1999 FORD TAURUS Complaints

UPON ENGAGING THE SEAT BELT AND RELEASING IT, THE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT BACK. IT BECOMES VERY SLACK AND CANNOT BE USED AGAIN, UNLESS IT IS TIGHTENED. NLM.

FUEL GUAGE ON INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED WHICH IN TURN CAUSED ME TO DRIVE VEHICLE UNTIL GAS WAS EMPTY WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE FUEL PUMP TO FAIL. DEALER WILL NOT WORK WITH ME ON THE COST TO REPAIR THIS. I FEEL IT IS UNFAIR THAT I HAVE TO PAY $700 TO GET ALL THESE REPAIRS DONE WHEN IT WAS FORD'S FAULT IN THE FIRST PLACE. IF THE FUEL GUAGE ON THE DASH WOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING PROPERLY THEN I WOULD HAVE KNOWN I WAS RUNNING OUT OF GAS AND THE FUEL PUMP WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN DAMAGED. NLM

CONSUMER STATES ALL THE REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES ARE CORRODED AND INOPERATIVE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. NLM *YH

CAR STALLED DURING ACCELLERATION AND WOULD NOT RESTART. TOWED TO NEAREST FORD DEALER. DAY AFTER WAS INFORMED THAT THE GAS GUAGE FAILED AND IS STUCK AT HALF A GALLON BUT CAR DID NOT HAVE ANY GAS. ALSO WAS TOLD THAT FUEL PUMP FAILED. NO WARNING INDICATIONS WHATSOEVER PRIOR TO CAR STALLING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND IS CONSIDERED A SAFETY HAZARD.

WAS DRIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES BEFORE VEHICLE JUST QUIT. TRIED STARTING IT BACK UP AND THE SYMPTOMS WERE SIMILAR TO WHAT IT WOULD BE IF IT HAD RUN OUT OF GAS BUT IT HAD A HALF TANK FULL. WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND TOLD THAT THE FUEL PUMP IS THE PROBLEM. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN THE CAR UNEXPEXTEDLY STALLS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. NLM

I WAS TURNING LEFT ONTO A STREET WHEN LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO STRUT AND STABILIZER LINK. THIS SEEMS TO A VERY DANGEROUS THING TO BE FAILING ON A VEHICHLE AND THROUGH RESEARCH I KNOW I AM NOT THE FIRST OWNER OF A TAURUS TO EXPIERIENCE THIS FAILURE. IT MAKES ME WONDER HOW LONG UNTIL THE RIGHT SPRING GOES. FORD SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICHLES AND REPAIR THE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE DIES AND NOT AFTER.THEY SHOULD ALSO HAVE TO REIMBURSE REPAIR COST TO ANYONE WHO HAS HAD TO HAVE THEIR SPRINGS REPLACED.*AK

VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER STEERING FLUID, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE FIRST STEERING RACK WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED WITH ANOTHER STEERING RACK AND THE SECOND ONE ALSO FAILED. *YD

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED VEHICLE IDLING HIGH AND DOWN SHIFTING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND INDICATED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED GAS LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO REPLACED CANISTER AND VENT SOLENOID ASSEMBLY. THIS WAS SECOND TIME THIS PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE HAD A TRUNK LEAK. *TT

FIRST NOTICED PROBLEM 3/01/02- ALL OF A SUDDEN CAR WAS HARD TO TURN AND MAKING NOISE. WHEN I GOT HOME, MY HUSBAND FILLED POWER STEERING FLUID- IT WAS LOW BUT NOT EMPTY. SEEMED TO DO OK FOR A COUPLE DAYS- NO NOISES OR MAJOR DIFFICULTY TURNING. PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN ONLY WORSE, NOTICED WHEN WE TURNED THE CAR OFF FLUID LEAKING FROM SOMEWHERE. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A FIRESTONE DEALER, WHO CALLED US BACK, AND ADVISED US TO TAKE THE CAR TO OUR DEALERSHIP. THEY WERE NOT SURE OF THE PROBLEM AND THOUGHT BEST TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. ALSO ADVISED US TO CHECK INTO THIS PROBLEM FURTHER SINCE THE CAR WAS LOW IN MILEAGE. A FRIEND SUGGESTED WE LOOK AT YOUR WEBSITE TO SEE IF ANY OTHER CARS HAD THIS PROBLEM. WE DID AND FOUND 16 OTHER 1999 TAURUS REPORTING PROBLEM WITH POWER STEERING. THE NEXT DAY CAR WAS TAKEN TO ALDERMAN FORD, WE EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM- TOLD THEM ABOUT OUR FINDINGS ON YOUR WEBSITE AND THE PROBLEM WITH THE OTHER CARS. THEY SAID THEY WOULD CHECK INTO IF THE SAME PROBLEM FOUND MAYBE COULD HELP US OUT WITH COST. THREE DAYS LATER RECEIVED A CALL SAYING IT WAS THE POWER STEERING RACK- THE SAME PROBLEM REPORTED BY OTHERS TO YOUR AGENCY. THEY TOLD US THE BEST THEY COULD DO WOULD BE DO REDUCE THE PRICE BY APPROX. $200. OUR FINAL COST WAS STILL $820!!! WE EXPRESSED OUR DISPLEASURE WITH THIS, SPOKE WITH SERVICE MANAGER AND GENERAL MANGAGER. THEY SAID IF SUCH A KNOWN PROBLEM FORD WOULD PROBABLY HAVE DONE SOMETHING, AND THAT THEY HAD NOT SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. WE DO NOT HAVE MAINTENANCE RECORDS FOR THE CAR, MY HUSBAND DOES THE MAINTENANCE HIMSELF AND WE HAVE NOT DOCUMENTED IT. WE REALIZE OUR MISTAKE IN THIS PRACTICE. HOWEVER, I STILL CANNOT BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM IS HAPPENING TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE AND FORD IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT! I'VE HAD MANY FORDS, THIS IS MY SECOND TAURUS...AND AFTER THIS EPISODE WILL PROBABLY BE MY LAST. I REALIZE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT THIS IS A HUGE EXPENSE FOR A CAR ONLY A FEW YEARS OLD. I HOPE FORD DECIDES TO TAKE PROPER ACTION ON THIS PROBL