1999 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY, -STOPPING ON ITS OWN IN THE ON POSITION AND/OR STARTING ON ITS OWN WHEN IN THE OFF POSITION, REDUCING VISIBILITY FOR DRIVER. NO DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK *TT

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING FLUID CAUSING STEERING TO BE VERY STIFF AND HARD TO CONTROL. REFILLED FLUID AND IT WAS OKAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES, THEN GOT LOW AGAIN. EACH TIME WE FILLED IT, IT RAPIDLY EMPTIED, UNTIL WE COULD NOT DRIVE IT MORE THAN 5-8 MILES BETWEEN REFILLS. MECHANIC FOUND THAT BOTH SIDES OF THE RACK AND PINION WERE LEAKING INTO THE DUST BOOTS, WHICH WERE FULL TO CAPACITY WITH POWER STEERING FLUID. WHOLE RACK AND PINION UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED. FORD WOULD NOT PAY FOR REPAIR AT 46K MILES, SO WE PAID OUT OF POCKET.

VEHICLE/STEERING COLUM VIBRATES WHEN BRAKES APPLIED AT SPEEDS 40+MPH. DEALER STATES ROTORS WARPED. CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TO TURN ROTORS. ROTORS NEED TURNING AT ABOUT 5000 MILES. REPLACED ROTORS, NOW AWAITING PROBLEM TO REOCCURE. DEALER OFFERS NO CORRECTIVE ACTION OR REASON AS TO WHY ROTORS WARP SO QUICKLY OR NUMEROUS TIMES. JUST A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD TAURUS. VEHICLE VERY DANGEROUS TO HANDLE, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AWAITING NEXT FAILURE. PROBLEM #2 FRONT BUMPER PAINT PEELING/CRACKING AND FLAKING OFF. VEHICLE UNDER WARRANTY, DEALER STATES NOT A PAINT DEFECT. HOWEVER, BUMPER PAINT IN BAD SHAPE. BUMPER PAINT NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY ACCORDING TO DEALER. HAVE FILED COMPLAINT WITH MANFACTURE. DEALER WILLING TO PAINT BUMPER FOR LARGE SUM OF MONEY. SO MUCH FOR A VEHICLE WARRANTY.*AK

ENGINE WILL SURGE OR RACE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL OR BRING TO A STOP. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, BUT CANNOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

AFTER TALKING WITH FORD TAURUS OWNERS AND LOCAL FORD DEALERS THIS SEEM'S TO BE A MAJOR SYSTEM FAILURE.THIS PROBLEM NEED'S TO BE INVESTIGATED AND SOLVED BEFORE SOMEONE GET'S HURT OR KILLED. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHIFTING INTO 2ND AT A VERY LOW SPPED, WOULD ACTUALLY SNAP YOUR NECK UPON CHANGING TOOK INTO SHOP, THEY STATES 2ND GEAR OF TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT 2500.00 IN REPAIR TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION, ALL PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN DONE BY DEALER. *AK

THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND BATTERY WOULD NOT HOLD CHARGE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT, THE NEXT DAY THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AGAIN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING, THE NEXT MONTH IT FAILED AGAIN. *YH

I COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS CAR THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. I TOLD THEM IT WAS A LEMON AND I WANTED MY MONEY BACK. THE DEALER REFUSED. FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR (ONE YEAR AGO) IT IS HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR A TOTAL OF OVER 8 WEEKS. IT HAS HAD REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION, CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, GASKETS, PUMPS, HOSES, FILTERS AND IT STILL DOES NOT RUN. IT DOESN'T START PROPERLY, IF IT STARTS AT ALL. IT STALLS IN REVERSE AND INITITAL SHIFT INTO DRIVE DOES NOT RUN SMOOTH. THE WIPER FLUID DOES NOT COME OUT. THE CAR RATTLES AND SOUNDS AWFUL . THE CAR IS UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY AND THEY WON'T FIX IT. THE CAR IS A LEMON THERE IS SOMETHING FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG WITH IT AND IT CAN'T BE FIXED. FORD KNOWS THIS AND THEY WON'T TAKE IT BACK.

ALL FOUR CONTINENTAL TIRES ON THE VEHICLE HAD CRACKS IN THE SIDE WALL. (CONTINENTAL TIRES)*YH

WHILE TRAVELING 65MPH ON DRY ROADS FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE ORGINAL EQUIPMENT, GENERAL, AMERI G45 TIRE, TREAD SEPARATED, CAUSING DAMGE TO FRONT BUMPER. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK GENERAL TIRE, P205/65R15, DOT NUMBER A34R442109. *SLC