1995 FORD TAURUS Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THEY NOTICED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE BROKEN . CONTACTED DEALER TO HAVE THEM REPAIRED. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET WENT OUT TWICE. DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET DUE TO OIL LEAKING. ALSO, CRANKCASE WENT OUT, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIIVNG AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES ARE GOING HALF WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD. ALSO, MOTOR MOUNTS WENT OUT/ AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FAILED, AND WAS BLOWING HOT AIR, AND TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO VEHICLE STALLING, CUTTING OFF AND SHIFTING HARD. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE SHOP FOR REPAIR SERVICE THREE TIMES AND, THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSES OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE LEFT MOTOR MOUNT HAS GONE BAD. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE . *AK

THE VEHICLE WOULD QUIT RUNNING DUE TO MISSING PAR T IN ENGINE. THE MODULATOR HAD GONE BAD. THIS CUTS OFF FUEL TO FUEL PUMP. THE GAS TANK HAD SMOKE COMING OUT. TOOK TO DEALER & HAD THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD 5 MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED IN A YEAR. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE VEHICLE STARTED OVERHEATING. HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC NOTICED AN OIL LEAK. THE TRANSMISSION OIL WAS LEAKING, BUT LOCATION COULD NOT BE FOUND.*AK

ENGINE CONNECTING ROD BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO CRANKSHAFT AND CYLINDER WALL. MJS

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. *YC

ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN WHICH CAUSED THE CHECK OIL LIGHT TO COME ON. VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN RIGHT NOW. DEALER HAS VEHICLE. *AK

OUR VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING AS USUAL PRIOR TO THE BREAKDOWN. WE HAD RECENTLY HAD THE VEHICLE TUNED UP, AND THE OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACED DUE TO A SKIP PROBLEM AND LOWER THEN NORMAL GAS MILEAGE. WE HAD JUST COMPLETED A 45 MINUTE TRIP IN THE VEHICLE AND STOPPED FOR DINNER. WE WERE IN THE RESTAURANT FOR 45 MINUTES AND THEN RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE TO COMPLETE OUR TRIP. UPON LEAVING THE RESTAURANT, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SKIP BADLY, WITH SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST, AND THE TEMPERTURE GAUGE BEGAN TO RISE. WE IMMEDITALLY TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO OUR MECHANIC AND HE SAID WE HAVE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. UPON CONTACTING OUR FORD DEALERSHIP WE WERE TOLD THAT YES, FORD HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE, BUT THAT WE WERE PAST THE DEC.31, 1998 DEADLINE AND THE 60,000 MILES. WE CONTACTED THE...

FRONT BODY MOUNTS BROKE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE REAR BODY MOUNTS. DEALER IS REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE OVERHEATING DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE. MJS

CONSUMER NOT NOTIFIED OF HEAD GASKET RECALL DUE TO VIN. (RECALL 98M01) NLM

ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE, RESULTING IN ENGINE MOVEMENT. ALSO, NOTICED AIR CONDITIONER /CLUTCH DAMAGED DUE TO THE BROKEN MOUNTS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER HAS NOT REPLACED PARTS. AFTER VEHICLE REPAIRED, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO POP OUT OF GEAR, OWNER GOT RID OF CAR. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH THE FRONT END IS VIBRATING DUE TO MOTOR MOUNTS BREAKING OFF. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE OFF. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE TWICE, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO ROCK AROUND UNDER THE HOOD, AND BROKE THE AIR CONDITIONER. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK *ML

I WAS TOLD BY FORD THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RUINED ENGINE. BUT HAD THEY NOT INSTALLED FAULTY HEAD GASKETS, OVERHEATING WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURED AND THEN RUINED THE ENGINE. THIS CAR IS NO LONGER USEABLE, CAN YOU HELP, PLEASE? WHO CAN I CONTACT ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU

IGNITION SWITCH FAILED. CAN TAKE KEY OUT OF SWITCH & ENGINE STILL GOING. HAD 2 IGNITION SWITCHES REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE, POSSIBLY AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. ALSO,ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN AT 64,000/FUEL PUMP REPLACED DUE TO OVERHEATING, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER PUTS OUT AN ODOR WHEN RUNNING FOR AWHILE. BEEN TO DEALER EACH TIME ABOUT PROBLEMS. HAD ALSO NOTIFIED MANUFACTURER & TOLD NOTHING CAN BE DONE. *AK

HEAD GASKET STARTED TO LEAK WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE IMOPERATIVE. NHTSA INVESTIGATION # 1E 98 080. DEALER/ MFR NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK

TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED. ALSO ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED.

HEAD GASKET FAILED.

MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED.

ENGINE MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED.ALSO FRONT ENGINE MAIN SEAL LEAKING/EGR VALVE FAILED/ RIGHT REAR DISC BRAKE CALIPER LOCKED UP, CAUSING BRAKE PADS TO WEAR EXCESSIVELY, AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON/OF.

TIMING COVER LEAKING COOLANT.

MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE.

HAVE DISCOVERED THAT A MOTOR MOUNT IS BROKEN. NOTIFIED THE DEALER, WE WERE INFORMED THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $300 TO FIX. A FRIEND OF OURS HAS A 1992 TAURUS WITH SAME PROBLEM, WAS FIXED BY DEALER AT NO COST. CAR HAS LOW MILEAGE, IN GOOD CONDITION, OWNER ONLY PUT ON 27,000 MILES, MOSTLY LOCAL MILEAGE.

OIL PAN RUSTING OUT, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK OUT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY AN MECHANIC THAT THRE ARE TWO DIFFERENT METALS, AND THE FRICTIONS AND CONTRAST CAUSED THE ALUMINUM METAL TO WEAR OUT AND BLOW OUT THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

HEAD GASKETS FAILED.

2 MOTOR MOUNTS FIALED CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP WHEN ACCELERATING.

ENGINE MOUNT CRADLE BOLT BROKE OFF ON INSIDE OF THE MOUNT AREA. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SHE WOULD BE CHARGED FOR REPAIRS. *AK

RECALL ON HEAD GASKET MAY RESULT IN ENGINE OVERHEATING OR ENGINE FAILURE, THIS FAILURE HAS NOT YET OCCURED AND REPAIR CAN NOT BE DONE UNTIL FAILURE IS EXPERIENCED DUE TO RECALL GUIDELINES.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE TIMING BELT BROKE, CAUSING WATER PUMP TO EXPLODE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

DESIGN OF THE ENGINE IS POOR. UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE SOMETHING PULLS SAND INTO THE ENGINE, AND CAUSES PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION SHAKES WHEN DRIVING UP TO 75 MPH. THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

DEFECTIVE ENGINE MOUNT BROKE, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SHIFT AND BREAK AIR CONDITIONING LINE, WHICH COULD POSSIBLY CRACK GASOLINE LINE, RESULTING IN FIRE.DEALER WILL REPLACE PART. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE.

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED.

ENGINE MOTOR MOUNTS ARE LIQUID FILLED AND HAVE A HISTORY OF FAILURE,

VALVE LIFTERS FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE NOISE. *AK

ALUMINUM ENGINE PISTONS EXPLODED, DAMAGING TRANSMISSION. *AW