1991 FORD TAURUS Complaints

GRINDING SOUND WAS NOTICED WHILE DRIVING. STOPPED VEHICLE TO INSPECT, UNABLE TO SHIFT GEAR. REPAIRMAN INSPECTED AND INFORMED CONSUME RTHAT TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER LEARNED OF A MANUFACTURER'S EXTENDED SERVICE WARRANTY OF 6 YEARS AND 60,000 MILE. DEALER / MFR. REFUSED TO ACCEPT. ASKING NHTSA FOR HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHES CODE 5, DEALER ESTIMATES $200-$400 TO FIX PROBLEM. TYPICAL FORD DEALER RIP OFF!!

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON AFTR BATTERY WAS CHANGED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT COMPUTER MODEL NEEDED TO BE RESET, AND THEY WOULD DO IT AT CONSUMER'S COST. ASKING NHTSA TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER, AND WHETHER CONSUMER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

12/12/95 TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL DUE TO RECALL, 06/09/97 TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED BY FORD SERVICE DEPT.(CHARGED SERVICE), 08/27/97 TRANSMISSION WAS CHECKED BY FORDS SERVICE DEPT. DUE TO PROBLEMS(CHARGED SERVICE), 09/05/97 TRANSMISSION FAILS ON EXPRESSWAY 30 MILES FROM HOME HAD TO BE TOWED BACK. CONTACTED FORD SERVICE DEPT. AND FORD MOTOR CO., THEY BOTH CLAIMED NO LIABILITY DUE TO WARRANTY EXPIRATION.

ENGINE HESITATED DUE TO THE MOTOR MOUNTS BEING LOOSE. DEALER REPLACED MOTOR MOUNTS, AND MOUNTS HAVE COME LOOSE AGAIN. *AK

CONSUMER'S SON WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH AND HE STRUCK OR REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. AT THE SAME TIME, HE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK SHOULDER STRAP DID NOT CATCH WHICH CAUSED TO HIT AGAINST STEERING WHEEL. *YH

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOY UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH CAUSED A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WAS AT STOP LIGHT WHEN GEARS HAD GRINDED. VEHICLE STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS ON A HILL & THEN STOPPED ALTOGETHER. HAD NO FORWARD GEAR. VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC. WAS INFORMED NO FORWARD GEARD. THE TRANSMISSION HAD BROKEN DOWN & NEEDED REPLACING. THIS WAS THE 3RD TRANSMISSION IN 3 YEARS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH AND WITHOUT NO PRIOR WARNING, SUBFRAME FELL OFF FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE, AND THE STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT WHICH AFFECTED THE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF GRINDING NOISE AND VIBRATION WITHIN THE STEERING. *AK

THE BODY PAINT HAS PEELED OFF OF ROOF AND FRONT OF VEHICLE. THE PAINT IS BLACK AND THE PEELED SECTIONS HAVE TURNED WHITISH-GRAY. I HAVE SEEN THIS ON OTHER FORD TAURUSES OF SAME YEAR. I HAVE HAD THIS COMPLAINT FOR THREE YEARS . FORD DOES NOT ADMIT TO THIS CONDITION BEING UNUSUAL.