When driving at 60 MPH or higher engine check light keeps coming on, and vehicle will die out.
1993 Ford Taurus engine complaints
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When I purchased the car, it had 12,000 miles on it. It was a good brother's company car. This is the third time within 1 year that the motor mounts need to be replaced. I called good brother's ford, the federal safety agency and the ford motor company concerning this problem when it had to be replaced the first time. I asked if there was a recall for this particular problem and I was told by the ford motor company that there was in other parts of the company, but not in the northeast region. I believe this situation needs to be re-evaluated. Thank you.
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Speedometer system malfunctioned, causing a clicking noise and when vehicle is operated above 50 MPH. Speedometer needle will move up and down, and occupant cannot tell how fast the vehicle is going. Dealer replaced speedometer once. Needs to replace it again. Also, problems with head gasket which was part of improvement campaign of 1994 & 1995's. Please provide further information.
Engine head gaskets have prematurely blown, causing the engine to malfunction. Cause unknown. Please give any further details.
Sway bar links performed poorly causing noise when going over bumps. Nm
At 52,000 miles both engine mounts broke, causing the engine to become unstable.
Steering wheel feels like it's grinding. Would make noises while turning either left or right. Also, engine head gaskets had blown & needed replacing. The problem with steering wheel happened soon afterwards.
I had no resolution on tie rods from dealership at the time this happened, and currently with the failed head gasket at only 48,000 miles, dealership did not know of any problem with this model taurus. I did find this problem with tie rods and and engine cooling system on service bulletins at this web site.
Ford extended the warranty for this failure for same model beginning 1994
While driving at 35 MPH vehicle started smoking, and the subframe went though the wheel which caused damage to one tire.
Motor mount failed causing noise.
Vehicle was purchased in january 1999, and consumer has been experiencing poor performance with the windshield wipers. Vehicle is at dealership at this time. Also, air bag light stays illuminated. Whenever engine is turned off consumer needs to have a jump start.
Vehicle experiencing problem with 3.8 v6 engine head gasket leaking coolant into the engine; dealer notified.
While driving at 35 MPH there is some knocking noise coming from the vehicle, and vehicle stalls/cuts off.consumer thinks there is a broken spring.
I aws told that the head gasket failure on this car is a known problem and was being fixed under a silent recall format. I feel this is a safety issue, because of where and when it could happen. The dealer or ford will not pay for this and will not give me any furthur info.
When driving at any speed there is a problem with the steering. A loud noise is coming from the steering. When consumer is going up a hill, there is a very loud banging sound coming from under the vehicle, and consumer had engine head gasket replaced. Consumer is having a lot of noise problem.
The motor mounts are defective and commonly break. Have known of several individuals that have had the mounts to break and do major damage to the car, such as; (damaged radiator, hood damage). The 3.8l motor in the ford taurus experiences premature deterioration of the right front and the right rear engine mounts. Ford is aware of the problem due to them issuing an no-charge service program for the problem in 9/1995. However some owners did not receive this notification or the vehicle was in between ownership.
Engine head gasket blew out while driving. Notified dealer/manufacturer. Was informed that the vehicle was not under a recall, and nothing could be done unless cost goes to consumer.
Engine overheated due to failure of the head gaskets.
The car was over-heating but ice cold air was coming out of vents when heat was dialed up to the max (90*f). Understandably the car was running a little irratically (sputtering & hesitating). I opened car hood to find all the antifreeze in the reservoir leaking and ready to explode. A local mechanic saw this and said the cylinder head gasket is shot, that the high pressure within the compression system is now transmitted into the coolant system so antifreeze can't circulate freely to cool engine or enter heating core to facilitate hot air into car (particularly inconvenient in the northeast about now) and also the reason it's nearly exploding from coolant reservoir. It's presently being repaired at my expense ($1500.00) at carman ford. My local mechanic didn't wan't to attempt it. He admitted this is a common failure with taurus'/sables and at 50000mls, it's very premature. Carman ford of course concurred with his diagnosis and when I asked if they could fix it they assured me it was a very common problem that they repair several a week or month (I can't remember, I think I was in shock). They wouldn't guarantee there would be no residual problems with the engine, but if I wanted to trade up to a new model before sinking this much $ into my own, they'd be happy to call a salesman nextdoor. I called ford manufacturer directly and as you might imagine, I received no satisfaction. Thank you for your assistance.
Starter wire attached to starter keeps falling off..first time I was on a highway and my guarding angel was with me and I coasted off the highway and got help. All the other times I would get in the car and it would not start. A tow truck driver took pity on me and told me what the problem was and now I can get under the car and plug it in my self. I have taken it to a mechanic several times. They of course never told me how to fix it. I believe this is a design problem. Second issue is the head gasket. Dealer diagnosed the problem, getting 2nd opinion since I had it replaced in jan 1997. Dealer said it was under warranty under mprogram 98m1 as of dec 1998. Ford customer service said dealer was wrong it depended on where the car was manufactured. Where do I get more information about mprogram/98m1? I want to get reimbursed for the 1st incident. Is the gasket the problem or the engine?
In 3.8 liter engines, the vehicle head gasket malfunction causing the head gasket to be replaced 2x and it cause engine damage which now needs to be replace. Please provide further information and VIN#.
Engine head gaskets have blown out, causing water to get into the engine compartment and the engine had stopped running. Dealer has been contacted.
Front engine mounts failed.
Tfi module caused vehicle to stall.
Engine mount recall work denied due to mileage of the vehicle. (#92m77).
There is a knocking noise coming from the vehicle when making a turn, and when accelerating. Can hear engine jump. Motor mounts are corroded and need to be replaced. Recall 98v323000 deals with same problem., engine mounts. But dealer refused to perform recall repairs. However, local for ddealer denied that any recall was issued.
Similar component recalled in 94 and 95 models, why not 93?
Engine check light illuminated, indicating a malfunction within the system.cause unknown. Dealer stated after inspection that the engine head gasket had to be changed. Please give any further details.
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