1999 Ford Taurus Body and structure Problems

“The frame under the front of my car has rotted away due to road salt. I see Ford has a recall on older models for the same problem. Loss of steering occurred when the frame let go.”

“I am experiencing a leak (twice) in my 1999 Ford Taurus lx that leaves my passenger side floor soaked and has caused me to replace my blower motor/resistor(once thus far). I do not see a specific recall related to my make and model listed on any Ford site but I have become aware that this is an extremely common experience for Taurus owners. This defect is being passed on to the consumer unfairly, a recall should be ordered. I paid less than us$200 for my replacement parts and labor, but I hear that Ford charges upwards of $500 to fix the leak completely. …”

“My son was driving all of a sudden the car jerked to the left,resulting in loss of steering control at 55 MPH car crash his girl friend was airlifted, he left the highway went thru a lady's yard hitting and totaling her car and hitting her house,his girl friend has 7 fractured facial bones 3 cracked ribs,and possibly a broken eye socket,had to have car towed,after looking at the underneath of car discovered the frame had rusted thru and broke,this resulted to a lot of personal damage and serious injury. …”

“The consumer replaced the transmission three times. The vehicle could not be registered since it will not pass emission. (11/29/05) the frame was twisted and the torque converter failed. There was also a hit and run accident. On another occasion a tire had blown out. The consumer was denied reimbursement for the tfi module replacements.”

“1999 Ford Taurus is suffering from electrical problems. 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…”