1995 FORD TAURUS Complaints

SPEEDOMETER HEAD FAILED AT ~40K MI, ERRATIC AND INACCURATE SPEED INDICATED. IDENTICAL FAILURE OF REPLACEMENT HEAD 14 MONTHS LATER AT ~54K MILES.

SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER IS INOPERABLE, IT DOES NOT REGISTER ACCURATE SPEED RATES. ALSO, IT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, BUT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

SPEEDOMETER FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME. SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE BOUNCES FROM 50 TO 85 MPH WHEN TRAVELING AT A CONSTANT SPEED OF 60 MPH.

RECALL # 98M01KAA, HEAD GASKETS PREMATURELY FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE PROBLEMS. DEFECTIVE GASKET CAUSED ENGINE PROBLEMS BEFORE THE RECALL, BUT DID NOT REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET. WHEN THE RECALL WAS ISSUED, HAD THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET REPLACED, BUT IT CAUSED MORE DAMAGING ENGINE PROBLEMS WHICH FORD WAS NOT GOING TO COVER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFOR ATION. *AK

WHEN APPYLING THE BRAKES THE STEERING WHEEL PULLS TO THE RIGHT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED, NOT READING THE RMPS PROPERLY AND MAKING A BUZZING NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ON 12/08/1998 MY FATHER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS HIT ON THE DIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BY A SEMI-TRUCK AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH. THE POLICE INDICATED IN THERE REPORT THAT WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON THE SCENE THAT MY DAD WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT. MY DAD ALWAYS WORE HIS SEAT BELT HE WOULD NOT EVEN LET SOMEONE RIDE WITH HIM WITHOUT THEM WAREING THEIR SEAT BELT. LOOKING AT THE WREAKAGE I NOTICE THAT THE ARM REST WAS DOWN AND THAT THE SEAT BELT LATCH WAS UNDER THE ARM REST. MY QUESTION: HAS IT BEEN TESTED AND/OR IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE BELT TO BECOME DISCONNECTED DURING A SIDE IMPACT CRASH?

THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE CAR WAS REPLACED AT 50000 MILES BECAUSE IT JUMPED AROUND AND MADE A RATTLING NOISE. NOW THE REPLACEMENT SPEEDOMETER IS DOING THE SAME THING. THE SPEED AT WHICH THE PROBLEM STARTS IS NOW DOWN TO 40 MPH. THE NEEDLE JUMPS ALL OVER A RANGE OF ABOUT 15 MPH ABOVE AND BELOW THE ACTUAL SPEED, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW FAST I AM DRIVING. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER TAURUS OWNERS AND LOOKED ON THE INTERNET, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID THAT I WOULD BE CHARGED FOR REPAIRING THIS DANGEROUS (AND APPARENTLY COMMON) PROBLEM.

ENGINE MOUNT CRADLE BOLT BROKE OFF ON INSIDE OF THE MOUNT AREA. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SHE WOULD BE CHARGED FOR REPAIRS. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH AFTER 45MPH, SPEEDOMETER BOUNCED AROUND. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK