Head gasket failure with approx. 61,000 miles. Ford did extend the head gasket warranty twice; 6/98 - 5yr/60,000 miles, and again on 3/00 - 7yr/100,000 miles. Ford would not offer me any compensation, as my 7 years ended 8/02.
1995 Ford Taurus engine complaints
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While driving, the engine over heated and stalled.
Nar 05/21/2003 *mr the consumer head gasket blow out.
Car caught on fire and was burnt beyond repair.
While driving the vehicle over heated and caused the vehicle to cut off. The dealer was notified. *nlm while driving the vehicle over heated and caused the vehicle to cut off. The dealer was notified. Consumer has repaired so many things on this car and it still is not right. For instance radiator was repaired twice and it burned out. Water pump repaired and its still leaking. Electrical work done to tail lights. Tire equipment has silver treads coming out of them.
The vehicle stalled in heavy traffic which resulted in white smoke blowing out. *mr the mechanic stated that the head gasket had blown, which was a result of the fan bearing problem which was later addressed by a recall. The consumer requested reimbursement. After the vehicle was worked on for the recall, the vehicle began to overheat. The dealer completely flushed and all the liquids to try and remedy the cooling system problem. (recall 397v019000) *scc
Cooling fan on my 1995 ford taurus burned up. I complied with [the federal safety agency recall no. 01v390/ford recall no. 01s30] in nov. 2002. I thought that was suppose to prevent this type of problem.
Nar 02/28/2003 recall#01s30 cooling fan, and #00m09 head gasket failure on 1995 ford taurus.
The head gaskets leaked antifreeze.
1995 ford taurus 3.8 liter head gasket failure
Consumer received a recall letter from the manufacturer, took the vehicle to the dealer to fixed the engine cooling fan assembly. (the part on recall) vehicle had the same problem overheating. The recall failed. Please provide further information.
The temperature guage fluctuated, then without any other warning the engine blew the head gasket, stranding the passemgers and driver. After having it towed, it was determined by the auto mechanic that the head gaket was blown. It was also determined that when the gasket blew, it damaged the engine block requiring the replacement of the motor. It should be noted that the car has just passed 65k miles.
The consumer experienced three incidents where the vehicle stalled. (the fist incident the consumer was entering highway traffic, the second was after a light changed/stalled in the middle of the street, and the third incident the consumer was traveling on the highway and the motor started to miss, and a couple of seconds later quit) scc
Consumer stated that while driving and without warning the head gasket blew causing coolant fluid to leak. Dealer notified. Ts
Head gasket failure on a 1995 ford taurus. It has been published that the 1995 ford 3.8l engine will fail at any speed without warning and this occurred with our vehicle.
Consumer complaining about power steering leaking. Ph
95 taurus wagon, after having car checked numerous times for various temperature control issues with heat and air conditioning over the past several years, head gasket blew...called dealership, after first noticing vapor from tailpipe along with temperature problems. Dealers explaination was thermostat problem. One week later, extreme amount of blue vapor pouring out of tailpipe along with antifreeze fluid loss that had continued to occur. Contacted dealer, said it was a head gasket and we should fill with antifreeze and find a new car, car has 84,000miles. Contacted ford motor corp. About extended warranty coverage that because of low mileage didnt cover our car even though symptoms occured during covered period. Ford refused to honor or acknowledge any responsibility even knowing about gasket problems and the 3.8l engine they installed in the taurus.
Ford offered a free headgasket replacement for my 1995 taurus in a july18 2000 letter( that I received in feb. 2002). When they had the headgasket off they called me to the my car and said that they would have to replace the gear gasket or it would cause the headh\gasket to "go bad" again. When I asked them why the gear gasket was not included in the free replacement then has no answer. It cost me $567.29 to have them replace the gear gasket. I think that this is a bate and switch. What can I do about this ripoff?
Consumer states that while driving and without warning the head gasket blew causing the consumer to smell strong chemical fumes. Dealer notified. Ts
After the dealership pride lincoln, mercury; lynn ma; 781‑598‑3800, did the recall for the engine 01 v 390 000, the fan motor broke. Ts
The federal safety agency#14673-01-1-011-000 engine cooling fan. Consumer states vehicle got very hot. Dealer has inpected the vehicle and could not duplicate or correct the problem. Please provide further information. Ts
Consumer states that while driving and without warning the engine will over heat causing the consumer to pull over. Dealer notified ts
Consumer states that while driving without warning the engine started to smoke under the hood and the consumer was force to pull over. Dealer notified.
Consumer stated the power steering failed while driving, however when the vehicle was towed to the dealer, they could find no problem.
The car has had problems starting from the day it was delivered. The problems began with flaking paint, misaligned hood, door and bumper due to poor quality control. These problems were fixed by dealer w/o charge, as was the head gasket failure. Repairs for muffler failure, sway bar linkage failure, air conditioner failure and starter motor failure were not covered by the manufacturer under any sort of recall. The most recent problem with the air conditioner and starter motor cost over $1200 to fix. The problem with the ignition system was intermittent. Some times the car would start and other times the starter would not engage at all. One time the engine simply died while driving down the road. Starter motor would not engage until engine cooled down and had been sitting for an hour or two. Then starter motor would work. Mechanic at dealership said the starter motor probably had "dead" areas in starter motor that may be causing intermittent failure. Air conditioner failure attributed to failure of "motor mounts" that caused rupture of multiple hoses in air conditioning unit. I've never had a vehicle with so many equipment failures with this type of mileage.
The federal safety agency recall 01 v 390 000/manufacturer's recall 01s30 concerning engine cooling fan bearing: dealer dobbs ford in menghis,tn. Phone # 901//382-9090. Refused to honor recall because vehicle had over 100,000 miles on the odometer. Feel free to provide any further information.
While driving at 25mph on flat surface and with no warning vehicle shut off.consumer had to pull over. Dealer notified.
While driving at 55mph on flat surface and with no warning, the head gasket blewout, which caused vehicle to overheat. Consumer had to pull over. Dealer notified.*ak
The consumer was disputing charges by the dealer since repairs were not done and the dealer misrepresented what repairs were needed when the vehicle was brought to the dealer for a cooling system recall, the vehicle was loosing coolant in the reservoir and there was a slow leak from the side radiator.
Cooling fan motor froze up blew the engine , causing engine to overheat.
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