1993 FORD TAURUS Visibilitywindshield Wiperwasher Problems

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED WHILE DRIVING IN RAINSTORM. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS RANDOMLY STOP DURING OPERATION, AND MAY OR MAY NOT RESTART AFTER THAT. THIS PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED WITH THE ORIGINAL PART IN MID-1998. AFTER A FEW UNSUCCESSFUL DIAGNOSES (I.E., THE WIPER MOTOR WAS REPLACED 2 TIMES IN 1998/99 WITHOUT FIXING THE PROBLEM), THE WIPER "MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH" CONTROL WAS REPLACED BY MORANDE FORD AT MY EXPENSE ON 3/17/99 AND THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM IS NOW OCCURRING AGAIN. WIPERS GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE FORD WIPER CONTROL UNITS, SINCE THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED WITH BOTH THE ORIGINAL PART (1998/1999) AND THE REPLACEMENT PART (2000). I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR (EVEN ONCE THE PART IS REPLACED AGAIN) BECAUSE THE PROBLEM RECURS EVEN WITH THE REPLACEMENT PARTS. *AKY

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

WHENEVER WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE TURNED OFF THEY WOULD REMAIN IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. THEY DO NOT LAY DOWN IN A NORMAL POSITION. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. HAS BEEN TO DEALER & HAD MECHANIC REPLACE THE MOTOR. WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

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WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTION. YH

WHILE DRIVING DURING A RAIN STORM WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT , AND DID NOT COME BACK ON. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT RETRACT AND TENDED TO STICK IN UPRIGHT POSITION. PROBLEM WOULD NOT CORRECT ITSELF EVEN WHEN SWITCHING FROM INTERMITENT TO OFF OR FROM OFF TO LOW OR HIGH SPEED SETTINGS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDOW AND DO NOT RETURN TO NORMAL POSITION. PROBLEM 2 - HEADRESTS DO NOT LOCK IN DESIRED POSITION, CAUSES SEVERE NECK STRAIN. PROBLEM 3-SOMETHING CAUSED BOTH LEFT SIDE TIRES TO BLOW WHILE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/75/R1 )

ENGINE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF COOLANT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER , AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK WINDSHEILD WIPER BLADES LOCKED IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. A/C COMPRESSOR LOCKED UP AND BURNED UP BELT AND IDLES THE VEHICLE STILL LEAKING COOLANT AFTER REPAIR WAS DONE. *YH

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL STICK IS TOUCHED THEY START WORKING AGAIN. THIS COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS THE DRIVER CANNOT SEE AND HAS TO TURN HIS ATTENTION TO PLAYING WITH THE TURN SIGNAL STICK. *AK

EA99023, WINDSHIELD WIPERS; WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONTINUE TO WORK. *AK *ML

HEAD GASKETS BLOWED OIL WAS CHANGED EVERY 3,000. MILES, WATER KEPT A CHECK ON WAS DRIVING HOME ON INTERSTATE WITH 2 YEAR OLD CHILD WHEN MOTOR STARTED RUNNING HOT, PULLED OVER COOLED OFF, CHECKED WATER IT EAS FINE, DROVE ON, WHEN GOT HOME WAS HOT AGAIN. THEY HAVE RECALLED 94 AND UP MOTORS SAME AS MINE, MAKES IT VERY QUESTIONABLE AS TO WHY 93 WAS NOT RECALLED. SPENT $2,000. DOLLARS TO FIX EVERYTHING. (LOTS OF MONEY TO SOME PEOPLE). OTHER PROBLEM IS SWITCH THAT TURNS WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON AND OFF, WORKS SOME TIMES, SOMETIMES DOESN'T. WILL COST OVER 200. DOLLARS TO FIX (KIND OF HIGH) , BUT HAS TO BE FIXED TO KEEP FROM WRECKING.

EA99023; WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY IN BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS. DEALER CORRECTED PROBLEM. *YC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO RETURN TO THEIR NORMAL RESTING PLACE, CAUSING OBSTRUCTION OF VIEW AND INAPPROPRIATE DRIVING CONDITION. THE VARIABLE SWITCH MECHANISM SEEMS TO BE INACCURATE AS WELL. THE INABILITY TO HAVE THE WIPERS RETURN TO THEIR RESTING POSITION WHICH IS BELOW SIGHT LEVEL ON THE WINDSHIELD POSES A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO DRIVING AND POTENTIAL ACCIDENT SITUATION. *AK

FAULTY WINDSHIELD WIPER PARTS. WIPER WAS REPAIRS ON TWO OCCASIONS BY DEALER AT APPROX. 60,000 MILE OF WEAR. CURRENTLY, AT APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MORE MILES, WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE REOCCURRED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILI DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS REMAIN IN UPRIGHT POSITION. MJS

WHENEVER WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE IN USE, THEY WOULD STOP IN MID CYCLE. THIS WOULD CAUSE THE DRIVER TO HAVE POOR VISIBILITY. HAS TAKEN VEHICLETO DEALER & MECHANIC REPAIRED THE WIPERS. *AK

I'VE READ OF SIMILAR CASES ON THE INTERNET. WIPER MOTOR FAILURES

WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE FAILED SEVERAL TIME DURING RAIN STORMS, A LOCAL DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND SAID HE CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE, THEREFORE CANNOT FIX IT. *AK

TRANSMISSION - SHORTLY AFTER WE GOT THE VEHICLE, AT LOW SPEEDS 10-15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED LURCHING WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT. THIS PROGRESSED TO WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 55-65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED SUDDENLY AND VIOLENTLY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP ABRUPTLY ON A BUSY INTERSTATE, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A REAR END MULTIPLE CAR COLLISSION. TOOK THE CAR TO 2 DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION PEOPLE, AND THEY SAID THE TAURUS' TRANSMISSION IN ALL VEHICLES IS DEFECTIVE IN THAT IT IS MADE SO THAT THE TRANSMISSION OIL CANNOT GET TO ALL THE PARTS CAUSING BREAKDOWN. THEY BOTH SAID I SHOULD GET RID OF THE VEHICLE AS EVEN IF I PUT A NEW TRANMISSION IN THE VEHICLE, THE NEW ONES ARE MADE EXACTLY THE SAME AND THE SAME PROBLEM WILL HAPPEN. ON NHTSA COMPLAINT DIVISION, I FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION, YET THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. BECAUSE I GOT...

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE CUTTING ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY.THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS IN A RAIN STORM WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE ON HIGH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING A HEAVY RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS JUST STOPPED OPERATING. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ONE EVENING IN A DOWNPOUR WHEN MY WINSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING SUDDENLY. THEY QUIT WHEN I WAS DRIVING THROUGH AUBURN, IN. ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A WAL-MART STORE AND BUY SOME RAIN-X. I DROVE INTO A SERVICE STATION WITH AN AWNING SO THAT I COULD DRY MY WINSHIELD AND APPLY THE RAIN-X. THE RAIN-X WORKED AS ADVERTISED. THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME SAFELY. MY WIPERS HAVE NOT WORKED SINCE.

WHEN ACTIVATING THE TURN SIGNALS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY BECOME INOPERABLE. *AK

WHILE USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN THEM OFF, VEHICLE MUST BE TURNED OFF FRIST. *AK

WINDSHIELD WASHER:FLUID RESERVOIR MALFUNCTIONED, WATER NO LONGER COMES OUT FOR CLEANING WINDOWS. *AK

THIS APPARENT DEFECT CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD FOR MYSELF AND FAMILY, AS IT RENDERED THE AUTOMOBILE UNMOVEABLE DURING A RAINSTORM AND LEFT US STRANDED. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THE REPAIR MADE TO THE VEHICLE AND THE REPAIR BILL WAS $385.

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FUNCTION, BUT THE SWITCH IS MALFUNCTIONING. IT SOMETIMES WORKS AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T AND THE WIPERS WILL SHUT OFF INTERMITTENTLY ONCE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TURN THEM ON. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS WHILE I AM DRIVING AS VISIBILITY BEC

I JUST READ ON CNN.COM THAT 1993 FORD TAURUS'S WERE UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR BEING PRONE TO INTERMITTENT WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE. I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE HAD EXACTLY THAT PROBLEM WITH OUR 1993 TAURUS. SO YOU CAN ADD OUR CASE TO YOUR TABULATION. THANK YOU.

WHILE DRIVING IN BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INOPERABLE, CAUSING POOR DRIVER VISIBILITY, CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

SPEED CONTROL WILL DISENGAGE ON IT'S OWN OR WILL NOT ENGAGE AT ALL, AT ANY NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEED. WINDSHIELD WIPER, INTERMITTENT CONTROL FAILS TO WORK AT MOST SETTINGS AND WILL USUALLY ONLY WORK AT HIGHEST INTERMITTENT SETTING. SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT WORK ON ANY SETTING, INCLUDING LOW SPEED OR HIGH SPEED. IF YOU CYCLE IT OFF AND ON, OR WIGGLE THE LEVEL, IT MAY RESUME WORKING, BUT ONLY AT HIGHEST INTERMITTENT SETTING, OR THE LOW AND HIGH SETTINGS. FAILURES OCCURS MUST OFTEN WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED, OR THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER/DIMMER SWITCH IS OPERATED. THIS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS IN MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OR SNOW, AND WHEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. TO SAY THE LEAST, MY WIFE HAS SCREAMED MORE THAN ONE TIME.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *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

WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT WORK AT HIGHEST WIPER SPEED SETTING. THEY SKIP, DRAG AND JAM WHEN WORKING AT LOWER SPEED SETTINGS. WE HAVE A 1993 TAURUS, VIN [XXX], AND IT SUFFERS FROM SIMILAR PROBLEMS. A TINY SAMPLE, BUT LOOKS LIKE AN ENDEMICALLY WEAK COMPONENT UNMODIFIED OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS. AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

INTERMITTANT WINDSHIELD WIPERS SOMETIMES STOP AND I HAVE TO MOVE THE SWITCH TO ANOTHER SETTING TO GET THEM WORKING AGAIN. ALSO, THE WIPERS SOMETIMES STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF WIPING THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

INTERMITTENT WIPERS SOMETIMES STOP, AND I HAVE TO MOVE THE SWITCH TO ANOTHER SETTING TO GET THEM WORKING AGAIN. ALSO, THE WIPERS SOMETIMES STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF WIPING THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL DURING NORMAL OPERATION. MJS

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING AT RANDOM TIMES. FORD CHARGED US TO FIX THE FIRST TIME AND NOW IT HAS FAILED AGAIN. FRIEND OWNS SAME MODEL YEAR AND STYLE AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. NM

SINCE JANUARY, 1998 MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD, GO AGAIN AND STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD AGAIN. THIS USUALLY OCCURS ON THE INTERMITTENT SETTING, BUT HAS OCCURRED ON THE LOW SETTING ALSO. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED ON THE HIGH SETTING YET. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER TO GET IT FIXED, BUT HE WANTED TO CHARGE ME OVER $500.00, SO IT'S NOT FIXED YET. ALSO, WHEN I TURN OFF THE WIPERS WHILE THEY ARE STILL GOING UP, THE WIPERS STOP IMMEDIATELY WHEREVER THEY HAPPEN TO BE ON THE WINDSHIELD. THESE PROBLEMS OCCUR EACH TIME I'VE USED MY WIPERS IN THE LAST 1 1/2 YEARS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER ACTUATOR FAILED.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP INTERMITTENTLY.

PE9905, WINDSHIELD WIPERS: INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALER. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T WORK REGULARLY. THEY WORK IN SOME SETTING INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN YOU TURN THEM ON YOU SOMETIMES HAVE TO PLAY WITH THE SWITCH TO FIND A DECENT SETTING. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE CAR RUNNING ROUGHLY, DYING AT STOPS, WORSE IN WET WEATHER, LURCHING AT STOPS IF NOT DYING AND IT SOMETIMES DIES WHEN SLOWING DOWN FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS TO BELOW 30 MPH. HAVE HAD THIS "FIXED" SEVERAL TIMES BY MECHANICS. THEY SAY IT IS THE THROTTLE SWITCH OR MECHANISM AND THEY GET IT RUNNING FINE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THEN THE PROBLEM REAPPEARS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTION. YH

WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE TURNED ON HIGH, THEY CUT OFF. DLR HAS NOT SEEN. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT FUNCTION WHEN ON A HIGH SPEED. DEALER SAYS THE MOTOR OR THE SWITCH MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK