1999 Ford Taurus SE from North America - Comments

My 1988 Ford Taurus dies if I run the Air conditioner or heater after 45 minutes. I've taken it to a number of mechanics and they can never find the problem. In the winter it always starts right up, but in the summer I'm usually stranded for a couple of hours before I can go on.

I have a 1999 Ford Taurus with a lot of the same problems. dim lights flicker lights while driving, windshield wipers going whenever. battery light stays on. thought it was the alternator, but now I think it too must need electrical work. No idea how much that will cost not that the alternator is outrages in price. It runs between 125-200.00 in virginia. Has anyone gotten the electrical fixed? How can you contact ford and complain that the vehicle should have a recall if so many people have the same complaint.

I bought a 1999 Ford Taurus about 15 or so months ago. It's held up pretty well, and I haven't had any serious problems yet, and it's at about 112,000 miles (I bought it at 105,000).

The biggest complaint I have is the windshield wipers! It started about six months after I bought the car, the windshield wipers sometimes just run on their own without me touching anything! They normally go a few times, 1-3 times, and then stop, but right when you let your guard down they go again! It's so annoying, anyone know how to fix this problem?

Otherwise, the only things I've had with my car that I'm not a huge fan of is the hole in the exhaust pipe and it seems to get poor gas mileage when driving IN town.

Otherwise I enjoy the car, I just wish I could figure out how to get those windshield wipers to behave!