1995 FORD TAURUS Complaints

THE MOTOR MOUNTS CRACKED, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO PULL OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION.*JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO FIXED THE ENGINE COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY. (THE PART ON RECALL) VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM OVERHEATING. THE RECALL FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASE THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE, PULLING TO THE RIGHT, THE TIRES HAD BEEN SWITCHED, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS INOPERABLE AND THE BRAKES WERE VERY NOISY. CONSUMER CONTINUED TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE VEHICLE WASN'T ABLE TO GO FROM PARK TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR SEVERAL TIMES AND THE DRIVING CONDITION IS STILL INSUFFICIENT. *JG

THE TEMPERATURE GUAGE FLUCTUATED, THEN WITHOUT ANY OTHER WARNING THE ENGINE BLEW THE HEAD GASKET, STRANDING THE PASSEMGERS AND DRIVER. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED, IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE AUTO MECHANIC THAT THE HEAD GAKET WAS BLOWN. IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED THAT WHEN THE GASKET BLEW, IT DAMAGED THE ENGINE BLOCK REQUIRING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MOTOR. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE CAR HAS JUST PASSED 65K MILES.

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THREE INCIDENTS WHERE THE VEHICLE STALLED. (THE FIST INCIDENT THE CONSUMER WAS ENTERING HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, THE SECOND WAS AFTER A LIGHT CHANGED/STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, AND THE THIRD INCIDENT THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE MOTOR STARTED TO MISS, AND A COUPLE OF SECONDS LATER QUIT) SCC

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE HEAD GASKET BLEW CAUSING COOLANT FLUID TO LEAK. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON A 1995 FORD TAURUS. IT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED THAT THE 1995 FORD 3.8L ENGINE WILL FAIL AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT WARNING AND THIS OCCURRED WITH OUR VEHICLE.

95 TAURUS WAGON, AFTER HAVING CAR CHECKED NUMEROUS TIMES FOR VARIOUS TEMPERATURE CONTROL ISSUES WITH HEAT AND AIR CONDITIONING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, HEAD GASKET BLEW...CALLED DEALERSHIP, AFTER FIRST NOTICING VAPOR FROM TAILPIPE ALONG WITH TEMPERATURE PROBLEMS. DEALERS EXPLAINATION WAS THERMOSTAT PROBLEM. ONE WEEK LATER, EXTREME AMOUNT OF BLUE VAPOR POURING OUT OF TAILPIPE ALONG WITH ANTIFREEZE FLUID LOSS THAT HAD CONTINUED TO OCCUR. CONTACTED DEALER, SAID IT WAS A HEAD GASKET AND WE SHOULD FILL WITH ANTIFREEZE AND FIND A NEW CAR, CAR HAS 84,000MILES. CONTACTED FORD MOTOR CORP. ABOUT EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE THAT BECAUSE OF LOW MILEAGE DIDNT COVER OUR CAR EVEN THOUGH SYMPTOMS OCCURED DURING COVERED PERIOD. FORD REFUSED TO HONOR OR ACKNOWLEDGE ANY RESPONSIBILITY EVEN KNOWING ABOUT GASKET PROBLEMS AND THE 3.8L ENGINE THEY INSTALLED IN THE TAURUS.

FORD OFFERED A FREE HEADGASKET REPLACEMENT FOR MY 1995 TAURUS IN A JULY18 2000 LETTER( THAT I RECEIVED IN FEB. 2002). WHEN THEY HAD THE HEADGASKET OFF THEY CALLED ME TO THE MY CAR AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE GEAR GASKET OR IT WOULD CAUSE THE HEADH\GASKET TO "GO BAD" AGAIN. WHEN I ASKED THEM WHY THE GEAR GASKET WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FREE REPLACEMENT THEN HAS NO ANSWER. IT COST ME $567.29 TO HAVE THEM REPLACE THE GEAR GASKET. I THINK THAT THIS IS A BATE AND SWITCH. WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS RIPOFF?

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE STALLING. ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS STALL WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE AND BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD NO WARRANTY THEY WON'T REPLACE IT UNLESS HE PAYS FOR IT. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE THAT HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC AND HAD THE FUEL PUMP REPLACE. ALSO STATED THAT HE IS AWARE THAT THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. TS *DT