1993 FORD TAURUS Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ENGINE WAS JERKING AND VEHICLE ISN'T IDLING. THERE WAS SOME VIRBATION WITHIN THE VEHICLE DUE TO MOTOR MOUNTS MALFUNCTIONING. MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPLACED FOUR TIMES. *AK

TWO FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE AND DEALER IS CHARGING $500 TO REPAIR. *AK

WHENEVER VEHICLE IS AT A STOP OR IDLING, IT WOULD SHUT DOWN. WOULD NOT HAPPEN WHEN MOVING. HAD OIL FILTER & FUEL INJECTORS CLEANED. SERVICE MANAGER HAD TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE TRYING TO DIAGNOSE IT. *AK

REPLACED HEAD GASKET AND MOTOR MOUNTS, DEALER DENIED RESPONSIBILITY. WINDSHIELD WIPERS STUCK IN RAISED POSITION FOR THE LAST 40000 MILES. POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED TWICE, DRAGGING REAR BRAKES, REPLACED ONCE, ACTIVE AGAIN. *AK

HELP!! FORD MOTOR COMPANY REFUSES TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE FAILED HEAD GASKETS, WHICH COST ME A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE. THEY CLAIM MY 5 YEAR WARRANTY IS UP AND THAT'S THAT. ACCORDING TO MUCH RESEARCH THAT I HAVE DONE, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON SEVERAL FORD MODELS WITH 3.8L ENGINES AND IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, SINCE FORD HAS ISSUED A REVISED HEAD GASKET TO REPLACE THE OLD ONE. CAN YOU GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION ON A POSSIBLE CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT, SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY CONSUMERS INVOLVED WITH THIS? THANKS FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE.

FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS CANNOT WITHSTAND SUDDEN ACCELERATION, AND IF SO, THEY WILL BREAK, ALLOWING MOTOR TO TILT AND HIT THE FIREWALL. *AK

THE HEAD GASKETS ON THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED DUE TO NO HEAT OVER A MONTH & HALF AGO. TWO (2) WEEKS AFTER REPLACEMENT HAVE NO OIL IN LOWER HALF OF ENGINE, WHICH HAD LOWER THE PRESSURE. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE NEW HEAD GASKETS. THERE IS A TSB BUT NOT FOR THIS VEHICLE.

WAS TRAVELING 50-55MPH WHEN SMOKE STARTED FILLING THE INSIDE OF VEHICLE. DRIVER COULD NOT SEE TO DRIVE. MANAGED TO PULL TO SIDE & CALLED AAA. TOW ARRIVED & DRIVER CHECKED UNDER HOOD. INFORMED OWNER THAT HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN OUT. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 30 MPH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK

MOTOR MOUNT AND BRACKET BROKE. MJS

CYLINDER HEAD GASKET FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE OF COOLANT. NLM

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

WHEN ACCELERATING TO MAKE RIGHT/LEFT TURNS, CAN FEEL SOMETHING SHIFTING IN THE ENGINE. HAVETAKEN TO MECHANIC & MOTOR MOUNTS NEEDED REPLACING. VEHICLE NOT UNDER RECALL. THE SERVICE BULLETIN 92M77 HAD EXPIRED. *AK

TRANSMISSION WAS ACTING FUNNY. DID NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY INTO ANOTHER GEAR. TOOK TO TRANSMISSION SHOP FOR OIL CHANGE. IN THE PROCESS OF CHANING OIL, SOME METAL SHAVINGS & OTHER METAL PIECES WERE FOUND IN THE OIL PAN. TRANSMISSION WAS NOT REPAIRED. *AK

KEY GETS STUCK IN SWITCH AND SWITCH MOVES WITHOUT KEY. OIL LEAK COMING FROM HEAD AREA . ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON AT 65 MPH THEN GOES OUT WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN TO 55 MPH. FRONT END SEEMS LOOSE WHEN YOU HIT SMALL HOLES IN ROADWAY. *AK

WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR, IT HAD 12,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS A GOOD BROTHER'S COMPANY CAR. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WITHIN 1 YEAR THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. I CALLED GOOD BROTHER'S FORD, NHTSA AND THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM WHEN IT HAD TO BE REPLACED THE FIRST TIME. I ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM AND I WAS TOLD BY THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY THAT THERE WAS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COMPANY, BUT NOT IN THE NORTHEAST REGION. I BELIEVE THIS SITUATION NEEDS TO BE RE-EVALUATED. THANK YOU. *AK

SPEEDOMETER SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING A CLICKING NOISE AND WHEN VEHICLE IS OPERATED ABOVE 50 MPH. SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WILL MOVE UP AND DOWN, AND OCCUPANT CANNOT TELL HOW FAST THE VEHICLE IS GOING. DEALER REPLACED SPEEDOMETER ONCE. NEEDS TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. ALSO, PROBLEMS WITH HEAD GASKET WHICH WAS PART OF IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN OF 1994 & 1995'S. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

MOTOR MOUNTS BROKEN CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK. NM

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE PREMATURELY BLOWN, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO MALFUNCTION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

AT 52,000 MILES BOTH ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO BECOME UNSTABLE. *AK

STEERING WHEEL FEELS LIKE IT'S GRINDING. WOULD MAKE NOISES WHILE TURNING EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN & NEEDED REPLACING. THE PROBLEM WITH STEERING WHEEL HAPPENED SOON AFTERWARDS. *AK

ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED, RECALL ON COMPONENT, HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO (STATE) LOCATION NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL.(93V106002).

MOTOR MOUNT FAILED CAUSING NOISE.

ENGINE MOUNT RECALL WORK DENIED DUE TO MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE. (#92M77).

WHILE DRVING CONSUMER NOTICED TEMPERATURE GUAGE WAS GOING FROM HOT TO COLD. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT BOTH REAR HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN ON THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. BELIEVED THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE VEHICLES THAT WERE RECALLED IN 1994 & 1995. DEALER/ MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND NO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL. *AK

WE NOTICED THE ENGINE SEEMED TO SHAKE EXCESSIVELY. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER (COX FORD, HAMPSTEAD, MD). THEY INFORMED US THAT OUR PROBLEM WAS TWOFOLD. FIRST THEY SAID THE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING, AND THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE DETERIORATED. AFTER DOING SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND WITH PHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY, WE LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL ON THE MOTOR MOUNTS (REF: TSB #92M77 JUN 95). INITIALLY THE FORD CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CLERK INDICATED THAT THIS WORK WOULD BE PERFORMED WITH NO PROBLEM. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS, WE WERE NOTIFIED BY ANOTHER FORD CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CLERK THAT THIS PARTICULAR RECALL WAS SUBJECT TO A 60,000 MILE LIMITATION (THIS WAS NOT INDICATED ON THE INTERNET SITE OR BY THE FIRST CLERK). FURTHER MORE, DISCUSSIONS WITH A SERVICE MANAGER FROM ANOTHER LOCAL FORD DEALER HAD INDICATED THAT FORD HAS HAD A LOT OF...

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH 3.8 V6 ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE; DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ENGINE OVERHEATED DUE TO FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKETS.

I AWS TOLD THAT THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON THIS CAR IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND WAS BEING FIXED UNDER A SILENT RECALL FORMAT. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, BECAUSE OF WHERE AND WHEN IT COULD HAPPEN. THE DEALER OR FORD WILL NOT PAY FOR THIS AND WILL NOT GIVE ME ANY FURTHUR INFO.

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING. A LOUD NOISE IS COMING FROM THE STEERING. WHEN CONSUMER IS GOING UP A HILL, THERE IS A VERY LOUD BANGING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE, AND CONSUMER HAD ENGINE HEAD GASKET REPLACED. CONSUMER IS HAVING A LOT OF NOISE PROBLEM. *AK

THE MOTOR MOUNTS ARE DEFECTIVE AND COMMONLY BREAK. HAVE KNOWN OF SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE HAD THE MOUNTS TO BREAK AND DO MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE CAR, SUCH AS; (DAMAGED RADIATOR, HOOD DAMAGE). THE 3.8L MOTOR IN THE FORD TAURUS EXPERIENCES PREMATURE DETERIORATION OF THE RIGHT FRONT AND THE RIGHT REAR ENGINE MOUNTS. FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM DUE TO THEM ISSUING AN NO-CHARGE SERVICE PROGRAM FOR THE PROBLEM IN 9/1995. HOWEVER SOME OWNERS DID NOT RECEIVE THIS NOTIFICATION OR THE VEHICLE WAS IN BETWEEN OWNERSHIP.

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. NOTIFIED DEALER/MANUFACTURER. WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER A RECALL, AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK

THE CAR WAS OVER-HEATING BUT ICE COLD AIR WAS COMING OUT OF VENTS WHEN HEAT WAS DIALED UP TO THE MAX (90*F). UNDERSTANDABLY THE CAR WAS RUNNING A LITTLE IRRATICALLY (SPUTTERING & HESITATING). I OPENED CAR HOOD TO FIND ALL THE ANTIFREEZE IN THE RESERVOIR LEAKING AND READY TO EXPLODE. A LOCAL MECHANIC SAW THIS AND SAID THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET IS SHOT, THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE WITHIN THE COMPRESSION SYSTEM IS NOW TRANSMITTED INTO THE COOLANT SYSTEM SO ANTIFREEZE CAN'T CIRCULATE FREELY TO COOL ENGINE OR ENTER HEATING CORE TO FACILITATE HOT AIR INTO CAR (PARTICULARLY INCONVENIENT IN THE NORTHEAST ABOUT NOW) AND ALSO THE REASON IT'S NEARLY EXPLODING FROM COOLANT RESERVOIR. IT'S PRESENTLY BEING REPAIRED AT MY EXPENSE ($1500.00) AT CARMAN FORD. MY LOCAL MECHANIC DIDN'T WAN'T TO ATTEMPT IT. HE ADMITTED THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE WITH TAURUS'/SABLES AND AT 50000MLS, IT'S VERY PREMATURE. CARMAN FORD OF...

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN OUT, CAUSING WATER TO GET INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE ENGINE HAD STOPPED RUNNING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

IN 3.8 LITER ENGINES, THE VEHICLE HEAD GASKET MALFUNCTION CAUSING THE HEAD GASKET TO BE REPLACED 2X AND IT CAUSE ENGINE DAMAGE WHICH NOW NEEDS TO BE REPLACE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#.

FRONT ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED.

TFI MODULE CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL.

WHEN TRAVELING CONSUMER NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE STARTED HESITATING. CONSUMER, THEREFORE, PULLED INTO A GAS STATION WHEN FLUIDS STARTED LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED HEAD GASKET BLEW. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE ALL THE COOLANT HAD LEAKED OUT DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN COVER GASKET WHICH NEEDED REPLACING. IF THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER. *AK

THE BOLT ON THE SIDE OF MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE . THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. FEELS THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE NORMAL FOR THIS CODITION. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND WILL NOT REPAIR UNLESS COST IS CHARGED TO THE CONSUMER. *AK

MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED.

THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN MAKING A TURN, AND WHEN ACCELERATING. CAN HEAR ENGINE JUMP. MOTOR MOUNTS ARE CORRODED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. RECALL 98V323000 DEALS WITH SAME PROBLEM., ENGINE MOUNTS. BUT DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS. HOWEVER, LOCAL FOR DDEALER DENIED THAT ANY RECALL WAS ISSUED. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE, RECALL COMPONENT ON OTHER MODEL YEARS HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO YEAR.

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM.CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER STATED AFTER INSPECTION THAT THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE CHANGED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

BROKEN ENGINE MOUNTS. ALSO BROKE EXHAUST PIPE AND WATER HOSE

HEAD GASKET FAILED, RECALL COMPONENT ON OTHER MODEL YEAR, VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO YEAR.

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

HEADGASKET BLEW WHILE DRIVING, STEAM CAME OUT OF EXHAUST, THEN THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT OVER TO THE HOT PEG. STOPPED CAR AND HAD BE TOWED BACK TO WOODBURY. DEALER TELLS US ALL FORD PRODUCTS WITH A 3.8 LITTER ENGINE SEEM TO BE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THEY SAY THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR 3.8 LITTER ENGINES.