1999 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER FELT PULSATION AND VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. THE ABS LIGHT STAYED ON AT ALL TIMES, AND THERE WAS A HUMMING COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *AK

VEHICLE'S ENGINE ACCELERATED TO 3000 RPM'S RESULTING IN VEHICLE HITTING A BRICK WALL.*MR WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE GEAR IN PARK, THE ENGINE ACCELERATED, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP THE HIGH RPM RATE THE ENGINE HAD ATTAINED. THE VEHICLE JUMPED AN EIGHT INCH CURB CROSSED A SIDEWALK AND A GRASSY AREA OF TWENTY FEET AND VIOLENTLY HIT A BRICK WALL. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO PLACE THE GEAR INTO PARK, TURN THE ENGINE OFF OR PULL THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. *JB

STATUS REQUEST FOR COMPLAINT #10027052.*MR THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE STATUS OF HIS COMPLAINT RELATED TO AN ENGINE COOLANT LEAK. ODI # 10027052 REGISTERED WITH NHTSA ON 7/11/03. *NLM

INVESTIGATION OF 1999 FORD TAURUS FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRINGS.*MR THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE SUDDENLY AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. *NLM

JUST OUT OF THE BLUE, I STARTED HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH MY STEERING. FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, I HAD TO CONSTANTLY REPLACE POWER STEERING FLUID. WHAT REALLY SCARED ME WAS WHEN I HAD TO TRAVEL OUT OF STATE TO GET BACK HOME. I PUT IN POWER STEERING FLUID AND IT JUST DISAPPEARED RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES. IT WAS AT THAT TIME I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE WAS AMAZED WHEN HE SAW MY POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING OUT OF THE RACK. THE SEAL HAD BROKEN BADLY. HE INFORMED ME THAT THE RACK PINION HAD TO BE REPLACED. I EXPECT I WOULD EVENTUALLY HAVE CAR PROBLEMS AS WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT I ALMOST FELL TO GROUND WHEN I WAS TOLD HOW MUCH IT WAS GOING TO TAKE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. I AM JUST REALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH FORD. I HAVE ALWAYS SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF FORD AND I AM SURE I STILL WILL AND I AM SURE MY NEXT VEHICLE WILL BE A FORD. I JUST FOUND IT SO HARD TO BELIEVE THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THIS MAJOR SO SOON. SAD THING IS, I FEEL EVEN WORSE AFTER LEARNING THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER CONSUMERS WHO HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS AMAZED TO FIND THERE WAS SO MANY OTHERS. EVEN NOW, MY CAR DOES NOT FEEL THE SAME. I HAVE GOT TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE MECHANICS BECAUSE THE WHEEL HAS STARTED TO TIGHTEN UP AGAIN.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND THE SHARP BROKEN EDGE SLICED THE TIRE OF OUR 1999 FORD TAURUS SEDAN, VIN #[XXX]. THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR SUDDENLY DROPPED AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT. WE WERE VERY, VERY LUCKY THAT THIS OCCURRED WHILE MY WIFE WAS SLOWLY BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. BUT IT WAS A TERRIFYING CLOSE MISS WITH A HORRIFIC CATASTROPHE. IF THE SPRING HAD BROKEN ONLY A SHORT TIME LATER, IT IS EXTREMELY LIKELY THAT MY WIFE AND SEVERAL OTHERS WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR AT LEAST SERIOUSLY INJURED. SHE WAS JUST STARTING ON A DRIVE INTO BOSTON VIA ROUTE I93, A HEAVILY USED EXPRESSWAY. IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE SPRING HAD BROKEN WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING AT EXPRESSWAY SPEED AND SURROUNDED BY OTHER FAST MOVING VEHICLES. WE PURCHASED THE CAR APRIL 25, 2000 FROM HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY WHERE IT HAD BEEN USED AS A COMPANY CAR ASSIGNED TO ONE OF THE MANAGERS. THE ODOMETER READ 5,352 THEN. MOST OF OUR DRIVING HAS BEEN DONE AROUND SUBURBAN BOSTON WHERE THE ROADS ARE WELL SURFACED AND MAINTAINED. ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT (MAY 28) THE CAR HAD BEEN SERVICED BY IVERSEN FORD, 257 BOSTON ROAD, NORTH BILLERICA, MA. THE FRONT STABILIZER BARS AND LEFT INNER AXLE SEAL HAD BEEN REPLACED. I HAVE THE BROKEN SPRING AND THE ORIGINAL UNBROKEN SPRING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE IN MY POSSESSION. I ALSO HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SPRING AND SLASHED TIRE. FORD REFUSED TO ANALYZE THE BROKEN SPRING DESPITE TWO LETTERS URGING THEM TO DO SO. FORD ALSO REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE SPRING REPLACEMENT. AS FAR AS I CAN DETERMINE, FORD HAS NOT SERIOUSLY INVESTIGATED THIS MATTER EITHER WITH REGARD TO DEFECTS IN THE COIL SPRING ITSELF OR WITH REGARD TO SERVICE PROCEDURES THAT COULD LEAD TO SPRING FAILURES. *JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CONSUMER STATED WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, TECHNICIAN NOTICED BOTH CV BOOTS AND RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED. *AK

FUEL PUMP FAILURE. 2 TIMES. FIRST TIME AFTER 3 HOURS I WAS ABLE TO GET CAR HOME. 2 ED TIME I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER. BILL WAS OVER $ 600.00 WITH TOWING. CALL TO FORD 800# LISTED ON THIS SITE AND THEY SAID NO RECALL AND NO RECOURSE AS OF NOW..

THE COIL SPRING POPPED OUT AND FRACTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE SPRINGS ON BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER SIDE POPPED OUT AND DAMAGED THE TIRE. BOTH SPRINGS AND TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *PH *JB

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 50,000 MILES AND WAS REPLACED. A SECOND TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AND IT HAS CURRENTLY FAILED. THE CONSUMER WAS GIVEN A 3 YEAR/36000 MILES WARRANTY, WHICHEVER CAME FIRST. ALSO, TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID. HE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC/DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT HE HAD BAD HUB SEALS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED REPLACING AT THE TUNE OF $1200.00. THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN LEAKING FOR 2 WEEKS. *AK