1993 FORD TAURUS Electrical Systemignition Problems

CHUCK'S CLEAN & USED CARS OF PEMBROKE SOLD ME A 1993 FORD TAURUS VIN [XXX] WITH A KNOWN RECALL ON IT. THERE WAS A FIRE WITH THE IGNITION SYSTEM WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. *LA INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

HEADLIGHTS GO OFF AND ON INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, WARNING SIGNAL SOUNDS EVEN WHEN NO LIGHTS ARE LEFT ON AND KEYS ARE OUT OF IGNITION, LEADING TO THE THOUGHT OF A SHORT IN THE IGNITION.

MY 1993 TAURUS STARTED STALLING OUT IN JUNE 2000 CAUSIN ME TO LOSE THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WHILE DRIVING. IT FIRST STARTED WITH THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" COMING ON AND THEN CUTTING OFF ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55MPH. IT CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED/ANYTIME ON CITY STREETS, HIGHWAYS AND AT STOP SIGNS. IT WON'T START FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER IT STALLS OUT. I HAVE EVEN CHANGED FUEL AT DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS THINKING IT WAS WATER OR TRASH IN THE LINE BUT THE PROBEM DIDN'T GO AWAY. I HAVE HAD FUEL PRESSURE TESSTS, THROTTLE BODY WORK, FUEL INJECTION SERVICE DONE SEVERAL TIMES AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. BEEN TO OTHER MECHANIC SHOPS AND DIAGNOSTIC TEST RUN AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP OR THE TRANSMISSION OR NO PROBLEM FOUND. ONE OF THE MECHANCIS TOLD ME IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS THE IGNITION MODULE AND SUGGESTED...

FOR THE PAST YEAR MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN STALLING. AT FIRST IT STARTED IN THE WINTER OF 2000 OCCASIONALLY, BUT WHEN THE SPRING HIT. IT WAS STALLING ALL THE TIME. I HAVE TAKEN TO MY MECHANIC WHO HAS REPLACED THE IGNITION MODULE, FUEL PUMP ( TWICE ). CHANGED THE FUEL FILTER AND MY VEHICLE IS STILL STALLING. I HAVE NOTICED AN ARTICLE UNDER USATODAY.COM WHEREBY JUDGE BALLACHEY HAS ORDERED FORD TO REPLACE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES IN CALIFORNIA. COULD THIS BE MY PROLEM? IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLS ON THE HIGHWAY..PLEASE RESPOND TO ADVISE.*AK

CAR STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. WILL RESTART IN 10 MIN. FUEL PUMP REPLACED X2, PUMP RELAY X1. DEALER NO HELP. *AK

FIRST IGNITION MODULE WENT OUT AT APPROX. 67,000 MILES, THE NEXT ONE AT ABOUT 97,000, AND THE THIRD ONE WENT OUT AT 104,800 MILES. IN ALL THREE REPAIRS, THE PICK-UP COIL WAS ALSO REPLACED. THE CAR RAN WELL AFTER EACH REPAIR - FOR A WHILE! NOW, ONLY 1200 MILES AFTER THE THIRD MODULE REPLACEMENT, THE MODULE HAS FAILED AGAIN. DESPITE A COURT ORDERED RECALL (WHICH FORD IS APPEALING) FORD CONTINUES TO SELL DEFECTIVE IGNITION MODULES BOTH THROUGH THEIR DEALERS AND THROUGH INDEPENDANT PARTS STORES. WE ARE FRUSTRATED AT HAVING TO PAY EXHORBITANT PRICES FOR THIS INFERIOR PART AGAIN AND AGAIN. WE HAVE RETAINED ALL REPAIR BILLS EXCEPT THE FIRST (IGNITION MODULE) ONE, BUT IT MAY BE A LONG TIME BEFORE THE APPEALED CASE GETS TO COURT. WE WOULD LIKE FORD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SITUATION NOW. *AK

VEHICLE WILL TURN OFF WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. *AK DEALER FINDS NOTHING WRONG WHEN INSPECTING VEHICLE, HOWEVER CONSUMER FEELS THE FAULTY PART IS THE TFI MODULE. GENERAL TIRES HAVE EXPERIENCED 2 CORD SEPARATIONS AND ONE BLOWOUT. *SLC

CAR BEGAN STALLING IN LATE 2000. MECHANIC FINALLY DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS FAILED INGITION CONTROL MODULE. REPLACEMENT PART IS UNAVAILABLE. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHEN IT WILL BE. CAR IS UNDRIVABLE AND HAS BEEN SITTING FOR OVER 2 MONTHS. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING AROUND FOR AN HOUR AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON CITY ROADS. DEALERSHIP REPLACED LEAKING HEAD GASKET AND VALVE COVER GASKET, AND O2 SENSOR DUE TO COOLANT CONTAMINATION. ALSO, THERMOSTAT AND SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

ENGINE DIES WITHOUT WARNING. HAVE REPLACED FUEL PUMP TWICE, ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE ONCE, INERTIA SWITCH ONCE. HOW DO I FIX IT?*AK

VEHICLE STALLING INTERMITTENTLY, AT ANY SPEED/ANY TIME. DEALER STATED THIS WAS DUE TO A FAULTY IGNITION DEVICE. *AK VEHICLE WILL NOT START WHETHER IT IS IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. STARTER, SPARKPLUGS, AND BATTERY HAVE BEEN REPLACED, DOOR CHIME WOULD SOUND WHEN KEYS WERE NOT IN IGNITION. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND EXPERIENCES ERRATIC SHIFTING. FAULTY FRONT STRUTS CAUSE VEHICLE TO OVERSTEER, TIRES WERE ROTATED AND FRONT WAS ALIGNED TO HELP PROBLEM, HOWEVER DID NOT REMEDY. DASHBOARD RATTLES, HOWEVER DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND THERE IS WIND NOISE WHEN DRIVEN OVER 20 MPH, LEFT DOOR WAS NOT ALIGNED PROPERLY. KEYLESS ENTRY FAILED, PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR LOCK INOPERABLE. EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NEVER INSTALLED. THERE IS A CONSISENT WIND SOUND IN VEHICLE. FRONT END EXPERIENCED SHAKING. EXCESSIVE FUEL CONSUMPTION. DIFFICULT AND NOISY STEERING OCCURRED, DEALER REPLACED POWER STEERING LINE. FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED. EXHAUST REPLACED....

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY, IGNITION MODULE REPLACED IN 1998 AND AGAIN IN FEBRUARY 1999. CURRENTLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED A THIRD TIME. *AK REPLACING THE IGNITION MODULE DOES NOT STOP THE VEHICLE FROM STALLING. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN CONTACTED BUT PROVIDED NO HELP. *YH

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING STALL, WILL NOT RESTART. *AK

THERE WAS ALSO PROBLEM WITH NOTORIOUS "HEAD GASKET FAILURE" I HAD TO HAVE REPAIRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED FOR A LONG TIME VEHICLE COMPLETELY STALLED AND DIED. CONSUMER HAS TO LET CAR SIT FOR ABOUT 15MINUTES BEFORE IT WILL START AGAIN.*AK

WE HAVE HAD THIS SAME TROUBLE SINCE 1998, SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLORS, STILL DOING IT, STOPS ON THE FREEWAY, ALMOST HIT SEVERAL TIMES, STOPS WHILE DRIVING AND WON;T START FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, SOMETHING BETTER BE DONE, THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, WHAT DOES IT TAKE, FOR ME TO GET KILLED, AND THEN YOU DO SOMETHING? I HAVE TALKED TO LOTS OF TAURUS OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AGAIN, IF A JUDGE THINKS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!!!! WE HAVE BEEN TO TWO DEALERS, SEVERAL GARAGES, NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG, AFTER CHARGING US FOR REPAIRS THAT DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM, FIRST TIME WE IT STOPPED ON US WE WERE IN THE DESERT, IN JULY, WE BOTH HAVE HEALTH PROBLEMS, WE DON;T NEED THIS STRESS!!! I AM NOT SURE WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS CAR, EITHER IN...

HEAD GASKET BLEW AT 60,000 MILES, CAR STALLING SINCE PURCHASE AT HIGH SPEEDS, CAUGHT ON FIRE TWICE. *AK

ON A HOT (95 DEGREE +) DAY THE IGNITION SHUT DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVE HOME IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. AFTER GETTING MY CAR HOME THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS CHECKED OK. WHEN THE DAYS HEAT SUBSIDED THE CAR WOULD START AGAIN AND HAS BEEN FINE IN THE COOLER DAYS SINCE THE INCIDENT.*AK

WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE STALLING AND FAILING TO START. CAMPUS FORD IN OKEMOS HAS FAILED TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND WE HAVE HAD APPROXIMATELY $1,000 DOLLARS IN REPAIRS DONE BY CAMPUS FORD AND OTHER SERVICE SHOPS BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. WE FEEL UNSAFE IN THE VEHICLE. IT ONCE STALLED ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH AND I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE STALL IN CITY TRAFFIC MORE TIMES THAN I CAN REMEMBER.

NO SUMMARY

WHENEVER COMING TO A STOP OR STARTING TO SLOWDOWN, VEHICLE STALLS. OWNER WAS TOLD TO CALL NHTSA BY FORD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHIICLE WOULD STALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

A SENSOR KEEPS FAILING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO DIE. SOMETIMES VEHICLE WILL RESTART WITHIN 20 MINUTES OR IT WILL HAVE TO BE TOWED INTO DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

MY VEHICLE FREQUENTLY STALLS IN TRAFFIC. I BELIEVED THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS THE CULPRIT AND REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR (3 TIMES) AND CLEANED THE INJECTORS TWICE. ALL AT MY COST AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO STALL WHILE IN MOTION. I READ ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA COURT CASE WHICH IDENTIFIED THE THICK FILM MODULE AS AN IGNITION SYSTEM PART THAT TENDS TO OVERHEAT AND CAUSE THE FORD AUTOMOBILE TO STALL. THIS COULD BE MY PROBLEM BUT FORD HAS NEVER EVEN SUGGESTED SUCH TO ME. PLEASE RECALL THIS VEHICLE BEFORE IT STALLS AGAIN AND CAUSES A CRASH.

NO SUMMARY

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING AND THEN DOES NOT START. DEALER IN CALIFORNIA CLAIM THEY CAN NOT OBTAIN THE REPLACEMENT PART, THAT THE SUPPLIER FORD USED DOES NOT MAKE THAT SPECIFIC PART ANY MORE.*AK

LOST SPEED SUDDENLY ON MAJOR ROAD-SCARY AND DANGEROUS

LOST SPEED SUDDENLY ON MAJOR ROAD-SCARY AND DANGEROUS

THE IGNITION CAN BE TURN ON WITHOUT A KEY, ALSO WHEN KEY IS IN YOU CAN PULL IT OUT

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE CAR TURNS OFF WHILE WE ARE DRIVING. IT HAS OCCURRED AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS,BUT IT HAPPENS MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN WE ARE DRIVING AT 65-70 WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER RUNNING. WITH NO WARNING, THE CAR ENGINE COMPLETELY STOPS. NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO TELL US WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. WE HAVE TO OPEN THE HOOD AND LET THE ENGINE COOL DOWN AND THEN DRIVE WITH THE HOOD OPEN A LITTLE. (I NOTICE A LOT OF TAURUS WITH THEIR HOODS OPEN ALSO) , AFTER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT COOLS, THE CAR WILL START WITH NO PROBLEM AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HEATS UP AGAIN. THE ENGINE IS NOT OVERHEATING, THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IS. IT APPEARS THAT SOMETHING IS OVERHEATING AND TURNING OFF THE ENGINE. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BOTH REPORTED SEPARATELY TO FORD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE RECALL IN...

VEHICLE STALLED IN HOT WEATHER. 2 FUEL PUMPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED & TFI MODULE HAS BEEN REPLACED 1 TIME. *AK

CAR WILL NOT START AGAIN AFTER BEING DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, HAVE NOT EVEN MADE FIRST PAYMENT YET. HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES, BEEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP TWICE NOW SINCE MARCH 21, 2000. *AK

IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER JAMMED WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING STARTED. NLM

SINCE OCTOBER 1995 MY TAURUS HAS IRREGULAR FUNCTION OF THE FUEL AND/OR IGNITION SYSTEMS WHICH CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STALL INTERMITTENTLY, USUALLY DURING HOT WEATHER. THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT COMES ON AND THE ENGINE JUST STOPS. OF COURSE, I LOSE THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THIS STALLING, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A "VAPOR LOCK" PROBLEM USUALLY OCCURS AT SLOW SPEEDS IN TRAFFIC. ACCELERATING FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, IDLING THROUGH A PARKING LOT, AND SLOWING DOWN TO TURN RIGHT OR LEFT HAVE ALL BROUGHT ON THIS UNSAFE SITUATION MANY TIMES. 100+ EPISODES IS A VERY LOW ESTIMATE OF THE TIMES MY CAR HAS BEEN DISABLED IN TRAFFIC UNTIL I CAN CHANGE GEARS TO NEUTRAL AND RESTART THE ENGINE. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE OUT OF SERVICE AND EXAMINED AT RIVERSIDE FORD AND PARKER AUTOMOTIVE IN MACON, GEORGIA WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT IN...

VEHICLE STALLING DUE TO POSSIBLE FAILURE OF THE THICK FILM IGNITION MODULE. MJS

CAR WILL START AND RUN, BUT NO OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WILL OPERATE. KEY WILL COME OUT OF IGNITION SWITCH WHILE CAR IS STILL RUNNING.

A PIN IN THE IGNITION CAME LOOSE. WHEN VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF AND KEY IS REMOVED, ENGINE CONTINUES TO RUN. MECHANIC REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60-65 MPH CAR LOST POWER AND POWER STEERING ON HIGHWAY. DEALER CONTACTED, AND DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE DISTRIBUTOR GEAR TEETH, WHICH HAD SHEARED OFF. PROBLEM CANNOT BE REMEDIED, AND STILL EXISTS. *AK *ML

SPARK PLUGS FAILED.

CYLINDER HEADS, SPARK PLUGS AND WIRES FAILED CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT.

TUMBLERS WITHIN CYLINDER FOR IGNITION KEY FRACTURED, CAUSING DIFFICULTY INSERTING KEY AND REMOVING KEY FROM IGNITION, ALSO MAY HAVE CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH CRUISE CONTROL. (QCAW)

RECALL 98V009000, MANUFACTURER'S 98S01; CONSUMER STATES THE REPAIR WORK WAS DONE FOR THE RECALL. AFTER WORK WAS DONE, HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY WORK. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES, NOT ALL THE TIME. *AK MECHANIC STATED PROBLEM WAS WITH THE IGNITION. *SLC

CONSUMER HAS TO WIGGLE THE IGNITION PRIOR TO PUTTING THE KEY IN AND START THE VEHICLE . THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

IGNITION LOCK BROKE.

PLASTIC ROD BETWEEN THE IGNITION CYLINDER AND AN ASSEMBLY SNAPPED IN HALF. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF.

AFTER VEHICLE IS READY TO BE SHUT DOWN/TURNED OFF BY DRIVER; CAN TURN IGNITION INTO OFF POSITION AND PULL KEY OUT, YET VEHICLE WILL STILL BE RUNNING. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, WENT TO TURN OFF THE IGNTION AND NOTHING HAPPENED, HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO STOP THE CAR FROM RUNNING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WENT TO TURN ENGINE OFF AND IT WOULD NOT STOP, KEY ROTATED BACKWARD/FORWARD. REMOVED COIL FROM DISTRIBUTOR TO CUT ENGINE OFF; ALSO, HORN BUTTONS ARE POORLY DESIGNED, CANNOT BE ACTIVATED IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. *AK