Cooling fan became frozen with snow which resulted in the fan motor not to rotating, overheated and then the vehicle caught on fire.
1995 Ford Taurus engine complaints
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Consumer was told by an mechanic that thre are two different metals, and the frictions and contrast caused the aluminum metal to wear out and blow out the engine head gasket. Dealer has been contacted.
Recall # 98m01kaa, head gaskets prematurely failed, causing engine problems. Defective gasket caused engine problems before the recall, but did not replace the head gasket. When the recall was issued, had the engine head gasket replaced, but it caused more damaging engine problems which ford was not going to cover. Please provide further infor ation.
Engine mount cradle bolt broke off on inside of the mount area. Dealer/mfr. Notified, and informed consumer that she would be charged for repairs.
Consumer experiencing problem of getting the dealer to honor manufacturer's recall 97s-66/the federal safety agency 97v‑019 concerning engine cooling fan. Dealer informed consumer vehicle is not on recall.
Vehicle continually stalling, unable to determine cause.
Vehicle was returned from pioneer ford after head gasket failure, failure of head gasket was covered by ford under recall, 2 days later vehicle overheated again, this time cause was found to be main control cover gasket failure allowing water to leak in the oil. Ford refused to cover this failure even though failure was to to the same cause as head gasket failure. Service bulletin 96-17-14 is for a new elastomeric gasket for the main control cover and pan that probably would have prevented this failure.
Head gasket started to leak while consumer was driving, causing vehicle to be imoperative. The federal safety agency investigation # 1e 98 080. Dealer/ mfr notified and refused to repair unless cost goes to consumer.
While driving had air conditioner on at about 65mph the car stalled and died out for 30min. Consumer contacted the dealer, dealer has yet to replace parts. Please provide any further details.
Head gasket failed causing overheating and an odor to permeate the vehicle, the head gaskets were replaced without charge per recall 98mo1, as a result of the head gasket failure other components were damaged and replaced.
Transmission malfunctioned. Also engine mounts failed.
The fuel pump failed at speed, causing a loss of power steering and power brakes. Driver was forced to maneuver off of I-70 with a dead engine and without power steering or brakes. The sudden loss of power and control nearly caused an accident.
Vehicle's cooling fan failed to operate, causing engine to overheat. Dealer repaired problem, but cosumer was charge a deduction for the repair. There is a the federal safety agency recall # 97v‑019 on file, dealer informed vehicle was not under recall.
Head gaskets failed.
Motor mounts broke.
Noise in rear end due to spindle wear.
While driving vehicle the timing belt broke, causing water pump to explode. Cause unknown.
Design of the engine is poor. Underneath the engine something pulls sand into the engine, and causes problems with the engine/transmission shakes when driving up to 75 MPH. The dealer cannot duplicate the problem.
Consumer drives vehicle daily. When driving at any speed between 5mph and 70mph the vehicle will shut down,losing all power. Dealership says they cannot duplicate problem, there was a high pitched noise that the dealership stopped, but the vehicle still loses all power. Vehicle has been in for repairs of same problem four times.
Recall on head gasket may result in engine overheating or engine failure, this failure has not yet occured and repair can not be done until failure is experienced due to recall guidelines.
Defective engine mount broke, causing the engine to shift and break air conditioning line, which could possibly crack gasoline line, resulting in fire.dealer will replace part.
Engine fire.
Engine failure. Also replaced fuel pump.
Radiator leak.
Engine head gasket failure.
Engine head gasket failed.
Vehicle stalled suddenly and would not restart.
Engine motor mounts are liquid filled and have a history of failure,
Multiple cooling system component failures causing overheating and burning of plastic.
Vehicle experiences continued stalling.
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