general problems of the 1997 Ford Taurus

Six problems related to tire have been reported for the 1997 Ford Taurus. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Tire problem

Failure Date: 10/20/2001

The dps officer also said the left rear tire was defective. (dot number: jnknown).

2 Tire problem

Failure Date: 08/25/2000

Tread separation failure, firestone fr680 p205/65 92s m+s, dot hyur f6a 353( dot number: hyurf6a353 tire size: p205/6592s ).

3 Tire problem

Failure Date: 06/23/2000

Ever since tire seperated and we went off the road, even the second set of new tires won't stay balenced. One to two times a month have had to have tires re-balenced. We continue to have problems with the car. The Ford dealer claims that there is no problem and general tires have not returned our calls. (tiresize: p205/65r15)( dot number: tire size: p205/65r15 ).

4 Tire problem

Failure Date: 06/23/2000

It isn't just the SUV's where this tire failure is occurring--fortunately I maintained control of the car. This has happened to me twice before with less than 20,000 miles on original Ford tires.

5 Tire problem

Tire has a slow leak. Nlm (dot025811 - size p205/65r15).

6 Tire problem

No summary listed for above vehicle.


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