1995 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHILE IN A PARKING LOT CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO SLOW DOWN, BUT INSTEAD STEPPED ON GAS AND BRAKE PEDAL AT SAME TIME BECAUSE PEDALS WERE SO CLOSE TOGETHER. CONTACTED DEALER. *AKATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND CONSUMER UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL CRASHED INTO A WALL, INJURING HIMSELF AND DAMAGING OTHER PARTS OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS HAD PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDAL. ONCE BEFORE CONSUMER WAS PARKING THE CAR AND HAD TO KEEP FOOT ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. *JG

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE AND MOVED INTO THE CAB OF VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

HEATER CORE FAILED DUE TO OVERHEATING OF ENGINE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AFTER TURING VEHICLE OFF HEARD A BOM NOISE IN MOTOR, AND ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK

NHTSA RECALL # 01V390000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01S30. CONSUMER GOT RECALL AND HAD RECALL REPAIRS DONE. DEALER CHARGED CONSUMER $147.48 HALF OF REPAIR COST BECAUSE BOLTS UNDER ENGINE COVER WERE LOOSE. PART WAS SHIPPED FROM FORD WITH FAULTY BOLTS. DEALER PAID OTHER HALF OF THE COST WHICH WAS 147.48. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SPEEDOMETER SWINGS BACK AND FORTH, FAILING TO INDICATE THE CORRECT SPEED, THIS MOSTLY OCCURS WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS BEING USED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, HOWEVER THE TIME TO FIX IT HAD ALREADY EXPIRED. *SLC

RECALL# 97V019000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01S30.GOT RECALL ON ENGINE COOLING FAN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND HAD IT REPAIRED. FAN MOTOR DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. TOOK BACK TO DEALER, BUT DEALER REFUSED TO LOOK AT VEHICLE. CALLED MANUFACTURER, MANUFACTURER INDICATED DEALERSHIP DIDN'T WANT ANY MORE CONTACT WITH CONSUMER. SUGGESTED GO TO ANOTHER DEALER.*AK *YD

01 V 390 000/ENGINE COOLING FAN BEARING: VEHICLE IS STILL OVERHEATING. DEALER: HILL CREST FORD; HHUNTSVILLE, TX; PHONE# 936/295-3780 HAS INSTALLED CIRCUIT BREAKER, BUT REFUSED TO REPLACE FAN MOTOR. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING SPEEDOMETER WAVES BACK AND FORTH OVER TWO-THIRDS OF DIAL RANGE, READING INCORRECT INFORMATION, SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED BUT FAILED AGAIN, SPEEDOMETER FAILURES REOCCUR AT INTERVALS OF ABOUT 15,000 MILES.*AK *TT

THE CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED 3 RECALL, 98S36 FOR SUBFRAME REAR PLATE NUT REPLACEMENT, AND TWO OTHERS 01S30 AND 01M09 RELATED TO THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE ENGINE OVERHEATS WHICH IS PROBABLY DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE RECALL, THE CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED SINCE IT IS INOPERATIVE AND THE CLOSEST DEALER IS AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SITTING UNUSED FOR ABOUT A YEAR.. *SCC *TS