1994 FORD TAURUS Complaints

CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT FUNCTION, BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK, COULD NOT GET CAR OUT OF PARK, #1 -15 AMP FUSE KEPT BURNING OUT. CAR HAS HAD THESE PROBLEMS FOR 1 YEAR. FUSE WOULD SOMETIME BURN OUT OTHER TIMES WOULD WORK FINE. DRAINED BATTERY. BOUGHT NEW BATTERY, REPLACED SPEED CONTROL SWITCH THAT GOES ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. CAUSE OF FAILURE. BRAKE FLUID LEEKED INTO SWITCH. FOUND PROBLEM WHEN CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY EXCESSIVE AMPS BEING PULLED FROM BATTERY, THE SWITCH WAS SMOKING.

DT: THE VEHICLE BEGAN PERFORMING POORLY THEN STARTED SMOKING UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE POLICE ARRIVED BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. *AK *NM THE VEHICLE WAS ACTING SLUGGISH PRIOR TO THE FIRE

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ON HIS VEHICLE. RECALL # 98V323000. THE WASHER CORRODED. THE CONSUMER SAID THE INCIDENT HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT. THE CONSUMERS WIFE HIT HER HEAD BUT SHE WAS NOT HURT VERY BAD. DEALER STATED IT WAS THE RECALL PROBLEM BUT THE MANUFACTURER SAID IT WAS NOT THE RECALL. DEALER WILL NOT FIX IT WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. *JB

1994 FORD TAURUS SHO. CAR WAS SITTING IDLE NOT RUNNING FOR HOURS AND SUDDENLY STARTED ON FIRE. APPROXIMENTLY 1 MONTH BEFORE THIS THE CRUISE CONTROL JUST STOPPED WORKING. ALL WIRING IS COMPLETELY DAMAGED AND THE MOTOR IS NON REPAIRABLE. THE FIRE WAS FROM UNDER THE HOOD, DRIVERS SIDE, NEAR THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID IT STARTED BEHIND THE FIREWALL. I HAVE SEEN ON THE NEWS AND HEARD ON THE RADIO THAT A FAULTY CRUISE CONTROL MAY HAVE CAUSED THIS DAMAGE. MY CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS. I HAVE CALLED 1-888-327-4236, AND THEY SAY THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALLS ON IT. WHY, MAY I ASK, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN ON THE NEWS AND RADIO IF THERE WERE TO BE NO RECALLS? MY CAR IS STILL SETTING WHERE THE FIRE TOOK PLACE. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SOME KIND OF ANSWER INVOLVING THIS ISSUE. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO TRY TO FIX IT, MANY HAVE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID "YOU KNOW THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS MAKE AND YEAR, CHECK INTO IT". SO I AM FILING A COMPLAINT, HOPING I CAN GET SOME ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU....

DT: THE VEHICLE HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE DYING. THE ENGINE BLEW A HEAD GASKET. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED, AND THE NEW ENGINE ALSO BLEW OUT AT 97,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING A FLUCTUATION IN TEMPERATURE. THEN , FORD WAS CONTACTED, AND FORD SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP. *AK *JB

MY 1994 FORD TAURAS SHO SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT ON FIRE LAST TUESDAY NIGHT. I NOTED THAT THIS VEHICLE IS ONE LISTED AS HAVING THE SAME CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH THAT HAS STARTED FIRES IN OTHER VEHICLES, MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THE CAR WAS IN TORONTO AND FIVE FIRE TRUCKS ATTENDED THE FIRE. ACCORDING TO POLICE, NO BYSTANDERS WERE HURT ONLY BECAUSE MY SON GOT IT OFF A BUSY STREET ONTO A QUIET SIDE STREET. THE VEHICLE IS A WRITE OFF. IF I HAD AN EMAIL ADDRESS TO SEND IT TO, I COULD SEND YOU A PICTURE.

DT: WITHOUT WARNING CALLER EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND RACING OF ENGINE. WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL. CALLER TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON, AND IT STILL ACCELERATED. CALLER GOT UNDER HOOD AND PLAYED WITH THE THROTTLE LINKAGE. AFTER THAT IT WORKED OKAY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CALLED YET. MANUFACTURER SAID THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF SUCH A THING.*AK

THE HEADLIGHTS GO OFF AND COME BACK ON BY THEMSELVES. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT THE LIGHTS TURN OFF. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IT MAY BE A SHORT IN THE HEADLIGHT WIRING SYSTEM. *TC

RECALL FOR 1994 FORD TAURUS, RECALL WAS NEVER IMPLEMENTED. *BF RECALL#98V323000. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED BUT IT WASN'T. *SC *JB

RECASLL 98V009000 CONCERNING HEADLIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER. HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLASH INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AT NIGHT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT T VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL. *AK