1999 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHEN DRIVING VERY SLOWLY AND THEN JUST TOUCHING GAS PEDAL VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. *AK THE ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE ON ITS OWN WAS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN TO THE CONSUMER. *YH

I HAD BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED WHEN THE TIRE BLEW UP. IT BLEW OUT MY QUARTER PANEL 2 INCHES FROM THE FRAME OF MY CAR. HAD I BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY I WOULD NOT BE HEAR RIGHT NOW . MY CAR VEERED OFF THE RAOD ,OVER THECURB AND INTO A PARKING LOT. HAD THERE BEEN A PERSON NEXT TO ME THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. GENERAL TIRE SAYS THERE NOT LIBEL BECAUSE THERE WAS A PLUG IN THE TIRE. THAT PLUG AHD ONLY BEEN IN A SHORT TIME. THE INTEGRITY OF THE TIRE WAS NOT COMPROMISED BECAUSE OF THE PLUG. I HAD AN EXPLOSION, THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.THE TIRE COMPNAY CANNOT TELL ME FOR EVERY TIRE THAT HAD A PLUG IN IT THEY WILL NOR BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT IF IT EXPLODES. THAT IS UNCONSCIONABLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P20565R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P20565R15 )

CAME OUT TO VEHICLE IN THE MORNING ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT IT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE THAT NIGHT. FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT ATTRIBUTED FIRE TO ELECTRICAL ARCING AROUND THE VEHICLE'S GEAR,DIFFERENTIAL AREA. POSSIBLY STARTER WIRING. FORD DENIES ANY AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY. NO AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT WAS ADDED TO VEHICLE. IT WAS TOTALLY STOCK. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDERS, AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. FIRESTONE WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

AFTER TRAVELING VARIOUS DISTANCES VEHICLE WILL NOT START ONCE IT HAS BEEN TURNED OFF. VEHICLE RUNS ROUGH AND MAKES NOISES. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH,ANOTHER CAR RAN DRIVER OFF THE ROAD AND HIT CURVE ON FRONT LEFT TIRE. AIRBAG WENT OFF, BUT NOT WHEN CURVE WAS HIT, BUT A COUPLE OF SECONDS LATER. *AK

REAR HATCH WINDOW BLEWOUT WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. REASON UNKNOWN. FORD HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND REPLACED WINDOW. *AK

EXCELLENT SVC HISTORY, ENGINE BLEW AFTER WARRANTY, FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND DEALER WOULDN'T COVER AND I DEFENITELY COULD NOT AFFORD A NEW ENGINE/REPLACEMENT , SURRENDERED VEHICLE UNDER BANKRUPTSY, QUITE SURPRISED VEHICLE ENGINE EXPIRED AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. I WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE ANY PRIOR SERVICE REPORTS, FROM OIL CHANGES TO ANYTHING. THANKS.*AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

EVERY TIME CONSUMER ATTEMPTS TO FILL THE VEHICLE WITH GASOLINE THE AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF ON THE GAS PUMP WOULD KEEP CLICKING OFF AS IF THE GAS TANK WAS FULL WHEN IN FACT IT WAS NOT, AT TIMES IT MAY TAKE UP TO 10 MINUTES TO FILL THE VEHICLE. NLM *SLC