Motor mounts broke. Consumer was told by dealership that motor mounts were broken when she took her vehicle in for service check up. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
1993 Ford Taurus engine complaints
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Engine head gasket blewout while driving around for an hour at approximately 35 MPH on city roads. Dealership replaced leaking head gasket and valve cover gasket, and o2 sensor due to coolant contamination. Also, thermostat and spark plugs were replaced. Please provide any additional information.
When driving or operating vehicle for more than an hour at a time, regardless of speed, vehicle will begin to shake and stall. Consumer said that engine could be restarted, but it will not remain running. It is an estimated time of an hour to pass before engine will restart and remain running. Dealership will replace various parts on vehicle, but their actions will not correct defect. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
Smoke was coming out rear exhaust, causing heat to fail and overheat. A 1/2 gallon to a gallon was being added every 100 miles. Dealer gave consumer cold shoulder. Consumer went to a mechanic who said it was a bad gasket.
Engine temperature lever vacillates between the hot and cold indicators and also conerns of what the relationship between the hot and cold air blowing from the heating/cooling vents, consumer was advised by mechanic that thermostat was stuck,thermostat was replaced, however did not alleviate problem of the engine temperature gauge from vacillating,was advised by mechanic that thermostat would probably stick again,consumer was also advised that gaskets were at the beginning stages of failing, as well as having broken engine mounts,and a leaking radiator, none of the repairs were made, upon starting vehicle noticed riding rough and also noticed white smoke emitting from tail pipe, consumer was going to return vehicle immediately but vehicle would not start up again.
Engine overheated and lost coolant. Vehicle taken to an independent shop, and informed consumer of a head gasket failure. Manufacturer notified, and informed that vehicle was not covered under extended warranty. Feel free to provide any further details on this matter.
Vehicle stalls at any speed, has happened at least 20 times.
Blown head gaskets; 1993 3.8 v6 engine, 97,123 miles, $1,200.00 fix - engine temperature guage operated erratically. Dealer (soerens ford, brookfield, wi) attempted diagnosis and returned car to owner with white smoke billowing from tail pipe; dealer informed customer that head gaskets had blown
Vehicle stalling intermittently, at any speed/any time. Dealer stated this was due to a faulty ignition device. *ak vehicle will not start whether it is in park or neutral. Starter, sparkplugs, and battery have been replaced, door chime would sound when keys were not in ignition. Transmission slipping and experiences erratic shifting. Faulty front struts cause vehicle to oversteer, tires were rotated and front was aligned to help problem, however did not remedy. Dashboard rattles, however dealer can not remedy this problem. Driver side door does not close properly and there is wind noise when driven over 20 MPH, left door was not aligned properly. Keyless entry failed, passenger side rear door lock inoperable. Emergency brake was never installed. There is a consisent wind sound in vehicle. Front end experienced shaking. Excessive fuel consumption. Difficult and noisy steering occurred, dealer replaced power steering line. Front brake pads replaced. Exhaust replaced. Fuel pump replaced. Windshield wiper switch was replaced. Vehicle currently has only 47114 miles on.
I bought my 1993 ford taurus lx used. I have now had to have the motor mounts replaced (3 times) and the local ford/mercury dealer will on warrant the parts for 12 months or 12,000 miles whatever comes first. How or why should the same part keep failing and the consumer have to keep paying the price to replace them. To buy new motor mounts and labor to install them is about $425.00 each time. Can you help me???
Vehicle was repaired under recall for engine mounts. Replaced mounts have failed again.
Vehicle was cold and temperature gauge was high. Coolant in reservoir was very low. It was towed to dealer, and found that timing cover was damaged.
Bought the car from estate of deceased uncle who bought the car new from tragresser, car had 30,000 miles. In january, 2001 gave the car to my daughter jessica hopkins, trans went out in february. Car is sitting in my drive.no safety defect.
Headgasket blewout, no prior notice.
When driving at any speed and without prior warning vehicle cuts off, causing loss of all power. Consumer has contacted dealer, dealer unable to determine cause. Please provide any further details.
The head gasket blew at 104500 miles. This car was purchased from my daughter and we did not realize that it was using water very slowly. We could hear gurgling noises under the dash but didn't know what it was. It was air getting into the system from the engine. The gaskets were bad long before the 100000 mile silent recall ford put in place on this problem. This has caused me to spend an excessive amount of money on a problem ford knew about.
Head gasket failure!! Ford will not admit defect. Needs to be added to 94-95 recall
Head gasket failed causing the vehicle to overheat while driving and then the temperature gauge would drop back to normal, while driving the heat could be felt but as soon as the vehicle stopped so did the heat, the pinholes in the radiator were fixed, the thermostat and water pump were replaced but the problem persisted, the mamufacturer issued a service bulletin but they refused repair due to model year. Nlm
I purchased a 1993 ford taurus with 37,746 miles on it on july 8, 2000 for $6957. On aug. 18, 2000 as I was driving on I-75 the engine made a noise and started smoking. I pulled off the freeway to a ford dealer that was right off the exit. It took over 5 weeks to replace the engine. The cost was $5532.27. The dealer where I bought it said if it had happened near them they might have been able to lower the cost a little bit but otherwise too bad. I would like them to help with the cost of the repair as $12,489 for a 7 year old car is ridiculous and I only had it for 40 days. For that amount of money I could have purchased a much newer vehicle. I am a senior widow on social security and can not afford this. I have contacted ford motor company, briarwood ford, better business bureau, consumer affairs. I would like something done about this. I saw all the consumer complaints about the same problem. Ford needs to take responsibility for this problem. Thank you in advance.
On 1/22/2001 during a routine servicing I was told that "there was coolant on the #4 cylinder. Possible head gasket." I was advised to have the head gasket replaced so as to avoid damage to the engine. I understand that there was a design defect in the head gaskets used in this and other models of cars manufactured by ford, such that the head gasket often fails at around 60,000 miles. I would like ford to reimburse me for the cost of this repair.
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Head gasket blown at 95,000 miles. Ford refused to fix, although it's a known defect.
Replaced head gasket, bolts and the side cover plate on timing chain because of leaking water. Cj
Head gaskets blew when I started car in garage. I had car towed to my regular repairman. He advised me that the problem was not uncommon with tauruses. I contacted ford motor co. Five times by phone and sent two letters with no positive response although my research indicated they were well aware of the problem.
I don't know exactly when the failure occurred. There was nothing dramatic about it. I simply noticed the heater in the car was no longer working. When I took it in to be repaired, approximately a week or two later, the dealer told me I had a blown head gasket. They estimated it would cost "approx. $1400" to repair it/them. The work request doesn't specify whether one or both were blown, but it does specify that both would be replaced. Ford is aware of this manufacturing defect and that it has existed since 1988. However, ford has only extended coverage for this defect to cars from 1994 on. It was almost 1994 when I bought my car, but it is a 1993 model, and not covered, even though the problem is identical.
On two occasions the vehicle stalled without warning, consumer was advised to let the vehicle cool off and to drive without the A/C on, consumer did this in 103 degree weather, mechanic is unsure what the problem is. Nlm
I submitted information two days ago. I don't know if it went through or not. In case not, I started having heating problems last year and after replacing heating components,ie, radiator, two thermostats, two heating sensing units, water pumpand heat guage. It kept running hot to the point I was scared it would ruin my motor. I never ran it to the boiling point. I finally left it with my mechanic and after many check, he finall found faulty head gaskets with a gas analizer. I had the gaskets and necessary components replaced. It is now back to normal. I have not had any more problems. I would just like to know why mr. [xxx], manager,vehicle service and programs, ford customer service division determined by letter that all 94 and 95 taurus's with 3.8l engines would be repaired free by the ford motor co.. If he would check the internet for 93 taurus ,with 3.8l engines had the same problem. He said he hoped this program would confirm your continued satisfaction in your ford-built vehicle. The letter also stated if you repaired your vehicle prior to this letter, you would receive a refund. I have been a ford person all my life. I have two now. I would like to be treated fair. I appreciate your time and patience for letting me submit this complaing. Sincerely, [xxx] (please excuse the errors).*ak parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Vehicle had heating problem. Consumer replcaed numerous parts, but stillthe problem exist. Heat analyzer machine indicated faulty head gasket caused the heating problems.
Vehicle experienced heating problems, heat would fluctuate between high normal and hot, consumer replaced radiator and thermostat, sometime later problems began again, this time replacing water pump, thermostat for the second time, heat sensing unit, heat gauge, and fan belt, again problems came back and this time mechanic found blown head gaskets, consumer is requesting some reimbursement due to spending money fixing parts that were not the cause of the problems.
Vehicle has blown headgasket.
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