1993 FORD TAURUS Suspensionfront Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS AND STRUTS FAILED AND THE SWAY BAR WAS DAMAGED. PRIOR TO THIS INFORMATION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT END WAS LOWER THAN NORMAL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 98I002000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS) WAS REFERENCED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 150,000.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE RIGHT SIDE SPRING BROKE. I PARKED THE CAR AND IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS I REPLACED THE WHOLE STRUT . WHEN I WAS DONE I TOOK IT FOR A RIDE AND WENT ABOUT TWO BLOCKS AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING BROKE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 FORD TAURUS. THE FRONT SUSPENSION FELL OUT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE COIL SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 98V094000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 108,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

THE RACK & PINION PULLS APART AND CAUSES THE FRONT END TO BECOME OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND ALSO CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO STEER TERRIBLY. THE RIGHT FRONT MOTOR MOUNT BURST BECAUSE IT IS HYDRAULIC THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN THE RACK AND PINION GOES OUT. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO HAS A DEFECT IN THE FOURTH GEAR RATIO AND SHOWS ON THE DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER WHEN SERVICED.

BOUGHT VEHICLE USED. WHILE DRIVING 35MPH VEHICLE IT STARTED TO VIBRATE. VIBRATION WOULD STOP, THEN START OVER AGAIN. HAD LOST POWER GOING UPHILL.*AK *SLC

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

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....

WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED OR MOVED FROM DRIVE OR REVERSE IT MAKES A VERY LOUD NOISE ALSO, STEERING ALIGNMENT GOES OUT ALOT. NO OTHER SIGNS OF PROBLEM. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES HAVE OCCURRED. *AK

I FIND IT VERY ANNOYING THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND VARIOUS RECALLS ON THIS PART, THE DEALER STILL FAILS TO REPLACE A PART THEY KNOW IS DANGEROUS. NO SAFET DEFECT MENTIONE DIN THE SUMMARY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS EXCESSIVE SHAKING. DEALER REPLACED MOTOR MOUNTS. BUT, PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN TO THE RIGHT OR MAKING A TURN TO THE LEFT, THERE IS A LOUD POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHENEVER CONSUMER MAKES A TURN. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AND MAKING ANY TURN THERE IS A CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATES THE SOUND IS BACK AGAIN, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE FIRST TIME WAS UNDER WARRANTY AT 23,000 MILES ON 7/23/1996. THIS SWITCH OPERATES THE HIGH BEAMS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND TURN SIGNALS. WINSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ALSO NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. FRONT SWAYBAR LINKS ALSO REPLACED AT 71,000 WHEN NOTICED A BUCKLING SOUND WHEN DRIVING OVER ROAD IRREGULARITIES. I UNDERSTAND FROM OTHER TAURUS OWNERS THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION IS A WEAKNESS.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

NOISE FROM LEFT FRONT WHEEL/SUSPENSION WHILE TURNING MOSTLY IN COLD TEMPERATURES. *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 DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND GOING OVER A BUMP, THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE IS PULLING TO ONE SIDE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE IS NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING, AND THERE IS KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

RECALL WORK PERFORMED ON THE GUARD FOR THE FRONT SPRINGS, HOWEVER GUARD INTERFERS WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT STRUT CAUSING NOISE.

FRONT END OUT OF ALIGNMENT CAUSING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEMS.

FRONT END OUT OF ALIGNMENT CAUSING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEMS.

LOOSE BOLTS ON THE FRONT SUSPENSION CAUSING NOISE.

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT, AND THE TIRES ARE VERY BALD. CONSUMER HAS THE TIRES ROTATED EVERY 3 TO 5000 MILES AND CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

FRONT END NOISE.