1999 FORD TAURUS Complaints

ENGINE WILL NOT SLOW DOWN AFTER THROTTLE IS RELEASED. IT ACTS LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE WITHOUT AN ENGINE BRAKE AND QUITE UNSETTLING ON INTERSTATES WITH STEEP DOWNHILL GRADES. CRUISE CONTROL CAN NOT KEEP THE CAR +/- 5 MPH. THERE IS A UNAUTHORIZED FIX ON THE NET. *AK

VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT . DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AT VARIOUS TIMES, UNABLE TO IDENTIFY FAILURE. MJS

WHILE PARKING ENGINE SUDDENLY STARTEDTO TO REV. TRANSMISSION WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL, BUT VEHICLE CONTINUED TO REV AND THEN RAN STRAIGHT INTO A WALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

VEHICLE DOES NOT SLOW DOWN WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS RELEASED ON HIGHWAY. CAR WILL ACCELERATE WHEN GOING DOWN HILL. THIS HAPPENS WITH AND WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN CRUISE IS SET TO 65 MPH CAR WILL ACCELREATE TO 90 MPH GOING DOWN A HILL. DEALER SAYS THIS IS PART OF THE DESIGN?? HAVE TO RIDE THE BRAKES ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS IS NOT SAFE AND COSTLY IN BRAKE JOBS. *AK

SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH WITH SPEED CONTROL NOT ENGAGED.. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SPEED CONTROL CABLE WAS FOUND TO B E BROKEN. CAN NHTSA GIVE ADDTIONAL INFOMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK

AN INETRA-ACTUATED SWITCH, LOCATED ON THE RIGHT INSIDE WALL OF THE TRUNK CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE TO QUIT IF AN UNSECURED LOAD STRIKES IT. THIS CAUSES LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKING. THIS HAPPENED TO ME IN A CITY-OWNED CAR WHILE DESCENDING A STEEP HILL IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE. HAD I BEEN MORE SLIGHTLY-BUILT, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL OR STOP THE CAR, WHICH I DID WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY.

DRIVER REPORTED FUEL GUAGE STUCK ON FULL. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER, REPAIR ORDER SHOWS INSTRUMENT PANEL FUEL GUAGE REPLACED, BUT WHEN TESTED FUEL GUAGE STILL INOP. REPAIR ORDER SHOWS FINALLY TESTING FOUND "MISSING FFV SENSOR MODULE". INSTALLED MODULE. REPAIR ORDER ALSO SHOWS "WIRING DIAGRAM WAS INCORRECT". *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND TAKING THE FOOT OFF GAS PEDAL, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SLOW DOWN AS IT SUPPOSE TO, AND MAY CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER SAID ITS THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I JUST PURCHASES A NEW 1999 4-DOOR FORD TAURUS SE ON 5/3/99. I SENT THE CAR BACK TO BE REPAIRED TO THE MANUFACTURER 2 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH TO HAVE THE PROBLEM CORRECTED. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. I AM MEETING WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER STEPHEN DINGER SOMETIME THIS WEEK TO HAVE HIM COME ALONG FOR A TEST DRIVE TO WITNESS FIRST HAND THE SHAKING OF THE FRONT END. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS A TIRE PROBLEM, AND THAT THE TECHNICIANS HAVE REPAIRED THE PROBLEM, BUT THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL STILL SHAKES QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER 60MPH. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH ANY ADVISE ON HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING OUT OF THE LEASE OR HAVING THE MANUGFACTURER SOMEHOW GIVE US A NEW VEHICLE SEEING THAT THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE JUST A TIRE BALANCE PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *AK