1995 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR DUE TO DEFECTIVE PART(S) IN THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, MOST LIKELY THE CLUTCH PISTON. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WON'T COVER BY ANY WARRANTY.......A 95 WITH ONLY 58K. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE TRAVELED AN ADDITIONAL COUPLE OF FEET BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. VEHICLE DID NOT COME TO AN IMMEDIATE STOP. THIS COULD CAUSE A CRASH. BRAKES WERE LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC. BUT, MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE BEGAN FLUCTUATING BACK AND FORTH. I STOPPED THE CAR AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD AND FOUND THE CAR TO BE OVERHEATING. VEHICLE WAS ALLOWED TO COOL DOWN AND COOLANT WAS ADDED. CONTINUED ON TO DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. VECHILE WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALER IN ARKANSAS TO PINPOINT PROBLEM. WAS TOLD THAT THE HEAD GASKET HAD FAILED.DUE TO PROBLEM WITH THE 3.8L ENGINE, FORD WOULD FIX AT NO CHARGE. REPAIR TOOK OVER A WEEK RESULTING IN MYSELF AND FAMILY HAVING TO RETURN TO FLORIDA BY OTHER MEANS AND HAVING TO RETURN TO ARKANSAS THE FOLLOWING WEEK TO PICK UP MY CAR. DESPITE THIS PROBLEM BEING COVERED UNDER AN "EXTENDED WARRANTY" FORD OFFORED NO ASSISTANCE FOR THE INCONVIENCE/EXPENSE WE WENT THROUGH, EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW WE WERE FROM OUT OF STATE AND THE VEHICLE WAS PROMISED TO BE REPAIRED BEFORE WE HAD TO RETURN TO FLORIDA. A SUBSEQUENT COMPLAINT WAS FILED TO LANDERS FORD IN LITTLE ROCK, AR AND TO THE DIRECTOR OF FORD'S VEHICLE SERVICE AND PROGRAMS DEPT. BOTH LETTERS WERE UNANSWERED/IGNORED. VEHICLE CI AGAIN LOSING COOLANT (5/24/2000) AND WILL BE TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER IN DOTHAN. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE OVERHEATING AND LOSS OF POWER, RECALL FOR SAME FAILURE, HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO VIN #. YH

ONCE THIS VEHICLE REACHES A CERTAIN HIGH SPEED SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE GAUGE BEGINS TO FLOAT, NOT READING THE ACCURATE SPEED. SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE BEFORE, AND HAS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML

SPEEDOMETER INDICATES INCORRECT SPEED AND OCILLATES BACK AND FORTH WILDLY AT ABOVE 45MPH, THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE A RECALL SITUATION, ITS EVIDENT THAT FORD MOTOR CO. KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM AND IS NOT MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT IT!I*AK

ENGINE OVERHEATED, TOOK TO REPAIR SHOP, HEAD GASKET FAILED, WAS AFTER RECALL DATE (DEC. 98) WAS TOLD NO MAXIMUM MILEAGE BY FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. LATER FORD CHANGED DATE BUT PUT A LID OF 100,000 MILES. HAVE CONTACTED FORD SEVERAL TIMES TO NO AVAILE. I FEEL THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE BUT A DESIGN PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE REIMBURSED TO THE CUSTOMER.

AFTER WARM-UP TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT IN/OUT OF NEUTRAL WHEN REQUIRED. WHEN COMING TO STOP THE DOWN SHIFT IS ABSENT/DELAYED. WHEN STARTING FROM STOP UPSHIFT IS DELAYED AND SUDDEN. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY ALARMING AND DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. *AK

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN ODOR OF ANTI-FREEZE CAME THROUGH AIR VENTS INSIDE OF VEHICLE. TOOK TO MECHANIC WHO INDICATED POSSIBLE HEATER CORE OR HEAD GASKETS CAUSING PROBLEM WHICH IS OR COULD BE REPARABLE. MEANWHILE OWNER HAS TO CONTINUALLY ADD ANTI-FREEZE TO VEHICLE TO PREVENT IT FROM HEATING UP. *AK

THE ORIGINAL SPEEDOMETER AND NOW THE REPLACEMENT HAVE FAILED. AT ABOUT 50 MPH THE NEEDLE WILL SWING WILDLY BETWEEN 50 AND 75. A LOCAL FORD DEALER SAID FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, THEY ARE FREQUENTLY REPLACING THE SPEEDOMETERS, BUT FORD WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL. THE COST OF EACH REPLACEMENT WILL BE BETWEEN $300 AND $800. *AK