1987 FORD TAURUS

DUE TO A KNOWN DEFECT AND FAILURE OF THE SEAT BELT OF MY 1987 FORD TAURUS, I WENT HEAD FIRST INTO THE WINDSHIELD, MY KNEES HIT THE DASHBOARD, AND I SUFFERED INJURIES. IT WOULD BE A SIMPLE FIX FOR FORD TO CORRECT THE KNOWN DEFECT IN THIS VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOTHING TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN KILLED. *JB

Mileage: 145,000

FAILURE OF IGNITION SWITCH AND PLUG ASSEMBLY DUE TO OVERHEATING. SWITCH MELTED AND SO DID PLUG ASSEMBLY. THIS SAME REPAIR WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE AT APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MILES. WHEN VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AT APPOXIMATELY 87,000 MILES, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THIS REPAIR HAD BEEN DONE PREVIOUS TO THAT TIME AS WELL. THIS IS A CHRONIC FAILURE. ANY TSB'S OR RECALLS ON THIS MATTER? RELATED PROBLEM: EXCESSIVE CURRENT DRAW ON ALTERNATOR OUTPUT WIRE TO STARTER SOLENOID (BATTERY) CAUSING WIRE TO RUN H

Mileage: 156,000

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING UNDERNEATH DASH AROUND IGNITION. VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST ALL POWER. HAD TOWED. REPLACED LINKS IN IGNITION. PROBLEM RECURRED AGAIN . DEALER CONTACTED

EXPECTED ENGINE LIFE IN MILES, EXPECTED TRANSMISION LIFE IN MILES. *AK

EXPECTED ENGINE LIFE IN MILES, EXPECTED TRANSMISION LIFE IN MILES. *AK

AFTER DRIVING FOR A MILE, PARKED VEHICLE AND MINUTES LATER FOUND OUT THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. DEALER NOR FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD DETERMINE WHAT WAS THE CAUSE FIRE.*AK POSSIBLE EINGINE FAILURE. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF A MALL IN A PARKING LOT. CONSUMER DIDN'T TURN VEHICLE ON, AND THERE WERE FLAMES AND SPARKS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. VEHICLE BURNED DOWN TO THE GROUND. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE STALLING PRIOR TO ENGINE FIRE. MJS

TWO ALTERNATOR FIRES.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME TO PUT OUT THE FIRE, AND STATED THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT STARTING PROPERLY THE PREVIOUS DAY WHEN CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. THE FIRE WAS UNDER THE HOOD, AND HAD TOTALLY BURNED UP UNDER THE HOOD. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WIRES BURNED UP COMPLETELY AND WERE THE CAUSE OF FIRE. *AK

CONSUMER WENT INTO KMART STORE, AND WHEN SHE RETURNED CAR WAS ON FIRE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING IT FELT AS IF THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING, ALSO MOTOR VIBRATED. HAD TROUBLE STEERING AND DRIVING, AND REAR ENDED A TRUCK. FRONT END DAMAGE, MOTOR WAS TILTED AND STILL VIBRATED. RADIATOR EXPLODED. DEALER NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM. VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING IT FELT AS IF THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING, ALSO MOTOR VIBRATED. HAD TROUBLE STEERING AND DRIVING, AND REAR ENDED A TRUCK. FRONT END DAMAGE, MOTOR WAS TILTED AND STILL VIBRATED. RADIATOR EXPLODED. DEALER NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM. VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK

WHILE COMING OUT OF THE PARK POSITION THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN CONSUMERS DRIVEWAY. REASON UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, CONSUMER WILL ATTACH A COPY OF FIRE DEPT REPORT. *AK *JG

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH IGNITION SWITCH. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM KEPT GOING OUT, SO WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THEIR VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, THEY DIAGNOSED THAT WIRES FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH MELTED, AND MADE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BLOW A FUSE, RESULTING IN A FIRE. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ELECTRICAL FIRE.

FIRE UNDER THE HOOD COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE VEHICLE.

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN PARKING LOT.