1999 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT SMELLED LIKE A BURNING ODOR FROM THE REAR RIGHT BRAKES. TECHNICIAN SAID THAT PART WAS WORN OUT. *AK

VEHICLE DOES NOT SLOW DOWN WHEN FOOT IS TAKEN OFF THE ACCELERATOR, CONSUMER HAS TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE TO ADJUST THE SPEED WHICH CAUSES THE BRAKES TO WEAR QUICKLY. NLM

WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC IF CONSUMER TAKES FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, VEHICLE WILL JUST TAKE OFF, UP TO 1700 AND 2000 RPM. CONSUMER SAYS IT STARTED OUT ONCE A DAY, NOW IT'S ALLTHE TIME. *AK

NEW VEHICLE REQUIRED NEW RACK AND PINION STEERING, WHICH CAUSED NOISE, THE BRAKES REPLACED WHICH WERE CAUSING VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE BRAKING. *MJS

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED FRONT END BEGINS TO VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY. ALSO, STEERING COLUMN SHAKES. ROTORS AND PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE BY DEALER. REPAIRS DID NOT WORK, OWNER HAD TO GO TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO FIX PROBLEM. *AK *ML

WHILE LOADING THE TRUNK, THE LIGHT BULB WAS ON. WHEN CONSUMER CLOSED TRUNK THE LIGHT BULB BURNED PART OF THE LUGGAGE, BULB WAS NOT PROTECTED. OWNER CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBLITY THAT THE BULB COULD START A FIRE. *AK *ML

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO MAINTAIN SET SPEED ON DOWNHILL HIGHWAY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE SPEED INCREASED FROM 55 TO 85. SINCE IT WAS A NEW CAR, AND NO OTHER CARS ON THE STATE HIGHWAY AT THE TIME, I DID NOT REALIZE THE INCREASE IN SPEED SINCE THERE WERE OPEN FIELDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. WHEN I NOTIFIED THE SELLER, I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS MARKED SO IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL. MY BASIC QUESTION IS, "WHO READS THE MANUAL BEFORE ACTUALLY HAVING A PROBLEM?" I BELIEVE THE WORDS, CRUISE CONTROL" SHOULD NOT BE USED SSINCE THE WORD CONTROL IS MISLEADING IF THE CAR GAINS SPEED ON A DOWNWARD SLOPE. OR AT LEAST, THE SELLER SHOULD NOTIFY THE PURCHASER WITH A BIG NOTATION THAT THIS IS SO. THE FAILURE OF THIS KNOWLEDGE LED TO MY GETTING A COSTLY SPEEDING TICKET FROM THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE. *AK

VEHICLE IS EMMITING A ODOR FROM THE HEATING/AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WHICH MAKES IT HARD FOR PASSENGERS TO BREATH. NLM

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN VEHICLE IS DECELERATING IT VIBRATES UNCONTROLLABLY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN I FIRST SMELLED THE INTOXICATING FUMES. ONCE THE LIGHT TURNED I PROCEDED TO DRIVE ABOUT 1/8TH MILE. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR BECAME DIFFICULT TO ACCELERATE. THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR INSTANTLY WENT DEAD MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE DEALERSHIP DID SAY THEY HAVE HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 FORD TAURUS, HOWEVER THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THEM. THE DEALERSHIP THAT REPAIRED MY CAR HAD ANOTHER CAR COME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WHILE MY CAR WAS THERE.