Ford Motor Company: Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Aug 6, 1991 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 325,000. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS OF THE SUBJECT VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE SEVERE CORROSION IF OPERATED IN AREAS WHERE CALCIUM CHLORIDE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE ARE USED EXTENSIVELY.
The risk
SEVERELY CORRODED ROTORS MAY FRACTURE OR SEPARATE NEARTHE INNER EDGES OF THE BRAKE DISCS RESULTING IN REDUCED BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS,HIGHER THAN NORMAL PEDAL EFFORTS, LOUD GRINDING NOISES, AND MODERATE PULLS WHENTHE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. REDUCED BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS MAY INCREASE MINIMUMSTOPPING DISTANCES, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.
The remedy
REPLACE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WITH FULL CAST FRONT BRAKE ROTORS.
6 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 Ford Taurus | 649 | 5 | 21 | 43 |
| 1991 Lincoln Continental | 203 | 3 | 19 | 5 |
| 1991 Mercury Sable | 221 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
| 1990 Ford Taurus | 381 | 8 | 23 | 29 |
| 1990 Lincoln Continental | 158 | 5 | 15 | 5 |
| 1990 Mercury Sable | 166 | 7 | 18 | 12 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 91V134000.
Full record for the 1991 Ford Taurus → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →