1997 Ford Taurus complaints

97 V 097 000/AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: TRANSMISSION SLIPPING INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *SLC

COOLANT DISCOLORATED( RUSTY AND BROWN) GOODYEAR MECHANIC EXPLAINED IT WAS WHAT IS CALLED "BROWN DEATH" CAUSED BY ENGINES NOT BEING PROPERLY PROCESSED AT FOUNDRY(POSSIBLY LEFT SAND AND METAL SHAVINGS INSIDE ENGINES. ENGINES OVERHEATS, COOLANT RUNS OUT FREEZE PLUGS BLOW OUT THERMOSTAT LOCKS UP WATER PUMP FAILS TEMPERATURE GAUGE DOESN'T REGISTER THAT ITS OVERHEATING

CONSUMER HAS HAD 2 INCIDENTS WITH VEHICLE ROLLING BACKWARDS AFTER BEING PUT IN PARK. DURING FIRST INCIDENT CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE IN PARK, VEHICLE TURNED OFF AND GOT OUT. CONSUMER HAD TO RUN BACK TO VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS ROLLING BACKWARDS, AND HIT HER SON'S VEHICLE BEFORE SHE COULD GET TO IT. SECOND INCIDENT WAS ON 11TH OF MAY, AGAIN CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE IN PARK; BUT, THIS TIME WAS STILL INSIDE VEHICLE. ONLY WAY OF STOPPING WAS TO PUSH DOWN OF BRAKES AND PULL UP EMERGENCY BRAKE. POLICE HAD TOWING COMPANY TO COME OUT AND LOOK. THEY STATED EVERYTIME VEHICLE WENT IN REVERSE OR PARK IT LOCKED GEARS UP. TRANSMISSION WAS ALL OVER THE DRIVEWAY, AND THEY ALSO FOUND GEAR CABLE WAS CUT. CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE PURCHASE. DEALER URGED CONSUMER TO PUT PARKING BRAKE ON FOR EACH NORMAL STOP. CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO GET FORD TO COOPERATE WITH PROBLEM.*AK

FORD REFERRED TO THEIR SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER 98-3-7 WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED. AFTER RESEARCHING THE FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON FAILURE I FOUND THAT THIS IS A MAJOR COMPLAINT WITH THE FORD VEHICLES AND THE ORIGINAL COMPONENT WAS MADE FROM ALUMINUM. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS INVESTIGATED AND FORD TO RECALL THIS PART. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER AND COMPRESSOR AND RELATED PARTS FAILED. TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS $1539.51. FORD WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH COSTS DUE TO CAR BEING OUT OF WARRANTY (SINCE IT IS A '97 VEHICLE).*AK

BRAKE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS ERRATICALLY. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE. THERE IS A WIRE LOCATED RIGHT ABOVE BRAKE PEDAL, IF THIS WIRE IS MOVED OR TOUCHED, BRAKE SYSTEM FAILS TO FUNCTION. *AK *SLC

CAR CONTINUES WITH THE NEUTRAL CONDITION OF TRANSMISSION AFTER REPAIR TRANSMISSION 7 TIMES. *AK

RANDOMLY VEHICLE RACES AND SURGES FORWARD IF IT IS IN DRIVE. IF IN REVERSE, IT SURGES BACKWARD. CONSUMER STATED HE HAS HAD AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM.*AK THE MANUFACTURER DECLINED TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. *YH

WHENEVER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP OR SLOWING DOWN AND PRESSING ON BRAKES,VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THEY DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *AK

WIRE INSULATION INSIDE FUEL TANK WAS WORN THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT WAS MOUNTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING, AND CONSUMER LOST COTROL AND VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD. FOUND OUT THAT IGNITION COIL FUSE WAS BLOWN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED OF AN ACCIDENT.*AK

TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SLIPPING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEARS FOR 3 MONTHS, NOW IT JERKS VERY HARD AND RPM'S GET VERY HI BEING STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO WORK AND HAD TO BE REBUILT AT THE COST OF 1926.00. THE TRANSMISSIONS SHOP THAT DID THE WORK STATED THAT THERE WERE NUMEROUS UPDATES HE HAD TO DO TO THIS VEHICLE TO CORRECT PROBLEMS THAT HAD COME DEFECTIVE DIRECTLY FROM THE FACTORY WHEN THE VEHCILE WAS NEW. I DONT FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS THAT WERE DEFECTIVE FROM THE FACTORY AND HAVE FORD TELL ME , SAVE YOUR RECEIPTS.*AK

POWER STEERING INTERMITTENT FAILURE; FIRST BEGAN WHEN PLACING SHIFT LEVER INTO REVERSE GEAR, THEN LATER OCCURRED ALSO IN FORWARD DRIVE GEARS. SUSPECT ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC PROBLEM SINCE RADIO SPEAKERS ALSO GO SILENT AND POWER WINDOWS DO NOT OPERATE WHEN THIS OCCURS. DISCOVERED THAT REMOVAL OF 15AMP FUSE CONTROLLING BACKUP LIGHTS/HEATER RETURN POWER STEERING AND RADIO CONTROL. ALL OTHER FUSES WORKING PROPERLY. DEALER IS NOT YET CONTACTED.

THERE ARE NO LIGHTS AT ALL IN OR OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. LIGHTS IN FRONT WENT OUT FIRST, AND THEN THIRD LIGHTS WENT OUT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN AT A COMPLETE STOP CONSUMER APPLIES GAS PEDAL, PEDAL GOES DOWN, BUT ENGINE DOES NOT REV NOR IS VEHICLE MOVING FORWARD. THEN ALL OF A SUUDEN, IT WILL SURGE FORWARD. SOMETIMES CONSUMER HAS TO SHUT OFF ENGINE TO GET VEHICLE TO RESPOND. NUMEROUS TIMES TO DEALER, CANNOT REMEDY.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE ARE NO RECALLS, BUT THERE ARE MANY FAILED TRANSMISSIONS IN THIS VEHICLE.*AK

LOCAL GAS STATION HAD LOW PRICE TODAY SO PLACE WAS CROWDED. MUCH CHAOS DUE TO STUPID PLACEMENT OF GAS FILLER PIPE ON STARBOARD SIDE. CHAOS BREEDS CONFUSION AND UNSAFE CONDITION. CAR MAKERS THINK IT LOOKS EUROPEAN BUT A STARBOARD GAS FILLER LOCATION IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN IT NEEDS TO BE. EVERY FILLER SHOULD BE ON ONE SIDE ONLY.*AK

AT EARLY START AND UPON APPLYING FORCE TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL, PEDALSTICKS. ALSO,AFTER APPLYING GREAT FORCE TO PEDAL IT GOES TO FLOORBOARD WHICH CAUSES UNWANTED AND UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATES ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS IN UP POSITION AT IDLE REQUIRING GREAT FORCE, VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD WHEN PEDAL BRAKES FREE. *SLC

ENGINE IS KNOCKING AS CONSUMER ACCELERATES WITH SPEED. *AK TRANSMISSION HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE IN 37OOO MILES. FRONT WHEEL BEARING FAILED AT 15000 MILES. ROTORS FAILED AT 24000 MILES. *YH

DEALER CLAIMS NO PROBLEM FOUND BUT BRAKES ABSOLUTELY FAILED. *AK

INTERMITTENT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK. ALSO,WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD SPEED UP FOR NO REASON. HAD TO HAVE ENTIRE SIGNAL ARM REPLACED.*AK

TIRES ON 1997, FORD, TAURUS HAD A TIRE SEPARATION ON REAR TIRE THEN ON FRONT RIGHT TIRE WITH LESS THEN 10 THOUSAND MILES ON EACH TIRE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS WILLING TO WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH CONSUMER. TIRE SIZE IS P205-65R15. *AK *SLC

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN SUDDENLY ENGINE BLEWOUT. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING. WOULD HAVE WATER COMING OUT OF FREEZING PLUG. TOOK TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC REPLACED ENGINE.BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. ENGINE HAS BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES, AND PROBLEM WAS GETTING WORSE.*AK

SWITCH IN DOOR TO ADVISE IF DOOR IS OPEN STAYS ON. WHEN THIS OCCURS, IT CAUSES FOR DOME LIGHTS TO COME ON. CONSUMER HAS HAD REPAIRS ON VEHICLE ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR.*AK

SHIFT CABLE BROKE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

THERE IS A FUEL SMELL IN PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT DUE TO OIL LEAKING FROM OIL PAN.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE SMELL IS SO BAD IT MAKES HER SICK TO HER STOMACH. *SLC

RACK AND PINION STEERING MAKES A GRINDING SOUND WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN. DEALER SAYS THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING IS WEARING OUT, AND WILL GO PERFORM BADLY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, LEAVING IT INOPERABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

MASTER CYLINDER FAILED WHILE SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP, CAUSING CONSUMER TO RUN THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. CONSUMER HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDERS, AND LOOKED UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH, AND SHE HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED. TRANSMISSION EXPLODED.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS VEHICLE GOES FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL. THIS HAPPENS 80 % OF TIME. *AK *SLC

MY AUNT JUST BOUGHT 4 NEW TIRES FOR HER TAURUS IN AUGUST ,2000 AND THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS SHE WAS GOING TO HER MOTHERS DOWN THE STREET ABOUT 3 BLOCKS . HER BACK TIRE AND THE FROUNT TIRE BLEW OUT . DOES THESE TIRES HAVE RECALLS ON THEM AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT , THE PLACE WHERE SHE GOT THE TIRES SAID NOTHING TO HELP HER AND THE DAMAGE WAS 2500.00 WITH NO ONE HURT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW SOMETHING BY EMAIL. THANK YOU'''*AK( DOT NUMBER: )

VEHICLE SURGES, RPMS WILL GO UP PASSING 3, AND THEN DOWN WHILE IN PARK/ IDLING AT A STOP. DEALER RECOGNIZED DEFECT CAUSED BY THROTTLE SENSOR UNIT WHICH WAS REPLACED TWICE, BUT DEFECT KEEPS REOCCURRING. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING ABOUT 35 OR 40 MPH, A LOW HUMMING NOISE IS HEARD, ON 3/8/00 DEALERSHIP REPLACED FRONT HUB BEARINGS DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR CAUSING NOISE. CJ

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH. WITH MANY OTHER CARS AROUND ME THE TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED THE AUTO ACTED AS IF I HAD SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND WOULD NOT WORK IN DRIVE OR LOE GEARS. IF NOT FOR THE DRIVER BEHIND ME SEEING I HAD A PROBLEM AND HELPING BY SLOWING OTHER CARS DOWN I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COAST OFF THE ROAD SAFTLY. THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN,NO SLIPPAGE OR OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANNY. THE GARAGE TOLD ME THAT THIS HAPPENS OFTEN WITH THE FORD TAURUS AND IS QUITE COMMIN. I CAN SEE WHERE THIS COULD LEAD TO MANY ACCIDENTS AND THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO. MY TOTAL EXPENCE WAS OVER $2500.00 FOR REPAIRS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM GROUNDS, CAUSING LEAKAGE AND COMPLETE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH RESULTS IN VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTTING DOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

TRANSMISSION GOES INTO A NEUTRAL POSITION WHILE GEAR IS IN DRIVE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, VEHICLE HAS NO POWER, THEN IT DROPS OUT OF NEUTRAL AND ENGAGES. IT ACTS AS THOUGH VEHICLE IS REVVING AND SLAMMING INTO GEAR. FORD MECHANIC SAID THAT PROBLEM IA A CRACKED FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON. *AK

TRANSMISSION LEAKING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO NOT START ONCE STOPPED OR PARKED. *CJ

MIDAS REPAIR SHOP FOUND HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN. VEHICLE STARTED HEATING UP/ CHOKING, AND WHITE SMOKE WAS COMING OUT TAILPIPE. MANUFACTURER'S REPONSE WAS THAT THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF PROBLEM, AND NO RECALL WAS ISSUED.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN PRESSING ON BRAKES CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT GO OFF. THIS IS CAUSED BY RESTRAINT WIRING BREAKING OFF CRUISE CONTROL, CANCELLING SWITCH. *AK

HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FROM A STOP WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. CHECKED FOR CORRECT GEAR PLACEMENT. DEPRESSED GAS PEDAL, AND TACHOMETER WENT OVER, BUT VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING.VEHICLE COULD BE REVERSED BUT NOT FORWARDED. TOOK TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, AND TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH A USED ONE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING, AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO SERVICE SHOP WHERE THEY FIND OUT THAT A FUSE WAS BLOWN IN FUEL PUMP. *AK

HEATER CORE AND EXPANSION TANK CRACK AND LEAKS CAUSING STEAM AND ANTI-FREEZE SMELL TO ENTER CAR CAUSING POOR VISIBILTY AND ALSO NAUSEA FROM SMELL OF ANTI-FREEZE. *AK

PREMATURE FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION AT ONLY 54,300 MILES DUE TO WORN DOWN BEARINGS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY NORMAL SPEED POWER STEERING WILL KICK OUT SOMETIMES. ALSO, SEAT BELT LIGHT WILL COME ON AND OFF/ DOOR LIGHT WILL COME ON, AND SPEED CONTROL WILL COME ON. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING DUAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER, AND BUSTED WINDSHIELD. *AK

WHILE COMING TO A STOP FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK