1999 FORD TAURUS Complaints

PROBLEMS WITH CAR SINCE DAY ONE. BEGAN WITH WIPERS TURNING ON BY THEMSELVES, SPOKE TO MECHANIC, SAID IT WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. THEN THE CAR KEPT REFUSING TO SWITCH GEARS (SECOND TO THIRD), THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD QUIT AND CAR DIED ON SIDE OF ROAD SEVERAL TIMES. ALONG WITH THIS PROBLEM, THE BRAKES SQUEALED VERY LOUD. CALLED DEALER, WOULD NOT HELP, SENT ME TO FORD DEALER (DAVE GOULDS). REPLACED SPEED SENSOR, SCRAPED "RUST" OFF BRAKES AND SAID THEY MAY CONTINUE TO SQUEAL, THEY DO! THE CAR PICKS UP SPEED FROM NO WHERE, SPECIALLY WHEN COMING FROM A STOP. VERY SCAREY, REFUSE TO LET MY DAUGHTER DRIVE BECAUSE OF IT. NOW THE POWER STEERING IS MAKING A HORRIBLE HUM AND I HAVE LOST POWER STEERING ON SEVERAL OCCAISIONS. ADDED FLUID, THE NEXT DAY IT LOOKED LIKE COCOA BUBBLING OUT. I CONTACTED THE GOULD FORD DEALERSHIP AND I HAVE TO BRING IT IN TOMORROW. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AND HE TELLS ME THAT MY EXTENDED WARRANTY MOST LIKELY WON'T COVER THE REPAIR (THEY DIDN'T COVER THE SPEED SENSOR EITHER). I BOUGHT THIS CAR AT A LOCAL COMPANY AFTER A SEVERE ACCIDENT, IT WAS TRAUMATIZING TO GET BACK BEHIND THE WHEEL, BUT THIS CAR IS LIKE A ROLLING DEATH TRAP, WHY ISN'T FORD RECALLING THEM? MR

CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. PLEASE ADD MORE INFORMATION. MR

COMPANY CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. PHOTS AND INVESTIGATION APPEARS TO BE STARTED BY ELECTRICAL. FORD HAS SEVERAL TSBS ON WIRING HARNESS AND IGNITION SWITCH. MR

TWO BLOWOUTS HAVE OCCURRED ON THIS VEHICLE IN ABOUT A YEAR. IN BOTH CASES, THE TIRES HAD BEEN INSPECTED AND PROPERLY INFLATED WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF THE INCIDENTS (BY TWO DIFFERENT SHOPS). THE FIRST WAS A FLAT TIRE DISCOVERED IN THE MORNING, REMOVAL OF THE TIRE SHOWED A 2+ INCH GASH ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE, THEY HAD BEEN ROTATED TWO DAYS PREVIOUS. THE SECOND OCCURED WHILE DRIVING-- THE TIRE FELL APART WHILE TRAVELLING ON THE NEW JERSEY TPKE, 3 DAYS BEFORE, I REQUESTED THE PRESSURE ON THE TIRES BE CHECKED DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. MR

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AND RUNNING AIR CONDITIONING OR HEATER AND STRONG "PETROLEUM" TYPE SMELL EMITS FROM THE VENTS. CONSUMER ADVISED THAT IT DOES NOT SMELL LIKE EXHAUST FUMES. NLM

VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES FOR PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING, VEHICLE WAS HARD TO STEER. DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM. ONCE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY DEALER DETERMINED THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. RACK AND PINION IS BEING REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME IN 8 MONTHS. NLMJLG

CONSUMER STATES THAT HORN WORKS INTERMITTENTLY,MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT,DUE TO THE FACT HORN MAY NOT WORK AT A CRITICAL TIME. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE 3L V6 ENGINE HAS A CRACK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

ALTERNATOR HAS QUIT 5 TIMES NOW. THE LIGHTS DIM THEN THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON THEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT THEN THE SPEEDOMETER DROPS TO ZERO THEN GOES BACK UP TO SPEED LAST SHOWN THEN DROPS TO ZERO. ENGINE POWER QUITS AND THE CAR COASTS TO A STOP. HAVE TO BE TOWED. TS

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER COMES ON INTERMITTENLEY. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. NLM