2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY AND WITHOUT COMMAND. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE AND COASTED TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE NEEDED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,965.

I WAS MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY AND I ACCELERATED UP TO THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC WHICH WAS 65 MPH. I LET UP OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING. IT FELT LIKE THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON BUT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ON OR SET. EVEN WHEN PRESSING ON THE BRAKES THE CAR WAS NOT DECELERATING AND THE CAR KEPT GOING FASTER AND FASTER TO OVER 80MPH. I KEPT TAPPING THE BRAKES AND EVEN TRIED TAPPING THE GAS PEDAL. NOTHING UNDER THE PEDALS WAS STUCK BUT THE ENGINE WAS ACCELERATING LIKE I WAS FLOORING THE GAS PEDAL. THEN AFTER ABOUT A FEW MILES I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF MY CAR BY PRESSING ON THE BRAKES REALLY HARD. *JS

FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS COVERED BY RECALL 04M04. THE FIX WAS TO INSTALL A CHEAP PLATE TO PREVENT THE COIL SPRING FROM PUNCTURING THE TIRE WHEN IT CRACKS. THE RECALL INCLUDED A PREVISION TO REPLACE A BROKEN SPRING IF THE VEHICLE WAS IN SERVICE LESS THAN 10 YEARS OR LESS THAN 150,000. I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THE CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS NOT TO FIX THE COIL SPRING ITSELF BEFORE IT WOULD BREAK. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN HER VEHICLE WAS CRASHED INTO FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR CONTUSIONS AND BRUISING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

WE WERE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD "KLUNK". FROM THAT POINT ON WE ALWAYS HEARD DURING LEFT TURNS. THE NEXT DAY, I HAD MY MECHANIC LOOK AT THE CAR AND THE REAR SPRINGS HAD BROKEN. HE SAID THAT IT WAS GOOD TO GET IT IN. $600.00 BILL. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL! PEOPLE HAVE DIED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE SEAT BELTS IN THE VEHICLE FAILED AND COULD NOT BE DISLODGED FROM THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01V144000 (SEAT BELTS: FRONT: BUCKLE ASSEMBLY) BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMALLY LOUD NOISE WHILE REVERSING. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A PRIOR MANUFACTURER'S RECALL FOR THE COIL SPRINGS BUT THE RECALL HAS SINCE EXPIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 500,000.

THIS VEHICLE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SPEEDING UP ON ITS OWN. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHEN IT BEGAN IN LATE 2007, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I ALSO HAVE RECORD OF ITS HISTORY INVOLVING THIS ISSUE WITH MY PERSONAL MECHANIC. NO MECHANIC HAS EVER FOUND A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM, AND I CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS CAR. I RECORDED CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING EACH INCIDENT, DOWN TO THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE AND WEATHER CONDITIONS TO FIND A COMMON CAUSE. EACH CASE WAS UNIQUE AND NO CAUSE WAS FOUND. OFTEN, I WOULD RECOGNIZE THE ISSUE WHEN TRYING TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN AND FOUND MYSELF FIGHTING THE CAR TO STOP. THE BRAKES CONTINUED TO WORK DURING THESE EPISODES, HOWEVER I COULD NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP UNLESS I PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL. DURING ONE INSTANCE, THE CAR REACHED 70 MPH BEFORE THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE, AND IT SLOWED. MOST COMMONLY, THE CAR WOULD SPEED UP TO ABOUT 45 MPH BEFORE I PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL AND TURNED IT OFF, OFTENTIMES IN FRONT OF INTERSECTIONS. THE CRUISE CONTROL HAS BEEN DISABLED, THE THROTTLE BODY CLEANED, AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CHECKED. NONE OF THESE WERE DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY ROAD MY 2001 FORD TAURUS HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE LR TIRE. THE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN IN SEVERAL PLACES WHICH CAUSED PART OF THE SPRING TO GOUGE THE INSIDE WALL OF THE REAR TIRE. HAD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR COIL/SHOCK ASSEMBLY IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DISLODGE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS OR REPAIRS. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION FOR THE 2005 FORD TAURUS UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE12005 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES) THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,327.