1990 Ford Taurus complaints

WE READ IN THE PAPER THAT THIS PROBLEM HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE NHSTA. THE WIPERS MOTOR IN THIS VEHICLE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE INTERMITENT WIPER DOES NOT WORK.

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 98V323000 IN FEBRUARY. CONTACTED DEALER. WAS INFORMED PARTS FOR SUBFRAME NOT AVAILABLE. HAS BEEN CHECKING OFF & ON SINCE MARCH FOR THE PARTS. DEALER IS WAITING FOR PARTS FROM MANUFACTURER. OWNER DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN YOU TURN THE WIPERS OFF, WITH THE IGNITION ON OR OFF, THEY STICK STRAIGHT UP INSTEAD OF DOWN UNDER HOOD. SEVERAL DEALERS TOLD ME THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL BECAUSE IT IS NOT A SAFETY HAZARD. I BEG TO DIFFER IT BLOCKS VISION AND IS NO DOUBT A HAZZARD. SEVERAL TECHS DENIED EVER HEARING OF PROBLEM, SOME ADMITTED IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW. I HAVE SEEN FOUR OTHER CARS WITH WIPERS UP, THREE HAVE BEEN TAURUSES, SO I KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM.I HAVE READ SEVERAL NEWS PAPER ARTICLES ON FORD AND GM WIPER PROBLEMS SO I FEEL A RECALL IS WARRANTED AND I SHOULD GET MY $168 BACK. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HAS NOT CAUSED ANY ACCIDENTS YET?

FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS ARE CORRODED AND RUSTED WHICH HAS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO RISE WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVINHG ON THE HIGHWAY AND TURNING TO THE LEFT, STEERING BECOMES STIFF AND STICKS. DEALER CAN'T FIND PROBLEM. *AK

THE BODY MOUNTS BECAME DETACHED FORM THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE MOTOR TO DROP. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE MAKE, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. MJS

THE ENGINE STALLED WHEN HOT AND CUT BACK ON AFTER COOLING. LAST TIME VEHICLE STALLED, AN ENGINE FIRE BROKE OUT. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *AK

IN 1996, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE RELEASE FAILED. I HAD USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND NEEDED TO RELEASE IT QUICKLY. WHEN I PULL THE BRAKE RELEASE, IT BROKE OFF. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY. IT WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF ABOUT $90. THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURED AGAIN THIS YEAR (1999). I NOTIFIED FORD OF THE PROBLEM, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, AS A FAILURE OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE RELEASE IS NOT CONSIDERED A SAFETY PROBLEM. I BELIVE THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY PROBLEM. IF THE BRAKE IS PRESSED BY ACCIDENT, AND THE BRAKE RELEASE FAILS, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RELEASE WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION.

THE FRONT RIGHT DOOR CAME LOOSE AND OPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE DEALER TIGHTENED THE BOLT WHICH HOLDS THE DOOR CLOSED. THEY CHARGED ME ABOUT $60. A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE DOOR LOOSENED AGAIN. WHEN I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE DOOR COMES LOOSE OFTEN, AND HAS TO BE RETIGHTENED REGULARLY, AT A COST OF ABOUT $60. I NOTIFIED FORD, AND THEY SAID THAT THIS IS NOT A SAFETY PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM, AS THE DOOR OPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE INJURY.

SINCE MID 1997, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL REGULARLY. THEY USUALLY WORK, BUT OCCATIONALLY, THEY WILL STOP, OR SLOW DOWN TO AN UNUSABLE SPEED. SOMETIMES THIS CAN BE FIXED BY TURNING THEM OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. SOMETIMES THIS DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I NOTIFIED FORD OF THE PROBLEM, AND THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT PAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM, AS IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. I BELIVE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, SINCE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAN STOP UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING IN STORMY WEATHER. THIS CAUSES SUDDEN LOSS OF VISIBILITY.

AFTER COMING TO A LIGHT AT AN INCLINE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED AND ALLOWED THE CAR TO START TO ROLL BACKWARDS INSTEAD OF GAS BEING APPLIED AND GOING FORWARD. VEHICLE NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION. *AK

THERE IS A NOISE DUE TO ENGINE MOUNTS COMING LOOSE. DEALER SAID ENGINE MOUNTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. NLM

I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO THE DEALER FOR A RECALL SERVICE TO REPLACE THE "SUB-FRAME REAR PLATE NUT". WHILE FIXING THE RECALL MATTER, THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE FRONT AND REAR ENGINE MOUNTS WERE BAD, AND THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, SOMETIMES RESULTING IN A "CLUNKING" NOISE BEING HEARD WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE OR PARK. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE MOUNTS SHOULD BE REPLACED AND WOULD COST ME $343.70. A FEW YEARS AGO, I HAD NOTICED THE MOVEMENT IN THE ENGINE WHEN THE CAR WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK OR REVERSE, AND HAD ASKED MY LOCAL GARAGE MECHANIC ABOUT IT. HE TOLD ME THE MOUNTS ON THE TAURUS WERE NOTORIOUSLY BAD, BUT MY PARTICULAR CAR WAS NOT COVERED BY A FORD RECALL. I DID NOT PURSUE REPLACING THE MOUNTS AT THAT TIME. HOWEVER, NOW THAT THIS RECALL NOTICE ON THE FRAME CAME OUT, I HAVE LOOKED AT MATERIAL AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET, AND SEE THAT THERE WAS A GENERAL RECALLFOR ENGINE MOUNT DETERIORATION ON THIS CAR IN MARCH 92. (92M77) I DO NOT THINK I RECEIVED A NOTICE OF THAT RECALL. SINCE I DRIVE MY 3 KIDS AROUND IN THIS CAR, I TRY TO KEEP IT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE AND DETERIORATING ENGINE MOUNTS IS A RECALL NOTICE I WOULD HAVE PURUSED. IN ANY EVENT, I CALLED THE DEALER (CENTURY FORD IN ROCKVILLE, MD) TODAY ASKING ABOUT THE ENGINE MOUNT DETERIORATION RECALL AND WHETHER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT AND REAR ENGINE MOUNTS SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN CARE OF AT NO COST TO ME. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE PARAMETERS OF THAT RECALL WERE IN EFFECT ONLY FOR 60,000 MI

FUEL INJECTION- CAR STALLS, WON'T ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. WIPERS- STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF WINDSHIELD, VISIBILITY HAMPERED. WHEELS- MAKING A SQUEEKING NOISE, WHEN INSPECTED FOUND LARGE CRACKS. OWNERS MANUAL WAS NOT INCLUDED WITH THE CAR. MOTOR MOUNTS KEEP BREAKING. SPARE WHEEL/TIRE THAT CAME WITH VEHICLE WAS RUSTED, PARTS OF THE JACK MISSING. POWER STEERING FLUID PUMP WAS CRACKED/LEAKING, HAD TO BE REPLACED. AIRCONDITIONER COMPRESSOR DID NOT WORK, BELT CONNECTED TO THE ALTERNATOR WOULD NOT MOVE, SO CAR WOULD NOT START. BRAKE CYLINDER LEAKING FLUID ONTO BRAKES. HOOD WILL NOT STAY UP.

SUB FRAME MOUNT ON DRIVER'S SIDE FAILED. FOR PAST FEW WEEKS I NOTICED INCREASING NOISES/CLUNKING NOISES FROM DRIVER'S SIDE UNDERNEATH MY FEET. THIS WEEK THE STEERING BECAME VERY "STIFF" WITH LEFT HAND TURNS. I WAS INFORMED TODAY BY MY MECHANIC THAT THE PROBLEM CAME FROM A BROKEN SUB FRAME MOUNT. HE ADVICED ME TO TAKE THE CAR IMMEDIATLY TO A FORD DEALER WHICH I AM DOING. THANK YOU

GEARS WILL NOT SHIFT ON THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION CABLE HAS DETERIORATED. DEALER SAID PARTS WERE NO LONGER MANUFACTURED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, THE BOLT CAME OUT OF THE SUBFRAME, AND CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLE. ALSO, STEERING WENT OUT. *AK

THE AIR CONDITIONER HAS GONE OUT BECAUSE OF THE COMPRESSOR. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

HEATER CORE FAILED CAUSING SMOKE. MJS

AIR BAG INDICATION LIGHT WOULD NOT CUT OFF DURING TRAVELING . DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON 1-WAY STREET ANOTHER VEHICLE APPEARED ON DRIVER'S SIDE & WAS BROADSIDED. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

POWER SEATS SHORTED OUT, CAUSING A FIRE.VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

AIR BAG SENSORS FAILED CAUSING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. MJS

WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH MOTOR MOUNTS CAME OFF, CAUSING POWER STEERING TO GO OUT AND VEHICLE WOULD ONLY TURN TO THE RIGHT DUE TO THE POWER STEERING FLUID THAT LEAKED OUT. CONSUMER HAD TO GET THE VEHICLE TOWED. *AK

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

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN COLLISION AT 40 MPH AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER OBTAINED MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING REAR SUBFRAME MOUNTS SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND A COLLISION. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

OUTER TIE ROD END WOULD COME OUT OF RUBBER BUSHINGS & SEPARATE. THIS WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *AK

WHILE HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED AT A PRIVATE SHOP, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ENGINE MOUNTS WERE CORRODED. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

VEHICLE WILL TAKE OFF AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATE ALL BY ITSELF, CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

PASSENGER'S SEATBELT DOES NOT RETRACT.IT WON'T PROTECT OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. THERE IS A RECALL 92V113000, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BUT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE FRONT MOUNTS ARE CORRODING & RUSTING & NEEDED REPLACING. HAS RECEIVED RECALL FOR REAR SUB-FRAME MOUNTS, BUT NOTHING FOR FRONT. *AK

CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED RECALL 98V323000, REAR SUBFRAME MOUNTS CORROSION. THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. DEALER CONTACTED ON 3-11-99 AND 4-9-99. *AK

BODY MOUNTS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE CAUSING REAR SUBFRAME TO DROP AND LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY. (RECALL 98S36) NLM.

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO 60 WHILE CONSUMER WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO AN STOP. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND PLACED THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. FINALLY, SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT THE MODULE WENT OUT. ALSO WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD BE FLASHING. *AK

RECALL REPAIR WORK PROBLEMS ON BODY MOUNTS (98V-323). ( UNABLE TO READ COMPLETE DOCUMENT TO DETERMINE SPECIFIC RECALL PROBLEMS. MJS).

SUBFRAME BOLT BROKE CAUSING SUBFRAME TO DROP AND DIFFICULT STEERING, DEALER REFUSED RECALL REPAIR DUE TO VIN. 98V-323 NM

THE MOUNTS, SUPPORTING TRANSMISSION/ENGINE, KEEP BREAKING. THE MOUNTS BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 5 DIFFERENT TIMES DUE TO BREAKING. HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR SUBFRAME (98V323000). *AK

AIR CONDITIONER FAILED. *YC

SEAT BELT BUCKLE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE DOES NOT LATCH. MANUFACTURE/DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 92V113000 INTERIOR SYSTEMS: ACTIVE RESTRAINTS BELT BUCKLES. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME APART AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED.

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED DEALERSHIP PROBLEMS TRYING TO GET RECALL WORK PERFORMED(NOTICE SENT FEB-99)(98V-323) NOT COMPLETED WHEN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE. MJS

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35MPH WHEN HE WAS AT A CURVE, TRIED TO STEER TO THE LEFT, BUT STEERING WAS STUCK AND CONSUMER HIT A LIGHT POLE. VEHICLE IS AT MECHANIC SHOP. *AK

WE ORDERED THIS CAR NEW IN 1990 WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASUM. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A PERFECT CAR FOR MY WIFE TO DO HER DAILY DRIVING IN WHICH AVERAGES ABOUT 10 MILES. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS HAVE FAILED FOUR TIMES SINCE WE HAVE OWNED THIS CAR.FORD HAS REPLACED THESE MOUNTS 3TIMES UNDER WARRANTY, AND THE FOURTH TIME I PAID $356.00 FOR THEIR REPLACEMENT.NOW ONCE MORE I AM HEARING THAT FAMILAR CLUNK WHICH MEANS THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS NEED REPLACEMENT AGAIN.THESE MOUNTS HAVE FAILED SINCE 12/29/93, 5/20/94, 7/17/95, AND O5/8/97. FORD REPLACED THE MOUNTS THE FIRST THREE TIMES UNDER WARRANTY,THE FORTH TIME I HAD TO HAVE THEM REPAIRED,IT COST $356. I CALLED FORD ABOUT THIS PRBBLEM,AND ASK IF THIS SHOULD BE STILL BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THIS IS A REOCCURRING PROBLEM AND I WAS TOLD NO. HOPEFULLY,THIS PROBLEM CAN BE RESOLVED. THANK YOU RUDY MARTELL. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SYMTOMS OF RECALL NOTICE 98S36 PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND ACCIDENT.

RECALLS 93V-106.002/MFR 98S36.THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTS WITH THE FRONT BODY MOUNTS. DEALER CONTACTED, AND CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM WITH RECALL. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

CONSUMERS VEHICLE RECALL ON SUBFRAME MOUNT PLATE NUT WAS NOT PERFORMED IN A TIMELY MANNER.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 55MPH, THE REAR WINDOW OF THE CAR SUDDENLY SHATTERED AND EXPLODED SMALL PIECES OF GLASS ALL OVER THE INSIDE OF THE REAR OF THE CAR, WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS IMPACT OR OBJECT HITTING THE CAR. A CHILD WAS IN THE REAR SEAT NEAR THE AREA OF THE SHATTERED GLASS, BUT LUCKILY WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THE GLASS SHATTERING, NOTHING HIT THE CAR TO BREAK THE GLASS. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A DEFECT OF SOME TYPE IN THE ORIGINAL WINDSHIELD.