1999 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHILE PULLING INTO GARAGE AT IDLE SPEED CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE HIT THE WALL OF GARAGE. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE AND GARAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. NO INJURIES. NLM

AFTER PUSHING CIGARETTE LIGHTER TO LIGHT LIGHTER FLEWOUT WITH FORCE WHILE HOT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

DOOR LOCK ON DRIVER SIDE BROKE WHILE CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO UNLOCK VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. VEHICLE HAS TROUBLE SWITCHING GEARS, ESPECIALLY WHEN SWITCHING INTO FOURTH GEAR. CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATION, AND SAYS AT TIMES IT SEEMS TO ACCELERATE WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN, AND THEN WHEN THE BRAKE ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP PROPERLY. THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE, HOWEVER THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER FEELS THAT THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.*SCC *TS

CONSUMER STATE WHILE TRAVELING NOTICE VEHICLE KICKING INTO ONE GEAR THEN INTO ANOTHER WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND STATED SPEED SENSOR NEED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHR INFORMATION.

POWER STEERING FAILED TO WORK WHICH MADE STEERING THE VEHICLE VERY DIFFICULT, ROARING SOUNDS COME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, THE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATES AND CAUSED CAR TO JUMP FORWARD AND SPEED AHEAD. NLM

WHILE REPLACING A FLAT TIRE, THE JACK COLLAPSED. IT WAS CAUSED BY THE FLIMSINESS OF THE JACK. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE JACK HAD NEVER BEEN USED BEFORE, AND COLLAPSED DURING THE TIRE CHANGE. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THIS COULD BE HARMFUL TO A PERSON WHILE USING. *SCC

WHILE DRIVING ON I-71, LOST POWER STEERING, STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. NO FLUID, ADDED FLUID, BACK PRESSURE THREW FLUID ALL OVER CAR. DROVE TO #1RICART FORD IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. THEY CHECKED AND DETERMINED THE POWER STEERING RACK WAS BAD, ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE, BECAUSE OF SAFETY HAZARD OF LOCKING UP. REPLACED POWER STEERING RACK, GEAR ASY-POWER STNG. THEY DETERMINED AFTER REMOVING DUST BOOT THAT SEALS HAD FAILED LEAKING FLUID INTO BOOT. IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN. PLEASE ADVISE, IF ANY RECALLS HAVE BEEN MADE ON THIS PROBLEM.*AK

POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN DUE TO RACK AND PINION FAILURE. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS VERY NOISY AND HARD TO STEER. *YH