1999 Ford Taurus Sho
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Recalls
1 recall names the 1999 Ford Taurus Sho. Newest first.
Bosch Brake Components LLC (Bosch) is recalling certain aftermarket replacement front brake pads, models Bosch QuietCast BC598 and BP765, Bosch Blue BE598 and BE598H, Prostop PD598 and PD765M, Duralast Gold DG598, Duralast MKD598, Stop Master ST598, UltraStop ULT598, UltraLife MX598 and MX765, BrakeBest MKD765, and Prostop Platinum PGD598. These brake pads…
Risk and remedy
Risk
A damaged or broken brake disc may reduce a vehicle's braking power, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Bosch will instruct the owners how to have the affected brake pads replaced, free of charge. The recall began on May 26, 2016. Owners may contact Bosch customer service at 1-888-715-3616.
Owner complaints
21 complaints2 involved a crash1 involved a fire4 injuries
What owners report most
Latest complaints
- Suspension › Rear
1999 ford taurus rear strut springs broken. both rear strut springs have broke on the car. I was told this can cause tire failure if spring punctures tire. I did not know of the problem until had the car evaluated by service station. $500 to fix it, haven't fix it yet, and therefore car IS currently not being driven as it IS not safe to drive. *Tr
- Visibility › Defroster/defogger/hvac system › Fan/motor
Blower motor failed due to faulty design. Countless other fords with this problem reported online also. *tr
- Engine and engine cooling › Engine · Exterior lighting › Brake lights
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford taurus sho. while driving approximately 30 mph, the vehicle began to decelerate and black smoke rose from the engine. as the contact attempted to stop the vehicle, the exterior brake lights failed and nearly caused the vehicle to be rear ended. before he reached…
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford taurus sho. while driving approximately 30 mph, the vehicle began to decelerate and black smoke rose from the engine. as the contact attempted to stop the vehicle, the exterior brake lights failed and nearly caused the vehicle to be rear ended. before he reached the freeway, the contact noticed fluid leaking from the vehicle. the dealer was called, but was unable to provide any assistance. the vin was unknown. the current and failure mileages were 126,000.
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip › Control unit/module
The "ABS" light on my car (1999 ford taurus sho )came on. I brought the car to the dealer, sun state ford, and was told I needed a replacement ABS module (part#f8dz2c219da). I was further told that the part was obsolete and unavailable. I contacted ford motor company directly on seven separate…
The "ABS" light on my car (1999 ford taurus sho )came on. I brought the car to the dealer, sun state ford, and was told I needed a replacement ABS module (part#f8dz2c219da). I was further told that the part was obsolete and unavailable. I contacted ford motor company directly on seven separate occasions...each time they emailed me a different "obsolete parts vendor to contact...each time to no avail. on 6/5, in their final response to me, ford indicated that they felt they had responded appropriately and would do nothing else to help. in the meantime, the ABS on my car still does not work and I am no closer to a resolution. this IS a safety related issue that I feel ford needs to address. *Tr
- Vehicle speed control
Driving down the street in which I live going 30 mph, I depressed the brake pedal to turn into my driveway. my 11 year old was in the back seat. suddenly the car began to accelerate after I tapped the brake pedal to turn into my driveway. the more I depressed the brake the faster the car would…
Driving down the street in which I live going 30 mph, I depressed the brake pedal to turn into my driveway. my 11 year old was in the back seat. suddenly the car began to accelerate after I tapped the brake pedal to turn into my driveway. the more I depressed the brake the faster the car would speed going from 30 mph to 70 mph. I flew through a stop sign onto a heavily traveled truck route slamming into a KIA SUV. the other passenger broke ribs, a dog was ejected through the windshield. this car was out of control and could have killed people. the only thing that stopped the vehicle was the crash itself spinning my car in the opposite direction facing oncoming traffic. a total nightmare! both cars were declared totaled. police were at the scene and I was not cited. my car was towed into my driveway. court case pending for surcharge. *jb
- Vehicle speed control
Driving my car down the street in which I live with child in back seat. I tapped the brake to pull into my driveway and car began to accelerate from 30 mph to 60 mph in seconds. my intention was to pull into my driveway but car took off like a rocket and accelerated into a heavy truck route going…
Driving my car down the street in which I live with child in back seat. I tapped the brake to pull into my driveway and car began to accelerate from 30 mph to 60 mph in seconds. my intention was to pull into my driveway but car took off like a rocket and accelerated into a heavy truck route going through a stop sign. this all happened in front of my house. car was out of control and could have killed myself and the other vehicle. my taurus spun out of control facing oncoming traffic and the collision stopped the car from accelerating. the other vehicle passenger had broken ribs, both cars were totaled. police were at the scene and towed car into my driveway. I was not cited, obvious malfunction of car. a hearing IS pending due to insurance surcharge. these cars are very dangerous and I would never recommend a ford taurus to anyone. extremely dangerous. *Jb
- Engine and engine cooling › Exhaust system
The rear exhaust sprocket on the camshaft of my 1999 ford taurus sho came loose and caused the valves to come in contact with the pistons. This IS not a rare occurence either. Many cases of this are being documented on a website called www.v8sho.com. *nm
- Steering › Rack and pinion
The power steering on my car IS completely shot. we've replace the pump and examined the hose/lines with no success. I'm am only able to steer my car with much effort. turning or swerving quickly to avoid an accident would be nearly impossible. I've read on the internet that numerous ford tauraus's have sufferd the same problems. this IS a manufactuer defect that needs to be addressed.
- Engine and engine cooling › Engine
Experienced a camshaft related engine failure at 70 mph in the left lane of a major interstate. vehicle had to take emergency action to cross 3 lanes of traffic to get to the shoulder while the engine was off and no power assist was available to brakes or steering. vehicle had been operating for…
Experienced a camshaft related engine failure at 70 mph in the left lane of a major interstate. vehicle had to take emergency action to cross 3 lanes of traffic to get to the shoulder while the engine was off and no power assist was available to brakes or steering. vehicle had been operating for approximately 30 minutes of city driving and 1 hour of highway speeds leading up to the failure. the dealer showed me that the failure was the exact same condition reported on www.v8sho.com. There over 530 documented cases of camshaft to sprocket spleen failures where the pistons then impact stationary valves and destroy the motor. the dealers service manager recommended I contact ford engineering to advise them of the failure since it did not appear to be a maintenance or wear related issue. the engine had to be replaced with a junk yard motor at a cost of over $6000 since the pistons and valves had destroyed the engine. there have been no service bulletins, contact from the manufacturer or even acknowledgement of this problem. there are no new factory engines available and 3RD party motors were twice the blue book value of the car.*ak please investigate the scope of this problem and require the manufacturer to take ownership of this engineering flaw. this failure IS a catastrophic one that destroys an engine and IS certainly solvable if addressed early enough. my family was most fortunate that this problem did not cause a serious accident.
- Engine and engine cooling › Engine
While driving the engine produces a ticking noise. Dealer states the cam shaft position sensor has malfunctioned. Consumer IS concerned that the vehicle will shut down while in motion. *Ak
- Engine and engine cooling
Oil pan gasket has slipped out at the same spot,under the pulley. There IS no bolts in the curve under the pulley, to hold the gasket in place. *nm
- Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil springs
Consumer received nhtsa recall 04v332000 in july 2004. ford has issued a front coil springs recall. This vehicle was included in the recall, but the dealer still does not have the parts in order to repair. *Ak recall campaign. as of 01/04/2005 dealer does not have the correct parts to repair the vehicle according to the recall. *tc
- Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil springs
Consumer received nhtsa recall 04v332000/manufacturer's recall 04s17 concerning coil springs around august 2004. had contacted dealership, and informed no parts were available until manufacturer send out parts in december. *Ak
- Seat belts › Rear/other
Consumer's rear passenger seat belts will not retract. consumer was made aware of this when the seat was occupied by rear seat passengers. *ak
- Engine and engine cooling
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…
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.
- Engine and engine cooling › Engine
Driving down the road and heard a ticking noise, then a backfire and the car died. the dealership IS telling me that I need a new head and that it would be cheaper to put in a used engine. They say that the rear head, all the valves are stuck open, but they didn't go any futher to tell me why.*ak
- Engine and engine cooling
I am the owner of a 99 taurus sho. Vin#[xxx]. I learned only recently of the cam gears spinning freely and destroying the engine. I am forking out over five hundred dollars of my money to have the gears welded to the cams. While I personally have not heard of any injuries the potential IS there.…
I am the owner of a 99 taurus sho. Vin#[xxx]. I learned only recently of the cam gears spinning freely and destroying the engine. I am forking out over five hundred dollars of my money to have the gears welded to the cams. While I personally have not heard of any injuries the potential IS there. Imagine traveling at 70 mph on a busy interstate and having your engine fail. No power steering no brakes. It could be fatal. There are nearly four hundred and fifty documented cases of this at www.v8sho.com. And the numbers are rising, between 7- and 12 per month. These are just the ones being reported. I have no idea how many more there are. When it does happen the engine damage IS catastrophic and repair bills are in excess of three thousand dollars. Please look in to this and help. I understand a class action law suit has been filed because ford will not acknowledge the problem nor accept any responsibility. *Ak updated 07/25/2012 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(B)(6)
- Engine and engine cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Engine failure due to frozen cam shaft due to faulty press fit cam container reported on 30% of yamaha built ford taurus sho V8 engines (original equipment) built between 1996 & 1999. * cb
- Engine and engine cooling › Engine
I was making a turn from a main street onto a side road when my engine failed. I was almost rear ended by a truck making the same turn. the engine failed because the timing gear on one of the intake camshafts sheared off of the shaft. this destroyed the engine. This IS a common problem with 1996-1999 ford sho's.*ak
- Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil springs
The front springs broke, which caused the vehicle to collapsed. *jb
- Engine and engine cooling
Camshast slipped and caused motor damage. I was in a parking lot so no safety issue. have read thru www.v8sho.com this IS a problem ford denies and think a recall IS in order. it has happened to people while driving and they lost power steering and breaking causing a real safety issue
Defect investigations
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.
- Front suspension coil spring fracture
Odi possesses 130 vehicle owners questionnaires (voq) alleging front suspension coil spring failure in the subject (model year 1999-2000) vehicles.an additional 11 voqs concerning my 2001 vehicles have been found, bringing the total to 141.more than 75% of these reports allege that the broken spring damaged or…
Odi possesses 130 vehicle owners questionnaires (voq) alleging front suspension coil spring failure in the subject (model year 1999-2000) vehicles.an additional 11 voqs concerning my 2001 vehicles have been found, bringing the total to 141.more than 75% of these reports allege that the broken spring damaged or punctured the adjacent tire.all of these reports originated in the salt belt states located in the northeast quadrant of the united states and canada.ford will conduct a safety recall (04v-332) covering vehicles soldor currently registered in connecticut, delaware, illinois, indiana, iowa, kentucky, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, missouri, new hampshire, new jersey, new york, ohio, pennsylvania, rhode island, vermont, west virginia, wisconsin, and the district of columbia, to install spring shields in my 1999-2001 taurus/sable vehicles to prevent a fractured spring from damaging the nearby tire.ford will additionally notify owners of all my 1999-2001 taurus/sable vehicles that warranty coverage for spring fractures has been extended to 10 years of age or 150,000 miles.odi analyzed ford?s warranty and complaint data and found that 99% of the spring fractures occurred in the states covered by the recall.the other incidents occurred in the states of florida, north carolina, texas, alabama, and georgia.in view of the coverage of the spring failures by the recall campaign, odi IS closing the preliminary evaluation.odi will continue to monitor the performance of the subject vehicles throughout the remainder of the country.
Service bulletins
Technical service bulletins and other communications the manufacturer sent dealers about this vehicle. Ask a dealer for the full document by its number.
- 10026389Ford: certain 1999-2001 model year vehicles up to 6000 lb gvwr registered in new york and certain 2001 vehicles up to 6000 lb gvwr registered in the state of maine, certified for sale in california-federal emission warranty refund.
- 10003744Engine misfire or rough running condition with coil on plug (cop) ignition systems may be more accurately diagnosed using the optional worldwide diagnostic system (wds) coil on plug (cop) kit. 2003 super duty f series included.
- 6092180Subject regarding service tip for sun visor bracket breakage.
- 6092090Effective october 15, 1999, the AX4S and AX4N transmission assembly for the certain vehicles are available as a ford quality renewal (fqr) assembly.
- 6092039Some vehicles may intermittently exhibit a self activated single wipe of the front windshield wipers.
- 6091917Some vehicles equipped with the passive anti-theft system (pats) may exhibit a no crank starting condition.
- 6091815Some vehicles may exhibit front outer tie rods squeak and / or pop noise over bumps and / or turning.
- 6091729Information on removing rear tie down brackets during pdi as required.
- 615533Some vehicle s may exhbit inoperable spped control.
- 615512Some vehicles may intermittently exhibit a momentary high idle in park or neutral. There may be an insufficient connection between the harness wires and terminals in the throttle position connector.
- 615508Some vehicles may intermittently exhibit a momentary high idle in park or neutral. This concern may be an insufficient connection between the harness wires and terminals in the throttle position connector.
- 615443Some vehicles may exhibit inoperable speed control.
- 615423Concerns with a momentary high idle in park or neutral.
- 615366Information on vehicles exhibiting steering wheel shimmy, vibration or grunt on slow speed turns.
- 613035Some vehicles were calibrated with increased air flow at closed throttle to prevent tip-in bumps, a result may be reduced deceleration feel and less engine rpm reduction at closed throttle with the vehicle moving. *Mjs
- 612819Some vehicles may exhibit an intermittent loss of instrument control panel (icp) illumination. *Mjs
- 612323Vehicles may experience high idle. *Mjs
- 609548Transaxle , prior to repair, orange tag special service instructions was not installed. Ak
- 609022Engineering IS investigating conditions of a hard to turn ignition key / stiff ignition switch lock cylinder.
- 608840Information on diagnosing a no crank starting condition on vehicles equipped with the passive anti-theft system (pats).
- 608423Information on using the service bay technical system (sbts) and new generation star (ngs) tester, and to update the powertrain control module (pcm) information charts.
- 607047Important information on removing rear tie down brackets during pre-delivery.
- 606980Concerns with buzz or vibration with the gear selector in park.
- 606955Subject regarding electronic crash sensor (ecs) module location.
- 606863Conditions with windshield wiper operating without command.
- 606798Information regarding inoperable speed control.
- 605254Experiencing a squeaking and / or popping noise from the front outer tire rods.
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