1992 Ford Taurus complaints

I PURCHASED THIS CAR WITH 13,000 ORIG MI..I HAVE CAREFULLY AND METHODICALLY MAINTAINED MY CAR..WHY DID HEADGASKET FAIL AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE?*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK

ONGOING STALLING PROBLEM. BELIEVED PROBLEM MAYBE DUE TO TFI MODULES. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY IN HOT CLIMATE VEHICLE STALLED AND DIED. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. *AK

PE00-020; TIRES WERE SHOWING TREAD SEPARATION ON RIGHT FRONT AND LEFT REAR TIRES. FORD, TAURUS, 1992 FIRESTONE, 440 205/70R14. *AK BOTH RIGHT FRONT AND LEFT REAR TIRES EXPERIENCED STEELBELT SEPARATION AND ONLY HAD 48000 MILES. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

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WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD, REGRADLESS OF WHAT SPEED, VEHICLE JUST DIES WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF WARNING. SOMETIMES VEHICLE WILL START AGAIN AFTER A FEW MINUTES. SOMETIMES VEHICLE HAS TO BE TOWED. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLS NUMEROUS TIMES AND REPLACING THE DISTRIBUTOR AS POSSIBLE CAUSE DID NOT GET RED OF THE PROBLEM. *YH

ABS WILL APPLY BY THEMSELVES. BRAKE PEDAL WILL HAVE FULL HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN BRAKING MOTION. PUSHING REAL HARD WILL RELEASE THE PRESSURE. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. DEALER HAS TRIED TO FIND THE PROBLEM, BUT CAN'T REMDY ONE.*AK

LOCAL TIRE DEALER HAS STATED THAT THIS MODEL OF TIRE (LTE 3000) HAS PROBLEM WITH SEPARATION OF LAYERS IN SIDEWALL.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/65R15 )

THIS WARRANTS A RECALL IF ANYTHING THIS VIOLATES THE CLEAN AIR ACT-EMISSIONS DURING FAILURE

HEAD ON COLLISION /JAW FRACTURE/4 HERNIATED DISCS WICH REQUIRED SURGERY IN NECK,CONCUSSION WITH PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE,HERNIATED DISC IN LUMBAR SECTION WICH REQUIRED SURGERY /HOSPITALIZATION TOTALING 40 DAYS/DISABLED CURRENTLEY SINCE ACCIDENT DATE OF 2/12/1998.

VEHICLE STALLS ESPICALLY UPON ACCELEARTION, IE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC LANE

THIS VEHICLE STALLS WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. IT ALSO HESITATES WHEN BEING DRIVEN. I AM REPORTING THESE COMPLAINTS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THESE PROBLEMS AND THAT A RECALL IS UNDER CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. *AK

THE VEHICLES MOTOR MOUNTS CAME OFF WHICH RESULTED IN ENGINE ACCELERATION. *MJS

PURCHASED 2 TIRES 5-27-00. ABOUT 1 MONTH LATER THE TREAD CAME OFF OF THE LEFT FRONT. ON 8-17-00 SECOND TIRE BLEW OUT THE SIDEWALL WHEN IT HIT A 4 INCH POTHOLE. TIRE WAS WORN ABOUT 20% AFTER 4800 MILES DRIVEN ON IT. STORE WHERE THEY WERE PURCHASED, REPLACED BOTH TIRES. JUST WANTED TO SEND INFO TO BE LOOKED INTO.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 70SR 15WW )

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I RECENTLY PURCHASED THE 70,000 MILE WARRANTY TIRES DESCRIBED. WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS ONE OF THE TIRES SPLIT APART ON THE SIDE WHILE I WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 30 MPH. IT WAS RULED DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED. ON 7/28, WHILE GOING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE A SECOND TIRE SPLIT APART RESULTING IN A WRECK WITH INJURIES. THE TIRE PLACE WHERE I PURCHASED THE TIRES SAID IT FAILED AND SPLIT APART AFTER THEY EXAMINED WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE TIRE. A WEEK LATER I HEARD ABOUT THE FIRESTONE PROBLEMS AND I WAS WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT BF GOODRICH HAD HAD REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRES AS I HAVE HAD TWO COME APART? ANYWAY, I WANTED TO REPORT THIS TO YOU BECAUSE IF IT IS A PROBLEM I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE KILLED OR INJURED ANY MORE SERIOUSLY THAN MY SON AND I WERE.( DOT NUMBER: URTU11 TIRE SIZE: P205/65R15 )

THE HEAD GASKET WAS ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER THE ENGINE AND ANTI-FREEZE WAS BURNING IN THE ENGINE. NLM

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WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 92-95 3.8 DRIVETRAINS ON TAURUS'S SABLES'S AND WINDSTAR'S

RECALL 98V323000/SUBFRAME: RECALL REPAIRS WAS MADE IN JAN 1999; NOW THE PROBLEM HAVE REOCCURRED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT REPAIRS WAS ALREADY DONE, AND NOTHING ELSE WOULD BE DONE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. APPLIED BRAKES AND EMGERNCY PARKING BRAKE, WHICH DID STOP VEHICLE . BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. TO GAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE CONSUMER TURNED IT OFF. DEALER REPLACED POWER BOOSTER WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE 3.8 HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, AND SHE WAS LOOKING THOUGH HER SIDE MIRROR AND NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE.*AK

MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE, CAUSING ENGINE TO DROP WHILE DRIVING WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VACUUM BRAKING POWER ASSIST HAS BROKEN 3 TIMES, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER BRAKING. MANUAL BRAKING IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE.*AK

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN INTO A BUSINESS PARKING LOT, THE TIE ROD END SNAPPED OFF CAUSING THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL TO TURN IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND THROWING THE CAR TO STOP. FORTUNATE FOR MY WIFE THAT SHE WASN'T DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE CAR WAS TOWED BY AAA TO A FORD DEALER WHERE DRIVER SIDE TIE ROD WAS REPLACED FOR 170 DOLLARS. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE PASSENGER TIE ROD COULD SIMILARLY SNAP WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN DOWN THE HIGHWAY!

ON COLD MORNINGS, THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY STAW AFTER FIVE MINUTES OF DRIVING. ALLOWING THE CAR TO WARM UP AT IDLE DOES NOT ELIMINATE PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, THE CAR'S COMPUTER REPORTS NO PROBLEMS AND THEY ARE AT A LOSS WHAT TO DO.*AK

IF THIS PART FAILURE HAPPENED AT SPEED THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS, POSSIBLY CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT. THE CAR HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED AND SENSIBLY DRIVEN. I AM FRIENDS WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND KNOW THAT HE TOOK EXCEPTIONAL CARE OF THE CAR AND ALSO DROVE IT VERY CONSERVATIVELY. I HAVE THE FAILED PART AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IF YOU NEED IT. I BELIEVE THE PART FAILED DUE TO POOR MACHINING OR INCORRECT HEAT TREATING. AS POPULAR AS THIS MODEL IS I FELT IT VERY IMPORTANT TO REPORT THIS SITUATION.*AK

SINGLE THUMP SOUND WHEN SHIFTED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO REVERSE, THEN SHIFT TO GO FORWARD THE ENGINE SUDDENLY RACED CAUSING THE CAR TO ACCELERATE UNCONTROLLABLY. DUE TO IDLE AIR CONTROL LOCATED ON TOP OF THE ENGINE BROKE, CAUSING ENGINE TO RACE AT TOP SPEED, ENGINE CAME LOOSE FROM THE MOUNTS, FLOWN UP STRIKING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HOOD AND BREAKING THE IDLE AIR CONTROL, SUBFRAME MOUNT BOLTS WERE REPLACED.

REAR SUBFRAME MOUNTS BROKE IN HALF DUE TO CORROSION . A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE'S MAKE/MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK BRAKE SYSTEM TOTALLY REBUILT AT 52,453, MOTOR MOUNTS AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS REPLACED AT 35,771, TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT 62,188 MILES. *YH

MOTOR MOUNTS RUSTED. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED; HOWEVER, THE COVERAGE PERIOD HAS BEEN EXCEEDED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

PULLED UP TO A STOP SIGN AND RIGHT SIDE INNER TIE ROD BROKE. ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO, INNER TIE ROD ON THE LEFT SIDE BROKE. BOTH OF THE TIE RODS BROKE BY THE BALL JOINT. BOTH TIE RODS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK *ML

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. BUT SECONDS PRIOR TO DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYING, 2 PLASTIC PIECES CAME OFF THE DASH WHICH WAS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO AIRBAG IN I-SHAPE, HITTING DRIVER IN THE FACE AND BREAKING NOSE. ALSO PASSENGER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJURIES TO PASSENGER WITH PERMANENT DAMAGE TO LUNGS DUE TO CHEMICALS IN AIRBAG. *AK

DURING HOT WEATHER BOLTS HOLDING ALLOY WHEEL TO AXLE SHEARING. FIRST ON JULY 5, 1999, AND SECOND ON MAY 3, 2000. ON THE FIRST OCCASION THREE BOLTS SHEARED ON THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL AND ONE ON THE RIGHT FRONT. ON THE SECOND OCCASION TWO BOLTS SHEARED ON THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. BOTH INSTANCES OCCURED DURING HOT WEATHER WITH TEMPS IN THE LOW 90'S.

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE (POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FAILURE). *SLC

FIRST REPAIR ON 2-99 AT 50,000 MILES AT CONSUMERS COST. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY.

MY AIR CONDITIONER WENT OUT (ENTIRE SYSTEM) JUST AFTER HAVING IT A YEAR, I THEN PROCEEDED TO HAVE TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, ALONG WITH MANY MANY OTHER SMALL PARTS, SUCH AS IDLER PULLY, WATER PUMP, ETC, ALL BEFORE MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS UP. JUST AFTER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS UP AT 80,000 MILES I HAD TO REPLACE MY RADIATOR. MY ENGINE WAS BABIED, MY HUSBAND CHANGED THE OIL FAITHFULLY EVERY 2500 MILES, CHANGED AIR FILTERS, FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION, ANYTHING TO MAINTAIN THE VEHICLE, BECAUSE BY THIS TIME I WAS TRAVELING FAR TO WORK EVERYDAY, (35MILES 1 WAY), SO I HAVE PUT A LOT OF HIGHWAY MILES ON IT, THEN WITHOUT WARNING THE HEADGASKET BLEW, SENDING ANTIFREEZE INTO THE ENGINE. IF I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THEY WERE HAVING, I WOULD HAVE HAD IT TAKEN CARE OF, SINCE I DIDN'T I MISSED A LOT OF WORK AND HAD TO BUY A NEW CAR, SINCE THE EXPENSE OF REPAIR WASNT WORTH IT. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A COMPLETE LEMON, AND I HAVE THE $6000 WORTH OF WARRANTY WORK AS PROOF, PLUS THE ENGINE BLOWING. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, ENGINE BLOCK MAY BE CRACKED. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE RIGHT FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE IN AN INTER-SECTIONAL CRASH, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE OR THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. CRASH WAS REPORTED TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY. OWNER NOT SURE IF THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED OR TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I WAS INFORMED BY THE FORD DEALEERSHIP THE COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT WAS THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE TWO HEAD-GASKET FAILURES. I REASEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET/YAHOO. I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR FORDS 90-96 3.8L ENGINE. FORD CURRENTLY HAS A PROGRAM FOR 94-96 3.8L ENGINES AND A SECRET WARRENTY FOR THE 93 3.8 L ENGINE. HOWEVER IT HAS NO PROGRAM FOR THE SAME FAILURES IN THE 1992 ENGINE. *AK

HEAD GASKETS BLOWN AND THE FRONT TIMING COVER GASKET LEAKING COOLANT. COOLANT MIXED WITH OIL REQUIRING $2429.54 DOLLARS TO REPAIR DAMAGE TO ENGINE. ACCORDING TO USA TODAY ARTICLE DATED, APRIL 27, 2000, TITLED "FORD EXTENDS WARRANTY ON SOME V-6 ENGINES" THE 3.8L ENGINES IN FORD TAURUS'S AND OTHER FORD MODELS HAVE HAD PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURES ALLOWING COOLANT TO ENTER THE ENGINE. FORD AGREED TO FIX THESE CARS WITH THE 3.8L ENGINES FROM 1995 ON BUT EARLIER TAURUS'S WITH THE SAME 3.8L ENGINE, SUCH AS MY CAR HAD PREMATURE FAILURES. THE HEAD GASKET IN MY 1992 TAURUS (3.8L) BLEW IT'S HEAD GASKET AT 87,595 MILES, WELL BEFORE THE EXPECTED 120,000 INDICATED IN THE PRESS. I EXPECT FORD MOTOR CO. TO RECALL THESE ENGINES OR REIMBURSE ME FOR THIS UNNECESSARY EXPENSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND VEHICLE LOST STOPPING POWER. ALSO, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT, AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER STOPPING (JUST BEFORE LOSING POWER THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF). *AK.ET.

THE MOTOR MOUNTS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 98V-323 THEN FAILED AGAIN. NLM

WHY DOESNT FORD COVER THESE UNDER A RECALL THE DEALER TOLD ME THESE CARS ARE DROPPING LIKE FLIES, IT'S FUNNY HOW THE DEALER SAYS ITS A BIG PROBLEM BUT FORD SAYS THEY ARE NOT HAVING A PROBLEM???????????????????? ANY HELP WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL THANK-YOU. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED WITHIN VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED,CAUSING LOSS OF COOLANT INTO ENGINE. CAR HAD MILEAGE OF 70, 053. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 3.8L ENGINE. FORD IS EXTENDING WARRANTY ON LATER YEAR MODELS, BUT PROBLEM EXISTED PRIOR TO 1994. I HAD THE SERVICE PERFORMED BY LOCAL GARAGE AND ASKED FORD FOR REIMBURSEMENT BUT THEY REFUSED. NUMEROUS FINDINGS ON THE INTERNET INDICATE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS VERY FREQUENT AFTER 65,000 MILES. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK