1998 Ford Taurus electrical system problems
35 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 1998 Ford Taurus, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 35 5% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 1 crash, 5 fires.
What owners wrote
Design location of the starter is directly below the oil filter resulting in fire when changing oil filter, electrical short from tool burned filter housing and ignited the oil stream. Mjs
While driving consumer noticed smoke coming out of the air vents on the dashboard. Consumer pulled over and exited the vehicle. The entire vehicle went up in flames within seconds. No warning lights came on prior to the smoke and flames.
Other problems reported for the 1998 Ford Taurus
- Cruise control 113 complaints
- Brakes 93 complaints
- Transmission 62 complaints
- Engine 59 complaints
- Suspension 59 complaints
- Steering 42 complaints
- Air bags 39 complaints
- Lighting 29 complaints