While driving automatic locking system disengages. Also, dome light stays on continuously. Please provide any further information.
1997 Ford Taurus lights complaints
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Headlights wouldn't go off at all. The only way was for to lift hood up and disconnect battery to cable. Dealership was aware of problem.
Dome light remains on once vehicle is shut off or when doors are closed.also, driver's side rear windows work intermittently. Dealer has been contacted.
There are no lights at all in or outside of vehicle. Lights in front went out first, and then third lights went out. Dealership is aware of problem.
Switch in door to advise if door is open stays on. When this occurs, it causes for dome lights to come on. Consumer has had repairs on vehicle on two different occasions, but problem continues to occur.
Interior lights come on and stay on while driving at night which may cause visible problem, and may result in a crash. Dealer had to replace interior lights twice. Common problem. Please provide further information.
False light showing open door will not go off, therefore interior lights will not shut off/even when car is off.
When sun hits vehicle or even when temperature is hot at night, interior lights and door ajar light come on. Lights stay on for an hour or more before going out. This causes poor driver's visibility when driving at night. Dealership was not able to determine what was causing this problem.
The interior lights stay on due to the door ajar light being on it only happens after noon when th car is parked in the sun light and afraid to cause accident because of the drivers underdash light being so bright.
The headlight bezel is discolored. There appears to be a fog inside the bezel. The dealer states that this is not a manufacturers defect, and is not covered under the warranty. The dealer states "something" must have been sprayed on the outside of the bezel. I was told that some of the headlights have a gasket leak and that was the problem. Do you have any information regaurding this problem?
Door ajar light on dash stays on. Sometimes ocasionally it goes off, interior lights won't go off because of it, resulting in a dead battery, back window doesn't always work, engine check light goes on and off. The dealer thinks I'm crazy cause whenever I take it in to be repaired the lights are all off. They told me it was a relay switch and they said they fixed it and it still is broken.
#1 door ajar lights, interior lights, and dome light on even though all doors are closed.
While driving on i95 during a rainstorm, I experienced a total failure of the windshield wipers when I activated my left directional signal. Visibility suddenly became zero and I narrowly avoided a serious crash. I finally was able to restore partial use of the windshield wipers by switching on my high-beam headlights. I tried this procedure because the headlights as well as the directional signals are all controlled by the same handle. I believe there is a defect inside the stalk that houses the wiring for these controls. I have rarely used this car in the rain ( there has been a virtual drought in my area) and this is the first real workout of the wipers.
Dashboard shows doors are open, and interior light will stay on. Dealer couldn't find the problem.
1. Windshield wipers do not always operate at the rate selected. They operate at a lower rate than selected. 2. The driver's side door light switch does not operate properly. The interior lights will not turn off for long periods of time. The driver's side door will not remain locked during this switch failure with the key in the ignition and/or the engine running.
#1 door ajar switch,light in dash stays on and interior lights stay on while driving. #2 window did not work at all, repaired by dealer, #3 window would not roll up, took to dealer, told to take door apart and beat on motor, was able to get window up.
Door locks would not lock and doors open. Warning light stays on after exiting vehicle. Also, the inside dome light stays on. Dealer has seen vehicle. Failures became increasingly worse. *ak
Poor sight side vision from the headlights. If having to make a sharp trun driver cannot see the road to the side. Problem was brought to the manufacturer's attention. Please provide any further information.
Many problems since purchase, very disatisfied, car was not checked out prior to sale, car was missing basic fluids, car had lights out which I was ticketed for, car was running horrible needed brakes, also needed what was thought to be a tuneup but car continued to run horrible which looks to have turned out to be engine problems which LED to replacement of engine.
No protective cover for trunk light caused lamp to come into contact with contents of the truck thus causing a fire. Nlm
The dome light and the door ajar light comes on intermittently. Yh
Intermittent problems with transmission slipping, failing to go into gear during take off. When these problems occur the transmission stops pulling the vehicle. Five repair attempts to resolve this problem, including replacing the transmission range sensor, however the problem continues.
The car had been pre-inspected for lease-turn-in in jan 1999, and then remained parked until feb 8, 1999. At the time of the inspection there was no visible damage to the windshield. On feb 8, 1999, there was a large crack in the windshield, originating from the top center of the windshield, down 4 inches and trailing off 4 inches to the left. The windshield was inspected at the time of replacement, and no chip marks or trauma to the glass was found. Glass installer stated that the crack was a stress failure. While driving at night both headlights went off at 55 MPH. After stopping, shutting off the car and restarting, they came back on. Also, the passenger side headlight become disconnected on several occasions.
Due to no protective cover over the trunk courstey light, the sleeping bag in the trunk by the trunk courstey lights caused the sleeping bag to burn a hole, almost resulted in a fire.
Trunk light bulb is unprotected and burned items in trunk.
When using the turn signal, either left or right and the steering wheel is in a certain position, the signal will not lock in. When changing lanes this almost caused a crash.
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