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 1994 Ford Taurus submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 50 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.
The 25 most recent of 50, in the owner's own words
THE FUEL PUMP, AND TRANSMISSION FOR THE 1994 FORD TAURUS GL 3.0 V6. BUCKS AND KICKS ALOT. EVEN AFTER FIXED. EVEN IF YOU AREN'T STEPPING ON THE GAS IT GETS A DELAYED REACTION SOMETIMES AND STILL KICKS OR BUCKS A LITTLE BUT WHILE COASTING. A RESULT COULD BE DAMAGING PROPERTY, AND POSSIBLE CRASHES THAT CANNOT BE AVOID IF A SUDDEN STOP WAS NEEDED AND THE CAR DOES BUCK AND KICK. *TR
FUEL PUMP FUSES KEEP BLOWING. HAVE BEEN TOWED 5 TIMES, CAR JUST DIES OUT. I AM AT MY MAX IN TOWS THROUGH AAA. WE HAD THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED AND THE FUEL RELAY SWITCH REPLACED. CAR RAN FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND BLEW FUSE AFTER FUSE. ABOUT 12 FUSES HAVE BLOWN. IN MY RESEARCH I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE FORD FUEL PUMPS. CAR IS STILL IN THE SHOP AND WON'T START.
FUEL LINE WAS LEAKING. DEALER REPLACED TWICE THE FUEL LINES . THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE FUEL LINE WAS MADE OF PLASTIC MATERIAL. *AK *PH *JB
MY CAR STALLS OR JUST STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, IT WILL GO FROM 60MPH TO 0MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 20 TIMES. I TOOK IT TO PEFFLEY FORD FOR REPAIRS, THEY CHARGED ME $669.36 AND 6 DAYS LATER MY CAR CUT OUT ON ME AGAIN AND THEY TOWED IT TO THEIR SHOP. THEY REFUSED TO LOOK AT MY CAR WITHOUT ME PAYING MORE MONEY FOR REPAIRS AND THE TOW TRUCK. I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON REPAIRS FOR MY CAR AND I FEAR FOR MY LIFE EVERY TIME I GET INTO THAT CAR. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL CUT OUT AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A NEW CAR. I FOUND OUT THAT 8 PEOPLE OWNED THAT CAR BEFORE ME, WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR, THE SALESPERSON SAID THAT IT WOULD BE SAFE FOR MY TWO YOUNG GIRLS TO RIDE IN HE WAS WRONG. I HAVE ALL OF MY SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND WILL SEND COPIES TO YOU. PLEASE DO SOMETHING BEFORE ONE OR ALL OF MY FAMILY END UP INJURED OR DEAD. THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE, KAREN JUDKINS.
WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO STALL, RESULTING IN SHUT OFF. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED, AND CONFIRMED THERE WAS A RECALL ON FUEL SYSTEM. HOWEVER , RECALL WAS 2 YEARS OLD, AND IT WOULD NOT APPLY TO CONSUMER.*AK
THERE IS AN INTERMITTTNT FUEL SMELL INSIDE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE. *AK
ANTIFREEZE IS DRIPPING, FUEL IS GETTING INTO VEHICLE , AND CAUSING HEADACHES/BLOODY NOSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
ODOR COMING THROUGH VENT OF VEHICLE. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN FUEL IS LOW. ODOR IS CAUSING PASSENGERS TO GET SICK. *AK
VEHICLE RECENTLY BEGAN DYING WITHOUT REASON, ENGINE JUST COMPLETELY STOPS, WILL NORMALLY RESTART WITHIN 30 MINS. MECHANIC CAN GIVE NO CAUSE, SAID IT IS COMMON TO TAURUS. BRAKES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND NO PROBLEMS NOTED, HOWEVER WHEN YOU ARE TURNING TO THE RIGHT OR ONTO AN INCLINED SURFACE THEY LOCK. FUEL IN TANK SLOSHES NOTICABILIY WHEN TURNING, SHAKES VEHICLE.
MY FORD TAURUS SHO HAS LEFT ME STRANDED SEVERAL TIMES. THE FORMULA THAT USUALLY CAUSES THE CAR TO NOT START/STALL IS IF I DRIVE IT FOR A WHILE(.5-2 HOURS) AND THEN SHUT IT OFF FOR .5-1.5 HOURS. WHEN I GO TO RESTART IT, IT WILL EITHER NOT START OR WILL START AND RUN FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN DIE SUDDENLY IN TRAFFIC. I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN TO 4 SERVICE STATIONS (3 DIFFERENT FORD DEALERS) AND ALL HAVE SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. I GOT IT BACK FROM THE LAST DEALER ON 11/9/00 AND THEY SAID MY PROBLEM WAS DUE TO FUEL AEROATION AND THAT IT WOULD GET BETTER WHEN THE WEATHER COOLED DOWN. THIS ANSWER WAS NOT ANYTHING I COULD USE BECAUSE NOW THE CAR IS EXTREMELY UNTRUSTWORTHY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AIR CONDITIONINGJUST QUIT WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT FLUID WAS LOW. DEALER FILLED VEHICLE UP AND STARTED WORKING AGAIN. THEN IT QUIT. CONSUMER STATED IT WAS THE O-RINGS THAT FAILED. *AK
THE DRIVERS DOOR AND FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WERE MISALIGNED. YH
VEHICLE HAS SLOSHING FROM FUEL TANK ACTS LIKE REAR SUSPENSION IS LOOSE.
DUE TO THE LOCATION AND DESIGN OF THE FUEL LINE PLASTIC LINE IS PUSHED AGAINST THE FLOORBOARD AND SIDE PANEL WELD, THE WELD IS BENT, CAUSING A FUEL LEAKAGE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
THE FUEL PUMP ON THESE CARS IS WOEFULLY INADEQUATE AND IS FORCED TO WORK TOO HARD. THUS, IT BURNS OUT THE MOTOR VERY EASILY. THE INNER AND OUTER TIE RODS ARE A JOKE - AGAIN, WOEFULLY INADEQUATE. ALTHOUGH IT DID NOT HAPPEN TO ME, I'VE HEARD OF SEVERAL TIE ROD ENDS SUFFERING CATASTROPHIC FAILURES WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING!! PLEASE INVESTIGATE THESE PARTS FOR THE TAURUS.
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC VEHICLE WOULD DIE OR STALLS OUT FOR NO REASON. HAD TALKED TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED THE FUEL PUMP WAS UNDERSIZED. VAPORS LOCK THE ENGINE. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
HAVE HAD TO HAVE 3 DIFFERENT FUEL PUMPS PUT ON CAR BETWEEN 7/97 AND 9/97. ALSO " ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON ON A FREQUENT BASIS, NEVER KNOW IF THERE IS A PROBLEM OR IF IT IS JUST LIGHTING UP. *AK
I KNOW OF ONCE WHEN THE SECOND OWNER HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM AND HE HAD THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED. WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM TWICE OURSELVES, AND HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED BOTH TIMES. IT FAILED THE FIRST TIME WHILE I WAS AT THE GROCERY STORE IN 1997. THE SECOND TIME, I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY JUST AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP LIGHT. THERE I WAS, IN THE MIDDLE OF HWY 25. BEFORE WE GOT IT FIXED THE SECOND TIME AND BEFORE WE FOUND OUT WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON, MY SON HAD VEHICLE QUIT ON HIM IN A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION OF ST. CLOUD, AND AGAIN ON HIS WAY BACK WHILE DRIVING ON HWY 10. YOU CAN BE GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE CAR WILL QUIT RUNNING. YOU CAN RESTART IT WITHOUT IT QUITING ON YOU AGAIN. WHEN DISCUSSED WITH PREVIOUS OWNER HE TOLD US WHAT TO LOOK FOR BECAUSE THE PERSON HE TOOK IT TO TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE '94 SHO'S BUT THAT NO RECALL HAD EVER BEEN DONE. WE WERE TOLD NOT TO LET THE CAR'S GAS GET BELOW 1/4 IN THE WARM WEATHER BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT CAUSES THE FUEL PUMP TO FAIL. WE WERE TOLD IT IS AN ENGINEERING DESIGN PROBLEM THAT CAN'T BE FIXED. THAT WE WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP EVERY SUMMER. I CALLED FORD, THEY SAID NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN MADE. I CALLED A DEALER ON TECHNICAL PAPERS REGARDING THIS,- THEY SAID THEY HAD NO PAPERS REGARDING IT AND THAT I SHOULD CHANGE THE FUEL FILTER EVERY 25,000 TO 30,000 MILES. I HAVE DRIVEN MY OTHER VEHICLES AND NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN BEFORE.
FUEL LEAK CAUSING FUMES TO ENTER VEHICLE.
CAR STALLS INTERMITANTLY CAUSING VEHICLE CONTROL DIFFICULT.
THERE WAS A NEW HEAD GASKET PUT ON THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER. TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME, AND THE FUEL WAS EMPTY IN THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING, BUT CAN'T DETERMINE WHERE THE FUEL IS COMING FROM. *AK
FUEL FILTER REPLACED THREE TIMES.
INTERMITTENTLY IN EXTREME HOT CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT WARNING WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. WILL NOT START UNTIL THE VEHICLE COOLS DOWN. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WOULD VAPOR LOCK FOR NO REASON, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. WOULD START AFTER A WHILE. DOES NOT OVERHEAT. WOULD JERK & SWERVE. TOOK TO DEALER'S & VEHICLE PLACED ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE, NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. *AK
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