1995 FORD TAURUS Complaints

SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES.SPEEDOMETER JUMPS TO VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DOES NOT RECORD THE CORRECT SPEED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE FAILED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS BEING EXPERIENCED BY OTHER FORD OWNERS AS REFLECTED IN THE DATABASE OF COMPLAINTS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS DRIVERS OF FORDS WITH THIS PROBLEM HAVE NO IDEA ON HOW FAST THEY ARE DRIVING. PLEASE ADVISE HOW YOU WILL REQUIRE FORD TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS IN YOUR DATABASE REFLECTS THAT THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM. DUE TO THE COSTLY NATURE OF REPAIRING THIS PROBLEM AND NOT HAVING ANY ASSURANCE THAT IT WILL FINALLY BE CORRECTED PROPERLY, I AM ASKING FOR YOUR AGENCYS INTERVENTION TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM. PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM HAVE NOT BEEN POSITIVE. *AK

SPEEDOMETER WILL ACT ERRACTIC WHEN GOING OVER 40 MPH . NEEDLE WILL MAKE SCRATCHING NOISE AND JUMP ALL OVER, CONSUMER CANNOT DETERMINE SPEED.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. DEALER INDICATED VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *AK THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AT HIGH SPEED. THE ALUMINIUM PISTON WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ENGAGING IN DRIVE AND WAS HESITATING. *YH

THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL INSTEAD OF "IF THIS PROBLEM OCCURS. " NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING SPEEDOMETER WILL START FLOPPING UP NUMBERS OFF RIGHT SIDE AND THEN BACK DOWN TO FIFTY AGAIN WHEN HITTING ROUGH SPOTS. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS DISTRACTING BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW FAST HE IS GOING SOMETIMES. *AK

FRONT SUBFRAME BROKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO FALL FORWARD. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

AFTER STOPPING, THE TRANSMISSION ACTS AS IF IT'S IN NEUTRAL, THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR. THIS OCCURS PRIMARILY AT STOP LIGHTS AND SIGNS AT INTERSECTIONS AND PUTS DRIVER IN FEAR OF NOT BEING ABLE TO GET OUT OF WAY OF ON-COMING TRAFFIC. THIS SLAMMING/SLIPPING CAN ALSO OCCUR AT LOW SPEED, WITHOUT A PRIOR STOP, SUCH AS WHEN ENTERING A DRIVEWAY OR TURNING A CORNER AT AN INTERSECTION WITH A YIELD SIGN. WE HAVE NOTED SEVERAL POTENTIAL TECH. SERVICE BULLETINS, WHICH MAY APPLY TO THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE DEALER WE ARE USING FOR SERVICE HAS BEEN UNCOOPERATIVE AND CHARGED US FOR REPAIRS THAT HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM. (WE RECOGNIZE THIS LAST PART OF THE COMPLAINT IS MORE OF A CONSUMER'S AFFAIRS PROBLEM, HOWEVER, IT IS ALSO LEAVING US DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE.). *AK

RADIATOR FAILED BETWEEN PLASTIC EXPANSION TANK AND ALUMINUM RADIATOR CORE. SAME DEFECT IN 1994 COUGAR, NHTSA OID # 736817. SAME DEFECT IN SON'S 1995 TAURUS. CLEARLY A DESIGN DEFECT IN ALL FORD PLASTIC/ALUMINUM CORE RADIATORS. COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY IF ENGINE OVERHEATS AND FAILS UNDERWAY. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED ON MANY OCCASIONS WITHOUT WARNING BUT IF ALLOWED TO COOL OFF THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART, CONSUMER BELIEVES HIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCE TFI MODULE FAILURE SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS IN CALIFORNIA. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 45-50 MPH VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE. OWNER STOPPED TO CHECK VEHICLE. AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT ANOTHER MILE, VEHICLE DIED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. ENGINE HAS BLOWN A HEAD GASKET. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER.*AK