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The contact owns a 1995 Ford Taurus. While driving 15-20 mph, the contact heard a loud clunking noise underneath the hood and a loss of steering. The engine fell and landed on the steering rods, which made it extremely impossible to maneuver the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent dealer and they confirmed that the damage was not worth the repair, and would not recommend investing money into the vehicle. A week prior to the failure, the independent mechanic at a local midas installed a new muffler. There were several recalls listed for that year, make, and model vehicle and Ford was notified. The contact was informed that there was only one recall for the year, make, and model vehicle, but in reality, there were six. Ford also stated that the vehicle was previously repaired under recall on October 6, 1999. The contact stated that he did not receive a recall notice or have any repairs performed at the location they claimed. The current and failure mileages were 103,013. Updated 08/04/08 updated 08/07/08
While driving at 35 mph vehicle overheated. Vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop, and mechanic determined that intake manifold cracked, and coolant spilled inside the engine.
The car has had problems starting from the day it was delivered. The problems began with flaking paint, misaligned hood, door and bumper due to poor quality control. These problems were fixed by dealer w/O charge, as was the head gasket failure. Repairs for muffler failure, sway bar linkage failure, air conditioner failure and starter motor failure were not covered by the manufacturer under any sort of recall. The most recent problem with the air conditioner and starter motor cost over $1200 to fix. The problem with the ignition system was intermittent. Some times the car would start and other times the starter would not engage at all. One time the engine simply died while driving down the road. Starter motor would not engage until engine cooled down and had been sitting for an hour or two. Then starter motor would work. Mechanic at dealership said the starter motor probably had "dead" areas in starter motor that may be causing intermittent failure. Air conditioner failure attributed to failure of "motor mounts" that caused rupture of multiple hoses in air conditioning unit. I've never had a vehicle with so many equipment failures with this type of mileage.
The car has had problems starting from the day it was delivered. The problems began with flaking paint, misaligned hood, door and bumper due to poor quality control. These problems were fixed by dealer w/O charge, as was the head gasket failure. Repairs for muffler failure, sway bar linkage failure, air conditioner failure and starter motor failure were not covered by the manufacturer under any sort of recall. The most recent problem with the air conditioner and starter motor cost over $1200 to fix. The problem with the ignition system was intermittent. Some times the car would start and other times the starter would not engage at all. One time the engine simply died while driving down the road. Starter motor would not engage until engine cooled down and had been sitting for an hour or two. Then starter motor would work. Mechanic at dealership said the starter motor probably had "dead" areas in starter motor that may be causing intermittent failure. Air conditioner failure attributed to failure of "motor mounts" that caused rupture of multiple hoses in air conditioning unit. I've never had a vehicle with so many equipment failures with this type of mileage.
This afternoon I was in my 1995 Ford Taurus wagon in heavy highway traffic when the accelerator locked and the the car sped down the highway at dangerous speeds. After determining that the brakes would not slow the car I was able to safely pull the car to the side of the road after switching into neutral. This is the second time this has occurred in the past 12 months. Last November when this happened the first time the repair shop determined that the problem was with the cruise control however they could not recreate the problem.
- Somersworth, NH, USA
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The exhaust manifold cracked but the part has been unavailable to have it fixed since January 2000 and will not be availabe in the soon due to tooling and vendor problems. Nlm
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- Spencerport, NY, USA