1999 FORD TAURUS Complaints

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT BOTH FRONTAL AND REAR SEAT BELTS WERE INOPERATIVE, AND DID NOT RETRACT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

WE HAD PURCHASED ARE 1999 FORD TAURUS WAGON USED IN 2002. WHEN WE BOUGHT IT WE STARTED NOTICING THINGS GOING WRONG.SO WE TOLD THE PLACE THAT WE BOUGHT IT FROM. THEY DID NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING. WHEN WE CALLED THE LOCAL FOR DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD US THERE WERE KNOW RECALLS EVER ON THAT YEAR. WHEN I DID A SEARCH ON YOUR SITE I NOTICED FIVE RECALLS ON THAT YEAR. ONE OF MY WORST COMPLAINTS IS THAT NONE OF THE SEAT BELTS WORK. MY CHILDREN LIFE ARE IN DANGER EVERYTIME I HAVE TO PUT THEM IN THE VEHICLE. HOW CAN I GET THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX THIS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

SPRING GUARD RECALL. *NM CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V332000 THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED AN UNBALANCED RIDE AND HE BELIEVED HIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE APART OF THE RECALL. *TC *JB

IT IS A KNOWN FACT, TO FORD AND THEIR DEALERS, THAT THE 1996 THROUGH 1999 FORD TAURUS V8 SHO HAVE DEFECTIVE CAM SHAFTS. WHY HASN'T ANTHING BEEN DONE TO PROTECT THE DRIVING PUBLIC FROM THIS MENACE. GO TO THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE. *AK HTTP://AUTO.COM/INDUSTRY/TAURUS24_20021024.HTM MY SON WAS DRIVING A 1999 FORD TAURUS V8 SHO WHEN THE CAMSHAFT FAILED CAUSING THE CAR TO LOSE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD HE WAS NOT HURT. THERE ARE HUNDREDS, MORE LIKELY THOUSANDS OF FORD TAURUS V8 SHO CARS WITH DANGEROUS CAMSHAFT DEFECTS.

WHILE BACKING, RIGHT SPRING BROKE. RECALL RECEIVED, DEALERSHIP FIX ONE AND REFUSED TO FIX OTHER SPRING. *BF CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V332000. *TC

REWIND SPRING ON SEAT BELT BECAME UNDONE FROM ITS ANCHOR, RENDERING SEAT BELT USELESS. *BF THE PROBLEM HAPPENED WITH THE REAR SEAT BELT. *JB

THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT A HOLE WAS INSIDE OF THE GAS TANK WHICH WAS LEAKING GAS AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

I HAVE A 1999 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH IS OFF, SOMETIMES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON FOR NO REASON. SOMETIMES THIS IS JUST ONCE THEN IT WILL STOP. SOMETIMES IT IS SEVERAL TIMES IN A ROW THEN IT WILL STOP. IT IS MOST PREVALENT DURING THE SUMMER, OR ON HOTTER DAYS. ALTHOUGH, IT HAS EVEN HAPPENED IN COLD WEATHER. I NOTICE THAT OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM, BUT AS YET IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS APPARENT DEFECT IN THE DESIGN BY FORD. IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT THE SWITCH TOLERANCES DO NOT ADEQUATELY TAKE ACCOUNT OF EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION OVER THE OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGES OF THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEMS I DESCRIBE ABOVE HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN SACRAMENTO, CA, WHICH IS NOT THE WORST PLACE IN THE U.S. FOR SEVERE TEMPERATURE CHANGES BETWEEN SEASONS. HENCE, IF IT DOESN'T WORK IN CALIFORNIA, IT PROBABLY WILL BE A PROBLEM IN MORE SEVERE CLIMATE CHANGES ALSO. HIS PROBLEM OCCURS SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK DURING THE SUMMER. FORD REALLY SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND DO A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. I AM AN ENGINEER AND THIS IS CLEARLY A DESIGN DEFECT. IF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE TO FAIL TO WORK DUE TO THIS PROBLEM DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, THIS DEFECT COULD BE DANGEROUS.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. DOWNS FORD 732-349-2240. *AKI