The dealer where car was purchased has declined fixing. No safety defect listed in summary.
1993 Ford Taurus electrical complaints
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Vehicle will intermittently and without warning stall, will not restart.
There was also problem with notorious "head gasket failure" I had to have repaired.
While driving at highway speed for a long time vehicle completely stalled and died. Consumer has to let car sit for about 15minutes before it will start again.
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Head gasket blew at 60,000 miles, car stalling since purchase at high speeds, caught on fire twice.
We have had this same trouble since 1998, spent thousands of dollors, still doing it, stops on the freeway, almost hit several times, stops while driving and won;t start for about 30 minutes, something better be done, this is very dangerous, what does it take, for me to get killed, and then you do something? I have talked to lots of taurus owners that have had the same problem, please look into this again, if a judge thinks there should be a recall, what is wrong with you people!!!! We have been to two dealers, several garages, no one could figure out what was wrong, after charging us for repairs that didn't solve the problem, first time we it stopped on us we were in the desert, in july, we both have health problems, we don;t need this stress!!! I am not sure when we bought this car, either in 1995 or 1996, but 3m kept good records on it, we never got a recall on the fuel tank, #94b48, so that has not been fixed that I know of, and the ford dealer said it was expired!!! Please look into this, call the judge and see what evidence he has if you don't have enough, we have been reading about the tfi-iv module, that ford should move, as it gets hot and shuts down the car, exactly what ours has been doing since 1998. Thank you for any help or information you can give us on this dangerous problem we have been having.
On a hot (95 degree +) day the ignition shut down while I was drive home in a residential area. After getting my car home the fuel system was checked ok. When the days heat subsided the car would start again and has been fine in the cooler days since the incident.
Whenever coming to a stop or starting to slowdown, vehicle stalls. Owner was told to call the federal safety agency by ford. Please provide any further information.
Ignition is inoperative. Key gets stuck in the ignition & doesn't line up correctly. This makes it very easy to stealthe vehicle. Vehicle's air bag & horn are not working relating to this. Dealer has never tried to find a remedy for the problem.*ak cruise control failed as well. Steering system malfunctions.
Vehicle will keep stalling when stopping, turning left or in reverse and bucks when driving . Vehicle stalls due tfi module that is placed too close engine which is causing it to overheat. *ak when the vehicle stall, power brakes fail too. The customer took the vehicle to several dealership but the problem could not be fixed. The transmission also failed prematurely.
While traveling and without any indication vehiicle would stall. Dealer has been contacted. Please provide further information.
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We have had numerous problems with this vehicle stalling and failing to start. Campus ford in okemos has failed to identify the problem and we have had approximately $1,000 dollars in repairs done by campus ford and other service shops but the problem still exists. We feel unsafe in the vehicle. It once stalled on an interstate highway at 65 MPH and I have had the vehicle stall in city traffic more times than I can remember.
A sensor keeps failing, causing vehicle to die. Sometimes vehicle will restart within 20 minutes or it will have to be towed into dealer. Please provide further information.
My vehicle frequently stalls in traffic. I believed the fuel system was the culprit and replaced the fuel pump, mass air flow sensor (3 times) and cleaned the injectors twice. All at my cost after the warranty expired. The vehicle continues to stall while in motion. I read about the california court case which identified the thick film module as an ignition system part that tends to overheat and cause the ford automobile to stall. This could be my problem but ford has never even suggested such to me. Please recall this vehicle before it stalls again and causes a crash.
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Vehicle stalls while driving and then does not start. Dealer in california claim they can not obtain the replacement part, that the supplier ford used does not make that specific part any more.
Lost speed suddenly on major road-scary and dangerous
Vehicle stalled in hot weather. 2 fuel pumps have been replaced & tfi module has been replaced 1 time.
The problem is that the car turns off while we are driving. It has occurred at different speeds,but it happens more frequently when we are driving at 65-70 with the air conditioner running. With no warning, the car engine completely stops. No one has been able to tell us what the problem is. We have to open the hood and let the engine cool down and then drive with the hood open a little. (I notice a lot of taurus with their hoods open also) , after the engine compartment cools, the car will start with no problem and continue until the engine compartment heats up again. The engine is not overheating, the engine compartment is. It appears that something is overheating and turning off the engine. My husband and I have both reported separately to ford about this problem, but to no avail. The description of the recall in california sounds just like our problem. We have told ford that this is a dangerous problem, but they just enter the report--supposedly. Last week we had to pull up over a curb onto grass to get out of the way of traffic. Today, I pulled out of a parking lot onto the highway, and the car stopped in front of traffic which luckily was far enough away to see my problem. I had to coast to the next drive in order to exit the highway. I hope this problem will be looked into and resolved because it is a definite defect and hazard.
The wiring/connector to the headlight switch is defective. The connector to the headlight circuit heats up and causes the connector at the headlight switch to deform. This causes more resistance in the headlight swich to harness connector which evantully causes enough heat to cause the headlight circuitbraker in the headlight switch to break the circuit. This causes the headlights to go out, in autolamp optioned cars this causes all dash and all exterior lighting front and rear to fail without warning. I am an ase certified master auto technition. I have seen more than ten failures of theis type in 89 to 95 taurii. Ford includes a replacement wire connector in the headlight replacement part. They know there is a problem!!!! My persanal experience nearly caused an offroad excursion down a steep slope into lexington reservour.
The ignition can be turn on without a key, also when key is in you can pull it out
Vehicle is experiencing the same problems of recall 8509. Circuit breaker opening has melted inside the dashboard. Please fill in more information.
Its hard to believe that all this failed at once but it did. I just started my car to go somewhere and all this happened yet a few hours earlier it was fine.I asked the gentleman at napa auto store about this and he commented that he gets at least one person a week getting head gasgets for this engine size (3.8). I found this rather surprising and upsetting.
While driving at 55mph car suddenly lost power. Vehicle was towed to mechanic where it was determined the10 amp accessory feed fuse had blown. A replacement fuse was put it and immediately blew again. A second fuse was used and the car ran for 6 weeks with no failures. Car again suddently stopped while traveling at approximately 10mph. Again the same fuse was blown. Replacement fuse blew after driving the car approximately 2 miles. Third replacement fuse lasted for approximately 50 miles before blowing again - while the car was traveling at 55mph. As first stated, when fuse blows the engine is immediately shut down. Note that car will not restart until replacement fuse is put in.
Engine ran rough, replaced spark plugs and found number 4 cyclinder spark plug olive green from anti-freeze. Never could keep the coolant recovery tank full of coolant from 13,000 miles on up. Nothing could be found with this problem when the car was under original warranty. Engine was replaced in 2/1995 @ 35,000 miles. Coolant problem and high engine temp still exists. 43,000 miles later head gasket problems. Engine was manufactured in 1994 but dealer will not warranty the problem because it is in a 1993 car.
Brakes repaired on two occasions.
Defective brake line rusted through, causing braking fluid to leak, and resulting in no braking ability which may cause a crash. Also, could not shut vehicle off while in use, had to pull the fuse in order to shut vehicle off. Due failure of ignition switch. Switch repaired. Also, engine oil pan rusted through and had to be replaced. *ak
Recall 98v009000/ headlight circuit breaker. Vehicle was taken to central ford in houston,texas where they informed the owner that parts were not available.
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