1995 FORD TAURUS Complaints

GOT RECALL NOTICE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO GET RECALL REPAIRED, BUT DEALER WOULD NOT HONOR RECALL NOTICE. CONSUMER HAD ALREADY REPLACED THE PARTS, EXCEPT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER, PREVIOUSLY. CALLED DEALER, AND TOLD ABOUT REPAIRS. DEALER URGED CONSUMER TO BRING VEHICLE IN ANYWAY.*AK

DEALER "REPLACED" SPEEDOMETER AFTER IT WAS SHOWING SAME PROBLEMS AS WE'VE READ ON OTHER 95 TAURUSES. HOWEVER, THE ODOMETER STILL READ THE SAME -- DID THEY REALLY REPLACE IT? WITHIN ONE WEEK IT WAS HAVING THE SAME "JUMPY" PROBLEM. THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY "LUBRICATED" THE SPEEDOMETER CABLE, WHICH FIXED THE SITUATION FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE ARE TAKING THE CAR BACK TOMORROW TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY, NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN HOW MANY TAURUS OWNERS HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH SPEEDOMETERS.

A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM REAR WHEELS DUE TO WORN OUT BRAKE PADS. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 01 V 390 000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01S30 CONCERNING ENGINE COOLING FAN BEARING. DEALER JOHNSON FORD; KINGSTON, NY; PHONE 845/338-7800, EXT 642 UNABLE TO HONOR RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE STILL OVERHEATS AFTER REPLACING ENGINE. AS SOON AS TEMPERATURE GAUGE MOVED IN THE RED, PULLED VEHICLE OVER TO COOL OFF. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

I BROUGHT CAR IN TO CRYSTAL FORD FOR A VERY LOW NOISE PERIODIC THUMPING AS I DID ALMOST ONE YEAR AGO. ONE YEAR AGO THEY DID SOME MAJOR BRAKE WORK FOR THE NOISE BUT NOW FOR THIS SAME NOISE THEY SAID I NEED NEW SWAY BAR LINKS. THE STRAGE THING IS THAT AFTER I PICKED UP THE CAR AND BEGAN TO DRIVE HOME THE NOISE WAS MUCH MUCH LOUDER AND DIFFERENT FROM THE NOISE WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN. IT IS NOT THE PERIODIC NOISE BUT A LOUD GRINDING SOUND. HAS CRYSTAL FORD DAMAGED THE CAR TO EARN MORE FROM SERVICE? IF SO THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE CUSTOMER. IT IS VERY STRANGE THAT THE NOISE IS LOUDER AND DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I HAD WHEN I CAME IN. ALSO WHAT IS STRANGE IS THAT LAST YEAR WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR THE SAME NOISE THEY DID A DIFFERENT REPAIR JOB.*AK

RECALL 01 V 390 000/ENGINE COOLING FAN BEARING: UABLE TO GET RECALL HONORED. DEALER: H&L FORD; AUBURN, NY; PHONE # 315/252-7250 STATED NO PART WAS AVAILABLE. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 01-V-390-000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01S30 DEALER WAS CONTACTED 3 WEEKS AGO TO SERVICE RECALL BUT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. CONSUMER RECEIVED A CALL ON 22-JAN-02 TO COME IN ON 23-JAN-02, AND WAS TOLD PARTS WERE NOT IN. DEALERSHIP FORD BURTS ARAPASOE, 10039 ARAPASOE RD, ENGLEWOOD, CO. 80112. PHONE NUMBER 3003-643-9000. *AK

BRAKE LIGHT FLASHES ON DASHBOARD. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

SENDING UNIT MALFUNCTIONS CAUSING SPEEDOMETER TO FLUCTUATE WHEN VEHICLE EXCEEDS 50MPH. DELAER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDOITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK