1995 Ford Taurus complaints

TIMING COVER LEAKING COOLANT.

TWICE IN A MATTER OF WEEKS VEHICLE LOST FULL POWER, ONCE IN TOWN AND ONCE ON INTERSTATE. REQUIRED PULLING OFF ROAD AND RESTARTING VEHICLE. AFTER FIRST FAILURE, RETURNED TO LOCAL (OHIO) FORD DEALER FOR FULL INSPECTION. VEHICLE WAS FOUND TO BE IN "NORMAL" CONDTION. *AK

HAVE DISCOVERED THAT A MOTOR MOUNT IS BROKEN. NOTIFIED THE DEALER, WE WERE INFORMED THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $300 TO FIX. A FRIEND OF OURS HAS A 1992 TAURUS WITH SAME PROBLEM, WAS FIXED BY DEALER AT NO COST. CAR HAS LOW MILEAGE, IN GOOD CONDITION, OWNER ONLY PUT ON 27,000 MILES, MOSTLY LOCAL MILEAGE.

CONSUMER DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON. STEPPED ON BRAKES, AND WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS RESUMED VEHICLE ACCELERATED. SINCE THIS INCIDENT, THE CRUISE CONTROL HAS STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. *AK

ADVANDED DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOLS TEACH THAT A TRANSMISSION IS TO BE PLACED INTO NEUTRAL (N) TO HELP CONTROL SKIDS. UNLIKE MOST VEHICLES, THE 1995 FORD TAURUS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION REQUIRES THAT THE LOCKOUT BUTTON (LB) BE PRESSED TO MOVE THE LEVER FROM DRIVE (D) TO N. THUS IN AN EMERGENCY, ONE COULD EASILY PUSH THE LEVER THROUGH TO REVERSE (R) OR EVEN PARK (P) WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS. THIS FAULT DOES NOT APPEAR IN OTHER FORD LINES. JUST THE FORD TAURUS SHOP. INVESTIGATION WILL SHOW: R TO N DOES NOT REQUIRE THE LB; N TO D DOES NOT REQUIRE THE LB; 1 TO 2 OR TO D DOES NOT REQUIRE THE LB; D TO N REQUIRES THE LB; N TO R REQUIRES THE LB; R TO P REQUIRES THE LB. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO REASON FOR THIS OTHER THAN JUST A DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING ERROR. *AK

OIL PAN RUSTING OUT, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK OUT. *AK

SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY. IT ONLY WORKS WHEN DRIVING UNDER 40 MPH. ALSO,THERE IS LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE . *AK

SPEEDOMETER IS INOPERABLE, IT DOES NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEEDS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

FIRST WEEK OF OWNERSHIP WAS NO BRAKE LIGHTS, AND CAN'T SHIFT OUT OF PARK. PROBLEM WAS ELECTRIC COOLING FAN MOTOR. THEN CRUISE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. PROBLEM-BRAKE WIRING HARNESS. LAST MAJOR PROBLEM WAS ROCKER ARM MALFUNCTIONED AT 39,166 MI. REPAIR BILL FOR THAT WAS 879.88. *AK

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE SPEEDOMETER ASSEMBLY HAS FAILED. ONCE AT 66,539 MILES ON MARCH 19, 1998 AND AGAIN AT 82600 MILES ON DECEMBER, 30 1998. THIS FAILURE CAUSES THE SPEEDOMETER TO GIVE FLUCTUATING READINGS. *AK

SPEEDOMETER PROBLEMS; OWNER HAS A FLEET OF VEHICLES IN WHICH THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT DRIVING SPEED. PLEASE LIST OTHER VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS. *AK

I HAVE HAD SPEEDOMETER PROBLEMS TWICE SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THIS CAR. WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER HITS 50MPH, THE NEEDLE STARTS TO BOUNCE ALL AROUND THE SCALE, AND THE SPEEDOMETER MAKES A BUZZING NOISE. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD AND HAD THE SPEEDOMETER HEAD REPLACED. SIX MONTHS LATER, SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. THIS TIME THE DEALER WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR SINCE THEY CLAIM I EXCEEDED THE $12000 WARRANTY ON THAT PART. THERE IS A TSB OUT FOR THIS REPAIR AND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME PROBLEM FROM OTHER TAURUS OWNERS (AS DOCUMENTED ON THE WEB). FORD NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THIS DEFECT AND RECALL. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPS AFTER STOPPING IN WARM WEATHER. CAR WILL NOT PROCEED. WAS TOLD BY SEVERAL MECHANICS WITHIN FORD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND THERE IS AN UPDATE, BUT FORD SAID IT WON'T COVER THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW IT IS A DEFECT. *AK

THE ORIGINAL FAILED AT APPROX. 31,000. THE SECOND FAILED AT APPROX. 37,000. THE THIRD AT APPROX. 41,000, AND AM NOW ON THE FOURTH SPEEDOMETER. NEEDLE JUMPS AT SPEEDS ABOVE APPROX. 55MPH WHEN HITTING BUMPS. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AND PUSHED INTO ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF IT. NEITHER DRIVER'S NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO DEPLOY. *AK

SPEEDOMETER IS FAILING. AT RANDOM SPEEDS, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL GO TO 90 MPH (PINNED). IF AND WHEN I GET THIS FIXED, IT WILL BE THE 4TH SPEEDOMETER IN THIS VEHICLE. FAILURE HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN AT 22,000 MILE INTERVALS. FORD REPLACED THE FIRST 2 UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS CHRONIC AND SAFETY RELATED DEFECT THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE FOUND A PERMANENT FIX FOR BY NOW. DEALER, BOB CHAPMAN, CONTACTED FORD IN MY BEHALF, AND FOUND THAT (APPARENTLY) THE FAILURE RATE IS SO HIGH, THAT HE CAN'T EVEN SECURE A REPLACEMENT SPEEDOMETER AT THE PRESENT.

THE FAILURE OF THIS PART WILL NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO BE REMOVED FROM "PARK" EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKE IS DEPRESSED. MY MECHANIC HAS THE PART ON ORDER WITH FORD FOR 5 WEEKS (NO DEL'Y DATE). WE ALSO HAVE SEARCHED EVERY JUNKYARD WITH NO SUCCESS AND YET FORD SAYS THE PART IS NOT A PROBLEM.

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED,WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS THE VEHICLE ISN'T CATCHING ANY POWER OR GAS RIGHT AWAY, CAUSING THE MOTOR TO SPIN AND JUMP INTO GEAR. *AK

THE SPEEDOMETER HEAD DOESN'T READ THE CORRECT SPEED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION DEPENDS ON THE SPEEDOMETER TO FUNCTION CORRECTLY IN ORDER FOR IT TO SHIFT CORRECTLY. I AM ALSO AWARE OF AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON WHO HAS THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD BY A MAJOR DISTRIBUTOR THAT THIS PART IS COMMONLYREPLACED ON THIS MODEL AS WELL AS ON THE FORD AEROSTAR OF THE SAME YEAR.

THE ENGINE COOLING FAN BURNED OUTAND SMOKE CAME FROM THE FAN, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO BE NON-FUNCTIONAL. DEALER SAYS THE COOLING FAN NEEDS REPLACEMENT.

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THERE IS A GRINDING/SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY AN MECHANIC THAT THRE ARE TWO DIFFERENT METALS, AND THE FRICTIONS AND CONTRAST CAUSED THE ALUMINUM METAL TO WEAR OUT AND BLOW OUT THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

COOLING FAN BECAME FROZEN WITH SNOW WHICH RESULTED IN THE FAN MOTOR NOT TO ROTATING, OVERHEATED AND THEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

AT 70-75 MPH, HITTING BUMPS WILL MAKE THE SPEEDO NEEDLE DROP TO 85 AND CONTINUE TO READ 10-15MPH FASTER THEN THE ACTUAL VEHICLE SPEED. WILL RETURN TO NORMAL AFTER A MINUTE OR SO, UNTIL THE NEXT BUMP. THIS IS THE SECOND SPEEDO TO FAIL ON THIS. VEHICLE

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER HAD FAILED FOR SECOND TIME. DRIVER COULDN'T SEE HOW FAST HE WAS GOING. CONSUMER WILL CONCTACT DEALER. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT CONTINUALLY MALFUNCTIONS, UNABLE TO FIX.

THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED AT 25345 MILES COVERED UNDER THE 45,000 EXTENDED WARRANTY, AND IS FAILING AGAIN WHEN IT REACHED 53500 MILES. IT SWAYS BACK AND FORTH ONCE THE SPEED IS OVER 50MPH AND IS VERY NOISY. THERE IS ALSO A LOUD RATTLING NOISE (JUST LIKE A SHORT CIRCUITING SOUND) COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN WHILE THE SPEEDOMETER SWAYS. MOST OF THE TIME THE NEEDLE STAYS AT OVER 85MPH EVEN IF SPEED IS 60MPH OR LESS. THE DEALER IS ASKING ABOUT $500 TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD FIX IT FOR FREE SINCE THE FIRST FAILURE WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THE PART WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT PROPERLY MANUFACTURED IN THE FIRST PLACE. I THINK NOT KNOWING YOUR SPEED IS NOT SAFE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND ADVICE. THANK YOU. *AK

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER

SPEEDOMETER HEAD FAILED AT ~40K MI, ERRATIC AND INACCURATE SPEED INDICATED. IDENTICAL FAILURE OF REPLACEMENT HEAD 14 MONTHS LATER AT ~54K MILES.

SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER IS INOPERABLE, IT DOES NOT REGISTER ACCURATE SPEED RATES. ALSO, IT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, BUT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

SPEEDOMETER FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME. SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE BOUNCES FROM 50 TO 85 MPH WHEN TRAVELING AT A CONSTANT SPEED OF 60 MPH.

TRASAXLE SEAL FAILED AND LEAKED ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM, CAUSING SMOKE.

RECALL # 98M01KAA, HEAD GASKETS PREMATURELY FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE PROBLEMS. DEFECTIVE GASKET CAUSED ENGINE PROBLEMS BEFORE THE RECALL, BUT DID NOT REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET. WHEN THE RECALL WAS ISSUED, HAD THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET REPLACED, BUT IT CAUSED MORE DAMAGING ENGINE PROBLEMS WHICH FORD WAS NOT GOING TO COVER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFOR ATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED, NOT READING THE RMPS PROPERLY AND MAKING A BUZZING NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN APPYLING THE BRAKES THE STEERING WHEEL PULLS TO THE RIGHT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE CAR WAS REPLACED AT 50000 MILES BECAUSE IT JUMPED AROUND AND MADE A RATTLING NOISE. NOW THE REPLACEMENT SPEEDOMETER IS DOING THE SAME THING. THE SPEED AT WHICH THE PROBLEM STARTS IS NOW DOWN TO 40 MPH. THE NEEDLE JUMPS ALL OVER A RANGE OF ABOUT 15 MPH ABOVE AND BELOW THE ACTUAL SPEED, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW FAST I AM DRIVING. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER TAURUS OWNERS AND LOOKED ON THE INTERNET, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID THAT I WOULD BE CHARGED FOR REPAIRING THIS DANGEROUS (AND APPARENTLY COMMON) PROBLEM.

ON 12/08/1998 MY FATHER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS HIT ON THE DIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BY A SEMI-TRUCK AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH. THE POLICE INDICATED IN THERE REPORT THAT WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON THE SCENE THAT MY DAD WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT. MY DAD ALWAYS WORE HIS SEAT BELT HE WOULD NOT EVEN LET SOMEONE RIDE WITH HIM WITHOUT THEM WAREING THEIR SEAT BELT. LOOKING AT THE WREAKAGE I NOTICE THAT THE ARM REST WAS DOWN AND THAT THE SEAT BELT LATCH WAS UNDER THE ARM REST. MY QUESTION: HAS IT BEEN TESTED AND/OR IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE BELT TO BECOME DISCONNECTED DURING A SIDE IMPACT CRASH?

ENGINE MOUNT CRADLE BOLT BROKE OFF ON INSIDE OF THE MOUNT AREA. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SHE WOULD BE CHARGED FOR REPAIRS. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH AFTER 45MPH, SPEEDOMETER BOUNCED AROUND. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM OF GETTING THE DEALER TO HONOR MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 97S-66/NHTSA 97V-019 CONCERNING ENGINE COOLING FAN. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER VEHICLE IS NOT ON RECALL. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED.

HAD A FRONTAL IMPACT AND THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SPEEDOMETER PERFORMS ERRATICALLY WHEN CAR TRAVELS OVER 45 MPH OR MORE, ALSO MAKES NOISE.

VEHICLE CONTINUALLY STALLING, UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE.

FUEL PUMP FAILED RESULTING IN THE CAR TO STOP WHILE DRIVING.

THE SPEEDOMETER JUMP IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ONLY WE ARE EXPERIENCING. OTHER'S WITH THE SAME VEHICLE MODEL ARE ALSO. WE DO NOT FEEL THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY IN EXCESS OF $300 TO CORRECT AS IT IS NOT AN ISOLATED INSIDENT AND HAS HAD NUMEROUS TSB POSTED FOR THE PROBLEM.

DEFECTIVE STARTER WIRE WILL DISCONNECT BY ITSELF, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. WILL NOT START. *AK

SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE JUMPS WHEN GOING IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. THIS RESULTS IN INACCURATE SPEED READING. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN DRIVING AT 55 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WILL JUMP TO 80, THEN FLIP BACK AND THEN WILL CONTINUE TO GO BACK AND FORTH. THIS IS CAUSING DISTRACTION WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN AND CAN CAUSE A CRASH.