1999 Ford Taurus Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“I have a 1999 Ford Taurus. When the windshield wiper switch is off, sometimes the windshield wipers will come on for no reason. Sometimes this is just once then it will stop. Sometimes it is several times in a row then it will stop. It is most prevalent during the summer, or on hotter days. Although, it has even happened in cold weather. I notice that others have complained about this same problem, but as yet it appears that there is no recall on this apparent defect in the design by Ford. …”

“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. …”

“Car: 1999 Ford Taurus se sedan a problem has started occuring with my front windshield wipers since oct 2004. The wipers are malfunctioning, whereby they come on intermittently even when the wiper-switch is in the off position. I took my car to my dealer ( dillon Ford, 30 tolland turnpike, manchester,ct ) to have this problem examined and fixed. The dealership charged me $75.00 to examine the problem. The technicians reported that they were nto able to reproduce the problem and felt the cause of the problem might be a failed gem module. …”

“When driving my car,the windshield wipers will come on periodically without being turned on.this happens while driving down a road with or without having made a turn. It has happened at least 40 times within the last year.my Ford dealer says they cannot fix it under warranty because they can't make the problem happen,therefore,they can't fix it.this same problem is occurring with a 2nd 1999 Taurus that I own and my son drives.pretty strange coincidence,wouldn't you say?my fear is that when I need the wipers to work someday they will fail completely and not go on at all.”

“Purchased '99 Ford Taurus from hertz dealership in july 2000. After a couple of months the windshield wipers would constantly come on when in the off position. Sometimes occurs right after signal has been used but not always. Will occur at random. When taken back to hertz dealership, mechanic informed me that it is a known Ford manufacturing defect and must be fixed by them. When I contacted the Ford dealership, they stated they would only fix the defect without charge if the mileage was under 30,000. At the time, my mileage was approximately 29,995. …”