1995 FORD TAURUS Vehicle Speed Control Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING FROM A PARKING SPACE, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE UNDER CARRIAGE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

ARRIVING HOME, I PARKED THE CAR IN OUR ATTACHED GARAGE. I WENT INTO THE GARAGE AND I NOTICED THE SMELL OF SOMETHING HOT OR SHORTED COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I BACKED THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY. THE NEXT DAY, I RECONNECTED THE BATTERY AND NO LONGER NOTICED THE SMELL. I DROVE IT AND THERE WAS NO MORE ODOR. THE SPEED CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE, AND THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID ON THE WIRING HARNESS AND THE 3 AMP FUSE IN THE WIRNG HARNESS WAS BLOWN, BUT ONLY AFTER COMING CLOSE TO STARTING A FIRE. FORD HAS A HISTORY OF SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH LEAKING BRAKE FLUID ON THE WIRING HARNESS AND CAUSING FIRES. THIS CAR WAS RECALLED IN 2007 TO INSTALL A FUSED WIRING HARNESS WITH A 3 AMP FUSE BETWEEN THE SWITCH AND THE SPEED...

OUTER TIE RODS GONE BAD AT 80,000KM SPEEDOMETER JUMPS AT 60,000KM FRONT POWER WINDOWS GONE BAD AT 90,000KM I ONLY HAVE 96,000KM ON MY 1995 FORD TAURUS SE ITS NOW 2009. *TR

SPEEDOMETER WORKS UP TO SPEEDS OF 45. ANYTHING ABOVE THAT THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE JUMPS AROUND AND MAKES A CONSTANT CLICKING NOISE. I RECEIVED A SPEEDING TICKET FOR THIS. LOOKED ONLINE FOR DIAGNOSIS AND FOUND THAT EVERYONE HAS THIS PROBLEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED. THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT READ THE CORRECT SPEED. IT FAILED PREVIOUSLY ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS AND WAS REPAIRED. AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT COVERED THE SPEEDOMETER WITH PAPER. THIS MADE THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE NOT VIEWABLE AND THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE DOES NOT DISTRACT THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN FOR INSPECTION AND THERE ARE NO PLANS TO MAKE REPAIRS.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED SPEEDOMETER FLUCUATED BACK AND FORTH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE SPEEDOMETER WAVERED. SO THE CONSUMER DID NOT KNOW HOW FAST HE WAS GOING . TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FORD . HE WAS TOLD TO HAVE IT REPLACED. HOWEVER, THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME IT HAD BEEN REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING SPEEDOMETER OPERATES ERRATICALLY. CONSUMER HAS NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW FAST THE VEHICLE IS GOING. DEALER WAS CONTACTED.*AK

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. AT SPEEDS OVER 35 MPH THE NEEDLE STARTS JUMPING AROUND AND MAKES A BUZZING SOUND. *LA

SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER SHOWS THE ACTUAL SPEED DRIVEN, NEEDLE JUMPS AROUND. COMPONENT WAS REPLACED AT DEALERSHIP.*AK *PH

I OWN A 95 FORD TAURUS WITH A SPEEDOMETER THAT BOUNCES WILDLY ABOVE 50 MPH. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. I CAME ACROSS A FORD TSB 99-7-9 THAT HAS REPLACEMENT PART, WHEN I CALLED I WAS TOLD THE PART WOULD COST OVER $500.00. I CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS TOO OLD AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THIS. MY VEHICLE HAS 59,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS IN SAME CONDITION AS WHEN I BOUGHT IT NEW. I FEEL THAT THIS CONSTITUTES SAFETY HAZARD NOT KNOWING WHAT SPEED THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING. I THINK THAT IF YOU INVESTIGATE THIS, YOU WILL FIND THAT IT IS A VERY COMMON COMPLAINT. THAT IS WHY I AM MAKING RECORD OF THIS. *JB

IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASE THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE, PULLING TO THE RIGHT, THE TIRES HAD BEEN SWITCHED, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS INOPERABLE AND THE BRAKES WERE VERY NOISY. CONSUMER CONTINUED TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE VEHICLE WASN'T ABLE TO GO FROM PARK TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR SEVERAL TIMES AND THE DRIVING CONDITION IS STILL INSUFFICIENT. *JG

THE SPEEDOMETER WAS ACTING ERRATICALLY, THE DEALER REPLACED THE SPEEDOMETER, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. TS *JB

VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE ANY TIME WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ACTIVATED AT ANY SPEED. THIS STARTED AT 10000 MILES. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAS DISCONNECTED CRUISE CONTROL.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER CABLE, RELATING TO RECALL (97V025000).*TT

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SPEEDOMETER SWINGS BACK AND FORTH, FAILING TO INDICATE THE CORRECT SPEED, THIS MOSTLY OCCURS WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS BEING USED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, HOWEVER THE TIME TO FIX IT HAD ALREADY EXPIRED. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SPEEDOMETER SWINGS BACK AND FORTH, FAILING TO INDICATE THE CORRECT SPEED, THIS MOSTLY OCCURS WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS BEING USED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, HOWEVER THE TIME TO FIX IT HAD ALREADY EXPIRED. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SPEEDOMETER SWINGS BACK AND FORTH, FAILING TO INDICATE THE CORRECT SPEED, THIS MOSTLY OCCURS WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS BEING USED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, HOWEVER THE TIME TO FIX IT HAD ALREADY EXPIRED. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY MPH AND STEPIN GON ACCELERATOR , ENGINE WILL NOT ACCELERATE, JUST LIKE MENTIONED IN RECALL # 97 V 025 000/ THROTTLE CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY LURCH FORWARD OR BACKWARD WHILE PARKING WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL OR WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR, VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. ENGINE REVVS, BUT TRANSMISSION DOES NOT KICK IN. THEN, SUDDENLY VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT 1-2 TIMES A WEEK. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON SIDE STREETAND GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. GAS PEDAL WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. SHE HAD CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT GUARDRAIL. CONSUMER THOUGHT IT WAS CRUISE CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, GAS PEDAL JUST FELL TO FLOOR. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, NO REACTION, ENGINE KEPT GOING. AT 90 MPH CONSUMER PULLED KEY OUT OF IGNITION TO STOP VEHICLE. VEHICLE AT DEALER, WHO COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. CONSUMER AFRAID TO DRIVE VEHICLE. *AK *JB

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AND UPON APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER NOTED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT I REPORTED 3/12/99 0DI # 72011..I NEVER HEARD FROM YOU...NOR HAVE I HEARD OF A RECALL...THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM..AT A STOP SIGN. AUTO WILL NOT MOVE WHEN GAS IS APPLIED. AND THEN ACCELERATES..OR DRIVING ALONG HWY...AUTO WILL GEAR DOWN...VERY SCARY, AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS A PROBLEM SEEN IN AUTO SHOPS AND WILL COST IN THE AREA IF $1,6.00

WHILE DRIVING AND SHIFTING GEARS THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. *AK.

WHEN CAR IS COMING TO A STOP IT LURCHES FOWARD, IT ALL MOST FEELS LIKE SOMEONE RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE CAR. SOME OTHER TIMES IF YOU DO NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR TO START GOING AGAIN, THE ENGINE REVS BUT THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE. THIS LAST 3 TO 5 SECONDS THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE IS A BANG AND THE CAR LURCHES FOWARD. BOTH THESE ITEMS ARE INTERMITTENT BUT ARE GETTING WORSE. I FEEL THEY ARE A SAFETY ITEM, IT COULD CAUSE THE CAR TO BUMP INTO SOMEONE ELSE OR HESITATE WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. *AK

AT 45 MPH VEHICLE LOST POWER FROM TRANSMISSION TO WHEELS. IT SEEMED TO BE SLIPPING, AND THEN IT WOULD GRAB AND THE VEHICLE WOULD LURCH. AT TIMES THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE TRANSMISSION WAS CONSISTENTLY UPSHIFTING LATE AND DOWNSHIFTING EARLY, AND SOMETIMES SLIPPING. ONE REPAIR SHOP COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. GENE EVANS FORD QUICKLY DETERMINED THAT A FAULTY VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR WAS THE CAUSE. (THIS ALSO CAUSED THE CRUISE CONTROL TO BE INOP). THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR AND THE TRANSMISSION AND CRUISE CONTROL HAVE PERFORMED FLAWLESSLY. THE PART COST $36.58. LABOR WAS $305.46. THE TOTAL BILL CAME TO $369.60. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE, AND I WOULD LIKE FORD TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THIS COST. 6

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. NLM

WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 60 MPH, IT WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL. VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE, BUT RESUMED SPEED AS SOON AS DRIVER TOOK FOOT OFF BRAKE PEDAL. CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED WHEN USING THE SWITCH. BRAKE SWITCH WAS REPLACED A YEAR AND 1/2 AGO FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM CAME BACK. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SPEEDOMETERS FAILED THREE TIMES. YH

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES PROBLEM WHENEVER CRUISE CONTROL IS ENGAGED AND BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED. INSTEAD OF CRUISECONTROL DISENGAGING, VEHICLE SUDDENLY GOES INTO A ACELERATION MOD. CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO SHIFT VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND TURN OFF IGNITION SWITCH TO DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

NO SUMMARY

I HAVE REPLACED TWO SPEEDOMETERS,13 MONTHS APART & FORD MOTOR CO WILL NOT DO ANYTHING.

CRUISE CONTROL GOT STUCK WHILE DRIVING AND INCREASED TO 90 MPH. CONSUMER COULD NOT TURN CRUISE CONTROL OFF--DRIVER HAD TO SHUT THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY OFF, PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, AND COAST OFF THE ROAD TO PREVENT ACCIDENT. OWNER DISENGAGED CRUISE CONTROL TO PREVENT PROBLEM FROM OCCURRING AGAIN. DEALER NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT PROVIDE ANY HELP. *YC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCLERATED TO 90 MPH IN SECONDS. DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY WERE INOPERATIVE. HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER SAID IT MIGHT BE THE PASSING GEAR OR A VACCUM HOSE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN CLOGGED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

NO SUMMARY

VEHICLE WAS ENGAGED IN CRUISE CONTROL AND EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. MJS

CRUISE CONTROL IS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. BEGAN FAILING IN COLD WEATHER ONLY. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *AK

ON SEVEN OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACELERATION ;CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ENGAGED. ALSO, CONDITION OCCURS WHEN CONSUMER HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE SURGES ON ITS OWN AND WHEN IT'S PLACED INTO GEAR, IT JUST SUDDENLY TAKES OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

SUDDEN ACCELERATION EXPERIENCED, REPLACEMENT OF THE ACCELERATOR CABLE AND PEDAL DID NOT REMEDY FAILURE, SUDDEN ACCELERATION EXPERIENCED AFTER REPAIR.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HIT A PARKED CAR.

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE UNEXPECTEDLY AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM WILL NOT WORK, CAUSING THE OCCUPANT TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO STOP. RESTART THE VEHICLE AND PROBLEM IS GONE. ALSO WHILE DRIVING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME THE VEHICLE WILL STALL, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED AND PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO DEACTIVATE, VEHICLE REVVED AND ACCELERATED. NEVER BEEN TO A DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

CONSUMER DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON. STEPPED ON BRAKES, AND WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS RESUMED VEHICLE ACCELERATED. SINCE THIS INCIDENT, THE CRUISE CONTROL HAS STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. *AK

FIRST WEEK OF OWNERSHIP WAS NO BRAKE LIGHTS, AND CAN'T SHIFT OUT OF PARK. PROBLEM WAS ELECTRIC COOLING FAN MOTOR. THEN CRUISE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. PROBLEM-BRAKE WIRING HARNESS. LAST MAJOR PROBLEM WAS ROCKER ARM MALFUNCTIONED AT 39,166 MI. REPAIR BILL FOR THAT WAS 879.88. *AK

WHEN INCREASING SPEED FROM ABOUT 15 TO 20MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK FORWARD. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPS UP AND DOWN, AND IT CAUSES THE CRUISE CONTROL TO BE INOPERABLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

SPEEDOMETER INDICATOR ON DASHBOARD JUMPS WHEN VEHICLE PASSES OVER A BUMP IN ROADWAY ORN ROADWAY SURFACE CHANGES,I.E. FROM BLACK-TOP PAVEMENT TO CONCRETE, SUCH AS A BRIDGE SURFACE. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON IT JUMPS AND THE VEHICLE SPEED DOES NOT INCREASE, BUT OPERATOR HAS NO IDEA AS TO WHAT SPEED VEHICLE IS ACTUALLY TRAVELING AS INDICATOR WILL OSCILATE AS MUCH AS 20 TO 25 MPH ABOVE SET SPEED.