1990 Ford
Taurus Sho
I am fortunate to say I no longer own this P.O.S. – I parted ways with my
1995 Taurus SHO after two years, during which it spent more time in the
shop than in my driveway. It was horrible, especially because the car had
less than 70k miles on it. The rear brakes went out at least four times,
the best response I got from the dealer was that “that happens on all of
these cars.” The transmission slipped and hunted gears, I guess that’s
what I get for having an automatic. The AC never worked, despite many
expensive attempts to fix it. It leaked coolant with a passion, the
radiator cracked at 67k miles. The worst part about the car was the
electrical gremlins – it hated rain and humidity and numerous sensors and
computers went bad. This all culminated when the car quit in rush hour
traffic on a 90 degree day. It spent five weeks at the dealer, during
which time it was broken into and my stereo was removed. It all turned out
to be a bad fuel pump and several wiring problems. On another note, for a
“performance car,” it had a terrible suspension. It leaned more in corners
than some minivans, and the rear beam axle gave frightening new meaning to
the phrase, “power-off oversteer.” Also, the thing was downright scary
above 85 mph, not to be expected in a “sports sedan.” The car also tried
to kill me. Twice, the throttle stuck wide open – I wish ’60 Minutes’ had
driven one of these. I was going 75 and accelerating with both feet on the
brake, I had to put it in neutral and kill the engine. If anyone is
thinking of buying one of these or any other Ford products, I have one
word of advice: DON’T!!!!! This is only a brief description of some of the
problems with this car, plus, it sucked down gas like there was a hole in
the fuel line. I replaced this car with a 1990 VW Vanagon, which has been
a dream compared to my experience with the Ford.
Dan H. |
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