1995 FORD TAURUS Power Train Problems

SPEEDOMETER OUT OF ORDER . YH

SPEEDOMETER HEAD FAILURE PRODUCES ERRATIC DISPLAY FOR PROLONGED PERIODS. THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THIS UNIT - FIRST AT APPROXIMATELY 60K, SECOND AT 116K. FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE DEFECT - LOCAL FORD AGENCY PARTS MANAGER AFFIRMS THAT THIS PART IS A COMMON FAILURE. FORD REFUSES TO NEGOITIATE EVEN A PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT. THIS FAILURE IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND IS NOT DUE TO NORMAL WEAR.

SPEEDOMETER JUMPS, CANNOT DETERMINE SPEED OF VEHICLE, CAUSING SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER CABLE THE NEEDLE DOES NOT TO GO OVER 20 MPH OR DOES NOT WORK OVER 50 MPH. THE SPEEDOMETER BROKE 4 TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUS EOF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SPEEDOMETER WAS REPAIRED/REPLACED DUE TO ERRATIC OPERATION WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. LITTER OVER A YEAR LATER SAME PROBLEM REOCCURRED. BUT DEALER/MFR. REFUSED TO REPAIR BECAUSE PART WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. BELIEVED DEALER INSTALLED DEFECTIVE PART. *AK

SPEEDOMETER BUZZES AND JUMPS 10-20 MPH MAKING ABILITY TO TELL SPEED IMPOSSIBLE. THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE. THE FIRST OCCURRED AT 35000 MILES, AND WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. IT HAPPENED AGAIN AT 35000 MILES ON THE REPLACEMENT. DEALERS AND FORD HAVE R

SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC. MJS

SPEEDOMETER JUMPS FROM 65 TO 85 DEPENDING ON HOW LARGE A BUMP YOU HIT. DEALER INFORMED ME THAT REPLACEMENT PART WAS ALSO FAULTY AND COULD NOT REPLACE AT THE TIME.

WHEN DRIVING OVER 55MPH, CONSUMER CAN'T DETERMINE HOW FAST HE IS TRAVELING DUE TO BROKEN SPEEDOMETER. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS REPAIRED. *AK

ON TWO OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH ERRATIC OPRATION OF SPEEDOMETER. DEALER REPLACED THE SPEEDOMETER AFTER FIRST FAILURE. HOWEVER,PROBLEM REOCCURRED, AND DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR REPLACE SPEEDOMETER A SECOND TIME DUE TO EXPIRATION OF WARRANTY. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATER. *AK

THE SPEEDOMETER READS INCORRECTLY AT SPEEDS OVER 50MPH, ESPECIALLY ON ROUGH ROADS. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE SPEEDOMETER TWICE, AND IS ABOUT TO REPLACE IT ONE MORE TIME. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY SPEEDOMETER IS INOPERABLE. DEALER HAS REPLACED SPEEDOMETER ONCE. *AK

ORIGINAL SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED AT 23000 MILES. THE REPLACEMENT HAS DEVELOPED THE SAME PROBLEM. IT JUMPS AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50, AND DOES NOT SHOW THE CORRECT SPEED WHEN GOING SLOWER. IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING. DEALER SAYS THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A VEHICLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM TWICE. THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. THEY ALSO SAID THEY CANNOT GIVE ME THE DEFECTIVE PART AFTER THEY REMOVE IT. SAID THEY HAVE TO SEND IT BACK TO FORD TO BE REFURBISHED. I OWN THE CAR, AND THEREFORE OWN ALL OF ITS COMPONENT PARTS. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE TAURUS SPEEDOMETERS? IS FORD GOING TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE? *AK

SPEEDOMETER: WOULD MAKE NOISE; NOT WORKING PROPERLY; CAN NOT TELL WHAT THE SPEED IS; HAD IT REPLACED DUE TO BOUNCING AROUND. ABS SYSTEM HAD ERRACTIC PATTERN.

1ST FAILURE WAS AROUND 11,300 MILES. DEALER FIXED AND REPLACED. FAILED AGAIN IN 4-20-97 AT 22,100 MILES, DEALER REPLACED AGAIN. CAR NOW HAS 30,PLUS SHOWING ON 3RD ODOMETER AND IS OUT OF WARRANTY BUT THEY WILL NOT FIX. IT WENT OUT AGAIN 8-10 1998. *AK

SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE BEGINS TO BOUNCE TO 85 WHEN WHEELS HIT ANY BUMP AT SPEEDS OVER 55 MILES PER HOUR. NEEDLE HANGS AT THAT POINT FOR UP TO 25 SECONDS MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE ACTUAL SPEED, OR WHETHER OR NOT THE CRUISE CONTROL IS PROPERLY SET. ORIGINAL SPEEDOMETER FAILED AT 15,000, REPLACED AT ABOUT 19,000; FIRST REPLACEMENT AT 30,000, REPLACED AT 36,000; AND SECOND REPLACEMENT AT 49,000. FORD WILL NOT REPLACE BECAUSE OUT OF WARRANTY, ALTHOUGH EVERY SPEEDOMETER HAS FAILED AT ABOUT 15,000 MILES. DUE TO THE NUMBER OF FAILURES REPORTED TO NHTSB BY TAURUS OWNERS, AND THE INABILITY TO DETERMINE ACTUAL SPEED, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT WOULD APPEAR THAT A RECALL IS WARRANTED. $600 FOR A REPLACEMENT EVERY 15,000 MILES IS NOT REASONABLE. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A CAR IN OVER 40 YEARS OF DRIVING WHERE EVEN ONE SPEEDOMETER FAILED. *AK

SPEEDOMETER FAILED.JUMPS FROM 40 TO 85+ BACK & FORTH. NOISE IN DASH. THIS OCCURED IN THE BEGINNING OF A 1000 MILE TRIP ON UNFAMILIAR ROADS AT NIGHT. THIS WAS HIGHLY DISTRACTING AND DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAD NO CLUE HOW FAST I WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON HIGH SPEED HIGHWAYS. IT APPEARS THAT FORD DOCUMENTED IT KNOWS OF THIS COMMON FAILURE AND WHY IT OCCURES BUT DOES NOT RECALL CARS AND EXPECTS OWNERS TO PAY IF OUT OF BUMPER TO BUMBER WARRANTY. MY APPOINTMENT FOR THIS REPAIR & MOUNT RECALL ARE 6/17 6:00PM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING SPEEDOMETER MOVES AROUND AND AROUND, AND CONSUMER CAN'T DETERMINE WHAT'S THE SPEED. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING AT 10 MPH SPEEDOMETER WILL STATE THAT CONSUMER IS DRIVING AT 75 MPH. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

SPEEDOMETER IS JUMPING UP AND DOWN. CONSUMER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CORRECT SPEED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP TWICE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

SPEEDOMETER READINGS ARE INCORRECT IN WET ROAD CONDTIONS. DEALER HAS REPLACED SPEEDOMETER PRIOR TO THIS . MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE EXCEEDS 40 MPH ODOMETER WILL BOUNCE. ONCE THIS HAPPENS, DRIVER CANNOT TELL HOW FAST VEHICLE IS MOVING. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY SPEEDOMETER WENT HAYWIRE UNABLE TO TELL SPEED ENTIRE TRIP. *AK

TAURUS OR FORD WILL NEVER BE NO.1 WITH ME AGAIN. MASSIVE FAILURES KNOWN WITH TAURUS SPEEDOMETER HEADS. SAY SOMETHING IN DODGE VOYAGER AND DOORS FLYING OPEN. WHEN WILL SOMETHING BE DONE? RIGHT NOW IF YOU GOT $250 AND THE TIME AND WILL ACCEPT A 90 DAY OR LOW MILEAGE GUARANTEE. *AK

SPEEDOMETER CABLE FAILED.

SPEEDOMETER FAILED ON TWO OCCASIONS.

SPEEDOMETER JUMPS FROM 65 TO 85 DEPENDING ON HOW LARGE A BUMP YOU HIT. DEALER INFORMED ME THAT REPLACEMENT PART WAS ALSO FAULTY AND COULD NOT REPLACE AT THE TIME.

SPEEDOMETER PERFORMS ERRACTICALLY, REPLACED ONCE, IS NOW IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT AGAIN.

SPEEDOMETER FAILED THREE TIMES. THIS LAST FAILURE, HAVE NOT REPLACED YET. SPEEDOMETER OPERATES ERRATICALLY, CAUSING INACCURATE SPEED READINGS. FIRST FAILURE REPLACED, NO CHARGE, BY JACK TREBOUR FORD DEALER, DOVER NJ. SECOND FAILURE FIXED BY PRIVATE GARAGE BECAUSE TREBOUR FORD SAID NOT UNDER WARRANTY. JUST LEARNED OF NHTSA WEBSITE AND VOQ. WILL WANT TO PURSUE FORD DEALER OR MANUFACTURER TO REPLACE THIRD FAILURE AS WARRANTY WORK. *AK

SPEEDOMETER FAILED WHILE DRIVING LONG DISTANCE. INFORMED BY SERVICE MANAGER THAT SPEEDOMETER FAILURE IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN 1995 FORD TAURUS. *AK

SPEEDOMETER HAS BECOME ERRATIC, CAUSING INACCURATE SPEED READINGS. *AK

SPEEDOMETER REPLACED TWICE DUE TO ERRACTIC PERFORMANCE.

THIS TAURUS'S ORIGINAL SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED @ 35,029 MILES DUE TO THE NEEDLE BOUNCING UNCONTROLLABLY. THERE WAS NO WAY TO TELL HOW FAST YOU WERE GOING. NOW THE SECOND SPEEDOMETER IS DOING THE SAME THING, AND IT BEGAN TO DO IT AT ABOUT 35,000 MILES. MY LOCAL DEALER HAS DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF A MANUFACTURERS PROBLEM. GRAHAM, AT FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN DETROIT, DENIED ANY MANUFACTURER PROBLEM. HOWEVER, MY LOCAL INDEPENDENT GARAGE, HART'S AUTO REPAIR, PROVIDED ME WITH ARTICLE # 97-12-5 STATING THAT FORD TAURUS AND MERCURY SABLE 1994-95 CARS HAD SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WAVER AND STICKING PROBLEMS. APPLICABLE TO THIS WERE OASIS CODES #204000, #204200, AND #302000. I WANT A NEW SPEEDOMETER WITH ACTUAL MILEAGE DISPLAYED! THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE! *AK

SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER HAD FAILED FOR SECOND TIME. DRIVER COULDN'T SEE HOW FAST HE WAS GOING. CONSUMER WILL CONCTACT DEALER. *AK

AT ABOUT 50 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STARTS BOUNCING AROUND BETWEEN 50 AND 85+ MPH (LIMIT OF SPEEDOMETER). AT FIRST, BOUNING WAS INTERMITTANT, BUT AS THE WEEKS & MONTHS WENT BY, IT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT AT ABOUT 45-50 MPH, THE SPEEDMETER WOULD IMMEDIATELY PEG TO PAST 85 MPH AND JUST STAY THERE. ONLY WAY TO GAUGE SPEED WAS BY OTHER CARS. REPLACED SPEEDOMETER OUT OF WARRANTY IN JULY 1998. WHILE THERE, DEALER SAID THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM WITH TAURUSES, THUNDERBIRDS, AND EXPLORERS OF THAT YEAR. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE IT MIGHT BE A DEFECT VS. A ONE OF A KIND FAILURE. WANTED TO SUBMIT REPORT SO THAT NHTSA & FORD COULD ANAYLZE PROBLEM AND SEE IF A RECALL IS WARRANTED.

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE SPEEDOMETER BETWEEN 25000-40000 MILES.

SPEEDOMETER VERY ERRATIC. FROM 40 MPH AND HIGHER, WOULD BOUNCE BETWEEN 40 AND 85. DID NOT KNOW WHAT SPEED I WAS DRIVING. WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS ALRIGHT FOR 15 MONTHS. ACTED UP AGAIN IN DEC. 1997, SAMETHING. FORD REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN MY WIFE IS DRIVING ON BELTWAYS AND OPEN ROAD. *AK

THE FIRST SPEEDOMETER/ACCELERATOR CABLE WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SECOND ONE HAS NOW BROKEN AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WITH A THIRD ONE. THE CAR IS NOT THAT OLD. *AK

VEHICLE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONING. *YC

THE SPEEDOMETER BROKE. COULD NOT TELL HOW FAST VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS HAD TO BE ORDERED FROM MANUFACTURER FOR REPLACEMENT. AK

I HAVE REQUESTED THE DEALER REPAIR THIS SPEEDOMETER ON THREE OCCASIONS TO NO AVAIL. PLEASE ADVISE.

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.

THE ODOMETER DOES NOT READ CORRECT SPEED, FLOPS UP AND DOWN AND IS NOT ACCURATE. ALSO MAKES LOUD NOISE THAT IS DISTRACTING WHILE YOU DRIVE. FEEL THAT THE FORD CO. SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPLACMENT. WHY HAVE THEY NOT RECALLED THIS ITEM. I NOTICED LOTS OF COMPLAINTS AND PROBLEMS WITH THIS SAME THING. FEEL LIKE PAINTING A BIG YELLOW LEMON ON IT.... DEALER HAS BEEN NICE...PLEASE GIVE ME AN ANSWER AS TO WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED...

VEHICLE SPEED INDICATOR SURGES ERRATICALLY AT AND ABOVE 40MPH - CONSTANT SOUND FROM SPEEDOMETER HEAD VARIES FROM LOW RATTLE TO PIERCING SQUEAL. *AK

SPEEDOMETER BOUNCES BACK AND FORTH WHEN SPEED REACHES 60 MPH. SECOND INCIDENT, DEALER CONTACTED AND REPLACED THE FIRST ONE, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK.ET.

I AM AWARE THAT THERE ARE MANY 1995 TAURUS OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR SPEEDOMETERS. WHEN I GO OVER 45MPH, THE NEEDLE BOUNCES BETWEEN 45 AND 85. THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL SPEED I'M GOING. I WAS FOLLOWING MY PARENTS ON A TRIP, AND MY SPEEDOMETER READ 85 AND FASTER THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE. BUT THEY WERE GOING ONLY 70. IF I WEREN'T FOLLOWING THEM, I WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING MUCH SLOWER THAN THE TRAFFIC, AND THIS IS DANGEROUS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD, AND I FEEL THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *AK

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE.

SPEEDOMETER FAILS BETWEEN 25,000 AND 40,000 MILES. OWNER HAS NOTICED THIS ON FOUR DIFFERENT TAURUS'. THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN REPLACE ON THE CURRENT VEHICLE AND THE REPLACEMENT HAS ALSO FAILED.

SPEEDOMETER FAILS BETWEEN 25,000 AND 40,000 MILES. OWNER HAS NOTICED THIS ON FOUR DIFFERENT TAURUS'. THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN REPLACE ON THE CURRENT VEHICLE AND THE REPLACEMENT HAS ALSO FAILED.

SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE DOES NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED. WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 45 MPH THE NEEDLE FLUCTUATES. THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL WHAT SPEED CONSUMER IS DRIVING. THE ORIGINAL SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED 2 YEARS AGO WITH ABOUT 30,000 MILES, AND WITHIN A YEAR THE CONDITION REAPPEARED. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE CURRENT PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED AT THIS TIME. *AK *ML