1999 Ford Taurus Electrical Problems

VOLTAGE REGULATOR, OR ITS FUSE, IS FAILING TO CHARGE BATTERY

NHTSA ID

10808551

Incident

Dec 1, 2015

Mileage

166,879 mi

WAS DRIVEN DOWN THE HIGHWAY NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE NOTICED A BURNING WIRE SMELL.. PULLED OVER AND THE WHOLE TOP OF MY MOTOR WAS ON FIRE... THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS ELECTRICAL... MY CAR IS TOTALED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10574219

Incident

Mar 22, 2014

WAS DRIVING MY 1999 FORD TAURUS AT A SPEED OF 30-35 MPH AFTER DRIVING AT 70-75 MPH STEADY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR ON THE HWY AND THEN WITHOUT ANY NOTICE WHILE DRIVING, THE SPEEDOMETER DROPPED FROM 30-35MPH TO 0-5 MPH AND STAYED AT THAT FOR ABOUT 3-5 SECONDS AND MY CAR TRIED TO DOWNSHIFT AND DEEXCELERATE AND ALSO DROP THE TRANSMISSION INTO A LOWER GEAR ALL ON ITS OWN WITHOUT ANY ATTEMPTS TO BRAKE OR SLOW DOWN FROM MY CURRENT SPEED OF 30-35 MPH. IT DID THIS TWICE WITHIN 90 SECONDS OF EACH TIME. SINCE I WAS LESS THAN A MILE FROM MY DESTINATION I MADE IT SAFELY TO MY LOCATION AND HAVEN'T DROVE IT SINCE. THIS ACTIVITY DID NOT OCCUR AT ALL WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HWY (41 NORTH) ABOUT 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO DRIVING AT CITY SPEED OF 30-35 MPH AFTER EXITING FOR ABOUT 2 MILES TO MY FINAL LOCATION WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE ANY STOP AND GO DRIVING EXCEPT WHEN I GOT OFF THE HWY AND SLOWED TO 30-35 MPH ONTO PROSPECT AVE IN APPLETON, WI. I DID NOTICE A SIMILAR THING HAPPEN TO MY CAR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, BUT AT THAT TIME THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENED WAS THE SPEEDOMETER DROPPED FROM ABOUT 55 MPH TO 0 A FEW TIMES WITHIN 5-10 SECONDS BUT IT DID NOT TRY TO SHIFT TO A LOWER GEAR LIKE THIS TIME WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER AND RPM INDICATORS QUIT ON ME WHILE IN OPERATION. *TR

NHTSA ID

10510197

Incident

Apr 30, 2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS SMOKE RISING FROM THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT SAFELY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND DID NOT NOTIFY POLICE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

NHTSA ID

10455874

Incident

Apr 19, 2012

Mileage

200,000 mi

AUTOMATIC POWER-TRAIN. SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING ,CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT AND HEATER CORE NEEDS REPLACEMENT . WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT SHIFT SOLENOID NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10274710

Incident

Jun 20, 2009

Mileage

62,000 mi

HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES, THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. HAD ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY REPLACED. BATTERY LIGHT IS ON AND LIGHTS DIM CONSIDERABLY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT RESULTING IN SOMETIMES SHUTTING DOWN COMPLETELY. HAPPENS DAY AND NIGHT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10236586

Incident

Jul 16, 2008

Mileage

140,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. A MECHANIC REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR; HOWEVER, THE LIGHT STILL ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A MISFIRE ON THE #6 CYLINDER. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A LOT OF SMOKE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THAT THE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS ANTIFREEZE ENTERING THE MOTOR. THE MECHANIC ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL ISSUE WITH THE HEAD GASKET, WHICH WOULD COST BETWEEN $1,500-$2,500 TO REPAIR. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE IF THE CONTACT REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL; THEREFORE, HE WOULD HAVE TO APPLY THE BRAKES INSTEAD. THE MECHANIC INFORMED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD COAST DUE TO THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE CONTACT ALSO EXPERIENCED ISSUES WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM USING MORE GASOLINE THAN HE BELIEVED WAS NECESSARY. FOR ERRANDS AROUND TOWN, THE VEHICLE WOULD USE A HALF OF A TANK. THE HEADLIGHTS HAD A DINGY COLOR ON THE INSIDE. HE ATTEMPTED TO GET ANOTHER LENS CAP FOR IT, BUT COULD NOT CHANGE IT BECAUSE IT WAS PLASTIC. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER HEADLIGHT TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT ASSIST BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS CLOSE TO TEN YEARS OLD. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AND SLIP INTO ANOTHER GEAR. LASTLY, THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES DIMMING INTERMITTENTLY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 118,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,400.

NHTSA ID

10235153

Incident

May 25, 2008

Mileage

117,400 mi

MY '99 TAURUS DAYTIME DRIVING LIGHTS FLICKER TO THE POINT WHERE I HAD TO PULL THE FUSE. I HAD ONE INCIDENT WHERE I COULDN'T TURN OFF THE LIGHTS. YESTERDAY WHEN I SET THE ALARM, THE HORN DIDN'T BEEP SO NOW THE HORN DOESN'T WORK EITHER. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE LIGHTS GOING ON AND FLICKERING WHEN THE CAR IS OFF. *TR

NHTSA ID

10207521

Incident

Oct 14, 2006

Mileage

33,620 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE RISING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. HE ACTIVATED THE HEADLIGHTS SO THAT HE COULD SEE MORE CLEARLY. WHEN HE DIMMED THE HEADLIGHTS, THE VEHICLE STOPPED SMOKING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED WHEN HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. REMAILED EVOQ 10/15/07 *LJ

NHTSA ID

10198370

Incident

Aug 2, 2007

Mileage

100,000 mi

1999 FORD TAURUS CUSTOMER STATES THAT THEY REPLACED THE WIRING HARNESS THREE TIMES DUE TO IT BURNING OUT **CC *JB

NHTSA ID

10185821

Incident

Mar 1, 2007

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI FREEZE IN THE COOLANT SYSTEM AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A SLUDGE PROBLEM IN THE COOLANT SYSTEM AND THE VEHICLE WAS FLUSHED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO CHECKED THE VIN # AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THERE WAS A TSB #622646 ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE THAT EXPLAINS BRIEFLY PROBLEMS SIMILIAR TO THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEMS PERSISTED.

NHTSA ID

10170339

Incident

Feb 1, 2003

I OWNED A 1999 TAURUS AND DROVE IT FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVEN YEARS WITHOUT MAJOR PROBLEMS. I PERFORMED THE NORMAL MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. ON SEPTEBMER 20, 2006 THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE APPEARED TO BE THE FRONT RIGHT AREA OF THE ENGINE COMPONENT. THE VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND IS NOW IN A JUNK YARD. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE GRASS DUE TO THE HEAT OF THE FIRE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10168820

Incident

Sep 20, 2006

Mileage

85,000 mi

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON DECEMBER 1, 2004 FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE THAT PUNCTURED THE TIRE. ALSO, THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. ONCE IN AWHILE ONE COULD TURN THE STEERING WHEEL JUST RIGHT AND THE KEY WILL COME OUT. THE CONTACT HAD TO PRY OPEN THE HOOD OR IT WILL NOT OPEN. CONTACT HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE BLOWER MOTOR WILL NOT WORK, AND THAT WAS WHAT FOGGED UP THE WINDOWS. HAD TO DASH OFF IN ORDER TO GET TO THE BLOWER. JULY 1, 2005 THE DOOR SENSOR WILL DING EVEN WHEN SHUT THE DOOR, AND IT WILL STAY ON UNTIL IT RUNS DOWN THE BATTERY. *AK

NHTSA ID

10140066

Incident

Dec 1, 2004

DT: THE CONTACT HAS A 1999 FORD TAURUS AND HAS HAD CONSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SINCE IT WAS BOUGHT NEW. SHE HAS BEEN COMPLAINING FOR THE LAST 48,000 MILES FOR THE SAME THINGS. MOST RECENTLY LAST WEEK SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A LEAK IN THE MASTER CYLINDER, WHICH THEY REPAIRED. . THEY CLEANED THE HUBS. SHE HAD TO PUSH THE BRAKES ALL THE WAY TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. THEY REPLACED BRAKE BOOSTER, MACHINED ROTORS, AND PUT NEW BRAKE PADS ON. AT 1,700 MILES HAD TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR A NOISE SHE FROM THE BRAKES. THEY CLEANED THE HUBS. AT 22,466 BRAKES AND SERPENTINE BELT WERE CHECKED. THEY PUT A NEW SERPENTINE BELT ON AT 22,500 MILES. ALSO, HAD MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. 4 MULTIFUNCTION SWITCHES WERE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, A HEAD LAMP CONTROL SWITCH WAS REPLACED AT 17,000 MILE, AND A NEW RADIO PUT IN.*AK THE A/C HAD ALO BEE WORKED ON TWICE. *NM

NHTSA ID

10132429

Incident

Aug 10, 2005

Mileage

1,000 mi

WHEN YOU HIT THE HORN THE ENGINE TRIES TO CUT OUT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. WHEN THAT HAPPENS THE CAR JERKS REALLY BAD LIKE YOU SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. ALSO THE CRUISE CONTROL ONLY WORKS HALF THE TIME. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS YET. IT IS GOING INTO THE SHOP IN A WEEK. *JB

NHTSA ID

10136732

Incident

Sep 5, 2005

Mileage

82,811 mi

CONTACT STATES: DROVE CAR 1/2 MILE USING HEADLIGHTS BY THE TIME SHE ENTERED THE DRIVEWAY A BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF FRONT DRIVER SIDE HOOD ABOVE THE HEADLIGHTS. SMELLED BETWEEN TAR AND GLUE SMELL. IT SMELLS EVEN WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT IN USE DROVE LESS THAN 1/2 MILE. FORD DEALERSHIP DID SAY IT SOUNDED ELECTRICAL.

NHTSA ID

10118835

Incident

Apr 23, 2005

Mileage

100,000 mi

ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS STAYED ON WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS OBSTRUCTED THE DRIVER'S VISION. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK WHENEVER THE INTERIOR GETS WARM. THE MAP READING LAMP AND THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ON THE DASH WILL STAY ON. WHEN THIS HAPPENDS THE HEATER WILL ALSO TURN ON TO WINDOW DEFROST. THE LED FOR THE HEATER WILL ALSO START FLICKERING ON AND OFF. *EH *JB

NHTSA ID

10105598

Incident

May 1, 2004

Mileage

80,000 mi

LOSS OF LIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES, LTERNATOR AND BATTERY FAILED, ENGINE SHUT OFF. REPLACED BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR.*AK

NHTSA ID

10106110

Incident

Sep 14, 2004

Mileage

77,800 mi

MY WIFE DROVE OUR 1999 FORD TAURUS SE TO THE STORE AND WHEN SHE WENT TO LEAVE THE KEY WOULD NOT FIT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS SHE FINALLY GOT THE KEY IN BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH. HER AND MY KIDS WHERE STRANDED IN TOWN CLOSE TO HOME. BUT WITH ME BEING DEPLOYED IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY OTHER ISSUES WITH THE IGNITION SWITCHES GOING BAD ON THIS TYPE OF CAR. I CANT SEE A IGNITION SWITCH GOING BAD ON SUCH A FAIRLY NEW CAR. AND THE COST AND HASSLE YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET THE SWITCH ,KEY AND THE KEY PROGRAMMED IS OUTRAGES. *JB

NHTSA ID

10104097

Incident

Nov 15, 2004

Mileage

72,000 mi

INTERMITTANTLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PUSHED! I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR THREE YEARS. USUALLY BY TURNING THE WIPER SWITCH ON THEN OFF, IT WOULD STOP. TODAY THAT HAD NO AFFECT ON THE WIPERS. I DROVE THE CAR FOR ABOUT 2.5 HOURS TODAY. THE WIPERS CAME ON FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES . I AM TAKING THE CAR TO FORD TOMORROW. I TALKED WITH THE SERVICE SPECIALIST TODAY. HE STATED THIS WAS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM OVER SEVERAL MODELS OF FORD VEHICLES. THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH MALFUNCTIONS. WHY WAS THERE NO SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED? FURTHER, WHY WOULD PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL ACTIVATE THE WIPERS? THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE SYSTEMS!*AK

NHTSA ID

10093347

Incident

Sep 29, 2004

Mileage

105,600 mi

THE INTERIOR LIGHT CONTINUES TO REMAIN ON AND THE DASH READOUT INDICATES THAT THERE IS A DOOR OPEN WHEN THERE ACTUALLY ISN'T. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LOCK AS LONG AS THE CAR BELIEVES THERE IS AN UNLOCKED DOOR. *JB

NHTSA ID

10063858

Incident

Mar 25, 2004

THE DOME LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY, AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. *AK THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD GO UP AND DOWN AND WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A LEAKING WINDSHIELD. *SC *JB

NHTSA ID

10057766

Incident

Feb 1, 2001

Mileage

35,000 mi

1999 FORD TAURUS IS SUFFERING FROM ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *MR THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING, THE LOCKS ON BOTH DOORS WERE OFF AND WOULD HAVE TO BE PLAYED WITH TO GET THEM TO OPEN AT TIMES, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, ALSO THE DASH LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE BEHIND THE GAS GAUGE/RADIO/HEATING/AC/CLOCK/AND SPEEDOMETER, THE RPM GAUGE WAS DELAYED AT START, THE PASSENGER DOOR MADE NOISES WHEN OPENED AND CLOSED, THE WIPERS WERE INTERMITTENT, THE TURN SIGNALS WERE INTERMITTENT, THE BRAKE LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START IN THE MORNING BUT WOULD START AT NIGHT, THE VEHICLE WAS SLUGGISH AND HAD POOR GAS MILEAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN DUE TO DEFECTIVE RELAYS WHICH WERE REPLACED. THE VIN# ON THE VEHICLE AND THE VIN# ON THE STICKER WERE DIFFERENT. *SCC *JB

NHTSA ID

10046672

Incident

Feb 1, 2002

Mileage

27,430 mi

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WOULD STALL. *AK

NHTSA ID

10026781

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. ALSO, TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. *AK

NHTSA ID

10024115