1994 FORD TAURUS Complaints

HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN TWICE, NOW THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET IS LEAKING AND THERE IS A TINY KNOCK IN THE ENGINE, MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT AND ROD BEARINGS NEEDED REPLACED DUE TO GLYCOL IN THE ANTIFREEZE THAT HAD LEAKED INTO THE CRANKCASE, THIS HAD HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS FAULTY HEAD GASKETS, CONSUMER FEELS FORD SHOULD PAY FOR THE PROBLEM. *SLC

WHEN DRIVING 20 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN BOLT WHICH HOLDS SUBFRAME IN PLACE BROKE,CAUSING SUBFRAME TO SEPARATE FROM BODY WHICH RESULTED IN OTHER PROBLEMS WITHIN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER WENT OUT TO START VEHICLE. PUT KEY INTO IGNITION AND STARTED VEHICLE TO CHARGE. HE TOOK KEY OUT OF VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE WAS RUNNING WITHOUT KEY INSIDE OF IGNITION.*AK

FRONT ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE WHICH MAY CAUSE ENGINE TO DROP, AND RESULT IN A CRASH. COMMON PROBLEM. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK

NO HEAT; TEMP GUAGE PROBLEMS. CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT COVER. WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED OF RECALL. CAR BOUGHT FROM AN INDIVIDUAL NOT A DEALER. SO MAYBE THAT IS WHY WE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL. APPARENTLY THIS PROBLEM IS A COMMON ONE.*AK (TIRESIZE: 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )

I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 55 MPH WHEN I NOTICED THAT MY TEMPERATURE GUAGE HAD JUMPED ALL THE WAY TO HOT. I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE THE MILE AND A HALF TO MY HOUSE. AT A RED LIGHT MY CAR WAS MAKING A SLIGHT KNOCKING SOUND. MY HUSBAND FOUND THE RADIATOR EMPTY AND TRIED TO FILL IT AGAIN WITH ONE GALLON ANTI-FREEZE AND ONE GALLON WATER. HE STARTED THE ENGINE AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF SMOKE CAME OUT FROM THE TAIL PIPE AND THE ENGINE AND THE EXHAUST PIPE AND WATER WAS DRIPPING UNDERNEATH THE EXHAUST. WE HAD A PROFESSIONAL MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND HE DIAGNOSED IT AS BEING A BLOWN HEAD GASKET.

THE ENGINE FAILED RESULTING IN RATTLING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST STARTED AND WHEN ACCELERATING PAST 20 MPH, JUNE 2000 THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN HOT AND THE AIR CONDITIONERS EFFECTIVENESS STARTED TO DECLINE, UPON INSPECTION CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS FAILING, DEALER REFUSED TO FIX THE VEHICLE UNDER EXTENDED WARRENTY 00M009 BECAUSE THE ODOMETER READ 101,800 WHEN THE ENGINE ITSELF ONLY HAD 28,617 MILE ON IT. NLM

I TOOK MY CAR TO WADE FORD AND COMPLAINED ABOUT IT OVER HEATING . THEY TESTED AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG.*AK

FUSE FAILURE FROM SEAT CAUSES LOSS OF FUNCTION TO POWER LOCKS ON THE SAME CIRCUIT. *AK

TIMING COVER GASKET LEAKING COOLANT. DEALER EVALUATED HEAD GASKET UNDER OWNER TRANSMISSION; FOUND COOLANT LEAK. FORD AND DEALER WON'T OTIFICATION. REPORTED OIL & TRANSMISSION LEAKS, SAID HEAD GASKET OK. ANOTTHER GARAGE FIXED OIL/REPAIR AS PART OF ENGINE COOLING PROBLEMS WITH 3.8L ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM.*AK