1995 FORD TAURUS Complaints

SPEEDOMETER BOUNCES BACK AND FORTH WHEN SPEED REACHES 60 MPH. SECOND INCIDENT, DEALER CONTACTED AND REPLACED THE FIRST ONE, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK.ET.

I AM AWARE THAT THERE ARE MANY 1995 TAURUS OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR SPEEDOMETERS. WHEN I GO OVER 45MPH, THE NEEDLE BOUNCES BETWEEN 45 AND 85. THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL SPEED I'M GOING. I WAS FOLLOWING MY PARENTS ON A TRIP, AND MY SPEEDOMETER READ 85 AND FASTER THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE. BUT THEY WERE GOING ONLY 70. IF I WEREN'T FOLLOWING THEM, I WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING MUCH SLOWER THAN THE TRAFFIC, AND THIS IS DANGEROUS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD, AND I FEEL THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *AK

THE VEHICLE IN THE COMPLAINT WAS A RECALLED VEHICLE. HOWEVER, WHEN IT WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALER FOR REPAIR OF THE SYSTEM WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. THEREFORE, THE AFFECTED PART WAS NOT REPLACED . NOW WE OWN A VEHICLE WITH A CRACKED ENGINE HEAD THAT IS GOING TO COAST A BUNDLE TO REPAIR. AFTER CONTACTING THE COMPANY WE WERE TOLD THAT THE WARRANTY WAS VOID. THEREFORE, FORD WASN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING. A DEFECT IS A DEFECT WHICH SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FORD. RECALL 97V-019, COOLING FAN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED AND PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO DEACTIVATE, VEHICLE REVVED AND ACCELERATED. NEVER BEEN TO A DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE DOES NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED. WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 45 MPH THE NEEDLE FLUCTUATES. THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL WHAT SPEED CONSUMER IS DRIVING. THE ORIGINAL SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED 2 YEARS AGO WITH ABOUT 30,000 MILES, AND WITHIN A YEAR THE CONDITION REAPPEARED. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE CURRENT PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED AT THIS TIME. *AK *ML

PISTON IN THE FOWARD CLUTCH PLATE HAS GONE BAD, CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO GO INTO THE DRIVE GEAR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

TWICE IN A MATTER OF WEEKS VEHICLE LOST FULL POWER, ONCE IN TOWN AND ONCE ON INTERSTATE. REQUIRED PULLING OFF ROAD AND RESTARTING VEHICLE. AFTER FIRST FAILURE, RETURNED TO LOCAL (OHIO) FORD DEALER FOR FULL INSPECTION. VEHICLE WAS FOUND TO BE IN "NORMAL" CONDTION. *AK

HAVE DISCOVERED THAT A MOTOR MOUNT IS BROKEN. NOTIFIED THE DEALER, WE WERE INFORMED THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $300 TO FIX. A FRIEND OF OURS HAS A 1992 TAURUS WITH SAME PROBLEM, WAS FIXED BY DEALER AT NO COST. CAR HAS LOW MILEAGE, IN GOOD CONDITION, OWNER ONLY PUT ON 27,000 MILES, MOSTLY LOCAL MILEAGE.

CONSUMER DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON. STEPPED ON BRAKES, AND WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS RESUMED VEHICLE ACCELERATED. SINCE THIS INCIDENT, THE CRUISE CONTROL HAS STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. *AK

ADVANDED DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOLS TEACH THAT A TRANSMISSION IS TO BE PLACED INTO NEUTRAL (N) TO HELP CONTROL SKIDS. UNLIKE MOST VEHICLES, THE 1995 FORD TAURUS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION REQUIRES THAT THE LOCKOUT BUTTON (LB) BE PRESSED TO MOVE THE LEVER FROM DRIVE (D) TO N. THUS IN AN EMERGENCY, ONE COULD EASILY PUSH THE LEVER THROUGH TO REVERSE (R) OR EVEN PARK (P) WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS. THIS FAULT DOES NOT APPEAR IN OTHER FORD LINES. JUST THE FORD TAURUS SHOP. INVESTIGATION WILL SHOW: R TO N DOES NOT REQUIRE THE LB; N TO D DOES NOT REQUIRE THE LB; 1 TO 2 OR TO D DOES NOT REQUIRE THE LB; D TO N REQUIRES THE LB; N TO R REQUIRES THE LB; R TO P REQUIRES THE LB. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO REASON FOR THIS OTHER THAN JUST A DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING ERROR. *AK