1994 Ford Taurus defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1994 Ford Taurus. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING
  Recall Query RQ99017 · opened Aug 9, 1999 · closed Feb 16, 2000 · led to recall 98V094000

  There is no summary currently available

• ENGINE COOLING FAN FIRES
  Engineering Analysis EA96024 · opened Sep 30, 1996 · closed Apr 15, 1997 · led to recall 97V019000

  There is no summary currently available

• HEADLIGHT FAILURE
  Engineering Analysis EA96019 · opened Jul 31, 1996 · closed Jan 26, 1998 · led to recall 98V009000

  Excessive heat in an improperly manufactured circuit breaker within the headlight switch caused that circuit breaker to open for time periods of varying length to cool off.opening of the circuit breaker in this manner interrupts electric current flow to the headlights, shutting them off.headlight outages have ranger fr…

• ENGINE COOLING FAN FIRES
  Preliminary Evaluation PE96033 · opened May 2, 1996 · closed Sep 30, 1996 · led to recall 97V019000

  In december 1995, ford recalled 119,313 vehicles in canada to remedy the subject condition in certain 1992-95 taurus, sable, tempo, topaz and continental vehicles.ford is aware of similar incidents occurring in northern regions of the united states, but maintains that the frequencies do not warrant a finding of an unre…