1990 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE ENTIRE REAR WINDOW OF THE STATION WAGON SUDDENLY SHATTERED, ALTHOUGH NOTHING HAD HIT THE CAR. THE WINDOW LITERALLY EXPLODED INTO MANY TINY PIECES, WHICH SCATTERED ALL OVER THE CAR INSIDE. OUR BABY WAS IN THE BACK SEAT, BUT LUCKILY NO GLASS HIT HIM. THE WINDOW WAS ENTIRELY DESTROYED. OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS SOME DEFECT WITH THE REAR WINDOW WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 55MPH, THE REAR WINDOW OF THE CAR SUDDENLY SHATTERED AND EXPLODED SMALL PIECES OF GLASS ALL OVER THE INSIDE OF THE REAR OF THE CAR, WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS IMPACT OR OBJECT HITTING THE CAR. A CHILD WAS IN THE REAR SEAT NEAR THE AREA OF THE SHATTERED GLASS, BUT LUCKILY WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THE GLASS SHATTERING, NOTHING HIT THE CAR TO BREAK THE GLASS. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A DEFECT OF SOME TYPE IN THE ORIGINAL WINDSHIELD.

DRIVER LEAVING SERVICE CENTER PARKING LOT, AFTER VEHICLE WAS SERVICED. WHILE PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPACE, WITH FOOT STILL ON BRAKE, CAR RAPIDLY ACCELERATED, LUNGED FORWARD AT FULL SPEED, HITTING TWO OTHER PARKED VEHICLES IN THE LOT. VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP DESPITE FULL APPLICATION OF BRAKES. WAS ABLE TO PUT CAR INTO REVERSE, AND THEN SHIFT TO PARK.

DUE TO AN ANTI-FREEZE LEAK A SMELL COMES THROUGH THE VEHICLE WHICH MAY CAUSE DIZZINESS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO POWER STEERING RETURN HOSE SPILL ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WHICH STARTED A FIRE FROM THE FLUID GETTING DOWN ONTO THE ENGINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE TO THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. AT FIRST, CONSUMER HAD CONTROL BY APPLYING THE BRAKES. THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN, AND CONSUMER HAD TO STEP ON THE BRAKES AGAIN, THEN PROBLEM HAD STOPPED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ACCELERATOR WILL SMASH ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR ON ITS OWN, CAUSING FULL ACCELERATION OF VEHICLE. TO STOP CONSUMER HAS TO APPLY BOTH FEET TO THE BRAKES AND STAND ON THEM TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

I HAVE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY (SAFETY RECALL 98S36) FOR THE SAME PROBLEM ON A 1987 FORD TAURUS WHICH I ALSO OWN. TO DATE, HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE 1990 FORD TAURUS DESCRIBED ABOVE, ALTHOUGH THIS VEHICLE HAS IN FACT EXPERIENCED A SUB-FRAME FAILURE. THIS IS QUITE LIKELY MORE A FAILURE OF COMMUNICATION THAN A LAPSE ON THE PART OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY. I WOULD APPRECIATE ASSISTANCE IN GETTING A RECALL NOTICE ON THE 1990 FORD TAURUS. *AK

ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS BROKE, CAUSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO GET STUCK AND ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK.ET.

THE REAR ENGINE MOUNTS HAVE CORRODED AND DROPPED, MAKING THE VEHICLE IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. DEALER SAID VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL. *AK