1994 Ford Taurus complaints

WHEN SITTING AT A STOP, AND IF CONSUMER TOUCHED THE GAS PEDAL, VEHICLE WON'T MOVE. THE NEXT THING CONSUMER KNEW WAS THAT VEHICLE ACCELERATED BY ITSELF, SEEMD THAT A PISTON IN TRANSMISSION WAS CRACKED. REBUILT TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER. AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING OVERHEATING, OVERHEATING CAUSED DAMAGE TO WATER PUMP & RADIATOR. *YC

STARTER SOLENOID HAS BEEN MOVED FROM HAYNES MANUAL DESCRIPTION; IT IS NOW ON THE STARTER MOTOR, IN A GM-TYPE ARRANGEMENT. HOWEVER, THE STARTER MOTOR IS MOUNTED ON THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE, LOW, ESSENTIALLY UNDER THE RADIATOR. THIS EXPOSES THE STARTER LEAD (NOT THE BATTERY OR MOTOR LEAD) TO CORROSION. THIS FAILED TODAY. IT SHOULD NOT BE IN THIS POSITION OR SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM CORROSION. *AK

TIMING COVER GASKET FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE.MJS

VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN OR A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, STATES THAT THE PISTON IS CRACKED, DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. *AK

TRANSMISSION PISTON CRACKED RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO NOT MOVE AND THEN SUDDENLY TAKE OFF ON OCCASIONS. MJS

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH DEALER NOT HONORING MANUFACTURER'S RECALL SINCE ABOVE DATE. CONSUMER WAS GIVEN TWO APPOINTMENTS, AND WAS CANCELED BOTH TIMES. DEALER KEPT INFORMING OF NO KIT. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THS VEHICLE. *AK

DESIGN DEFECT CAUSED PLANETARY GEAR IN THE TRANSAXLE TO FAIL. MJS

PER SEVERAL MECHANICS INCLUDING CHUCK CLANCY FORD'S, IT HAS A DEFECTIVE PART (FORWARD PISTON) WHICH SUPPOSEDLY WAS MADE OUT OF ALUMINUM ORIGINALLY AND NOW HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH ONE MADE OF STEEL. EACH TECHNICIAN I'VE SPOKEN WITH HAS SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND TO REPLACE THE 8 DOLLAR PART WOULD TAKE 2000 TO 2500 DOLLARS. IF THIS IS A MISTAKE THAT FORD MADE WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS THEN I THINK THAT FORD SHOULD PAY TO FIX IT. WOULDN'T YOU AGREE???

ALUMINIUM PISTON WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION SNAPPED, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. COULD RESULT IN A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IDLING WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND SURGED FORWARD, CAUSING THE CLUTCH PISTON TO GO BAD. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC VEHICLE WOULD DIE OR STALLS OUT FOR NO REASON. HAD TALKED TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED THE FUEL PUMP WAS UNDERSIZED. VAPORS LOCK THE ENGINE. *AK

I ACTIVATED CRUISE CONTROL AT 50 MPH. CAR ACCELERATED TO 75 MPH. I BRAKED AND CAR SLOWED. I TOOK FOOT OFF BRAKE AND CAR ACCELERATED AGAIN. I BRAKED, TURNED OFF CRUISE CONTROL, AND CAR ACCELERATED AGAIN. I HELD DOWN CRUISE CONROL OFF BUTTON AND IT FINALLY DEACTIVATED. I DID NOT TURN IT ON AGAIN.

TRANSMISSION FAILED. MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SPRING COIL FAILURE WHICH RESULTED IN TIRE BLOW OUT AND DAMAGE TO STRUTS, RECALL COMPONENT HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO VIN #. MJS (98M02)

FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE WITHIN 50,000 WHICH, COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SHIFT UP AND THROTTLE TO JAM. *AK

RECALL NOTICE SENT TO THE WRONG ADDRESS. (98V-323) MJS

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *YC

SWAY BAR END LINKS AND TIE ROD ENDS FAILED.

LUBE TUBE TO TRANSMISSION PLANETARY GEAR DID NOT FIT PROPERLY INTO CASE CAUSING REAR PLANETARY FAILURE, ALMOST RESULTING IN COLLISION WHEN VEHICLE REFUSED TO GO INTO SECOND GEAR.

WHEN DRIVING AT 55 MPH WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING RIGHT FROM GEAR TO GEAR. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE HOME, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, AND THERE WAS SOME JERKING WITHIN THE GEARS. TRANSMISSION IS BEING REBUILT. *AK

VEHICLE MODEL RECALLED FOR ENGINE MOUNTS BUT CONSUMER DENIED DUE TO VIN.

HEARD A CLUNCKING NOISE WHEN WHEEL WAS TURNED. MECHANIC STATED COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. 2) STRUT BEARING PLATE WAS DEFECTIVE, WHEEL TURNED VISIBILITY OFF WHILE MOVING. REPAIRWORK DONE BY MECHANIC AT OWNERS EXPENSE. ALSO, SWAY LINK BAR WAS CORRODED, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. DEALER NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED AT 45000 MILES.

WHILE DRIVING AT 70MPH VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AND ENGINE STOPPED. CAR SHUT OFF AND WAS TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. INCIDENT REPEATED ITSELF TWO DASY LATER. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS NOT DUE TO BAD TRANSMISSION. IT IS DO TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. HAS BEEN FIXED BEFORE FOR SAME THING. GOING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRANSMISSION WILL DISENGAGE. YOU CAN DISCONNECT BATTERY TO RESET COMPUTOR AND IT WORKS FINE ENOUGH TO GET TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AT MALOY FORD ON 7 APRIL,99 AGAIN TO HAVE IT CHECKED. THAT MAKES TWICE THIS CAR DONE THIS AND TWICE THIS CAR QUIT IN BUSY TRAFFIC. I KNOW THIS CAR IS NOT NEW. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

RECALL WORK CAN NOT BE COMPLETED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. (98V-323) MJS

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS GAS PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, VEHICLE HAS TO BE PUT IN NETURAL TO GAIN CONTROL.ALSO PEDAL HAS TO BE MANUALLY LIFTED BACK TO THE POSITION. *AK

CONSUMER STOPPED AT STOP SIGN, AND WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE INTO DRIVE/REVERSE. *AK

FRONT AND REAR MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES. I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS JUST ANOTHER PROBLEM IN A LONG LINE OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. RECENTLY, HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT TALKED TO A SINGLE PERSON WITH A TAURUS/SABLE EQUIPPED WITH A 3.8L ENGINE THAT HAS NOT HAD TO REPLACE THE MOTOR MOUNTS. ALSO, I RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT FORD DID HAVE A MOTOR MOUNT RECALL ON EARLIER YEARS THAT WERE EQUIPPED WITH A 3.8L ENGINE. *AK

THIS REPAIR ISSUE HAS BEEN COMMONLY KNOWN IN FORD AND ACROSS THE WWW. COVERT FORD TRIED TO BLAME THIS ON POOR MAINTENANCE (I WAS LATE JOINING MY WIFE @ THE ESTIMATE) - WE ARGUED & SHOWED RECEIPTS OTHERWISE. I BELIEVE THE GASKET IS FLAT OUT DEFECTIVE, AND ADMITTED TO IN THE '95 WINDSTAR RECALL, AND FORD SHOULD BE MAKING GOOD. THEY ARE UNRESPONSIVE AND NOT EVEN APOLOGIZING FOR THE DISCRIMINATORY CONDUCT OF THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

SAFETY RECALL 98S36 NOT PERFORMED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.

THE CONSUMER STATE'S WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH TO 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BY ITSELF CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO APPLY THE BRAKE'S REAL FAST AND THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN ONTO A EMPTY FIELD CAUSING THE CONSUMER LEFT FRONT TIRE TO HIT SOME ROCK'S AND THE VEHICLE STILL ACCELERATED ABOUT 40 TO 50 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP.

BLOWN HEAD GASKET CAUSED VEHICLE NOT TO START.

RECALL 98V323000, BODY MOUNTS OF SUBFRAME REAR CORNERS BROKE DUE TO CORROSION. HOWEVER, THE TWO FRONT BODY MOUNTS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK

AFTER DRIVING A FORD TAURUS FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS (1985 & 1994) I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT BOTH CARS HAVE SIMULAR PROBLEMS. MY 1994 TAURUS IS INOPERATIVE DUE TO A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. MY PREVIOUS TAURUS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. AS OF TODAY THE CAR WON'T MOVE. THE REAR DEFROSTER FAILED IN BOTH VEHICALS. THEY BOTH ALWAYS SEEMED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE ROTORS. THE FACTORY ALARM HAS BEEN A CHORE SINCE DAY ONE AND THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS MAKE THIS AWFUL SOUND. ON MARCH 26, 1999 I WILL SEND A LETTER OF COMPLAINT TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY STARTING AT THE DEALERSHIP AND WORKING MY WAY UP FROM THERE. *AK

NO SUMMARY INCLUDED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

MY CAR HAS BEEN RUNNING HOT OFF & ON FOR OVER A YEAR. HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED, BUT NOT SO. TOOK CAR TO ANOTHER MACHANIC, THEY PUT A NEW RADIATOR IN THAT COST 600.+ THE CAR RAN HOT. A WEEK LATER,TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MACHANIC. HE FOUND OUT IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. I CALLED LEWIS FOR AND BECAUSE IT HAPPENED 10 DAYS AFTER THE EXPIRATION ON THE RECALL,THE WOULD NOT FIX IT. I SPENT ANOTHER 1100.00 TO HAVE THIS FIXED. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO PAY WHAT THE FORD DEALERS CHARGE PER HOUR. THEREFORE DID NOT TAKE MY CAR TO THEM. I HAVE HAD MY CAR IN THE SHOP SO MANY TIMES AND IT MAKES ME MAD. NOW I'M STUCK WITH THIS CAR THAT HAS 5 RECALLS ON IT. IT IS A PAIN TO TRY AND FIND RIDES BACK & FOURTH TO WORK, AS WELL AS GETTING MY SON TO SCHOOL, AS THEY DO NOT PROVIDE A LOANER CAR. IT IS NOT MY FAULT THEY COULD NOT BUILD THIS CAR CORRECTLY, BUT STILL PUT IT OUT THERE AND SELL THEM. I THINK IT IS VERY UNFAIR TO MAKE US PAY THE PRICE, AND I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER FORD AND WILL DISCOURAGE ANYONE ELSE FROM PURCHASING ONE. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL AT STOP, CAUSING VEHICLENOT TO MOVE FORWARD. IT THEN "JUMPS" INTO GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD.

REAR BRAKE DRUMS AND SHOES MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING REAR WHEEL TO LOCK UP WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE ALMOST STOPPED AND THEN ACCELERATES THERE IS A LONG HESITATION. DEALER REPORTS TRANSMISSION FAILURE PERHAPS DUE TO ENGINE MOUNT FAILURE.

IGNITION SWITCH BROKE, AND STEERING WENT OUT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WHEN THE CONSUMER GOT VEHICLE OUT OF REPAIR SHOP FOR A RECALL REPAIRS. ALL PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN WHEN CONSUMER GOT VEHICLE BACK FROM THE DEALER. *AK

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE TRAFFIC CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP DUE TO AN ACCIDENT. WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE MY CAR WOULD NOT GO. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WOULD GO. THIS IN MY MIND WAS A DANGEROUS SCENARIO. FINALLY, I ENDED UP PAYING 1197. BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS DIAGNOSED AS FAILING. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN WITH A VEHICHLE AT 67,000 MILES NOR SHOULD THIS ELEMENT OF DANGER OCCUR. PLEASE HELP ME IF YOU CAN.

VEHICLE OVERHEATS WITHIN 5-30 MINUTES OF OPERATION. I HAD THE WATERPUMP REPLACED AT 87,000 MILES THEN HAD THE THERMOSTAT RELACED 2 WEEKS LATER. I STILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE OVERHEATING THEN COOLING DOWN EVER TIME I OPERATE THE VEHICLE. I HAD THE RADIATOR TEST AND FOUND ON PROBLEMS WITH THIS UNITS OPERATION.

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL (#98V323000). CONTACTED DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THAT 3 WEEKS IS THE EARLIEST APPOINTMENT GIVEN. OWNER WAS UNHAPPY & SAID IT WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE. WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN EARLIER DATE. *AK

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 98V323000 & CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. WAS GIVEN AN APPOINTMENT 2 MONTHS AHEAD. THE OWNER WAS UPSET. SAID IT WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE. NEEDED A BETTER SYSTEM. THIS IS NOT PROMPT REPAIR ON RECALLS. *AK

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