1996 FORD TAURUS Engine And Engine Coolingcooling System Problems

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#715225 | November 24, 1999

SAYS IN MY REPORT THAT FINS WERE MISSING ON SHAFT OF WATER PUMP.

#852076 | October 28, 1999

WHEN SITTING IN VEHICLE OR DRIVING THERE IS A COOLANT SMELL AND VAPORS ARE GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE FROM THE ENGINE. *AK

#711703 | September 21, 1999

CALLED THE DEALER TO SCHEDULE REPAIRS, WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE FOR COOLANT SYSTEM PROBLEMS. WAS TOLD TO JUST BRING IT IN AND THEY WOULD FIX IT.BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER ON 09/21/99 AND WAS THEN INFORMED THEY WOULD NOT DO THE REPAIR FOR FREE BECAUSE THE RECALL HAD EXPIRED ON 08/31/99. CALLED FORD AND WAS INFORMED THIS WAS NOT A RECALL BUT AN OWNER NOTIFICATION. I RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATION,BUT EXPERIENCED MECHANICAL PROBLEMS DIRECTLY RELATED TO DEFECT IN MANUFACTURE. IS THIS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE? SHOULDN'T THEY HAVE TO REPAIR THIS VEHICLE AT NO COST TO ME? I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS PROBLEM AND AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. IF THIS WAS AN OWNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM AND NOT A RECALL WHY WAS I NOT NOTIFIED?

#703437 | February 17, 1999

ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATES. GURGLEING SOUND UNDER HOOD DURING FLUCTUATIONS. ODOR HEAT SMELL ENTERS CAR DURING FLUCTUATIONS. DEALER CLAIMS FLUCTUATIONS ARE NORMAL, BUT, DID INSTALL A BYPASS KIT ON THE COOLING SYSTEM AFTER NUMEROUS RETURNS TO THE DEALRSHIP. FORD CONSUMER LINE REPRESENTATIVES CLAIMSTHERE ARE NO PROBLEMS REPORTED ON THE MAKE AND MODEL, AND THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THE MAKE AND MODEL. *AK

#702347 | January 18, 1999

CAR WAS TAKEN IN FOR RECALL ON COOLING SYSTEM ON NOVEMBER 11, 1998. FAILURE IN COOLING SYSTEM ON DECEMBER 27, 1998. HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN VIN NUMBER IS [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

#701463 | December 18, 1998

TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, AND WATER PUMP ALL REPLACED IN FIRST 66K. THIS CAR HAS BEEN VERY EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN. I AM FORCED TO PURCHASE MY NEXT CAR FROM JAPAN OR EUROPE. SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.

#700699 | November 17, 1998

TWO TO THREE GALLONS OF WATER ACCUMULATED IN THE ENGINE BLOCK APPARENTLY DUE TO A COOLING SYSTEM FAILURE INVOLVING THE COLLAPSE OF THE HEAD GASKET. THE ENGINE WAS DESTROYED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. FORD MOTOR COMPANY BLEW OFF MY COMPLAINT, AND THE REPAIR DEALERSHIP (FRIENDLY FORD/NORTH MIAMI BEACH) SAID THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN RAINING. UNFORTUNATELY, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT COME EQUIPPED WITH A SPARE ENGINE FOR RAINY DAYS. I SPOKE WITH THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD ME THE CAR (DEEL FORD/CORAL GABLES) WHICH AT FIRST SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL OF CERTAIN 1996 FORD TAURUS FOR PRECISELY THIS PROBLEM, BUT WHEN THEY CHECKED MY VIN, THEY CLAIMED IT FELL OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THAT RECALL, AND THEY REFUSED TO FURNISH AN EXPLAINATION. SUBSEQUENTLY, I DISCOVERED THAT THE COOLING SYSTEM FAILURE HAD ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY DEGRADED THE TRANSMISSION. THE REPAIR BILLS HAVE BEEN ENORMOUS. WE FIND IT INCONCEIVABLE THAT...

#781515 | October 21, 1998

COOLING SYSTEM LEAKS ANTI-FREEZE AND OVERHEATS.

#780649 | October 2, 1998

THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO OVERHEAT; THE "HOT" NEEDLE ZOOMS TO "H" WITHOUT WARNING AND THE AIR CONDITIONER SPEWS OUT HOT AIR; UPON STOPPING, COOLANT ERUPTS FROMTHE RESERVE TANK AND SPILLS OUT IN VOLUME ONTO THE PAVEMENT AND THE CAR BECOMES UNDRIVEABLE.

#539047 | July 28, 1998

THE SEAL BETWEEN ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING ENGINE COOLANT TO DRAIN COMPLETELY OUT. VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND STALLED.

#822954 | April 30, 1998

CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF SMELLING ANTI-FREEZE THAT WAS COMING INTO VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING.VEHICLE BEEN AT DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, STILL NO CORRECTION WAS MADE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

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