1997 Ford Taurus complaints

GENERAL AMERI G45 P205/65R15 92T DRIVING AT 65MPH WHEN THE SHAKING BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED, I HAD TROUBLE MAINTAINING CONTROL OVERTHE CAR--MANAGED TO PULL THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD--NOTICED THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT FLAT BUT THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED

THE CAR WILL NOT DRIVE AT 25MPH WITHOUT BREAKING SINCE THE IDLE WILL RUN AT 1500 RPM OR MORE. THE CAR HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. THE CAR WILL CONTINUE TO PULL AS IF IT IS ACCELERATING UNTIL YOU BRAKE TO 0 MPH THEN IDLE SEAMS OK. FORD MUST HAVE A PROBLEM SINCE I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF REPORTS LIKE THIS. I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER FORD PRODUCT IF THIS IS WHAT THEIR CARS ARE LIKE.*AK

WHEN THE GEAR SHIFT IS IN REVERSE & DRIVE, RADIO GOES OFF, POWER ASSIST GOES OFF AT ANYTIME. VERY DANGEROUS. SOUNDS LIKE A REACCURING PROBLEM BASED ON REPORTS I HAVE SEEN. ELECTRICAL OF SOME SORT.

VEHICLE STALLED AT 70 MPH. DEALER DETERMINED THAT HEAD GASKET BLEW, AND ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD STOP LIKE IT JUMPED INTO NEUTRAL, AFTER SITTING FOR A WHILE, VEHICLE WILL JUMP BACK INTO DRIVE. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER INDICATED HAD A FAULTY TRANSMISSION. THIS IS NEW TRANSMISSION.*JB

DEFROSTER, HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONER DO NOT WORK DUE TO PART FAILURE, THE ELECTRIC MOTOR. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK *YD

COOLANT IS LEAKING ONTO MOTOR. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE; HOWEVER, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE TRANSMISSION KICKS OUT OF GEAR . MUST REV MOTOR TO GET IT TO KICK BACK INTO GEAR. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON.SAID FORD REPLACED IT FROM ALUMINUM WHICHED KEPT CRACKING TO STEEL .WOULD COST 900.00 TO FIX.THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON WITH THESE CARS THEY TOLD ME.I THINK THEY SHOULD FIX THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. CONSUMER HAD TO CONSTANTLY WIGGLE HEADLIGHT SWITCH TO KEEP HEADLIGHTS ON. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME.*AK

TRANSMISSION KEEPS GOING OUT, AND CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWICE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, WITHOUT WARNING, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT/ ABS LIGHT ON DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER WAS REFERRED TO DEALER SHIP OR MANUFACTURER.*AK

DOME LIGHT STAYS ULUMINATED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. POWER STEERING GOES IN AND OUT, CAUSING IT TO BECOME DIFFICULT TO STEER. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

UPON PURCHASE OF VEHICLE, SEAT BELT WAS BROKEN. DEALER FIXED PROBLEM, NOW IT LOOKS AS IF IT IS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY. DEALER WILL FIX AT CONSUMERS EXPENSE. *JG

VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT MAKING A TICKING NOISE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING LOST POWER STEERING. ONLY WARNING THAT WAS RECEIVED BY CONSUMER WAS A SHORT IN ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. *AK

TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED WHEN COMING TO A STOP. WHEN TRANSMISSION REENGAGEDF VEHICLE WOULD JERK FORWARD. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES AT COMPLETION OF STOPPING AT INTERSECTION. MUST WAIT TO REENGAGE BEFORE BEING ABLE TO PROCEED AT INTERSECTION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ANTI FREEZE FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK DEALER FOUND FREEZE PLUG HAD RUSTED OUT, DEALER STATED THAT THIS CONDITION WAS A DEFECT, MANUFACTURER DENIES ANY CLAIM. *TT

VEHICLE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON. TOOK TO DEALER, AND REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER.*AK

TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT WILL NOT ENGAGE FROM PARK, FOUND A BROKEN SHIFT CONTROL CABLE, REPLACED. IGNITION KEY TURNS AND DOES NOT START CAR, PROBLEM IN STEERING COLUMN, RR STEERING COLUMN AND REPLACED LINK FROM IGNITION SWITCH TO LOCK CYLINDER.

WHILE DRIVING HEARD A NOISE FROM FRONT END. UPON INSPECTION, CONSUMER SAW THAT LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. RIGHT ONE WAS CORRODED, AND WAS REPLACED AS WELL.*AK *TT

CONSUME R WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY. WHILE DRIVING ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. APPLIED BRAKES, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T GO OFF. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKES POWER STEERING WILLGO FROM OFF TO ON INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED SENSOR WAS GOING BAD IN STEERING COLUMN. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 10MPH REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND AIRBAGS DIDNOT DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS INJURED. DEALER CONTACTED. FRONTAL IMPACT. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS. TOOK TO A MECHANIC TO BE REPAIRED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

TRANSMISSION OVERDRIVE FAILED TO LOCK AND FAILURES CODE STARTED APPEARING AT 60,000 MILES. FORD DEALER INDICATED "MULTIPLE FAILURES" IN THAT SERIES. ENTIRE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 70,000 MILES WHILE ON VACATION IN FLORIDA. COST TO REPAIR WAS IN EXCESS OF $2,000. *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY, AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, ANOTHER MOTORIST STRUCK CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY JERKED FORWARD AND THEN STALLED OUT. HAVE CONTACTED DEALERSHIP.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC LOCKING SYSTEM DISENGAGES. ALSO, DOME LIGHT STAYS ON CONTINUOUSLY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE TAURUS WAS PARKED AT DZ MIDDLE SCHOOL ON A SLIGHTLY SLOPED PART OF THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE TRANSMISSION SELECTOR LEVER INDICATING PARK AND THE ENGINE TURNED OFF. THE LINKAGE CONNECTION ON THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND ALLOWED THE SELECTOR LEVER TO INDICATE THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN PARK WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS ACTUALLY IN NEUTRAL. THE DRIVER THEN WENT INTO THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND UPON RETURNING A FEW MINUTES LATER FOUND THAT THE CAR HAD ROLLED APPROX 150 YARDS DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, ACROSS A STREET, THROUGH A BUS TURN-AROUND, DOWN A 15 FOOT EMBANKMENT, AND INTO A DITCH. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO OCCUPANTS IN THE CAR AND IT WAS AT NIGHT SO THERE WERE NO KIDS ALONG THE DRIVEWAY OR ON THE STREET.

BOUGHT THE CAR USED WITH ABOUT 20,000 MILES ON IT. HAD SEVERAL SENSORS REPLACED FAIRLY SOON AFTER THAT. AROUND 30K, REPORTED SEVERAL PROBLEMS I WAS HAVING WHILE AT A STOP/STARTING FROM A STOP. DEALER COULD NEVER REPLICATE. EVENTUALLY DISCOVERED THAT THESE PROBLEMS WERE ONLY OCURRING WHEN THE CAR WAS WARM...WHICH IT NEVER WAS WHEN THE DEALER TESTED IT AFTER IT SITTING ON THEIR LOT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. PROBLEMS STARTED GETTING WORSE. WOULD SLIP INTO NEUTRAL AT STOPS. COULD SHIFT CAR INTO NEUTRAL, GUN IT ENOUGH TO GET THE RPM'S OVER 2000, AND THEN PUT INTO DRIVE AND IT WOULD CATCH. AFTER THE WEATHER TURNED WARM AGAIN, AND IT STARTED DOING IT MORE, THEN THE DEALER COULD FIND WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. SAID I NEEDED A REBUILD OR REPLACEMENT. DROVE IT UNTIL MY HUSBAND NAGGED ME ENOUGH, AND IT WAS DOING IT CONSTANTLY. TOTAL COST NOW, THROUGH A TRANSMISSION SHOP, NOT THE DEALERSHIP, IS $1800. STILL HAVING SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE. STILL HAVING MORE SENOR PROBLEMS. THE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS STARTED GOING UP AND DOWN ON THEIR OWN A TIME OR TWO.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. PROBLEM OCCURRED DUE TO THE FUEL PUMP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR SEATBELT WILL NOT PULL OUT OF RETRACTOR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH STARTER MALFUNCTIONED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS IF NEEDED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STOP. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE SERVICED. MECHANIC STATED THAT IT WAS FUEL PUMP, AND HAS TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS IF NEEDED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ENGINE LOST ALL POWER, AND THERE WAS A "TICKING" NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT CAMSHAFT FAILED, AND THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

GEAR SHIFT WILL GO INTO DRIVE. HOWEVER, CAR DOES NOT ENGAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT REMAINS ON WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THERE IS A REOCCURRING PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, WHICH IS CAUSING VEHICLE TO HESITATE WHEN DRIVING UP ON AN INCLINE, DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED THIS HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING ON A LEVELED SURFACE.*SLC

THIS IS THE SECOND BLOWER MOTOR TO NEED REPLACING. *AK

FORD PROVIDED A NO-CHARGE SERVICE PROGRAM, NUMBER 98B23 TO OWNERS OF 1996 AND 1997 TAURUS AND SABLE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.0L ENGINE. THE PURPOSE WAS TO CHECK THE COOLENG SYSTEM AND INSTALL A COOLANT BY-PASS KIT. THIS PROGRAM WAS ELIGIBLE THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 1999, REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE. ONLY FIRST OWNERS WERE CONTACTED. MY DAUGHTER AS 2ND OWNER WAS NOT. SHE GAVE ME THE CAR IN JUNE,2001 AND NEITHER ONE OF US HAD AN INKLING OF THE COOLANT PROBLEM. MY CAR ENGINE BLEW WITH NO WARNING. WE ARE LUCKY TO SURVIVE THE INCIDENT. FORD DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE INCIDENT. ALL THEY CAN SAY IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE DESIGN FLAW SO THEY COULD TAKE CARE OF IT BEFORE IT CAUSES A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONTACTED TO HEAR FROM YOU IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS.THANKS. *AK

HEADLIGHTS WOULDN'T GO OFF AT ALL. THE ONLY WAY WAS FOR TO LIFT HOOD UP AND DISCONNECT BATTERY TO CABLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WE WERE DRIVING ON A BUSY FREEWAY WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED AND COMPLETELY STOPPED . WE HAD NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE THAT THE CAR HAD A COOLING SYSTEM PROBLEM. MY DAUGHTER GAVE ME THE CAR SO I WOULD HAVE A "SAFE" VEHICLE TO DRIVE. SHE OWNED IT FOR THE 3 YEARS PRIOR. BOUGHT WHEN IT WAS A YEAR OLD. WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL OR ADJUSTMENT FOR THE COOLING SYSTEM BY A KIT PROVIDED BY THE FORD COMPANY.THE FORD CO. HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 100000 MILES ON THEIR FORD TAURUS 3.8 ENGINE BUT NOT THIS 3.0L ALTHOUGH THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTS, BLOWN HEAD GASKETS, CRACKED HEADS, ETC. WOULD APPRECIATE SOME HELP. THIS AT LEAST MY 4TH FORM I FILLED OUT TRYING TO GET AN ANSWER FROM YOU. CAN I EXPECT ONE OR AM I JUST BLOWING IN THE WIND? LILLIAN C. CARSON. *AK

THE DPS OFFICER ALSO SAID THE LEFT REAR TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: JNKNOWN)

VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO OVERDRIVE. SERVO COVER COULD HAVE BEEN THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A RECALL, 97V097000, DEALING WITH TRANSMISSION SERVO COVER. ALSO, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND VEHICLE WAS NOT SHIFTING. HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSMER STATED THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A RECALL HIS CLAIM WAS DENIED BY MANUFACTURER STATING THEY NEEDED A RECEIPT FOR EVERY 30,000 MILES SAYING THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED, CONSUMER HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, HOWEVER THE NEXT DAY VEHICLE BEGAN EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEMS, AFTER THREE ATTEMPS TO FIX PROBLEM IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CLIP FOR 3-4 SHUTTLE VALVE BREAKS, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE CLIP.*JB

A FOUL ODOR COMING FROM THE VENTS WHICH CAUSE WINDOWS TO BECOME FOGGED. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER FOR THIS, AND WAS TOLD THAT HEATER CORE WAS DEFECTIVE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

RADIATOR LEAKS WATER AND CANNOT BE DRIVEN. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTATCED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK