1991 FORD TAURUS Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WOULD STALL FOR NO REASON.*AK *YH

VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT START . CONSUMER HAD A FRIEND PUT A FUEL PUMP IN, AND VEHICLE STILL WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND THEY PUT A MULTI FUNCTION RELAY SWITCH IN, AND VEHICLE STARTED. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT UPON RECEIVING VEHICLE INERTIA SWITCH POPPED OUT. THIS BUTTON STOPPED FUEL SUPPLY FROM GOING THROUGHT CAR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CAR STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER REPLACED PLUG WIRES, CAP & ROTOR, FUEL & AIR FILTERS, AND FUEL PUMP. TYPICALLY DOESN'T PRESENT COMPUTER FAILURE CODES. QUITS AT HIGHWAY SPEED, IN CITY TRAFFIC, WHEN COLD OR WARM. SOMETIMES RESTARTS IMMEDIATELY, OFTEN WON'T START FOR HOURS, OR UNTIL NEXT DAY. DEALER IS OUT OF SUGGESTIONS, AND I'M AT WIT'S END. VEHICLE UNSAFE/UNUSABLE IN THIS CONDITION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING , MOSTLY IN THE SUMMER . MECHANIC HAS SERVICED VECHICLE , CHANGED STARTER, BUT DEFECT STILL OCCURS.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. NLM

TOLD BY FORD MECHANICS THAT THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THE 3.8 (ALSO IN OTHER MODELS) FROM 1991 ON..FORD ONLY COVERED 1994-95 TAURUS . FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE REFUSED TO GIVE ME ANY INFO ON THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE WITH THE 3.8 NO WOULD THEY GIVE ME A PHONE NUMBER TO APPEAL BASED ON INFORMATION I UNDERSTOOD TO BE TRUE AND FAIR FROM TWO OTHER FORD DEALERSHIPS

WHILE DRIVING TO AIRPORT STOPPED AT LIGHT, STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD AND VEHICLE SHUT OFF. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

I HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THIS VEHICLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS AND RETAINED RECEIPTS TO SUBSTANTIATE THIS CLAIM. THE VEHICLE HAS PROVEN TO BE UNRELIABLE AND A RISK TO OPERATE EVEN WHEN MAINTAINED WITHIN MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS. CONSIDERING THE SCOPE AND FREQUENCY OF MAJOR COMPONENT FAILURE WITH THIS VEHICLE, THE MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE HAS NO RELATIONSHIP TO THE SUBJECT VEHICLES OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS. BASED ON MY EXPERIENCES AND OTHER REPORTS IN PRINT ON THIS PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL, FORD PRODUCED A VEHICLE (THOUSANDS OF THEM) THAT PRESENT AN OBVIOUS SAFETY HAZARD TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED AS A 8 PASSENGER FAMILY CAR. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGNIFICANTLY INJURY THE OCCUPANTS DUE TO A MAJOR COMPONENT FAILURE OR COMBINATION OF MAJOR COMPONENT FAILURE MUST BE ABOVE ACCEPTABLE RISK STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE NHTSA. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE THAT ALL OF THE MAJOR COMPONENT...

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15MPH WHEN VEHICLE LOST POWER, VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE, ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING ON AN INCLINE. THERE WAS A BULLETIN 94-M84-AX4S FOR THE TRANSAXLE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT VEHICLE, AND SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM, IN WARRANTY, 14.000 MILES LATER PROBLEM OCCURRED. RECALL 93V106. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE LOSES POWER UNTIL VEHICLE REACHES ABOUT 35 MPH, AND THEN IT JERKS WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. *AK

THE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE IN THE PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT. WHEN CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO CHECK THE ENGINE IT WAS AN FIRE AT THE TOP OF DRIVER,S SIDE OF THE ENGINE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING LOST ALL POWER AND THERE WAS A LEAKAGE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, CAUSING ANOTHER VEHICLE TO ALMOST HIT THE CONSUMER DUE TO THE HESITATION. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN INJURY HAD I BEEN UNABLE TO PULL OVER ON THE BUSY FREEWAY THAT I WAS ON.

ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUES TO FLASH, NO PROBLEM FOUND TO CAUSE WARNING.

BURNT RUBBER SMELL.

TRANSMISSION FAILED/REPLACED TWICE. IN ADDITION, WHILR DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

VEHICLE CUTS OFF WHEN REACHING SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH. WARNING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON FREQUENTLY. *AK

SUDDEN ACCELERATION.

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE. ACTUAL CAUSE OF FIRE IS UNKNOWN. *AK

ENGINE STALLS/HESITATES. *AK

OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE AFTER HAVING TRANSMISSION REPAIRED. MOST RECENTLY THE OWNER HAS EXPERIENCED THREE EPISODES OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION.

ENGINE HAS STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN COLD AND HESITATES BADLY. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM.

AFTER STARING CAR TO LET WARM UP -SMOKE BEGAN TO BLOW OUT OF AUTO. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR SET ON FIRE ,WAS AN ENGINE COMPARTMEN FIRE.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR SET ON FIRE ,WAS AN ENGINE COMPARTMEN FIRE.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

NOISY ENGINE/ROUGH IDLE.

ENGINE MISFIRES.