1995 FORD TAURUS Complaints

VEHICLE'S COOLING FAN FAILED TO OPERATE, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. DEALER REPAIRED PROBLEM, BUT COSUMER WAS CHARGE A DEDUCTION FOR THE REPAIR. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL # 97V-019 ON FILE, DEALER INFORMED VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. *AK

WOULD BE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC & WOULD HAVE NO GEARS. COULD NOT SHIFT VEHICLE. CALLED DEALER & TOLD VEHICLE HAD CRACKED PISTONS & WAS ASKED TO BRING IN VEHICLE. THIS CAUSE VEHICLE NOT TO SHIFT PROPERLY. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT FIRST NO PROBLEM. STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND THE CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS, THEN KICKED IN HARD AND WENT FORWARD. HAD INTERMITTENT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. DEALER CONTACTED, AND INSPECTED VEHICLE. COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK

FUEL SENDER, LOCATED IN THE FUEL TANK, WIRING BURNED AND IN TURN SHORTED OUT THE FUEL PUMP. FUEL PUMP MODULE ALSO BURNED. PARTS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.

TRANMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE AS OF 56000 MILES OF WEAR . CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS WAS NOT A NORMAL WEAR FOR 56000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH AND HIGHER THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE BOUNCES AROUND. THE DRIVER CANNOT TELL HOW FAST THE VEHICLE IS GOING. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SHIFTING INTO SECOND GEAR, IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE. TOOK TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID THE COULDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING BEYOND 50 MPH THE SPEEDODMETER DOES NOT REGISTER THE VEHICLE SPEED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

SPEEDOMETER INDICATOR ON DASHBOARD JUMPS WHEN VEHICLE PASSES OVER A BUMP IN ROADWAY ORN ROADWAY SURFACE CHANGES,I.E. FROM BLACK-TOP PAVEMENT TO CONCRETE, SUCH AS A BRIDGE SURFACE. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON IT JUMPS AND THE VEHICLE SPEED DOES NOT INCREASE, BUT OPERATOR HAS NO IDEA AS TO WHAT SPEED VEHICLE IS ACTUALLY TRAVELING AS INDICATOR WILL OSCILATE AS MUCH AS 20 TO 25 MPH ABOVE SET SPEED.

WHILE DRIVING AFTER STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT, VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE. CONSUMER THEN NOTES VEHICLE WILL JERK FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. DEALERS ARE AWARE OF PROBLEM.