Safety hazard caused by failure of interior lights to turn off, and automatic unlocking of only the driver door, immediately after using power lock button to lock all doors.
1997 Ford Taurus electrical complaints
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When I first bought the car the door ajar light would intermittintly come on. I took the vehicle I took it back to them twice and they were unable to fix it. Now the problem is esculating. The car now shuts off the power to the radio speakers, power windows, power assist and probably other components when the gear shift is taken out of park. All components work fine when car is in park shift position. Of course I'm required to pay to have this fixed even though it could probably been fixed right in the first place. The decision to stop going back to the dealer is based on the work they did do (shabby) and their not being able to fix the main problem I took the car back into them. Is the car suppose to had a high wind noise - I was told that was part of the design and they could do nothing about that when I first bought the car.
When you first start the car brake lights do not work. Once vehicle is very warm brake lights will start working again. Consumer feels that if making a sudden stop the other driver may not see consumer. *ak
In less than two years of ownership with this car, my battery has blown twice. I go to start the car and battery just blows up. The first time I simply heard a crackling noise. The second time I heard a pop like that of a balloon popping. Individuals have told me that this could potentially cause a fire. The dealership cannot find anything wrong; they just replace the battery. They do tell me that it must develop an electrical spike, but they have no way of knowing where it comes from. I believe this is dangerous. The service department at the dealership says that even if they check all the wiring harness, they might not find the problem.
Before parking there was a burning smell. While parked, smoke came from underneath the dash, then flames were coming out, police officer pulled the fuses/ battery and then fire went out. Please provide further information.
Vehicle parked. Owner noticed smoke coming from inside of vehicle. Vehicle windows were blown out & black smoke escaped & then flames. Fire department was called & put flames out. Gave no indication of origin of fire. Insurance inspector checked vehicle & indicated a possible electrical short in the wiring system that caused the fire.
The door ajar light comes on when the weather is warm. This causes the interior lights to stay on, and the driver side door will not lock when using the power lock button when this occurs.
Battery.
Horn was inoperative and the dealer is charging over $300. *ak.et.
Faulty wiring in the harness causing the door adjar light to remain on when temperature is above 80 degrees and malfunctioning of the power door locks mechanism. Mjs
Altenator went bad at only 38,989 miles. Also had to replace battery due to altenator draining it.
Stall, rough idle, ignition missing. Wiring replaced, but vehicle continues to run rough. Dealer check fuel system but no problem found. Unable to determine cause via diagnostics. This problem has existed and grown worse with this vehicle since purchased in 04/98 at @17000 miles.
Within the last 6 mos. When car hit approx. 60000 miles when the ignition is turned on it will not start. Everything is dead. However, power in vehicle will come back if the interior front hood lever is activated. Power will come back and the radio will always be on am and the clock will be at 12:00. I have not contacted the manufacturer because this happens very sporadically. In other words there is no way to predict it will happen and/or make it happen.
The windshield wipers are multi-speed, but they only run on slow. You have to turn them off and on several tmes to get them to work right.the ignition switch was replaced because when you took the key out the accessories continued to run like the radio would keep on playing with no key in the car .they changed the ignition switch and it helped for a few thousand miles but now the car is out of warranty and the problem is back again.also I am having problems with the power windows.
Severe shock from static electricity build up.
Cd player failed. Yh
Battery failure.
When starting the automobile the key was inserted into the ignition, which is made of plastic and the plastic igntion part broke, leaveing the auto unable to start but still with the battery still in the on position.
Torque converter failed/electrical system failure.
While driving over puddles vehicle loses power steering. Also alternator malfunctioned. Dealers have no remedy for problem.
Ignition system failed.
Vehicle will stall without warning, computer module failure, but dealership does not how to reprogram the failure.
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