NHTSA Complaint #734409 — 1988 FORD TAURUS

2:30 IN THE AFTERNOON ON SEPT 20TH..I HAD BEEN DRIVING MY TAURUS AROUND TOWN,BURIEN WA. I WAS GOING ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH. AND I WAS 4 BLOCKS FROM HOME WHEN MY CAR WENT DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. NO WARNING SIGNS..NOTHING..JUST CAME TO A DEAD HALT..I LOOKED DOWN AT THE GAGES AND I NOTOCED MY CAR SAID OVERHEAT..IT WAS IN THE RED...THAT CAR NEVER HAD AN OVERHEATING PROBLEM..ALL PROPER LIQUIDS WERE IN THE CAR..SO I COULDNT START THE CAR AND I'M STUCK ON A BRIDGE IN A 2 LANE TRAFFIC AREA AND THE START OF RUSH HOUR. I CANNOT START THE CAR. I HAD TO BE TOWED 4 BLOCKS TO MY HOME EVER SINCE THAT DAY MY CAR IS UNABLE TO START. I SAW IN THE NEWSPAPER ABOUT THE RECALL OF THE FORDS BECAUSE OF A DANGEROUS DESIGN FLAW THAT CAN CAUSE A VEHICLE TO STALL...MY FATHER PURCHASED THIS CAR IN 1988 IN CALIFORNIA AND I BOUGHT IT FROM HIM 4YRS AGO..SINCE HAD NEW TRANNY IN..NEW RACK PINION AND SAT FOR 2 YRS AND STARTED DRIVING AGAIN IN 99 NO PROBLEMS SINCE UNTIL THIS STALL ON THE BRIDGE . PLEASE RESPOND IF THIS FITS THE CRITERIA OF THE RECALL