Customer Reviews

Ford Taurus & Mercury Sable, 1986 thru 1995 (Haynes Automotive Repair Manual)

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The Haynes family of repair manuals are VERY limited in their scope of information. They try to cover too many variations of a car in one book. The Taurus early 4 cyl, 3.0L and 3.8L, all of which are very different engines, are all lumped together in this book. Many times it is very difficult to obtain specifics on an engine. An example is, they may mention the 3.0L and not he 3.8L which leaves you many times guessing about the location of a sensor or a wire harness. The significant downfall of this book is when they don't explain HOW to do something! They will often times just say "remove" part with out mentioning how. Again, this is just because they try to cover too many engine types in one book.

The book claims to cover '86-'95 model year Taurus/Sables, but if you own a 1995 Model like me, the pictures of the '86 or '87 Taurus they show in the book won't really help you much. Among others, If you have any engine OTHER than the 3.0 V6, You won't get much useful information. For me this was a strong point with this book, some of the coverage is lacking, but overall, it will get you through at the end of the day and back up an running. I wish this book had better wiring diagrams, and finally, pictures of a more current Taurus would be a real plus.

I almost did not buy this book after reading the reviews, but I needed something to go by. I am glad I bought it, but it certainly has the flaws mentioned in many of the reviews, just maybe not as severely as they would lead you to believe.
I did not find any blatantly incorrect information, so I don't know where that complaint came from. The complaints about not giving detailed instructions is valid....sort of. Everything I needed to do for spark plug , spark plug wire, and distributor cap/rotor replacement is in the manual. It's just not together. The procedure may tell you , ie, "remove distributor cap" and that's it, but if you look through the book, the details for removing the cap are there, just not within the procedure to replace/inspect the distributor rotor.
The complaint about it being focused on the 3.0L engine seems to somewhat valid but the majority of Taurus' were built with this engine so it makes sense.
The pictures could be more clear, but that is a function of B&W on cheap paper.
I would not hesitate to follow this manual for more complex projects, and plan on using it to replace the front and rear struts as well as the catalytic converter.
For those who are really wanting to deatailed instructions on this car, try the Ford Shop Manual available from Motor Craft (app $80). It's expensive, but worth it compared to paying the shop to do the work. Also, Autozone has some great protocols on their website with good diagrams that you can print for free.

I purchased this book shortly after buying a used 93 Taurus wagon with 80,000 miles. I went through the maintenance chapter and performed all the steps. It was full of clear pictures, easy to follow instructions and also helpful suggestions. The coverage was excellent considering the number of years covered for such a small book. I also replaced my brakes and this was my only source. It covered my optional ABS brakes in detail. I had the experience in the past using other manuals where there was too much technical language and you were left guessing at what the instructions really meant. Not the case here. I would recommend this book to anyone of any level of experience.

Poorly writen and detailed, it is very incomplete, Paint codes don't match to Fords specs, nothing on dash removal, it's basically a book for those who want to do a minor tune up or change the brakes, even then it's week.

I'd give it no stars, but Amazon won't let me do that.

Buy the Chiltons book instead, it has more depth, illistrations and pictures, which Haynes is lacking.

Same goes for the Haynes 89-92 Toyota Pickup repair guide, seriously lacking in depth detail, doesn't even cover the auto transmission. Again Chiltons, albeit more expensive has more in depth coverage.

I bought this book to help me work on my 95 Taurus. But the 95 has many differences from the other years. In most instances, the book dosen't explain this. In one of the repairs I was doing on the brakes, the book gave 2 sets of instructions: One for models through 89 and then One for 90-94. Totally ignoring 95 which is very different! They need to rewrite this book, and possibly split it into more than one book.

Simple repair and maintenance procedures are described in such a way that they look complicated. True, special terminology is unavoidable in such a technical book, but in many cases they could have used plain English. Adding photos (there are none in the book) would be very helpful.

these books are normally $30 or more it was a great deal and quick shipping awesome seller

I received the product in better shape than I had expected. It was shipped very fast too. I'd recommend this seller.

Manual is detailed in understandable language for non-mechanics and is loaded with pictures demonstrating the areas of the autos so that a person can see how to do....very helpful.