1998 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 TO 30 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED, COULD HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER DRIVER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED IT WAS FUEL PUMP PRIMARY MODULE RELAY.*AK *SLC

MY DOOR LATCH AND/OR 'DOOR AJAR' LIGHT LATCH IS NOT WORKING, MY INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON ALL THE TIME AND MY BATTERY STAYS RUN DOWN(I'VE HAD TO REPLACE IT ONCE ALREADY), AND NOT ONLY IS IT HARD TO DRIVE AT NIGHT WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ON, IT IS DANGEROUS. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ON THIS. THANK YOU, MS. [XXX]. FRAME. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH POWER STEERING PUMP WOULD INTERMITTENTLY/MOMENTARILY STOP OPERATING WHILE DRIVING. HAD TO STOP VEHICLE AND RESTART IT FOR POWER STEERING TO OPERATE AGAIN. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

INSIDE COURTESY LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON FOR 25 MINUTES OR UP TO AN HOUR BEFORE GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK

I PUCHASE THIS PROGRAM CAR WITH 19,089 , IT CAME WITH THE ORIGINAL FACTORY OF 36/36,000 MI. WARRANTY. I ALSO PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY OF 72 MONTHS OF 60,000 MILES. ABOUT 500 MILES AFTER I FIRST PICKUP MY CAR THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT WHEN THEY PUT IT ON THEIR COMPUTER. THEN THEY TRIED TO MOVE IT. THE TRANSMISSION HAD COMPLETELY BURNED UP, AND HAD TO BE REBUILT. THE NEXT TIME THE TRANSMISSION STARTED HAVING TROUBLE, WAS ON AUG 28, 2001, AT 55,000 MILES. THE CAR STARTED EXPERIENCING PERIODS WHERE IT WOULDN'T ENGAGE, HAD EXTENDED SHIFTS, OR SHIFT HARSHLY. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEED TO BE REPLACED, THIS IS 36,311 MILES AFTER THE FIRST TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. WHEN I ASKED FORD ARE THEY GOING TO EXTEND THIS WARRANTY BEYOND THE 12/12000 THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NO NEED. I CHECK ANOTHER WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.AUTOSAFETY.ORG AND FOUND OUT THAT GEARTRAIN MELTDOWN, AND CRACKS IN THE FOWARD CLUTCH PISTON, HAS PLAGUE FORD TAURUS'S SINCE 1986.*AK

ENGINE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO HIGH GEAR SOMETIMES. CAR WILL HESITATE WHEN SHIFTING AND SOMETIMES THE GEAR SELECTER SAYS IT IS IN GEAR BUT CAR WILL NOT MOVE.*AK

CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE AT A SET SPEED WHEN GOING DOWN HILL. VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE WELL BEYOND PRESET SPEED. VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE 15 MPH OVER PRESET SPEED. BRAKES ROTORS WARP CONSTANTLY. ROTORS HAVE BEEN RESURFACED OR REPLACED OVER 5 TIMES. ENGINE SPEED WILL NOT DECREASE WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS NOT RELEASED. DEALER CLAIM ALL TAURUS WITH 3.0L DURATIC ENGINES HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THEY CLAIM NO TECHNICAL BULLETINS HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO RESOLVE ANY OF THESE ISSUES. THIS REQUIRES CONSTANT BRAKING AND CERTAINLY CONTRIBUTES TO ACCELERATED BRAKE WEAR AND POSSIBLY THE ROTORS WARPING SO OFTEN. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND NONE HAVE BEEN RESOLVED. NHTSA HAS COUNTLESS COMPLAINTS IN YOUR ELECTRIC FILES REGARDING THESE SAME ISSUES, YET NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. WHY? *PH *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**751827

COMPLETE SEPARATION OF TREAD FROM TIRE. TIRE REMAINED INFLATED AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL SAFELY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.*AK (TIRESIZE: P205/65R15)

VEHICLE CAN BE IN DRIVE AND MOVING, OR IN PARK AND SITTING STILL, THE ENGINE WILL BEGIN TO HESITATE AFTER RUNNING FOR 10-15 MINUTES. THE DASHBOARD INSTRUMENTS GET EXTREMELY HOT, THE LIGHTING WILL DIM ON ITS OWN. ALL ELECTRONICS (I.E. RADIO, AIR CONDITIONING ETC...) WILL FAIL. THE CAR WILL THEN CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE ALSO LUNGES FORWARD IF IN PARK OR STOPPED WHILE IN DRIVE, IF IT HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR 10-15 MINUTES OR MORE.

PROCEEDING DOWN THE STREET AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND THE TIRES LOCKED AND THE BRAKES FAILED. COULD NOT STOP OR STEER, HIT A POLE. *AK