1998 FORD TAURUS Complaints

BOTH HEADLIGHT LENSES ARE CLOUDED, DISCOLORED AND HAVE MOISTURE ON THE INSIDE. THE HEADLIGHT SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SEALED UNIT. THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THIS PROBLEM CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT.*AK *SB

UNCONTROLLED RAPID ACCELERATION EXPERIENCED WHILE BACKING UP. DUE TO SLOW SPEED AT TIME OF INCIDENT WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE BRAKES FULLY TO SLOW VEHICLE, SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND TURN OFF ENGINE AVOIDING ACCIDENT. THROTTLE HAD RETURNED TO NORMAL UPON RESTART.

CONSUMER STATED, THE SPRING THAT WAS A PART OF THE STRUT ASSEMBLEY BROKE ON THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE. *JB

FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE TWICE IN SIX MONTHS ON 1998, FORD, TAURUS. I LOOKED UP RECALL INFORMATION ON THE FORD WEB SITE. I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON 1999-2001 FOR THE COIL SPRINGS BREAKING. SO I CALLED CUSTOMER SUPPORT LINE AND EXPLAINED WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO,THEY WOULD PUT IN A COMPLAINT. SO I EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS ABOUT IF IM DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR AND MY TIRE EXPLODES WOULD THEY WORRY ABOUT IT. THEN?THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO,I HAVE TO JUST KEEP GETTING IT FIXED, AND WAIT AND SEE IF A RECALL COMES OUT. SO I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT YOU PEOPLE COULD DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THAT I'M HAVING WITH FORD. THANK YOU. *AK

VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE. CONSUMER HAD THE HEATER CORE REPLACED. HOWEVER, HEATER CORE KEPT BECOMING DEFECTIVE. THE CONSUMER HAD THE HEATER CORE REPLACED ON FOUR OCCASIONS. *AK

1998 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON BEGAN LOW POWER ACELERATING AT STOP TIMES 2. A THIRD INCIDENT OCCURED FROM A COMPLETE STOP WITH FOOT ON BRAKES AN THIS TIME IT COULD NOT BE STOPPED WITH BOTH FEET ON BREAKS. IT RAN FOR ABOUT 75 FEET AND THEN QUIT ON ITS OWN. TOOK TO LOCAL FORD DELEARS SHIP AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR. I ASKED IF THIS WERE COMMON AND WAS TOLD THEY NEVER HEARD OF SUCH THING. KEEP CAR TWO DAYS I CONTACTED THE TAURUS CLUB OF AMERICAL AT THEIR WEB LINE AND IT SEEMS THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INCIDENTS SUCH AS THIS AND THEY CALLED IT SURGING. *AK

UPON BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, MOVING APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET, FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, BLOWING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE OUT. RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING WAS ISSUED. *AK *NM

13 MARCH 2005, PULLING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY, RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT SUDDENLY FLAT. REMOVAL OF THE TIRE SHOWED THAT THE SPRING ON THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT BROKE, PUNCTURING THE TIRE. LOOKING AT THE FRACTURE ZONE IT APPEARS THAT CORROSION HAD STARTED AT A DEFECT IN THE STEEL, CREATING A CRACK THAT EVENTUALLY YIELDED TO THE APPLIED STRESS AND FAILED. LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THE PROBLEM IN 1999 TAURUSES IDENTIFIED IN NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 04V332000.*AK

CONSUMER TURNED THE VEHICLE ON AND LET THE ENGINE IDLE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES LATER THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE FIRE DAMAGEED TOTAL THE VEHICLE. HOW THE FIRE STARTED? WAS NOT DETERMINED.*AK

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000; FORD ISSUED A FRONT COIL SPRING RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT THE COIL SPRINGS BROKE BEFORE THE RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED.*AK