1991 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. PRIVATE MECHANIC STATED THAT TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. APPROXIMATELY 15 MONTHS LATER, REBUILT TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. NO CAUSE FOR THIS DEFECT WAS GIVEN TO THE CONSUMER BY DEALERSHIP OR PRIVATE MECHANIC. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDIITONAL INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH AND WAS PUSHED OFF ROAD BY AN AGGRESSIVE DRIVER, CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO RUN OFF ROAD AND HITTING A TELEPHONE POLE HEAD-ON, CAUSING HEAD INJURIES WHEN HITTING STEERING WHEEL. AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR INDICATION OF INOPERATIVE AIRBAG. *AK *SLC

I JUST CRANKED IT UP AND SOMETHING POPPED UNDER THE HOOD AND THEN SMOKE CAME GUSHING OUT FROM THE TAIL PIPE. I WAS TOLD IT CRACKED THE BLOCK NOTHING BUT ANTIFREEZE WAS COMING OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE. IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THESE 3.8L ENGINES?*AK

THE TIRE WAS WARPED WITH PARTS OF THE STEEL BELT COMING OUT OF IT. THE TIRE WAS ALSO DRY AND CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. THE TIRE WAS ONLY DRIVEN FOR APPROXIMATELY 18,800 MILES. THIS TIRE COULD HAVE BLOWN OUT AT ANY TIME IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE WABBLING OF THE CAR TO LET ME KNOW TO HAVE IT CHECKED. NO TIRE SHOULD BE IN THIS CONDITION AFTER ONLY 18,800 MILES OF WEAR.*AK (TIRESIZE: 205/70R14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205/70R14 )

DELAY WIPER STALK SWITCH IS DEFECTIVE. LOOSES CONTACT AND WIPERS FREEZUP. EVERY TAURUA OWNER I KNOW HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. REPLACEMENT SWITCHES FAIL PREMATURELY ALSO. I DRIVE FORDS IN A FLEET AND ALL SIMILAR SWITCHES FAIL.( VARIOUS YEARS AFFECTED). *AK

TRANSMISSION STARTED JUMPING INTO NEUTRAL, AND THEN STARTED DOWN INTO FIRST GEAR. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

CAR STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER REPLACED PLUG WIRES, CAP & ROTOR, FUEL & AIR FILTERS, AND FUEL PUMP. TYPICALLY DOESN'T PRESENT COMPUTER FAILURE CODES. QUITS AT HIGHWAY SPEED, IN CITY TRAFFIC, WHEN COLD OR WARM. SOMETIMES RESTARTS IMMEDIATELY, OFTEN WON'T START FOR HOURS, OR UNTIL NEXT DAY. DEALER IS OUT OF SUGGESTIONS, AND I'M AT WIT'S END. VEHICLE UNSAFE/UNUSABLE IN THIS CONDITION. *AK

AFTER SHIFTING GEARS COULD FEEL A CLUMP ON VEHICLE. THEN, TOOK VEHICLE TO SHOP WHERE THEY FOUND THAT FRONT AND REAR MOTOR MOUNTS HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE RUBBER HAD GONE BAD IN ENGINE MOUNTS. *SLC

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE VEHICLE DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. DEALER CLAIMS THAT IT IS TFI MODULE. *AK

SUBFRAME TO BODY MOUNT BOLTS REPEATEDLY BECAME CORRODED AND RUST OUT. CONSUMER HAS HAD TO REPLACE SUBFRAME S ON ALL THREE OF FORD, TAURUS NO ACCIDENT HAS OCCURRED. HOWEVER ,THIS DEFECT COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL. (VIN #'S FOR VEHICLES: [XXX], [XXX], AND [XXX].) PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR