1995 FORD TAURUS Complaints

THE RADIATOR HAS A SEAM LEAK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TANK AND THE CORE, THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE RADIATOR COULD NOT BE REPAIRED DUE TO THE USE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN THE TANK AND THE METAL CORES. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING IN THE GARAGE, TURNED OFF THE CAR, AND COIL SPRING BUSTED. CONSUMER SAID THAT IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE STREET/ROAD IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS. *AK

SPEEDOMETER HEAD HAS FAILED AGAIN ON THIS CAR. THE ORIGINAL HEAD FAILED AND WAS REPLACED BY FORD UNDER WARRANTY. THE HEAD THAT WAS INSTALLED HAS NOW FAILED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ORIGINAL, THE ORIGINAL PART FAILED AT 29,000 MILES AND THE REPLACEMENT ONE HAS NOW FAILED AT 27,000 MILES. THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLES WAVERS AND FLOATS ALL OVER THE DIAL. SOMETIMES IT JUST PEGS AT 85 MPH WHEN THE ACTUAL SPEED IS 30 MPH OR LESS. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM TRAVELING. FORD WANTS FIVE HUNDRED PLUS DOLLARS TO REPAIR THIS AGAIN. CALLS TO THE LOCAL DEALER HAVE REVEALED THAT THERE ARE OTHER TAURUS OWNERS WHO HAVE REPLACED NUMEROUS SPEEDOMETER HEADS AND THEY COMMENTED THAT EVEN IF IT IS CHANGED THAT THEY CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART WON'T FAIL AGAIN...IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE FOR FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO EXPECT AN OWNER TO PAY FOR THIS SAFETY RELATED REPAIR WHEN THEY ARE SUPPLYING DEFECTIVE PARTS!

SPEEDOMETER HEAD HAS FAILED AGAIN, ORIGINAL HEAD FAILED UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS REPLACED BY FORD, THE REPLACEMENT HEAD HAS NOW FAILED LEAVING ME WITH NO IDEA WHAT SPEED I AM TRAVELING AT...FORD IS QUOTING A PRICE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PLUS FOR REPAIRING THIS ITEM AGAIN...MY THOUGHTS ARE THAT BOTH THE ORIGINAL PART AND THE REPLACEMENT PART WERE DEFECTIVE..THEY BOTH FAILED AT ABOUT THE SAME MILEAGE. IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE FOR THEM TO EXPECT AN OWNER TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR WHEN IT APPEARS THAT THEY ARE SUPPLYING DEFECTIVE PARTS!*AK

SPEEDOMETER MAKES A GRINDING NOISE, AND DRIVER IS UNABLE TO READ HOW FAST VEHICLE IS TRAVELING. *AK

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED BUT THE PART HAS BEEN UNAVAILABLE TO HAVE IT FIXED SINCE JANUARY 2000 AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABE IN THE SOON DUE TO TOOLING AND VENDOR PROBLEMS. NLM

STARTING ON 3/15, THE CAR WOULD TURN OFF WITH NO WARNING, BOTH AT IDLE AND AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 75 MPH. WE ARE LEFT TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. SOMETIMES IT WILL RECRANK, OTHER TIMES IT WON'T. LOCAL FORD DEALER HAS HAD THE CAR 5 TIMES (HAS IT NOW) AND CANNOT FIGURE IT OUT. HAVE REPLACED FUEL PUMP, CRANK SENSOR, CAM SENSOR, WATER PUMP, IGNITION CONTROL MODULE AND VARIOUS FILTERS. UNTIL RECENTLY, THE DEALER COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, SO WE KEPT THE CAR UNTIL IT WAS LITERALLY LURCHING AND KNOCKING, BARELY DRIVING MORE THAN A MILE AT A TIME, TURNING OFF EVERY 100 YARDS OR SO. THEY FINALLY SAW IT TURN ITSELF OFF. IT JUST GOES DEAD. AFTER SEVERAL TIMES, WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A TELLTALE "SHUDDER" THAT OCCURED SOMETIME PRIOR TO IT SHUTTING OFF. NO REAL PATTERN THOUGH. CAN HAPPEN FIRST THING IN THE AM, WHEN COLD, OR ON HIGHWAY AT CRUISING SPEED, OR ON CITY STREETS IN STOP/GO. ALSO AT IDLE, OR COMING TO A STOP. CANNOT FIND A REASON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. I FOUND 44 OTHER INSTANCES MENTIONED HERE OF THIS...ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE CALL IT ENGINE, OTHERS FUEL, OTHERS EVEN HAVE SAID TRANSMISSION OR IGNITION/ELECTRICAL, WHILE ALL DESCRIBING THE SAME THING. WHEN WILL FORD GET THE IDEA THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM????*AK

SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER REGISTERS CORRECT SPEED. IT JUST MAKES A GRINDING NOISE AND BOUNCES FROM APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH RADING TO PEGGED POSITION. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS FAILURE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL VEHICLE BUT FORD HAS ELECTED TO IGNORE IT AND PLACE THE SAFETY OF THE OWNER IN JEOPARDY AND THE COST OF REPAIR ALSO ON THE OWNER. *AK

AT TIMES SPEEDOMETER WILL MAKE A BUZZING NOISE, AND NOT SHOW THE CORRECT SPEED. IT HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE. *AK

RIGHT FRONT SPRINGS BROKE INTO TWO PIECES. SPRING DROPPED AROUND THE STRUT, AND APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE INSIDE TIRES. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP MOVING. THE PIECES WERE VERY SHARP. THE OTHER PIECE WOULD DANGLE. CONTACTED DEALER. AFTER SEEING THE PIECES, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *AK *ML