1992 FORD TAURUS Complaints

THE FIRST TRANSMISSION WENT IN 1999 AND WAS REPLACED FOR $2500. IN DEC 2000 THE HEAD GASKET WENT AND IT DESTROYED MY NEW TRANNY ALSO SO I NEEDED TO GET THEM BOTH FIXED. IT ALSO DESTROYED MY RADIATOR WHICH I ALSO JUST REPLACED. IN TWO YEARS TIME I HAVE PUT CLOSE TO $6000 INTO THIS CAR. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY TOLD ME TO WRITE TO YOU. I BELIEVE THE HEAD DESTROYED ALOT OF MY PARTS AND THAT IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BLOWN AT 94000 MILES. I ALSO KNOW OTHER FORDS WERE KNOWN FOR THIS AND FORD COVERED IT. I FEEL FORD SHOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR A LEAST HALF OF THE $6000 I SPENT IN THE PAST YEAR. THANK YOU. *AK

PREMATURELY CRACKED AND ROTTED COMPONENTS. ENGINE MOUNTS WERE ALREADY REPLACED VIA PREVIOUS RECALL.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED, CONSUMER OWNS TWO OF THESE VEHICLES THAT HAVE HAD THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED. NLM

WHILE DRIVING 70MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ABS BRAKES BECAME STUCK. BRAKE ASSIST FAILED. BRAKES WERE SMOKING. CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ENGINE WOULD REV VERY HIGH. DISCONNECTED CRUISE CONTROL CABLE TO THROTTLE. *AK

RECALL 98V323000. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL ON MARCH 5, 1999. WHILE DRIVING ENGINE SEPARATED FROM MOTOR MOUNTS. *AK

RECALL 98V323000; MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE, CAUSING ENGINE TO JUMP AROUND IN ENGINE COMPARMENT, AND HITTING HOOD WHEN DRIVING. FRONT AND REAR MOUNTS BROKE. THERE WERE NO PARTS HOLDING ENGINE IN PLACE. ALSO, RECALL DEALT WITH SAME PROBLEM; BUT THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

FRONT AND REAR MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE TWICE, REPLACED 1999 & 2001. NO RECALL WAS RECEIVED REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. I NEED INFORMATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT.*AK

FROM ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN UNUSALLY HIGH INCIDENCE OF HEAD GASKET FAILURES IN THE 3.8L ENGINE. THIS WOULD SEEM TO INDICATE A FACTORY DEFECT PROBLEM. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED PREMATURELY AT 60,000 MILES, ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO ENGINE.*AK A FEW DAYS AFTER REPLACEMENT, VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT ENGINE NEEDED REPLACED. *SLC

VERY DISSATISFIED WITH MY CAR, NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD, ALWAYS A PROBLEM, CAN'T DEPEND ON IT FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME, NOW HAS 3 SPARKS PLUGS FROZEN IN IT BECAUSE OF IT BLOWING A HEAD GASKET AND I DIDN'T KNOW THIS UNTIL TUNE UP TIME, JUST DISGUSTED WITH THE WHOLE ORDEAL. *AK