1993 Ford Taurus complaints

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES AND GOES OFF SEVERAL TIMES, THE VEHICLE IDLES ERRATICALLY AND STALLS WHILE DRIVING DUE TO INTEMITTENT FAILURE OF THE IGNITION CONTROL ASSEMBLY. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIX THE VEHICLE BECAUSE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER WANTS INVESTIGATION REGARDING PARTS SHORTAGE. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT). *YH

CONSUMER COMPLAINT IS THAT WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED, AND WAS REPLACED BY PRIVATE GARAGE AT THE CONSUMER'S COST. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE HIS CASE TO BE ADDED TO CURRENT INVESTIGATION FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

ENGINE IS RUNNING VERY ROUGH, SOUNDS LIKE CONSUMER IS DRIVING A TRUCK.*AK

HEAD GASKET HAD A LEAK AND OVERHEATED BLOCK, AND CAUSED BLOCK TO WARP. CONSUMER STATED CAR WAS NOT DRIVEABLE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 98 V 323 000/ SUBFRAME CORROSION ON 03-MAR-1999 AT VICTOR FORD IN WAUCONDA, IL 847-526-5541. CONSUMER STATED THAT REMEDY HAS FAILED. *AK MOTOR MOUNTS HAVE REPLACED, AS WELL AS EXHAUST SYSTEM BECAUSE ENGINE PIPE INTO MUFFLER WAS CRACKED DUE TO CONSTANT JERKING MOTION. *JB

HEAD GASKET BLEW AT 65K. AS I LATER FOUND OUT, THIS IS THE SECOND HEAD GASKET ON THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST HEAD GASKET BLEW AT 39K. TIMING COVER NEEDED TO REPLACED AS WELL. *AK

THIS IS A 1993 FORD TAURUS WITH 59000 MILES THAT BLEW HEAD GASKET WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. CALLED FORD AND THEY WILL DO NOTHING TO HELP COMPENSATE THIS WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS MOTOR. THERE ARE MANY MANY PEOPLE ON THE WEB POSTING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME RESULTS. NOTHING FROM FORD. *AK

MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, THEN REPLACED UNDER RECALL, AND REPLACED 1 TIME OWNER PAY.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

BOUGHT VEHICLE USED. WHILE DRIVING 35MPH VEHICLE IT STARTED TO VIBRATE. VIBRATION WOULD STOP, THEN START OVER AGAIN. HAD LOST POWER GOING UPHILL.*AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING 35MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. THEN VIBRATION WOULD STOP, AND LATER START OVER AGAIN. WOULD LOSE POWER WHILE GOING UP HILL.*AK RADIATOR LEAKED AND WAS REPLACED, DEALER ALSO REPLACED HEAD GASKETS. *SLC

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING. ANTI FREEZE LEAKED OUT OF ENGINE. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, INFORMED CONSUMER NO RECALLS ON VEHICLE.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE WILL TURN OFF WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. *AK DEALER FINDS NOTHING WRONG WHEN INSPECTING VEHICLE, HOWEVER CONSUMER FEELS THE FAULTY PART IS THE TFI MODULE. GENERAL TIRES HAVE EXPERIENCED 2 CORD SEPARATIONS AND ONE BLOWOUT. *SLC

ENGINE STOPPED OPERATING ONE MORNING ON A COLD START AND CAUSED A BLACK SMOKE TO COME OUT OF TAILPIPE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, STATED THAT HEAD GASKET HAD FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *CONSUMER SPENT APPROXIMATELY $2500.00 TO REPAIR THIS DEFECT.*AK

FORD HAS COVERED THIS FAILURE FOR 1994/1995 TAURUS, BUT HAS ADMITTED THE PROBLEM EXISTS IN 1988-1995 FORD VEHICLES. 40% OF THESE FAILURES OCCUR BETWEEN 60,000 AND 75,000 MILES. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

IVE PUT 36000 MILES ON THIS CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN 1995 I WAS GOING TO WORK ONE MORNING AND THIS CAR JUST BLEW A HEAD GASKET WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH OVERHEATING OR ANYTHING. *AK

REAR SWAY BAR BROKEN.

WAS DRIVING 30MPH AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM EXHAUST. HAD A 3.8LITER ENGINE. HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND SPOKE TO REPRESENTATIVE #2072. WAS INFORMED LOW FAILURE RATE ON THOSE VEHICLES, AND NO RECALLS EVER ISSUED.*AK CONSUMER STATES HE CONTACTED FORD HEADQUARTERS AND WAS ADVISED THAT THEY SPENT OVER THEIR BUDGET AND THAT THE VEHICLE THAT CONSUMER HAS THE YEAR IS NOT INCLUDED. *JB

CONSUMER HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING. MOTOR MOUNTS DISCONNECTED FROM BODY.*AK

CAR WAS TAKEN IN FOR A RECALL ON MOTOR MOUNTS. ABOUT A YEAR AND HALF LATER MOTOR WAS LIFTING OUT OF CAR, AND CAR WAS RUNNING ROUGH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ENGINE STOPPED, AND STEERING CONTROL/ BRAKING SYSTEM WERE LOST. A PRIVATE MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN, AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED, POSSIBLY THE HEADS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING ENGINE STARTED SHAKING, WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM EXHAUST, HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND DOWNSHIFT. VEHICLE STARTED STALLING AS CONSUMER WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL OVER. ALSO, POWER STEERING FAILED.*AK

FRONT SPRINGS BROKE TWICE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND TIRE WAS SLICED/ WENT FLAT EACH TIME. VEHICLE COLLAPSED TOWARDS STREET. PART OF SPRING WAS STICKING OUT. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND SPOKE TO LISA 2209. WAS INFORMED DEALER WILL CALL TO REPLACE FRONT SPRINGS. REAR SPRINGS REPLACED 1/01/ FRONT SPRINGS BACK IN 1998.*AK BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AND THE RIGHT SPRING WAS RUBBING TIRE. LATER ON, THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. THIS INCIDENT INDICATED THAT THE DESIGN WAS FLAWED. *YH

VEHICLE HAD A FLAT TIRE ON RIGHT FRONT. WHEN CHANGING TIRE CONSUMER NOTICED FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. *AK *JB

THE VEHICLE FRONT SPRING BROKE, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT THIS PROBLEM BE REPAIRED UNDER RECALL NOTICE 98I-002 BUT WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. NLM

BLOWN HEAD GASKET ON 1993 3.8 ENGINE; FORD COVERS 1994-1996 SAME ENGINE (NOT RECALL - SAFETY ISSUE); FORD PAYS TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET OR PROVIDE $4000 TO FUTURE PURCHASE OF FORD VEHICLE. *AK

CAR BEGAN STALLING IN LATE 2000. MECHANIC FINALLY DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS FAILED INGITION CONTROL MODULE. REPLACEMENT PART IS UNAVAILABLE. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHEN IT WILL BE. CAR IS UNDRIVABLE AND HAS BEEN SITTING FOR OVER 2 MONTHS. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.*AK

WHEN DRIVING OR OPERATING VEHICLE FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR AT A TIME, REGARDLESS OF SPEED, VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO SHAKE AND STALL. CONSUMER SAID THAT ENGINE COULD BE RESTARTED, BUT IT WILL NOT REMAIN RUNNING. IT IS AN ESTIMATED TIME OF AN HOUR TO PASS BEFORE ENGINE WILL RESTART AND REMAIN RUNNING. DEALERSHIP WILL REPLACE VARIOUS PARTS ON VEHICLE, BUT THEIR ACTIONS WILL NOT CORRECT DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING AROUND FOR AN HOUR AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON CITY ROADS. DEALERSHIP REPLACED LEAKING HEAD GASKET AND VALVE COVER GASKET, AND O2 SENSOR DUE TO COOLANT CONTAMINATION. ALSO, THERMOSTAT AND SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP THAT MOTOR MOUNTS WERE BROKEN WHEN SHE TOOK HER VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE CHECK UP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

SMOKE WAS COMING OUT REAR EXHAUST, CAUSING HEAT TO FAIL AND OVERHEAT. A 1/2 GALLON TO A GALLON WAS BEING ADDED EVERY 100 MILES. DEALER GAVE CONSUMER COLD SHOULDER. CONSUMER WENT TO A MECHANIC WHO SAID IT WAS A BAD GASKET. *AK

TRANSMISSION INTER LOCK SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. PLASTIC CASE THAT HOLDS WIRE CRACKED .CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER SAID NO CAMPAIN ON COMPLAINT. *AK

ENGINE TEMPERATURE LEVER VACILLATES BETWEEN THE HOT AND COLD INDICATORS AND ALSO CONERNS OF WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HOT AND COLD AIR BLOWING FROM THE HEATING/COOLING VENTS, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT THERMOSTAT WAS STUCK,THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER DID NOT ALLEVIATE PROBLEM OF THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE FROM VACILLATING,WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT THERMOSTAT WOULD PROBABLY STICK AGAIN,CONSUMER WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT GASKETS WERE AT THE BEGINNING STAGES OF FAILING, AS WELL AS HAVING BROKEN ENGINE MOUNTS,AND A LEAKING RADIATOR, NONE OF THE REPAIRS WERE MADE, UPON STARTING VEHICLE NOTICED RIDING ROUGH AND ALSO NOTICED WHITE SMOKE EMITTING FROM TAIL PIPE, CONSUMER WAS GOING TO RETURN VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT START UP AGAIN.

ENGINE OVERHEATED AND LOST COOLANT. VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED, HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 20 TIMES. *AK

WHILE BACKING UP CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE, THEN, FRONT END OF VEHICLE DROPPED DOWN. RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN, THERE IS A RECALL 98I002000, BUT ACCORDING TO FORD THIS VEHICLE NOT AFFECTED. *AK *JB

BLOWN HEAD GASKETS; 1993 3.8 V6 ENGINE, 97,123 MILES, $1,200.00 FIX - ENGINE TEMPERATURE GUAGE OPERATED ERRATICALLY. DEALER (SOERENS FORD, BROOKFIELD, WI) ATTEMPTED DIAGNOSIS AND RETURNED CAR TO OWNER WITH WHITE SMOKE BILLOWING FROM TAIL PIPE; DEALER INFORMED CUSTOMER THAT HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN *AK

IN 1998 VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR FRONT COIL SPRING REPAIRS UNDER RECALL 98 V 094 000. DEALER REPAIRED, BUT CURRENTLY CONSUMER HAD FIND OUT THAT FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN, AND DEALER WAS NOT TAKING CARE OF SPRINGS.*AK

STEERING WHEEL TIE ROD BROKE WHILE DRIVING IN RESIDENTIAL STREET. *AK

VEHICLE STALLING INTERMITTENTLY, AT ANY SPEED/ANY TIME. DEALER STATED THIS WAS DUE TO A FAULTY IGNITION DEVICE. *AK VEHICLE WILL NOT START WHETHER IT IS IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. STARTER, SPARKPLUGS, AND BATTERY HAVE BEEN REPLACED, DOOR CHIME WOULD SOUND WHEN KEYS WERE NOT IN IGNITION. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND EXPERIENCES ERRATIC SHIFTING. FAULTY FRONT STRUTS CAUSE VEHICLE TO OVERSTEER, TIRES WERE ROTATED AND FRONT WAS ALIGNED TO HELP PROBLEM, HOWEVER DID NOT REMEDY. DASHBOARD RATTLES, HOWEVER DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND THERE IS WIND NOISE WHEN DRIVEN OVER 20 MPH, LEFT DOOR WAS NOT ALIGNED PROPERLY. KEYLESS ENTRY FAILED, PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR LOCK INOPERABLE. EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NEVER INSTALLED. THERE IS A CONSISENT WIND SOUND IN VEHICLE. FRONT END EXPERIENCED SHAKING. EXCESSIVE FUEL CONSUMPTION. DIFFICULT AND NOISY STEERING OCCURRED, DEALER REPLACED POWER STEERING LINE. FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED. EXHAUST REPLACED. FUEL PUMP REPLACED. WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH WAS REPLACED. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS ONLY 47114 MILES ON. *SLC

I BOUGHT MY 1993 FORD TAURUS LX USED. I HAVE NOW HAD TO HAVE THE MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED (3 TIMES) AND THE LOCAL FORD/MERCURY DEALER WILL ON WARRANT THE PARTS FOR 12 MONTHS OR 12,000 MILES WHATEVER COMES FIRST. HOW OR WHY SHOULD THE SAME PART KEEP FAILING AND THE CONSUMER HAVE TO KEEP PAYING THE PRICE TO REPLACE THEM. TO BUY NEW MOTOR MOUNTS AND LABOR TO INSTALL THEM IS ABOUT $425.00 EACH TIME. CAN YOU HELP ME???*AK

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL FOR ENGINE MOUNTS. REPLACED MOUNTS HAVE FAILED AGAIN. *AK

THE BOTTOM OF BOTH FRONT DOORS IS MADE TO PROJECT TOWARDS THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT INSTEAD OF BEING SQUARED LIKE ALL OTHER CARS. WHEN OPENING EITHER FRONT DOOR, THE AFOREMENTIONED DOOR PROJECTION HITS ME IN THE FRONT OF THE LEG UNLESS I STAND A FAR DISTANCE AWAY. ON 3/1/01 AND3/5/01 I SUSTAINED LACERATIONS ON MY LEG BECAUSE OF THIS IDIOTIC AND HAZARDOUS DOOR DESIGN. PLEASE REQUIRE FORD TO FIX THIS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS COLD AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS HIGH. COOLANT IN RESERVOIR WAS VERY LOW. IT WAS TOWED TO DEALER, AND FOUND THAT TIMING COVER WAS DAMAGED. *AK

ENGINE DIES WITHOUT WARNING. HAVE REPLACED FUEL PUMP TWICE, ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE ONCE, INERTIA SWITCH ONCE. HOW DO I FIX IT?*AK

BOUGHT THE CAR FROM ESTATE OF DECEASED UNCLE WHO BOUGHT THE CAR NEW FROM TRAGRESSER, CAR HAD 30,000 MILES. IN JANUARY, 2001 GAVE THE CAR TO MY DAUGHTER JESSICA HOPKINS, TRANS WENT OUT IN FEBRUARY. CAR IS SITTING IN MY DRIVE.NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

HIGH MOUNT BRAKE LIGHT BULB HOLDERS ARE BRITTLE, BROWN TO BLACK DUE TO BURNING. I HAVE CHECKED 2 OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME TYPE OF HIGH MOUNT BRAKE LIGHTS AND THEY ARE ALSO SHOWING SIGNS OF OVERHEATING AT THE CONNECTION. APPEARS TO BE MUCH THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL ON THE HEADLAMP SWITCH WHICH RESULTED IN A MELTED/ BURNED WIRING CONNECTION.*AK

HEADGASKET BLEWOUT, NO PRIOR NOTICE. *AK