1987 FORD TAURUS Electrical Systemignition Problems

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING UNDERNEATH DASH AROUND IGNITION. VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST ALL POWER. HAD TOWED. REPLACED LINKS IN IGNITION. PROBLEM RECURRED AGAIN . DEALER CONTACTED

TFI MODULE WENT OUT AND COST ME A LOT OF MONEY AND TOWING SERVICE AND RUINED MY BIRTHDAY PARTY AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET ALL MY MONEY BACK I PAID THE FORD DEALERSHIP HERE IN LOS BANOS WHERE THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE BE CAUSE I WAS A WOMEN AND THEY NEW ALL THE TIME THERE WAS A BAD TFI MODULE RECALL THEY SAID THE JUDGE WAS OUT OF THEIR JURIDICTION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP, AND IGNITION MODULE HAD FAILED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

IGNITION MODULE FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *SLC

OVER A PERIOD OF TIME VEHICLE WAS STALLING. A MECHANIC COULD NEVER FIND A CAUSE UNTIL VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. MECHANIC DIAGNOSED IT TO BE IGNITION MODULE. PROBLEM HAS NOT OCCURRED. *AK

VEHICLE FAILS TO START WHEN IGNITION IS ENGAGED. ITS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. BEEN TO DEALER, 3 TIMES FOR PROBLEM. WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC COULD BE A COMPUTER GROUND WIRE. COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK

THICK FILM IGNITION DEVICE. *AK

THE WIRING IS OVERHEATING AND IS CREATING A FOUL SMELL IN MY CAR AND THE PLUG FOR THE WIRE IS MELTING. WORRIED THAT THIS FAILURE WILL CAUSE A FIRE IN THE DRIVERS COMPARTMENT. PROBLEM STARTS WHEN THE HEATER BLOWER IS BEING USED. SAFEGUARD NEEDS TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO ASSURE DRIVERS THAT THEY WILL NOT GO UP IN FLAMES. I ALSO OWN A 89 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON AND IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM THIS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED ASAP.

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH IGNITION SWITCH. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM KEPT GOING OUT, SO WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THEIR VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, THEY DIAGNOSED THAT WIRES FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH MELTED, AND MADE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BLOW A FUSE, RESULTING IN A FIRE. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ENGINE WILL CRANK BUT NOT START DUE TO NO SPARK IN PLUG WIRES.

HAD NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL. PARKED VEHICLE & CALLED DEALER. NOT ON RECALL. HAD VEHICLE CHECKED & WAS TOLD IGNITION WIRES HAD STARTED MELTING. HAD IT REPLACED. *AK

THE ELECTRONIC IGNITION (TFI MODULE) FAILED.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, WENT OUT TO START VEHICLE, LEFT VEHICLE FOR A MINUTE, RETURNED AND VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *AK

POOR CONNECTION OF IGNITION SWITCH, IT LOSES CONTACT AND BEGINS TO SMOKE, RESULTING IN A VEHICLE FIRE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, SUDDENLY LOST POWER, ENGINE STALLED AND BEGAN TO SMOKE, RESULTING IN ENGINE OVERHEATING CAUSED BY ENGINE MELTDOWN.*AK ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, HOSE TO RADIATOR POPPED OFF RADIATOR, CAUSING HEADS TO CRACK. *SLC

IGNITION SWITCH WIRING HARNESS HAS MELTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES SIGNAL LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING, HEATER FAN WOULD ALSO FAIL, CONSUMER COULD SMELL BURNING OR MELTING PLASTIC WHEN THE FAN WAS TURNED ON TO ANY SETTING, CONSUMER TRACED PROBLEM TO WIRING HARNESS THAT PLUS INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE HARNESS PLUG WAS DISCOLORED AND MELTED FROM OVERHEATING, THE IGNITION SWITCH CONNECTIONS WERE ALSO DISCOLORED AND THE PLASTIC AROUND ONE CONNECTION APPEARED TO MELTED.*JB

IGNITION SWITCH FIRE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. *AK