1996 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING HEARD A NOISE IN FRONT END OF VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM IS MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN MAKING A LEFT OR A RIGHT TURN. DEALER STATES THAT NOISE IS DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE RACK AND PINION STEERING. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHEN CONSUMER PULLED OVER AN UNDER THE HOOD FIRE STARTED. FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. FORD HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

FORD WAS NOTIFIED AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS MINE AND NOT THEIRS. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

WHEN TURNING ON DEFROSTER ,ALL FRONT WINDOWS AND WINDSHIELD WILL FOG UP LASTING ABOUT 2- 3 MINTUES CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. MANUFACTURER CLAIMS THIS IS A NORMAL DUE TO PLASTIC COMPONENTS IN VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE CHANGING GEARS FROM PARK TO DRIVE VEHICLE WOULD JUMP OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT INDICATION. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. OWNER PAID FOR REPAIRS TO TRANSMISSION AND SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT. *AK *ML

ABS BRAKE PUMP MECHANISM OBTAINS WATER WHICH FREEZES, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

AFTER PARKING VEHICLE, SETTING PARKING BRAKE AND TURNING OFF ENGINE THE DRIVER LEFT VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE BACKWARDS, ONTO A BUSY STREET AND EVENTUALLY CAME TO A STOP WHEN IT ROLLED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND OVERHEATED THE CAR, THE ENGINE STOPPED, I HAD TO TOW THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED I NEED A NEW ENGINE AT A COST OF $4,800. *AK

COOLANT KEPT TURNING BROWN- REPEATEDLY FLUSHED SYSTEM. IT RAN HOT ON 12-06-1999 AND TEMPERATURE GUAGE DID NOT SHOW IT WAS RUNNIG HOT.IT BLEW A HEAD GASKET.I HAD TO OVERHAUL MOTOR OUT OF OWN POCKET FOR $1214.00. I STILL HAVE RECEIPTS. *AK

HAD THREE CHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT. WENT TO PUT THE SHOULDER STRAP BELT ON IN THE MIDDLE. PULLED IT OUT, CAME ALL THE WAY OUT, AND WOULD NOT RETRACT BACK IN. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK