5.6

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
15,556 miles

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problem #9

May 062005

Taurus 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 130,000 miles
Consumer states: The latch on passenger's side of the front seat will not latch when shutting the door.

- Ellensburg, WA, USA

problem #8

Mar 051997

Taurus 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 10,000 miles
The automatic door locks started acting up a little after a year of our vehicle purchase. Both left and right front doors are suppose to unlock all four doors when an unlock motion is done twice. We took the car in to the dealer three times for this problem with unsatisfactory results. At one point, we could not unlock the front driver's side door. After the warrenty period expired, the dealer suddenly had a solution to our problem but at our expense. I did not want to pay for a repair that should of been covered under warranty. The doors remain unrepaired to this day

- Bothell, WA, USA

problem #7

Jan 011996

Taurus

  • miles
Door handles do not work properly. They open door sometimes, and other times it do not. Contacted dealer, they were not willing to help.

- Cinncenati, OH, USA

problem #6

Nov 011999

Taurus

  • miles
Extreme safety hazard (front doors will not open from inside or outside of vehicle. Have to be opened from rear)

- Salem, OR, USA

problem #5

Jul 011996

Taurus

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Door would not open due to latch problem.

- Elkhart, IN, USA

problem #4

Jan 311999

Taurus

  • miles
Doors won't open. Have to get in rear and open from inside.

- Kansas City, MO, USA

problem #3

Sep 101997

(reported on)

Taurus

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Door latch failed.

- Hemet, CA, USA

problem #2

Jun 051997

(reported on)

Taurus

  • miles
Everytime the car is washed or it rains the locks lock up until the car dries. Dealer tried to fix it and failed.

- Spring, TX, USA

problem #1

Dec 011996

Taurus

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Door locks inoperative.

- Long Beach, CA, USA