1993 Ford Taurus complaints

VEHICLE DENIED RECALL WORK ON FUEL PUMP COMPONENT.

AFTER DEALER INSTALLED SHIELDS UNDER CAR PER RECALL CONSUMER NOTICED BANGING OR KNOCKING NOISE UNDER CAR WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 60 MPH AND USING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON HIGH SPEED, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING UNTIL CONSUMER CHANGED WIPERS' SPEED TO LOW, AND THEY STARTED WORKING AGAIN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

FAILURE OF AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY ON EITHER SIDE IN CAR , DRIVER OR PASSENGER, DURING COLLISION.

TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT ON A RECALL. THE COST WOULD GO TO CONSUMER IF REPAIRED. *AK.

THE REAR BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP OR FREEZE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. WOULD NOT UNLOCK. HAD BRAKES REPAIRED AT LEAST 3 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR LOCKING UP. *AK

ENGINE MOUNT FAILED, RECALL ON OTHER MODELS WITH LARGER SIZE MOTORS, VEHICLE DENIED.

ERRATIC TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATION FOR APPROX. 2-3 WKS. RESULTED IN OVERHEATING OF ENGINE WITH WATER CONTAMINATION OF COMBUSTION SECTION.

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELT BUCKLES. TWO OUT OF SIX OF SEAT BELT BUCKLES BROKE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK

RACK AND PINION FAILED.

MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED CAUSING EXTREME VIBRATION.

DURING A RECENT SEVERE RAIN STORM, MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WHEN I INCREASED THE SPEED FROM NORMAL TO FAST. I GOT THEM TO WORK BY TURNING BACK TO NORMAL AND UP TO FAST THE SECOND TIME. IN ADDITION, WHEN I ACTIVATED THE TURN SIGNALS, THE WIPERS STOPPED FUNCTIONING. I WAS TOTALLY WITHOUT SIGHT ON A BUSY SIX LANE CITY STREET IN A LOT OF TRAFFIC. I HAD NOTICED MY WINDSHIELD WASHER DIDN'T WORK, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A MOTOR PROBLEM. I WIRED THE MOTOR DIRECTLY TO THE BATTERY AND IT WORKED FINE. I CALLED A LOCAL DEALER TO SEE IF THERE HAD BEEN A SAFETY RECALL SINCE I HAD BOUGHT THE CAR FROM A PRIVATE OWNER AND MIGHT NOT GET ALL THE NOTIFICATIONS. HE SAID NO, BUT WHEN I DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM TO THE SERVICE TECH AND ASKED FOR ADVICE, HE SAID IT WAS COMMON THAT WIRES GET DAMAGED IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE LEVER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR ABOUT $160. HE DIDN'T HESITATE TO RECOMMEND A SOLUTION AND THAT INDICATES TO ME IT ISN'T AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. I THEN CALLED AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO HAS WORKED ON MY FORD PRODUCTS IN THE RECENT PAST. HE KNEW ABOUT THE WIPER CONTROLS AND WIRING PROBLEM. I ASKED HIM IF THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH TAURUS' AND HE SAID YES AMONG OTHER THINGS. I WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE THIS FIXED BEFORE A RECALL CAN BE EFFECTED, BUT I THOUGHT THIS IS SERIOUS AND LIKELY COMMON ENOUGH TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. IF I CAN WAIT, I WILL BECAUSE THE ESTIMATE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM RANGES FROM $160-$300 AND I THINK THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD COVER THIS DESIGN OR ASSEMBLY

DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO REPLACE PROBLEM WHINSHIED WHIPER SWICH..SAYS IT'S WEAR AND TEAR... NOW HOW OFTEN DO YOU USE YOUR WINSHIELD WIPER SWICH ENOUGH TO WEAR IT OUT WITH LESS THAN 50,00 MILES? GOD HELP US.. IF THAT IS THE CASE.

VEHICLE STARTED OVERHEATING. MECHANIC STATES THE HEAD GASKETS ARE DEFECTIVE. VEHICLE BEING REPAIRED AT OWNERS EXPENSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT WITH NO WARNING. OWNER HAD TO COAST TO SAFETY. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK

WHEN ACCELERATING THERE IS MOVEMENT FROM THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE MOUNTS WERE REPLACED UNDER RECALL # 93V1060002 IN 1995 WITH 56,000 MILES. THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED.

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT, AND THE TIRES ARE VERY BALD. CONSUMER HAS THE TIRES ROTATED EVERY 3 TO 5000 MILES AND CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER CONCERNING THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. CONTACTED DEALER NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO REMEDY RECALL PROBLEM. RECALL NUMBER #981002000. *AK

TRANSMISSION- SHIFTS ERRATICALLY, VIOLENTLY SHIFTS INTO LOW GEAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS(THIS IS NOT PASSING GEAR). SEEMS TO OCCUR ONLY WHEN WEATHER IS VERY HOT AND HAVE BEEN IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. FORD WILL NOT REPLACE THE MOUNTS EVEN THOUGH A SAFETY RECALL WAS ISSUED. REASON - OVER 60,000 MILES, ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL DEALER.

WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL THERE IS ALOT OF VIBRATION. ALSO, THERE IS A LEAKAGE COMING FROM UNDER THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER , AND THE DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROMBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND THE ANTI-FREEZE LEAKED FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. *AK

THE DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET BURNT OUT, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN JULY FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS, RECALL# 98I002000. AFTER DELAY, RECALL WAS COMPLETED. CURRENT PROBLEM WITH WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. *AK *ML

BLOWN HEAD GASKET CAUSED DAMAGED TO THE HEAD, ROD, AND BEARINGS RESULTING IN ENGINE DAMAGE.

BRAKE CALIPER BOLT FAILED DUE TO THREAD FAILURE.

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH FUEL TANK PUMP. WHEN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT FUEL PUMP WAS COMPLETELY BURNED OUT. THIS IS THE SECOND FUEL TANK PUMP THAT HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK *SLC

LOOSE FRONT TENSION STRUT BUSHING TO BALL JOINT, DUE TO WELD FAILURE.

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND HEARD A RUMBLING NOISE AND PULLED OVER, SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. A FIRE FIGHTER WAS DRIVING BY AND PULLED OVER AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

RECALL # 98V094 FRONT COIL SPRINGS MAY BREAK WHEN CONTACTING THE TIRE, WHICH MAY CAUSE A TIRE BLOWOUT AND AN ACCIDENT. DEALER HAS NOT RECEIVED THE PARTS AS OF YET. *AK

VEHICLE CONTINUES TO CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WITH NO WARNING, CONSUMER IS AFRAID SHE WILL HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER CONTACTED DEALER . REPAIRS DELAYED UNTIL PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO REMEDY RECALL PROBLEM. RECALL NUMBER 98V09400. *AK *ML

RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED OVER 60 DAYS AGO, AND THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER CANNOT OBTAIN REPLACEMENT PARTS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THERE IS A NOISE WHICH IMPLIES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN IT WOULD VIBRATE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON & STAY. TOOK TO MECHANIC & TOLD MOTOR MOUNTS HAD SNAPPED & THE TIE RODS WERE DAMAGED AND THEY NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATBELT BUCKLES DO NOT BUCKLE AT ALL, , WHICH WILL NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CAR VIBRATES AND SHAKES WHILE BRAKING DUE TO BRAKES.

CONSUMER SAYS THAT IN AN ACCIDENT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK SEAT BELT BROKE . *YH

RECALL 98V094000/98S15; THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THE PARTS WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK

COIL SPRING RECALLED, DEALER REFUSED TO FIX UNTIL FAILURE OCCURES.

HAD NOTIFIED DEALERSHIP OF NOTICE OF RECALL. WAS TOLD HAD NOT PARTS AVAILABLE FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS & DID NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS A RECALL LETTER ON THE FRONT COIL SPRING. *AK

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS. HOWEVER, THE DEALER REFUSED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE UNLESS THE CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH COIL SPRINGS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE GAVE OUT AND SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE ENGINE. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. BELIEVED THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE VEHICLES THAT WERE RECALLED IN 1994 & 1995. DEALER/ MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND NO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL. *AK

WE NOTICED THE ENGINE SEEMED TO SHAKE EXCESSIVELY. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER (COX FORD, HAMPSTEAD, MD). THEY INFORMED US THAT OUR PROBLEM WAS TWOFOLD. FIRST THEY SAID THE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING, AND THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE DETERIORATED. AFTER DOING SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND WITH PHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY, WE LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL ON THE MOTOR MOUNTS (REF: TSB #92M77 JUN 95). INITIALLY THE FORD CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CLERK INDICATED THAT THIS WORK WOULD BE PERFORMED WITH NO PROBLEM. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS, WE WERE NOTIFIED BY ANOTHER FORD CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CLERK THAT THIS PARTICULAR RECALL WAS SUBJECT TO A 60,000 MILE LIMITATION (THIS WAS NOT INDICATED ON THE INTERNET SITE OR BY THE FIRST CLERK). FURTHER MORE, DISCUSSIONS WITH A SERVICE MANAGER FROM ANOTHER LOCAL FORD DEALER HAD INDICATED THAT FORD HAS HAD A LOT OF PRE-MATURE FAILURES WITH THE 3.8L HEAD GASKETS AND THAT THERE WAS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT THE EXCESSIVE SHOCK AND VIBRATIONS FROM THE BROKEN MOTOR MOUNT COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. ESTIMATED REPAIRS FOR THIS PRE-MATURE FAILURE IS GOING TO COST ME AS MUCH AS $2000.00 ON A VEHICLE LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD. ANY INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ENGINE MOUNTS TWISTED AND BROKE OFF WHICH ALMOST CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

COIL SPRINGS CAN FRACTURE AS A RESULT OF THE CORROSION IN COMBINATION WITH SMALL CRACKS. THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT HAVE THE PARTS IN, AND THE CONSUMER DOESN'T LIKE DRIVING AROUND WITH COIL SPRINGS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

COIL SPRING FRACTURED CAUSING DAMAGES OF OTHER COMPONENTS (STRUTS & TIRES)RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE TO COLLASPE, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 45 MPH AND PRESSING ON THE BRAKES TO STOP AT A STOP LIGHT, THEN PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL TO GO AGAIN, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT PICK UP SPEED RIGHT AWAY OR SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD REVVING NOISE THEN JERKS AND JUMPS INTO THE CORRECT GEAR. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER CONCERNING THE COIL SPRINGS. DEALER HAS YET TO HONOR HER RECALL LETTER SINCE JULY 98. RECALL # 98I- 002.000. *AK