1989 FORD TAURUS Complaints

EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE THE SCANNER IN THE CAR WILL SAY "BRAKE LAMP OUT" THEN SHORTLY AFTER THE BATTERY LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE CAR WILL DIE AND NOT START AGAIN.

RECALL REPAIR COMPLETED (91S36) REPLACED ROTORS, HOWEVER FRONT WHEEL BRAKES FAILED DUE TO DEEP GROOVE IN ROTOR AND FROZEN CALIPERS (1ST REPAIR 12-2-92 AT 14,595). MJS

WHILE DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER THE CAR WAS OKAY. WHEN THE WEATHER GOT WARM, THE CAR WENT BUMP BUMP BUMP. CONSUMER SAID IT WAS COMPUTER OR A IGNITION CONTROL PROBLEM. DEALER WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER KNEW THE PROBLEM BUT WON'T TELL CONSUMER UNLESS HE PAID FOR THAT INFORMATION. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR JUST DIED. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. IF FAN KICKS IN, THE CAR WILL NOT START FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVIN.; VEHICLE INSPECTED BY INDEPENDENT SHOP AND INFORMED CONSUMERTHAT FIRE WAS CAUSED BY FUEL LEAKAGE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH THE REAR CORNER OF THE SUBFRAME BOLT BROKE, AND THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. *AK

THE REAR SUBFRAME BOLTS PULLED THROUGH, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. ALSO THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION HAS DROPPED. DEALER SAID VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR A RECALL, AND DEALER ORDERED PARTS FOR THAT PROBLEM AND 4 OTHER RECALLS. CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER NEVER CONTACTED HER BACK WHEN PARTS CAME IN. *AK

WHILE PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL, IT WOULD SLIP. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING THOUGH A MAIN INTERSECTION THE CAR JUST QUITS. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK

ALL SEATBELT BUCKLES I DO NOT FASTEN AT ALL. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE AS OF YET. *AK

THERE WAS NOT A FIRE IN THAT I COULD SEE FLAME BUT FAST ESCAPING SMOKE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN NEAR THE IGNITION AND FROM THE FAR LEFT DASH RIGHT NEXT TO THE WINDSHEILD, I QUICKLY EVACUATED TWO YOUNG GIRLS FROM THE CAR IN CASE IT WENT INTO FLAMES. THE CAR WAS PURSHASED FROM MY BOYFRIEND AND HE KNEW THERE WAS TROUBLE WITH THE HEATER / BUT IT WAS INTERMITTENT SINCE OCTOBER 1997. HE ALSO TOLD ME ABOUT THE LURCHING (LATER DETERMINATED) AS A MOTOR MOUNT PROBLEM BUT PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED BY A TRANSMISSION SHOP AS A BADLY SLIPPING TRANSMISSION. THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARED AFTER THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED. THE CAR IS AT YOUNG FORD IN CHARLOTTE BEING REPAIRED FOR THE APPARENT BURNED IGNITION AND MAIN WIRING HARNESS AND THEN A FRUTHER LOOK INTO THE HEATING PROBLEM AND ALSO ERRATIC GAS GAUGE, WHICH SOMTIMES SHOWS FULL WHEN I CAN STILL ADD 10 GALLONS OF GAS