1995 Ford Taurus Powertrain (other) Problems

THIS PAST SUNDAY, ON JUNE 11, 2017 I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM A GRADUATION PARTY AND THERE WAS A LOUD "POW" ONCE I ACCELERATED FROM A STOP. MY STEERING WAS VERY STIFF (AS IF I WAS DRIVING AN ANCIENT LARGE TRUCK WITH NO POWER STEERING, ALSO MY EXHAUST SYSTEM AT LEAST PARTIALLY CAME UNDUN. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CRIPPLED CAR TO OUR REGULAR REPAIR SHOP, WHO TOLD ME THAT I HAD A SUBFRAME RUST-COLLAPSE. I HAD TALKED TO A SHADETREE MECHANIC FRIEND, WHO SAID THAT IT WASN'T AN ACTUAL SUBFRAME COLLAPSE, BUT THE NEXT LAYER UP, THE ENGINE CRADLE WHOSE SLEEVES ARE NO THICKER STEEL THAN THE UNIBODY SHEETMETAL. ONE OF THE SLEEVES RUSTED THROUGH. SUPPOSEDLY THE ENGINE CRADLE SLEEVES ARE REMOVABLE/OR THE CRADLE ITSELF. MY MECHANIC FRIEND AND THE TOW FELLOW THAT BROUGHT MY CAR BACK TO MY HOME, BOTH SAID THAT WHAT HAPPENED IS QUITE RARE, THEY NEVER HEARD OF SUCH AN INCIDENT. THE CRADLE RUST THROUGH CAUSED MY FRONT SUBFRAME TO PARTIALLY COLLAPSE AND THE ENGINE IS TILTED DOWN ON THE RIGHT-FRONT. THIS DISCONNECTED THE EXHAUST AND BOUND-UP MY RACK-AND-PINION STEERING, RENDERING THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THIS CAR IS NOT A RUST-BUCKET, NO RUSTY BODY PANEL HOLES, AND EVERYTHING ELSE STILL WORKS! JUST THE PAINT AND CLEARCOAT ARE FLAKING-OFF. I HAVE LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND SEARCHED LOCAL SALVAGE YARDS, BUT CANNOT FIND A GOOD ENGINE CRADLE/SLEEVES. YET, THERE ARE SCADS OF GOOD TAURUS ENGINES CHEAPLY AVAILABLE. WHY DIDN'T FORD OFFER REPLACEMENT ENGINE CRADLE/SLEEVES? WAS THERE NO RECALL? I'D BET I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THIS HAPPENED TO!! I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS CAR FIXED! I HAVE PHOTOS OF THE SUBFRAME FALLEN AFTER THE ENGINE CRADLE FAILURE. PLEASE SEND ME AN E-MAIL ADDRESS I CAN UPLOAD THEM TO. I LOSE THIS PAGE IF I TRY TO UPLOAD HERE (4TH TIME!)

NHTSA ID

10995826

Incident

Jun 11, 2017

Mileage

136,000 mi

1. THE ENGINE PROBLEM WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET 2. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WAS A PLANETARY GEAR MELTDOWN. I REPLACED THE PLANETARY GEARSET AND THE FIBER PARTS, PLATES AND SEALS. I ALSO INSTALLED AN AXOD DAM KIT MADE BY SHIFT TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS TO INCREASE THE LUBRICATION TO THE PLANETARIES. UNFORTUNATELY, THE TRANSMISSION STILL HAS THE SAME DELAYED SHIFTS FROM SECOND TO THIRD AND THIRD TO FOURTH AND A DELAYED AND HARSH THIRD TO SECOND DOWNSHIFT THAT IT ALWAYS HAD (IT WAS MY WIFES CAR WHEN I MET HER AND IT HAD 30000 MILES ON IT AT THAT TIME). 3. RUNS ON THE HOT SIDE EVEN AFTER THE HEAD GASKET CHANGE. I'VE REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT SEEVERAL TIMES AND THE WATER PUMP ONCE AND THE RADIATOR ONCE. I FINALLY REMOVED THE THERMOSTAT AND LET IT RUN WITHOUT ONE AND THE GAGE WILL STILL RUN IN THE MIDDLE. ALSO, THE COOLING FAN WORKS.

NHTSA ID

10069906

Incident

May 15, 2003

Mileage

80,000 mi

TRANSMISSION JERKS HARD WHEN STARTING IN DRIVE. IF YOU PRESS TOO HARD ON ACCELERATOR, TRANSMISSION WILL JERK HARD. I WILL DRIVE TILL GOES OUT COMPETELY BECAUSE OF HIGH COST TO REPAIR.

NHTSA ID

10069197

Incident

Sep 15, 2003

Mileage

160,000 mi

I HAVE ONE OF THOSE NOTORIOUS FORD TAURUS WITH THE AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION. IT IS A PIECE OF JUNK. WHY DIDN'T FORD STAND BEHIND THESE?

NHTSA ID

10068924

Incident

Oct 15, 2003

Mileage

130,000 mi

TRANS AXLE ERRATIC SHIFTING PROBLEM DEVELOPED ON MY 1995 TAURUS WAGON. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE NOT UPSHIFTING ON COLD ENGINE BUT WILL SHIFT HARD ON WARM ENGINE. ALSO INTERMITTENT DOWN SHIFT WHILE DRIVING ON DOWNGRADE AND WILL DOWN SHIFT HARD WHEN COMING TO A STOP. SPEEDOMETER FAILED AT MOMENT THIS PROBLEM STARTED. DEALER REPLACE SMALL GEAR ON END OF SPEEDOMETER CABLE AND THOUGHT PROBLEM WAS ALSO TIED TO A WORN GEAR ON END OF CABLE IN TRANSMISSION. THIS REPAIR WOULD REQUIRE A COMPLETE TEARDOWN OF THE TRANSMISSION. HAVE DRIVEN CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH SINCE REPAIR OF SPEEDOMETER. SHIFTING PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT WITH NO PARTICULAR PATTERN. STRONGLY SUSPECT PROBLEM ALSO INVOLVES THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL IN THE CAR COMPUTER. READ MANY SIMILIAR COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEBSITE AND FIND IT AMAZING THAT FORD HAS NOT DEALT WITH THIS PROBLEM IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER SINCE IT WAS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I HAVE OWNED MANY FORD PRODUCTS AND USUALLY HAVE MANY TROUBLE FREE YEARS. MY LAST TAURUS GAVE US 119K MILE WITH LITTLE TROUBLE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10050782

Incident

Nov 12, 2003

Mileage

91,400 mi

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, DUE TO A FAULTY SENSOR. *JB THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION FAILED, DUE TO A FAULTY SENSOR. *MR

NHTSA ID

10014785

Incident

Mar 31, 2003

Mileage

49,800 mi

SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE JUMPS ALL OVER THE PLACE ONCE YOU HIT 55 MPH (BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES UNDER WARRANTY AND NOW THEY SAY "SORRY, OUT OF WARRANTY"*AK

NHTSA ID

767264

THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME THAT THE ODOMETER WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *AK

NHTSA ID

764470

Incident

Jul 18, 2002

SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AT CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE. VSS HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE, TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REBUILT ONCE, AND SPEEDO GEAR WHICH FITS INTO THE TRANSMISSION HAVE ALL BEEN REPLACED ONCE AT CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE. HEAD GASKETS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE, ALSO AT CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE. SPEEDO HAS NOW FAILED FOR THE THIRD TIME.

NHTSA ID

762874

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, SPEEDOMETER BOUNCES. DEALER REPLACED 3 TIMES. WARRANTY EXPIRED. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, BUT REFUSE TO HELP. *TT

NHTSA ID

565890

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

NHTSA ID

565001

WHILE DRIVING SPEEDOMETER WAVES BACK AND FORTH OVER TWO-THIRDS OF DIAL RANGE, READING INCORRECT INFORMATION, SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED BUT FAILED AGAIN, SPEEDOMETER FAILURES REOCCUR AT INTERVALS OF ABOUT 15,000 MILES.*AK *TT

NHTSA ID

8006914

Incident

Jun 1, 1997

I AM ON MY THIRD SPEEDOMETER FAILURE. EACH TIME THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPED ALL OVER THE PLACE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW THE ACCURATE SPEED YOU ARE TRAVELING. THESE SPEEDOMETERS COST $400 + TO HAVE REPLACED.*AK

NHTSA ID

760042

Incident

Jul 14, 1998

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WILL JUMP BACK AND FORTH INDICATING DIFFERENT SPEEDS. NLM THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN, SB051230, REGARDING THIS CONDITION. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO OPEN A RECALL. THE SPEEDOMETER ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AT OWNERS EXPENSE AT $657.20. *TT

NHTSA ID

8006427

Incident

Feb 26, 2002

SPEEDOMETER HAS FAILED AND BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES SINCE 38000 MILES. FORD WANTS $500 FOR THE PART PLUS LABOR. THEY WILL NOT GURANTEE NEW SPEEDOMETER PARTS IN ANY WAY. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM TRAVELLING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I COULD BE HIT ON THE FREEWAY IF I AM GOING TOO SLOW. I ALSO DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF GETTING A TICKET BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT. *AK

NHTSA ID

759549

Incident

Mar 1, 2000

FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO ELEVIATE THIS SITUATION ASIDE FROM CHARGING ANOTHER $700 FOR THE THIRD SPEEDOMETER*AK!

NHTSA ID

759480

Incident

Jul 30, 2001

THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN BROKEN SINCE THE DATE OF PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED YET THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. NLM

NHTSA ID

564678

Incident

Jul 30, 1997

ALL RECORDS OF THE 3 SPEEDOMETERS PUT IN THIS CAR AT GREENHAW EDDINGS - THEY HAVE FULL SERVICE RECORD SINCE I PURCHASED FROM MY NEPHEW IN FL. WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. 2 SPEEDOMETER WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE 3RD ONE I HAD TO PAY HALF AND SUPPOSEDLY GREENHAW PAID THE OTHER HALF. I DID CONTACT FORD MOTOR ASKING IF THEY WERE HAVING SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. THEY SAID NO>. WHEN IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND I FELT FORD OWED ME REPLACEMENT TIL IT WAS FIXED. THE DEALER SAID NO. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID ON THE LAST ONE IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN - I ASKED WHY -- HE SAID BECAUSE FORD HAD A NEW REPLACEMENT. SO THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS. NOW IS HAS OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS DOING THE SAME [XXX] THING AGAIN. WHEN DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER ACTS LOOSE THE NEEDLE SWINGS BETWEEN 45MPH AND 70MPH. IT SEEMS TO ME THEY OWE ME RESTITUTION AND TO FIX THIS THING ... I HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH A PROBLEM AND CAN'T BELIEVE I AM THE ONLY ONE. CAN YOU HELP ME?*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

758832

Incident

Mar 1, 2002

DEALER "REPLACED" SPEEDOMETER AFTER IT WAS SHOWING SAME PROBLEMS AS WE'VE READ ON OTHER 95 TAURUSES. HOWEVER, THE ODOMETER STILL READ THE SAME -- DID THEY REALLY REPLACE IT? WITHIN ONE WEEK IT WAS HAVING THE SAME "JUMPY" PROBLEM. THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY "LUBRICATED" THE SPEEDOMETER CABLE, WHICH FIXED THE SITUATION FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE ARE TAKING THE CAR BACK TOMORROW TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY, NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN HOW MANY TAURUS OWNERS HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH SPEEDOMETERS.

NHTSA ID

757557

Incident

Jan 25, 2002

SENDING UNIT MALFUNCTIONS CAUSING SPEEDOMETER TO FLUCTUATE WHEN VEHICLE EXCEEDS 50MPH. DELAER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDOITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8002525

IF VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AT SPEEDS HIGHER THAN SIXTY MILES PER HOUR, SPEEDOMETER CANNOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK *SLC

NHTSA ID

8002404

Incident

Nov 1, 1999

SPEEDOMETER JUMPS TO 85 MPH WHEN DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT WAS UNABLE TO ORDER A REPLACEMENT PART. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8002367

Incident

Jan 1, 2002

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE 45 TO 50 MPH SPEEDOMETER OPERATES ERRATICALLY DUE TO A MALFUNCTION OF SPEEDOMETER CABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NHTSA ID

8002019

Incident

Feb 12, 2000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL ACT ERRACTICALLY AND WILL NOT SHOW ACTUAL SPEED.*AK. *YH

NHTSA ID

8001973

Incident

Feb 1, 2001

WHEN VEHICLE GETS UP TO 50 MPH HAND ON SPEEDOMETER SWINGS BACK AND FORTH. DRIVER NOT ABLE TO TELL HOW FAST THE VEHICLE IS GOING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8001700

Incident

Jan 7, 2001