1994 FORD TAURUS Complaints

THE CITY ACATUALL DISPOSED OF THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF CONTINUING OVERHEATRING OF THE ENGINE. IT COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED AS HEAD GASKET PROBLEM, BUT AFTER RESEARCH AND RECENT PUBLICITY, I AM CONFIDENT THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. FORD SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOSS OF THIS POOR VEHICLE. *AK

JUNE 1997 I WAS TOLD BY A 2 DIFFERENT MECHANICS ..ONE FROM PENSKE AUTO IN MILFORD MA, THE OTHER FROM BERADI AUTOMOTIVE IN MILFORD ...AFTER BRINGING IN A CAR FOR A PROBLEM WHERE MY CAR WOULD RUN HOT AT IDLE...THAT MY HEAD GASKET WOULD EVENTUALLY FAIL BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. PENSKE WENT SO FAR TO BELIEVE IT ALREADY HAPPENED AND MY BLOCK WAS CRACKED. THEY RECOMMENDED TAKING THE CAR TO A FORD DEALER FOR CHECK UP. ON 6/16/97, WITH ODOMETER SHOWING 53123 MILES, I TOOK THE CAR TO VALLEY FORD IN MILFORD. I TOLD THEM PENSKE THOUGHT THE BLOCK WAS CRACKED. THEY INVESTIGATED AND SAID THIS WASN'T THE CASE. TO MY COMPLAINT THAT THE ENGINE RAN HOT AT IDLE, WITH A FLICKERING OIL LITE ONLY AT IDLE THEY CLAIMED THE GETTING HOTTER AT IDLE WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF THAT MAKE AND THE LITE FLICKERING WAS DUE TO A "SENSITVE LITE". THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THE CAR CONTINUED TO RUN HOT AT IDLE, SOMETIMES SMELLING. I TOOK THE CAR TO BERADI AUTOMOTIVE AND THEY REITERATED SOME DAY MY HEAD GASKET WOULD FAIL AND THEY HAVE "REPLACED A BUN. *AK

DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET-CREATED RELATED PROBLEMS W/ENGINE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED OF PROBLEM AND REPAIR, UNWILLING TO RECTIFY PROBLEM BECAUSE STATED DEFECT OCCURRED AFTER 100,000 MILE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. MILEAGE AT INCIDENT EXCEEDED WARRANTY BY 2706 MILES. MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO ADMIT THAT PROBLEM EXISTED BEFORE INCIDENT EVEN THOUGH HEAD GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE FROM THE BEGINNING. SHOULD BE REIMBURSED AND THIS ISSUE MADE A TOTAL RECALL FOR THESE YEAR VEHICLES ARE KNOWN TO HAVE DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH SPEEDOMETER OPERATING ERRATICALLY. REPLACEMENT HAVE BEEN MADE ON TWO OCCASIONS WITHIN 30,000 MILES. BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED PRESENTLY AT 68,000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED,AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IMPORTED TO FINLAND PRIVATELY, BUT NOT ME. THE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS WERE CHANGED IN LOCAL CAR REPAIR SHOP ON 12/1999. NOW I FOUND OUT FROM INTERNET THAT THIS FAILURE IS WELL KNOWN IN USA AND FORD COMPANY HAS AN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THIS FAILURE. WARRANTY LAST FOR 7 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES. MY QUESTION: I AM ELIGIBLE FOR A REFUND OF THE REPAIR BILLS ? I CONSIDER THIS AS AN INTERNATIONAL WARRANTY MATTER, CAUSE I AM NOT LIVING IN USA. LOCAL FORD COMPANY HERE IN FINLAND REFUSED TO GIVE ME ANY HELP, THEY CAN NOT DO NOTHING. " PROMPT REPLY WOULD BE APPRECIATED. " *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING WHENEVER THE HEADLIGHT DIMMER SWITCH IS USED OR THE RIGHT SIDE TURN SIGNAL IS APPLIED. DEALER NOTIFED. *AK

CONSUMER HAD ENGINE REPLACED 2 YEARS AGO DUE TO HEAD GASKETS OVER HEATING. CONSUMER LEARNED OF A RECENT RECALL, AND IS NOW HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. DEALER WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS NOT MANUFACTURED AT THE PLANT WHERE THE RECALL PARTS ARE MANUFACTURED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. PULLED OVER AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY PUT IN A NEW ENGINE. ALSO, UPON GOING DOWN THE STREET IT FELT LIKE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN GEAR AND WAS COASTING. TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, AND HE REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURES (2ND NOW) INCLUDE INTERMITTENT NEUTRAL CONDITIONS AT 65 MPH. STEERING PROBLEM IS SOMETHING THAT MY DEALER HAS YET TO ,BUT IS REPRODUCIBLE. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS A CRACKED PISTON INSDE TRANSMISSION. DEALERSHIP HAD TO OVERHAUL ENTIRE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE MECHANIC SAW MORE DAMAGE THEN IT WAS ANTICIPATED. *AK