general problems of the 1999 Ford Taurus

Was driven down the highway never had any problems before noticed a burning wire smell. . Pulled over and the whole top of my motor was on fire. . . The fire department said it was electrical. . . My car is totaled.

The contact owns a 1999 Ford Taurus. The contact noticed smoke rising from under the hood. He activated the headlights so that he could see more clearly. When he dimmed the headlights, the vehicle stopped smoking. The contact stated that the headlights flickered when he purchased the vehicle. The current mileage was 112,000 and failure mileage was 100,000. Remailed evoq 10/15/07.

The contact has a 1999 Ford Taurus and has had consistent problems with the car since it was bought new. She has been complaining for the last 48,000 miles for the same things. Most recently last week she took vehicle to the dealer for a leak in the master cylinder, which they repaired. . They cleaned the hubs. She had to push the brakes all the way to get the car to stop. They replaced brake booster, machined rotors, and put new brake pads on. At 1,700 miles had to take vehicle to dealer for a noise she from the brakes. They cleaned the hubs. At 22,466 brakes and serpentine belt were checked. They put a new serpentine belt on at 22,500 miles. Also, had multiple electrical problems with the car. 4 multifunction switches were replaced. In addition, a head lamp control switch was replaced at 17,000 mile, and a new radio put in. The a/c had alo bee worked on twice.

Contact states: drove car 1/2 mile using headlights by the time she entered the driveway a burning smell and smoke was coming out of front driver side hood above the headlights. Smelled between tar and glue smell. It smells even when headlights are not in use drove less than 1/2 mile. Ford dealership did say it sounded electrical.

Intermittantly the windshield wipers activate when the brake pedal is pushed! I have owned the car for three years. Usually by turning the wiper switch on then off, it would stop. Today that had no affect on the wipers. I drove the car for about 2. 5 hours today. The wipers came on for a total of about twenty minutes . I am taking the car to Ford tomorrow. I talked with the service specialist today. He stated this was not an uncommon problem over several models of Ford vehicles. The multifunction switch malfunctions. Why was there no service bulletin issued? further, why would pressing the brake pedal activate the wipers? they are two separate systems!.

All the interior lights stayed on while driving at night. This obstructed the driver's vision. Dealer was notified. Whenever the interior gets warm. The map reading lamp and the door ajar light on the dash will stay on. When this happends the heater will also turn on to window defrost. The led for the heater will also start flickering on and off.

: the contact stated that there were on going problems with the anti freeze in the coolant system and electrical system. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who determined that the vehicle had a sludge problem in the coolant system and the vehicle was flushed. The manufacturer was contacted who checked the VIN # and determined that the vehicle was not included in the recall. There was a TSB #622646 on the NHTSA website that explains briefly problems similiar to the vehicle. The problems persisted.

While traveling on the highway without prior warning the vehicle will shut down. Please fill in additional information dealer is aware of the problem. Ts.

Whenever consumer gets out and touches any part of the vehicle he gets a static shock. Dealer was notified.

Lights will come on, and windshield wipers will come on without prior warning. Also, door light and dome light come on. Dealership is aware of problem.

Vehicle is experiencing electrical problems. Also, transmission does not shift properly.

Malfunction occurred within the electrical system which caused power windows and power locks to operate erractically. Please give any further details.