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Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date	Component	Crash	Injuries	Summary
2010-10-24	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	No	0	96 TAURUS SHO V8 3.4L CAMSHAFT FAILURE. I HAVE KEPT MY CAR IN PERFECT SHAPE WITH TUNE UP AND ALL. IT IS IN MINT COND…
2008-08-18	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	No	0	ENGINE FAILURE AS A RESULT OF CAMSHAFT GEAR SPINNING ON CAM. DURING NORMAL DRIVING ENGINE STOPPED IN ROADWAY,REQUIRING …
2008-02-19	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	No	0	I HAVE A1996 FORD TAURUS SHO V-8,IT JUST TURNED 80,000 MILES AND HAS HAD ALL REGULAR SERVICE AND NOW THE CAMSHAFT GEAR …
2006-12-19	AIR BAGS:FRONTAL	No	1	TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON 12/19//06 WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 309, AT ABOUT 5O MPH ON A CLEAR NIGHT WITH GOOD ROAD…
2004-09-25	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	No	0	I HAD TO DRIVE TO CHICAGO AND SPEND OVER $500 TO HAVE MY CAMS WELDED TO PREVENT THE COMMON ENGINE FAILURE THAT IS DOCUM…
2004-01-15	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER	No	0	TRANMISSION DOES NOT WORK GOOD IT HAS AHARD BUMP WHEN TAKEING OFF HAD IT REDONE BUT HAD THE SME PROBLEM AND PUT TWO SPE…
2003-12-22	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	No	0	ENGINE REPLACEMENT COSTS $16,000. *AK
2003-12-03	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE	No	0	ENGINE ABRUPTLY SHUT DOWN AT 30-40 MPH. VEHICLE CAN BE STARTED, BUT ENGINE STALLED WITHIN 2-3 SECONDS AFTER SHIFTING OU…
2003-08-02	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM	No	0	I PURCHASED A 1996 FORD TAURUS IN 1998(FEBRUARY). IN THE SUMMER OF 1998 I BEGAN DEVELOPING COOLING PROBLEMS. SINCE I …
2003-04-17	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	No	0	I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK APRIL 17,2003 ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY AT 50 MPH AND MY 1996 FORD TAURUS SHO JUST QUIT RUNNI…
2003-03-14	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	No	0	THE FAILURE OF THE CAMSHAFTS IN A DUAL OVER HEAD CAMSHAFT ENGINES CAN CAUSE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE CA…
2003-01-17	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE	Yes	1	THE CAMSHAFT IN MY CAR FAILED AND CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE. IT WAS A 1996 FORD TAURUS SHO. IT CAUSED A COMPLETE POWER LOSS…
2002-12-31	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	No	0	MY AUTOMOTIVE IS MAKING A NOISE FROM MY VALVETRAIN AREA THAT MY MECHANIC INDICATES IS A POTENTIAL CAMSHAFT (AND SUBSEQU…
2002-11-23	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE	No	0	WHILE TRAVELING AT THE POSTED HIGHWAY SPEED LIMIT, THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. UPON LEAVING THE FREEWAY AND ROLLING TO A…
2002-11-01	UNKNOWN OR OTHER	No	0	CAM SHAFT FAILURE. CAM GEAR SEPARATED FROM CAM SHAFT, CAUSING CATASTROFIC ENGINE FAILURE. TS *DT
2002-08-18	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE	No	0	CAMSHAFTS IN THE 1996-1999 TAURUS SHO. I HAVE HAD A FAILURE LIKE MANY OTHERS, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 250 FAILURES OF TH…
2002-05-05	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE	No	0	MY 1996 FORD TAURUS SHO STARTED MAKING A CHATTER NOISE ON THE TOP END OF ENGINE. I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER IN ALBANY, …
2002-01-03	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	No	0	CAM FAILURE 1996 TAURUS SHO AT 99K MILES
2001-11-27	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	No	0	CAMSHAFT SPROCKET FAILURE. *AK
2001-11-23	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	No	0	THE CAR DIED WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND AFTER AVOIDING TRAFFIC AND COASTING OFF OF THE HIGHWAY WAS TOWED TO T…
2001-11-01	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	No	0	WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH HEARD A TICKING SOUND. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND VEHICLE STALLED. DEALE…
2001-09-01	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	No	0	CAM SHAFT FAILURE ON 3.4L V8 SHO ENGINE. VEHICLE HAD TICKING NOISE, THEN VEHICLE LOST POWER AND MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE. …
2001-05-12	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE	No	0	I AM WRITING YOU NOW, ONE YEAR AFTER THE FACT, BECAUSE I HAVE LEARNED THERE OVER 100 MORE SHO OWNERS WITH THIS SAME PRO…
1999-10-01	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION	No	0	I PURCHASED MY '96 FORD TAURUS WAGON IN '99. I HAD IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS WITH THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT A MONTH AFTER PURC…