLING A TRAILOR THE TURBULANCE FROM THE TRUCK OR TRAILOR CAUSES MY 1999 FORD TAURUS SE TO SHAKE VIOLANTLY AND IS HARD TO CONTROL.

Mileage: 98,000

VARIOUS PROBLEMS INVOLVING 1999 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON.*MR THE POWER STEERING MADE EXCESSIVE NOISE, DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING RACK. THE VEHICLE FRONT END WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL COMPONENTS TO CORRECT THIS OCCURREN...

VARIOUS PROBLEMS INVOLVING 1999 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON.*MR THE POWER STEERING MADE EXCESSIVE NOISE, DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING RACK. THE VEHICLE FRONT END WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL COMPONENTS TO CORRECT THIS OCCURREN...

VARIOUS PROBLEMS INVOLVING 1999 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON.*MR THE POWER STEERING MADE EXCESSIVE NOISE, DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING RACK. THE VEHICLE FRONT END WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL COMPONENTS TO CORRECT THIS OCCURREN...

VARIOUS PROBLEMS INVOLVING 1999 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON.*MR THE POWER STEERING MADE EXCESSIVE NOISE, DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING RACK. THE VEHICLE FRONT END WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL COMPONENTS TO CORRECT THIS OCCURREN...

VARIOUS PROBLEMS INVOLVING 1999 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON.*MR THE POWER STEERING MADE EXCESSIVE NOISE, DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING RACK. THE VEHICLE FRONT END WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL COMPONENTS TO CORRECT THIS OCCURREN...

VARIOUS PROBLEMS INVOLVING 1999 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON.*MR THE POWER STEERING MADE EXCESSIVE NOISE, DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING RACK. THE VEHICLE FRONT END WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL COMPONENTS TO CORRECT THIS OCCURREN...

VARIOUS PROBLEMS INVOLVING 1999 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON.*MR THE POWER STEERING MADE EXCESSIVE NOISE, DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING RACK. THE VEHICLE FRONT END WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL COMPONENTS TO CORRECT THIS OCCURREN...

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR FORD, TAURUS 1999, AND WENT TO THE DEALER. WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER, 2004. CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS WAS DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IF THERE WAS A CHANCE OF A FATALITY. *AK

DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM THE FRONT COIL SPRING RECALL 04V332000 REPAIRS BECAUSE THE PARTS WEREN'T AVAILABLE. THE PARTS WEREN'T GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR APPROXIMATELY A MONTH TO TWO MONTHS.*AK

Mileage: 70,000

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V332000, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS WILL BE IN UNTIL DECEMBER. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA A RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING. DEALERSHIP STILL DOES NOT HAVE THE PART TO CONDUCT REPAIRS UNTIL DECEMBER OR JANUARY. FORD INDICATED TO CONSUMER NOTHING WE CAN DO, WAIT UNTIL DECEMBER. *AK

FORD MOTOR CO. HAS ISSUED LETTERS WITH REFERENCE TO POSSIBLE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURE / REPLACEMENT FOR 1999 TO 2001 TAURUS AND SABLE VEHICLES. FORD MOTOR CO. RECORDING STATED THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF COIL FAILURE COULD IMPACT THE TIRE, THUS CAUSING A POSSIBLE CRASH (THEIR WORDING). FORD MOTOR CO....

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING. FAILURE. DEALER STATED THAT THE SHIELD WAS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER. MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT IF THE SQUEAKING SOUND THAT CONSUMER HEARD WAS NOT THE COIL SPRING THEN CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. CONSUMER STATED...

Mileage: 79,000

RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS. HOWEVER, WHEN CONSUMER RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE PARTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER, 2004. CONSUMER WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. *AK

Mileage: 150,000

WHEN I BRAKE AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES VERY BAD. THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW. I AM ON MY THIRD SET OF BRAKE PADS AND THIRD SET OF TIRES IN 80,000 MILES. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MECHANICS THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ROTORS ON MY 99 FORD TAURUS BUT FORD REFUSES ...

Mileage: 200

WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY CONSUMER HEARD A SNAPPING SOUND. UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING BROKE AND SLICED THE LEFT TIRE.*AK

Mileage: 62,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH, CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL, SUDDENLY LOST THE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP. THE MECHANIC INDICATED THE FRONT COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. DEALERSHIP HAS ...

Mileage: 65,000

WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, IT PUNCTURED THE FRONT TIRES AND DAMAGED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE RIM. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *LA

Mileage: 75,000

WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH, THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. PLEASE PROVIDE FU...

I JUST READ ABOUT A NHTSA RECALL CONCERNING 1999 FORD TAURUS SEDANS AND THE FRACTURING OF THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. WE OWN A 1999 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON AND ONE OF OUR FRONT COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED A FEW MONTHS AGO. WE LIVE IN A COLD WEATHER STATE. DOES THIS RECALL COVER STATION WAGONS? IF NOT, ...

FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE RESULTING IN THE RUPTURE AND DESTRUCTION OF A TIRE. REPLACED BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AND TIRE. PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

Mileage: 75,888

WHILE BRAKING ENGINE STARTED RACING AT A HIGH RATE INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER HADE TO PUMP THE BRAKES. THIS CAUSED A MINOR COLLISION. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 54,000

WHILE BRAKING ENGINE STARTED RACING AT A HIGH RATE INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER HADE TO PUMP THE BRAKES. THIS CAUSED A MINOR COLLISION. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 54,000

WHEN APPLYING GAS THE CAR SHAKES. AND WHEN YOU START THE ENGINE THE CAR JUMPS.*AK

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE, THEN, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD WHILE REVERSING. THE NOISE OCCURRED BECAUSE COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT LEFT TIRES. *AK LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING, SWAY BAR AND TIRE WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER. *LA

Mileage: 26,000

SPRING BROKE IN TWO REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. *AK

Mileage: 29,799

THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH IN THE STEERING COLUMNS OF THE 1997-1999 FORD TAURUS' HAVE BEEN FAILING. THIS SWITCH CONTROLS BOTH TURN SIGNALS AND HAZAARD LIGHTS. TO DATE WE HAVE HAD NO INJURY OR INCIDENT DUE TO THIS FAILURE BUT HAVE SEEN AROUND 15 TO 20 VEHICLES WITHIN OUR FLEET FAIL OVER THE PAST 2 YEAR...

Mileage: 54,360

WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON WITHOUT USING THE SWITCH. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 1999 FORD TAURUS GAVE WAY UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR DOWN MY ROAD. IT JUST STOPPED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IF I HAD BEEN GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK THERE HAD BEEN NO WARNING SOUNDS OR LIGHTS...

Mileage: 75,400

1999 FORD TAURUS BRAKE AND ROTOR EQUIPMENT.*MR THE ROTORS WARPED AFTER MINIMAL USE. THE ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED AND EXPERIENCED VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING AGAIN ABOUT 4 WEEKS LATER. *NM

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY THE FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE SPRING WAS HOOKED INTO THE TIRES, SO THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE TIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND DEALERSHIP INDICATED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WHICH COULD B...

Mileage: 44,000

BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY (RIGHT) COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. *AK

Mileage: 35,000

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A 1999 FORD TAURUS SEDAN WHEN FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING BROKE AND TORE FRONT LEFT TIRE APART. EVENT WAS NOT PROCEEDED WITH ANY WARNINGS. VEHICLE TRANSPORTED TO FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE FRONT SPRINGS REPLACED UNDER WARANTY. *AK

Mileage: 50,641

1999 FORD TAURUS COIL SPRING FAILURES. *MR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD BROKEN AT LOW SPEEDS. THEY OPENED UP THE FRONT TIRE LIKE A CAN OPENER. THE SHARP BROKEN EDGE OF THE SPRING STUCK INTO THE TIRE AS IT ROTATED. *SC *JB

MY VEHICLE WAS HIT AT AN ESTIMATED 50 MPH BY A DRIVER WHO BLEW A RED LIGHT. IT WAS HIGH JUST IN FRONT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL. THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THE CRASH. MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED IN THIS CRASH. IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE MADE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IF THEY HAD NOT DEPLOYED. HOWEVER...

Mileage: 32,411

1999 FORD TAURUS WAS STARTED IN THE GARAGE, PLACED IN REVERSE, AND ROLLED BACK 1 FOOT WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR DROPPED. LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND SEVERED THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANIC WHERE HE DETERMINED THAT THE STRUT AND SPRING AND TIR...

Mileage: 146,000

1999 FORD TAURUS --UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE A VERY LOUD BANG WAS HEARD. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE. APPARENTLY THE FRONT SPRING/COIL BROKE INTO TWO PIECES - WE ARE TOLD THIS IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL AND ALMOST ALWAYS DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. UPON ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE CAR, THE ...

Mileage: 32,000

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH CONSUMER, THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE LOST AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE GARAGE, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SPRING BROKE AND THE SUSPENSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ...

Mileage: 52,340

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *NM *NM

SEAT BELTS WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. CONSUMER REPLACED THREE SEAT BELTS DUE TO MALFUNCTIONED RETRACTOR.*AK

Mileage: 2,200

SEAT BELTS WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. CONSUMER REPLACED THREE SEAT BELTS DUE TO MALFUNCTIONED RETRACTOR.*AK

Mileage: 2,200

TRANSMISSION PARK ROD BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS DOWN A DRIVEWAY AND HIT A MAIL BOX. IT CONTINUED DOWN HILL AT 80 MPH AND WENT THROUGH A YARD BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE SHIFT LEVER WAS STILL IN PARK.*AK *JB

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND TRANSMISSION FAILED. CONSUMER COASTED TO A STOP. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 50,089

SEATBELT PROBLEMS WITH 1999 FORD TAURUS. (NAR) *MR THE DRIVERS SEATBELT HAD BECOME UNLATCHED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHEN THE MALE SECTION WAS PLACED INTO THE BUCKLE SECTION, NO CLICKING AND OR LOCKING SOUND OCCURRED. *SC *JB *CB

VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED FROM A STOP POSITION. INTERMITTENTLY THIS FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING. ON ONE OCCASION, WHEN THIS FAILURE OCCURRED, IT RESULTED IN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE BEING REAR ENDED. DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND PERFORMED A...

Mileage: 24

MY 1999 FORD TAURUS POWER STEERING PUMP AND/OR STEERING RACK FAILED, CAUSING ME TO HAVE EXTREME DIFFICULTY TO DRIVE THE CAR.*AK

Mileage: 109,132

MY 1999 FORD TAURUS POWER STEERING PUMP AND/OR STEERING RACK FAILED, CAUSING ME TO HAVE EXTREME DIFFICULTY TO DRIVE THE CAR.*AK

Mileage: 109,132

BOTH FRONT COIL SPINGS OF MY 99 TAURUS FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY WHILE MY 16 YR OLD SON WAS DRIVING. A SHARE OF SPRING SHREDDED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE, NEARLY CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH THIS BRAND NEW DRIVER. I HAVE THE PARTS AS WELL AS DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE. ONLY 54000 MILES ON VEHICLE. *CB

Mileage: 54,000

RACK AND PINION HAD TO BE REPLACED SO CONSUMER REQUEST AND INVESTIGATION INTO THE DESIGN FLAW OF THE 1999 AND 2000 FORD TAURUS. *PH *MR

Mileage: 35,600

VEHICLE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. IT IS NOT WORKING. THE SPEEDOMETER ISN'T READING IT CORRECTLY. VEHICLE IS ALSO HAVING A PROBLEM WITH ACCELERATION. WHEN IT OCCURS, THE DRIVER SHUT DOWN THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 10 MINS. WHEN VEHICLE IS RE-STARTED EVERYTHING BEGINS TO WORK AGAIN. PROV...

Mileage: 20,000

NO DESCRIPTION OF FAILURE, ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES FOR 1999 FORD TAURUS. *PH *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE NEAR THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, AND IT BECAME HARD TO STEER. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME AND CALLED A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FUEL PUMP HAD BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES S...

Mileage: 54,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE NEAR THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, AND IT BECAME HARD TO STEER. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME AND CALLED A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT POWER STEERING PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FUEL PUMP HAD BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES S...

Mileage: 54,000

THE INTERIOR LIGHT CONTINUES TO REMAIN ON AND THE DASH READOUT INDICATES THAT THERE IS A DOOR OPEN WHEN THERE ACTUALLY ISN'T. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LOCK AS LONG AS THE CAR BELIEVES THERE IS AN UNLOCKED DOOR. *JB

THE INTERIOR LIGHT CONTINUES TO REMAIN ON AND THE DASH READOUT INDICATES THAT THERE IS A DOOR OPEN WHEN THERE ACTUALLY ISN'T. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LOCK AS LONG AS THE CAR BELIEVES THERE IS AN UNLOCKED DOOR. *JB

THE VEHICLE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED AT 54000. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG PARTIALLY DEPLOYED AND THE PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *NM *MR

Mileage: 54,241

THE VEHICLE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED AT 54000. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG PARTIALLY DEPLOYED AND THE PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *NM *MR

Mileage: 54,241

THE DOME LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY, AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. *AK THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD GO UP AND DOWN AND WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A LEAKING WINDSHIELD. *SC *JB

Mileage: 35,000

THE DOME LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY, AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. *AK THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD GO UP AND DOWN AND WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A LEAKING WINDSHIELD. *SC *JB

Mileage: 35,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS STEADILY SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP. CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. A MECHANIC EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS I...

Mileage: 87,000

WHILE DRIVING ON PA TURNPIKE ON FEB 6, 2004, THE DRIVER SIDE CONTROL ARM BROKE CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL TO THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE FRAME AND RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE BEING DEEMED A "TOTAL LOSS".*AK

Mileage: 104,000

WHILE DRIVING ON PA TURNPIKE ON FEB 6, 2004, THE DRIVER SIDE CONTROL ARM BROKE CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL TO THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE FRAME AND RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE BEING DEEMED A "TOTAL LOSS".*AK

Mileage: 104,000

THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING THE TIRE TO RUPTURE. THIS HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT AT LOW SPEED. *NM

Mileage: 90,782

COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WHILE REVERSING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP.*AK

Mileage: 61,000

DRIVER STARTED THE VEHICLE, PLACED IT IN REVERSE AND DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE.*AK

THE REAR SUSPENSION IS VERY LOW IN THE REAR, THE CAR RIDES VERY ROUGH, AND THE PEOPLE AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT'S NORMAL, I HAVE TALKED TO A FORD DEALER AND HE SAID NO IT'S NOT. I TRIED TO GET IT FIXED AND THEY WONT DO IT, THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE ROAD, AND I REFUSE TO PAY FOR IT ANYMORE. *A...

THE REAR SUSPENSION IS VERY LOW IN THE REAR, THE CAR RIDES VERY ROUGH, AND THE PEOPLE AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT'S NORMAL, I HAVE TALKED TO A FORD DEALER AND HE SAID NO IT'S NOT. I TRIED TO GET IT FIXED AND THEY WONT DO IT, THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE ROAD, AND I REFUSE TO PAY FOR IT ANYMORE. *A...

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON FOR INTERMITTENTLY FOR NO APPARENT REASON. ESTIMATED COST OF PARTS IS AROUND $150.00. I AM AFRAID THE WHOLE SWITCH SYSTEM WILL GO OUT DUE TO EXCESSIVE USE AND UNNECESSARY USE. THIS COULD BE A POTENTIAL HAZARD IF THEY GO OUT DURING INCLIMATE WEATHER. *AK

WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING PLACE AT THE MOVIE THEATER, THE CAR SUDDENLY SEEMED TO HAVE SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL GEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE GEAR INDICATOR DID NOT MOVE FROM THE DRIVE POSITION. I TRIED TO CHANGE INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE AND LOW GEARS BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED AND ENDED...

Mileage: 99,427

WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING PLACE AT THE MOVIE THEATER, THE CAR SUDDENLY SEEMED TO HAVE SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL GEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE GEAR INDICATOR DID NOT MOVE FROM THE DRIVE POSITION. I TRIED TO CHANGE INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE AND LOW GEARS BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED AND ENDED...

Mileage: 99,427

MY FORD TAURUS ANT-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT UNDER THE DASH BOARD WHILE DRIVING ALTERNATELY FLASHES ON AND OFF SOMETIMES WHILE I AM BRAKING. WHILE BRAKING SOMETIMES THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DOESN'T WORK.*AK

BRAKES WERE APPLIED WHILE CHANGING LANES AND NOTHING HAPPENED, EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE APPLIED. *PH *MR

Mileage: 45,000

THE "RACK AND PINION" ON MY 1999 FORD TAURUS NEEDS REPLACING. I THINK THIS IS TOO SOON UNDER "NORMAL" CITY DRIVING. THE CAR IS STILL UNDER THE 6 YR.-75,000MI. WARRANTY. *AK

Mileage: 59,170

THE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH. THE HOOD THEN BURST INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE BURNT THROUGH THE PAINT ON THE HOOD, MELTED THE FRONT TIRE, DASHBOARD AND OTHER FRONT END COMPONENTS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HASN'T IDENTIFIED THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE CONSUMER F...

Mileage: 112,000

WHILE ACCELERATING ON AN ON RAMP TO THE INTERSTAE GOING APPROXIMATELY 35-40MPH THERE WAS A LOUD BANG ORGINATING FROM THE VEHICLES FRONT LEFT SIDE. THIS TURNED OUT TO BE BROKEN FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING WHICH PUNCTURED THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. THIS RESULTED IN AN OVER $900.00 SERVICE BILL.*AK

Mileage: 37,480

HEAD GASKET REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AT 51,000 MILES ON A 19999 FORD TAURUS 3.0 ENGINE

Mileage: 51,108

UPON STARTING VEHICLE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE. CONSUMER CHECKED THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL AND FOUND OUT THAT THE LEVEL WAS LOW. FLUID WAS DRAINING INTO THE BELLOWS, WHICH WAS A RUBBER BOOT THAT PROTECTED THE INNER TIE ROD. CONSUMER DETERMINED THAT A SNAPPED RING WAS MISSING FROM THE BELLOWS...

Mileage: 89,000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. AFTER INSPECTION CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

SWAYBAR ENDLINKS ARE JUNK BUT DEALER INSISTS OEM ONLY WAY TO GO. AODX TRANSMISSION KICKS IN AND OUT. NOW EXPERIENCING P0500 CODE (FAULTY SPEED SENSOR)? REAR BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS SQUEELED (EVEN WITH OEM PADS) HAVE HAD TWO APPARENT BLOWOUTS OF PASS SIDE SEAL IN RACK.

Mileage: 82,500

SWAYBAR ENDLINKS ARE JUNK BUT DEALER INSISTS OEM ONLY WAY TO GO. AODX TRANSMISSION KICKS IN AND OUT. NOW EXPERIENCING P0500 CODE (FAULTY SPEED SENSOR)? REAR BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS SQUEELED (EVEN WITH OEM PADS) HAVE HAD TWO APPARENT BLOWOUTS OF PASS SIDE SEAL IN RACK.

Mileage: 82,500

SWAYBAR ENDLINKS ARE JUNK BUT DEALER INSISTS OEM ONLY WAY TO GO. AODX TRANSMISSION KICKS IN AND OUT. NOW EXPERIENCING P0500 CODE (FAULTY SPEED SENSOR)? REAR BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS SQUEELED (EVEN WITH OEM PADS) HAVE HAD TWO APPARENT BLOWOUTS OF PASS SIDE SEAL IN RACK.

Mileage: 82,500

SWAYBAR ENDLINKS ARE JUNK BUT DEALER INSISTS OEM ONLY WAY TO GO. AODX TRANSMISSION KICKS IN AND OUT. NOW EXPERIENCING P0500 CODE (FAULTY SPEED SENSOR)? REAR BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS SQUEELED (EVEN WITH OEM PADS) HAVE HAD TWO APPARENT BLOWOUTS OF PASS SIDE SEAL IN RACK.

Mileage: 82,500

FRONT BRAKE ROTOR WARP ALOT AT LEASE A SET A YEAR TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ROUGH AT TIMES STEERING IS STIFT PULLS TO THE LEFT HARD SOMETIMES, THINK IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WITH THE TRANSAXLE?

Mileage: 38,797

FRONT BRAKE ROTOR WARP ALOT AT LEASE A SET A YEAR TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ROUGH AT TIMES STEERING IS STIFT PULLS TO THE LEFT HARD SOMETIMES, THINK IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WITH THE TRANSAXLE?

Mileage: 38,797

FRONT BRAKE ROTOR WARP ALOT AT LEASE A SET A YEAR TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ROUGH AT TIMES STEERING IS STIFT PULLS TO THE LEFT HARD SOMETIMES, THINK IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WITH THE TRANSAXLE?

Mileage: 38,797

HEAT ONLY OPERATED ON MAX. BOUGHT REPAIR MANUAL AND REPAIR PART AND FIXED IT MYSELF. (VEHICLE WAS 1 MONTH OUT OF WARRANTY AND DEALER WOULD NOT HELP). STEERING GEAR FAILED. (VEHICLE WARRANTY WAS UNDER MILEAGE BUT OVER ON TIME. (DEALER WOULD NOT HELP WITH PARTS OR LABOR EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW THE PART...

Mileage: 33,858

HEAT ONLY OPERATED ON MAX. BOUGHT REPAIR MANUAL AND REPAIR PART AND FIXED IT MYSELF. (VEHICLE WAS 1 MONTH OUT OF WARRANTY AND DEALER WOULD NOT HELP). STEERING GEAR FAILED. (VEHICLE WARRANTY WAS UNDER MILEAGE BUT OVER ON TIME. (DEALER WOULD NOT HELP WITH PARTS OR LABOR EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW THE PART...

Mileage: 33,858

IN A 1999 FORD TAURUS SE, MY 6 YEAR OLD SON BECAME TRAPPED IN A SEAT BELT THAT WAS NOT EVEN BUCKLED. AFTER ARRIVING HOME AT 9 P.M. MY SON HAD JUST UNBUCKLED HIS SEAT BELT WHEN SOMEHOW HE PULLED THE SEAT BELT OVER HIM AND THE SEAT BELT WRAPPED AROUND HIM AND IT WAS AROUND HIS WAIST AND BACK. THE SEAT...

Mileage: 48,254

THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP OCCASIONALLY BUT WE DID NOT THINK MUCH ABOUT IT UNTIL ONE NIGHT MY HUHSBAND WAS DRIVING AND HE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND WHEN HE TRIED TO GO AGAIN HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD! WHEN THE CAR WAS PUT IN ANY DRIVE GEAR YOU COULD HEAR GRINDING.

Mileage: 95,000

AT 20,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT BECAUSE OF SHIFTING PROBLEMS. AT 70,000 SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. FORD SAID THIS PROBLEM WAS RARE SO DID NOT COVER. MY EASY CARE POLICY ($1500) WOULD NOT COVER BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE TRANSMISSION SERVICED AT 50,000 MILES. I ARGUED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGIN...

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO MAKE A GRINDING NOISE, AND THEN I WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY. I TOOK THE CAR TO A SHOP IN ITALY, AND THE MECHANIC ACTUALLY TOLD ME HE KNEW THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL!*AK

Mileage: 50,000

POWER STEERING PUMP SEAL HAD DRASTIC LEAK. THIS CAUSED THE FLUID TO LEAK OUT AND DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE EFFORT REQUIRED TO STEAR THE VEHICLE. SUCH DIFFICULTY IN STEARING COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH.*AK

Mileage: 28,460

HEATER CORE HAD TO BE REPLACED. DEALER STATED THAT IT BECAME CLOGGED BECAUSE OF SLUDGE BUILDUP.*AK

Mileage: 53,572

RACK AND PINION SEAL LEAKS FLUID INTO THE RIGHT HAND BOOT AND THEN THE GROUND, CAUSING THE POWER STEERING NOT TO FUNCTION PROPERLY AND FAILURE TO THE POWER STEERING PUMP. I CAN'T BELIEVE FORD DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE SAFTY AND LOYALTY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND TAKE STEPS TO CORRECT THIS CONSISTANT DEFECT...

Mileage: 91,850

DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILURE RESULTING IN PUNCTURE OF DRIVER SIDE TIRE. CAR REPAIRED AT DEALER. BOTH SRINGS AND LEFT STRUT BEARING REPLACED. FORD DECLINED TO COVER ANY COST. THIS WAS MY WIFE'S CAR AND FREQUENTLY CARRIES THE FAMILY, LUCKILY FAILURE WAS AT LOW SPEED AND DID NOT PUT MY FAMILY AT R...

Mileage: 49,400

1999 FORD TAURUS SE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*MR CONSUMER SUSTAINED CHEST AND RIB PAIN. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *PH

POWER STEERING FAILURE- STEERING PUMP GROWLING AND WHINING WAS FOLLOWED BY OVERFLOW OF POWER STEERING FLUID AROUND CAP. REPAIR SHOP REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP ($200) WHICH WORKED FOR LESS THAN 30 MINUTES BEFORE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED AGAIN. REPAIR SHOP IS NOW DIAGNOSING PROBLEM AS RACK A...

Mileage: 54,500

POWER STEERING FAILURE- STEERING PUMP GROWLING AND WHINING WAS FOLLOWED BY OVERFLOW OF POWER STEERING FLUID AROUND CAP. REPAIR SHOP REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP ($200) WHICH WORKED FOR LESS THAN 30 MINUTES BEFORE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED AGAIN. REPAIR SHOP IS NOW DIAGNOSING PROBLEM AS RACK A...

Mileage: 54,500

COOLANT SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED OUT ON A YEARLY BASIS. IF NOT FLUSHED, WOULD HAVE SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE HEATER CORE. AS A RESULT, HEATER CORE WOULD BECOME PLUGGED AND WOULD NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. *AK

Mileage: 56,000

COOLANT SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED OUT ON A YEARLY BASIS. IF NOT FLUSHED, WOULD HAVE SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE HEATER CORE. AS A RESULT, HEATER CORE WOULD BECOME PLUGGED AND WOULD NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. *AK

Mileage: 56,000

TRANSMISSION ISSUES NOT RESOLVED. IN AUGUST OF 2002(65,445 MILES), REPLACED A SENSOR AND SLIPPING TRANSMISSION WAS FIXED. IN OCTOBER OF 2003 REPLACED TRANSMISSION (86,150 MILES) AND PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING.*AK

Mileage: 86,150

POWER STEERING SQUEAKS AND MAKES NOISES WHEN TURNING CORNERS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, AND CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT POWER STEERING PUMP WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY.*AK CONSUMER NOTED THEY WOULDN'T REPAIR THE PUMP AT FIRST, BUT AFTER A FEW PHONE CALLS, THEY REPLACED IT. IT STARTED...

Mileage: 74,500

1999 FORD TAURUS IS SUFFERING FROM ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *MR THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING, THE LOCKS ON BOTH DOORS WERE OFF AND WOULD HAVE TO BE PLAYED WITH TO GET THEM TO OPEN AT TIMES, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, ALSO THE DASH LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE BEHIND THE GAS GAUGE/RADI...

Mileage: 27,430

1999 FORD TAURUS IS SUFFERING FROM ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *MR THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING, THE LOCKS ON BOTH DOORS WERE OFF AND WOULD HAVE TO BE PLAYED WITH TO GET THEM TO OPEN AT TIMES, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, ALSO THE DASH LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE BEHIND THE GAS GAUGE/RADI...

Mileage: 27,430

1999 FORD TAURUS IS SUFFERING FROM ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *MR THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING, THE LOCKS ON BOTH DOORS WERE OFF AND WOULD HAVE TO BE PLAYED WITH TO GET THEM TO OPEN AT TIMES, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, ALSO THE DASH LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE BEHIND THE GAS GAUGE/RADI...

Mileage: 27,430

1999 FORD TAURUS IS SUFFERING FROM ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *MR THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING, THE LOCKS ON BOTH DOORS WERE OFF AND WOULD HAVE TO BE PLAYED WITH TO GET THEM TO OPEN AT TIMES, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, ALSO THE DASH LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE BEHIND THE GAS GAUGE/RADI...

Mileage: 27,430

1999 FORD TAURUS IS SUFFERING FROM ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *MR THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING, THE LOCKS ON BOTH DOORS WERE OFF AND WOULD HAVE TO BE PLAYED WITH TO GET THEM TO OPEN AT TIMES, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, ALSO THE DASH LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE BEHIND THE GAS GAUGE/RADI...

Mileage: 27,430

I HAVE HAD MY CAR FOR 2 YEARS AND IN THAT TIME I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED TWICE AND REBUILT ONCE. EVERYTIME I HAVE HAD IT WORKED ON IT WAS BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE A SPEED SENSOR, O2 SENSOR, AND A TRANSMISSION TURBO SENSOR. ALL OF THIS HAS HAPPEN...

WHILE DRIVING CATALYTIC CONVERTER DEVELOPED A CRACK. OWNER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP REGARDING THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER FELT PULSATION AND VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. THE ABS LIGHT STAYED ON AT ALL TIMES, AND THERE WAS A HUMMING COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *AK

Mileage: 56,500

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER FELT PULSATION AND VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. THE ABS LIGHT STAYED ON AT ALL TIMES, AND THERE WAS A HUMMING COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *AK

Mileage: 56,500

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER FELT PULSATION AND VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. THE ABS LIGHT STAYED ON AT ALL TIMES, AND THERE WAS A HUMMING COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *AK

Mileage: 56,500

STATUS REQUEST FOR COMPLAINT #10027052.*MR THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE STATUS OF HIS COMPLAINT RELATED TO AN ENGINE COOLANT LEAK. ODI # 10027052 REGISTERED WITH NHTSA ON 7/11/03. *NLM

INVESTIGATION OF 1999 FORD TAURUS FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRINGS.*MR THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE SUDDENLY AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. *NLM

Mileage: 41,500

VEHICLE'S ENGINE ACCELERATED TO 3000 RPM'S RESULTING IN VEHICLE HITTING A BRICK WALL.*MR WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE GEAR IN PARK, THE ENGINE ACCELERATED, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP THE HIGH RPM RATE THE ENGINE HAD ATTAINED. THE VEHICLE JUMPED AN EIGHT INCH CURB CROSSED A SIDEWALK AND A...

Mileage: 47,000

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE WHILE THE SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION.

JUST OUT OF THE BLUE, I STARTED HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH MY STEERING. FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, I HAD TO CONSTANTLY REPLACE POWER STEERING FLUID. WHAT REALLY SCARED ME WAS WHEN I HAD TO TRAVEL OUT OF STATE TO GET BACK HOME. I PUT IN POWER STEERING FLUID AND IT JUST DISAPPEARED RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYE...

THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND THE SHARP BROKEN EDGE SLICED THE TIRE OF OUR 1999 FORD TAURUS SEDAN, VIN #[XXX]. THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR SUDDENLY DROPPED AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT. WE WERE VERY, VERY LUCKY THAT THIS OCCURRED WHILE MY WIFE WAS SLOWLY BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY. THERE WER...

Mileage: 41,500

CONSUMER STATED WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, TECHNICIAN NOTICED BOTH CV BOOTS AND RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED. *AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, TECHNICIAN NOTICED BOTH CV BOOTS AND RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED. *AK

FUEL PUMP FAILURE. 2 TIMES. FIRST TIME AFTER 3 HOURS I WAS ABLE TO GET CAR HOME. 2 ED TIME I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER. BILL WAS OVER $ 600.00 WITH TOWING. CALL TO FORD 800# LISTED ON THIS SITE AND THEY SAID NO RECALL AND NO RECOURSE AS OF NOW..

Mileage: 42,320

THE COIL SPRING POPPED OUT AND FRACTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE SPRINGS ON BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER SIDE POPPED OUT AND DAMAGED THE TIRE. BOTH SPRINGS AND TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *PH *JB

Mileage: 40,000

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 50,000 MILES. THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION LEAKED FLUID FROM THE HUB SEAL. *AK

Mileage: 50,000

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 50,000 MILES AND WAS REPLACED. A SECOND TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AND IT HAS CURRENTLY FAILED. THE CONSUMER WAS GIVEN A 3 YEAR/36000 MILES WARRANTY, WHICHEVER CAME FIRST. ALSO, TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID. HE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE ME...

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE WAS DUE TO THE TIMING BELT BREAKING AND FALLING OFF.*AK

Mileage: 90,000

BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS NEED REPLACED. I REPLACED THE RIGHT SIDE APPRX. ONE YEAR AGO. I HAVE ONLY 50000 MILES.

Mileage: 50,000

VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHEN VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK, RESULTING IN VEHICLE HITTING A BRICK WALL.*MR WHILE SHIFTING INTO PARK, THE ENGINE ACCELERATED TO OVER 3000 RPM WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JUMP AN EIGHT INCH CURB AND VIOLENTLY HIT A BRICK WALL.*TS *JB

Mileage: 47,000

CONSUMER STATES RACK AND PINION STEERING WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY, CAUSING STEERING TO FAIL. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH CAR WOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR. THE MORE ACCELARATION WAS ATTEMPTED, THE HARDER THE ENGINE PUSHED AND THE HIGHER THE RPMS WENT WITHOUT CHANGING GEAR. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WHO HAVE YET TO LOOK AT PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 55,090

WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH CAR WOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR. THE MORE ACCELARATION WAS ATTEMPTED, THE HARDER THE ENGINE PUSHED AND THE HIGHER THE RPMS WENT WITHOUT CHANGING GEAR. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WHO HAVE YET TO LOOK AT PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 55,090

MY 1999 FPRD TAURUS SE WITH 47,995 MILES HAD THE POWER STEERING PUMP BREAK AND SPRAY POWER STEEING FLUID THROUGHTOUT THE CAR, THE RACK AND PINION STEERING IS GONE, LEAKING EVERYWHERE, AND THE DEFROST, FAN, AND BLOWER HAVE STOPPED WORKING.*AK

Mileage: 47,995

MY 1999 FPRD TAURUS SE WITH 47,995 MILES HAD THE POWER STEERING PUMP BREAK AND SPRAY POWER STEEING FLUID THROUGHTOUT THE CAR, THE RACK AND PINION STEERING IS GONE, LEAKING EVERYWHERE, AND THE DEFROST, FAN, AND BLOWER HAVE STOPPED WORKING.*AK

Mileage: 47,995

DRIVER GOT INTO VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS PARKED AND THE FRONT LEFT SIDE BROKE AND EXPLODED. *AK

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE BEHIND MY HOUSE, THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE TO PUNCTURE AND INSTANTLY LOSE ALL PRESSURE. ABOUT ONE RING OF THE COIL BROKE OFF AND THE COIL REMAINING ON THE CAR HAD THE SHARP END THAT PIERCED THE TI...

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE BEHIND MY HOUSE, THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE TO PUNCTURE AND INSTANTLY LOSE ALL PRESSURE. ABOUT ONE RING OF THE COIL BROKE OFF AND THE COIL REMAINING ON THE CAR HAD THE SHARP END THAT PIERCED THE TI...

IN A 1999 FORD TAURUS SE, MY 6 YEAR OLD SON BECAME TRAPPED IN A SEAT BELT THAT WAS NOT EVEN BUCKLED. AFTER ARRIVING HOME AT 9 P.M. MY SON HAD JUST UNBUCKLED HIS SEAT BELT WHEN SOMEHOW HE PULLED THE SEAT BELT OVER HIM AND THE SEAT BELT WRAPPED AROUND HIM AND IT WAS AROUND HIS WAIST AND BACK. THE SEA...

Mileage: 48,254

AT VARIOUS TIMES (SINCE 34000 MILES) THE ENGINE WILL REV BUT NOT MOVE FORWARD. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND STOP THE VEHICLE ALTOGETHER AND RESTART, OR RUN THE ENGINE HOPING IT WILL SHIFT INTO GEAR. ALWAYS HAPPENS AT FIRST GEAR, THE RPM NEEDLE IS AT THE TOP OF THE DIAL AND THE ODOMOTER NEEDLE...

Mileage: 34,000

WHEN THE VEHICLE A/C WAS ON A ROTTEN FOOD SMELL EMITTED THROUGH THE VENTS AND INTO THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE LEAKED COOLANT WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND THE ENGINE TO ...

Mileage: 65,335

THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS HIT WHILE DRIVING AND THE AUTOMOBILE SPUN AROUND THREE TIMES THEN HIT A POLE. BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVERS AIR BAG BURST OPEN AND A WHITE SUBSTANCE CAME OUT OF IT. PLEASE GIVE RESPONSE IN REGARDING AIR BAGS. *CB *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME COOLANT LEAKES OUT ONTO THE GROUND WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED. ALSO WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLES ACCELERATES WITHOUT ANY WARNING ,AND VEHICLE STALLS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK

Mileage: 55,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME COOLANT LEAKES OUT ONTO THE GROUND WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED. ALSO WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLES ACCELERATES WITHOUT ANY WARNING ,AND VEHICLE STALLS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK

Mileage: 55,000

RE: 1999 FORD TAURUS: VIN # [XXX] MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 1999 FORD TAURUS FROM NORTH POINT FORD IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, ON FEB. 16, 2001. SINCE NOVEMBER 2002, WE HAVE HAD THE CAR AT TWO FORD DEALERSHIPS AND THREE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS TRYING TO GET THE HEATER FIXED. SO FAR IT HA...

Mileage: 72,000

RE: 1999 FORD TAURUS: VIN # [XXX] MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 1999 FORD TAURUS FROM NORTH POINT FORD IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, ON FEB. 16, 2001. SINCE NOVEMBER 2002, WE HAVE HAD THE CAR AT TWO FORD DEALERSHIPS AND THREE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS TRYING TO GET THE HEATER FIXED. SO FAR IT HA...

Mileage: 72,000

RE: 1999 FORD TAURUS: VIN # [XXX] MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 1999 FORD TAURUS FROM NORTH POINT FORD IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, ON FEB. 16, 2001. SINCE NOVEMBER 2002, WE HAVE HAD THE CAR AT TWO FORD DEALERSHIPS AND THREE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS TRYING TO GET THE HEATER FIXED. SO FAR IT HA...

Mileage: 72,000

THERE WERE STEERING POWER PROBLEMS. WHILE DRIVING, THE POWER STEERING HAD GONE OUT, AND THE CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. *AK THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AS THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN A YIELD TO THE RIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY. THE STEERING WAS STIFF AND DIFFIC...

Mileage: 56,334

THE CONSUMER NOTICED CRACKS ON ALL FOUR TIRES. THE FRONT TIRES HAD MAJOR CRACKS ALL OVER THE SURFACE OF THE SIDEWALL, WHILE THE TWO REAR TIRES HAD FINE CRACKS ON THE SURFACE OF THE SIDEWALL. *MR *CB *NLM

Mileage: 14,000

VEHICLE'S REAR SEAT BELTS ARE INOPERATIVE, THEY WOULD RETRACT OR PULL OUT.

Mileage: 50,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT FRONT TIRE BEGAN TO COME APART, DUE TO THE TREAD TARING OFF. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

Mileage: 27,500

THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED. MY CAR HAD ONLY 51,377 MILES. I HAD TO HAVE BOTH COIL SPRINGS, 2 GAS STRUTS, 2 UPPER PIVOT STRUT MOUNTS, 2 SWAY BAR LINKS, AND 1 CONTINENTAL LEFT FRONT TIRE WITH ONLY 5,000 MILES ON IT REPLACED. IT COST $ 1,204.93. IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET REIMBURSED FOR IT. I'VE H...

Mileage: 51,377

TRANSMISSON IS CAUSING VEHICLE TO STAY IN NEUTRAL LIKE GEAR WHILE ACCELORATING, HIGH RPM'S REACHED WITHOUT CHANGING GEARS OR PICKING UP SPEED. SPEEDOMETOR GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING FROM TIME TO TIME USUALLY DURING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TOOK TO SPECIALIST WHO QUOTED $2,300 TO FIX NOW MORE IF COMPLETELY...

Mileage: 76,000

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK *TS *JB

FRONT COIL SPRINGS SNAPPED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH AND DAMAGED THE BEARINGS. *AK THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND SMELLED RUBBER. THE SERVICE DEALER FOUND A BROKEN SPRING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, LIGHT SCUFF MARKS ON THE TIRE, AND A DAMAGED BEARING. *SCC *JB

Mileage: 28,000

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT AIR BAG PROBLEMS. STATED THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF THE DEALER, AND WAS UNABLE TO .*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED, BROKEN SPRING PUNCTURED LEFT FRONT TIRE, NECESSITATING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SPRING, TIRE, STRUT, STRUT MOUNTING BEARING AND LEFT FRONT SWAY BAR LINK. RIGHT SIDE STRUT AND SPRING WERE ALSO REPLCED AT THIS TIME.*AK

Mileage: 50,660

WHILE DRIVING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED, BROKEN SPRING PUNCTURED LEFT FRONT TIRE, NECESSITATING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SPRING, TIRE, STRUT, STRUT MOUNTING BEARING AND LEFT FRONT SWAY BAR LINK. RIGHT SIDE STRUT AND SPRING WERE ALSO REPLCED AT THIS TIME.*AK

Mileage: 50,660

WHILE DRIVING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED, BROKEN SPRING PUNCTURED LEFT FRONT TIRE, NECESSITATING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SPRING, TIRE, STRUT, STRUT MOUNTING BEARING AND LEFT FRONT SWAY BAR LINK. RIGHT SIDE STRUT AND SPRING WERE ALSO REPLCED AT THIS TIME.*AK

Mileage: 50,660

I DRIVE A 1999' FORD TAURUS. UPON ENTERING THE FREEWAY I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. CAR DOES NOT HAVE CRUISE CONTROL. I THOUGHT THAT THE ACCELERATOR CABLE WAS STICKING. I HAD THE CAR CHECKED OUT FOR THE STICKY CABLE BUT FOUND OUT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE CABLE. BETWE...

Mileage: 60,000

I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN WRECKED. AT 44,000 MILES THE RACK AND PINION SEALS BEGAN LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID INTO THE CV BOOTS. THE FIRST SYMPTOM WAS LOSS OF POWER STEERING FLUID, PUMP NOISE, AND PUMP OVERHEATING. THE RACK AND PINION IS GOING TO GET REPLACED AND THE SERVICE MA...

Mileage: 44,000

THE HEATER CORE LEAKED PREVIOUSLY AND WAS REPLACED IN 08/02. THE HEATER CORE LEAKED AGAIN AND CAUSED FUMES TO ENTER PASSENGER CABIN.*AK PH *JB

Mileage: 25,542

THE TIRES ARE WEARING OUT VERY QUICKLY AND THE TREAD IS STARTING TO SEPARATE.*AK

RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. UPON REPAIR, MECHANIC ADVISED THAT RACK AND PINION HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPLACED.*AK

Mileage: 44,000

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WOULD STALL. *AK

CONSUMER BEGAN TO SMELL GAS FUMES, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT THE SMELL WOULD FADE AWAY. *AK

Mileage: 80

WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND CUT THROUGH THE TIRE. *JB *TS *JB

Mileage: 67,000

WHILE GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD CRACK, AND FOUND THE LEFT SIDE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE FRONT COIL SPRING AND SWAY BAR WERE REPLACED. *TT *JB

Mileage: 44,478

RACK AND PINION WENT OUT AT 84K MILES - $750-$800 FOR REPAIR. AFTER READING THE 30+ OTHER COMPLAINTS, I'D FIGURED I WOULD ADD MINE AS WELL. *JB

Mileage: 84,000

BRAKE ROTORS ON 1999 FORD TAURUS ARE BECOMING WARPED AND CAUSING THE BRAKES TO VIBRATE AND THE STEERING TO SHAKE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT 40 MPH AND OVER. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ALSO CAUSING AN INCREASE IN THE TIME REQUIRED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE MY ROTORS TURNED TWICE, THE...

Mileage: 30,016

DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND WENT THROUGH THE FRONT TIRE.*AK

Mileage: 80,000

POWER STEERING RACK FAILED. SEALS LET GO. *NLM

Mileage: 102,254

HILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL WOULD BE HARD TO TURN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. ALSO, TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. *AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. ALSO, TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER AND STILL SAME PROBLEM RECURRING, LEAKING.*AK

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

BROKEN SUSPENSION SPRING. *MR*TS

Mileage: 22,500

ABS WARNING LIGHT IN ON ALL THE TIME. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLESEVERAL TIME AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

STEERING RACK AND PINION HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALSO POWER STEERING PUMP DUE TO BLOWN SEAL IN STEERING RACK WERE REPLACED. *TT

Mileage: 99,201

HEATER CORE WAS PREVIOUSLY LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED IN 08/02. HEATER CORE IS NOW LEAKING AGAIN CAUSING FUMES TO ENTER PASSENGER CABIN.*AK

Mileage: 25,542

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 65000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

Mileage: 65,000

VEHICLE'S FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED. *TT

Mileage: 19,000

WHILE DRIVING THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS PUNCTURED, DUE TO A BROKEN COIL SPRING. *TT

Mileage: 56,000

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE RACK AND PINION SNAPPED AND CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE STEERING CONTROL. *NLM. *AK

TWO HEAD GASKETS BLEW WITH MY 1999 FORD TAURUS VIN #[XXX] AT 46,000 MILES HAVE DETAILED AND EXCELLENT MAINTENANCE ON THIS VEHICLE. THERMOSTAT WAS COOKED AND NO OVERHEATING, JUST LOST OF HEAT. JUST HAD A SENSOR REPLACED. *NLM INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA),...

Mileage: 46,000

POWER STEERING FAILED DUE TO BROKEN SEAL IN STEERING RACK. SPENT $711 TO REPLACE. APPEARS TO BE FREQUENT OCCURRENCE ON MANY FORDS. SHOULD RECALL. *NLM

Mileage: 138,000

THE VEHICLE'S LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE THE CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. *NLM

Mileage: 38,000

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED. CONSUMER STATED THE SPRINGS WHICH SUPPORTED THE FRONT END BROKE. *JB

Mileage: 62,000

FRONT PASSENGER SPRING FAILURE ON 1999 FORD TAURUS, CAUSING TIRE AND COMPONENT DAMAGE. THIS HAPPENED AT THE SAME MILEAGE OF ANOTHER COMPANY OWNED VEHICLE OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL, LAST YEAR IN 2002. *NLM

Mileage: 71,309

MY FORD TAURUS 1999 SE-MODEL, VIN# [XXX], HAS 69,095 AND THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS ARE SHOT. MY MECHANIC SAYS THIS IS LOW MILEAGE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN; HOWEVER HE HAS SEEN A TREND WITH THE FORD TAURUS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I CALLED SUPERIOR FORD AND SPOKE WITH A [XXX] REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND HE CO...

Mileage: 69,095

CONSUMER STATES THIS SECOND TIME THE RACK AND PINION IS BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED NOTHING THEY CAN'T DO. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *TR

RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED SLICING THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE CAUSING BLOWOUT. LUCKILY WAS BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPOT AT LOW SPEED WHEN OCCURRED. *NLM

Mileage: 56,000

HEAD GASKET DEFECTS SEEM PREVALENT WITH FORD ENGINES. MINE JUST WENT ON MY 1999 TAURUS WAGON WITH ONLY 37,000 MILES. *JB

THE SHIFTER TRANSMISSION CABLE BROKE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE TRANSMISSION BEING STUCK IN GEAR WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER LOSS CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE REPLACEMENT PART HAD BEEN MODIFIED FROM THE ORIGINAL, AND GAVE NO FURTHER DETAILS. *JB SCC

Mileage: 39,000

THE CONSUMER FOUND MAJOR CRACKS ON THE FRONT TIRES AND MINOR CRACKS ON THE REAR. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. MR SCC *NLM

WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR EVERYTHING WAS OK. THEN WITHIN A 6 MONTHS THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT... TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC BECAUSE THE CAR WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE. THE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS NOT ONLY THE POWER STEERING BUT ALSO THE WHOLE STEERING FRONT END. THEY SAID THE POWER STEERING PUMP...

THE FRONT STRUT BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. *JB

FRONT SPRING BROKE AT SLOW SPEED SHREDDING INSIDE OF TIRE, BROKE STABILIZER BAR AND DAMAGED STRUT - VEHICLES HAS ABOUT 75,000 MILES ON. HAVE OWNED MANY CARS, NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN - NO GOOD REASON A SPRING SHOULD BREAK! *NLM

Mileage: 75,000

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERATIVE WHILE IN USE AND OBSTRUCTED THE DRIVERS VIEW. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM

THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*NLM THE SEAT BELT AND RETRACTOR WAS REPLACED ON APRIL 19, 2001, HOWEVER IT FAILED, AT 59986 THE SEAT BELT AND RETRACTOR FAILED AGAIN. THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THE RETRACTOR COULD BREAK EASILY IF THE SEAT BELT WAS PULLED TOO FAST....

Mileage: 23,561

THE FRONT SPRINGS BROKE, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. *JB

1999 FORD TAURUS NOVEMBER 2002 HEATER FAILED VACUUM SYSTEM FIXED , JANUARY 2003 HEATER FAILED AGAIN, WATER PUMP REPLACED SMELL ANTIFREEZE WHEN HEAT IS BLOWING, MARCH 2003 HEATER FAILED AGAIN! HAVE NOT BROUGHT IT IN TO BE FIXXED, ALREADY SPENT OVER $450 ON THE HEATER...

Mileage: 87,000

CAR MADE GRINDING NOISE WHILE TURNING. PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. HAD CAR CHECKED AND NEEDED POWER STEERING RACK REPLACED. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS FAILING, AT LESS THAN 40,000 MILES. BOUGHT CAR USED AT 35,000 MILES. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THE POWER STEERING UNIT AS IT IS OBVIOUSLY A BAD DESIGN. CALLED FORD...

Mileage: 39,500

THE ENGINE ROD FAILED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WAS REPLACED AND NOW THE WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES. *NLM *NLM

1999 FORD TAURUS LOST POWER STEERING, PUMP AND RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR HAD 36,264 MILES, WARRENTY WAS UP AT 36,000. WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, CONTACTED FORD AND THEY WERE NOT OVERLY CONCERNED. WE ALSO THOUGHT THEY SHOULD REIMBURSE SOME OF THE $1400 COST TO REPLACE THE PARTS...

Mileage: 36,238

I WAS TOLD BY FORD DEALER, THE RACK & PINION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $700. MILEAGE IS ONLY 32,500 *JB

Mileage: 30,000

WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE FAILED AND THE CAR BEGAN JERKING AND STUTTERING AS IF IT WAS GOING TO STALL. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE FAILED AND THE CAR BEGAN JERKING AND STUTTERING AS IF IT WAS GOING TO STALL. *NLM

PURCHASED '99 FORD TAURUS FROM HERTZ DEALERSHIP IN JULY 2000. AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD CONSTANTLY COME ON WHEN IN THE OFF POSITION. SOMETIMES OCCURS RIGHT AFTER SIGNAL HAS BEEN USED BUT NOT ALWAYS. WILL OCCUR AT RANDOM. WHEN TAKEN BACK TO HERTZ DEALERSHIP, MECHANIC IN...

Mileage: 29,995

REFER TO ODI# 8017809. *SCC *JB

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, WITHOUT WARNING.*JB

OUR COUNTY AGENCY PURCHASED TWO FORD TAURUS VEHICLES NEW, IN 1998 AND 1999. AT THE END OF FEBRUARY 2003 WITHIN ONE WEEK OF EACH OTHER THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. IN RESEARCH I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE RECALLS IN 1998 ON THE 1993 FORD TAURUS AND IN 200...

Mileage: 46,580

VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A STOP. APPLIED BRAKES, BUT VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. *AK *JB

THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND WHEN THE BRAKES WAS APPLIED, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR.*JB

THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE.*JB

I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR FOURTEEN MONTHS. AS I WAS PARKING IN FRONT OM APARTMENT, MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE BUMPED THE CURVE AND TRIGGERED MY AIR BAGS, WHICH IN TURN EXPLODED AND CAUSED $3,000 IN DAMAGE. THE FORD CERTIFIED DEALER IN MY AREA WAS UNABLE TO FIND A REASON FOR THE AIRBAGS TO GO OFF. AND...

Mileage: 91,500

I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR FOURTEEN MONTHS. AS I WAS PARKING IN FRONT OM APARTMENT, MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE BUMPED THE CURVE AND TRIGGERED MY AIR BAGS, WHICH IN TURN EXPLODED AND CAUSED $3,000 IN DAMAGE. THE FORD CERTIFIED DEALER IN MY AREA WAS UNABLE TO FIND A REASON FOR THE AIRBAGS TO GO OFF. AND...

Mileage: 91,500

I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR FOURTEEN MONTHS. AS I WAS PARKING IN FRONT OM APARTMENT, MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE BUMPED THE CURVE AND TRIGGERED MY AIR BAGS, WHICH IN TURN EXPLODED AND CAUSED $3,000 IN DAMAGE. THE FORD CERTIFIED DEALER IN MY AREA WAS UNABLE TO FIND A REASON FOR THE AIRBAGS TO GO OFF. AND...

Mileage: 91,500

I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR FOURTEEN MONTHS. AS I WAS PARKING IN FRONT OM APARTMENT, MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE BUMPED THE CURVE AND TRIGGERED MY AIR BAGS, WHICH IN TURN EXPLODED AND CAUSED $3,000 IN DAMAGE. THE FORD CERTIFIED DEALER IN MY AREA WAS UNABLE TO FIND A REASON FOR THE AIRBAGS TO GO OFF. AND...

Mileage: 91,500

REAR SEATBELT DIFFICULT TO LATCH WTIH CHILD SEAT / BOOSTER SEAT PRESENT. WHEN USING A CHILD SAFETY SEAT WITH BUILD IN STRAPS IN COMBINATION WITH THE CENTER REAR SEAT LAPBELT WITH OPTIONAL STUD MOUNTED ON STRAP FOR SHOULDER BELT ATTACHMENT, THIS FLAW IS NOT THAT EVIDENT. ALTHOUGH, AS THE CHILD ...

Mileage: 50,000

AT 66,666 MILES TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. I WENT TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN AND APPLIED GAS AND IT JUST REVVED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. NOW ANY GEAR YOU PUT IT IN IT JUST REVVS. FORD HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR AWHILE.

Mileage: 66,666

THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED WHILE DRIVING.*JB. THE BLOWER MOTOR ALSO FAILED. *JB

Mileage: 46,842

THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED WHILE DRIVING.*JB. THE BLOWER MOTOR ALSO FAILED. *JB

Mileage: 46,842

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT A LOW MILEAGE.*JB

Mileage: 27,000

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*JB

THE SEAT BELTS WERE INOPERATIVE. *JB THE FRONT SEAT BELTS DID NOT RETRACT. THEY WERE WORN OUT AND REPLACED. SCC

Mileage: 69,434

POWER STERRING WENT OUT AT 72,000 MILES. HAD TO REPLACE THE RACK AND PINION. STILL DOESN'T FEEL NATURAL. POWER STERRING FLUID KEFT OVERFLOWING, EVENTUALLY LEAKING INTO THE BOOTS. AT HIGH SPEED 65-70MPH IT FEELS VERY UNSTABLE.

Mileage: 70,000

TOTAL FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT. 1999 TAURUS WITH 58,000 MILES. THE BALL JOINT SEPARATED AND LEFT ME WITHOUT ANY STEERING. I HAD JUST LEFT THE HIGHWAY 5 MINUTES PRIOR. THERE WAS NO VIBRATION OR HANDLING DIFFICULTIES TO WARN OF THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 58,000

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELTS. DEALER AND MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT NO WARRANTY COVER THE SEAT BELTS AT ALL. TS

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 40MPH, THE FRONT LEFT SIDE COIL SPRINGS COLLAPSED. CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE GOT THE PART NUMBER ON THE NHTSA WEB SIDE #XF1Z5310AB. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PH

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BREAKAGE. COILS SPRING BROKE IN HALF NEAR BOTTOM OF SPRING. 1999 TAURUS HAS 75,000 MILES ON. 80% HIGHWAY MILES.

Mileage: 75,000

CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BUSTED AND PUNCTURED TIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB

ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27TH, 2002, MY SON ZACHARY, AGE 17, WAS DRIVING OUR 1999 FORD TAURUS. (VIN # 1FAFP53U7XA255465) ON A TWO WAY STREET, SPEED LIMIT 35 MPH, WHEN HE NOTICED A BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT TIRE AREA. HE MAINTAINED CONTROL AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF ONTO T...

Mileage: 75,000

I LOST THE POWER STEERING ON MY 1999 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON. WHEN IT STOPPED WORKING, I HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME TURNING AROUND CORNERS. I HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME MAKING A LEFT TURN INTO MY DRIVEWAY. I THEN BECAME AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AS I DID NOT HAVE THE STRENGTH TO MAKE A TURN. I HAD TO H...

Mileage: 41,000

CONSUMER NOTICE ONCE PLACING KEY IN IGNITION SWITCH, IGNITION SWITCH WOULD NOT TURN OR STEERING WHEEL. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PH

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING HER AUTO IT BEGUN TO MAKE A LOT OF NOISE. SHE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS HER TRANSMISSION THAT WAS MAKING THE NOISE. CONSUMER STATES SHE ONLY HAS 25000 MILES ON HER AUTO AND THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT BE GONE OUT. ...

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY WHEN TURNED OFF, ALSO STOP WHEN IN USE. TS

Mileage: 44,000

BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. HAD THE SAME PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP EACH TIME FOR ACCELERATING AND NOTHING WAS FOUND WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION. TS

Mileage: 13,899

AT 30,000 MILES I HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION ON MY NEW CAR DUE TO THE PLASTIC PARTS THAT THEY ARE MADE OUT OF. I HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY SO THEY CHARGED ME $100.00.... I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN DUE TO THE CAR NOT ME CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I PAID $100.00 THEN ALSO. I DON'T THINK I...

Mileage: 80,000

INTIALLY DIAGNOSED AS POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK - TURNS OUT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A LEAK IN THE RACK AND PINION STEERING.

Mileage: 57,800

THE INTERIOR LIGHT CONTINUES TO REMAIN ON AND THE DASH READOUT INDICATES THAT THERE IS A DOOR OPEN WHEN THERE ACTUALLY ISN'T. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LOCK AS LONG AS THE CAR BELIEVES THERE IS AN UNLOCKED DOOR.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

CONSUMER STATES HAS HAD SPEED SENSOR REPLACED 3X IN THE LAST 3 YEARS. THE SPEED SENSOR CONTROLS THE SPEEDOMETER AND CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE VEHICLE'S ACTUAL SPEED WHILE DRIVING. TS

WELL, WELL, WELL. JUST YESTERDAY I FILED THIS VERY SAME COMPLAINT TO YOU. THIS MORNING MY HUSBAND WAS ON THE PHONE W/ONE OF YOUR PEOPLE WHO SAID THERE WAS NO INVESTIGATION INTO THIS PROBLEM AT THE PRESENT TIME. HOWEVER, IT'S INCONCEIVABLE TO ME THAT YOU HAVE AS MANY COMPLAINTS AS YOU DO OF A FAILED ...

REPLACED THE FIRST ONE, 30,000 MILES LATER IT WENT OUT AGAIN. DT

RACK AND PINION SEAL BROKEN, POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING INTO RIGHT BOOT. IN SPEAKING WITH 3 (THREE) SEPARATE AAA APPROVED REPAIR CENTERS, WE WERE TOLD THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 FORD TAURUS. WE CHECKED THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WEBSITE AND FOUND SEVERAL HUNDRED C...

1999 FORD TAURUS. *PH **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**769331

Mileage: 40,000

POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING THRU THE GEAR INTO THE LEFT TIRE BOOT. DT

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD. THE STEERING HAD BECOME HARD TO STEER DUE TO POWER STEERING PUMP AND STEERING GEAR FAILURE. *YH *SCC

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE ENGINE WILL SEIZE AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

WHEN REAR ENDED AIR BAG DEPLOYED, SHATTERING FRONT WINDSHIELD. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR *TT *NLM

Mileage: 15,016

I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THE TAURUS COOLING SYSTEM, AND I AM EXPERIENCING SOME ISSUES. I WOULD LIKE ALL THE INFORMATION I COULD GET ON THE SITUATION. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME DEFECT WITH THEIR SEAT BELT AS IN RECALL # 99 V 250 000,BUT VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED BY VIN #. MR

PROBLEMS WITH CAR SINCE DAY ONE. BEGAN WITH WIPERS TURNING ON BY THEMSELVES, SPOKE TO MECHANIC, SAID IT WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. THEN THE CAR KEPT REFUSING TO SWITCH GEARS (SECOND TO THIRD), THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD QUIT AND CAR DIED ON SIDE OF ROAD SEVERAL TIMES. ALONG WITH THIS PROBLEM, THE BRA...

PROBLEMS WITH CAR SINCE DAY ONE. BEGAN WITH WIPERS TURNING ON BY THEMSELVES, SPOKE TO MECHANIC, SAID IT WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. THEN THE CAR KEPT REFUSING TO SWITCH GEARS (SECOND TO THIRD), THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD QUIT AND CAR DIED ON SIDE OF ROAD SEVERAL TIMES. ALONG WITH THIS PROBLEM, THE BRA...

PROBLEMS WITH CAR SINCE DAY ONE. BEGAN WITH WIPERS TURNING ON BY THEMSELVES, SPOKE TO MECHANIC, SAID IT WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. THEN THE CAR KEPT REFUSING TO SWITCH GEARS (SECOND TO THIRD), THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD QUIT AND CAR DIED ON SIDE OF ROAD SEVERAL TIMES. ALONG WITH THIS PROBLEM, THE BRA...

PROBLEMS WITH CAR SINCE DAY ONE. BEGAN WITH WIPERS TURNING ON BY THEMSELVES, SPOKE TO MECHANIC, SAID IT WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. THEN THE CAR KEPT REFUSING TO SWITCH GEARS (SECOND TO THIRD), THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD QUIT AND CAR DIED ON SIDE OF ROAD SEVERAL TIMES. ALONG WITH THIS PROBLEM, THE BRA...

PROBLEMS WITH CAR SINCE DAY ONE. BEGAN WITH WIPERS TURNING ON BY THEMSELVES, SPOKE TO MECHANIC, SAID IT WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. THEN THE CAR KEPT REFUSING TO SWITCH GEARS (SECOND TO THIRD), THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD QUIT AND CAR DIED ON SIDE OF ROAD SEVERAL TIMES. ALONG WITH THIS PROBLEM, THE BRA...

CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. PLEASE ADD MORE INFORMATION. MR

COMPANY CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. PHOTS AND INVESTIGATION APPEARS TO BE STARTED BY ELECTRICAL. FORD HAS SEVERAL TSBS ON WIRING HARNESS AND IGNITION SWITCH. MR

COMPANY CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. PHOTS AND INVESTIGATION APPEARS TO BE STARTED BY ELECTRICAL. FORD HAS SEVERAL TSBS ON WIRING HARNESS AND IGNITION SWITCH. MR

TWO BLOWOUTS HAVE OCCURRED ON THIS VEHICLE IN ABOUT A YEAR. IN BOTH CASES, THE TIRES HAD BEEN INSPECTED AND PROPERLY INFLATED WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF THE INCIDENTS (BY TWO DIFFERENT SHOPS). THE FIRST WAS A FLAT TIRE DISCOVERED IN THE MORNING, REMOVAL OF THE TIRE SHOWED A 2+ INCH GASH ON THE INSIDE SI...

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AND RUNNING AIR CONDITIONING OR HEATER AND STRONG "PETROLEUM" TYPE SMELL EMITS FROM THE VENTS. CONSUMER ADVISED THAT IT DOES NOT SMELL LIKE EXHAUST FUMES. NLM

VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES FOR PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING, VEHICLE WAS HARD TO STEER. DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM. ONCE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY DEALER DETERMINED THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. RACK AND PINION IS BEING REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME IN 8 MONTHS. NLMJLG

CONSUMER STATES THAT HORN WORKS INTERMITTENTLY,MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT,DUE TO THE FACT HORN MAY NOT WORK AT A CRITICAL TIME. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE 3L V6 ENGINE HAS A CRACK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

ALTERNATOR HAS QUIT 5 TIMES NOW. THE LIGHTS DIM THEN THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON THEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT THEN THE SPEEDOMETER DROPS TO ZERO THEN GOES BACK UP TO SPEED LAST SHOWN THEN DROPS TO ZERO. ENGINE POWER QUITS AND THE CAR COASTS TO A STOP. HAVE TO BE TOWED. TS

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER COMES ON INTERMITTENLEY. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. NLM

WHILE PULLING INTO GARAGE AT IDLE SPEED CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE HIT THE WALL OF GARAGE. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE AND GARAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. NO INJURIES. NLM

AFTER PUSHING CIGARETTE LIGHTER TO LIGHT LIGHTER FLEWOUT WITH FORCE WHILE HOT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. VEHICLE HAS TROUBLE SWITCHING GEARS, ESPECIALLY WHEN SWITCHING INTO FOURTH GEAR. CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DOOR LOCK ON DRIVER SIDE BROKE WHILE CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO UNLOCK VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATION, AND SAYS AT TIMES IT SEEMS TO ACCELERATE WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN, AND THEN WHEN THE BRAKE ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP PROPERLY. THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE, HOWEVER ...

CONSUMER STATE WHILE TRAVELING NOTICE VEHICLE KICKING INTO ONE GEAR THEN INTO ANOTHER WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND STATED SPEED SENSOR NEED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHR INFORMATION.

POWER STEERING FAILED TO WORK WHICH MADE STEERING THE VEHICLE VERY DIFFICULT, ROARING SOUNDS COME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, THE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATES AND CAUSED CAR TO JUMP FORWARD AND SPEED AHEAD. NLM

POWER STEERING FAILED TO WORK WHICH MADE STEERING THE VEHICLE VERY DIFFICULT, ROARING SOUNDS COME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, THE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATES AND CAUSED CAR TO JUMP FORWARD AND SPEED AHEAD. NLM

WHILE REPLACING A FLAT TIRE, THE JACK COLLAPSED. IT WAS CAUSED BY THE FLIMSINESS OF THE JACK. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE JACK HAD NEVER BEEN USED BEFORE, AND COLLAPSED DURING THE TIRE CHANGE. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THIS COULD BE HARMFUL TO A PERSON WHILE USING. *SCC

WHILE DRIVING ON I-71, LOST POWER STEERING, STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. NO FLUID, ADDED FLUID, BACK PRESSURE THREW FLUID ALL OVER CAR. DROVE TO #1RICART FORD IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. THEY CHECKED AND DETERMINED THE POWER STEERING RACK WAS BAD, ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE, BECAUSE OF SAFETY HAZARD OF LOCKING UP. REP...

POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN DUE TO RACK AND PINION FAILURE. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS VERY NOISY AND HARD TO STEER. *YH

WHEN PULLING UP TO A GAS PUMP OR INTO A PARKING SPACE CAR WILL ACCELERATE IN SHORT BURSTS. IT WILL DO THIS OVER AND OVER UNTIL YOU COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND PUT IT IN PARK. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE WE PURCHASED THE CAR. FORD COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL A YEAR AFTER THE PURCHASE DATE.*A...

WHEN I BOUGHT THIS CAR, THE STEERING WAS MAKING A GRINDING SOUND, I TOOK IT BACK TWICE TO THE FORD PLACE TO HAVE IT CHECKED, AND I ASKED THE MAN I BOUGHT IT FROM, WHY IT MADE THAT NOISE, AND THE SALESMAN AND THE REPAIR MAN BOTH TOLD ME ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCAISONS THAT "IT WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE THAT NOIS...

VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED. DEALER HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE 4 TIMES, CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM.*AK *SLC

CAR SURGED AND SHIFTED FOR NO REASON, ENGINE JUST KEPT REVVING WHEN I ACCELERATED WITH NO FORWARD MOTION. NO ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON.*AK

RIGHT REAR TIRE IS WEARING EXCESSIVELY EVERY 10,000 MILE. VEHICLE BEEN TO REPAIRS SHOP, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY TAURUS I NOTICED A SLIGHT VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. IT WAS VERY MINOR AND I DID NOT WORRY ABOUT IT - THINKING IT WAS A KNOT ON A TIRE. IT GOT STEADILY WORSE AND WHEN I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT HE TOLD ME I NEEDED NEW TIE ROD ENDS. THE FRONT TIRES HAD BOTH WORN TO THE STEEL...

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY TAURUS I NOTICED A SLIGHT VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. IT WAS VERY MINOR AND I DID NOT WORRY ABOUT IT - THINKING IT WAS A KNOT ON A TIRE. IT GOT STEADILY WORSE AND WHEN I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT HE TOLD ME I NEEDED NEW TIE ROD ENDS. THE FRONT TIRES HAD BOTH WORN TO THE STEEL...

WARPED BRAKE ROTORS, SEVERE VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING, ESPECIALLY DOWN HILL, ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED, PROBLEM REOCCURRED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN ON A DECLINING ROAD OR STREET VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELEREATE PROPERLY. BRAKES MUST BE APPLIED HARD TO GET VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN OR TO STOP. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK CONSUMER CHECKED THE ACCELERATOR SPRING AND DETERMINED IT WAS NOT WEAK OR...

Mileage: 53,000

REAR SHOULDER BELT WAS COILED AROUND 9 YEAR OLD CHILD'S NECK AND BEGAN TO TIGHTEN . HAS TO CUT BELT TO FREE THE CHILD. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE AT A STOP APPLIED BRAKES AND ENGINE STARTED TO RACE. RPMS WENT TO 5000, VEHICLE IS AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME.*AK WHEN THE CONSUMER PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE TO BACK UP, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD STRONGLY WHILE HIS FOOT WAS ON BRAKE. *YH

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON ALL DAY. COULD CAUSE PREMATURE OR NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT IS OPERATING NORMALLY. THE DEALER FEELS IT IS A SHORT IN THE SYSTEM. THE DEALER IS UNSURE BUT, SUGGESTS THAT THE MODULE AND SENSOR BE REPLACED...

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON A BUSY HIGHWAY (RT. 80) WHEN TH FORD TAURUS THAT I WAS DRIVING BEGAN TO SHUT OFF. I WAS DRIVING 50 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN TO A COMPLETE STOP. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER ON THE BUSY HIGHWAY. IT WAS RUSH HOUR AND THE H...

WHILE DRIVING ALONG VEHICLE WOULD JUST SHUT DOWN, LOSING POWER. INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD MOVE AND OTHER ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS FAILED. VEHICLE HAS HAD FOUR ALTERNATORS REPLACED, AND VEHICLE WAS TWICE LEFT STRANDED ON SIDE OF ROAD. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ALONG VEHICLE WOULD JUST SHUT DOWN, LOSING POWER. INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD MOVE AND OTHER ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS FAILED. VEHICLE HAS HAD FOUR ALTERNATORS REPLACED, AND VEHICLE WAS TWICE LEFT STRANDED ON SIDE OF ROAD. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ALONG VEHICLE WOULD JUST SHUT DOWN, LOSING POWER. INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD MOVE AND OTHER ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS FAILED. VEHICLE HAS HAD FOUR ALTERNATORS REPLACED, AND VEHICLE WAS TWICE LEFT STRANDED ON SIDE OF ROAD. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ALONG VEHICLE WOULD JUST SHUT DOWN, LOSING POWER. INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD MOVE AND OTHER ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS FAILED. VEHICLE HAS HAD FOUR ALTERNATORS REPLACED, AND VEHICLE WAS TWICE LEFT STRANDED ON SIDE OF ROAD. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY TAURUS I NOTICED A SLIGHT VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. IT WAS VERY MINOR AND I DID NOT WORRY ABOUT IT - THINKING IT WAS A KNOT ON A TIRE. IT GOT STEADILY WORSE AND WHEN I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT HE TOLD ME I NEEDED NEW TIE ROD ENDS. THE FRONT TIRES HAD BOTH WORN TO THE ST...

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY TAURUS I NOTICED A SLIGHT VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. IT WAS VERY MINOR AND I DID NOT WORRY ABOUT IT - THINKING IT WAS A KNOT ON A TIRE. IT GOT STEADILY WORSE AND WHEN I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT HE TOLD ME I NEEDED NEW TIE ROD ENDS. THE FRONT TIRES HAD BOTH WORN TO THE ST...

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY TAURUS I NOTICED A SLIGHT VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. IT WAS VERY MINOR AND I DID NOT WORRY ABOUT IT - THINKING IT WAS A KNOT ON A TIRE. IT GOT STEADILY WORSE AND WHEN I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT HE TOLD ME I NEEDED NEW TIE ROD ENDS. THE FRONT TIRES HAD BOTH WORN TO THE ST...

CAMBER ON VEHICLE IS FACTORY ADJUST. *AKI THE ONLY WAY TO RE ADJUST AND THE PLACE WHERE I TOOK IT SAID THAT HE HAS SEEN NEW ONE LIKE THAT COME IN

CAMBER ON VEHICLE IS FACTORY ADJUST. *AKI THE ONLY WAY TO RE ADJUST AND THE PLACE WHERE I TOOK IT SAID THAT HE HAS SEEN NEW ONE LIKE THAT COME IN

VEHICLE HAD BECOME HARD TO STEER, MECHANIC DETERMINED RACK AND PINION WAS LEAKING FLUID. *AK *SCC

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY, AND ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV. *AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A SQUEAKING NOISE, POWER STEERING WENT OUT. ALSO, A FUEL LEAK.CONTACTED DEALER.

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A SQUEAKING NOISE, POWER STEERING WENT OUT. ALSO, A FUEL LEAK.CONTACTED DEALER.

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED ACCELERATOR, SPEED DID NOT INCREASE. CONSUMER COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD. THEN, HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY IN THE FRONT WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED.*AK

EXCITER RIMS ON ABS SWITCH BROKE, LEAVING VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY BRAKES. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT TIRES WEAR OUT FAST SINCE THE VEHICLE HAD NO CAMBER ADJUSTMENT ON REAR WHEELS DUE TO REAR END BEING OUT OF LINE. *YH

EXCITER RIMS ON ABS SWITCH BROKE, LEAVING VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY BRAKES. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT TIRES WEAR OUT FAST SINCE THE VEHICLE HAD NO CAMBER ADJUSTMENT ON REAR WHEELS DUE TO REAR END BEING OUT OF LINE. *YH

CONSUMER PULLED ONTO HIGHWAY AND POWER STEERING FAILED. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT RACK AND PINION SYSTEM HAD FAILED, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK. CONSUMER STATED 2 DAYS LATER THE ALTERNATOR FAILED, AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON BY THEMSELVES.*JB

CONSUMER PULLED ONTO HIGHWAY AND POWER STEERING FAILED. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT RACK AND PINION SYSTEM HAD FAILED, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK. CONSUMER STATED 2 DAYS LATER THE ALTERNATOR FAILED, AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON BY THEMSELVES.*JB

CONSUMER PULLED ONTO HIGHWAY AND POWER STEERING FAILED. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT RACK AND PINION SYSTEM HAD FAILED, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK. CONSUMER STATED 2 DAYS LATER THE ALTERNATOR FAILED, AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON BY THEMSELVES.*JB

WHILE IN PARK, VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE OR FORWARD. DEALER NOTIFIED. STEERING COLUMN WAS DISCOVERED TO BE BROKEN BROKEN.*AK CONSUMER STATEED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CABLE BROKE, WHILE IN PARK. *SCC

WHILE IN PARK, VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE OR FORWARD. DEALER NOTIFIED. STEERING COLUMN WAS DISCOVERED TO BE BROKEN BROKEN.*AK CONSUMER STATEED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CABLE BROKE, WHILE IN PARK. *SCC

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH LOWER SERVO UNIT KEEPS FAILING, UNIT HAS BEEN REPLACED ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS IN MANUAL TRANSMISSION. FAILED UNIT CAUSED SEVERE VIBRATION AND SLIPPAGES WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER DRIVEN FOR A SHORT DISTANCE. INSURANCE COMPANY WILL NOT RELEASE CAUSE. OWNER INDICATED THAT SOMETHING IN ENGINE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING POWER STEERING WENT OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BECOME HARDER TO CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

RACK AND PINION HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 43000 MILES BECAUSE OF LEAK.*AK

POWER STEERING FLUID IS LEAKING. DEALER INSPECTING VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN TURNING WHEEL THERE IS A GRINDING SOUND. DEALER DETERMINED VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER STEERING FLUID. ALSO, RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK *TT

WHEN TURNING WHEEL THERE IS A GRINDING SOUND. DEALER DETERMINED VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER STEERING FLUID. ALSO, RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK *TT

DRIVER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED TWICE WITHIN THE SAME HOUR. DRIVER HAD TO EXIT OFF HIGHWAY DUE TO BRAKES HAVING MINIMUM AFFECT WITH PEDAL DESCENDING TO FLOOR BOARD. AFTER THAT, DRIVER PULLED OVER AND HAD DIFFICULTY MOVING GEAR SHIFT FROM PARK AFTER SITTING F...

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE THE STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO MAKE SHARP TURNS. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DOANYTHING.*JB

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND WHILE THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO BACK UP OUT OF GARAGE THE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED.*AK *MJ

POWER STEERING FLUID IS LEAKING. DEALER IS INSPECTING VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE IN MOTION, VEHICLE SUDDENLY HIT THE CURB WALL ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THEN AGAIN ON THE RIGHT. UPON EXAMINATION, FRONT TIRES INSIDE TREAD WAS BALD APPROX. 2INCHES IN WIDTH DUE TO FRONT ALIGNMENT BEING OFF. *JG (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *JG

DEALER STATES WIRE IN WIRING HARNESS UNDER RIGHT FENDER CAUSED TAIL LIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS TO MALFUNCTION. FAILED DUE TO CORROSION FROM WATER SPLASHING UNDER FENDER. DEALER REPAIRED BUT WAS NOT COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY. DEALER SAID THIS MAY HAPPEN AGAIN. TO ME IT LOOKS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW WITH...

WHEN CONSUMER PUTS VEHICLE IN DRIVE IT WILL ACCELERATE WITHOUT APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER INSTALLED A PART, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*JB

VEHICLE WAS GOING 70 MPH WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL FELL OFF, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. AND WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ON BUT IT ENGAGED ON ITS OWN. *YH

THE FRONT SHAFT OIL PUMP FAILED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. *YH

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE CAUSING VEHICLE TO JERK.*JB

AIR CONDITIONER FAILED TO PERFORM WHEN TURNEN ON. HOT AIR BLEW OUT. AC IS USED ONLY HALF THE YEAR AS WE LIVE IN NY WHERE THE HEAT IS USED MORE THAN AC. $500. TO REPAIR. I BELIEVE THE ORIGINAL AC COMPRESSOR HOSE WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK

WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, GAS PEDAL STUCK TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND TOOK OFF, CONSUMER HIT A CAR/SOME TREES AND A FENCE. VEHICLE ROLLED OVER BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *AK *TT

A BUBBLE HAS DEVELOPED ON FRONT WINDSHIELD AND SPREADING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FIRST OF ALL YOUR ONE-SIZE-FITS ALL APPROACH WITH FORM-HELL SUCKS!!! NOW FOR THE FORD PROBLEM. THE BRAKE ROTORS WARP IN 10K TO 18 K MILES OF DRIVING!!! FORD'S ENGINEERING SUCKS!!! FORD WILL NOT ALLOW THE CONSUMER TO SPEAK TO THE FACTORY REP. FORD THINKS ROTORS ARE A MAINTENANCE ITEM. FORD IS WRONG!!...

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HIT FROM BACK THEN HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NLM

CONSUMER STARTED TO SMELL ANTIFREEZE. THEN FOUND OUT THAT HEATER CORE WAS GONE. SHE WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE REPEATED FAILURES WITH THESE PARTS.*AK

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE I PURHCASED MY VEHICLE ON ONE OCCASION THE CARE OVERHEATED WHILE STILL UNTER WARRANTY I WAS TOLD BY DEALER COULDNT FIND THE PROBLEM. THEN THE TIMING CHANGE GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT IT WASNT INSTALLED CORRECTLY I HAD TO REPLACE IT D...

THE VEHICLE DID NOT PASS EMISSION TESTING DUE TO FUEL CAP SEAL FAILURE. THE PROBLEM REOCCURED A YEAR LATER AND THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE VEHICLE HAS A DESIGN FLAW. *YH

CONSUMER STATED WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT, HE WAS REAR ENDED, THE FRONT HEADREST IS AT FULL EXTENSION WHICH IS USELESS, UPON BEING HIT, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HIS HEAD WENT BACK AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE CAUSING HIM TO SUFFER WHIPLASH.*JB

CONSUMER STATED WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT, HE WAS REAR ENDED, THE FRONT HEADREST IS AT FULL EXTENSION WHICH IS USELESS, UPON BEING HIT, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HIS HEAD WENT BACK AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE CAUSING HIM TO SUFFER WHIPLASH.*JB

AIRBAG SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE. HAS NOT WORKED SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. ALARM FOR AIRBAG CONTINUES TO GO OFF. DID NOT HAVE BULB IN AIRBAG LIGHT. DEALER CONTACTED. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT FUSE BOX, AIR CONDITIONER MANIFOLD ALSO FAILED. *AK *TT

AIRBAG SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE. HAS NOT WORKED SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. ALARM FOR AIRBAG CONTINUES TO GO OFF. DID NOT HAVE BULB IN AIRBAG LIGHT. DEALER CONTACTED. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT FUSE BOX, AIR CONDITIONER MANIFOLD ALSO FAILED. *AK *TT

AIRBAG SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE. HAS NOT WORKED SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. ALARM FOR AIRBAG CONTINUES TO GO OFF. DID NOT HAVE BULB IN AIRBAG LIGHT. DEALER CONTACTED. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT FUSE BOX, AIR CONDITIONER MANIFOLD ALSO FAILED. *AK *TT

VEHICLE HAD A GAS LEAK. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR REPAIRS FOR THE SAME FAILED PARTS. (VENT SOLENOID AND THE FUEL VAPOR CANISTER) *JG

CAR WAS IN DRIVEWAY WENT FROM P- TO D AND TIRE BLEW OUT. *AK

SPRING BROKE ON STRAIGHT , TWO LANE ROAD WHICH WAS RECENTLY RESURFACED. I HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSIVE NOISE AND THEN MY CAR IMMEDIATELY WENT LEFT OF CENTER INTO OPPOSITE LANE. I GAINED CONTROL AND BROUGHT THE CAR BACK INTO MY LANE AND NOTICED THAT MY LEFT FRONT CORNER WAS EXTREMELY LOW . FORTUNATELY, I D...

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING STATES HERD NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING, MECHANIC STATES THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NLM

UPON ENGAGING THE SEAT BELT AND RELEASING IT, THE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT BACK. IT BECOMES VERY SLACK AND CANNOT BE USED AGAIN, UNLESS IT IS TIGHTENED. NLM.

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VEHICLE STALLED BUT CONSUMER STATED HAD RAN OUT OF GAS WITHOUT KNOWING BECAUSE THE VEHICLE GAS GAUGE WAS REGISTERING AT A HALF OF TANK. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER PUTTING FUEL IN VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER INDICATED THE FUEL PUMP HAD BURNED UP. *NLM DEALER STAT...

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VEHICLE STALLED BUT CONSUMER STATED HAD RAN OUT OF GAS WITHOUT KNOWING BECAUSE THE VEHICLE GAS GAUGE WAS REGISTERING AT A HALF OF TANK. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER PUTTING FUEL IN VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER INDICATED THE FUEL PUMP HAD BURNED UP. *NLM DEALER STAT...

FUEL GUAGE ON INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED WHICH IN TURN CAUSED ME TO DRIVE VEHICLE UNTIL GAS WAS EMPTY WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE FUEL PUMP TO FAIL. DEALER WILL NOT WORK WITH ME ON THE COST TO REPAIR THIS. I FEEL IT IS UNFAIR THAT I HAVE TO PAY $700 TO GET ALL THESE REPAIRS DONE WHEN IT WAS FORD'S FAULT...

CONSUMER STATES ALL THE REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES ARE CORRODED AND INOPERATIVE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. NLM *YH

WAS DRIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES BEFORE VEHICLE JUST QUIT. TRIED STARTING IT BACK UP AND THE SYMPTOMS WERE SIMILAR TO WHAT IT WOULD BE IF IT HAD RUN OUT OF GAS BUT IT HAD A HALF TANK FULL. WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND TOLD THAT THE FUEL PUMP IS THE PROBLEM. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZAR...

CAR STALLED DURING ACCELLERATION AND WOULD NOT RESTART. TOWED TO NEAREST FORD DEALER. DAY AFTER WAS INFORMED THAT THE GAS GUAGE FAILED AND IS STUCK AT HALF A GALLON BUT CAR DID NOT HAVE ANY GAS. ALSO WAS TOLD THAT FUEL PUMP FAILED. NO WARNING INDICATIONS WHATSOEVER PRIOR TO CAR STALLING IN RUSH ...

CAR STALLED DURING ACCELLERATION AND WOULD NOT RESTART. TOWED TO NEAREST FORD DEALER. DAY AFTER WAS INFORMED THAT THE GAS GUAGE FAILED AND IS STUCK AT HALF A GALLON BUT CAR DID NOT HAVE ANY GAS. ALSO WAS TOLD THAT FUEL PUMP FAILED. NO WARNING INDICATIONS WHATSOEVER PRIOR TO CAR STALLING IN RUSH ...

I WAS TURNING LEFT ONTO A STREET WHEN LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO STRUT AND STABILIZER LINK. THIS SEEMS TO A VERY DANGEROUS THING TO BE FAILING ON A VEHICHLE AND THROUGH RESEARCH I KNOW I AM NOT THE FIRST OWNER OF A TAURUS TO EXPIERIENCE THIS FAILURE. IT MAKES ME WONDER HOW LONG UNTIL ...

VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER STEERING FLUID, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE FIRST STEERING RACK WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED WITH ANOTHER STEERING RACK AND THE SECOND ONE ALSO FAILED. *YD

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED VEHICLE IDLING HIGH AND DOWN SHIFTING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND INDICATED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED VEHICLE IDLING HIGH AND DOWN SHIFTING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND INDICATED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED GAS LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO REPLACED CANISTER AND VENT SOLENOID ASSEMBLY. THIS WAS SECOND TIME THIS PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE HAD A TRUNK LEAK. *TT

CONSUMER NOTICED GAS LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO REPLACED CANISTER AND VENT SOLENOID ASSEMBLY. THIS WAS SECOND TIME THIS PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE HAD A TRUNK LEAK. *TT

FIRST NOTICED PROBLEM 3/01/02- ALL OF A SUDDEN CAR WAS HARD TO TURN AND MAKING NOISE. WHEN I GOT HOME, MY HUSBAND FILLED POWER STEERING FLUID- IT WAS LOW BUT NOT EMPTY. SEEMED TO DO OK FOR A COUPLE DAYS- NO NOISES OR MAJOR DIFFICULTY TURNING. PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN ONLY WORSE, NOTICED WHEN WE TURNED...

VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN ACCELERATING 60MPH AND HIGHER, DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND REPLACED THE TIRES AND ROTORS. *AK. IN JUNE OF 1999 CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE WHEELS WERE OUT OF ROUND NOT THE TIRES, ONE OF FOUR TIRES WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM REMAINED, CONSUMER STATES V...

VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN ACCELERATING 60MPH AND HIGHER, DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND REPLACED THE TIRES AND ROTORS. *AK. IN JUNE OF 1999 CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE WHEELS WERE OUT OF ROUND NOT THE TIRES, ONE OF FOUR TIRES WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM REMAINED, CONSUMER STATES V...

WHENEVER CONSUMER GETS OUT AND TOUCHES ANY PART OF THE VEHICLE HE GETS A STATIC SHOCK. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *YD

CONSUMER STATED THE CHILD ON REAR PASSENGER SIDE HAD THE SEAT BELT LOCKED INTO PLACE AND IT STARTED TO RETRACT, CHILD WAS STUCK IN THE SEAT BELT AROUND THE RIBS, CONSUMER HAD TO CUT SEAT BELT TO GET THE CHILD OUT.*AK *YH

CONSUMER STATES EVEN WHEN PRESSING ON BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WILL TRY TO MOVE FORWARD OR JERK. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE LEAKS OIL IN THE HOOD AREA ON THE RIGHT SIDE, ALSO SMOKES AND THERE IS A NOISE ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHEN CONSUMERS FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE.*YD

CONSUMER STATES EVEN WHEN PRESSING ON BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WILL TRY TO MOVE FORWARD OR JERK. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE LEAKS OIL IN THE HOOD AREA ON THE RIGHT SIDE, ALSO SMOKES AND THERE IS A NOISE ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHEN CONSUMERS FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE.*YD

CONSUMER STATES EVEN WHEN PRESSING ON BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WILL TRY TO MOVE FORWARD OR JERK. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE LEAKS OIL IN THE HOOD AREA ON THE RIGHT SIDE, ALSO SMOKES AND THERE IS A NOISE ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHEN CONSUMERS FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE.*YD

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

FAILURE OF RACK AND PINION BEGAN 6 WEEKS PRIOR TO FINAL FAILURE. FLUID FILLED BOOT NOT LEAKING OUT BUT EMPTYING PUMP UNTIL FINAL FAILURE WHEN BOOT FINALLY LEAKED FLUID WHILE DRIVING. WAS MECHANIC CHECKED DURING FAILING PERIOD WITH NO INDICATION OF LEAKING FLUID OR CAUSE THEREOF.

FAILURE OF RACK AND PINION BEGAN 6 WEEKS PRIOR TO FINAL FAILURE. FLUID FILLED BOOT NOT LEAKING OUT BUT EMPTYING PUMP UNTIL FINAL FAILURE WHEN BOOT FINALLY LEAKED FLUID WHILE DRIVING. WAS MECHANIC CHECKED DURING FAILING PERIOD WITH NO INDICATION OF LEAKING FLUID OR CAUSE THEREOF.

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED COLD, CONSUMER NOTICES THE VEHICLE SURGING, VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALERSHIP FOR 72 DAYS, THE DEALER CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *JG *AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED COLD, CONSUMER NOTICES THE VEHICLE SURGING, VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALERSHIP FOR 72 DAYS, THE DEALER CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *JG *AK

WHILE TRAVELING CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA AND THEN VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER STEERING. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD. NOTICED POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING. *AK *SLC

DEALER UNABLE TO LOCATE A LEAK IN POWER STEERING PUMP. *AK FLUID WAS LEAKING IN TO THE POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION UNIT, FILLING BOOTS ON RACK. *JB

RACK AND PINION STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE/EXCESSIVE WEAR. REPAIRS BEING MADE AT DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS LEAKING FLUID INTO BOOTS, CAUSING RACK AND PINION TO FAIL. *JB

VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATES, VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS HARD AT TIMES INTO LOW GEAR AND JERKS WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE.*YD

VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATES, VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS HARD AT TIMES INTO LOW GEAR AND JERKS WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE.*YD

VEHICLE IS IN NEED OF 4TH SET OF ROTORS WITH 62,724 MILES. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE GOING OUT OF ROUND. HAD THREE SETS OF ROTORS REPLACED. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

ON A TURN TO THE RIGHT GOING VERY SLOW, THE SPRING BUSTED ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE SPRING BROKE, IT PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND DAMAGED THE STRUT AND BEARING ASSEMBLY AVBOVE THE STRUT. THE VEHICLE WAS INOPPERATIVE AND I WAS STRANDED. FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT SPRING DIDN'T BREAK WHILE ON F...

THE CAR HAS BEEN IN YO SHOP SEVERAL TIMES FOR BRAKE FLUID BEIGN LOW IT IS A HALF TANK LOW NOW AND WAS IN SHOP IN DEC 2001TODAY IS 1-19-02 THE DEALER TELS ME THAT TAURUS,S USE BRAKE FLUID AS THE BRAKE PADS WEAR DOWN THIS CAR HAS USED AT LEAST 3 PINTS SINCE NEW .THAT IS MY BEST GUESS AS THE DEALER HAS...

I WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NEW, ULTRA BRIGHT LIGHTS ON OTHER CARS. THEY BLIND ME AT NIGHT AND I FEEL THAT THEY ARE VERY UNSAFE.*AK

FRONT TIRE WOULD SHAKE WHEN COMING TO A STOP, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED. CAUSED UNKNOWN. *AK *JG

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH WHILE TRAVELING 48 MPH. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, AND DRIVER SUSTAINED CHEST AND NECK INJURIES WHEN THROWN INTO THE STEERING COLUMN. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED TO DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITION...

FRONT PASSENGER RESTRAINT BELT RETRACTOR HAS FAILED TWO TIMES. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED SEAT BELT RETRACTOR AT CONSUMERS EXPENSE IN SEPTEMBER 2000 AND PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. *AK *YH

WE NOTIFIED THE DEALER ABOUT 1 MONTH AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR THAT WE THOUGHT THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. TOLD US NOTHING WAS WRONG. TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 46,000. STILL WASN'T "RIGHT" AFTER REBUILT TRANSMISSION. AFTER OUR INSISTANCE, ADDITIONAL TESTING WAS DONE, SPEED SENSOR WAS REPLACED...

WHILE DRIVING BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, BUT PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG HAD A HOLE IN IT WHICH CAUSED PASSENGER MINOR INJURIES BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FULLY DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATON.*AK

POWER STEERING PUMP LEAKING FLUID. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULD NOT LATCH. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

RACK AND PINION STEERING IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. VEHICLE IS MAKING A GROWLING NOISE, AND HAS TO CONTINOUSLY PUT POWER STEERING FLUID IN VEHICLE. CONTACTED A MECHANIC, AND THEY STATED RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ROTORS HEAT UP AND ARE WARPED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHIMMY WHEN COMING TO A STOP. CONTACTED DEALER, AND TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. *AK

UPON EXAMINING MY RECENTLY PURCHASED 1999 TAURUS, I DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES IN THE REAR LOCATION NEAR THE LEFT WHEEL ARE SEVERELY RUSTED REPEAT RUSTED. IT APPEARS THAT A BRAKE LINE FAILURE COULD OCCURE AT ANY TIME.*AK

AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN TRANSMISSION IS PUT INTO PARK VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS A RECCURRING PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BRAKES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS 6 TIMES UNDER WARRANTY AND I HAVE REPLACED THEM 6 MORE TIMES SINCE THE WARRANTY ENDED. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES. THEY SIMPLY SAY "IT ...

POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING INTO RACK AND PINION DUST BOOT. VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS. *AK DEALER REPLACED POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION AND POWER STEERING FLUID, DUE TO FAULTY RACK AND PINION STEERING GEAR BOX. *TT

POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING INTO RACK AND PINION DUST BOOT. VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS. *AK DEALER REPLACED POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION AND POWER STEERING FLUID, DUE TO FAULTY RACK AND PINION STEERING GEAR BOX. *TT

POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING INTO RACK AND PINION DUST BOOT. VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS. *AK DEALER REPLACED POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION AND POWER STEERING FLUID, DUE TO FAULTY RACK AND PINION STEERING GEAR BOX. *TT

LIGHTS WILL COME ON, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. ALSO, DOOR LIGHT AND DOME LIGHT COME ON. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.

LIGHTS WILL COME ON, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. ALSO, DOOR LIGHT AND DOME LIGHT COME ON. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.

LIGHTS WILL COME ON, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. ALSO, DOOR LIGHT AND DOME LIGHT COME ON. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.

LIGHTS WILL COME ON, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. ALSO, DOOR LIGHT AND DOME LIGHT COME ON. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR OR AT TIMES WILL NOT MOVE WHILE IT IS IN GEAR.*AK

POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

WHENEVER DRIVING VEHICLE IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME ON BY THEMSELVES AND INTERMITTENTLY. THIS WOULD CAUSE DRIVERS VIEW TO BE OBSTRUCTED. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL, BUT PROBLEM COULD BE REPAIRED.*AK *SLC

MY TAURUS LEAKS FUEL AFTER FILLING THE TANK. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ROLLOVER VALVE, VAPOR CANISTER AND EVAPORATOR SOLENOID AND A HOSE CLIP ON MARCH 1, 01. IN OCTOBER 2001 I AGAIN NOTICED FUEL DRIPPING FROM THE TANK AREA AFTER REFUELLING. THE DEALER IS ORDERING A NEW TANK. FORD TECH HOTLINE SAYS...

MY TAURUS LEAKS FUEL AFTER FILLING THE TANK. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ROLLOVER VALVE, VAPOR CANISTER AND EVAPORATOR SOLENOID AND A HOSE CLIP ON MARCH 1, 01. IN OCTOBER 2001 I AGAIN NOTICED FUEL DRIPPING FROM THE TANK AREA AFTER REFUELLING. THE DEALER IS ORDERING A NEW TANK. FORD TECH HOTLINE SAYS...

SUDDENLY UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. HAD TO OPEN HOOD TO MANUALLY SHIFT TRANSMISSION TO MOVE CAR. NO PRIOR AGGRESSIVE SHIFTING, NO WARNING SYMPTOMS OF IMPENDING FAILURE.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO TURN AND FLUID WAS LOW AND REFILLED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE STEERING RACK WAS DETERMINED TO BE DEFECTIVE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT FIX IT. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION INTO A TREE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION INTO A TREE WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK IN PLACE, DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO CHEST AND HEAD. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THE DRIVERS SEAT OF OUR FORD TAURUS IS BROKEN. THE SEAT BACK MOVES FORWARD AND BACKWARD INDEPENDENT OF THE SEAT ADJUSTMENT TRACK. THIS MOVEMENT REQUIRES THE CONSTANT ADJUSTMENT OF THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WHICH IS VERY DISTRACTING TO THE DRIVER WHICH INCREASES THE CHANCE OF AN ACCIDENT. I AM ALSO CO...

FRONT ROTOR DEFECTIVE, PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL, STEERING COLUMN AND FRONT END VIBRATE AND PULSATE. THIS CREATES A LOSS OF CONTROL ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED.

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 45-70 MPH STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES, DEALER REPLACED AND ROTATED TIRES AND REPLACED HUBS WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AKTHE VIBRATION COMES AND GOES, THE DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH NO LUCK. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY, -STOPPING ON ITS OWN IN THE ON POSITION AND/OR STARTING ON ITS OWN WHEN IN THE OFF POSITION, REDUCING VISIBILITY FOR DRIVER. NO DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK *TT

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING FLUID CAUSING STEERING TO BE VERY STIFF AND HARD TO CONTROL. REFILLED FLUID AND IT WAS OKAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES, THEN GOT LOW AGAIN. EACH TIME WE FILLED IT, IT RAPIDLY EMPTIED, UNTIL WE COULD NOT DRIVE IT MORE THAN 5-8 MILES BETWEEN REFILLS. ME...

VEHICLE/STEERING COLUM VIBRATES WHEN BRAKES APPLIED AT SPEEDS 40+MPH. DEALER STATES ROTORS WARPED. CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TO TURN ROTORS. ROTORS NEED TURNING AT ABOUT 5000 MILES. REPLACED ROTORS, NOW AWAITING PROBLEM TO REOCCURE. DEALER OFFERS NO CORRECTIVE ACTION OR REASON AS TO WHY ROTORS WARP...

WILL NOT ACCEPT FUEL. *AK

ENGINE WILL SURGE OR RACE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL OR BRING TO A STOP. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, BUT CANNOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

AFTER TALKING WITH FORD TAURUS OWNERS AND LOCAL FORD DEALERS THIS SEEM'S TO BE A MAJOR SYSTEM FAILURE.THIS PROBLEM NEED'S TO BE INVESTIGATED AND SOLVED BEFORE SOMEONE GET'S HURT OR KILLED. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHIFTING INTO 2ND AT A VERY LOW SPPED, WOULD ACTUALLY SNAP YOUR NECK UPON CHANGING TOOK INTO SHOP, THEY STATES 2ND GEAR OF TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT 2500.00 IN REPAIR TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION, ALL PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN DONE BY DEALER. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAD SMELLY EXHAUST.*YH

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FLUID DOES NOT COME OUT.*YH

THE VEHICLE SLIPS WHILE IN GEARS.*YH

THE VEHICLE FAILS TO START.*YH

THE VEHICLE FAILS TO START.*YH

THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND BATTERY WOULD NOT HOLD CHARGE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT, THE NEXT DAY THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AGAIN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING, THE NEXT MONTH IT FAILED AGAIN. *YH

THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND BATTERY WOULD NOT HOLD CHARGE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT, THE NEXT DAY THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AGAIN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING, THE NEXT MONTH IT FAILED AGAIN. *YH

THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND BATTERY WOULD NOT HOLD CHARGE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT, THE NEXT DAY THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AGAIN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING, THE NEXT MONTH IT FAILED AGAIN. *YH

THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND BATTERY WOULD NOT HOLD CHARGE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT, THE NEXT DAY THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AGAIN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING, THE NEXT MONTH IT FAILED AGAIN. *YH

I COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS CAR THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. I TOLD THEM IT WAS A LEMON AND I WANTED MY MONEY BACK. THE DEALER REFUSED. FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR (ONE YEAR AGO) IT IS HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR A TOTAL OF OVER 8 WEEKS. IT HAS HAD REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, GASKETS, PUMP...

I COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS CAR THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. I TOLD THEM IT WAS A LEMON AND I WANTED MY MONEY BACK. THE DEALER REFUSED. FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR (ONE YEAR AGO) IT IS HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR A TOTAL OF OVER 8 WEEKS. IT HAS HAD REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, GASKETS, PUMP...

I COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS CAR THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. I TOLD THEM IT WAS A LEMON AND I WANTED MY MONEY BACK. THE DEALER REFUSED. FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR (ONE YEAR AGO) IT IS HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR A TOTAL OF OVER 8 WEEKS. IT HAS HAD REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, GASKETS, PUMP...

I COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS CAR THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. I TOLD THEM IT WAS A LEMON AND I WANTED MY MONEY BACK. THE DEALER REFUSED. FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR (ONE YEAR AGO) IT IS HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR A TOTAL OF OVER 8 WEEKS. IT HAS HAD REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, GASKETS, PUMP...

ALL FOUR CONTINENTAL TIRES ON THE VEHICLE HAD CRACKS IN THE SIDE WALL. (CONTINENTAL TIRES)*YH

ALL FOUR CONTINENTAL TIRES ON THE VEHICLE HAD CRACKS IN THE SIDE WALL. (CONTINENTAL TIRES)*YH

WHILE TRAVELING 65MPH ON DRY ROADS FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE ORGINAL EQUIPMENT, GENERAL, AMERI G45 TIRE, TREAD SEPARATED, CAUSING DAMGE TO FRONT BUMPER. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK GENERAL TIRE, P205/65R15, DOT NUMBER A34R442109. *SLC

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER CONTROLS WILL START THE BLADES MOVING FOR NO APPEARANT REASON. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE PROBLEM IS IN THE CONTROL SWITCH ASSEMBLY WHICHIS ALSO THE ASSEMBLY FOR THE TURN SIGNALS AND THE HEAD LIGHT HI...

73,000 PLUS MILES ON A 1999 FORD TAURUS AND THE TRANSMISSION STOPS WORKING COMPLETELY.*AK

73,000 PLUS MILES ON A 1999 FORD TAURUS AND THE TRANSMISSION STOPS WORKING COMPLETELY.*AK

WHEN I STARTED TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY I NOTICED THAT IT WAS HARD TO TURN. SO THEN I CHECKED THE POWER STEERING FLUID IT WAS EMPTY SO I FILLED IT UP AND IT LEAKED OUT AS FAST AS I COULD PUT IT IN. WHEN I HAD AN ESTIMATE DONE THEY SAID IT WAS THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND RACK. *AK

A BLOCK IN THE ENGINE SHOULDNT CRACK WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF BUYING A VEHICLE UNLESS THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH IT EARLIER, IM RUNNING A BACKGROUND CHECK WITH LAWYER. PLEASE HELP. *AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 5 MPH AND GOING OVER A SPEED BUMP VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, VEHICLE WOULD ONLY REV, BUT NOT MOVE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER STATED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK

HEADLIGHTS CONTINUALLY DIM WHEN BRAKING, WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING CUTS ON, AND DURING TURNS. LIGHTING IS MINIMAL AT THESE TIMES AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. THE CAR HAS DONE THIS SINCE INITIAL PURCHASE AND CONTINUES TODAY. THIS IS THE SECOND TAURUS WE HAVE OWNED WITH THIS PROBLEM. ONE DEALER ...

VEHICLE WAS OFF AND IN THE PARK POSITION AND COLLIDED INTO A VEHICLE AND POLE, CONSUMER STATES 1996 AND 1997 FORD TAURUS VEHICLES WERE RECALLED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, 96V166. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS OFF AND IN THE PARK POSITION AND COLLIDED INTO A VEHICLE AND POLE, CONSUMER STATES 1996 AND 1997 FORD TAURUS VEHICLES WERE RECALLED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, 96V166. *SLC

I AM UNABLE TO FILL THE CAR WITH GAS. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER LAFRES FORD FIRST APPOINTMENT ON 6/21/01. THE DEALER ASKED ME TO TAKE THE CAR AT THE END OF THE DAY. THEY ORDER A PART WHICH IS NOT ON STOCK. I WAS TOLD TO SLOWLY FILL WITH GAS. WILL CONTACT ME WHEN THEY RECEIVE THE PART. WHEN I TOO...

BRAKES ACT AS IF THEY WERE NOT GOING TO STOP, FIRST TIME I CARRIED THE CAR BACK FORD FIXED THE BRAKES, SO THEY SAY. I CARRIED THE CAR BACK SEVERAL TIMES AFTER THAT AND THEY SAY THE FOUND NO PROBLEMS, I FINALLY HAD TO TAKE THE CAR AND HAVE THE BRAKES REPAIRED.. WHEN SITTING STILL, CAR PULSATES, DEA...

BRAKES ACT AS IF THEY WERE NOT GOING TO STOP, FIRST TIME I CARRIED THE CAR BACK FORD FIXED THE BRAKES, SO THEY SAY. I CARRIED THE CAR BACK SEVERAL TIMES AFTER THAT AND THEY SAY THE FOUND NO PROBLEMS, I FINALLY HAD TO TAKE THE CAR AND HAVE THE BRAKES REPAIRED.. WHEN SITTING STILL, CAR PULSATES, DEA...

WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A GRADUAL STOP VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD. ALSO, ENGINE RPM WILL IDLE HIGH.*AK THE SURGE OCCURS RANDOMLY AND WAS DANGEROUS. THE DEALER REPLACED IDLE CONTROL VALVE, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY MPH AND MAKING A TURN COULD HEAR A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE WHERE HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY MPH AND MAKING A TURN COULD HEAR A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE WHERE HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

WHEN PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND UPON APPLYING BRAKES CONSUMER HEARD A SCRAPING NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER HAS REPLACED ABS BRAKES/ ROTORS AND PADS WERE CLEANED. PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED, CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH STEERING WHEEL SHAKING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY F...

WHEN PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND UPON APPLYING BRAKES CONSUMER HEARD A SCRAPING NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER HAS REPLACED ABS BRAKES/ ROTORS AND PADS WERE CLEANED. PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED, CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH STEERING WHEEL SHAKING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY F...

FOUL ODOR IN PSGR COMPARTMENT AFTER ENG GETS HOT (20 MIN); RETD TO DLR 3X, DLR=NO PROB FOUND;BRAKES=PULSATE,TURNED ROTORS;INTERMITTENT WASHER SPRAY WHEN WIPERS ON(WASHER FLUID NOT ACTIVATED) =TURN SIGNAL SW RPLCD;BROKEN MO MOUNT FOUND, DLR REPLCD; SWAY BAR BRKN, DLR REPLCD; DLR BOUGHT VEHL BACK DUE ...

FOUL ODOR IN PSGR COMPARTMENT AFTER ENG GETS HOT (20 MIN); RETD TO DLR 3X, DLR=NO PROB FOUND;BRAKES=PULSATE,TURNED ROTORS;INTERMITTENT WASHER SPRAY WHEN WIPERS ON(WASHER FLUID NOT ACTIVATED) =TURN SIGNAL SW RPLCD;BROKEN MO MOUNT FOUND, DLR REPLCD; SWAY BAR BRKN, DLR REPLCD; DLR BOUGHT VEHL BACK DUE ...

FOUL ODOR IN PSGR COMPARTMENT AFTER ENG GETS HOT (20 MIN); RETD TO DLR 3X, DLR=NO PROB FOUND;BRAKES=PULSATE,TURNED ROTORS;INTERMITTENT WASHER SPRAY WHEN WIPERS ON(WASHER FLUID NOT ACTIVATED) =TURN SIGNAL SW RPLCD;BROKEN MO MOUNT FOUND, DLR REPLCD; SWAY BAR BRKN, DLR REPLCD; DLR BOUGHT VEHL BACK DUE ...

FOUL ODOR IN PSGR COMPARTMENT AFTER ENG GETS HOT (20 MIN); RETD TO DLR 3X, DLR=NO PROB FOUND;BRAKES=PULSATE,TURNED ROTORS;INTERMITTENT WASHER SPRAY WHEN WIPERS ON(WASHER FLUID NOT ACTIVATED) =TURN SIGNAL SW RPLCD;BROKEN MO MOUNT FOUND, DLR REPLCD; SWAY BAR BRKN, DLR REPLCD; DLR BOUGHT VEHL BACK DUE ...

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE OPERATING WHILE SWITCH IS IN OFF MODE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDERS. *AK CONSUMER STATES PART STILL HAS NOT COME IN YET. *SLC

AFTER DRIVING 60000 MAINLY FREEWAY MILES A SEAL FAILED ON THE RACK. BY THE MECHANIC'S DESCRIPTION, THE SEAL WAS NOT WORN. THE RACK WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

I BOUGHT A HITCH COVER LIGHT ,THAT PERMANENTLY BLOCK'S THE VIEW OF THE VITAL VISUAL SAFETY INSPECTION TRAILER HITCH RECEIVER , INSTALLED LOCKING PIN , EMERGENCY TOW CHAIN'S, AND 7 PRONG. ELECT. AND BALL MOUNT STABILITY. THIS UNIVERSAL VEHICLE PRODUCT IS CALLED: WHITE NIGHT REVERSE LIGHT SYSTEM. PAT...

TRANSMISSION DOES NOT LET THE CAR DECELLERATE WHEN LETTING UP ON THE ACCELERATOR, IT STAYS CONSTANT OR SURGES. I AM THE CAR COULD INJURE SOMEONE IN PARKING LOT. IT ALSO DOESN'T SEEM TO DECELLERATE AT OTHER SPEEDS, AS IF CRUISE IS ON, DONT HAVE CRUISE. THE FORD "MASTER MECHANIC" INDICATED THAT HE EVE...

BRAKE ROTORS GO OUT OF ROUND EVERY FEW THOUSAND MILES. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES CAR SHAKES AND BRAKING POWER SEEMS TO PULSATE. DANGEROUS.*AK

HEADLIGHTS DO NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH LIGHT ON ROAD TO BE ABLE TO SEE ROAD LINES/MARKINGS. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT HEADLIGHT AIMING MEETS REQUIREMENTS. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE ROAD. *AK *SLC

WHEN CONSUMER REMOVES FOOT FROM BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE WILL INCH FORWARD AND THEN ACCELERATE SUDDENLY. THIS EVENT OCCURS EVERY TIME FOOT IS TAKEN OFF BRAKE PEDAL TO PRESS GAS PEDAL. DEALER HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. ALSO, INFORMED CONSUM...

CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT OF GARAGE AND HEARD A NOISE, FRONT SPRING COIL BROKE AND WENT INTO LEFT FRONT TIRE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

RPMS WERE GOING UP. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. WHEN STARTING CAR AND DRIVING A COUPLE OF MILES, AND PUTTING CAR IN PARK, CAR WILL START RACING, AND WON'T STOP UNTIL SHUTTING CAR OFF. WHEN STARTING IT AGAIN, IT WILL JUST TAKE OFF. *AK

RACK AND PINION STEERING BROKE AND IS LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

FAULTY BRAKE ROTORS ON FRONT DISC BRAKES ARE WARPING, CAUSING STEERING TO SHAKE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES.*AK CONSUMER STATES HE WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THIS FAILURE IS CAUSED BY FAULTY CONSTRUCTION OF THESE TYPE OF ROTORS. *JB

WHEN DRIVING 35 MPH OR ABOVE AND LIGHTLY APPLYING BRAKES STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE TO LEFT AND TO RIGHT. CONSUMER REPACED TIRES, BUT DID NOT SOLVE DEFECT.*AK

WHEN DRIVING 35 MPH OR ABOVE AND LIGHTLY APPLYING BRAKES STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE TO LEFT AND TO RIGHT. CONSUMER REPACED TIRES, BUT DID NOT SOLVE DEFECT.*AK

THROTTLE KEEPS STICKING AFTER LETTING GO, AND IT ACCELERATES UP TO 1600 RPMS. CONSUMER MUST STEP ON BRAKES TO STOP ACCELERATIONS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AFTER FILLING VEHICLE WITH GAS ABOUT THREE GALLONS OF FUEL LEAKS FROM UNDER VEHICLE DUE TO DEFECT WITHIN FUEL PUMP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40-45 MPH, APPLIED BRAKES AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP , PEDAL FELT NORMAL, REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. MECHAIC FOUND REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP. *AK THE BRAKES FAILED WITH ONLY 30000 MILES OF NORMAL DRIVING. *YH

NEW PART ORDERED BY DEALER,, TO BE INSTALLED NEXT WEEK. *AK

AT NIGHT DASHLIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN ON, COULD NOT SEE WHAT GEAR IT WAS IN. THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL, THEN DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT. *AK

BRAKES WERE MAKING A SQUEAKING NOISE. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND GAUGES WILL NOT TURN ON.BU,T 5-10 MINUTES LATER THEY WILL RESTART. CONSUMER FELLS DEFECT IS ALL RELATED TO IGINITION. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND GAUGES WILL NOT TURN ON.BU,T 5-10 MINUTES LATER THEY WILL RESTART. CONSUMER FELLS DEFECT IS ALL RELATED TO IGINITION. *AK

DEALER STATED STEERING RACK AND PINION LEAKING FLUID DUE TO FAILED SEALS.*AK

WHEN THE FAN FOR THE RADIATOR TURNS ON THE ALL THE LIGHTS DIM FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN SHUTS OFF IT GOES BACK UP I TOOK IT TO FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE ALTERNATER AND THEY REPLACED IT WITH A USED ALTERNATER WICH THE CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRENT WHEN I GOT THE CAR AT NORMAL TEMP AND THE FAN KI...

WHEN THE FAN FOR THE RADIATOR TURNS ON THE ALL THE LIGHTS DIM FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN SHUTS OFF IT GOES BACK UP I TOOK IT TO FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE ALTERNATER AND THEY REPLACED IT WITH A USED ALTERNATER WICH THE CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRENT WHEN I GOT THE CAR AT NORMAL TEMP AND THE FAN KI...

A REALY BAD SMELL IS COMING FROM THE VENTS WHEN THE HEATER IS ON TOOK IT THE DEALERS TO HAVE IT CHECKED THEY COULD SMELL IT BUT COULD NOT FIGER OUT WHY IT SMELLED STILL NOT FIXED. *AK

WARPED BRAKE ROTORS. CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT THOSE BRAKES CAN WARP AT 10 THOUSAND MILES OR IN RAIN. ALSO THAT ROTORS CAN'T BE RESURFACED. *AK ROTORS WERE RESURFACED TWICE BY THE DEALER. *YH

STARTER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, AND THEY NEVER KNOW WHEN VEHICLE WILL START OR NOT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAD REPLACED STARTER 5 TIMES.*AK

IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEMS. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAS REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH, BUT PROBLEM REMAINS.*AK

AT STOP AND BRAKE APPLIED, CAR SURGED FORWARD STRIKING VEHICLE. ALSO, NO ENGINE BRAKING. *AK

AT STOP AND BRAKE APPLIED, CAR SURGED FORWARD STRIKING VEHICLE. ALSO, NO ENGINE BRAKING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH HEADLIGHTS ON THEY WILL ONLY FOCUS TO THE FRONT. BUT, WHEN TRY TO MAKE A TURN HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT ILUMINATE. CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO SEE WHERE HE IS DRIVING.*AK

WHEN DRIVING TRANSMISSION WOULD MAKE A KNOCKING NOISE UPON SHIFTING GEARS. *AK. ALL 4 FIRESTONE TIRES P205/65R15 WERE REPLACED DUE TO SLOW LEAKS, TIRES WOULD NOT HOLD AIR. *SLC

NOTICED A FOUL ODOR COMING THROUGH VENTS. HAD OIL CHANGE, ASKED DEALER TO CHECK COOLANT. DEALER FOUND THAT OIL HAD LEAKED INTO THE COOLANT. DEALER RECOMMENDS REPLACING ENGINE.*AK

CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO FILL TANK TO READ FULL, IT WLWAYS CUT OFF. DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP, AND FILLER CAP. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE WILL NOT SHUT OFF WHEN FILLING GAS TANK. FUEL WILL SPILL ON CONSUMER AND GROUND. ALSO THERE IS A HIGH PITCHED SOUND WHEN DRIVING, DEALER CLAIMS HE CANNOT HEAR THAT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO FILL TANK TO READ FULL, IT WLWAYS CUT OFF. DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP, AND FILLER CAP. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE WILL NOT SHUT OFF WHEN FILLING GAS TANK. FUEL WILL SPILL ON CONSUMER AND GROUND. ALSO THERE IS A HIGH PITCHED SOUND WHEN DRIVING, DEALER CLAIMS HE CANNOT HEAR THAT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO FILL TANK TO READ FULL, IT WLWAYS CUT OFF. DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP, AND FILLER CAP. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE WILL NOT SHUT OFF WHEN FILLING GAS TANK. FUEL WILL SPILL ON CONSUMER AND GROUND. ALSO THERE IS A HIGH PITCHED SOUND WHEN DRIVING, DEALER CLAIMS HE CANNOT HEAR THAT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS, VEHICLE WILL SHIFT TO A HIGHR GEAR AND GIVE ITSELF GAS WITH NO DRIVER INPUT. TRANSMISSION SNAPS AT LOW SPEED SHIFTS, IT POPS AND BANGS. WIPERS ACTIVATE FOR NO REASON INTERMITTENTLY. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS, VEHICLE WILL SHIFT TO A HIGHR GEAR AND GIVE ITSELF GAS WITH NO DRIVER INPUT. TRANSMISSION SNAPS AT LOW SPEED SHIFTS, IT POPS AND BANGS. WIPERS ACTIVATE FOR NO REASON INTERMITTENTLY. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS, VEHICLE WILL SHIFT TO A HIGHR GEAR AND GIVE ITSELF GAS WITH NO DRIVER INPUT. TRANSMISSION SNAPS AT LOW SPEED SHIFTS, IT POPS AND BANGS. WIPERS ACTIVATE FOR NO REASON INTERMITTENTLY. *SLC

WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION IT ACCELERATES WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING OR SITTING IDLE. HAS TAKEN TO DEALER, BUT DEALER IS NOT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/COPIES OF RECEIPTS FOR WORK PERFORMED.*AK

EGR VALVE MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 442-369 TIRESIZE: P205/65/15)

WHILE BREAKING TO MAKE A TURN, THE CAR DID NOT DECELERATE AT A RATE IT NORMALLY WOULD. EVEN AFTER HEAVY PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE, THE CAR DID NOT SEEM TO SLOW APPROPRIATELY. *AK

2/2/00--BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR REPLACED BY DEALER; 8/19/00--BLOWER MOTOR ASSEMBLY REPLACED BY DEALER.

AT 60 MPH, THE TREAD ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE CAME OFF, GENERAL P20565R15. THE VEHICLE WAS RENTED FROM ENTERPRIZE. CJ

PREMATURE WEAR OF PADS AND ROTORS. DEALER HAS REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS SEVERAL TIMES. *AK

PREMATURE WEAR OF PADS AND ROTORS. DEALER HAS REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS SEVERAL TIMES. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE SHAKES AND TREMBLES, AND TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO COME OUT OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

FRONT SWAY BAR IS WORN CAUSING CONSUMER TO HEAR A POPPING NOISE IN THE FRONT END ON TURNS INTO DRIVEWAY, ONCE THE SWAY BAR WAS FIXED THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST, THIS WAS THE SECOND ATTEMPT AT FIXING THE PROBLEM. NLM

WHEN DRIVING VERY SLOWLY AND THEN JUST TOUCHING GAS PEDAL VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. *AK THE ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE ON ITS OWN WAS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN TO THE CONSUMER. *YH

I HAD BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED WHEN THE TIRE BLEW UP. IT BLEW OUT MY QUARTER PANEL 2 INCHES FROM THE FRAME OF MY CAR. HAD I BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY I WOULD NOT BE HEAR RIGHT NOW . MY CAR VEERED OFF THE RAOD ,OVER THECURB AND INTO A PARKING LOT. HAD THERE BEEN A PERSON NEXT TO M...

CAME OUT TO VEHICLE IN THE MORNING ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT IT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE THAT NIGHT. FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT ATTRIBUTED FIRE TO ELECTRICAL ARCING AROUND THE VEHICLE'S GEAR,DIFFERENTIAL AREA. POSSIBLY STARTER WIRING. FORD DENIES ANY AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY. NO AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT WAS ADD...

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDERS, AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. FIRESTONE WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH,ANOTHER CAR RAN DRIVER OFF THE ROAD AND HIT CURVE ON FRONT LEFT TIRE. AIRBAG WENT OFF, BUT NOT WHEN CURVE WAS HIT, BUT A COUPLE OF SECONDS LATER. *AK

AFTER TRAVELING VARIOUS DISTANCES VEHICLE WILL NOT START ONCE IT HAS BEEN TURNED OFF. VEHICLE RUNS ROUGH AND MAKES NOISES. *AK

REAR HATCH WINDOW BLEWOUT WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. REASON UNKNOWN. FORD HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND REPLACED WINDOW. *AK

EXCELLENT SVC HISTORY, ENGINE BLEW AFTER WARRANTY, FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND DEALER WOULDN'T COVER AND I DEFENITELY COULD NOT AFFORD A NEW ENGINE/REPLACEMENT , SURRENDERED VEHICLE UNDER BANKRUPTSY, QUITE SURPRISED VEHICLE ENGINE EXPIRED AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. I WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE ANY PRIOR SERVICE ...

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

EVERY TIME CONSUMER ATTEMPTS TO FILL THE VEHICLE WITH GASOLINE THE AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF ON THE GAS PUMP WOULD KEEP CLICKING OFF AS IF THE GAS TANK WAS FULL WHEN IN FACT IT WAS NOT, AT TIMES IT MAY TAKE UP TO 10 MINUTES TO FILL THE VEHICLE. NLM *SLC

THE LOCATION OF THE REARVIEW MIRROR CREATES A BLIND SPOT IN THE WINDSHIELD BECAUSE IT IS ATTACHED TOO LOW ON THE WINDSHIELD. NLM

THE LOCATION OF THE REARVIEW MIRROR CREATES A BLIND SPOT IN THE WINDSHIELD BECAUSE IT IS ATTACHED TOO LOW ON THE WINDSHIELD. NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RELEASE SO THAT PASSENGER CAN PLACE SEAT BELT AROUND HIMSELF OR HERSELF. NO SEAT BELT IN USE WHILE DRIVING. WESTWAY REFUSED TO FIXED IT SAYING THEY WERE TOO BUSY AND FOR ME TAKE IT TO ANOTHER DEALER.*AK

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A BUS AT 25-30 MPH IMPACT UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

REAR ENGINE GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE, IT BLEW OFF CAUSING OIL TO DRAIN WHICH REQUIRED ENGINE REPLACEMENT, FORD STATED TO CONSUMER THAT THE FIRST AVAILABLE ENGINE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MARCH OF 2001, THE DEFECTIVE ENGINE ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. *SLC

AT 19000 MILES BOTH FRONT ROTORS WERE OUT OF ROUND, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACD BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND PADS AT 20,000 MILES. *AK *SLC

AT 19000 MILES BOTH FRONT ROTORS WERE OUT OF ROUND, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACD BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND PADS AT 20,000 MILES. *AK *SLC

BRAKES HAVE WORN OUT TWICE WITH IN A YEAR. BRAKE SYSTEM HAS BEEN WORKED ON FROM ROTORS TO MASTER CYLINDER. BRAKES ARE STILL BAD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

BRAKES HAVE WORN OUT TWICE WITH IN A YEAR. BRAKE SYSTEM HAS BEEN WORKED ON FROM ROTORS TO MASTER CYLINDER. BRAKES ARE STILL BAD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

PASSENGER DOOR WINDOW INOPERABLE. *SLC

ENGINE FAILED. *SLC

STARTER FAILED. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *SLC

BRAKES PULSATE CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE, THE ROTORS WERE ADJUSTED AND REPLACED. *SLC

PASSENGER DOOR WINDOW INOPERABLE. *SLC

ENGINE FAILED. *SLC

STARTER FAILED. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *SLC

BRAKES PULSATE CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE, THE ROTORS WERE ADJUSTED AND REPLACED. *SLC

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCE COLD START, DEALER REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. *SLC

WHEN BRAKING, THE VEHICLE SHAKES, THE DEALER FOUND THE ROTORS TO BE OUT OF ROUND. *SLC

RADIO AND RADIO LIGHTS DON'T WORK INTERMITTENTLY. *SLC

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT SOON LIGHT CAME ON, DEALER REPLACED THE VAPOR MANAGEMENT VALVE. *SLC

THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW IS INOPERABLE, THE DEALER REPLACED THE LEFT REAR POWER WINDOW MOTOR. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING HESITATION IN SHIFTING, DEALER OVERHAULED THE TRANSMISSION. *SLC

THE VEHICLE PULLS HARD TO THE RIGHT WHEN DRIVING, DEALER PERFORMED FRONT END ALIGNMENT. *SLC

FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT WHEN BEING USED BEGINS TO TIGHTEN UP ACROSS PASSENGER'S CHEST. DEALER HAS REPLACED THIS PART TWO TIMES, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

AT 28 THOUSAND MILES NOTICED TREAD SEPARATED ON SIDEWALL OF TIRES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SPORADIC ENGINE SURGE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON OUR 1999 FORD TARUS. I HAVE TO APPLY A GREAT DEAL OF PRESSURE TO STOP THE CAR. THIS OCCURS WITH THE ENGINE IS HOT OR COLD, ON HIGHWAY DRIVING AND STREET DRIVING. I REPORTED THIS TO WANTAGH FORD AND THE SERVICE...

TRANSMISSION SLIPS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STOP AT INTERSECTION, TOOK TO DEALER ,WHO SAID VEHICLE HAD LIMITED 1 GEAR. *AK

AFTER PURCHASING HEARD GRINDING AND SHAKING IN STEERING COLUMN WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AND PADS IN MAY AND IN SEPTEMBER. CONSUMER HAD SAME PROBLEM, BRAKES WERE FAILING, AND IT WAS HARD TO STOP VEHICLE. IN OCTOBER, BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED AG...

AFTER PURCHASING HEARD GRINDING AND SHAKING IN STEERING COLUMN WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AND PADS IN MAY AND IN SEPTEMBER. CONSUMER HAD SAME PROBLEM, BRAKES WERE FAILING, AND IT WAS HARD TO STOP VEHICLE. IN OCTOBER, BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED AG...

WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN OTHER VEHICLE WAS COMING ON OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE, CAUSING IT TO CRASH INTO A TREE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

CAN'T FIND TIRE PEDIGREE, BUT NEVER HAD THAT KIND OF FAILURE RECORD B4. *AK

VEHICLE HAD A TICKING NOISE IN ENGINE SINCE MARCH OF 2000. WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55-60 MPH BLACK SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM ALL AREAS OF VEHICLE, AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TRANSMISSION LUNGES VEHICLE FORWARD AT SLOW SPEED CAUSING DRIVER TO BRAKE VEHICLE OR RISK ACCIDENT. DEALER HAS INVESTIGATED TWICE WITH NO REPORTED FIX OR PROBLEM OCCURRING. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM THAT OCCURS ONLY WITH THE 3.0L-2V ENGINE/TRANSMISION COMBINATION. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY, THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE/LUNGE FORWARD WHILE IN GEAR WHEN STOPPED IN IDLE WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM(4/22/99 & 6/10/99). THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ABLE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. *CJ

INTERMITTENTLY, THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE/LUNGE FORWARD WHILE IN GEAR WHEN STOPPED IN IDLE WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM(4/22/99 & 6/10/99). THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ABLE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. *CJ

VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. VEHICLE HAD BRAKES PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

1. TRANSMISSION GEAR WAS IN REVERSE WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATED BACKWARDS, HTTING A POLE. 2. VEHICLE WILL LUNGE FORWARD MOSTLY AT THE FIRST START OF THE DAY. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD TWO SERIOUS VIBRATIONS WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE VIBRATION CAUSED THE HEAT SHIELD OVER CONVERTER TO BREAK AND EXHAUST...

1. TRANSMISSION GEAR WAS IN REVERSE WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATED BACKWARDS, HTTING A POLE. 2. VEHICLE WILL LUNGE FORWARD MOSTLY AT THE FIRST START OF THE DAY. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD TWO SERIOUS VIBRATIONS WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE VIBRATION CAUSED THE HEAT SHIELD OVER CONVERTER TO BREAK AND EXHAUST...

1. TRANSMISSION GEAR WAS IN REVERSE WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATED BACKWARDS, HTTING A POLE. 2. VEHICLE WILL LUNGE FORWARD MOSTLY AT THE FIRST START OF THE DAY. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD TWO SERIOUS VIBRATIONS WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE VIBRATION CAUSED THE HEAT SHIELD OVER CONVERTER TO BREAK AND EXHAUST...

WHEN COASTING VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE FEBRUARY 1999. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 6 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS CONDITION. *AK THE VEHICLE ALSO HOLDS RPM WHEN THE DRIVER TAKES FOOT...

VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO RIGHT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, AND AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS A LOUD RAMBLING NOISE. CUSTOMER SERIVCE ENGINEERING FOR FORD(MEMPHIS REGINAL OFFICE) DEEMED VEHICLE DEFECTIVE . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE ACCELERATES UNEXPECTEDLY. *SLC

VEHICLE ACCELERATES UNEXPECTEDLY. *SLC

WHEN BRAKES APPLIED AT HIGHWAY SPEED, STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY.*AK

AT APPROXIMATELY 47,600 MILES THE BEARING TO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID PUMP FAILED CAUSING THE SHAFT TO GYRATE, DESTROYING THE TORQUE CONVERTER. DISCUSSING THE FAILURE WITH THE MECHANIC THAT REPAIRD THE TRANSMISSION IT WAS THEORIZED THAT THE DESIGN OF LUBRICATION TO THE BEARING WAS FLAWED. EVEN THOUG...

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN GAS TANK IS LESS THAN 1/4 FILLED AND ONLY WHEN DRIVING UP A STEEP HILL. DEALER HAS LOOKED AT THIS 4 TIMES. THEY CAN'T FIND THE CAUSE. FORD REGIONAL OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO SAYS THIS IS NORMAL.*AK

ENGINE IDLES AT 20MPH AND HIGHER CONTINUALLY, DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO RECTIFY HIGH IDLE. *SLC

FAULTY GASKET/SEAL AND TRANSMISSION CASE CAUSED VEHICLE TO LEAK TRANSMISSION FLUID ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASED. NLM

INTERMITTENTLY, WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL GLIDES TO THE RIGHT, BUT THE DIRECTION OF VEHICLE DOES NOT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED 5 OR 6 TIMES DURING MAY, AND CURRENTLY FOR THIS REASON. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: 025811/92T TIRE SIZE: P205/65R15 )

DUE TO DEFECTIVE POWER STEERING PUMP, WHILE DRIVING STEERING WOULD LOCK UP, AND WOULD HAVE NO STEERING ABILITY AT ALL. TOW TRUCK HAD TO TAKE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD INTO THE TUNNEL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE MIDDLE BUCKLE BROKE APART WHILE USING IT FOR THE FRIST TIME; DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:

BRAKES SQUEAK LOUDLY. DEALERSHIP STATES THAT THIS IS NORMAL.

DURING LOW SPEED OPERATION, AT THE 1ST TO 2ND SHIFT/ENGAGEMENT POINT, WITH NO THROTTLE, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASE (200-500 RPM) RESULTING IN AN ABRUPT INCREASE IN VEHICLE SPEED. THIS TYPICALLY OCCURS IN PARKING LOTS AND DURING STOP AND GO DRIVING. THIS DRIVABILITY ISSUE CREATES A SEVERE HAZARD IN T...

CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT HOLD CONSTANT SPEED WHILE GOING DOWN A HILL. NLM

WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD WHEN SHIFTING. NLM

MALFUNCTION OCCURRED WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH CAUSED POWER WINDOWS AND POWER LOCKS TO OPERATE ERRACTICALLY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

MALFUNCTION OCCURRED WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH CAUSED POWER WINDOWS AND POWER LOCKS TO OPERATE ERRACTICALLY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

MALFUNCTION OCCURRED WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH CAUSED POWER WINDOWS AND POWER LOCKS TO OPERATE ERRACTICALLY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

I HAVE HAD MY TAURUS AT THE SHOP NOW 4 TIMES. THERE IS GAS LEAKING OUT OF MY CAR EVERYTIME I FILL UP. I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS "OVER FILLING" THE TANK, BUT THAT'S CRAP. I AM A WORKING MOTHER OF 3 AND I HAVE TO DEPEND ON MY CAR. IT IS A REAL INCONVIENCE THAT I HAVE TO KEEP TAKING THIS CAR BACK AND FO...

WHEN BRAKING FRONT END VIBRATION FEELS LIKE CAR NOT STOPING PROPERLY

WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 40 MILES AND NEEDING TO STOP THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES, ABOVE 60 YOU NEED TWO HANDS TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. BOUGHT THE CAR IN THE FIRST TIME AND THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED BUT WITHIN 2 MONTHS I HAD TO RETURN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT THE ROTORS AND PADS WERE SCRAPE...

VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE SHOWED THAT THE VENT TUBE WAS OFF THE VALVE COVER FRONT NIPPLE AT AIR INTAKE TUBE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO IDLE TOO FAST AND INTERMITTENTLY SURGE. NLM

HEAD LIGHT FAILED DUE TO A BLOWN FUSE IN THE BATTERY JUNCTION BOX. NLM

WHILE DRIVING WOULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL AND STEERING COLUMN WILL START VIBRATING, AND BRAKES WILL TAKE LONG TO STOP. A TECHNICIAN SAID THAT ROTORS HEATED UP, AND HAD BEEN REPLACED. *AK

COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. WHEN DRIVING 35 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT CONSUMER SMELLED FLUID BURNING, DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE CABLE ON THE GEARSHIFT BROKE. YH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, NOTICED A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM OF VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, THEY COULDN;T LOCATE THE PROBLEM. CLUNKING NOISE CONTINUED. MY SON SAID I SHOULD TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. ON SECOND VISIT TO DEALERSHIP, HAD SERVIE MANAGER DRIVE VEHICLE. IN THEIR PA...

HAD TO HAVE ORIGINAL ROTORS REPLACED WHEN THE CAR WAS ONLY 1 MONTH OLD, AT 2 MONTHS HAD TO HAVE ANOTHER SET OF ROTORS, PUT ON CAR, THAT SET IS STILL ON THE CAR BUT HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES SQUEALING FOR ABOUT 5 MONTHS NOW, CAR WAS TAKEN TO SERVICE DEPT. AND BRAKES WERE CLEANED SQUEALING ST...

THE CAR FREE WHEELS.

THE CAR FREE WHEELS.

CAR HAS HAD SHAKE IN STEERING WHEEL SINCE THE TEST DRIVE; WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS DUE TO CAR SITTING ON THE LOT AND THAT TURNING THE ROTORS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THE SHAKE RETURNED SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE AND HAS CONTINUED TO BE A PROBLEM SINCE. IT STARTS AS A SUBLTE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL A...

CAR HAS HAD SHAKE IN STEERING WHEEL SINCE THE TEST DRIVE; WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS DUE TO CAR SITTING ON THE LOT AND THAT TURNING THE ROTORS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THE SHAKE RETURNED SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE AND HAS CONTINUED TO BE A PROBLEM SINCE. IT STARTS AS A SUBLTE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL A...

DRIVING ON LOCAL ROAD VEHICLE LOST POWER TO THE STEERING. CONTACTED DEALER NOW FOR THE 9TH TIME THEY REBUILT THE POWER STEERING PUMP. IT BROKE AFTER 3 DAYS. IT IS BACK AT THE DEALER.*AK

VEHICLE "SURGES" WHEN ACCELERATING AT SLOW SPEEDS, AND WHEN COMING OUT OF A STOP; TOOK CAR TO DEALER 2 TIMES; THEY CLAIMED THAT THEIR TRANSMISSION EXPERT FOUND NOTHING WRONG, AND ASKED IF I HAD EVER DRIVEN A CAR WITH AN ELECTRONIC SHIFT BEFORE. WHEN I SAID "NO" THEY SAID THAT WAS WHAT WAS WRONG -- ...

VEHICLE "SURGES" WHEN ACCELERATING AT SLOW SPEEDS, AND WHEN COMING OUT OF A STOP; TOOK CAR TO DEALER 2 TIMES; THEY CLAIMED THAT THEIR TRANSMISSION EXPERT FOUND NOTHING WRONG, AND ASKED IF I HAD EVER DRIVEN A CAR WITH AN ELECTRONIC SHIFT BEFORE. WHEN I SAID "NO" THEY SAID THAT WAS WHAT WAS WRONG -- ...

FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR DOES NOT PROPERLY INDICATE FUEL LEVEL; LEVEL HAS BEEN INDICATED AS ALMOST EMPTY, BUT FILL-UP TOOK ONLY 5 GALLONS; OTHER TIMES, INDICATES ALMOST FULL, BUT NEEDS LOTS OF FUEL. *AK

CONSUMER HAD A FRONT END COLLISON AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER/PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK AT THE TIME OF FRONT END COLLISION THE HOOD CAME IN THROUGH WINDSHEILD ON RIGHT SIDE. SEAT BELT FAILED IN REAR WHICH IS HOLDING CHILD'S SEAT. BACK REST ON LEFT BACK SEAT CAME LOOSE. *YH

CONSUMER HAD A FRONT END COLLISON AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER/PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK AT THE TIME OF FRONT END COLLISION THE HOOD CAME IN THROUGH WINDSHEILD ON RIGHT SIDE. SEAT BELT FAILED IN REAR WHICH IS HOLDING CHILD'S SEAT. BACK REST ON LEFT BACK SEAT CAME LOOSE. *YH

CONSUMER HAD A FRONT END COLLISON AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER/PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK AT THE TIME OF FRONT END COLLISION THE HOOD CAME IN THROUGH WINDSHEILD ON RIGHT SIDE. SEAT BELT FAILED IN REAR WHICH IS HOLDING CHILD'S SEAT. BACK REST ON LEFT BACK SEAT CAME LOOSE. *YH

CONSUMER HAD A FRONT END COLLISON AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER/PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK AT THE TIME OF FRONT END COLLISION THE HOOD CAME IN THROUGH WINDSHEILD ON RIGHT SIDE. SEAT BELT FAILED IN REAR WHICH IS HOLDING CHILD'S SEAT. BACK REST ON LEFT BACK SEAT CAME LOOSE. *YH

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH VEHICLE WAS IN AN OFFSET CRASH, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. PASSENGER SUFFERED A BROKEN RIGHT WRIST. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

BRAKES WORE OUT ROTORS WARPED HAD NEW ONE PUT ON 3WEEKS LATER SAME THING HAPPEN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH CONSUMER BROADSIDED ANOTHER VEHICLE BETWEEN TWO PASSENGER DOORS FRONT AND BACK, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

RIGHT BACK SEAT ROSE UP WHEN FRONT OF THE SEAT WAS PUSHED. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO RECOGNIZED THE DEFECT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIX IT. ON A HEAD TO HEAD COLLISION, SEAT WOULD POP UP FROM UNDERNEATH OF PASSENGER, WHICH COULD CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGES. *AK *ML

PARKING BRAKE CABLE BROKE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN DRVING VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD STEP ON THE BRAKES AND HEADLIGHTS WILL DIM EACH TIME CONSUMER WOULD STEP ON THE BRAKES. *AK

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL ON OR FOOT ON GAS PEDAL, AND VEHICLE STARTED PICKING UP SPEED FOR NO REASON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED NORMAL PROCEDURE FOR VEHICLE. HAD THE TRANSMISSION & TORQUE CONVERTOR REPLACED ANYWAY. *AK

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL ON OR FOOT ON GAS PEDAL, AND VEHICLE STARTED PICKING UP SPEED FOR NO REASON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED NORMAL PROCEDURE FOR VEHICLE. HAD THE TRANSMISSION & TORQUE CONVERTOR REPLACED ANYWAY. *AK

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL ON OR FOOT ON GAS PEDAL, AND VEHICLE STARTED PICKING UP SPEED FOR NO REASON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED NORMAL PROCEDURE FOR VEHICLE. HAD THE TRANSMISSION & TORQUE CONVERTOR REPLACED ANYWAY. *AK

VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP WHEN IT WAS REARENDED & PUSHED INTO A TRUCK IN FRONT IN WHICH IT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT FROM REAR, SEAT BELTS FAILED TO TIGHTEN UP, AIR BAG ON DRIVER'S SIDE FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES TO UPPER & SIDE OF NECK AND SPINE. WAS THROWN AROUND. *AK

VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP WHEN IT WAS REARENDED & PUSHED INTO A TRUCK IN FRONT IN WHICH IT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT FROM REAR, SEAT BELTS FAILED TO TIGHTEN UP, AIR BAG ON DRIVER'S SIDE FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES TO UPPER & SIDE OF NECK AND SPINE. WAS THROWN AROUND. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT SMELLED LIKE A BURNING ODOR FROM THE REAR RIGHT BRAKES. TECHNICIAN SAID THAT PART WAS WORN OUT. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT SMELLED LIKE A BURNING ODOR FROM THE REAR RIGHT BRAKES. TECHNICIAN SAID THAT PART WAS WORN OUT. *AK

VEHICLE DOES NOT SLOW DOWN WHEN FOOT IS TAKEN OFF THE ACCELERATOR, CONSUMER HAS TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE TO ADJUST THE SPEED WHICH CAUSES THE BRAKES TO WEAR QUICKLY. NLM

WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC IF CONSUMER TAKES FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, VEHICLE WILL JUST TAKE OFF, UP TO 1700 AND 2000 RPM. CONSUMER SAYS IT STARTED OUT ONCE A DAY, NOW IT'S ALLTHE TIME. *AK

NEW VEHICLE REQUIRED NEW RACK AND PINION STEERING, WHICH CAUSED NOISE, THE BRAKES REPLACED WHICH WERE CAUSING VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE BRAKING. *MJS

NEW VEHICLE REQUIRED NEW RACK AND PINION STEERING, WHICH CAUSED NOISE, THE BRAKES REPLACED WHICH WERE CAUSING VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE BRAKING. *MJS

A/C BLOWER MOTOR REQUIRED REPAIR, CAUSING NOISE. *MJS

ENGINE STALLING CONTINUALLY AND FINALLY FAILED DUE TO FAULTY COMPUTER PROCESSOR. *MJS

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED FRONT END BEGINS TO VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY. ALSO, STEERING COLUMN SHAKES. ROTORS AND PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE BY DEALER. REPAIRS DID NOT WORK, OWNER HAD TO GO TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO FIX PROBLEM. *AK *ML

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED FRONT END BEGINS TO VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY. ALSO, STEERING COLUMN SHAKES. ROTORS AND PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE BY DEALER. REPAIRS DID NOT WORK, OWNER HAD TO GO TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO FIX PROBLEM. *AK *ML

SEAT BELTS CONTINUALLY LOCK IN POSITION WITHOUT BRAKING OR CAUSE. *MJS

WHILE LOADING THE TRUNK, THE LIGHT BULB WAS ON. WHEN CONSUMER CLOSED TRUNK THE LIGHT BULB BURNED PART OF THE LUGGAGE, BULB WAS NOT PROTECTED. OWNER CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBLITY THAT THE BULB COULD START A FIRE. *AK *ML

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO MAINTAIN SET SPEED ON DOWNHILL HIGHWAY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE SPEED INCREASED FROM 55 TO 85. SINCE IT WAS A NEW CAR, AND NO OTHER CARS ON THE STATE HIGHWAY AT THE TIME, I DID NOT REALIZE THE INCREASE IN SPEED SINCE THERE WERE OPEN FIELDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. WHEN...

VEHICLE IS EMMITING A ODOR FROM THE HEATING/AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WHICH MAKES IT HARD FOR PASSENGERS TO BREATH. NLM

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER TURNS ON RANDOMLY WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. NLM

AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING, THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. NLM

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN VEHICLE IS DECELERATING IT VIBRATES UNCONTROLLABLY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN I FIRST SMELLED THE INTOXICATING FUMES. ONCE THE LIGHT TURNED I PROCEDED TO DRIVE ABOUT 1/8TH MILE. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR BECAME DIFFICULT TO ACCELERATE. THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR INSTANTLY WENT DEAD MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROA...

I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN I FIRST SMELLED THE INTOXICATING FUMES. ONCE THE LIGHT TURNED I PROCEDED TO DRIVE ABOUT 1/8TH MILE. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR BECAME DIFFICULT TO ACCELERATE. THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR INSTANTLY WENT DEAD MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROA...

REAR DEFOGGER/DEFROSTER DOES NOT WORK WHEN NEEDED, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, BUT THEY HAVE NOT FOUND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING AT 70MPH GOING DOWN A 5% GRADE, CAR WILL NOT HOLD IN CRUISE CONTROL. CAR GOES FROM 70 MPH TO 85 MPH WITHIN SECONDS ON STEEP GRADE. ALSO, BRAKES ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO GIVE GOOD BRAKING POWER. TAKEN TO 2 DEALERS, AND THEY SAID IT WAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE TAURUS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 70MPH GOING DOWN A 5% GRADE, CAR WILL NOT HOLD IN CRUISE CONTROL. CAR GOES FROM 70 MPH TO 85 MPH WITHIN SECONDS ON STEEP GRADE. ALSO, BRAKES ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO GIVE GOOD BRAKING POWER. TAKEN TO 2 DEALERS, AND THEY SAID IT WAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE TAURUS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT WAS REAR ENDED BY CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPCT, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

WHILE THE SHIFT LEVER WAS IN PARK THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD. *AK

MY HUSBAND TURNED ON THE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER AND THE WHOLE WINDOW SHATTERED. *AK

ACCELLERATION WITH NO PRESSURE ON GAS PEDAL (FOOT COMPLETELY OFF PEDAL) AND NO ENGINE BRAKING. THE UNWANTED ACCELERATION OCCURS MOSTLY AT SLOW SPEEDS SUCH AS IN HEAVY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND IN PARKING LOTS. AFTER ACCELERERATING SLIGHTLY, IF I REMOVE MY FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL AT AROUND 10 MPH, T...

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED AND ACCELERATED, AND DAMAGED THREE OTHER VEHICLES. VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE CRUISE CONTROL. PEDAL DID GO TO THE FLOOR DURING ACCELERATION. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATOR STICKS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SURGE FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND COMING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT HIM IT FROM THE LEFT SIDE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. AIRBAG WENT OFF IN DRIVER'S FACE. THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE BECAME NUMB, AND HIS GLASSES BLEW OFF OF HIS FACE AND BROKE. ALSO, AND BURN MARKS ARE ON HIS FACE. ...

THE TAURUS HAS EXPERIENCED MANY INSTANCES OF: 1) UNWANTED ACCELERATION AT SLOW SPEEDS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THIS IS CHARACTERIZED BY EXCESSIVE "CREEP" FROM STANDSTILL, A SHIFT TO SECOND GEAR WITH A SUDDEN LURCH FORWARD. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN SLOW SPEEDS WITHOUT FOOT ON BRAKE. 2) NO ENGINE BRAKING. THE T...

CONSUMER EXPIRENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED. PRESSED ON ACCELERATOR TO RELEASE CRUISE CONTROL WHICH FAILED TO RELEASE. VEHICLE CONTINUED AT SAME SPEED. APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN. MOVED TO SIDE OF ROAD & TURNED VEHICLE OFF. RESTARTED VEHICLE & CRUISE CONTROL WAS NO LONGER ENGAGED. *AK

DESIGN FLAW OF THE GAS TANK ASSEMBLY CAUSING CONSUMER TO OVERFILL TANK ALSO TANK REGISTERS IMPROPER GAS TANK INDICATION, REPAIRED ON ONE OCCASION HOWEVER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS. *MJS

WE HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN 2 MONTHS--IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR ALL THIS TIME EXCEPT ABOUT 2.5 WEEKS. THE REAR BRAKES ARE GRINDING AND IT SOUNDS LIKE METAL ON METAL. THE VEHICLE JERKS VERY BAD WHEN GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVE WHICH I FEEL COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 1...

WE HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN 2 MONTHS--IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR ALL THIS TIME EXCEPT ABOUT 2.5 WEEKS. THE REAR BRAKES ARE GRINDING AND IT SOUNDS LIKE METAL ON METAL. THE VEHICLE JERKS VERY BAD WHEN GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVE WHICH I FEEL COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 1...

WHEN REAR WINDOW EXPLODED WITHOUT CAUSE, CAUSING GLASS FRAGMENTS TO ENTER THE PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

UPON SHIFTING VEHICLE INTO GEAR VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT APPLYING FORCE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSING UNWANTED SPEED. ALSO, THE RPMS RACED VERY HIGH. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER HAS YET TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DRIVERS SHOULDER RESTRAINT LOCKS IN PLACE, PINNING DRIVER TO SEAT. #2. AC DISCHARGES FOUL ODOR FROM ALL VENTS CAUSING BURNING WATERING EYES.

DRIVERS SHOULDER RESTRAINT LOCKS IN PLACE, PINNING DRIVER TO SEAT. #2. AC DISCHARGES FOUL ODOR FROM ALL VENTS CAUSING BURNING WATERING EYES.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED WIRING AND FUEL PUMP, ETC. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED WIRING AND FUEL PUMP, ETC. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED WIRING AND FUEL PUMP, ETC. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE DRIVER HAS TO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ORDER TO TURN AND STEER THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS POWER STEERING. DEALER SAYS IT'S NORMAL. *AK

THIS VEHICLE WILL NOT SLOW DOWN, WHEN I LET FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR. *AK

VEHICLE WILL NOT DECELERATE AFTER YOU HAVE REMOVED YOUR FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAN TAKE A HALF MILE OR MORE FOR SPEED TO REDUCE EVEN WHILE GOING UP AN INCLINE. REQUIRES EXTRA BRAKING FORCE TO CAUSE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE REQUIRED HARDER APPLICATION OF BRAKES CAUSES THE FRONT E...

CONSUMER WAS CHANGING LANES AND THERE WAS ANOTHER CAR COMING UP ON THE SIDE. CONSUMER COT CONTROL. TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN UP AND WENT INTO CENTER DIVIDER. BOUNCED 15 FEET, AND BACK OF CAR LANDED AGAINST CENTER DIVIDER. CONSUMER/ PASSENGER WERE WEARING SEATBELTS. AIRBAGS COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE INJU...

WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 55-65 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES REAR END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD BEGAN TO SHAKE, AND FUMES WOULD COME INTO THE CAR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, BUT THE BRAKES WERE STILL WORKNG. SHORTLY AFTER THE CONSUMER TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES ,AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR.PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BRAKES FAIL CONTINUALLY IN RAINY WEATHER CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE AND LOOSE CONTROL. MJS

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH HIT A MANHOLE WITHIN THE ROAD AND THE FRONT WHEELS WENT INTO THE MANHOLE, AND THE CRADLE THAT PROTECTS THE ENGINE HIT THE MANHOLE ,TO SET OFF THE AIR BAG SENSOR WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER'S SIDE/ PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. COVER TO THE AIR BAGS FLEW INTO THE WINDSHIELD...

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE JUMPED IN FRONT OF HER. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, SHE HIT THE CAR FROM BEHIND, AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AT ALL. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE JUMPED IN FRONT OF HER. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, SHE HIT THE CAR FROM BEHIND, AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AT ALL. *AK

VEHICLE BEGAN SURGING AND SLIGHT ACCELERATION ON ITS OWN WHEN FOOT OFF OF GAS PEDAL. REPLACED ALTERNATOR. TWO DAYS LATER, SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT BLINKS OFF AND ON WHEN CAR IDLES ROUGH AND HAS NO POWER TO ACCELERATE. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND OUT PROBLEM. TOOK CAR BACK AGAIN 3 DAYS LATER SAME PROB...

WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT OR A STOP AND APPLYING THE GAS PEDAL, VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING TETHER ANCHOR FROM DEALER. PART HAS BEEN ON ORDER FOR 4 WEEKS. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST.

WHEN DRIVING PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS LOCKED UP. THE MORE CONSUMER MOVED THE TIGHTER THEY GOT. *AK

ON THREE OCCASIONS WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP AND APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE AND CAUSE ENGINE RUNAWAY. CONSUMER HAD TO SHIFT GEAR TO NEUTRAL AND WAIT UNTIL OTHER VEHICLES WERE CLEAR BEFORE SHIFTING GEAR BACK TO DRIVE. AS SOON AS GEAR WAS CHANGED BACK TO DRIVE IT CA...

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMESON/ OFF ALL BY THEMSELVES REGULARLY.CONTACTED DEALER WILL HAVE THEM SERVICED. *AK

WHILE AT A STOP WITH FOOT ON BRAKES VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY JUMP FORWARD ,LUNGES ABOUT 1 FEET AHEAD, CAUSING SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

THE THROTTLE WILL NOT RETURN TO IDLE WHEN GAS PEDAL IS APPLIED CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HAVE TO APPLY THE BRAKES EXCESSIVELY. DEALER CANT FIND PROBLEM. MJS

HAD JUST PARKED VEHICLE. WAS INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED & EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. HAD INDICATED THE FLAMES WERE CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY SHE DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING, BUT THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND DROPPED OUT. *AK

GAS GAUGE INDICATOR MISREADS THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE VEHICLE. GAUGE VARIES BY A HALF OF A TANK BETWEEN UPHILL AND DOWNHILL. WITH SIX GALLONS OF FUEL THE VEHICLE CAN RUN OUT OF FUEL WHILE GOING UP HILL OR WHEN PARKED ON AN INCLINE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ANTI FREEZE BLEW OUT OF VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN USE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL .

REMOVED FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN.VEHICLE KEPT AT THE SPEED AS IF ON CRUISE, WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE I DO NOT HAVE CRUISE ON MY VEHICLE.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A UNKNOWN COLLISION, TRAVELING 40 MPH IN WHICH NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJURIES TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE OCCUPANT.ALSO, VEHICLE WA S TOTALED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

GAS GAUGE WASN'T WORKING PROPERLY. IT WAS SHOWING THAT THERE WASN'T ANY GAS IN THE VEHICLE ALTHOUGH TANK WAS HALF FULL. DEALER REPLACE GAS GAUGE. ALSO CONSUMER CAN CAN SMELL GAS FUMES. *AK

GAS GAUGE WASN'T WORKING PROPERLY. IT WAS SHOWING THAT THERE WASN'T ANY GAS IN THE VEHICLE ALTHOUGH TANK WAS HALF FULL. DEALER REPLACE GAS GAUGE. ALSO CONSUMER CAN CAN SMELL GAS FUMES. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING UNASSISTED ACCELERATION, FORD MOTOR COMPANY SAYS THAT THE VEHCILE IS DESIGNED THIS WAY. MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING FRONT END VIBRATION AT HIGH SPEEDS OR WHEN APPLYING BRAKES WHEN GOING DOWN HILL, ALSO EXPERIENCING NOISES IN STEERING COLUMN, EIGHT REPAIR ATTEMPTS HOWEVER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS. NLM

TRANSMISSION SENSORS WERE REPLACED BUT THE TRANSMISSION STILL SLIPS AND CAR WILL REV TO HIGH RPMS, WHILE APPLYING THE BREAK THE STEEING WHEEL SHAKES, AND WHEN YOU LET OFF THE ACCELARATOR, THE CAR DOES NOT SLOW DOWN. *AK

TRANSMISSION SENSORS WERE REPLACED BUT THE TRANSMISSION STILL SLIPS AND CAR WILL REV TO HIGH RPMS, WHILE APPLYING THE BREAK THE STEEING WHEEL SHAKES, AND WHEN YOU LET OFF THE ACCELARATOR, THE CAR DOES NOT SLOW DOWN. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE WITH DRIVER'S FOOT ON BRAKE, VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND WENT TO 5000 RPM. VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY DRIVEN FOR APPROX. 20 MIN. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVE. *AK *ML

UNSURE--BUT BRAKE FAILURE LED TO DEATH OF FOUR, CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE, BRAKES TO THE FLOOR, EMERGENCY PULLED AND CAR WOULD NOT STOP, WENT 320 FEET BEFORE IMPACT-NOT SURE WHY, BUT WANT TO INFORM OTHERS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON TWO OCCASIONS, DOCUMENTATION OF INCIDENTS WITH THE DEALERSHIP, HOWEVER THEY EXPLAIN THAT THE VEHICLE IS DESIGNED THAT WAY. MJS

ENTERPRISE RENTAL CAR. WHILE DRIVING BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING NO BRAKING ABILITY.BRAKE PEDAL TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION WENT FROM DRIVE INTO 1ST GEAR WITHOUT WARNING AND LOCKED

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BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO FLOOR WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC BRAKE ADJUSTMENT WAS NEEDED. BRAKES WERE REPAIRED. SINCE THEN, PROBLEM REAPPEARED. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL WOULD BE SET AT A CERTAIN SPEED, BUT VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE AT A HIGHER SPEED; AND RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT...

BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO FLOOR WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC BRAKE ADJUSTMENT WAS NEEDED. BRAKES WERE REPAIRED. SINCE THEN, PROBLEM REAPPEARED. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL WOULD BE SET AT A CERTAIN SPEED, BUT VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE AT A HIGHER SPEED; AND RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT...

BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO FLOOR WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC BRAKE ADJUSTMENT WAS NEEDED. BRAKES WERE REPAIRED. SINCE THEN, PROBLEM REAPPEARED. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL WOULD BE SET AT A CERTAIN SPEED, BUT VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE AT A HIGHER SPEED; AND RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT...

POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW WHEN VEHICLE WILL NOT DECELERATE AFTER TAKING FOOT OF THE GAS PEDAL. HOWEVER, EITHER IN FORWARD / REVERSE, VEHICLE EXPERIENCE SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHICH COULD RESULT IN COLLISION. *YC

THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO FIRST GEAR OR WOULD SLIP AND NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR OR DOWN TO FIRST GEAR. NLM

THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO FIRST GEAR OR WOULD SLIP AND NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR OR DOWN TO FIRST GEAR. NLM

WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED, STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 6 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THE PROBLEM. EACH TIME THE ROTORS HAD BEEN CHANGED, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION. YH

ENGINE WILL NOT SLOW DOWN AFTER THROTTLE IS RELEASED. IT ACTS LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE WITHOUT AN ENGINE BRAKE AND QUITE UNSETTLING ON INTERSTATES WITH STEEP DOWNHILL GRADES. CRUISE CONTROL CAN NOT KEEP THE CAR +/- 5 MPH. THERE IS A UNAUTHORIZED FIX ON THE NET. *AK

VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT . DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AT VARIOUS TIMES, UNABLE TO IDENTIFY FAILURE. MJS

WHILE PARKING ENGINE SUDDENLY STARTEDTO TO REV. TRANSMISSION WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL, BUT VEHICLE CONTINUED TO REV AND THEN RAN STRAIGHT INTO A WALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

VEHICLE DOES NOT SLOW DOWN WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS RELEASED ON HIGHWAY. CAR WILL ACCELERATE WHEN GOING DOWN HILL. THIS HAPPENS WITH AND WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN CRUISE IS SET TO 65 MPH CAR WILL ACCELREATE TO 90 MPH GOING DOWN A HILL. DEALER SAYS THIS IS PART OF THE DESIGN?? HAVE TO RIDE THE BR...

SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH WITH SPEED CONTROL NOT ENGAGED.. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SPEED CONTROL CABLE WAS FOUND TO B E BROKEN. CAN NHTSA GIVE ADDTIONAL INFOMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK

SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH WITH SPEED CONTROL NOT ENGAGED.. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SPEED CONTROL CABLE WAS FOUND TO B E BROKEN. CAN NHTSA GIVE ADDTIONAL INFOMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK

AN INETRA-ACTUATED SWITCH, LOCATED ON THE RIGHT INSIDE WALL OF THE TRUNK CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE TO QUIT IF AN UNSECURED LOAD STRIKES IT. THIS CAUSES LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKING. THIS HAPPENED TO ME IN A CITY-OWNED CAR WHILE DESCENDING A STEEP HILL IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE. HAD I BEEN MORE SLIGHTL...

DRIVER REPORTED FUEL GUAGE STUCK ON FULL. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER, REPAIR ORDER SHOWS INSTRUMENT PANEL FUEL GUAGE REPLACED, BUT WHEN TESTED FUEL GUAGE STILL INOP. REPAIR ORDER SHOWS FINALLY TESTING FOUND "MISSING FFV SENSOR MODULE". INSTALLED MODULE. REPAIR ORDER ALSO SHOWS "WIRING DIAGRAM WAS INCO...

WHILE DRIVING AND TAKING THE FOOT OFF GAS PEDAL, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SLOW DOWN AS IT SUPPOSE TO, AND MAY CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER SAID ITS THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I JUST PURCHASES A NEW 1999 4-DOOR FORD TAURUS SE ON 5/3/99. I SENT THE CAR BACK TO BE REPAIRED TO THE MANUFACTURER 2 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH TO HAVE THE PROBLEM CORRECTED. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. I AM MEETING WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER STEPHEN DINGER SOMETIME THIS WEEK TO HAVE HIM COME ALONG FO...

I HAVE HAD THREE INSTANCES OF ENGINE RACES TO 3000 RPM WHEN STOPPED IN IDLE AND IN GEAR. DEALER CAN'T REPEAT PROBLEM AND THEREFORE HASN'T FIXED THE PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES CONTINUED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, UNABLE TO IDENTIFY FAILURE. MJS

TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ALLOW VEHICLE TO DECELLERATE WHEN YOU LET UP ON THE ACCELERATOR, SPEED STAYS CONSTANT. *YC

DECELERATES POORLY (WON'T SLOW DOWN) WHEN REMOVING FOOT FROM ACCELERATOR (GAS PEDAL); ESPECIALLY SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH. CAN BE REPRODUCED WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN "OD" AFTER THE CAR IS WARMED UP. MIGHT EVEN BE WORSE ON COLDER DAYS (LESS THAN 50 DEG F). IT'S LIKE THE SPEED CONTROL IS "ON"; THE RPMS...

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY, CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING IN LOW SPEED THE VEHICLE RACED REAL HIGH. CONSUMER HAD TO PUT VEHICLE INTO PARK IN ORDER FOR THE ENGINE TO STOP RACING HIGH. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED, AND VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE REPAIR SHOP ONCE. DEALER WANTS THE VEHICLE BACK IN THE SHOP TO DO SOME T...

WHEN LETTING THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW DOWN A LITTLE, THE WINDOW WILL GO ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND CONSUMER HAS TO PRESS A BUTTON TO GET WINDOWS BACK UP. *AK

ENGINE FIRE.

ENGINE FAILED, CAUSING A GROWLING NOISE WHILE IT IS COLD. YH

HEAD LIGHTS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. YH

IN THE EARLY MORNING AND EVENING, THE LIGHT TAN DASHBOARD REFLECTS ON THE WINDSHIELD WHICH MAY CAUSE VISUAL DIFFICULTY AND MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENING UMWANTED ACCELERATION.

SEAT BELT BROKE.

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH CONSUMER EXPIERENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 80 MPH. WHILE CONSUMMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. TO FINALLY STOP VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAD TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF IN DRIVE AND COAST VEHICLE TO A STOP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *...

THE VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED SHORT. HAD APPLIED BRAKES QUICKLY. ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP. VEHICLE ACCELERATED AFTER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. REARENDED VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

THE VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED SHORT. HAD APPLIED BRAKES QUICKLY. ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP. VEHICLE ACCELERATED AFTER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. REARENDED VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

THE VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED SHORT. HAD APPLIED BRAKES QUICKLY. ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP. VEHICLE ACCELERATED AFTER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. REARENDED VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

VEHICLE CAME WITH DEFECTIVE AUTOMATIC FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT, WHICH DOES NOT RETRACT, WILL NOT LOCK IN POSITION, CAUSING LOSS OF PROTECTION. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES HIGH IDLE AND UNWANTED ACCELERATION ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

FUEL PUMP FAILURE - NO START

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS JAMMED TOGETHER AND STUCK. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

KEYLESS REMOTE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED.