1999 Ford Taurus complaints

CONSUMER STATES RACK AND PINION STEERING WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY, CAUSING STEERING TO FAIL. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH CAR WOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR. THE MORE ACCELARATION WAS ATTEMPTED, THE HARDER THE ENGINE PUSHED AND THE HIGHER THE RPMS WENT WITHOUT CHANGING GEAR. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WHO HAVE YET TO LOOK AT PROBLEM.*AK

MY 1999 FPRD TAURUS SE WITH 47,995 MILES HAD THE POWER STEERING PUMP BREAK AND SPRAY POWER STEEING FLUID THROUGHTOUT THE CAR, THE RACK AND PINION STEERING IS GONE, LEAKING EVERYWHERE, AND THE DEFROST, FAN, AND BLOWER HAVE STOPPED WORKING.*AK

DRIVER GOT INTO VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS PARKED AND THE FRONT LEFT SIDE BROKE AND EXPLODED. *AK

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE BEHIND MY HOUSE, THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE TO PUNCTURE AND INSTANTLY LOSE ALL PRESSURE. ABOUT ONE RING OF THE COIL BROKE OFF AND THE COIL REMAINING ON THE CAR HAD THE SHARP END THAT PIERCED THE TIRE.

IN A 1999 FORD TAURUS SE, MY 6 YEAR OLD SON BECAME TRAPPED IN A SEAT BELT THAT WAS NOT EVEN BUCKLED. AFTER ARRIVING HOME AT 9 P.M. MY SON HAD JUST UNBUCKLED HIS SEAT BELT WHEN SOMEHOW HE PULLED THE SEAT BELT OVER HIM AND THE SEAT BELT WRAPPED AROUND HIM AND IT WAS AROUND HIS WAIST AND BACK. THE SEAT BELT JUST KEPT GETTING TIGHTER ON HIM AND WOULD NOT RELEASE JUST LIKE A COWBOYS LASOE. ANY SLACK I COULD GET WAS GOING UP IN THE SHOULDER RESTRAINT. THE BELT WOULD NOT GIVE ME ANY SLACK. THIS WAS IN THE REAR SEAT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. AFTER IT GOT SO TIGHT THAT MY SON WAS CRYING IN PAIN AND PANIC, I FINALLY HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT TO FREE MY SON. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. WHY IS THERE NO SLACK GIVEN ON THE SEAT BELT ESPECIALLY IN A PARKED CAR. THE BELT SHOULD NOT KEEP LOCKING AND TAKING UP SLACK. THIS IS AN UNSEEN DANGER LURKING THAT COULD ENTRAP A CHILD. THE BELT WILL ENTRAP A CHILD WITHOUT BEING SECURED IN THE BUCKLE. BEWARE!! *NLM

AT VARIOUS TIMES (SINCE 34000 MILES) THE ENGINE WILL REV BUT NOT MOVE FORWARD. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND STOP THE VEHICLE ALTOGETHER AND RESTART, OR RUN THE ENGINE HOPING IT WILL SHIFT INTO GEAR. ALWAYS HAPPENS AT FIRST GEAR, THE RPM NEEDLE IS AT THE TOP OF THE DIAL AND THE ODOMOTER NEEDLES STICKS AND DOESN'T MOVE. I HAVE HAD A FEW CLOSE CALLS ALREADY WHEN COMING OUT INTO INTERSECTIONS. HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED AT TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND AM TOLD A REPAIR CANNOT BE MADE UNTIL THEY ARE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEMS IS GOING TO GET ME KILLED. I AM NOW AT 53000 MILES AND IT CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. WHERE CAN I GET SOME ASSISTANCE. THE FIRST 3 CHECKS ON THIS PROBLEM OCCURED WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE A/C WAS ON A ROTTEN FOOD SMELL EMITTED THROUGH THE VENTS AND INTO THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE LEAKED COOLANT WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND THE ENGINE TO SEIZE. THE VEHICLES COOLANT LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT DID. THE DEALER COULD NOT EXPLAIN THE LOSS OF COOLANT THEREFORE THE REPAIRS WERE NOT MADE. *AK *PH *NLM

THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS HIT WHILE DRIVING AND THE AUTOMOBILE SPUN AROUND THREE TIMES THEN HIT A POLE. BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVERS AIR BAG BURST OPEN AND A WHITE SUBSTANCE CAME OUT OF IT. PLEASE GIVE RESPONSE IN REGARDING AIR BAGS. *CB *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME COOLANT LEAKES OUT ONTO THE GROUND WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED. ALSO WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLES ACCELERATES WITHOUT ANY WARNING ,AND VEHICLE STALLS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK

RE: 1999 FORD TAURUS: VIN # [XXX] MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 1999 FORD TAURUS FROM NORTH POINT FORD IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, ON FEB. 16, 2001. SINCE NOVEMBER 2002, WE HAVE HAD THE CAR AT TWO FORD DEALERSHIPS AND THREE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS TRYING TO GET THE HEATER FIXED. SO FAR IT HAS COST US $1,324.21. DURING THE MOST RECENT REPAIR, NORTH POINT FORD TOOK APART THE ENTIRE COOLANT SYSTEM, FLUSHED EACH COMPONENT AND FOUND RUST IN THE ENGINE BLOCK, WHICH THEY SAID WAS THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. AT PRESENT, THE HEATER IS WORKING, BUT WE FEEL WE ARE DUE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY WHEN WE BOUGHT IT WITH 29,891 MILES. (THE CONTRACT STATES 28,890 AS THE DEALER DENIED OUR REQUEST TO LIST THE CORRECT MILEAGE.) WE PURCHASED AN EXTENDED "BUMPER TO BUMPER" WARRANTY AT A COST OF $1,733 AT NORTH POINT FORD. THE BIG SELLING POINT WAS THE WARRANTY WOULD COVER ALL MAJOR REPAIRS SUCH AS THE AIR CONDITIONER/HEATER SYSTEM. THE WARRANTY IS HANDLED THROUGH WARRANTECH AUTOMOTIVE, P.O. BOX 1179, BEDFORD, TX 76095. THE CONTRACT # IS 14747754; THE CONTRACT PLAN CODE IS CV60100UKD; THE SELLING DEALER CODE IS 718688 AND THE LOCAL AGENT CODE IS 183. HOWEVER, THE WARRANTY COMPANY HAS PAID VERY LITTLE TOWARD THE REPAIRS, CLAIMING THEY ARE "MAINTENANCE." I HAVE LOCATED SERVICE BULLETINS ON THE INTERNET. AMONG THEM IS #01-15-6 "HEATER CORE - REPEATED FAILURE" AND #01-11-6 "COOLING SYSTEM - CORROSION/CONTAMINATION/OVERHEATING." WE WERE ALSO TOLD

THERE WERE STEERING POWER PROBLEMS. WHILE DRIVING, THE POWER STEERING HAD GONE OUT, AND THE CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. *AK THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AS THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN A YIELD TO THE RIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY. THE STEERING WAS STIFF AND DIFFICULT ON TURNS, ESPECIALLY RIGHT TURNS. THE FRONT SEAL WAS FOUND BUSTED AND LEAKED OUT OF THE CLUSTER COVER. *SCC *JB

THE CONSUMER NOTICED CRACKS ON ALL FOUR TIRES. THE FRONT TIRES HAD MAJOR CRACKS ALL OVER THE SURFACE OF THE SIDEWALL, WHILE THE TWO REAR TIRES HAD FINE CRACKS ON THE SURFACE OF THE SIDEWALL. *MR *CB *NLM

VEHICLE'S REAR SEAT BELTS ARE INOPERATIVE, THEY WOULD RETRACT OR PULL OUT.

CONSUMER STATES THAT FRONT TIRE BEGAN TO COME APART, DUE TO THE TREAD TARING OFF. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED. MY CAR HAD ONLY 51,377 MILES. I HAD TO HAVE BOTH COIL SPRINGS, 2 GAS STRUTS, 2 UPPER PIVOT STRUT MOUNTS, 2 SWAY BAR LINKS, AND 1 CONTINENTAL LEFT FRONT TIRE WITH ONLY 5,000 MILES ON IT REPLACED. IT COST $ 1,204.93. IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET REIMBURSED FOR IT. I'VE HEARD THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL FORD MODELS. THE PLACE THAT I TOOK IT TO SAID THEY DID A TAURUS FOR THE SAME EXACT REASON THE WEEK BEFORE.*AK

TRANSMISSON IS CAUSING VEHICLE TO STAY IN NEUTRAL LIKE GEAR WHILE ACCELORATING, HIGH RPM'S REACHED WITHOUT CHANGING GEARS OR PICKING UP SPEED. SPEEDOMETOR GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING FROM TIME TO TIME USUALLY DURING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TOOK TO SPECIALIST WHO QUOTED $2,300 TO FIX NOW MORE IF COMPLETELY GOES OUT. SPECIALIST STATED IT WAS THE THIRD 1999 FORD TAURUS SEEN THIS YEAR ALONE. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK *TS *JB

FRONT COIL SPRINGS SNAPPED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH AND DAMAGED THE BEARINGS. *AK THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND SMELLED RUBBER. THE SERVICE DEALER FOUND A BROKEN SPRING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, LIGHT SCUFF MARKS ON THE TIRE, AND A DAMAGED BEARING. *SCC *JB

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT AIR BAG PROBLEMS. STATED THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF THE DEALER, AND WAS UNABLE TO .*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED, BROKEN SPRING PUNCTURED LEFT FRONT TIRE, NECESSITATING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SPRING, TIRE, STRUT, STRUT MOUNTING BEARING AND LEFT FRONT SWAY BAR LINK. RIGHT SIDE STRUT AND SPRING WERE ALSO REPLCED AT THIS TIME.*AK

I DRIVE A 1999' FORD TAURUS. UPON ENTERING THE FREEWAY I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. CAR DOES NOT HAVE CRUISE CONTROL. I THOUGHT THAT THE ACCELERATOR CABLE WAS STICKING. I HAD THE CAR CHECKED OUT FOR THE STICKY CABLE BUT FOUND OUT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE CABLE. BETWEEN THEN AND NOW I HAVE GOTTEN THE PROBLEM FIXED FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP TWICE (PAID COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS EACH TIME) ,AND THE CAR WAS ACTING UP AGAIN(FOR THE THIRD TIME). THEN A FRIEND OF MINE REMINED ME OF THIS SHOW HE HAD SEEN WHERE PEOPLE HAD REPORTED THEIR TAURUS'S ACCELERATING SUDDENL,Y BUT FORD MOTOR CO. PASSED THE BUCK ON THE DRIVERS (THEY ACCIDENTLY MAY HAVE STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL). THIS WAS A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE TAURUS AND I HAVE TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT EACH TIME I GET AN UNSATISFACTORY ANSWER FROM THEM. *AK

I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN WRECKED. AT 44,000 MILES THE RACK AND PINION SEALS BEGAN LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID INTO THE CV BOOTS. THE FIRST SYMPTOM WAS LOSS OF POWER STEERING FLUID, PUMP NOISE, AND PUMP OVERHEATING. THE RACK AND PINION IS GOING TO GET REPLACED AND THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP IS GOING TO TRY TO GET FORD TO PAY FOR PART OF THE REPAIR. THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY.*AK

THE HEATER CORE LEAKED PREVIOUSLY AND WAS REPLACED IN 08/02. THE HEATER CORE LEAKED AGAIN AND CAUSED FUMES TO ENTER PASSENGER CABIN.*AK PH *JB

THE TIRES ARE WEARING OUT VERY QUICKLY AND THE TREAD IS STARTING TO SEPARATE.*AK

RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. UPON REPAIR, MECHANIC ADVISED THAT RACK AND PINION HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WOULD STALL. *AK

CONSUMER BEGAN TO SMELL GAS FUMES, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT THE SMELL WOULD FADE AWAY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND CUT THROUGH THE TIRE. *JB *TS *JB

WHILE GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD CRACK, AND FOUND THE LEFT SIDE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE FRONT COIL SPRING AND SWAY BAR WERE REPLACED. *TT *JB

RACK AND PINION WENT OUT AT 84K MILES - $750-$800 FOR REPAIR. AFTER READING THE 30+ OTHER COMPLAINTS, I'D FIGURED I WOULD ADD MINE AS WELL. *JB

BRAKE ROTORS ON 1999 FORD TAURUS ARE BECOMING WARPED AND CAUSING THE BRAKES TO VIBRATE AND THE STEERING TO SHAKE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT 40 MPH AND OVER. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ALSO CAUSING AN INCREASE IN THE TIME REQUIRED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE MY ROTORS TURNED TWICE, THE FIRST TIME AT 30,016 MILES AND JUST RECENTLY AT 52,400 MILES. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT HE IS SEEING THIS WITH LOTS OF 1999 TAURUS VEHICLES, AND HE BELIEVES THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM. *JB

DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND WENT THROUGH THE FRONT TIRE.*AK

POWER STEERING RACK FAILED. SEALS LET GO. *NLM

HILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL WOULD BE HARD TO TURN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. ALSO, TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER AND STILL SAME PROBLEM RECURRING, LEAKING.*AK

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

BROKEN SUSPENSION SPRING. *MR*TS

ABS WARNING LIGHT IN ON ALL THE TIME. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLESEVERAL TIME AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

STEERING RACK AND PINION HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALSO POWER STEERING PUMP DUE TO BLOWN SEAL IN STEERING RACK WERE REPLACED. *TT

HEATER CORE WAS PREVIOUSLY LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED IN 08/02. HEATER CORE IS NOW LEAKING AGAIN CAUSING FUMES TO ENTER PASSENGER CABIN.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 65000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE'S FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED. *TT

WHILE DRIVING THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS PUNCTURED, DUE TO A BROKEN COIL SPRING. *TT

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE RACK AND PINION SNAPPED AND CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE STEERING CONTROL. *NLM. *AK

TWO HEAD GASKETS BLEW WITH MY 1999 FORD TAURUS VIN #[XXX] AT 46,000 MILES HAVE DETAILED AND EXCELLENT MAINTENANCE ON THIS VEHICLE. THERMOSTAT WAS COOKED AND NO OVERHEATING, JUST LOST OF HEAT. JUST HAD A SENSOR REPLACED. *NLM INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

POWER STEERING FAILED DUE TO BROKEN SEAL IN STEERING RACK. SPENT $711 TO REPLACE. APPEARS TO BE FREQUENT OCCURRENCE ON MANY FORDS. SHOULD RECALL. *NLM

THE VEHICLE'S LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE THE CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED. CONSUMER STATED THE SPRINGS WHICH SUPPORTED THE FRONT END BROKE. *JB