Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. 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. 11 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
CRUISE CONTROL WOULD ENGAGE ON ITS OWN & PICK UP SPEED. FOOT NOT ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL. PROBLEM GETTING WORSE. HORN KEEPS BLASTING WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED OR HIT. DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. ALSO, FRONT END FELL WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT TIME. HAD STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN A BLUNK NOISE WAS HEARD. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER & PARTS WERE BEING ORDERED. *AK
THERE IS A LEAKAGE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. ALSO, WHEN MAKING ANY TYPE OF SHARP TURN, THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE, AND FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE IS PULLING TO THE LEFT. *AK
ARE ANY OF THESE PARTS COVERED IN THESE RECALL ID#'S (PARTS #'S FD E6P2/5A3641A SUBFRAME, FD5400396/A ABS ASY-F, FD5400155/A ABS ASY-F) ID RECALL #'S 93V106000, 98V106001,98V3230000
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
BOLTS WORE THROUGH THE LOWER BALL JOINTS, CAUSING ASSEMBLY TO FALL OFF, JAMMING BACK INTO FENDER AND DOOR BREAKING RIM AND TIRE.
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
STEERING COLUMN LOCKS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *SD
CIGARETTE LIGHTER CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER CONSOLE, ALSO CAUSES MOTOR FAN OF RADIATOR TO BLOW. *SD
THE LEFT REAR END AND THE STEERING COLUMN ARE MAKING NOISE . TT
VEHICLE VIBRATES AT SPEEDS OF 60-75 MPH.
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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