1988 FORD TAURUS Complaints

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  • 1988 FORD TAURUS
    - PHILADELPHIA, PA

    TRANMISSION MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. ALSO, CAN HEAR KNOCKING NOISE COMING THE VEHICLE. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1988 FORD TAURUS
    - DETROIT, MI

    THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A POLE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1988 FORD TAURUS
    - CLEARFIELD, PA

    VEHICLE HAS TO RUN FOR A WHILE BEFORE THE REVERSE WILL RESPOND, AND ON AN INCLINE THE VEHICLE DRAGS UP THE HILL, IT GET JUST ENOUGH POWER TO DO THAT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1988 FORD TAURUS
    - MEADVIEW, AZ

    TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE BECOMES DISCONNECTED FROM THE RADIATOR/ENGINE STALLS AT REDUCED RPM

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1988 FORD TAURUS
    - STANCHFIELD, MN

    THE FRONT DISC ROTOR RUSTED OFF OF THE HUB ON BOTH FRONT WHEELS! I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN ON ANY OF THE OTHER APPROXIMATELY 20 VEHICLES I'VE OWNED. FORD HAS RECALLS FOR THIS IN NE STATES, WEST THROUGH WI. I LIVE IN EASTERN MN, ALMOST "SPITTIN" DISTANCE FROM WI.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1988 FORD TAURUS
    - LISBON, IA

    THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH BODY MOUNTS. WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING HEARD A LOUD "CLUNK" NOISE. FOLLOWING THIS, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, AND THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. THE DEFECTS MENTIONED HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED IN RECALL NUMBERS 93V106001, 93V106000, AND 92V065000. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1988 FORD TAURUS
    - GRAND ISLAND, FL

    EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE EXPLODED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE EXPLOSION KNOCKED THE SPAREWALL COVER OFF THE TIRE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. NO ONE WAS IN THE VEHICLE. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1988 FORD TAURUS
    - MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO

    RECALL 93V106000. WHEN DRIVING AT 15 MPH STEERING STARTED ACTING FUNNY. THERE WAS NO STEERING AND CAR LOCKED UP. THE SUB-FRAME MOUNTS BROKE, AND FELL ONTO THE COLUMN, MAKING THE VEHICLE INOPERERABLE. DEALER CONTACTED AND IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1988 FORD TAURUS
    - AURORA, IL

    FUEL PUMP FAILED AND WAS REPLACED (NOT SURE IF ORIGINAL PUMP). SECOND FUEL PUMP FAILED TWO MONTHS LATER CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AT HIGH SPEED ON INTERSTATE. FOUND THAT OTHER TAURUS OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEMS.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1988 FORD TAURUS
    - BELAIR, MD

    DUE TO CORROSION OF THE SUBFRAME MOUNTS AND BUSHINGS, THE FRONT SUBFRAME DROPPED WHILE DRIVING. THE SUBFRAME HOLDS THE TRANSMISSION, AND STEERING RACK AND PINION UNIT. WHEN THE SUBFRAME SUPPORTS FAILED, THE RACK AND PINION/STEERING GEAR TOTALLY DISCONNECTED FROMSTEERING COLUMN, LEAVING DRIVER TOTALLY WITHOUT STEERING CAPABILITY. CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL #93V106000. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE