Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / TAURUS SHO / 1999

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004307164 Incident Date: Aug, 07 2004
Consumer's City: NORWELL Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: TAURUS SHO Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FAFP54N3XA Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 03 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 08 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: It is a known fact, to ford and their dealers, that the 1996 through 1999 ford taurus v8 sho have defective cam shafts. why hasn't anthing been done to protect the driving public from this menace. go to the following web page. *ak http://auto.com/industry/taurus24_20021024.htm my son was driving a 1999 ford taurus v8 sho when the camshaft failed causing the car to lose power steering and power brakes. only by the grace of god he was not hurt. there are hundreds, more likely thousands of ford taurus v8 sho cars with dangerous camshaft defects.