1993 Ford Taurus GL from North America - Comments

First thing I did was replace the serpentine belt 1 month after purchase.

Front brakes were replaced.

Radiator leaked and was replaced.

Starter failed and was replaced.

Alternator burned up and was replaced.

Put in a new battery although it may not have been totally needed.

Many front end parts replaced, including both ball joints and right side tie rod end.

Transmission rough shift between 1st and 2nd gear, had tranny fluid changed which helped some.

Most recently I had to replace the water pump.

This is my first car and it has not been a good experience at all. I know the car has high miles, but I think it should be holding up better than it has. I will say despite the many costly repairs the car has never left me stranded (yet!)

I take some of the blame for not researching more before I bought the car, however my parents had a similar vintage Mercury Sable and didn't have this many problems. My guess is the previous owner of this car did not do much preventative maintenance.

Despite the mileage the car does not burn or leak any oil and the engine seems strong. Has never failed to start except when starter needed replacing.

The shocks could use replacing, but other than that it does ride nice and is fairly easy on gas when its running right and not in the shop for a repair.

Next purchase will be a Jeep 4.0L engine, a strong a proven engine I don't want another Ford. My dad who has a 1997 Wind-star is having a lot of problems right now.

I also own a '93 Taurus GL. It is a piece of crap. I bought it with about 170k miles on it and it seemed to work fine once I bought it. As the less than 10k miles progressed, I have had:

1. Change water pump

2. Leaky oil filter (which required added oil every 2 weeks)

3. New transmission filter and fluid (8.3 quarts worth!),

4. The headlight burned out every 2 weeks and the headlight melted through the assembly so now I will need a new assembly

5. No air conditioning

6. Emergency break locked causing massive amounts of heat and smoke to roll out of my back tires

7. Broken motor mount (Why make them fluid filled?!)

8. Windshield wiper fluid doesn't work

9. Revs up whenever it wants to nearly causing me to fly into the person in front of me.

This car has done nothing, but eat away my paychecks and cause me strife. At this point I would take almost any car over it. Don't buy a Taurus!

I know this car is getting almost universally bad reviews, but you both bought a Taurus with 170,000+ miles already! You surely can't expect zero repairs. It's already a crappy car, after reading many of these reviews I'm surprised there's Tauruses running with that many miles.

When reading reviews, I always check mileage when bought and how many miles the reviewer has put on the car.

Let me make a statement. Our household has TWO Fords, and with the combined mileage of the two, we've got 529,000 miles and the heads have never been off of either vehicle and the transmissions are factory original. Yes, they are Tauruses, (Tauri). Maintenance people, MAINTENANCE!! It's so simple, yet so hard for some people. I've NEVER IN MY ENTIRE LIFE, seen a Ford crap out when it was maintained properly. Even the famous Ford Exploder of a girlfriend I once had, had 189,000 miles on the original everything. Not to mention the Crown Victoria Taxi I rode in with 700,000 miles. Does Ford really make that bad of a car?

I have a 1993 Ford Taurus I found out that if your battery runs low it causes your' alternator to burn um so you have to replace the alternator raging from 180 to 130 if you turn in the core some places won't take the core tho and you have to get a new battery.