2003 FORD TAURUS Complaints

MY CAR RANDOMLY STOPPED MOVING WHEN I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY IT WAS A MAJOR SCENE ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY 5 CARS HAD TO VEER OFF TO THE SIDE TO AVOID A ACCIDENT THESE TRANSMISSIONS/TORQUE CONVERTERS NEED TO BE RECALLED THEY WERE RECALLED IN THE FORD WINSTAR WITH THE SAME TRANNY PARTS BUT NOT THE FORD TAURUS 2003 I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT AND THIS IS A MORE THAN COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS YEAR OF TAURUSES THIS IS REDICILIOUS COME ON FORD RECALL THESE TRANNYS!!! I CANT AFFORD $1500

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON A FREEWAY IN AZ, DOING APPROX 70 IN THE LEFT LANE MY VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING FORWARD AND THE RPM'S WENT FROM NORMAL TO REVVING. I IMMEDIATELY PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND WENT INTO THE RIGHT LANE AND TOOK THE OFF RAMP AND COASTED INTO A STRIP MALL. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO ANYTHING BUT PARK. DRIVE OR REVERSE DIDN'T WORK. I LEFT THE CAR THERE. THAT EVENING I READ A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SAME THINK HAPPENING TO MANY FORD OWNERS. ALL THESES INCIDENTS WERE THE SAME, TORQUE CONVERTER, IT STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS MANUFACTURED WITH "TOO SMALL SPLINES" AND WERE AN INFERIOR FORD PART. IT ALSO STATED THAT A COMPANY NAMED DACCO HAD MADE A NEW UPDATED CONVERTER WITH LARGER SPLINES THAT WOULD HOLD UP BETTER AND THEY ARE SOLD AT AUTOZONE FOR $120. MY CAR IS NOW BEING LOOKED AT AND THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT (ANYWHERE FROM $2000 - $3000). THIS IS RIDICULOUS, WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN PLACED ON THE MANUFACTURER (FORD) FOR THE INFERIOR PART.

ON THE DATE ABOVE AND THEN AGAIN ON FEB,2015 THE TRANSAXLE QUIT WORKING, IT WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE. HAD IT ROLLBACKED TO MY HOUSE BOTH TIMES AT A COST OF $50 PER TOW. THE COST TO REPAIR AND OR REPLACE THE TRANSAXLE WAS :2011: $1,400; 2015: $1,700. THE CAR AT THE 2ND. REWORK/EXCHANGE (THE TRANS SHOP REPLACED RATHER THAN REBUILD MINE) HAD ONLY 125,000 MILES. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THE TRANSAXLES IN THESE GENERATION FORD TAURUSES WERE PRONE TO TRANSAXLE FAILURE, AS WERE THE FORD WINDSTARS AS BOTH VEHICLES USED THE SAME TRANSAXLE. UPON STUDYING UP ON THESE PROBLEMS IT SEEMS FORD MOTOR CO. RECALLED THE WINDSTAR AND CALLED IT A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER CAUSING THE PROBLEMS. WHY DID THEY NOT RECALL THE TAURUSES ALSO, ANSWER: AMOUNT OF VEHICLES PRODUCED OF EACH MODEL AND THEIR FEET WERE NOT "HELD TO THE FIRE" BY YA'LL AND OUR GOV.. NOW TO GET TO THE LIGHTING PROBLEM: THE MOST SAFETY HAZARDOUS ITEM WHICH HAS BEEN INSTALLED ON VEHICLES IN THE LAST 15-20 YEARS IS THOSE DAMNED "PLASTIC LENSED HEADLIGHTS" THAT WITHIN 3 YEARS WILL "FOG OVER" TO THE EXTENT THEY DO NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH LIGHT TO BE USEFULL AT NIGHT. OH THEY SAY YOU CAN CLEAN THEM, OF WHICH I HAVE TRIED ON MY TAURUS, TO NOT MUCH AVAIL. I BELIEVE THE AUTO MANUFACTURERS SHOULD BE ORDERED THRU A RECALL FROM YOU TO REPLACE THEM AT NO COST TO US OWNERS. IF YOU WILL CHECK, YOU WILL SEE A REPLACEMENT OF THOSE "WUNDERFULL" INVENTION , KNOWN AS BULLCRAP, LENS WILL SET AN OWNER OF THE VEHICLES AROUND $500 TO $700 PER PAIR INSTALLED. AND MUST BE ADJUSTED BY A DEALERS ONLY EQUIPMENT. I MY SELF DO NOT BELIEVE IN TODAYS WORLD 125,000 - 129,000 MILES IS A LOT. IF THE TRUTH WERE KNOWN THE "YELLOWED OUT" HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF A LOT OF NITE TIME ACCIDENTS. DO YOUR JOB AND GO AFTER THEM AND MAKE THEM REPLACE WITH NEW TRANSAXLES AND TORQUE CONVERTERS AND AT THE SAME TIME MAKE THEM REPLACE THE YELLOWED OUT HEADLIGHT LENSES.

I WAS DEPARTING FROM PARKING LOT AND THE CAR SUDDENLY HAD SOME NOISE IN THE HOOD THEN LOST ALL THE POWER. AFTER STARTING ENGINE AGAIN, I CAN SHIFT THE GEAR INTO D OR R, ENGINE WORKS OK BUT THE CAR WON'T MOVE AT ALL. BEFORE IT HAPPENED, THE TRANSMISSION WORKS FINE, NO DELAYED ENGAGEMENT, NO SLIPS, NO JOLTS, SMOOTH GEAR-CHANGING...THE TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED WITH NO WARNING SIGNS AT ALL. THE CAR IS REGULARLY AND WELL MAINTAINED. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON WHEN IT HAPPENED. LATER IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE STRIPPED TORQUE CONVERTER SPLINES. IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONG FORD EARLY 2000'S VEHICLES, THE SPLINES ARE ONLY 0.16" THICK BY FORD'S DEFECT DESIGNS, WHICH CAN BE EASILY STRIPPED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO REMAIN IN POSITION. THE CONTACT HAD TO CONTINUOUSLY MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO KEEP THE VEHICLE IN POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT CRADLE WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

THE FRONT STRUT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT TIRE CAUSING $462.55 WORTH OF DAMAGE, ALL OTHER YEARS OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL BUT A FEW, INCLUDING THIS ONE WERE COVERED BY A RECALL OR WARRANTY. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR FATALITY COULD HAVE OCCURRED IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE 35 MY DAUGHTER COMPLETELY LOST POWER. THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT NO POWER. IN TRAFFIC, SHE HAD TO COAST TO PULL OVER. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT AND THE CAR IS OTHERWISE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AND THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED AND ARE REPLACING THE TORQUE CONVERTER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HAD TO FORCE THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, A LOUD SOUND EMITTED FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

THE PARK LAMP SWITCH SEEMS TO BE FAILING AND INTERMITTENTLY WILL STOP WORKING CAUSING THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO FAIL AND THE VEHICLE TO NOT SWITCH OUT OF PARK. USING THE VIN NUMBER THE RECALL DOESN'T APPLY TO MY VEHICLE BUT OBVIOUSLY THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED. YOUR HELP WITH ADDRESSING THIS MATTER WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU *TR