1993 FORD TAURUS Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

HEAD GASKETS FAILED DUE TO WARPED HEADS. *AK

ENGINE FAILURE; WELL MAINTAINED CAR; HEAD GASKET BLOWN, NOW ENGINE MUST BE REBUILT. THIS OCCURRED WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ME TO THE HOSPITAL. I AM 78 YEARS OLD. FORD IS NOT EVEN ASSISTING WITH REPAIRS. THIS CAR IS A SAFETY MENACE AND THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS NEGLIGENT!.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW . DEALER HAS REPLACED GASKET. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAIL.*AK

AFTER HAVING SERVICED VEHICLE TECHNICIAN FOUND OUT THAT VEHICLE HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. TECHNIAN WAS REPAIRING ENGINE.*AK

HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED AT 72,000 MILES, CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENGINE . *AK THE CUSTOMER OBJECTS THAT THE MANUFACTURER RECALLED 1994 AND 1995 MODELS BUT NOT 1993 MODELS EVENTHOUGH THE PROBLEMS ARE THE SAME. *YH

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED.*ET

MOTOR MOUNTS THAT HOLD THE ENGINE HAVE TO BE REPLACED EVERY 35000 MILES . FORD DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH WHITE SMOKE FROM TAIL PIPE AND ENGINE COOLANT LEAKAGES. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDS WARRANTY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

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

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED, WHICH CAUSED OTHER ENGINE PROBLEMS. THE ENGINE NOW NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WE CONTACTED FORD ABOUT THE PROBLEM, KNOWING THAT THE 3.8 LITER ENGINES ARE KNOW FOR THIS PROBLEM, THEY WOULD NOT HELP BECAUSE ONLY 94'S AND 95'S WERE ON THE RECALL. THEY ALSO NEED TO RECALL THE 93'S.*AK

FORD ADMITS BAD GASKETS & BOLTS IN THEIR 1988-1995 3.8 LITER ENGINES AND HAS HAD VARIOUS REPAIR PROGRAMS, BUT MY VIN IS PRESENTLY EXCLUDED. A LOCAL SERVICE MANAGER SAYS FORD HAS REPAIRED "MILLIONS" OF THESE ENGINES

CAR HAS BEEN CONSUMING COOLANT AT A RATE OF 1/2 GAL PER DAY. NO LEAKAGE UNDER CAR. MECHANIC DOING TUNEUP FOUND GRAY COLOR ON TWO SPARK PLUGS. HE SAID THAT THIS IS PROOF OF LEAKING HEAD GASKET. IMMEDIATE REPAIRS ARE NEEDED ($1600 TO $3500).

HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED HEAD GASKET FAILURE, OWNER REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIR. *MJS

ENGINE MOUNTS ARE CORRODED. ALSO, HEADLIGHTS GO OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.*AK

HEADS AND HEAD GASKETS FAILED. *ET

HEADS AND HEAD GASKETS FAILED. *ET

I HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN ESTIMATE OF $3,000.00 FOR A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. I AM A 66 YEAR OLD WIDOW AND CANNOT AFFORD THIS KIND OF REPAIR. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF A RECALL. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET REPAIR WAS STARTED ON 9/19/2000 AND FINISHED ON 9/26/2000 AT BRIEN MOTORS IN EVERETT. MILEAGE AT REPAIR WAS 95,458. TOTAL BILL WAS FOR $1,538.58 WHICH INCLUDED A FEW MISC. ITEMS SUCH AS A WATER PUMP, ETC. BUT NOT INCLUDING TAX.

HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN TWICE. VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR.*AK

FAILED HEAD GASKET. *AK

WITH NO WARNING THE HEAD GASKETS FAILED INCLUDING A CRACKED HEAD AND RADIATOR. FORD OF COURSE NOT COMPENSATING FOR THIS LOSS, WE OPTED TO PURCHASE A NEW CAR. THE REPAIR ESTIMATE WAS AT LEAST $4200.

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED, FORD RECOGNIZED PROBLEM AND OMITTED THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH 3.8L ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ON TAURUS'S, BUT WOULD NOT FIX THIS VEHICLE. APPEARS TO BE A COVER UP ON FORDS PART. THEY WILL ONLY FIX CARS WHICH ARE OWN BE THE ORGINAL OWNER.

CONSUMER HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF RECALL FOR THE HEAD GASKET WHICH HAD ALREADY FAILED. NLM

HEAD GASKET FAILED AT 73,902 MILES. CALLED FORD INFORMED THEM OF PROBLEM THEY SAID MY CAR WAS NOT INVOLVED IN RECALL. I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE SINCE INFORMATION I FOUND PUT 1993 3.8L SECOND IN COMPLIANTS ONLY BEHIND THE 1995 3.8L ENGINE IN HEAD GASKET FAILURES..

HEAD GASKETS BLOWN; ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS RECOMMENDED BY FORD DEALER.

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED, FORD RECOGNIZED PROBLEM AND OMITTED THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH 3.8L ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ON TAURUS'S, BUT WOULD NOT FIX THIS VEHICLE. APPEARS TO BE A COVER UP ON FORDS PART. THEY WILL ONLY FIX CARS WHICH ARE OWN BE THE ORGINAL OWNER.

HEAD GASKET FAILED AT 73,902 MILES. CALLED FORD INFORMED THEM OF PROBLEM THEY SAID MY CAR WAS NOT INVOLVED IN RECALL. I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE SINCE INFORMATION I FOUND PUT 1993 3.8L SECOND IN COMPLIANTS ONLY BEHIND THE 1995 3.8L ENGINE IN HEAD GASKET FAILURES..

HEAD GASKETS BLOWN; ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS RECOMMENDED BY FORD DEALER.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. AFTER VEHICLE WAS CHECKED FOR TROUBLE, ENGINE HAD BLOWN HEAD GASKETS. *AK

I HAD THE ORIGINAL HEAD GASKET REPLACED BY A NEW ENGINE WITH 36,000 MILES, AND AFTER 2 MONTHS IT FAILED AGAIN, AND THE DEALERSHIPS IN THE AREAS TOLD ME THAT I DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL. I SPENT OVER $ 3,000.00 ON THE REAPIRS.

BLOWN GASKET. FORD MOTOR CO. UNRESPONISVE.

I WAS TOLD BY STATE FARM INSURANCE THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS ON FORD VEHICLES ARE NOTORIOUS FOR FAILING.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE OVERHEATED SEVERLY, AND SHE HEARD A TAPPING NOISE. TANK WAS BOILING AND VERY HOT. SHE TURNED VEHICLE OFF TO LET IT COOL OFF. THEN, WHEN SHE TURNED VEHICLE BACK ON AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE, SHE HAD BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK

WHILE DRIVING HEARD A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A MOTOR MOUNT, TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE MOUNTS, CONSUMER HAD TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK WITHIN THE SAME YEAR, THIS TIME MECHANIC SAID SUBFRAME WAS CRACKED. *AK

ON MONDAY MARCH 27, 2000, THE CAR OVERHEATED INTO THE RED LINE. ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 29, 2000, I DROVE THE CAR TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. THE REPAIRS WERE NOT COMPLETED UNTIL 4/11/00; THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY WERE VERY BUSY WITH FORD 3.8-LITER, V-6 ENGINE BLOWN HEAD GASKET REPAIRS. ON 5/8/00 I RETURNED THE CAR TO REPLACE AN OXYGEN SENSOR DAMAGED DUE TO THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. BASED ON NEWSPAPER ARTICLES THAT FORD WAS REIMBURSING FOR HEAD GASKET REPAIRS ON THE 3.8-LITER, V-6 ENGINE, I WROTE FOUR LETTERS TO DATE (7/30/00) SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED TO MR. A. R. O'NEILL, VEHICLE SERVICE AND PROGRAMS, FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION. SO FAR, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN RESPONSE FROM MR. O'NEILL. *AK

PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE FORD OWN UP TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DEFECTIVE MATERIALS. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET ON MY 93 TAURUS FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC HE TOLD ME THAT FORD WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE A TECHNICAL SERIVCE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED FOR A DEFECT IN THE HEAD GASKETS. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO "PROGRAM" RIGHT NOW TO FIX THE 93 TAURUS. SINCE I NEED MY CAR TO GET BACK AND FORTH FROM WORK I WENT AHEAD AND HAD MY MECHANIC FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS COST ME ABOUT $1300.00. IN MY OPINION THAT I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED BY FORD BECAUSE THEY HAVE AKNOWLEDGED A DEFECT WITH THE HEAD GASKETS BUT FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON THEY DO NOT HAVE A "PROGRAM" TO FIX THE 1993 MODEL YEAR. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH MY CAT, 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND 7MONTH OLD SON IN THE CAR. COST TO REPAIR OVER $1800 PUT SO MUCH INTO OTHER REPAIRS ON THIS CAR WE OPTED TO BUY A NEW ONE. WE PAID $6000 1 YEAR AGO FOR THIS CAR AND PUT ABOUT $3000 WORTH OF REPAIRS INTO IT. I UNDERSTAND THE HEAD GASKET IS A COMMON OCCURENCE AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION YOU HAVE. *AK

ENGINE STARTED TO RUN HOT AND LOSE POWER WITH STEAMY, WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM EXHAUST PIPE, AND WITHIN FIVE MINUTES THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN ON CALIF RTE 30 (LATE AT NIGHT), AND HAD TO BE TOWED OFF THE FREEWAY. AFTER EXAMINATION OF THE MOTOR, MY MECHANIC ADVISED ME THAT THE ENTIRE MOTOR WOULD HAVE TO BE OVERHAULED DUE TO EXTENSIVE INTERNAL DAMAGE RESULTING FROM A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THE VEHICLE WAS TIED-UP IN HIS REPAIR SHOP FOR OVER THREE WEEKS. THE WORK REQUIRED TO PLACE MY VEHICLE BACK IN PROPER RUNNING CONDITION WAS $3,500- OUT OF MY POCKET. I STILL OWN THE VEHICLE. FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THIS EXPENSE BECAUSE IT IS WELL-DOCUMENTED WITHIN THE NHTSA (ODI) DATA BASE THAT THIS TYPE OF MECHANICAL DEFECT HAS BEEN AN ON-GOING OCCURRANCE IN THEIR FORD TAURUS PRODUCTS FOR YEARS. WHEN IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR...

FORD HAD A RECALL ON THE MOTOR MOUNTS WHICH WAS REPLACED (2 MOTOR MOUNTS RECALLED ON 1/14/98.

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

HEAD GASKET FAILED. YH

HEAD GASKET FAILURE, COOLANT SMELL ALMOST OVERWHELMING INSIDE CAR. FORD SAYS IT WON'T COVER 1993 CARS. OBVIOUSLY FORD DOESN'T STAND BEHIND ITS PRODUCTS. *AK

I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY FORD DEALERSHIPS AND OTHERS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE 3.8L ENGINE WITH CRACKED HEAD GASKETS. I HAD TO SPEND OVER $2,500 TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FORD MOTOR COMPANY PUT A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. *AK

HEAD GASKETS ON THE 3.8L V-6 IS A COMMON PROBLEM WHILE FORD WILL ONLY COVER CERTAIN VIN S DEALER ORIGINALLY TOLD ME IT WAS COVERED UNDER RECALL THEY SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGED THEIR POSITION. I UNDERSTAND ALL SUCH MOTORS WERE BUILT WITH DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS(TOO THIN) BUT THEY ONLY COVER SOME UNDER RECALL- MINE EXCLUDED. COULD YOU SUPPLY ME WITH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS AND REGISTER MY COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS SELECTIVE RECALL? THANK YOU. *AK

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

CAR SUDDENLY SLOWED, AND IMMEDIATE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. EXHAUST STARTED OMITTING WHITE "SMOKE". I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD WITH NO INCIDENT. COOLANT AND FLUIDS LEAKED INTO THE MAIN ENGINE COMPARTMENT I FOUND OUT LATER, RESULTING FROM BLOWN HEAD GASKETS. MY CAR WAS IN THE GARAGE AT THIS SAME DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE GASKETS BLEW. FORD WAS AWARE OF DEFECTIVE GASKETS INTHIS ENGINE AND AT NO TIME DID THIS FORD CERTIFIED DEALER ADVISE ME TO HAVE THE GASKETS REPLACED. THEY OWED THE PUBLIC A RESPONSIBILITY TO WARN THEM OF THE POTENTIAL FAILURE. IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND IN HOT WEATHER IT COULD HAVE FROZEN OR LOCKED UP THE ENGINE. I DROVE THE CAR AFTERWARDS TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE ENGINE FAILURES WAS AND COULD NOT GET IT IN UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS. I DO NOT NOT WHAT RESIDIDUAL DAMAGE THERE HAS BEEN TO THE ENGINE SINCE THE PATIENT...

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS DUE TO FAILED LUBE TUBE. ENGINE COOLANT LEAK WAS FROM THE TIMING COVER. RIGHT FRONT SPRING IN THE SUSPENSION IS BROKEN. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT. ENGINE WAS STARTING TO OVERHEAT & RUNNING ROUGH. DEALER MENTIONED TO CONSUMER THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. FORD HAS RECOGNIZED IT TO BE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT, AND THEY'RE RECALLING IT.*AK THE RECALL COVERS ONLY 1993,94 AND 95 TAURUS . *YH