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1994 Ford Taurus

Complaints: 922Avg mileage: 102,815 miSince: Jan 1995
3 deathsCrashFire42 injured

Problem Areas

Power Train:Automatic Transmission
197
Engine and Engine Cooling:Engine
179
Engine: Gasoline
59
Vehicle Speed Control
42
Structure:Frame and Members
42
Electrical System:Ignition
33
Engine and Engine Cooling:Cooling System
32
Power Train
29
Unknown or Other
28
Air Bags:Frontal
26

Complaints Over Time

Recent Complaints

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Oct 12, 2000SPRINGFIELD, IL
CrashFire

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES STALLING, FUEL FILTER, SPARK PLUGS, AND THE MULTI FUNCTION RELAY SWITCH HAVE BEEN REPLACED. GENERAL TIRE (P205/65R15) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING VEHICLE INTO A SIDE DITCH AND THROUGH A BARBED WIRE FENCE, THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT A LOT OF DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, CONSUMER INDICATES FIRE, HOWEVER NO REFERENCE IN THE COMMENTS. *SLC

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Aug 22, 2002MANHATTAN, KS
Crash2 injured

SPEED WAS 35 WHEN ENTERING EXIT RAMP, BUT VEHICLE ACCELERATED INVOLUNTARILY UNTIL IMPACT.*AK

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Apr 23, 2002FT WORTH, TX
Crash2 injured

VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT HIGH SPEED ON THE FREEWAY, GOING TO 120 MPH. IT WENT SO LONG, WHILE HE WAS STANDING ON THE BRAKES IT BLEW OUT THE MOTOR, VEHICLE CRASHED, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES.*AK *YH

AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
Dec 5, 2000SPRING, TX
Crash1 injured

RIGHT FRONT OF THE CAR HIT A PIECE OF CONCRETE AT 15MPH, AND BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG HAD HOLES IN IT WHICH LET OUT A CHEMICAL WHICH CAUSED DRIVER TO GO BLIND. NOONE HAS SEEN VEHICLE.*AK

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
Oct 18, 2000ARVADA, CO
Crash2 injured

MY DAUGHTER 8 YRS. AND MYSELF WERE HURT IN THIS ACCIDENT, MY MEDICAL BILLS ARE OVER $6,000 TO DATE AND ONGOING MEDICAL SERIOUS PROBLEMS INCLUDING RSD DISEASE SPREADING THRU BACK LEG'S, BIG LUMP IN BACK CAUSING NON STOP PAIN..LOOKING FOR ATTORNEY NOW..INJURY IS PERMANANT, WILL NEED PAIN MEDICATION THE REST OF MY LIFE..I AM VERY ANGRY AND I AM THINKING ABOUT CALLING LOCAL NEWS CHANNEL TO INFORM OTHER PEOPLE WITH A FORD TAURAS TO BE CAREFUL WITH THIS MODEL.. I AM NOW DISABLED AND VERY ANGRY, THIS WAS A VERY SAFE CAR I THOUGHT.. I WILL TALK TO SOMEONE FROM FORD BEFORE I HIRE AN ATTORNEY..I WANT MY MEDICAL PAID FOR PLUS THE COST OF THIS CAR THAT RUINED MY LIFE, I WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE TO GO THRU COURT.

AIR BAGS
Sep 24, 1999DENVER, CO
Crash1 injured

THE CONSUMERS STATED THAT SHE WAS AT THE LIGHT AND ANOTHER VECHICLE RAN INTO HE HEAD ON , TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. THE AIRBAG DID DEPLOY. BUT THE AIRBAG HIT HER FACE THE CHEMICALS BURN FROM THE AIRBAG BURNED HER LEFT CHEEK AND BLEW HER EYE GLASSES OFF OF HER FACE. AND LEFT HER FACE NUMB, AND LEFT BURN MARKS ON THE BOTTOM OF HER CHIN. THE CAR IS TOTAL (VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT).. MJS

AIR BAGS
Aug 26, 1999HILLSBORO, OR
Crash1 injured

BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURRING A 25MPH FRONTAL IMPACT CRASH.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Jun 2, 1999ISLIP, NY
Crash1 injured

ACCELERATOR JAMMED & SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN I HIT BRAKES TO STOP CRUISE CONTROL.

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Jun 4, 1998EL CAJON, WA
Crash1 injured

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, DIRECT HIT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WHERE DRIVER'S HUSBAND WAS SITTING. VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AND AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INSTANTLY. DRIVER SUSTAINED A 6" BURN ON LEFT ARM FROM AIR BAGS WHERE THE FLESH WAS TORN OFF. ALSO SUFFERED A SEVERE CONCUSSION FROM FORCE OF AIR BAG HITTING HER HEAD, AND SEVER EBRUISES ON HER RIGHT BREAST. HUSBAND WAS NOT INJURED.

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Apr 30, 1998STEWARTVILLE, MN
Crash1 injured

WAS INVOLVED IN A 45 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING THE OCCUPANT TO SUSTAIN INJURIES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Jun 23, 1997DEER PARK, NY
Crash1 injured

VEHICLE WAS INVOVLED IN A INTER-SECTIONAL COLLISION TRAVELING ABOUT 40 MPH, AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS. THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
May 16, 1997TOM RIVER, NJ
Crash2 injured

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A REAREND COLLISION, WAS PUSHED INTO A SECOND VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 30 MPH. LOCATION OF THE IMPACT FRONT END, AND THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
Aug 7, 1996WORCESTER, MA
Crash2 injured

FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SIDE REAR SEAT, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT-END COLLISION AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT CAME OUT OF THE BUCKLE PRIOR TO RECALL 92V-113). *AK

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
Jul 2, 1996PRINCESS ANN, MD
Crash1 injured

WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION BRAKES FAILED. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS PRIOR TO ACCIDENT FROM BRAKE VIBRATION TO THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE DASH LIGHT COMING ON WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THEREFORE NEW ROTORS, PADS AND SHOES WERE PUT ON VEHICLE.*JB

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
May 7, 1996TULSA, OK
Crash3 injured

UPON FRONTAL COLLISION, DUAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. ESTIMATED SPEED OF IMPACT 30 MPH. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

AIR BAGS
Feb 21, 1996CUERO, TX
Crash1 injured

THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A SIDE IMPACT ACCIDENT AT 30MPH *AK

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Oct 30, 1995FREDERICK, MD
Crash1 injured

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKE THERE WAS NO BRAKE CAUSING AN ACCIDENT REAR END SOMEONE HAVE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAIL SOMETIMES . TT

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 22, 1995ROSCOE, 00
Crash1 injured

SHIFTED FROM DRIVE TO PARK, OPENED DOOR AND STEPPED OUT; GEAR JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE; ROLLED BACKWARD INTO DITCH. TT

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
May 22, 1995CARY, NC
Crash1 injured

DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND BROKE DRIVER'S ARM. TT

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Mar 22, 1995NEW MILFORD, NJ
Crash2 injured

HAD A FRONTAL COLLISION AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT

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