1999 FORD TAURUS Complaints

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HIT FROM BACK THEN HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NLM

CONSUMER STARTED TO SMELL ANTIFREEZE. THEN FOUND OUT THAT HEATER CORE WAS GONE. SHE WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE REPEATED FAILURES WITH THESE PARTS.*AK

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE I PURHCASED MY VEHICLE ON ONE OCCASION THE CARE OVERHEATED WHILE STILL UNTER WARRANTY I WAS TOLD BY DEALER COULDNT FIND THE PROBLEM. THEN THE TIMING CHANGE GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT IT WASNT INSTALLED CORRECTLY I HAD TO REPLACE IT DIDNT REPORT PROBLEM TO DEALER OR FORD NOW MY POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT WILL COST 700.00 TO FIX HAVE REPORTED PROBELM TO DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS FORD HOWEVER THEY WONT DO ANYTHING FOR ME BOTH FORD AND TWO OTHER MECHANICE HAVE TOLD ME THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 FORD TAURUS BRETI . *AK

THE VEHICLE DID NOT PASS EMISSION TESTING DUE TO FUEL CAP SEAL FAILURE. THE PROBLEM REOCCURED A YEAR LATER AND THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE VEHICLE HAS A DESIGN FLAW. *YH

CONSUMER STATED WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT, HE WAS REAR ENDED, THE FRONT HEADREST IS AT FULL EXTENSION WHICH IS USELESS, UPON BEING HIT, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HIS HEAD WENT BACK AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE CAUSING HIM TO SUFFER WHIPLASH.*JB

AIRBAG SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE. HAS NOT WORKED SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. ALARM FOR AIRBAG CONTINUES TO GO OFF. DID NOT HAVE BULB IN AIRBAG LIGHT. DEALER CONTACTED. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT FUSE BOX, AIR CONDITIONER MANIFOLD ALSO FAILED. *AK *TT

VEHICLE HAD A GAS LEAK. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR REPAIRS FOR THE SAME FAILED PARTS. (VENT SOLENOID AND THE FUEL VAPOR CANISTER) *JG

SPRING BROKE ON STRAIGHT , TWO LANE ROAD WHICH WAS RECENTLY RESURFACED. I HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSIVE NOISE AND THEN MY CAR IMMEDIATELY WENT LEFT OF CENTER INTO OPPOSITE LANE. I GAINED CONTROL AND BROUGHT THE CAR BACK INTO MY LANE AND NOTICED THAT MY LEFT FRONT CORNER WAS EXTREMELY LOW . FORTUNATELY, I DID NOT TOUCH THE BRAKE PEDAL AND I COULD FEEL THAT THE TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. I DECIDED TO LET THE CAR SLOW DOWN SLOWLY SINCE THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC VISIBLE AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD WAS A WIDE GRASSY AREA. AT THIS TIME , THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW BECAUSE THE SPRING HAD CUT THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE AND SENT ME SLIGHTLY INTO THE OTHER LANE AGAIN. I GENTLY TAPPED THE BRAKES AND STOPPED. IT WAS A BLESSING THAT IT HAPPENED THERE AT 5 A.M. AND NO VEHICLES WERE IN THE ONCOMING LANE AT THAT TIME. IN ANOTHER 5 MINUTES I WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTERING I-96 EASTBOUND AT 70 MPH WITH A LOT OF FAST TRAFFIC. IF I WERE IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS FAILED OR DEFECTIVE PART, THE INVESTIGATION WOULD FOCUS ON ME. WAS I DRINKING? WAS I UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS? DID I FALL ASLEEP AT 5 A.M.? DID I HAVE A HEART ATTACK? WAS I USING MY CELL PHONE? MICHIGAN LAW STATES THAT THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE THAT IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IS LIABLE. MY NAME IS ON THE TITLE. FORD SAYS THAT THERE ARE "PROGRAMS"ON FRONT SPRINGS ON SOME VEHICLES BUT NOT MINE. ALL DAMAGE WAS COVERED ONLY BECAUSE I HAD PURCHASED FORD PREMIUM EXTENDED SERVICE CONTRACT. ALL OF THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME . I HOPE THIS SERVES AS A CATALYST IN GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF FORD'S SPRING PROBLEM THAT EXISTS ON OUR HIGHWAYS. WHEN I WAS PICKING MY CAR UP AT THE DEALER TODAY, A 1997 CONTOUR JUST ARRIVED WITH A "CRACKED" FRONT SPRING. PERHAPS THIS WAS A FREAK COINCIDENCE, FOR ALL OF THE 8 OR 9 FORD DEALERS THAT I SPOKE TO BEFORE I DECIDED WHO WOULD DO THE REPAIR, ASSURED ME THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE OR RARELY HAPPENED. I DOUBT IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I HOPE TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE SOON. *AK *TR

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING STATES HERD NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING, MECHANIC STATES THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NLM

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VEHICLE STALLED BUT CONSUMER STATED HAD RAN OUT OF GAS WITHOUT KNOWING BECAUSE THE VEHICLE GAS GAUGE WAS REGISTERING AT A HALF OF TANK. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER PUTTING FUEL IN VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER INDICATED THE FUEL PUMP HAD BURNED UP. *NLM DEALER STATES THAT WITH 2? GALLONS OF GAS THE FUEL GAUGE WAS READING ? TANK, REPLACED FUEL GAUGE ASSEMBLY. *YD