1994 FORD TAURUS Complaints

CONSUMER INQUIRED ABOUT A RECALL CONCERNING DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS. THE DEALER INSISTED THAT NO RECALL WAS ISSUED. *AK *NLM

REPLY TO REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM FORD FOR EXPENSES INCURRED DURING THE REPAIR OF THE ENGINE IN A 1994 FORD TAURUS. SENT A VOQ TO THE CONSUMER FOR FUTURE USE. *SCC *JB

AFTER THE RECALL FOR THE SUBFRAME WAS PERFORMED, THE SUBFRAME BROKE. RECALL # 98 V 323 000.*JB

IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE 1994 FORD TAURAS HAS A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. I HAD THIS PROBLEM FIXED APPROXIMATELY 3 - 5 YEARS AGO. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING AGAIN. FROMM READING SOME OTHER COMPLAINTS, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURING ON SEVERAL 1994 FORD TAURAS'S. IS THERE ANY PLAN TO DO A RECALL FOR THIS HEAD GASKET PROBLEM.*JB

FRONT HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT FUNCTION AFTER REPLACING HEADLIGHT SWITCH. WORKED FOR 15 MINUTES AND THEN SHUT OFF. FUSES CHECKED OK OTHER TROUBLESHOOTING CHECKS DID NOT REMEDY SITUATION. NOTED 2 BURNED PLUG HOLES IN WIRING HARNESS AT SWITCH. VEHICLE MODEL AND YEAR IS ON A RECALL FROM FORD FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. TOLD BY FORD SERVICE TECH THAT MY VEHICLE (VIN# [XXX]) WAS NOT IN RECALL. ALSO REAR LIGHT OVER HATCH HAS LEAKED SINCE NEW AND CAUSED LIGHT TO SHORT OUT. NOTICED MANY OTHER 94 WAGONS WITH SAME PROBLEM. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

FAILURE OF HEAD GASKETS ON A 1994 FORD TAURUS WITH THE 3.8L V-6 MOTOR WITH ONLY 28,396 MILES (ORIGINAL) ON THE ODOMETER

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

MY CAR STALLS OR JUST STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, IT WILL GO FROM 60MPH TO 0MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 20 TIMES. I TOOK IT TO PEFFLEY FORD FOR REPAIRS, THEY CHARGED ME $669.36 AND 6 DAYS LATER MY CAR CUT OUT ON ME AGAIN AND THEY TOWED IT TO THEIR SHOP. THEY REFUSED TO LOOK AT MY CAR WITHOUT ME PAYING MORE MONEY FOR REPAIRS AND THE TOW TRUCK. I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON REPAIRS FOR MY CAR AND I FEAR FOR MY LIFE EVERY TIME I GET INTO THAT CAR. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL CUT OUT AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A NEW CAR. I FOUND OUT THAT 8 PEOPLE OWNED THAT CAR BEFORE ME, WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR, THE SALESPERSON SAID THAT IT WOULD BE SAFE FOR MY TWO YOUNG GIRLS TO RIDE IN HE WAS WRONG. I HAVE ALL OF MY SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND WILL SEND COPIES TO YOU. PLEASE DO SOMETHING BEFORE ONE OR ALL OF MY FAMILY END UP INJURED OR DEAD. THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE, KAREN JUDKINS.

THE VEHICLE IS OVER HEATING DUE TO ANTIFREEZE GETTING INTO THE OIL. CONSUMER STATES' TOOK TO FORD AND THEY REPLACED THE RADIATOR, AND THE PROBLEM WAS STILL OCCURRING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND THEY REPLACED THE HEAD GASKETS AND THE OVER HEATING STOPPED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

VEHICLE IS OVERHEATING AND CONSTANTLY LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE AND OIL. CAUSE OF LEAK UNKNOWN. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE RADIATOR BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. THEN THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET AND THE OVER HEATING STOPPED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS