1992 Ford Taurus: jerking or lurching

Filed Oct 16, 2006 · CA

Dt*: the contact stated the child safety seat was too vertical when installed in the vehicle by a child passenger safety technician, causing the head of the infant to jerk forward upon stopping the vehicle. The vehicle was traveling 35 MPH when it was stopped under normal circumstances. The manufacturer was notified, who stated that this situation did not pose a hazard to the child. The safety seat was an evenflo discovery.

Filed May 19, 2004 · Electrical · 58,000 miles · TX · 2 injuries

My 1992 ford taurus just cuts off; the 1st time the check engine light came on and it quit. I had the car served and checked. I'd drive apprx. 60 miles and it would happen again, then I was going back to florida and it did it again, so I took it to orange ford in orange ,texas and they put it on the computer and said it was fine but the check engine light would still come on and the car would cut -off, this happened a good half a dozen times and I limped into blountstown, fl. Where I had my mechanic keith lee put it on the computer, he couldn't find anything yet the car check engine light would come on and the car would just quit running. To make a long story short the map sensor, fuel filter,main brain,thermostat and temperture sensor have all been replaced and I made it back to texas. Then on april 29th 2004 I was in traffic on hwy 290 traveling about 45 miles an hour and it just quit causing me and my passengers to lurch and I had to re-start my car. This happened again when I was just moving the car to a shady parking spot on the 29th of april. I'm 60 years old and I only have the one car for transportation so it's very important that my car be maintained and I have a chilton's book for my car and insist that anyone who works on my car follow the manuals instructions to a tee, like disconnecting the negative ground before working on my car after all the engineers who designed it know best. We are a ford family and own a bronco ii, and a ford f-350 w/ a cummin diesel engine and have had no problems with them, which the are a 1987 & 1986 respectively and still running which will tell you that they have had the proper care and maintenence.

Filed Apr 2, 2001 · Visibility · CA

I purchased the car in 1995 from the dealer. It only had 17k miles on it and a 1 year unlimited warranty bumper to bumper except tires. (I was told that it had had a defective windshield and had been completely re-checked by the factory.) the day of the incident, on my lunch hour I drove about 1 1/2 miles to a doctor appt. 45 minutes later as I headed back to my office, the car started acting funny, being "jerky." within one mile it got worse. None of my warning lights were on. After work, I started the car and white/clear smoke was coming out of the back. I drove 1/4 mi to p/u my daughter and we drove 1 1/4 miles home. The car died in my driveway. The rest is history.

Filed Mar 27, 2001 · Acceleration · AZ

Intermittently, there is serious buck/jerk upon acceleration from standstill, resulting in loss of acceleration power. Clearly, this is a dangerous condition. Several times, the kam (continuous memory) has been code-scanned, with the result that no failure codes were revealed. The check engine warning light comes on only during engine start; not afterwards.

Filed Mar 20, 2001 · Steering, Transmission · OH

Would be driving vehicle when transmission would slip out of gear when going over 65mph. Vehicle would also jerk and stall out. Took to mechanic, and a broken tie rod was found.*ak consumer states that for the last 6 months while driving from 30-65 MPH, the transmission slips out of gear.

Filed Aug 25, 1999 · Transmission · MA

When accelerating the engine skips and jerks forward as if the transmission is slipping. Dealer has not seen vehicle.

Filed Feb 11, 1999 · Acceleration · TN

Driver was backing out of driveway, vehicle in drive and it lurched forward and hit a telephone pole. Front end sustained heavy damage. No injuries. Also replaced idle speed control module.

Filed Feb 4, 1997 · Transmission · IN

Owner has automatic transmisson, while driving vehicle at slow speeds, transmission locks up and vehicle jerks, owner notes that enigine dies out as a result of this.