1994 FORD TAURUS Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

DT: THE CONTACT STATED FORD HAD A VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR THE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS. THERE WAS A LIMITATION ON THIS RECALL, SEVEN YEARS OR 100,000 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED ON OCTOBER 19, 2005 HE NOTICED WATER COMING FROM THE TAIL PIPE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE LEAKED COOLANT. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND HE DETERMINED THE HEAD GASKETS WERE BLOWN. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED BECAUSE OF OVERHEATING AND HEAD GASKET FAILURE. THE SAME PROBLEM EMERGED AGAIN, LESS THAN FOUR YEARS SINCE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. *AK THE VEHICLE CONTINUED LOSING ANTIFREEZE. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED AND DIED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND TECHNICIAN DETERMINED HEAD GASKET FAILED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE MOUNTS HAVE CRACKED AND VEHICLE HAS NOT EXCEEDED 50000 MILES.*AK

THE ENGINE MOUNTS CRACKED AND THE VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 50000 MILES. ALSO, THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THE STATION WAGON VERSION OF THIS VEHICLE HAD A RECALL ON IT AND SHE FELT THAT THE SEDAN VERSION SHOULD TOO. *AK *SC THE AIR CONDITION HOSES WERE REPLACED. *JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER ABRUPTLY. *JB

CONSUMER INQUIRED ABOUT A RECALL CONCERNING DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS. THE DEALER INSISTED THAT NO RECALL WAS ISSUED. *AK *NLM

THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ACT ERRATIC, AND THEN SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE EXHAUST, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE HEAD GASKET FAILED. *JB

HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON MY 3.8 ENGINE IN MY 1994 FORD TAURUS 125000 MILES. *JB

THE ENGINE FAILED.*DT *JB

REPLY TO REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM FORD FOR EXPENSES INCURRED DURING THE REPAIR OF THE ENGINE IN A 1994 FORD TAURUS. SENT A VOQ TO THE CONSUMER FOR FUTURE USE. *SCC *JB

IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE 1994 FORD TAURAS HAS A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. I HAD THIS PROBLEM FIXED APPROXIMATELY 3 - 5 YEARS AGO. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING AGAIN. FROMM READING SOME OTHER COMPLAINTS, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURING ON SEVERAL 1994 FORD TAURAS'S. IS THERE ANY PLAN TO DO A RECALL FOR THIS HEAD GASKET PROBLEM.*JB

FAILURE OF HEAD GASKETS ON A 1994 FORD TAURUS WITH THE 3.8L V-6 MOTOR WITH ONLY 28,396 MILES (ORIGINAL) ON THE ODOMETER

1. 3.8L V6 HEAD GASKETS. GASKET(S) FAILED ON VEHICLE AT 80878 MILES. ENGINE BLOWS HEAVY ?!@#$% SMOKE FROM TAILPIPE, OVERHEATS AND LOSES COOLANT. VEHICLE IS 8 YRS OLD AND OUT OF EXTENDED FORD WARRANTY PROGRAM, (7YRS 100,000MI). CONTACTED BOTH LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE, BOTH SAYING THERE IS NO ASSISTANCE THEY COULD PROVIDE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE HEAD GASKETS. 2. TRANSMISSION FAILED, AT 79,392MI. WHEN VEHICLE WAS WARM, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE 1ST GEAR, LEAVING YOU STRANDED WHEREVER YOU STOPPED. CONTACTED LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, WHO QUOTED $2500 + LABOR. HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP FOR $1800. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN CAREFULLY MAINTAINED. ALL MAINTENANCE ITEMS PERFORMED AT MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDED INTERVALS FOR HEAVY DUTY USE. (EVERY 3000MI) OIL CHANGED EVERY 3,000MI, TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED PER MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE, FILTERS, TIRE ROTATION, SPARK PLUGS, EVERYTHING. IF FORD WON'T STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT, WHICH HAS...

VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AT 40 MPH. CONSUMER REPLACED SHARKS/ STRUTS, AND TIRES; BUT VEHICLE STILL SHAKES. DEALER STATED THERE WERE SEVERAL ENGINE MOUNTS BROKEN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PREMATURE WEAR OF ENGINE MOUNTS. ENGINE MOUNTS WERE REPLACED AT 44,000 MILES. DEALER WILL INSPECT AND REPAIR THEM. *AK AT 44747 MILES ON FEB 16 1998, WINDWARD FORD SERVICE WRITER INFORMED THE ORIGINAL OWNER THAT ENGINE MOUNT INSTALLED ON NEW VEHICLE WAS REDESIGNED AT TIME OF ASSEMBLY AT THE FACTORY. *JG

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED ON THREE OCCASIONS, IN WHICH THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY REPLACED THE GASKET THE FIRST TWO TIMES, HOWEVER ON THE THIRS OCCASION FORD MOTOR COMPANY OFFERED ONLY TO PAY 60% OF THE COST AND CONSUMER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 40% CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNFAIR SINCE MANUFACTURER WAS WELL AWARE OF THE DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET, WHICH WAS ALSO A RECALL PRODUCT.*JB

HEAD GASKET HAS BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY, ONCE ON A RECALL, BUT GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

ENGINE WOULD NOT START, WHAN LAST RUNNING NOTICE WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST EXCESSIVELY THICK, VERIFED CONCERN EEC TEST-FUEL PLUGS FOULED VEHICLE REQUIRED PLUGS AND DIST CAP/ROTOR TO CONTINUE DIAG-REPLACED PLUGS/CAP/ROTOR-PINPOINT CUSTOMER CONCERN TO FAULTY HEAD GASKET, REMOVED HEADS, REPLACED GASKET, TEST HEADS FOR FLATNESS, REPLACE HEADS. RETEST VEHICLE 02 SENSOR AND TP SENSOR DAMAGED BY HEAD GASKET FAILURE-RECIEVED. REPLACEMENT CUSTOM DECLINED FAULTY SENSOR WILL TRIGGER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT.

GASKETS BEING USED TO REPAIR THE FAILED GASKETS ON THE 3.8L ENGINEER ARE ALSO FAILING.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET; THE SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE SEEN REPEAT FAILURES; FORD HAS ALREADY HAD A RECALL FOR THIS PART AND NOW THEIR REPLACEMNETS ARE FAILING AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME MILEAGE (43,000 MILES EACH TIME); THE REPAIR WILL COST MORE THAN THE VEHICLE IS WORTH

I'VE SUBMITTED TWO PROBLEMS, WHICH ARE FROM TWO ENTIRELY SEPARATE INCIDENTS. THE HAD GASKET FAILURE OCCURRED LAST YEAR BUT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS WEB SITE FOR REPORTING PROBLEMS. OUR MECHANIC HAS TOLD US THAT THESE TWO PROBLEMS ARE EXTREMELY FREQUENT WITH ALL FORD 3.8 ENGINES AND FOR ALL YEARS OF MFG. FORD WAS CONTACT WITH HEAD GASKET PROBLEM AND REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ONLY 2000 MILES PAST WARRANTY, AND THEY ARE COVERING IT PAST THAT MILEAGE IN CANADA. *AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR FAILS, IT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO DOWNSHIFT AT ANY SPEED REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE SHIFT LEVER SAYS. MY VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR WHILE TRAVELING AT OVER 60 MPH. THE FAILURE ALSO CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO POP OUT OF GEAR AND SURGE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WHEN THE VSS FAILS, THE CRUISE CONTROL CEASES TO FUNCTION. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR IN FOR SERVICE 4 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE REPAIRS LAST ROUGHLY 1 YEAR AND POP UP AGAIN. THIS LAST TIME, THE FORCE WAS SO GREAT THAT IT BROKE THE MOTOR MOUNTS.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE IS A COMMON PROBLEM TO ALL FORD TAURUS 1994 AND1995 WITH A 3.8L. IT'S A MANUFACTRING PROBLEM AND THUS ALL REPAIRS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER.*AK

IT SEEMS THAT HEAD GASKET FAILED ON SCHEDULE AT 71,000 MILES. ALTHOUGH THE CAR IS OLDER THAN 7 YRS THE MILEAGE IS VERY SHORT.*AK

CONSUME RWAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WHEN SHE APPROACHED A STOP LIGHT. VEHICLE CUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A GARAGE, AND MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED, ENGINE TEMPERATURE ESCALATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED ON THREE OCCASIONS, IN WHICH THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY REPLACED THE GASKET THE FIRST TWO TIMES, HOWEVER ON THE THIRS OCCASION FORD MOTOR COMPANY OFFERED ONLY TO PAY 60% OF THE COST AND CONSUMER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 40% CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNFAIR SINCE MANUFACTURER WAS WELL AWARE OF THE DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET, WHICH WAS ALSO A RECALL PRODUCT.*JB

ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE, AND OIL WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING DUE TO HEAD GASKETS BLOWING AND LEAKING COOLANT ONTO ENGINE. FORD HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL. BUT WILL NOT REPAIR THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF ITS AGE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

MOTOR MOUNTS INSTALLED NEW MOTOR MOUNTS RECOMMAND REPLACING FRONT STRUTS AND SWAY ARM LINKS. FOUND SEPERTINE DRIVE BELT DRYROTTED AND CRACKING INSTALL NEW SEPENTINE BELT.

WATER LEAKING INTO CYLINDER CAUSING THE CAR TO LEAP AND MISS REAL BAD, WHEN FINALLY STOPED FILLED CYLINDER WITH WATER AND LOCKED THE MOTOR.

ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED. THE CONSUMER REALIZED THIS PROBLEM WHEN ENGINE WAS POPPING UP. CONSUMER HAS HAD THESE BOLTS REPLACED 6 TIMES ALREADY, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A CHUGGING NOISE. NEXT DAY, HAD NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. THEN, VEHICLE OVERHEATED. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC INDICATED ENGINE'S HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN. *AK FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING DUE TO EXPIRED WARRANTY. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH ENGINE MADE A CLANKING SOUND. THEN, CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO GAS STATION, WAS TOLD HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING, ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A EXTENDED WARRANTY BY FORD 7 YEARS OR 100000 MILES, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS OVER THE WARRANTY LIMIT.*AK *JB

HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS-TEMPERATURE GAUGE READS HOT REGULARLY. MUST STOP ON SIDE OF ROAD TO CHECK ENGINE. $2,000+ TO REPAIR-MILEAGE IS 20,000 MI. PAST RECALL WARRANTY. FIGURES! *AK

IN AUGUST OF 1997 DEALERSHIP REPLACED ENGINE HEAD GASKET BECAUSE THERE WAS A HEAD GASKET LEAK. THEN, ON MAY 16TH 2001, ENGINE OVERHEATED WHICH WAS FROM OIL LEAKING INTO ANTIFREEZE. DEALERSHIP WAS EXAMINING VEHICLE AND WAS GOING TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

THE ENGINE BEGAN STALLING IN 1999 AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO THIS DAY...I SUSPECT THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE AS IT WAS A COMMON FAILURE FROM WHAT I HAVE LEARNED. I DO NOT KNOW OF A RECALL HOWEVER. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER HERE IN FREMONT AS IT SEEMED TO BE OVERHEATING AND HE SAID IT WAS PROBABLY A BLOWN HEADGASKET AS IT WAS A RECALL PROBLEM. MY CAR WAS PAST THE 7 YEAR LIMIT BY TWO MONTHS HOWEVER. AT THIS TIME THE AIR CONDITIONER HAS ALSO QUIT. NEEDLESS TO SAY FORD HAS LOST MY BUSINESS FOREVER. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS I FOUND ON YOUR SIGHT . MANY OF THEM SEEMED TO BE THE SAME PROBLEMS I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING. FORD SHOULD MONITOR THIS LIST AND THEY COULD SEE WHERE THE FLAWS WERE IN THIS MODEL IF THEY CARED. EXCELLENT SIGHT WHICH I WILL SCAN...

MOTOR MOUNTS SEPARATED, CAUSING ENGINE TO MOVE WHERE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL, HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL AND DIE IN WARM CLIMATE WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WILL START UP ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER IT HAS STALLED OUT. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM.*AK

OIL PAN LEAKED DUE TO CORROSION. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL AND NOT EXTENDED UNDER A WARRANTY. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT AT FIRST, VEHICLE WAS NOT STARTING AT ALL. THEN, VEHICLE STARTED AND SMOKE CAME OUT OF TAIL PIPE. ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT AT 30000 MILES. *AK THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAD GIVEN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO OWNERS OF 1994-1995 MODELS. *YH

THEIR IS A RECALL ON FORD TAURUS FOR REAR MOTOR MOUNTS. CONSUMER HAS HAD THIS REPAIRED. FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS HAVE BROKEN CURRENTLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOES FROM HOT TO COLD. ALSO, HEATER IS INOPERABLE, AND WHITE SMOKE IS COMING FROM TAIL PIPE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER NOTICED HEAD GASKET HAS GONE BAD AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. ALSO, THERE WAS A RECALL LISTED FOR SAME PROBLEM, THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

HEAD GASKETS BLOWN ON ENGINE THREE TIMES/LEFT STRANDED ON HIGHWAY. *AIK

FORD TAURUS 3.8L. SUGGEST THAT NHTSA ORDER A RECALL. BILLOWING STEAM FROM ENGINE IS BLINDING IN COLD WEATHER. FORD IS NOT SUPPORTING MY EFFORTS TO MAKE MY CAR SAFE. THEY RESEALED THE HEAD, BUT CAR CONTINUES TO LOSE COOLANT THROUGH GASKET. MANY UNSAFE CARS ON THE ROAD. THE FORD FIX DOES NOT WORK. THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE BOUGHT BACK AND TAKEN OFF THE ROAD. AS THESE CARS AGE, MORE WILL "EXPLODE" BLINDING DRIVER. *AK

DEALER ADMITS THAT THERE HAS BEEN MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH HEAD GASKETS ON THIS MODEL. THEY SENT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY UP TO 100,000 MILES. THE CAR HIT 102,900 MILES AND THE HEAD GASKET BLEW. FORD REFUSES TO FIX A DEFECT THAT THEY KNEW EXISTED IN THIS CAR. PLEASE RESPOND BACK TO ME. *AK

THE ENGINE FAILED RESULTING IN RATTLING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST STARTED AND WHEN ACCELERATING PAST 20 MPH, JUNE 2000 THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN HOT AND THE AIR CONDITIONERS EFFECTIVENESS STARTED TO DECLINE, UPON INSPECTION CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS FAILING, DEALER REFUSED TO FIX THE VEHICLE UNDER EXTENDED WARRENTY 00M009 BECAUSE THE ODOMETER READ 101,800 WHEN THE ENGINE ITSELF ONLY HAD 28,617 MILE ON IT. NLM

VEHICLE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING COOLING SYSTEM PROBLEMS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE IT WAS FINALLY DIAGNOSED WITH A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. THE FIRST FORD DEALER I BROUGHT IT TO REFUSED TO ADMIT A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM AND INSTEAD WANTED TO REPLACE THE THERMOSTAT GASKET. AFTER REPLACING THAT GASKET THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE OVERHEATING PROBLEMS AND IT WAS FINALLY BROUGHT TO ANOTHER FORD DEALER WHERE THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED.*AK

IN A FOUR YEAR PERIOD WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE STARTER FIVE (5) TIMES, UPON REPAIR THIS LAST TIME WE WENT TO AN INDEPENENT MECHANIC WHICH WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. HE ALSO STATED ENGINE MOUNT WAS CRACKED AND LOOKED LIKE IT HAD BEEN FOR SOMETIME. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUES TO GO ON OCCASIONALLY THIS TO IS UNDETERMINED.*AK