1999 Ford Taurus SE from North America - Comments

Front Rotors very warped at 38,000 miles.

The heavy-duty suspension was supposed to be a good thing, but the strut plates have been loose and rattling since 40,000 miles. I can't afford to get it fixed.

A bad fuel sensor caused the engine light to go on (according to the dealer). It cost $450 to fix, even though the car seemed to be running fine.

A wheel bearing went bad at 45,000 miles.

The windshield-wiper switch is malfunctioning since 39,000 miles causing the wipers to turn on by themselves intermittently, often with the turn signal. This seems very dangerous in slushy weather and should have been a recall item in my opinion.

At 64,000 miles the transmission totally failed, completely without warning, even though it had been properly serviced, most recently at about 60,000 miles.

When I spent $22,000 on this car it was my hope that I would have dependable transportation for several years after the car was paid for.

None of the repairs have been covered under the standard warranty.

I have one car payment left and the car is unusable now with the transmission failed.

Ford offered to pay for half of the transmission repair. I have no way to come up with even half the money for this repair. I now must ride my bike to work until I can pay off the car and save up some money for this latest repair.

Ford Motor Company should not be allowed to get away with building such poor quality vehicles and not standing behind them.

I am disappointed with my 1999 Ford Taurus SE for several reasons. At under 30,000 miles I had to replace the factory tires, (even though they were properly rotated!!!) I only use the car for local driving, no long drives and I'm lucky if I ever drive over 60mph based on where the car is driven. The car has had oil changes, etc... every 3000 miles and now out of the blue at only 39,000 miles my "service engine" light is coming on, my brakes are squeaking, the brake light sensor has come on, my speedometer quit working yesterday (May 23, 2004), my right flasher is not working correctly (bulb needs replaced again), engine and/or transmission is cutting in and out (on a 2 mile drive from the movies) and so it now needs to go to the dealership!!! I do have the extended warranty, but who knows how much this is going to cost??? During the winter, the heater takes forever to warm up the car, the dealership stated "oh, we've had that problem with some of these cars", I guess fixing the problem wasn't an option. Overall, I would never own another Ford. I have always owned Chrysler/GM products and have never had problems until they hit 75,000+ miles and then they were minor. My resale values were much higher too. I owe more on this because of all it's bells and whistles (power everything, moon roof, 6 CD changer etc.) than I'll ever get out of it. Oh, I forgot one other little problem, the cigarette lighter doesn't come out. I smoke, and on the rare occasions I've attempted to use it, forget it, I go without, or find a lighter. Sounds like Ford should check this vehicle out a little closer. The car was in one collision, repaired by a dealership and supposedly had all the diagnostics done and checks in Dec., and I have had more problems since that. The parts were I might add, factory parts too.

Please add replaced wheel bearing (right, front) to the comments of 9-13-04 by the disabled person. I almost forgot until I read other sad stories.

My 1999 Taurus SE has had similar problems, but I am looking for a fix for the intermittent on and off at will of the windshield wipers. Any suggestions (other than burning the thing) would be great. Email to nascar24n48@verizon.net please.

Kim Walker.

I just spent $730.00 on my 99 Ford Taurus SE to have the water pump, thermostat/gasket and coolant leak. Needless to say I'm not too happy since the car has only 66k miles.

The wipers turn on when the want to as well. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Now there's one issue that I still can't figure out after taking the car into the dealership 3 times. It seems that when you slow down and then speed it tends to hesitate. If anyone else has experienced this please let me know. I'm afraid that it might be a transmission problem.

"NEVER BUY AMERICAN CARS!!"

Ugh, yet another uninformed comment from someone who probably never took care of their car...

My wipers also have a mind of their own. The heater went out at about 70k, if I spend a couple of hours flushing the heater core, it will work for a couple of days. The biggest problem? My water pump is leaking... this is the second water pump I've had put on, so when I replace it, that will be FOUR water pumps in 90,000 miles.

I'll never own another Ford.

I have a 1999 Taurus SE with 117,482 miles that has had regular maintenance that has given me no trouble so far. I get 25 mpg around town and 30 or better on the open road. I can't complain! I would buy another, but not until this one starts giving trouble.