1987 Ford Taurus Complaint Log

1987 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER STATES SUB FRAME BOTH LEFT SIDE AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRONT END BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING *TGW THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER HIS MODEL YEAR HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM HE EXPERIENCED. FORD MOTOR CO. STATED THEY WOULD ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THAT THE 1987 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON EXPERIENCED A VERY VIOLENT ACCELERATION. WHILE DRIVING ALONG AT 30 MPH THE VEHICLE RACED. THE CONTACT THEN PUT FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR SKIDDED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP, AND BEGAN GOING FASTER. THE HAND BRAKE WAS PULLED. THE BRAKE WAS PULLED SO HARD THAT SOMETHING BROKE AND STARTED LEAKING. THE CONTACT PULLED IT OUT OF DRIVE AND PUT IT INTO PARK, AND THE CAR WAS STILL GOING. THE CONTACT MADE IT TO A GAS STATION AND WAS FINALLY ABLE TO STALL THE CAR. THE CAR WAS LEFT AT THE GAS STATION AND LEFT FOR SOMEONE TO BRING THE CAR HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HER THAT HE WOULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE IT MAY TAKE OFF WITH HIM. THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY COULD DO A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK ON THE VEHICLE, BUT IT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE. THE CONTACT CAN NOT AFFORD TO HAVE ALL THE TESTING DONE . FORD HAS BEEN CALLED, BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY FREE REMEDY TO OFFER. THE DRIVER WAS EXTREMELY SCARED AND HAS SUFFERED HEART PROBLEMS SINCE THE INCIDENT.*AK UPDATED 11/29/2005 - *NM

DUE TO A KNOWN DEFECT AND FAILURE OF THE SEAT BELT OF MY 1987 FORD TAURUS, I WENT HEAD FIRST INTO THE WINDSHIELD, MY KNEES HIT THE DASHBOARD, AND I SUFFERED INJURIES. IT WOULD BE A SIMPLE FIX FOR FORD TO CORRECT THE KNOWN DEFECT IN THIS VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOTHING TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN KILLED. *JB

FAILURE OF IGNITION SWITCH AND PLUG ASSEMBLY DUE TO OVERHEATING. SWITCH MELTED AND SO DID PLUG ASSEMBLY. THIS SAME REPAIR WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE AT APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MILES. WHEN VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AT APPOXIMATELY 87,000 MILES, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THIS REPAIR HAD BEEN DONE PREVIOUS TO THAT TIME AS WELL. THIS IS A CHRONIC FAILURE. ANY TSB'S OR RECALLS ON THIS MATTER? RELATED PROBLEM: EXCESSIVE CURRENT DRAW ON ALTERNATOR OUTPUT WIRE TO STARTER SOLENOID (BATTERY) CAUSING WIRE TO RUN HOT (WITH ALTERNATOR TURNING). THIS HAS RESULTED IN FUSIBLE LINK G BLOWING OPEN TWICE.

I AM DRIVING AND MY CAR STOPS RUNNING. IT JUST DIES, I PUT IT IN PARK AND IT STARTS AGAIN. THIS IS DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.*JB

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP, AND IGNITION MODULE HAD FAILED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

SEAT BELTS CAME APART AND FAILED TO RESTRAIN DRIVER AND PASSENGERS SIDE.

AFTER DRIVING FOR A MILE, PARKED VEHICLE AND MINUTES LATER FOUND OUT THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. DEALER NOR FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD DETERMINE WHAT WAS THE CAUSE FIRE.*AK POSSIBLE EINGINE FAILURE. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF A MALL IN A PARKING LOT. CONSUMER DIDN'T TURN VEHICLE ON, AND THERE WERE FLAMES AND SPARKS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. VEHICLE BURNED DOWN TO THE GROUND. *AK

WHEN FOOT IS PUT ON GAS PEDAL ENGINE RISES UP. DLR SAID IT NEEDED MOTOR MOUNTS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S HOUSE AND NOTICED THAT FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM RIM. KELLY SPRINGFIELD, AQUA TUR TIRE, P205/70/R14, DOT#PJKEF8KR435. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT 4 TIRES HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS, 2 OF THE TIRES WERE COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE WOULD STALL . *AK THE CAUSE WAS FOUND TO BE THE IGNITION MODULE FAILURE. *YH

ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD NOT RESTART. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER'S SHOP, AND PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. *AK AFTER SEVERAL REPAIRS, THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT ON INTERNET THE TFI MODULE ON FORD TAURUS WAS ON RECALL. THE DEALER HAD NEVER TOLD THE CONSUMER ABOUT THE RECALL AND THE CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES. THE DEALER SERVICE MANAGER SAID THE COURT JUDGE HAD NO RIGHT TO RECALL THESE CARS. *YH

TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT. *AK

I WAS DRIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIP AND THEN WENT OUT AND NOW CAN'T EVEN DRIVE IT. *NLM

LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT RESULTING IN VEHICLE DAMAGE.(OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) YH

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL LETTER98V323000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 98S36 FOR THE SUBFRAME REAR PLATE NUT NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND REFUSED TO DO THE WORK. MANUFACTURER ALSO HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT SPEEDS OF 20MPH AND LESS. THE DEALER HAS REPLACE AIR BYPASS VALVE GASKET, AND THROTTLE ASSEMBLY. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

TFI MODULE WENT OUT AND COST ME A LOT OF MONEY AND TOWING SERVICE AND RUINED MY BIRTHDAY PARTY AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET ALL MY MONEY BACK I PAID THE FORD DEALERSHIP HERE IN LOS BANOS WHERE THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE BE CAUSE I WAS A WOMEN AND THEY NEW ALL THE TIME THERE WAS A BAD TFI MODULE RECALL THEY SAID THE JUDGE WAS OUT OF THEIR JURIDICTION. *AK

THERE ARE CREASES IN EACH OF MY TWO FRONT TIRES. THE DEALER CLAIMS THEY ARE NORMAL, BUT I'M NOT CONVINCED THEY REALLY ARE NORMAL. IS THIS NORMAL? IS THERE ANY WAY TO VERIFY IF THESE TIRES ARE SAFE? ARE THERE MANUFACTURING STANDARDS WHICH RELATE TO THESE CREASES?( DOT NUMBER: ACT9 TIRE SIZE: 205/70R14 )

THE BRAKES WOULD FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE AFTER BEING APPLIED. WHEN WAITING AT STOP LIGHT & WOULD START TO GO, VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT FOR NO REASON. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY WORK WHEN IN USE. WOULD CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER AT TIME OF NEED.

HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES ARE HAZY, DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT EVEN WITH HIGH BEAMS; INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES KEEP BREAKING, EXTERIOR HANDLE BROKE ONCE; HEADREST WON'T STAY UP.*AK

DEFECTIVE ALTERNATOR BURNED OUT WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE FAILS TO START WHEN IGNITION IS ENGAGED. ITS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. BEEN TO DEALER, 3 TIMES FOR PROBLEM. WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC COULD BE A COMPUTER GROUND WIRE. COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE STALLING PRIOR TO ENGINE FIRE. MJS

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN DOING FIVE MPH, RACK PINION STEERING BROKE, CAUSING THE POWER STEERING FLUID TO LEAK OUT, AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL. *AK

VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE SUBFRAME REAR PLATE NUT RECALL WORK PERFORMED, HOWEVER WHEN CONSUMER PICKED VEHICLE UP, RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT DONE. (98V-323)

THE CONSUMER STATE'S THE FRONT SEAT BELT IS BROKE AND THE TIE ROD FELL OFF.

THERE IS A LEAKAGE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. ALSO, WHEN MAKING ANY TYPE OF SHARP TURN, THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE, AND FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE IS PULLING TO THE LEFT. *AK

TWO MOUNTING BOLTS FOR FRONT SUB-FRAME REAR CORNER WERE SPLIT BREAK FROM THE STRESS.

CRUISE CONTROL WOULD ENGAGE ON ITS OWN & PICK UP SPEED. FOOT NOT ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL. PROBLEM GETTING WORSE. HORN KEEPS BLASTING WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED OR HIT. DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. ALSO, FRONT END FELL WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT TIME. HAD STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN A BLUNK NOISE WAS HEARD. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER & PARTS WERE BEING ORDERED. *AK

TOOK VEHICLE INTO THE SHOP FOR A RECALL SERVICE, AND WHEN CONSUMER CAME BACK TO PICK UP VEHICLE, HE NOTICED A LEAKAGE COMING FROM THE RADIATOR. DEALER REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE REAR MOTOR MOUNTS TO BE FIXED. BUT, FLUID WAS LEAKING ALL OVER THE PLACE. *AK

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 98V32300. THE SUBFRAME MOUNTS FAILED AND STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD DEALER, WHO TOLD US THAT THE PART THAT FAILED WAS SUBJECT TO A RECALL, BUT COULD NOT PERFORM THE SERVICE ON MY CAR BECAUSE FORD HAD BLOCKED THE VIN. I CALLED FORD. I WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL DID NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE. I HAVE RESEARCED THE RECALL 98V323000 WHICH STATES THAT PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO SALT CAUSE THIS PART TO FAIL. HOWEVER, MY STATE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LIST, EVEN THOUGH SALT IS REGULARLY PUT DOWN ON SNOWY ROADS IN UTAH. I WOULD LIKE THIS SAFTEY PROBLEM TO BE FIXED BY FORD AT NO COST. CAN YOU HELP ME?

DRIVING AT 5 MPH THE STEERING WENT OUT, AND CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE JUST STOPPED.*AK

THE BRACKET THAT ANCHORS THE LEFT FRONT 6-WAY POWER SEAT TO THE CHASIS HAS BROKEN FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE PREVIOUS OCCURRENCE WAS ABOUT 9 YEARS AGO, AND I STILL HAVE THE THAT PART. BOTH TIMES IT WAS IN THE SAME LOCATION, WHERE THE SEAT TRACK CONNECTS TO THE CHASIS ON THE LEFT FRONT PART OF THE SEAT, AND WAS NOT THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT. IT BROKE WHEN I LEANED BACK IN THE SEAT.I WEIGH ABOUT 195 LBS. I BELIEVE THAT IN THE EVENT OF A MINOR REAR-END COLLISION, UNNECESSARY INJURY COULD RESULT. *AK

DEALER REFUSED TO PERFPRM RECALL 98S36 ON REAR LOWER SUBMOUNT PLATE NUT.

LEFT FRONT CORNER OF SEAT TRACK BROKE WHEN I GOT INTO THE CAR. THUS THE SEAT ROCKS AND IS NOT STABLE. DEALAR CONTACTED, WILL REQUIRE A NEW SEAT TRACK. *AK

RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED (98V-323,SUB-FRAME MOUNTS), HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO VIN #.

RECALL REPAIRS ON (98V-323) NOT COMPLETED DUE TO SCHEDULING PROBLEMS WITH DEALERSHIP. MJS

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. DEALER STATED FUEL TANK WASN'T GETTING ENOUGH POWER TO THE FUEL PUMP. *AK

THE REAR DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S DOOR HANDLES BROKE. DOORS CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO, BUCKLE BROKE ON THE SHOULDER BELT OF THE PASSENGER'S SIDE, WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

METAL PART OF THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE CLIP FELL OUT DURING SUDDEN BRAKING ALMOST RESULTING IN INJURY.

CRADLE MOUNTS BROKE DUE TO DEFECTIVE PARTS.

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN CONSUMERS DRIVEWAY. REASON UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, CONSUMER WILL ATTACH A COPY OF FIRE DEPT REPORT. *AK *JG

BRACKET ON THE SEAT BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO MOVE FORWARD AND BACKWARD AND FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHILE THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING.THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM FOR THE CONSUMER. *AK

ARE ANY OF THESE PARTS COVERED IN THESE RECALL ID#'S (PARTS #'S FD E6P2/5A3641A SUBFRAME, FD5400396/A ABS ASY-F, FD5400155/A ABS ASY-F) ID RECALL #'S 93V106000, 98V106001,98V3230000

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING,TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO DIE. CONSUMER REPLACED TRANSMISSION. CURRENTLY,WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE IS JUMPING. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION, AND VEHICLE CUTS OFF AND STALLS. *AK.

PLASTIC DOOR AND WINDOW HANDLES BREAK TOO EASILY. HEADLIGHT REFLECTOR FADED CAUSING DIMMER HEADLIGHTS.

THIS TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT ALMOST EVERY YEAR LIKE CLOCK WORK SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 92, AND THE PERSON WHO SOLD IT TO ME, THE ORIGINAL OWNER SOLD IT TO ME BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE TRANSMISSION JUST QUITS WORKING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, THIS LAST TIME I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AND THE CAR MOVED A COUPLE OF FEET INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND QUIT MOVING, ALMOST CAUSING ME TO BE HIT BY AN APPROACHING VEHICLE, IT THEN ENGAGED AND I WENT A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AND IT WENT OUT COMPLETELY ALMOST CAUSING ME TO BE REAR ENDED. THE TIME BEFORE THIS IT WENT OUT ON THE FREEWAY WHILE I WAS IN THE NUMBER 3 LANE ALMOST GETTING ME KILLED BY NUMEROUS VEHICLES. EVERYONE I TALK TO WHO HAS A TAURUS TELLS ME THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT WHICH HAS COST ME APPROXIAMETLY $7000.00 DOLLARS TO DATE. PLEASE HELP ME IN HOW TO PURSUE THIS.