1995 FORD TAURUS Complaints

7 ON 6-11-2001, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, A SMALL TAPPING NOISE WAS HEARD ABOUT A 140 MILES INTO MY TRIP, WHICH SOUNDED AS IF IT WAS COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD. THE TAPPING NOISE PROGRESSED TO A LOUD CLANKING COMING FROM THE MOTOR. {NOTE: THE OIL INDICATOR LIGHT NEVER CAME ON}. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR AN ENGINE DIAGNOSIS. BECAUSE THE OIL INDICATOR STICK WAS FULL AND THERE WAS ADEQUATE COOLANT, THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS NOT THE RESULT OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE, BUT POSSIBLY DUE TO A "CONNECTING ROD BEARING" FAILURE. RECOMMENDATION: "NEEDS NEW ENGINE". MILEAGE: 70,903; 7 ON 3-26-99 THE SPEEDOMETER HEAD BROKE. MILEAGE: 40,551. NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR BY THE FORD DEALERSHIP: $700; 7 ON 6-29-2000, TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, BROUGHT TO FORD DEALERSHIP- ESTIMATED DIAGNOSIS: "PROBABLY INTERNAL". MILEAGE: 57,850. DIAGNOSIS COST: $70.68 ESTIMATED COST OF TRANSMISSION WORK BY THE DEALERSHIP: $2000

COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING INSTANT FLAT TIRE, NOT GOING VERY FAST AT THE TIME, BUT WE WERE ON VACATION. ONE COIL SPRING REPLACED, AFTER RETURNING HOME, WE HAD THE OTHER SPRING REPLACED. CAR REPAIR GUY SHOWED US THE OTHER COIL SPRING, IT WAS BROKEN WHEN HE REMOVED IT FROM THE CAR. VERY DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING LIKE THAT. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED A YEAR AGO (2000) , REPAIR PLACE SAID TAURUS'S KNOWN TO HAVE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS, THEY REPAIR SEVERAL PER MONTH. SPEEDOMETER PROBLEM HAS BEEN AROUND SEVERAL YEARS, NOT TAKEN IN TO REPLACE SPEEDOMETER. I HEARD YOU CAN HAVE TROUBLE WHEN YOU TRY TO SELL THE CAR. WE JUST LIVE WITH PROBLEM. REST ASSURED THIS WILL BE THE LAST FORD WE EVER OWN. *AK

AFTER CONSUMER CAME HOME HE NOTICED FRONT OF VEHICLE WAS KIND OF LOW. WHEN CHECKED, FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE BECAUSE IT WAS COATED WITH PLASTIC. PLASTIC WAS NO LONGER THERE, AND COIL SPRINGS WERE RUSTED.*AK CONSUMER STATES REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED ALSO, PLASTIC COVER BROKEN AND RUSTED, FRONT SHOCKS WERE REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE OF COIL SPRINGS.*JB

THE SPRING ON THE MACPHERSON STRUT BROK AND RUBBED THE SIDEWALL OF A TIRE RESULTING IN A FLAT TIRE, CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR ALL REPAIR WORK, HOWEVER LEARNED THAT FORD HAD A PROBLEM WITH SPRING BREAKAGE AND INSTALLED GUARDS AROUND THE SPRING TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM OF GOING INTO THE SIDE OF THE TIRE IF THE SPRING SHOULD BREAK. NLM

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60MPH, CONSUMER NOTICED SPEEDOMETER WOULD JUMP TO 90 MPH. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRED FOUR TIMES AND THE PROBLEM RETURNS. VEHICLE IS AT DEALER'S . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY LURCH FORWARD OR BACKWARD WHILE PARKING WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL OR WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR, VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. ENGINE REVVS, BUT TRANSMISSION DOES NOT KICK IN. THEN, SUDDENLY VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT 1-2 TIMES A WEEK. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON SIDE STREETAND GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. GAS PEDAL WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. SHE HAD CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT GUARDRAIL. CONSUMER THOUGHT IT WAS CRUISE CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HEAD GASKET. GASKET IS LEAKING OIL ONTO ENGINE. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER YET.*AK

BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF FAILURES BEING REPORTED, FORD SHOULD HAVE PERFORMED A RECALL AND REPAIRED ALL THESE DEFECTIVE 3.8 LITER ENGINES. I BARELY WENT PAST THE MILEAGE ESTABLISHED BY THE CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AND WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR COMPENSATION. I AM NOT A SATISFIED FORD CUSTOMER!. *AK