Ford Taurus Owners Manual: Scheduled Maintenance and Mechanical Repairs

One of the best ways for you to make sure that your vehicle provides years of service is to have it maintained in line with our recommendations using parts that conform to the specifications detailed in this owner’s manual. Genuine Ford and Motorcraft parts meet or exceed these specifications.

    Replacement parts recommendation
    Your vehicle has been built to the highest standards using quality parts. We recommend that you demand the use of genuine Ford and Motorcraft parts whenever your vehicle requires scheduled mainten ...

    Collision Repairs
    We hope that you never experience a collision, but accidents do happen. Genuine Ford replacement collision parts meet our stringent requirements for fit, finish, structural integrity, corrosion pr ...

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    Specifications, Description and Operation
    SPECIFICATIONS Torque Specifications a Refer to the procedure in this section. DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION Seating Front Seats The front seats can be equipped with the following systems: Manual seat track Power seat track Manual recliner Power recliner Manual lumbar adjust Power lumbar ad ...

    General Procedures
    Headlamp Adjustment Special Tool(s) Headlamp Adjustment Screw Location Headlamp Aiming The headlamp aiming procedure depends on what type of beam pattern the headlamp is equipped with. Vehicles may come equipped with visually optically aligned left (VOL) or visually optically aligned right ( ...

    Changing the wiper blades
    1. Pull the wiper blade and arm away from the glass. 2. Squeeze the locking tabs to release the blade from the arm and pull the blade away from the arm to remove it. 3. Attach the new blade to the arm and snap it into place. Replace wiper blades at least once per year for optimum per ...