Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1995 record →
NOTICED LOUD RATTLE WHEN STARTING ENGINE. TOOK TO MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS BAD CAUSING THE ENGINE TO MOVE WHEN PUT IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. PART IS ORDERED. IT IS NOT HELD IN STOCK. *AK
A WIRE ATTACHED TO BRAKE PEDAL AND CONTROLS BRAKES LIGHTS TO APPEAR, AND TO DISCONNECT CRUISE CONTROL, MALFUNCTIONED. WHEN THIS WIRE WAS NOT WORKING, CONSUMER COULD BE USING CRUISE CONTROL, AND STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL AND VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE RAPIDLY TOWARD VEHICLE IN FRONT. *AK
AT 36,000 MILES VEHICLE EXPERIECED AN INOPERATIVE SPPEDOMETER WHICH DEALER REPAIRED/REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. NOW AT 55,000 MILES PROBLEM REOCCURRED, AND DEALER REFUSED TO HELP UNLESS COST WENT TO CONSUMER. *AK THE REPAIR WAS DONE AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. *YH
MUTLI FUNCTION TURN SIGNAL SWITCH KEEPS FAILING WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING A LOSS OF OUTSIDE REAR TURN SIGNALS LIGHT . CONSUMER WAS UNAWARE OF FAILURE BECAUSE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT INSIDE OF VEHICLE WAS STILL WORKING, AND ALSO CAN HEAR IT WORKING. *AK
VEHICLE HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET/ WATER PUMP FAILURE, AND CRACKED RADIATOR. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVER FOR EXTENDED WARRANTY DUE TO THE ENGINE SIZE 3.8L, NOT A 3.0L. *AK *ML
SINCE I PURCHASED 1YR AGO THE CAR HAS BEEN REPAIRED 5 TIMES FOR ELECTRICAL,AND I AM, WONDERING IF THIS IS A RECOVERED VEHICLE I NOTICE DISCOLORATION IN SOME DOOR PANELS AND DASH BOARD YET THE SALESPERSON FILLED OUT A FORM THAT THIS CAR WAS NOT IN A WRECK . IM AM SUSPICIOUS PLEASE HELP,CHARLES SCHEAFERAM. *AK
ERRATIC PERFORMANCE OF SPEEDOMETER, IT WILL NOT ENGAGE AND SHOW THE CORRECT SPEED, CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD.*AK
SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO GIVE INTERMITTENT, CREATING AN ERRATIC READING
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TRAVELING 55MPH ALL OF SUDDEN HEARD A SOUND AND NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS GOING DOWN. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK ENGINE FAILED AND REPLACED. *YH
VEHICLE EXPERIENCE A PROBELEM WITH A DEFECTED SPEEDOMTER WHICH THE DEALER HAVE REPLACE (10 FEB 97); NOW PROBLEM REOCCUR, AND DEALER NOTIFIED AGAIN AND INFORMED THAT ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER COST. *AK
THE RADIATOR HAS A SEAM LEAK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TANK AND THE CORE, THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE RADIATOR COULD NOT BE REPAIRED DUE TO THE USE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN THE TANK AND THE METAL CORES. *SLC
WHILE DRIVING IN THE GARAGE, TURNED OFF THE CAR, AND COIL SPRING BUSTED. CONSUMER SAID THAT IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE STREET/ROAD IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS. *AK
SPEEDOMETER HEAD HAS FAILED AGAIN, ORIGINAL HEAD FAILED UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS REPLACED BY FORD, THE REPLACEMENT HEAD HAS NOW FAILED LEAVING ME WITH NO IDEA WHAT SPEED I AM TRAVELING AT...FORD IS QUOTING A PRICE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PLUS FOR REPAIRING THIS ITEM AGAIN...MY THOUGHTS ARE THAT BOTH THE ORIGINAL PART AND THE REPLACEMENT PART WERE DEFECTIVE..THEY BOTH FAILED AT ABOUT THE SAME MILEAGE. IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE FOR THEM TO EXPECT AN OWNER TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR WHEN IT APPEARS THAT THEY ARE SUPPLYING DEFECTIVE PARTS!*AK
SPEEDOMETER HEAD HAS FAILED AGAIN ON THIS CAR. THE ORIGINAL HEAD FAILED AND WAS REPLACED BY FORD UNDER WARRANTY. THE HEAD THAT WAS INSTALLED HAS NOW FAILED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ORIGINAL, THE ORIGINAL PART FAILED AT 29,000 MILES AND THE REPLACEMENT ONE HAS NOW FAILED AT 27,000 MILES. THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLES WAVERS AND FLOATS ALL OVER THE DIAL. SOMETIMES IT JUST PEGS AT 85 MPH WHEN THE ACTUAL SPEED IS 30 MPH OR LESS. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM TRAVELING. FORD WANTS FIVE HUNDRED PLUS DOLLARS TO REPAIR THIS AGAIN. CALLS TO THE LOCAL DEALER HAVE REVEALED THAT THERE ARE OTHER TAURUS OWNERS WHO HAVE REPLACED NUMEROUS SPEEDOMETER HEADS AND THEY COMMENTED THAT EVEN IF IT IS CHANGED THAT THEY CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART WON'T FAIL AGAIN...IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE FOR FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO EXPECT AN OWNER TO PAY FOR THIS SAFETY RELATED REPAIR WHEN THEY ARE SUPPLYING DEFECTIVE PARTS!
SPEEDOMETER MAKES A GRINDING NOISE, AND DRIVER IS UNABLE TO READ HOW FAST VEHICLE IS TRAVELING. *AK
THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED BUT THE PART HAS BEEN UNAVAILABLE TO HAVE IT FIXED SINCE JANUARY 2000 AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABE IN THE SOON DUE TO TOOLING AND VENDOR PROBLEMS. NLM
STARTING ON 3/15, THE CAR WOULD TURN OFF WITH NO WARNING, BOTH AT IDLE AND AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 75 MPH. WE ARE LEFT TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. SOMETIMES IT WILL RECRANK, OTHER TIMES IT WON'T. LOCAL FORD DEALER HAS HAD THE CAR 5 TIMES (HAS IT NOW) AND CANNOT FIGURE IT OUT. HAVE REPLACED FUEL PUMP, CRANK SENSOR, CAM SENSOR, WATER PUMP, IGNITION CONTROL MODULE AND VARIOUS FILTERS. UNTIL RECENTLY, THE DEALER COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, SO WE KEPT THE CAR UNTIL IT WAS LITERALLY LURCHING AND KNOCKING, BARELY DRIVING MORE THAN A MILE AT A TIME, TURNING OFF EVERY 100 YARDS OR SO. THEY FINALLY SAW IT TURN ITSELF OFF. IT JUST GOES DEAD. AFTER SEVERAL TIMES, WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A TELLTALE "SHUDDER" THAT OCCURED SOMETIME PRIOR TO IT SHUTTING OFF. NO REAL PATTERN THOUGH. CAN HAPPEN FIRST THING IN THE AM, WHEN COLD, OR ON HIGHWAY AT CRUISING SPEED, OR ON CITY STREETS IN STOP/GO. ALSO AT IDLE, OR COMING TO A STOP. CANNOT FIND A REASON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. I FOUND 44 OTHER INSTANCES MENTIONED HERE OF THIS...ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE CALL IT ENGINE, OTHERS FUEL, OTHERS EVEN HAVE SAID TRANSMISSION OR IGNITION/ELECTRICAL, WHILE ALL DESCRIBING THE SAME THING. WHEN WILL FORD GET THE IDEA THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM????*AK
SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER REGISTERS CORRECT SPEED. IT JUST MAKES A GRINDING NOISE AND BOUNCES FROM APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH RADING TO PEGGED POSITION. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS FAILURE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL VEHICLE BUT FORD HAS ELECTED TO IGNORE IT AND PLACE THE SAFETY OF THE OWNER IN JEOPARDY AND THE COST OF REPAIR ALSO ON THE OWNER. *AK
AT TIMES SPEEDOMETER WILL MAKE A BUZZING NOISE, AND NOT SHOW THE CORRECT SPEED. IT HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE. *AK
HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE ENGINE. YH
RIGHT FRONT SPRINGS BROKE INTO TWO PIECES. SPRING DROPPED AROUND THE STRUT, AND APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE INSIDE TIRES. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP MOVING. THE PIECES WERE VERY SHARP. THE OTHER PIECE WOULD DANGLE. CONTACTED DEALER. AFTER SEEING THE PIECES, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *AK *ML
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR DUE TO DEFECTIVE PART(S) IN THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, MOST LIKELY THE CLUTCH PISTON. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WON'T COVER BY ANY WARRANTY.......A 95 WITH ONLY 58K. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVEVEHICLE. *AK
FUEL GUAGE STOPS WORKING WHEN THE FUEL IS NEAR 1/4 TANK LEVEL. YH
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE TRAVELED AN ADDITIONAL COUPLE OF FEET BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. VEHICLE DID NOT COME TO AN IMMEDIATE STOP. THIS COULD CAUSE A CRASH. BRAKES WERE LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC. BUT, MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE BEGAN FLUCTUATING BACK AND FORTH. I STOPPED THE CAR AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD AND FOUND THE CAR TO BE OVERHEATING. VEHICLE WAS ALLOWED TO COOL DOWN AND COOLANT WAS ADDED. CONTINUED ON TO DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. VECHILE WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALER IN ARKANSAS TO PINPOINT PROBLEM. WAS TOLD THAT THE HEAD GASKET HAD FAILED.DUE TO PROBLEM WITH THE 3.8L ENGINE, FORD WOULD FIX AT NO CHARGE. REPAIR TOOK OVER A WEEK RESULTING IN MYSELF AND FAMILY HAVING TO RETURN TO FLORIDA BY OTHER MEANS AND HAVING TO RETURN TO ARKANSAS THE FOLLOWING WEEK TO PICK UP MY CAR. DESPITE THIS PROBLEM BEING COVERED UNDER AN "EXTENDED WARRANTY" FORD OFFORED NO ASSISTANCE FOR THE INCONVIENCE/EXPENSE WE WENT THROUGH, EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW WE WERE FROM OUT OF STATE AND THE VEHICLE WAS PROMISED TO BE REPAIRED BEFORE WE HAD TO RETURN TO FLORIDA. A SUBSEQUENT COMPLAINT WAS FILED TO LANDERS FORD IN LITTLE ROCK, AR AND TO THE DIRECTOR OF FORD'S VEHICLE SERVICE AND PROGRAMS DEPT. BOTH LETTERS WERE UNANSWERED/IGNORED. VEHICLE CI AGAIN LOSING COOLANT (5/24/2000) AND WILL BE TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER IN DOTHAN. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE OVERHEATING AND LOSS OF POWER, RECALL FOR SAME FAILURE, HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO VIN #. YH
ONCE THIS VEHICLE REACHES A CERTAIN HIGH SPEED SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE GAUGE BEGINS TO FLOAT, NOT READING THE ACCURATE SPEED. SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE BEFORE, AND HAS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML
ENGINE OVERHEATED, TOOK TO REPAIR SHOP, HEAD GASKET FAILED, WAS AFTER RECALL DATE (DEC. 98) WAS TOLD NO MAXIMUM MILEAGE BY FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. LATER FORD CHANGED DATE BUT PUT A LID OF 100,000 MILES. HAVE CONTACTED FORD SEVERAL TIMES TO NO AVAILE. I FEEL THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE BUT A DESIGN PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE REIMBURSED TO THE CUSTOMER.
SPEEDOMETER INDICATES INCORRECT SPEED AND OCILLATES BACK AND FORTH WILDLY AT ABOVE 45MPH, THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE A RECALL SITUATION, ITS EVIDENT THAT FORD MOTOR CO. KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM AND IS NOT MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT IT!I*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
AFTER WARM-UP TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT IN/OUT OF NEUTRAL WHEN REQUIRED. WHEN COMING TO STOP THE DOWN SHIFT IS ABSENT/DELAYED. WHEN STARTING FROM STOP UPSHIFT IS DELAYED AND SUDDEN. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY ALARMING AND DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN ODOR OF ANTI-FREEZE CAME THROUGH AIR VENTS INSIDE OF VEHICLE. TOOK TO MECHANIC WHO INDICATED POSSIBLE HEATER CORE OR HEAD GASKETS CAUSING PROBLEM WHICH IS OR COULD BE REPARABLE. MEANWHILE OWNER HAS TO CONTINUALLY ADD ANTI-FREEZE TO VEHICLE TO PREVENT IT FROM HEATING UP. *AK
SPEEDOMETER FAILED AND REPLACED, THE REPLACEMENT SPEEDOMETER FAILED ALSO. *MJS
THE ORIGINAL SPEEDOMETER AND NOW THE REPLACEMENT HAVE FAILED. AT ABOUT 50 MPH THE NEEDLE WILL SWING WILDLY BETWEEN 50 AND 75. A LOCAL FORD DEALER SAID FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, THEY ARE FREQUENTLY REPLACING THE SPEEDOMETERS, BUT FORD WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL. THE COST OF EACH REPLACEMENT WILL BE BETWEEN $300 AND $800. *AK
TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING ND BUZZING. IT HAS FAILED
A DEAR WAS HIT ON DRIVER SIDE, HOOD AND FRONT FENDER BADLY DENTED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF, AND DEPUTY ON SCENE STATED THAT THEY SHOULD'VE GONE OFF. WHEN REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE CAR THE BODY MAN FOUND NO SENSORS ON THE CAR. AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS FLASHING. BUT THEY NEVER WENT OFF.*AK
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE COMPLETELY STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
STARTER SWITCH WOULD NOT TURN OVER AT 28,000 MILES, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO START CAR, AND HAD TO TAKE IT TO A GARAGE, AND THEY REPLACED THE STARTER. ENGINE COOLANT TEMP GAUGE REPLACED ALSO. *AK *ML
STEERING WHEEL IS HARD TO TURN. IT'S POWER STEERING, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE THAT HARD TO TURN. CONSUMER IS AFRAID THAT VEHICLE MAY HIT SOMEONE. *AK
WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 60 MPH, IT WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL. VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE, BUT RESUMED SPEED AS SOON AS DRIVER TOOK FOOT OFF BRAKE PEDAL. CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED WHEN USING THE SWITCH. BRAKE SWITCH WAS REPLACED A YEAR AND 1/2 AGO FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM CAME BACK. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WITH MY 1 FAMILY CAR IN FOR REPAIR. FORD SHOULD LOAN ME A CAR WIFE&CHIDS&NO CAR. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK
WHEN SPEEDOMETER BREAKS, THE NEEDLE WILL START JUMPING BACK AND FORTH, AND DOES NOT INDICATE THE CORRECT SPEED. AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WOULD A SERIES OF CLICK, CLICK NOISE AT THE SPEEDOMETER. MY BROTHER'S 95 TAURUS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AND HE IS GOING TO FILE A COMPLAINT TOO. *AK
THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE START JUMPING UP AND DOWN CRAZILY WHEN THE CAR GOES PAST 50 MPH AND DOES NOT INDICATE THE CORRECT SPEED ANYMORE. AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE A LOT OF CLICK CLILCK NOISE IN THE SPEEDOMETER.
SPEEDOMETER POINTER JUMPS AROUND, GIVING UNRELIABLE AND FALSE SPEED INDICATIONS. ASSEMBLY ALSO MAKES SQUEEKING NOISES. FORD SERVICE BULLETIN # 99-7-9 RECOMENDS REPLACEMENT; FAILURE CAUSED BY IMPROPER OILING DURING ASSEMBLY. FORD/DEALER NO HELP. DEALER INDICATES THERE "MAY" BE A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. THIS IS SECOND SPEEDOMETER TO FAIL IN THE CAR. FIRST AT 25000 MILES, THIS ONE STARTED ABOUT 36000. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING IN HOT WEATHER OR LONG DISTANCE CONSUMER NOTICED GAS FUMES INSIDE VEHICLE. DEALER SAID THAT THE CARBON FILTER WAS FULL OF GASOLINE AND WAS NOT EXHAUSTING THE FUMES CORRECTLY. THE FILTER AND FUEL LINE WERE REPLACED AT OWNER'S COST BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *ML
SPEEDOMETER JUMPS ERRADICALLY, REPLACED FIRST TIME AT 27,820 MILES, NOW THE 2ND ONE IS GOING BAD TOO AND WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *AK
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