NHTSA Complaint #560584 — 1993 FORD TAURUS

ENGINE TEMPERATURE LEVER VACILLATES BETWEEN THE HOT AND COLD INDICATORS AND ALSO CONERNS OF WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HOT AND COLD AIR BLOWING FROM THE HEATING/COOLING VENTS, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT THERMOSTAT WAS STUCK,THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER DID NOT ALLEVIATE PROBLEM OF THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE FROM VACILLATING,WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT THERMOSTAT WOULD PROBABLY STICK AGAIN,CONSUMER WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT GASKETS WERE AT THE BEGINNING STAGES OF FAILING, AS WELL AS HAVING BROKEN ENGINE MOUNTS,AND A LEAKING RADIATOR, NONE OF THE REPAIRS WERE MADE, UPON STARTING VEHICLE NOTICED RIDING ROUGH AND ALSO NOTICED WHITE SMOKE EMITTING FROM TAIL PIPE, CONSUMER WAS GOING TO RETURN VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT START UP AGAIN.