1999 FORD TAURUS Complaints

THE "ABS" LIGHT ON MY CAR (1999 FORD TAURUS SHO )CAME ON. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER, SUN STATE FORD, AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A REPLACEMENT ABS MODULE (PART#F8DZ2C219DA). I WAS FURTHER TOLD THAT THE PART WAS OBSOLETE AND UNAVAILABLE. I CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY DIRECTLY ON SEVEN SEPARATE OCCASIONS...EACH TIME THEY EMAILED ME A DIFFERENT "OBSOLETE PARTS VENDOR TO CONTACT...EACH TIME TO NO AVAIL. ON 6/5, IN THEIR FINAL RESPONSE TO ME, FORD INDICATED THAT THEY FELT THEY HAD RESPONDED APPROPRIATELY AND WOULD DO NOTHING ELSE TO HELP. IN THE MEANTIME, THE ABS ON MY CAR STILL DOES NOT WORK AND I AM NO CLOSER TO A RESOLUTION. THIS IS A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE THAT I FEEL FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S HEADLIGHTS BLINK INTERMITTENTLY, DAY AND NIGHT. SHE COULD DRIVE 20 MILES AND THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD BLINK FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR MINUTES BEFORE DIMMING. THE FORD DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR FIVE DAYS AND WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. SHE STATED THAT THE FAILURE IS EMBARRASSING BECAUSE IT GIVES MIXED SIGNALS TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 29,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. UPDATED 02-01-08. *KB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD THAT SHE HAD TO HAVE THE HEADLIGHTS REPLACED. THE HEADLIGHTS HAD OXIDIZED AND PREVENTED THE PROPER AMOUNT OF LIGHT FROM SHINING THROUGH. THE PURCHASE DATE OF THE VEHICLE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 120,000. UPDATED 06/13/07 *TR

DRIVING OUR 99 FORD TAURUS WHEN WE HAD A SUDDEN BLOWOUT AND SAGGING ON THE LEFT FRONT. THE STRUT SPRING HAD RUPTURED, ALSO PUNCTURING THE TIRE. NEW FRONT STRUTS AND TIRES TOTALLED OVER $1100. LUCKILY, WE WERE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED WHEN THIS OCCURED. ONE MONTH LATER I DISCOVER THAT FORD HAD RECALLED VEHICLES INCLUDING OUR TYPE FOR THAT VERY PROBLEM. WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED. THE FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS PERSON (JASMINE) SAID THAT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE A 'PROFILE' ON US, WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED. WE HAVE LIVED AT THE SAME ADDRESS SINCE 1991 AND HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR YEARS. ANY SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICE WOULD HAVE HAD OUR INFO, YET NO GENUINE NOTIFICATION ATTEMPT WAS MADE. I LEARNED THAT FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR THAT PROBLEM BUT THE TIME AND/OR MILEAGE ON OUR CAR NOW SLIGHTLY EXCEEDED THE LIMIT. I PHONED THE NHTSA ROUGHLY 3 WEEKS AGO. A LADY TOOK DOWN MY COMPLAINT AND STATED THAT SOMEONE WOULD CONTACT ME BY PHONE OR EMAIL. I HAVE RECEIVED NEITHER. I EMAILED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND MY REPLY WAS THAT THERE WAS NO PENDING ACTIONS OR ADJUSTMENTS REGARDING MY VEHICLE. WHEN THIS PROBLEM FIRST SURFACED FORD APPARENTLY TOOK THE EAST WAY OUT AND ONLY NOTIFIED PEOPLE THEY HAD ON RECORD AS OWNERS. IF NOTIFIED, I WOULD HAVE IMMEDIATELY HAD THEM REPAIR THE CAR. NO NOTIFICATION, NO REPAIR AND OUR WELL- BEING WAS PUT IN DANGER AS A RESULT. WE WERE NOT HURT BUT I WOULD LIKE FORD TO LIVE-UP TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND COVER THE DAMAGE COST AS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE CASE ANYWAY. I WOULD LIKE YOUR INPUT ON THIS BEFORE I PROCEED FURTHUR. PLEASE ADVISE. THANK YOU. AL MANENTE.

1999 FORD TAURUS CUSTOMER STATES THAT THEY REPLACED THE WIRING HARNESS THREE TIMES DUE TO IT BURNING OUT **CC *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 1999 FORD TAURUS AT 40 MPH IT CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT HAS NOT HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE REASON FOR THE CRASH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAD AN ODOMETER READING OF 100,000. MILES. *AK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING HIGH. THIS CONFIRMED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS OFF. THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKES. HOWEVER, THE HIGH IDLE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000 MILES. *AK

1999 FORD TAURUS CUSTOMER HAS CONCERN ABOUT RECALL 04V332000 **CC THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED A RECALL, HOWEVER WHEN HE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, HE WAS TOLD HIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT HIS VEHICLE WAS OVER THE MILEAGE LIMIT. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT HAS A 1998 FORD TAURUS WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 99106 MILES. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING UNDER SNOWY CONDITIONS AND WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOWOUT. THE CONTACT HAS THE SAME FAILURE AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 04V332000 REGARDING SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS: COIL SPRINGS. WHEN THE CONTACT WENT TO THE DEALER ABOUT THIS THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER A RECALL, AND THAT THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. *AK

WE HAD A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE ON OUR 1999 FORD TAURUS, WE DROVE OUT OF OUR DRIVE WAY GOING TO THE MAIL BOX AND WHEN WE HIT THE BRAKES THE BRAKE FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON AS THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR COASTED TO A STOP. IF WE HAD BEEN GOING FASTER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE BRAKE LINE TO THE BACK BRAKES SPLIT AND LEAKED ALL THE FLUID WHICH LED TO THE FAILURE, ARE THESE CARS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BACK UP SYSTEMS?*JB