Table 1 shows three common equipment related problems of the 1997 Ford Taurus. The number one most common problem is related to the air conditioner (twelve problems). The second most common problem is related to the radio/tape cd player (five problems).
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Air Conditioner problems | |
| Radio/tape Cd Player problems | |
| Equipment problems |
Air compressor appears to be one of the experimental units with no replacement new or remake . 1997 Taurus air compressor is cracked it is a shame the Ford motor CO. Can get away with these sort of things the 1997 Taurus is a Ford lemon. Read details...
All's well in park and neutral, but when in reverse or drive, the radio quits, intermittent wipers fail, windows won't work, loss of about 75% of power steering. Put it in nuetral and all is well. It turned out to be the transmission range sensor. Read details...
Auto trans. Shift quad quickly became sloppy and in fact sometimes would not start in park pos. And you had to hunt for neutral where it would always start. Then on the third day, while parked overnight on private property, it did start in park, but while on a very high idle I got out of the car Read details...