1993 FORD TAURUS Engine And Engine Coolingcooling Systemradiator Assembly Problems

ALSO WE HAVE HAD THE TERMOSTATE REPLACED 5 TIMES THE CAR KEEPS OVERHEATING AND THE CAR SHOP CANNOT FIND OUT WHY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. THEN VIBRATION WOULD STOP, AND LATER START OVER AGAIN. WOULD LOSE POWER WHILE GOING UP HILL.*AK RADIATOR LEAKED AND WAS REPLACED, DEALER ALSO REPLACED HEAD GASKETS. *SLC

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

THE WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED TWICE, RADIATOR REPLACED ONCE DUE TO COOLANT LEAK AND SMELL. NLM

I SUBMITTED INFORMATION TWO DAYS AGO. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WENT THROUGH OR NOT. IN CASE NOT, I STARTED HAVING HEATING PROBLEMS LAST YEAR AND AFTER REPLACING HEATING COMPONENTS,IE, RADIATOR, TWO THERMOSTATS, TWO HEATING SENSING UNITS, WATER PUMPAND HEAT GUAGE. IT KEPT RUNNING HOT TO THE POINT I WAS SCARED IT WOULD RUIN MY MOTOR. I NEVER RAN IT TO THE BOILING POINT. I FINALLY LEFT IT WITH MY MECHANIC AND AFTER MANY CHECK, HE FINALL FOUND FAULTY HEAD GASKETS WITH A GAS ANALIZER. I HAD THE GASKETS AND NECESSARY COMPONENTS REPLACED. IT IS NOW BACK TO NORMAL. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY MORE PROBLEMS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHY MR. [XXX], MANAGER,VEHICLE SERVICE AND PROGRAMS, FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION DETERMINED BY LETTER THAT ALL 94 AND 95 TAURUS'S WITH 3.8L ENGINES WOULD BE REPAIRED FREE BY THE FORD MOTOR CO.. IF HE WOULD CHECK THE INTERNET...

RADIATOR AND HEAD GASKET LEAKING, CONSUMER FEELS SHE SHOULD BE COMPENSATED SINCE FORD KNOWS ABOUT GASKET PROBLEMS WITH 1994 MODEL YEARS. NLM

TEMPRATURE GAUGE SHOWED HIGH DUE TO THERMOSTAT GUAGE FAILURE. YH

HEAD GASKET IS NOT WORKING. WITHOUT WARNING THE TEMPERATURES STARTED JUMPING FROM HOT TO COLD. THERMOSTATE WAS REPAIRED WHICH CONTROLED THEMPERATURE BUT THEN SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT. CAR HAS NOW COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN.*AK

CONSUMER INSTALLED TWO NEW RADIATORS AND WATER PUMPS DUE TO FAILURE OF ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM IS CONTINUED. YH

CONSUMER INSTALLED TWO NEW RADIATORS AND WATER PUMPS DUE TO FAILURE OF ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM IS CONTINUED. YH

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING RADIATOR TO LEAK AND OVERHEAT. DEALER HAS REPLACED GASKET AND RADIATOR. *AK

VEHICLE DIAGNOSED WITH BLOWN HEADGASKETS, POSSIBLE CRACKED HEAD, BLOWN RADIATOR...REPAIR ESTIMATE, $4200. 1993 TAURUS, ORIGINAL OWNERS, UNDER 7 YEARS AND UNDER 100,00 MILES. AT THE TIME FORD STATED THERE WOULD BE NO FINANCIAL HELP FROM FORD...SO WE OPTED TO TRADE IT IN AND BUY A NEW CAR. HAD WE KNOWN THAT THE FOLLOWING MONTH FORD WOULD BE CONSIDERING CHANGING THEIR POLICY PERHAPS WE WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENT DECISION AND HAD THE CAR REPAIRED! *AK

FORD MOTOR CO WILL NOT COVER THIS REPAIR, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE MASSIVE DOCUMENTATION THAT THE 3.8L ENGINES HAVE A DEFECT IN THE HEAD GASKET. THEY ARE ONLY AGREEING TO REPAIR 1994-95 MODELS AT THIS TIME. I CONTACTED THEM IN SEPTEMBER OF 99 WHEN THE CAR BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS OVERHEATING. THEY ASSURED ME THAT THERE WERE NO KNOWN INCIDENTS OF ANY SUCH PROBLEMS. WHEN WE FINALLY HAD TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKETS, AND THE RADIATOR, IN JANUARY IT WAS OVER $1,600.00. I CONTACTED FORD AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THEY HADN'T HEARD A THING ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THESE ENGINES, EVEN THOUGH MY MECHANIC SAID IT WAS VERY WELL KNOWN AND HE HAD A STACK OF THEM THAT HE HAD REPAIRED. FINALLY IN MARCH, FORD ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THE 1994 AND NEWER MODELS TO COVER THE HEAD GASKET UP TO 100K MILES. I CALLED AND ASKED TO...

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY MAKING LOUD NOISES, THERMOSTAT WENT FROM NORMAL TO HOT. TURNED THE HEATER ON AND NOTHING HAPPENED. PULLED UP INTO THE DRIVEWAY SMOKING VERY BADLY, NOTICED WATER HAD BEEN LEAKING. POPPED THE HOOD AND THE RADIATOR WAS COLD. HAD THE WATER PUMP AND HEATER REPLACED. *AK

HEAD GASKET, RADIATOR AND INTAKE GASKET FAILED CAUSING LEAKING, COMPLETE VALVE JOB COMPLETED ALSO. MJS

MOTOR MOUNT FAILURE CAUSED A CRACKED RADIATOR. REPLACED RADIATOR, MOTOR MOUNTS. ENGINE RAN HOT: 2 FAN SWITCH REPLACED TWICE; A MONTH LATER, THEN HEAD GASKET BLEW. SINGLE MOM, 2 JOBS, NEED CAR! WANT FORD TO RECALL. *AK

ORIGINAL PROBLEM FOUND WAS DEFECTIVE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS, CONTINUOUS OVERHEATING AFTER WATER PUMP, RADIATOR, HOSES, FAN AND HEAD GASKETS WERE REPLACED. CAR CONTINUOUSLY OVERHEATS WHEN DRIVING EVEN AT 15 MPH. *AK

WHERE DO I START, THIS CAR HAS BEEN A MONEY PIT FROM DAY ONE! THE BRAKES HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED 3 DAYS AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR--SIGNATURE FORD CLAIMED IT WAS ARE FAULT AFTER SOME ARGUMENT THEY FINALLY REIMBURSED US FOR THE BRAKES. WE DISCOVERED A SMALL LEAK, WE FOUND IT TO BE COMING FROM THE HEATER HOSE. WE DECIDED TO TRUST SIGNATURE FORD, THEY CLAIMED THAT WE NEEDED A NEW HEATER HOSE, WATER PUMP AND RADIATOR. WE TOOK ARE CAR BACK TO THE FIRST MECHANIC WHO LOOKED AT IT AND HE SWORE THAT THOSE THINGS WERE NOT LEAKING WHEN THEY LEFT HIS SHOP, NO PROOF THOUGH SO WE HAVEN'T FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST SIGNATURE FORD. WE HAVE SINCE REPLACED THE HEATER HOSE AND WATER PUMP. WE ARE TAKING THE RADIATOR IN TO BE CHECKED OUT VERY SOON. WE HAD THE STARTER REPLACED AT SIGNATURE FORD, SINCE IT WAS...

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS FAILED, CAUSING THE CAR TO OVERHEAT ALSO CAUSED THE RADIATOR TO FAIL CAUSING ALMOST $1300 IN REPAIRS FORD WOULD NOT HELP EVEN THOUGH IT HAS A SERVICE BULLITIN ON THIS PROBLEM. HEAD GASKETS SHOULD NOT FAIL EVER. I AM THE ONLY OWNER OF THIS CAR AND HAVE MAINTAINED IT ACCORDING TO THE OWNERS MANUAL. *AK

VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING DUE TO THE FAULTY ENGINE HEAD GASKETS. ALSO, DEALER REPLACED FAN/ RADIATOR, AND WATER PUMP. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTE, AND DEALER HAD SEEN VEHICLE 7 MORE TIMES. DEALER REPLACED THE GASKETS. BUT THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STILL CAME ON. ALSO THE VEHICLE STILL OVERHEATED. *AK

HEAD GASKET ON ENGINE FAILING. RADIATOR COOLANT LEAKING INTO CYLINDER. ALSO LEAKING OUT OF TIMING BELT COVER. THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM WITH A FORD SERVICE BULLETIN FILED WITH NHTSA. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS DENIED MY VERBAL REQUEST TO REPLACE ENGINE AT FORD'S COST. *AK

RADIATOR LEAKS WHILE THE CAR IS WARMING UP.

AFTER BRINGING MY CAR TO MY MECHANIC BECAUSE A LACK OF HEAT, HE CHANGED THE THERMOSTAT AND THEN WATER PUMP. BUT NEITHER WAS THE PROBLEM.HE THEN SPOKE TO A FEW OTHER MECHANICS WHO TOLD HIM IT WAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH 3.8L FORD TAURUS ENGINES DUE TO FAULTY HEAD GASKETS. ALL OTHER PROBLEMS ARE SELF EXPLANATORY. *AK

THE FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE FOR NO REASON. THE REAR MOTOR MOUNTS HAD ALSO FAILED. ALSO, THE RADIATOR HOSE WAS RIPPED AWAY. *AK

WATER PUMP, HOSES AND THERMOSTAT FAILED RESULTING IN ENGINE OVERHEATING.

HEAD GASKET, RADIATOR AND WATER PUMP FAILED.

THERMOSTAT, OXYGEN SENSOR AND WIPER SWITCH FAILED.

THERMOSTAT FAILED.

HOLES IN RADIATOR.

POOR RECALL RADIATOR REPAIR.