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 1999 record →
FRONT PASSENGER SPRING FAILURE ON 1999 FORD TAURUS, CAUSING TIRE AND COMPONENT DAMAGE. THIS HAPPENED AT THE SAME MILEAGE OF ANOTHER COMPANY OWNED VEHICLE OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL, LAST YEAR IN 2002. *NLM
MY FORD TAURUS 1999 SE-MODEL, VIN# [XXX], HAS 69,095 AND THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS ARE SHOT. MY MECHANIC SAYS THIS IS LOW MILEAGE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN; HOWEVER HE HAS SEEN A TREND WITH THE FORD TAURUS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I CALLED SUPERIOR FORD AND SPOKE WITH A [XXX] REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND HE CONVENIENTLY GOT RID OF ME - AS LONG AS THERE ARE NO DEATHS RESULTING AS OF YET.....FORD WILL DENY ANY PROBLEMS. *NLM INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
CONSUMER STATES THIS SECOND TIME THE RACK AND PINION IS BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED NOTHING THEY CAN'T DO. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *TR
RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED SLICING THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE CAUSING BLOWOUT. LUCKILY WAS BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPOT AT LOW SPEED WHEN OCCURRED. *NLM
HEAD GASKET DEFECTS SEEM PREVALENT WITH FORD ENGINES. MINE JUST WENT ON MY 1999 TAURUS WAGON WITH ONLY 37,000 MILES. *JB
THE SHIFTER TRANSMISSION CABLE BROKE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE TRANSMISSION BEING STUCK IN GEAR WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER LOSS CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE REPLACEMENT PART HAD BEEN MODIFIED FROM THE ORIGINAL, AND GAVE NO FURTHER DETAILS. *JB SCC
THE CONSUMER FOUND MAJOR CRACKS ON THE FRONT TIRES AND MINOR CRACKS ON THE REAR. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. MR SCC *NLM
WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR EVERYTHING WAS OK. THEN WITHIN A 6 MONTHS THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT... TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC BECAUSE THE CAR WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE. THE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS NOT ONLY THE POWER STEERING BUT ALSO THE WHOLE STEERING FRONT END. THEY SAID THE POWER STEERING PUMP GOING OUT WAS THE RESULT OF THE REST OF THE RACK GOING OUT, SINCE IT'S ALL HYDRAULIC. WELL I GOT IT FIXED FOR 600.00 AND LOW AND BEHOLD 6 MONTHS LATER THE SAME THING WENT OUT AGAIN. I WENT THROUGH THIS SITE AND FOUND SEVERAL PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT RELATIVELY THE SAME ISSUE. SINCE MANUFACTURERS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR PRODUCT.. .THAT IS UNLESS SOMEONE DIES, THEN I'M ASSUMING NOTHING CAN BE DONE... BUT TO KEEP SHELLING OUT $$$$$. AND THE SADDEST PART IS... I'M STILL PAYING ON THE CAR. *NLM
THE FRONT STRUT BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. *JB
FRONT SPRING BROKE AT SLOW SPEED SHREDDING INSIDE OF TIRE, BROKE STABILIZER BAR AND DAMAGED STRUT - VEHICLES HAS ABOUT 75,000 MILES ON. HAVE OWNED MANY CARS, NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN - NO GOOD REASON A SPRING SHOULD BREAK! *NLM
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERATIVE WHILE IN USE AND OBSTRUCTED THE DRIVERS VIEW. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM
THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*NLM THE SEAT BELT AND RETRACTOR WAS REPLACED ON APRIL 19, 2001, HOWEVER IT FAILED, AT 59986 THE SEAT BELT AND RETRACTOR FAILED AGAIN. THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THE RETRACTOR COULD BREAK EASILY IF THE SEAT BELT WAS PULLED TOO FAST. *JB
THE FRONT SPRINGS BROKE, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. *JB
1999 FORD TAURUS NOVEMBER 2002 HEATER FAILED VACUUM SYSTEM FIXED , JANUARY 2003 HEATER FAILED AGAIN, WATER PUMP REPLACED SMELL ANTIFREEZE WHEN HEAT IS BLOWING, MARCH 2003 HEATER FAILED AGAIN! HAVE NOT BROUGHT IT IN TO BE FIXXED, ALREADY SPENT OVER $450 ON THE HEATER...
CAR MADE GRINDING NOISE WHILE TURNING. PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. HAD CAR CHECKED AND NEEDED POWER STEERING RACK REPLACED. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS FAILING, AT LESS THAN 40,000 MILES. BOUGHT CAR USED AT 35,000 MILES. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THE POWER STEERING UNIT AS IT IS OBVIOUSLY A BAD DESIGN. CALLED FORD AND EXPLAINED SITUATION, BUT TO NO AVAIL...
THE ENGINE ROD FAILED. *JB
WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WAS REPLACED AND NOW THE WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES. *NLM *NLM
1999 FORD TAURUS LOST POWER STEERING, PUMP AND RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR HAD 36,264 MILES, WARRENTY WAS UP AT 36,000. WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, CONTACTED FORD AND THEY WERE NOT OVERLY CONCERNED. WE ALSO THOUGHT THEY SHOULD REIMBURSE SOME OF THE $1400 COST TO REPLACE THE PARTS.
I WAS TOLD BY FORD DEALER, THE RACK & PINION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $700. MILEAGE IS ONLY 32,500 *JB
WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE FAILED AND THE CAR BEGAN JERKING AND STUTTERING AS IF IT WAS GOING TO STALL. *NLM
PURCHASED '99 FORD TAURUS FROM HERTZ DEALERSHIP IN JULY 2000. AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD CONSTANTLY COME ON WHEN IN THE OFF POSITION. SOMETIMES OCCURS RIGHT AFTER SIGNAL HAS BEEN USED BUT NOT ALWAYS. WILL OCCUR AT RANDOM. WHEN TAKEN BACK TO HERTZ DEALERSHIP, MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT IT IS A KNOWN FORD MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND MUST BE FIXED BY THEM. WHEN I CONTACTED THE FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY STATED THEY WOULD ONLY FIX THE DEFECT WITHOUT CHARGE IF THE MILEAGE WAS UNDER 30,000. AT THE TIME, MY MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 29,995. CONSTANT ATTEMPTS TO HAVE PROBLEM RESOLVED BY FORD HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. FORD DEALERSHIP STATED THAT PROBLEM WITH THE WIRING WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON FORD CARS BUT ONLY ON VANS AND TRUCKS. REQUEST ANY ASSISTANCE IN RESOLVING THIS MATTER SINCE THE DEFECT IS A FORD FACTORY DEFECT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED TO FORD OWNERS BY FORD WITHOUT PENALTY. SHOULD BE HANDLED WITHOUT COST TO LOYAL FORD OWNERS. *NLM
REFER TO ODI# 8017809. *SCC *JB
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, WITHOUT WARNING.*JB
OUR COUNTY AGENCY PURCHASED TWO FORD TAURUS VEHICLES NEW, IN 1998 AND 1999. AT THE END OF FEBRUARY 2003 WITHIN ONE WEEK OF EACH OTHER THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. IN RESEARCH I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE RECALLS IN 1998 ON THE 1993 FORD TAURUS AND IN 2001 ON THE 1998 FORD CONTOUR AND MERCURY MYSTIQUE, HOWEVER I SEE NO RECALLS CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 1998 AND 1999 FORD TAURUS. I WOULD APPRECIATE AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS CONCERN WITH THE 1998 AND 1999 FORD TAURUS. I BELIEVE THERE IS AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE COIL SPRINGS ON THESE VEHICLES AS WELL. THANK YOU.*JB
VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A STOP. APPLIED BRAKES, BUT VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. *AK *JB
THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND WHEN THE BRAKES WAS APPLIED, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR.*JB
THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE.*JB
I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR FOURTEEN MONTHS. AS I WAS PARKING IN FRONT OM APARTMENT, MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE BUMPED THE CURVE AND TRIGGERED MY AIR BAGS, WHICH IN TURN EXPLODED AND CAUSED $3,000 IN DAMAGE. THE FORD CERTIFIED DEALER IN MY AREA WAS UNABLE TO FIND A REASON FOR THE AIRBAGS TO GO OFF. AND WHEN I CALLED FORD THE LADY ON THE PHONE TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING. SHE SAID SHE HAD HEARD OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING THAT THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN THEY FELT IT SHOULD, BUT NOT THE AIRBAG DEPLOYING FROM A <1MPH IMPACT OF A TIRE INTO A CURB. FORD INSISTED THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. THIS HAS REALLY BEEN HARD ON ME CONSIDERING MY INSURANCE COMPANY WAS HESITANT TO COVER THE INCIDENT BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THEM NO COLLISION OCCURED FOR THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. HOWEVER, MY INSURANCE COMPANY FINALLY ACCEPTED CLAIM. ALTHOUGH IN RETURN MY RATES HAVE WENT UP AND I HAD TO TAKE A LOAN OF $500 TO COVER THE DEDUCTIBLE. EVERYONE I HAVE TALKED TO HAS BEEN RESISTANT TO HELP ME. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU OR I CAN DO TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE WITH FORD? THIS INCIDENT I MUST NOTE IS NOT THE ONLY MAJOR ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. IT IS A 1999 FORD TAURUS 92,000 MILES.
REAR SEATBELT DIFFICULT TO LATCH WTIH CHILD SEAT / BOOSTER SEAT PRESENT. WHEN USING A CHILD SAFETY SEAT WITH BUILD IN STRAPS IN COMBINATION WITH THE CENTER REAR SEAT LAPBELT WITH OPTIONAL STUD MOUNTED ON STRAP FOR SHOULDER BELT ATTACHMENT, THIS FLAW IS NOT THAT EVIDENT. ALTHOUGH, AS THE CHILD PROGRESSES INTO THE BOOSTER SEAT STAGE AND HAS OUTGROWN THE WEIGHT OF THE CHILD SEAT SAFETY STAPS, THE USE OF A BOOSTER SEAT IN THE CENTER REAR WITH COMBINATION LAP BELT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO LATCH. THE ACT OF LATCHING THE SEATBELT CAN RANGE FROM FIRST TRY TO 20 OR 30 ATTEMPTS BEFORE IT LATCHES. MULTIPLE FEMALE SEAT BELT RECEPTICLES WHERE USED, SAME EFFECT ON ALL. IT APPEARS THAT THE DEATCHABLE SHOULD BELT ASSEMBLY HAS A RATHER LARGE METAL BUCKLE THAT HAS SUCH A LARGE AREA THAT IT PREVENTS THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLE FROM ALLOWING ENOUGH OF THE SEAT BELT SLOT TO ENTER THE RECEPTIBLE FOR THE EVIDENT CLICK. IF CAR IS NOT TAKEN, THE CAR SEAT MAY INADVERTANTLY BE LEFT UNBELTED IF THE CLICK IS NOT HEARD. ONCE THE BUCKLE DOES PERFORM THE "CLICK" IT APPEARS TO BE SECURE, BUT AS A DRIVER I CONSTANTLY WORRY ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THAT BELT ASSEMBLY. THIS PROBLEM APPEAR TO SHOW MORE OFTEN DURING COLDER WINTER MONTHS. 40F AND BELOW.
AT 66,666 MILES TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. I WENT TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN AND APPLIED GAS AND IT JUST REVVED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. NOW ANY GEAR YOU PUT IT IN IT JUST REVVS. FORD HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR AWHILE.
THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED WHILE DRIVING.*JB. THE BLOWER MOTOR ALSO FAILED. *JB
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT A LOW MILEAGE.*JB
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*JB
THE SEAT BELTS WERE INOPERATIVE. *JB THE FRONT SEAT BELTS DID NOT RETRACT. THEY WERE WORN OUT AND REPLACED. SCC
POWER STERRING WENT OUT AT 72,000 MILES. HAD TO REPLACE THE RACK AND PINION. STILL DOESN'T FEEL NATURAL. POWER STERRING FLUID KEFT OVERFLOWING, EVENTUALLY LEAKING INTO THE BOOTS. AT HIGH SPEED 65-70MPH IT FEELS VERY UNSTABLE.
TOTAL FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT. 1999 TAURUS WITH 58,000 MILES. THE BALL JOINT SEPARATED AND LEFT ME WITHOUT ANY STEERING. I HAD JUST LEFT THE HIGHWAY 5 MINUTES PRIOR. THERE WAS NO VIBRATION OR HANDLING DIFFICULTIES TO WARN OF THE PROBLEM.
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELTS. DEALER AND MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT NO WARRANTY COVER THE SEAT BELTS AT ALL. TS
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 40MPH, THE FRONT LEFT SIDE COIL SPRINGS COLLAPSED. CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE GOT THE PART NUMBER ON THE NHTSA WEB SIDE #XF1Z5310AB. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PH
DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BREAKAGE. COILS SPRING BROKE IN HALF NEAR BOTTOM OF SPRING. 1999 TAURUS HAS 75,000 MILES ON. 80% HIGHWAY MILES.
CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BUSTED AND PUNCTURED TIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB
ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27TH, 2002, MY SON ZACHARY, AGE 17, WAS DRIVING OUR 1999 FORD TAURUS. (VIN # 1FAFP53U7XA255465) ON A TWO WAY STREET, SPEED LIMIT 35 MPH, WHEN HE NOTICED A BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT TIRE AREA. HE MAINTAINED CONTROL AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE TIRE WAS SHREDDED - HE CALLED ME AND I ARRANGED FOR A TOW TO A LOCAL GARAGE. THEY (MURRAY'S) FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN, PUNCTURING THE TIRE AND WRECKING THE SHOCK TOWER UPPER BEARING. MY SON DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING; THE COIL SPRING HAD SIMPLY BROKEN. THE CAR HAS 75K MILES ON IT. THE LOCAL GARAGE (MURRAY'S) TOLD US THE VERY NEXT DAY ANOTHER 1999 FORD TAURUS. CAME IN WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM (RON MURRAY INC. (585) 334-5382). MY FATHER -IN-LAW CONTACTED SOME FRIENDS WHO WORK AT LOCAL FORD DEALERS AND THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM SPRINGS IN THE 1999 MODELS; IN FACT THE SPRINGS WERE CHANGED FOR THE NEXT MODEL YEAR. HOWEVER, THERE IS CURRENTLY NO OFFICIAL RECALL FROM FORD. I DID RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM - ALL 1999 FORD TAURUS'S. - PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING LINK TO OBTAIN THE REPORTS: HTTP://WWW.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/CARS/PROBLEMS THE REPAIR BILL WAS $322.32 AND WE WERE WITHOUT USE OF THE VEHICLE FOR A WEEK WAITING ON PARTS. IF MY SON HAD BEEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY - WELL, I HATE TO THINK OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED SHREDDING A FRONT TIRE AT 65 MPH. PETER TICHACEK (585) 265-5688
I LOST THE POWER STEERING ON MY 1999 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON. WHEN IT STOPPED WORKING, I HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME TURNING AROUND CORNERS. I HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME MAKING A LEFT TURN INTO MY DRIVEWAY. I THEN BECAME AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AS I DID NOT HAVE THE STRENGTH TO MAKE A TURN. I HAD TO HAVE A MALE FRIEND WHO IS FAR STRONGER THAN ME, DRIVE THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. MY CAR ONLY HAS 41,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS NOT A PART THAT SHOULD WEAR OUT. I WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT THE RACK AND PINION SEALS HAD LEAKED AND THAT THE WHOLE RACK AND PINION STEERING HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR A TOTAL BILL OF $734.51. I FEEL THAT THIS PART ITSELF IS DEFECTIVE AND IT ALSO COULD BE QUITE DANGEROUS WHEN A DRIVER IS NOT ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A TURN AS EXPECTED. I WOULD APPRECIATE ALL YOU COULD DO TO INVESTIGATE THE POWER STEERING EQUIPMENT USED ON THE 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE INCIDENT DATE IS JAN. 2, 2003 BUT YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM ONLY GOES TO 2002.
CONSUMER NOTICE ONCE PLACING KEY IN IGNITION SWITCH, IGNITION SWITCH WOULD NOT TURN OR STEERING WHEEL. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PH
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING HER AUTO IT BEGUN TO MAKE A LOT OF NOISE. SHE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS HER TRANSMISSION THAT WAS MAKING THE NOISE. CONSUMER STATES SHE ONLY HAS 25000 MILES ON HER AUTO AND THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT BE GONE OUT. PH
WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY WHEN TURNED OFF, ALSO STOP WHEN IN USE. TS
BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. HAD THE SAME PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP EACH TIME FOR ACCELERATING AND NOTHING WAS FOUND WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION. TS
AT 30,000 MILES I HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION ON MY NEW CAR DUE TO THE PLASTIC PARTS THAT THEY ARE MADE OUT OF. I HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY SO THEY CHARGED ME $100.00.... I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN DUE TO THE CAR NOT ME CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I PAID $100.00 THEN ALSO. I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE PAID A PENNY EITHER TIME. THESE ARE THE CAR'S PROBLEM'S AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THEY NEVER TOLD ME OF A RECALL. NOT EVEN THE FORD I BOUGHT IT FROM WOULD TELL ME OF ANY RECALL'S. BY LAW THEY SHOULD NOTIFY ME, AND TELL ME IF I ASK. I WAS IN A WRECK ONCE IN THIS CAR AND I FLOORED THE CAR TO AVOID A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE FRONT WHEEL DRIVE PULLED ME FORWARD AND ONCE I WAS HIT THE ENGINE DIED AND I WAS IN A TAIL SPIN. THE ONLY THING THAT SAVE US FROM BEING CRUSHED BY THIS TRUCK, WAS ME PULLING UP OUT OF THE WAY BY MY SPEED. BUT THE ENGINE BEING SHUT OFF COULD HAVE KILLED US. IF YOUR ENGINE GET'S CUT OFF YOU CAN'T PULL YOUR SELF AWAY FROM THE OTHER CAR'S. THAT IS A DEADLY MISTAKE CUTTING OFF THE FUEL.
INTIALLY DIAGNOSED AS POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK - TURNS OUT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A LEAK IN THE RACK AND PINION STEERING.
THE INTERIOR LIGHT CONTINUES TO REMAIN ON AND THE DASH READOUT INDICATES THAT THERE IS A DOOR OPEN WHEN THERE ACTUALLY ISN'T. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LOCK AS LONG AS THE CAR BELIEVES THERE IS AN UNLOCKED DOOR.
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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