1994 FORD TAURUS Electrical Systemignition Problems

MY CAR STALLS OR JUST STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, IT WILL GO FROM 60MPH TO 0MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 20 TIMES. I TOOK IT TO PEFFLEY FORD FOR REPAIRS, THEY CHARGED ME $669.36 AND 6 DAYS LATER MY CAR CUT OUT ON ME AGAIN AND THEY TOWED IT TO THEIR SHOP. THEY REFUSED TO LOOK AT MY CAR WITHOUT ME PAYING MORE MONEY FOR REPAIRS AND THE TOW TRUCK. I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON REPAIRS FOR MY CAR AND I FEAR FOR MY LIFE EVERY TIME I GET INTO THAT CAR. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL CUT OUT AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A NEW CAR. I FOUND OUT THAT 8 PEOPLE OWNED THAT CAR BEFORE ME, WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR, THE SALESPERSON SAID THAT IT WOULD BE SAFE FOR MY TWO YOUNG GIRLS TO RIDE IN HE WAS WRONG. I HAVE...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CAR HAS BEEN A LEMON SINCE PURCHASE/ AUTO REPAIR SAID MAIN HEAD/GASKET COMMON FAILURE - FORD SHOULD ASSIST WITH COSTS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE WOULD STALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 5 TIMES OVER THE LAST MONTH. MECHANIC CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. SCANNER SHOWS NO CODES. TODAY IT HAPPENED IN MIDDLE LANE OF HIGHWAY WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER ON MY BUMPER. THE CAR JUST CUTS OUT WITH NO WARNING, AND WILL USUALL RESTART BEFORE I COAST TO A STOP.*AK

ENGINE DIED IN TRAFFIC LANE ON A WINDING MOUNTAIN ROAD, LUCKILY, WE WERE NOT STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM AS INDICATED IN RECALL IN CALIFORNIA WHERE VEHICLE WILL STALL DUE TO TFI IGNITION MODULE. HOWEVER, THIS RECALL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER STATES. *AK *JB

MY FAMILY AND I WERE ON OUR WAY TO COLORADO LAST MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND WE LIVE IN NEBRASKA. AS WE GOT CLOSER TO THE DENVER REGION WE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR STALLING. IT WAS A VERY HOT DAY AND I WAS RUNNING THE A/C ALSO. SO EVENTUALLY IT WOULD COOL AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR BUT WOULD ONLY RUN FOR A 10-15 MILES FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. IT DID GET WORSE THE CLOSED WE GOT TO THE HIGHER ALTITUDE PARTS OF DENVER. THE TRIP WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT IF THIS PROBLEM WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURED. I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR HERE WHERE I LIVE BUT I AM AFFRAID TO DRIVE IT OUT OF STATE AGAIN AND I BOUGHT THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE HIGH QUALITY OF STANDARDS IT HAS SET. PLEASE HELP ME IN ANY WAY TO FIX THE ISSUE. THANK YOU. *AK

IGNITION JUST CUT RIGHT OFF WITH NO PRIOR WARNING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE SPEED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, HAD TO TURN OFF VEHICLE TO GET BACK TO REGULAR SPEED. THIS COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME, AND HAPPENS WORSE IN SUMMER . CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE CUTS OFF MAINLY IN SUMMER WHEN AIR CONDITIONING IS ON. INTERMITTENTLY WITH COOLER WEATHER VEHICLE ALSO CUTS OFF. VERY HAZARDOUS IN FAST TRAFFIC. MECHANICS TRIED TO REPLACE VARIOUS PARTS, BUT COULDN'T FIND A REMEDY.*AK

IGNITION FAILURE IS STILL CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL, THE MODULE HAS BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES, NEW PLUGS AND WIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND THE INJECTORS HAVE BEEN CLEANED. *SLC

ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING WHILE PULLING INTO STREET. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER'S SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

IN REGARD TO THE CALIFORNIA JUDGES RECALL ORDER REGARDING THE ENGINE STALL OF THESE VEHICLE I'M A WALKING TESTAMENT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE MODULES, I WAS ON THE FREEWAY IN STOP AND GO RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE CAR JUST STOPPED. MY FAMILY COULD OF BEEN KILLED. I BELIEVE FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM , I ALSO BELIEVE IT IS PROBABLY A SIMPLE FIX TO THE SOLUTION, BUT THAT FORD WILL NOT OWN UP TO IT AND SO THAT MEANS L WILL END UP PAYING TOP DOLLAR TO HAVE THE MODULE REPLACED,TO INSURE MY FAMILY'S SAFETY, BUT IREPLACING THE MODULE IS NOT THE ANSWER. THE MODULE SHOULD BE MOVED AND REMOUNTED TO A SAFER AND COOLER PLACE IN THE ENGINE. A QUICK $4.00 FIX . FORD SHOULD OFFER TO DO THIS , BUT INSTEAD THEY WILL WAIT TILL THERE HAVE BEEN MANY ACCIDENTS...

MY DAUGHTER 8 YRS. AND MYSELF WERE HURT IN THIS ACCIDENT, MY MEDICAL BILLS ARE OVER $6,000 TO DATE AND ONGOING MEDICAL SERIOUS PROBLEMS INCLUDING RSD DISEASE SPREADING THRU BACK LEG'S, BIG LUMP IN BACK CAUSING NON STOP PAIN..LOOKING FOR ATTORNEY NOW..INJURY IS PERMANANT, WILL NEED PAIN MEDICATION THE REST OF MY LIFE..I AM VERY ANGRY AND I AM THINKING ABOUT CALLING LOCAL NEWS CHANNEL TO INFORM OTHER PEOPLE WITH A FORD TAURAS TO BE CAREFUL WITH THIS MODEL.. I AM NOW DISABLED AND VERY ANGRY, THIS WAS A VERY SAFE CAR I THOUGHT.. I WILL TALK TO SOMEONE FROM FORD BEFORE I HIRE AN ATTORNEY..I WANT MY MEDICAL PAID FOR PLUS THE COST OF THIS CAR THAT RUINED MY LIFE, I WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE TO GO THRU COURT.

PLEASE ASK FORD MOTOR CO. TO RECALL THEIR VEHICLES WITH THE DISTRIBUTOR MOUNTED IGNITION MODULE. MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 1994 TAURUS FROM MY MOTHER THREE YEARS AGO. AT THAT TIME THE CAR HAD 14,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. IN THE PAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH OUR TAURUS STALLING WHILE WE WERE DRIVING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WE TOOK OUR CAR TO SEVERAL MECHANICS IN THE PAST THREE YEARS TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION TO OUR PROBLEM. NOTHING THAT WE HAD DONE EVER SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. FINALLY, THIS PAST SUMMER IN THE HOT TEXAS HEAT THE PROBLEM BECAME TOO MUCH TO BEAR. WE TOOK OUR TAURUS TO OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP--BRINSON FORD IN CORSICANA, TEXAS. WE THOUGHT THAT SURELY THE DEALORSHIP MECHANICS WOULD BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE OUR PROBLEM. THE DEALORSHIP TOLD US THAT THEY FELT OUR FUEL PUMP WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. THEY TOLD...

MY TAURUS STOPS RUNNING WITHIN TEN MINUTES OF BEING PUT INTO OVERDRIVE OR ON CRUISE CONTROL. IT ALSO STOPS RUNNING IN HOT CLIMATES. I HAVE NO WARNING TO WHEN THE VEHICLE WILL STOP AND I MUST NAVIGATE TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. DEALOR MECHANIC SUGGESTED IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION. I BELEIVE IT TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM THE CARS IN CA ARE BEING RECALLED FOR. THANK YOU.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME AND COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE WOULD STOP WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE, ESPECIALLY GOING UP THE HILLS. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK WHILE GOING UP HILL, THE VEHICLE OVER HEATS AND IT SPITS AND SPUTTERS AND THEN DIES. DEALER UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE. *YH

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE STALLS AND DIES WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT THE CUSTOMER BELIEVES THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY IGNITION SYSTEM MODULE. *YH

VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

SINCE IVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE IT HAS STALLED CONSTANTLY,,GREAT SAFETY ISSUE..IGNITION MODULE HAS BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES....CONTIUES TO STALL AT ANY SPEED....THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN CHECKED BY RELIABLE SERVICE MECHANICS...TO DATE THIS VEHICLE CONTINUES TO STALL....I WANT TO BE INCLIDED WITH THE OTHER 2 MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS......THIS CAR MUST BE RECALLED......AND CORRECTED..BEFORE ANY LIVES ARE LOST OR MAIMED. *AK

THE STALLING OF MY FORD HAD ENDANGERED MY FAMILY ON A JUNE VACATION TRIP TO SAN DIEGO. THE ENGINE STALLED ENTIRELY WITHOUT WARNING. I WAS SUCCESSFUL IN DRIVING THE CAR ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, WHERE WE WERE TO BECOME THE VICTIMS OF THE SUMMER HEAT. REPEATED EFFORTS TO GET THE CAR GOING WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. WE WERE TOWED TO GILA BEND, AZ WHERE A MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE CAR THE NEXT MORNING. THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AT THAT TIME. AT THAT TIME I WAS NOT EVEN AWARE OF A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. UNTIL THIS DEFECT IS ADDRESSED, THIS VEHICLE IS A DANGER TO MY FAMILY AND THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME.

IVE HAD THE IGNITION MODULE CHANGED 4X... THE CAR CONTINUES TO STALL IN THE WORSE CIRCUMSTANCES.....I HAVE ESCAPED REAR END COLLISIONS SO FAR.....THE ENGINE CUTS OUT WITH NO WARNING.....EVEN AT SPEEDS 65 MPH ON A HIGHWAY...IVE HAD 18 WHEELERS COME RIGHT UP ON ME WHEN THE CAR WOULD STALL...THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE....SINCE THE REPORT LAST WEEK I REALIZE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND WHY SO MANY IGNITION MODULES HAVE CHANGED......THE MODULAR IT SELF HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE WRONG PLACE IN THE CAR.........I HOPE THESE CARS WILL BE RECALLED AND FIXED......

THE STALLING OF MY FORD HAD ENDANGERED MY FAMILY ON A JUNE VACATION TRIP TO SAN DIEGO. THE ENGINE STALLED ENTIRELY WITHOUT WARNING. I WAS SUCCESSFUL IN DRIVING THE CAR ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, WHERE WE WERE TO BECOME THE VICTIMS OF THE SUMMER HEAT. REPEATED EFFORTS TO GET THE CAR GOING WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. WE WERE TOWED TO GILA BEND, AZ WHERE A MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE CAR THE NEXT MORNING. THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AT THAT TIME. AT THAT TIME I WAS NOT EVEN AWARE OF A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. UNTIL THIS DEFECT IS ADDRESSED, THIS VEHICLE IS A DANGER TO MY FAMILY AND THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME.

IVE HAD THE IGNITION MODULE CHANGED 4X... THE CAR CONTINUES TO STALL IN THE WORSE CIRCUMSTANCES.....I HAVE ESCAPED REAR END COLLISIONS SO FAR.....THE ENGINE CUTS OUT WITH NO WARNING.....EVEN AT SPEEDS 65 MPH ON A HIGHWAY...IVE HAD 18 WHEELERS COME RIGHT UP ON ME WHEN THE CAR WOULD STALL...THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE....SINCE THE REPORT LAST WEEK I REALIZE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND WHY SO MANY IGNITION MODULES HAVE CHANGED......THE MODULAR IT SELF HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE WRONG PLACE IN THE CAR.........I HOPE THESE CARS WILL BE RECALLED AND FIXED......

PRIOR TO RECALL THE IGNITION SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED,THE IGNITION JAMS AND WOULD NOT RELEASE THE KEY CAUSING SHORT IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (96V-071). YH

ENGINE FAILURE - DRIVING ON 4 LANE HIGHWAY, CAR STALLED - AFTER SEVERAL DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS TO FIND PROBLEM, PROBLEM WAS FOUND. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE TEETH ON THE GEAR ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DISTRIBUTOR HAD BROKEN OFF. THIS TYPE OF STRESS FAILURE SHOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED. THE FORD COMPANY HAD BEEN NOTIFIED AND WOULD NOT CONSIDER ANY RESOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM BEING OUTSIDE THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. THE OTHER PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED WAS THAT THE SPEEDODOMETER HAD BEGUN TO FAIL.... GOING FROM ZERO TO 60 AND BACK AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING. A SPEED SENSOR HAD FAILED. THE CAR WAS ALSO DOING A HARD JERKING AT ABOUT 35 MILES PER HOUR. FORD DEALERSHIP HAD TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT 2 OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEARS WERE BAD AND WE HAD THEM REPLACED. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I HAD FOUND OUT FORD HAD MANY (I MEAN...

WHEN TEMPERATURE APPROACHES 100 DEGREES AND VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN AT ROAD SPEEDS APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR TO 1.5 HOURS VEHICLE IGNITION STALLS AND ENGINE DIES. THE ENGINE WILL NOT RESTART UNTIL THE VEHICLE COOLS FOR APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MINUTES. IF VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AT MODERATE SPEEDS, 50-55 MPH IT DOES NOT STALL AGAIN. FIRST TWO INCIDENTS OCCURRED WHEN VEHICLE WAS AT IDLE AND BEGINNING ACCELERATING. LAST INCIDENT OCCURRED AT ROAD SPEED IN INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. MECHANICS AT LOCAL SERVICE STATION AND FORD DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. IT IS VERY UNSAFE TO OPERATE THIS VEHICLE WHEN CLIMATE CONDITIONS EXCEED 95 DEGREES UNTIL THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED. *AK

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SHORT IN IGNITION SYSTEM.

CAMSHAFT AND DISTRIBUTOR NEED TO BE REPLACED WITH OUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK

WHEN DRIVING IN HOT WEATHER, VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

THINKS AUTOMOBILE IS A LEMON BECAUSE IT STOPS IN TRAFFIC CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. TT

VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. TT