1994 FORD TAURUS Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

WHILE SITTING AT AN INTERSECTION VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART AND IT MADE A HORRIBLE METAL CLINKING SOUND. CONSUMER DROVE CAR TO A MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WASA RECALL ON HEAD GASKET, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE COMING DOWN HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT INTO NEUTRAL. CAUSE UNKNOWN. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND THEY STATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED WORK. *AK. CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION GEAR BOX WOULD NOT SHIFT, THE MECHANIC STATED THE TRANSMISSION PLANETARY FAILED THE TRANSMISSION BOX HAD TO BE REBUILT, ALSO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED BUT THE MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG.*JB

ON TWO OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING LONG DISTANCE, VEHICLE WOULD CUT OFF AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55-65 MPH. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A REPAIR SHOP AND A DEALER. NEITHER COULD DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATES. OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATES. *SLC

THE CAR FAILED TO START ON 8 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS,AFTER COOL DOWN CAR STARTED UP WIYH NO PROBLEMS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55MPH VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND LOSE ALL POWER. NO PRIOR WARNING. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

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

THE 3.8L ENGINE IN MY 1994 FORD TAURUS HAS HAD 3 SEVERE FAILURES. THESE FAILURES COULD HAVE INJURED SOMEONE OR CAUSED SERIOUS PROPERTY DAMAGE. ON THE LAST FAILURE, FORD IS UNWILLING TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT ALL 1994 / 1995 FORD CARS AND TRUCKS WITH THE 3.8L V6 ENGINE SHOULD BE RECALLED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING RESTARSTS AFTER 20 MINUTES WAIT, 3 TIMES IN SAME DAY. *AK

AT LOW SPEED AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHILE WOULD STALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACATED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHET INOFMATION.*AK

FORD EST. REPAIR COST $4,141,FORD SAID RECALL NOTICE WAS ISSUED. I NEVER RECEIVED IT! NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

VEHICLE RECENTLY BEGAN DYING WITHOUT REASON, ENGINE JUST COMPLETELY STOPS, WILL NORMALLY RESTART WITHIN 30 MINS. MECHANIC CAN GIVE NO CAUSE, SAID IT IS COMMON TO TAURUS. BRAKES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND NO PROBLEMS NOTED, HOWEVER WHEN YOU ARE TURNING TO THE RIGHT OR ONTO AN INCLINED SURFACE THEY LOCK. FUEL IN TANK SLOSHES NOTICABILIY WHEN TURNING, SHAKES VEHICLE.

THE ENGINE STOPS AND WILL NOT RE-CRANK. THIS HAPPENS AT LOW SPEED, 20-30 MPH, WHEN EXITING FROM AN EXPRESSWAY OR IN SLOW CITY TRAFFIC. WHEN ENGINE STOPS, POWER STEERING AND BRAKES ARE LOST. VERY UNSAFE. .*AK

CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO A COUPLE DIFFERENT MECHANICS/DEALERS IN REGARD TO A MALFUNCTION WITHIN TIMING BELT ASSEMBLY WHICH WAS CAUSING A CLUNKING NOISE TO OCCUR WHILE IN IDLE. THERE WAS NO OIL PRESSURE, AND OIL LEAKED FROM ENGINE. MECHANIC SUGGESTED TO HER THAT SHE HAVE ENGINE REPLACED, AND NOT TO DRIVE VEHICLE. *AK THERE WAS A RECALL # 00M09 REGARDING ENGINE OIL LIGHT ON, DEALER PERFORMED COOLING SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS AND DISCOVERED OIL CONTAMINATION FROM COOLANT, WHICH CAUSED EGO SENSORS INOPERATIVE. EGO SENSORS AND CLEAR CODES WERE REPLACED. THERE WAS ALSO TRANSMISSION LEAK. SPEED SENSOR AND GOV COVER SEAL WERE REPLACED TO CORRECT IT. THE CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT OF REPAIR COST SINCE THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE. *YH

DROVE CAR FOR 2 WEEKS/BOUGHT USED/WASNT INFORMED OF DEFECT/FORD REFUSED REPAIR/TRIED TO FIND WARRANTEE INFO BUT COULDNT/FINALLY WENT TO DEALER/SAID HE WOULD FIX/ FORD SAID 10 DAYS TOO LATE/ TOWED CAR BACK HOME

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.

WHY ONLY THAT LEFT ON BRAKES AFTER ONLY 38950 MILES? THIS NOT NORMAL

VEHICLE WOULD STALL IN TRAFFIC. ONCE ENGINE WOULD COOL OFF IT WOULD START BACK UP. DEALER HAS TRIED NUMEROUS THINGS TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. SINCE LAST REPAIR 10-09-2000, VEHICLE HASN'T STALLED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT A RECENT RECALL PROBLEM MATCHES THE PROBLEM THIS VEHICLE HAD EXPERIENCED. *YH

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES STALLING, FUEL FILTER, SPARK PLUGS, AND THE MULTI FUNCTION RELAY SWITCH HAVE BEEN REPLACED. GENERAL TIRE (P205/65R15) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING VEHICLE INTO A SIDE DITCH AND THROUGH A BARBED WIRE FENCE, THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT A LOT OF DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, CONSUMER INDICATES FIRE, HOWEVER NO REFERENCE IN THE COMMENTS. *SLC

CAR WAS SIDESWIPED WHEN NEW AND DECLARED TOTALED, HAD SIDE PANELS REPLACED AS NEW AND CAR RETITLED. HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT SINCE THE CAR WAS RETITLED THAT THE HEAD GASKET RECALL IS VOID. PLEASE ADVISE.

ENGINE RUINED BECAUSE OF ANTIFREEZE IN OIL. *AK

ENGINE PINGED ON ALL GRADES OF GAS LINE, REPLCAED EGR VALVE HOWEVER DID NOT RECTIFY NOISE. YH

WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

DEALER FAILED TO REPAIR DUE TO MILEAGE OVER SERVICE LIMITS AS PER 00M09/ VEHICLE WAS OVER LIMITS BEFORE NOTIFICATION OF DEFAULT. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE MAY 13, 1999 FROM SANGER FORD IN SANGER CALIFORNIA, 93657. ON OCTOBER 29,1999 THE CARS ENGINE BLEW UP DUE TO A PATCHED UP WATER PUMP THAT CAME FROM SANGER FORD LIKE THIS WHEN I PURCHASED IT. THE WATER PUMP WAS FULL OF STOP LEAK, WHICH WOULD EXPLAIN WHY THE CAR SEEMED TO RUN A LITTLE WARM. WHEN THE WATER PUMP WENT OUT ON THE CAR, IT BROKE OFF INSIDE FOR WHATEVER REASON AND WHEN THIS HAPPENED, IT TORE HELL OUT OF THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE DID NOT BLOW DUE TO IT OVER HEATING, THE ENGINE BLEW DUE TO THE DAMAGE DONE BY THE WATER PUMP. I COULD NOT GET ANY HELP FROM THE DEALER OR THE FINANCE COMPANY. BUT I SURE HAD TO MAIL IN THAT PAYMENT EVERY MONTH. IT TOOK ALL THE MONEY I HAD AND COULD BORROW AND 5 AND 1/2 MONTHS LATER TO...

WHILE TRAVELING ENGINE STALLED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD. PROBLEM CAUSED BY VAPOR LOCK, WHICH HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES. FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND ADVISED DEALERS THAT THE USE OF "SUMMER BLEND" FUEL WOULD HELP THE PROBLEM. FORD HAS NOT YET PROVIDED A MORE PERMANENT FIX. *AK *ML

AFTER CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THIS, AND HAVING RECEIVED SOME COMPENSATION FOR THE REPAIRS I FEEL THE COMPENSATION IS INADAQUETE. IT DID NOT COVER MY OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES. I HAD $3,416 IN REPAIR BILLS (REPLACED THE ENGINE) AND WAS REIMBURSED $2,900. THE DIFFERENCE WAS STATED AS BEING PARTS REPLACED WHICH FORD WOULD NOT COVER. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED BY A REPUTABLE SHOP AND NOT THROUGH FORD. I FEEL IF I HAD DONE THIS THROUGH FORD (WHICH QUOTED ME $3,900 FOR THE REPAIRS) THEY WOULD HAVE COVERED THE REPAIR COSTS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WILL COME ON DASHBOARD. THEN THE ENGINE WILL STALL, AND ANTI-FREEZE WILL LEAK FROM HEAD GASKET. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. PULLED OVER AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY PUT IN A NEW ENGINE. ALSO, UPON GOING DOWN THE STREET IT FELT LIKE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN GEAR AND WAS COASTING. TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, AND HE REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAPPENS ELSEWHERE, BUT THIS HAPPENED TO ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EXPRESSWAY IN CHARLOTTE, NC IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. CAR JUST QUIT RUNNING, COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. THANKS. *AK

CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON 09/09/1999 WHEN PROBLEM DETECTED IN STARTING THE CAR. UPON ATTEMPTING TO START THE ENGINE, ENGINE WILL CRANK AND START BUT IT STALLED WHEN KEY SPRING WAS LET GO AT RANDOM BASIS. DEALER CLAIMED TO FIND THE PROBLEM AND REPLACED MULTIFUCTION SW AND IGNITION SWITCH, AND REPLACED BATTERY AND CLEANED THE TERMINALS. THIS COST ME $474 AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. THE CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER ON 09/13/1999. ON 09/20/1999 DEALER CLAIMED THAT THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM AND IT WAS JUST THE ADJUSTMENT IN SAFETY SWITCH. DEALER CLAIMED THAT THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. AFTER THAT THE PROBLEM DID NOT GO AWAY AND CONTINUE TO HAPPEN ON RANDOM BASIS. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND DEALER INDICATED THAT THEY WILL CALL ME BACK WHEN THEY ARE READY TO FIX THIS. AS OF 11/22/1999 I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM FULLERTON FORD DEALER. THE...

MY WIFE HAD BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE FORD DEALER (STAR FORD) THE PREVIOUS OCTOBER BECAUSE THE CAR HAD STALLED AND DIED IN AN INTERSECTION. NOTHING WAS FOUND TO BE WRONG. SHE HAD IT IN AGAIN FOR STANDARD SERVICING AND COMPLAINED ABOUT IT RUNNING ROUGH BUT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND WRONG. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO OVERHEAT AND RUN ROUGH. SHE MANAGED TO DRIVE IT TO A REPAIR SHOP. THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. WE CONTACTED FORD SINCE MY WIFE HAD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THEM STATING THAT DUE TO REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH HEAD GASKETS THEY WERE EXTENDING THE WARANTY UNTIL THE END OF 1997 OR 60,000 MILES. WE MISSED IT BY A MONTH AND A HALF, OR 5,000 MILES, AND THEY WOULD DO NOTHING TO HELP US OUT. WE HAD THE CAR REPAIRED BUT THIS PAST WEEK,...

WHEN THE ENGINE OVERHEATS OR THE WEATHER IS EXTREMELY HOT, THE ENGINE CUTS OFF AND WILL NOT CUT BACK ON UNTIL IT HAS COOLED DOWN. DEALER CAN'T FIND A SOLUTION. *AK

FORWARD ENGINE MOUNT SHOULD NOT FAIL SO OFTEN... PERHAPS A REDESIGN IS IN ORDER

FORD KNOWS ABOUT PROBLEM TO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS YEAR

VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE EITHER TO CLIMB UP A HILL / IN ON COMING TRAFFIC. *YC

WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE WOULD ONLY TRAVEL 15-25 MPH AND ENGINE WOULD MAKE LOUD NOISE. ALSO, TRANSMISSION FAILURE/ IGNITION KEY SLIPS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE, AND REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. *AK

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...

NO SUMMARY MENTIONED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE ALMOST STOPPED AND THEN ACCELERATES THERE IS A LONG HESITATION. DEALER REPORTS TRANSMISSION FAILURE PERHAPS DUE TO ENGINE MOUNT FAILURE.

POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED VEHICLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO CATCH ON FIRE.(OHIO TRAFFIC REPORT).

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

1988-1993 FORD HAS RECALLED MOTOR/ENGINE MOUNTS ON ALL 3.8 L ENGINES INSTALLED IN TAURUS, SABLE, & CONTINENTAL, PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS IN 94 MODEL BUT FORD WILL NOT COVER REPAIR. 3.8L ENGINE NOT OFFERED IN THESE AUTOS AFTER 95. WHEN TIMING CHAIN COVER GASKET FAILED COVER COULD NOT BE REMOVED, WAS BROKEN OFF, LOSING WATER PUMP IN PROCESS, NO COVERAGE FROM FORD. AT SAME TIME HEAD GASKETS REPLACED AT FORD EXPENSE. ENGINE FAILED TWO WEEKS LATER, FORD INSTALLED SHORT BLOC REPLACEMENT.

AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL STALL. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT 55 MPH THE VEHICLE VIBRATES AND PULLS TO THE LEFT. ALSO, THE TIRE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE IS WEARING. *AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED AS A PART OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY SERVICE PROGRAM NUMBER 98M01 FOR PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE AT MIDDLETON MOTORS IN MIDDLETON, WI IT WAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS ALSO A TIMING GASKET COVER FAILURE. THIS ALSO SEEMS PREMATURE FOR A FAILURE OF THIS TYPE. I HAVE WRITTEN TO FORD REQUESTING TOTAL REIMBURSEMENT AND AM AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM THEM. THANK YOU FOR UTILIZING THIS INFORMATION.

WHENEVER THE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN ,CHANGES GEARS, OR SLOWS TO TURN A CORNER, THE ENGINE STALLS AND CUTS COMPLETELY OFF. DEALER CAN'T FIND SOLUTION. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AND MAKING ANY TURN THERE IS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE SHAKES AND CUTS OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SIX TIMES FOR REPAIRS.

ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED, RESULTING IN INTERMITTENT STALLING.