1997 Ford Taurus GL from North America - Comments

13th Jan 2006, 14:25

"Good Car"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

A few things have gone wrong with the car. There are various groaning noises that appear and disappear from time to time when turning corners or at low speeds.

The door ajar light likes to come on and stay on, thus making the interior light stay on as well.

I found that the only way to fix this in my car is actually to flick the child lock switches in the door on and off. I think sometimes the shift and cause the door to read itself as open when it isn't.

General comments?

Other than those few problems it's a great car, I had heard it was a gas guzzler, but my car actually has better mileage than my Honda Civic and it is very comfortable. The trunk space is huge! All around I'm pretty happy with my car.


17th Jan 2006, 09:02

The Groaning noise you hear is something to do with your power steering pump. It is probably because the belt is either too tight or too loose. It could also be more likely that you are low on power steering fluid/a hose could be leaking. In any case it is such an easy job to pump or sypthon out your old steering fluid and to replace. I usually find to get a 100% fluid replacement you need to suck the old fluid out of the reservoir, and replace then drive a day. Then just repeat this process 4 times. This will guarantee that the steeering rack has 100% new fluid. It is so cheap to do this and it will save your steering rack in the end.

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