Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1987 Ford Taurus submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 22 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHEN COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE SHUTSDOWN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS NOW HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, THE FUEL LINE INJECTION SYSTEM WAS REPLACED, VARIOUS ELECTRICAL COMPONETS INCLUDING THE IGNITION SYSTEM AND WINDSHIELD WIPER WAS REPLACED. *MJ
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. DEALER STATED FUEL TANK WASN'T GETTING ENOUGH POWER TO THE FUEL PUMP. *AK
THERE IS A HOLE WITHIN THE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY WHICH IS MAKING FUEL LEAK OUT. ALSO, THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT 10 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING HEARD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS JERKING AND VIBRATING. CONSUMER LOST POWER, AND THE FUEL PUMP WENT OUT AND THE VEHICLE DIED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. *AK
FUEL PUMP FAILED.
REAR SUB-FRAME BODY MOUNTS WHICH SUPPORT THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED ERRATIC FUEL GAUGE READINGS. GAUGE REGISTEREDED IRREGULAR VARIATIONS WHICH FLUCTUATED FROM FULL TO HALF FULL, THE INACCURACY OF FUEL GAUGE HAS RESULTED IN UNEXPECTEDLY RUNNING OUT FUE. , MUST USE TRIP GAUGE TO COUNTERACT FUEL GAUGE INACCURACY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED ERRATIC FUEL GAUGE READINGS. FUEL GAUGE REGISTERED IRREGULAR VARIATIONS WHICH FLUCTUATED FROM FULL TO HALF FULL. THE INACCURACY OF FUEL GAUGE HAS RESULTED IN UNEXPECTEDLY RUNNING OUT OF FUEL. MUST USE TRIP GAUGE TO COUNTERACT FUEL GAUGE INACCURACY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, THE CLAMP THAT ATTACHES THE TWO FUEL LINES TOGETHER, CAUSED A HOLE TO DEVELOP IN THE FUEL LINES, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK ON THE MANIFOLD, WHICH RESULTED IN A FIRE. *AK
THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED.
NOTICED THE CAR SMOKING WHILE DRIVING AND THEN THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. *AK FRONT TIRES BUMPED AGAINST A SIDEWALK AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD, FIRE FIGHTERS BROUGHT TO CONSUMER'S ATTENTION THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A FUEL LEAK, CONSUMER FOUND ON THE INTERNET RECALL 87V139, HOWEVER NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICE REGARDING RECALL. *SLC
WHILE DRIVING, SUDDENLY LOST POWER, ENGINE STALLED AND BEGAN TO SMOKE, RESULTING IN ENGINE OVERHEATING CAUSED BY ENGINE MELTDOWN.*AK ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, HOSE TO RADIATOR POPPED OFF RADIATOR, CAUSING HEADS TO CRACK. *SLC
CAR WAS PARKED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT
POWER MIRRORS FAILED.
GAS GAUGE DOES NOT READ ACCURATELY BECAUSE OF PRESSURE INSIDE GAS TANK. TT
GAS TANK FAILURE, CAUSING TO HESITATE. TT
FUEL GAUGE READS EMPTY WHEN TANK IS 1/4 FULL.
VEHICLE FIRE, ADDITIONAL VEHICLE ON 479626. *TW
GAS TANK RUPTURED, CAUSING FIRE/INJURIES/DEATH. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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