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10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
45,000 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

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1997 Ford Taurus brakes problems

brakes problem

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1997 Ford Taurus Owner Comments

problem #2

Dec 102004

Taurus 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 90,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Vehicle moving down a hill. Power brakes and steering lost power, engine still running, but no power to brakes or steering. Finally stopped vehicle with no incident. Turned off vehicle and restarted, power to brakes and steering restored. Took to service.replacement was made to camshaft sensor. Problem seemed to have been corrected, but returned about 6 mos. Later...same circumstances, only in first incident, check engine light had been appearing intermittently.

- Marshalltown, IA, USA

problem #1

Dec 011999

Taurus

  • miles
Due to a defective sensor power brakes and power steering malfunctioned, causing the vehicle to run up a curb and into a building. There is a tsb bulletin on this safety problem.

- Madison, WI, USA

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