1999 FORD TAURUS Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION LURCHED FORWARD. AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS PURCHASED. HOWEVER, THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT COVERED. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED, BUT NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE ACCELERATION WITH BRAKE PRESSURE THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND LURCHED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SEEN BY A DEALER, BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE REAR EXHAUST SPROCKET ON THE CAMSHAFT OF MY 1999 FORD TAURUS SHO CAME LOOSE AND CAUSED THE VALVES TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE PISTONS. THIS IS NOT A RARE OCCURENCE EITHER. MANY CASES OF THIS ARE BEING DOCUMENTED ON A WEBSITE CALLED WWW.V8SHO.COM. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY SHE PUT FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. SHE PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A SERVICE STATION. THE MAIN BRAKE ASSEMBLY WAS BEING REPLACED. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON DECEMBER 1, 2004 FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE THAT PUNCTURED THE TIRE. ALSO, THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. ONCE IN AWHILE ONE COULD TURN THE STEERING WHEEL JUST RIGHT AND THE KEY WILL COME OUT. THE CONTACT HAD TO PRY OPEN THE HOOD OR IT WILL NOT OPEN. CONTACT HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE BLOWER MOTOR WILL NOT WORK, AND THAT WAS WHAT FOGGED UP THE WINDOWS. HAD TO DASH OFF IN ORDER TO GET TO THE BLOWER. JULY 1, 2005 THE DOOR SENSOR WILL DING EVEN WHEN SHUT THE DOOR, AND IT WILL STAY ON UNTIL IT RUNS DOWN THE BATTERY. *AK

CONSUMER VEHICLE MADE A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE AND THEN DIED. *TS*** NAR RECEIVED 10-12-05*** WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT THROUGH PUDDLES THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY THE POWER STEERING LOCKING UP AND STALLING. THE DEALER CONCLUDED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE CRANK PULLEY, TENSIONER OR IDLER PULLEY. THE DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE SERPENTINE BELT. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *NM

CAR "BOUNCING" A LOT, BROTHER IN LAW SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A BUBBLE IN THE TIRE. HAD THE TIRES CHANGED AND MY HUSBAND WAS CALLED OVER BY MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC TOLD MY HUSBAND WE HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND SHOWED HIM THAT THE RODS FOR STEERING WERE LOOSE BUT THAT THE LUG NUTS WERE TIGHT. HE SAID IT WAS THE RACK PINION. I WENT ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL OR WHERE I COULD HAVE IT FIXED AND CAME ACROSS 0 RECALLS YET HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE IN A 1999 FORD TAURUS. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT HAS A 1999 FORD TAURUS AND HAS HAD CONSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SINCE IT WAS BOUGHT NEW. SHE HAS BEEN COMPLAINING FOR THE LAST 48,000 MILES FOR THE SAME THINGS. MOST RECENTLY LAST WEEK SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A LEAK IN THE MASTER CYLINDER, WHICH THEY REPAIRED. . THEY CLEANED THE HUBS. SHE HAD TO PUSH THE BRAKES ALL THE WAY TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. THEY REPLACED BRAKE BOOSTER, MACHINED ROTORS, AND PUT NEW BRAKE PADS ON. AT 1,700 MILES HAD TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR A NOISE SHE FROM THE BRAKES. THEY CLEANED THE HUBS. AT 22,466 BRAKES AND SERPENTINE BELT WERE CHECKED. THEY PUT A NEW SERPENTINE BELT ON AT 22,500 MILES. ALSO, HAD MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. 4 MULTIFUNCTION SWITCHES WERE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, A HEAD LAMP CONTROL SWITCH WAS REPLACED AT 17,000 MILE, AND A NEW RADIO PUT IN.*AK THE A/C HAD ALO BEE WORKED ON TWICE. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT READ IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT THE 2000-2001 FORD TAURUS INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THE REAR COIL SPRINGS BREAKING AND COULD PUNCTURE A TIRE. THE INVESTIGATION NUMBER IS PE05054. THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TAURUS WITH THE EXACT PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN THE ARTICLE. HE NOTICED THIS ABOUT ONE MONTH AGO. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE, AND THE DEALERSHIP FOUND IT THEN. THE DEALER CUT THE SPRING SO IT WOULD NOT PUNCTURE THE TIRE. HE WAS NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THEY DID, BUT IT WAS STILL BROKEN. THE CONTACT THOUGHT THIS CAR SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE INVESTIGATION. HE IS THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE CAR. *AK UPDATED 11/29/05. *JB

DT: THE BRAKE LINES TUBING RUSTED FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE BRAKE LINE FAILED AND THE CONSUMER LOST BRAKING ABILITY. HAD TO TAKE A SECTION OUT. TALKED TO DEALER, THEY SAID NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THIS HAPPENED ON AUGUST 26, 2005. WAS PULLING IT INTO THE SHED CHANGED THE OIL AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. *AK THE TUBE ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED (F8DZ-2C287/AA, F6DZ-2L568/AA, F8DZ-26569/AA). THE CONSUMER HAD THE FACTORY PARTS REPLACED TO PREVENT FURTHER FAILURE. THE CONSUMER STILL HAS THE OLD PART IN HIS POSSESSION. *NM