NHTSA Complaint #10003065 — 1995 FORD TAURUS

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.