2000 FORD TAURUS Complaints

NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR IOWA. APPROXIMATELY 97,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. LEFT REAR COIL SPRING FAILURE. LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACED REAR STRUTS AND MOUNTS, AND LEFT REAR TIRE. OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

2000 FORD TAURUS - REAR SPRING COILS BROKEN - IT HASN'T TAKEN LONG TO SEE THAT 1999-2002 FORD TAURUS MODELS HAVE HIGH RATES OF FAILURE IN THE REAR SUSPENSION DUE TO CORROSION OF THE REAR SPRING COILS. I JUST LEARNED THAT THE SPRING COILS ON MY 2000 FORD TAURUS HAVE BROKEN, DAMAGING THE STRUTS AND THE WALLS OF MY REAR TIRE. NOT ONLY SHOULD ALL OF THEM BE REPLACED (APPROX. INSTALLED ESTIMATE IS $700), BUT I WAS TOLD THIS COULD CAUSE A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT IF THE COIL WERE TO PUNCTURE THE TIRE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. BECAUSE THERE IS AN EXISTING RECALL FOR 1999-2001 FORD TAURUS VEHICLES FOR THE COILS IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION, I WOULD APPRECIATE AN EXPLANATION OF THE JUSTIFICATION FOR FRONT SUSPENSION RECALL AND HOW THAT CASE DIFFERS SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION, WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN RECALLED. *TR

REAR RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE IN TWO PLACES. ONE JAGGED END WAS PUSHING ITS WAY INTO THE TIRE CAUSING A 3/16TH INCH GROOVE IN THE SIDE WALL. FORTUNATELY IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO PUNCTURE THE TIRE. CAR HAS ONLY 55,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS RARELY BEEN DRIVEN IN SALTY ROAD CONDITIONS. *TR

WATER LEAKS THROUGH THE FIREWALL AND WATER ACCUMULATES ON THE FLOOR IN MY 2000 FORD TAURUS LX. SEE COMPLAINT #: 03V087000. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR IN THE GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP AND MY VEHICLE VEERED INTO A LARGE MOUND OF HARD SNOW WHICH BENT THE LOWER LEFT FRONT OF MY CAR. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAD HAPPENED THEN I BEGAN TO LOSE AIR IN MY TIRES AND I WOULD REPLACE THE AIR AT THE GAS STATION. ONE MORNING I CAME OUT AND MY LF TIRE WAS ON A COMPLETE FLAT,IT WAS REPLACED WITH THE DONUT AND TAKEN TO JUST TIRES FOR REPAIR. THEY CHECKED THE TIRES AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRE AND PUT IT BACK ON. FOR SOME REASON MY CAR JUST WASN'T DRIVING PROPERLY THE STEERING WAS OFF. AT ONE POINT MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE AND I BEGAN TO LOSE AIR IN THE RF TIRE. I TOOK MY CAR TO A DIFFERENT SHOP AND THEY CHECKED IT AND COULDN'T DETERMINE WHY I WAS LOSING AIR BUT NOTICED MY INSIDE TREADS WERE WEARING TOO MUCH. WELL I TOOK MY CAR TO AN AUTO MECHANIC AND FOUND OUT THAT MY 2 FRONT SPRINGS ARE SAGGING REALLY BAD AND REQUESTED THAT I REPLACE WITH A FULL STRUT ASSEMBLY. MY REAR LEFT SPRING WAS BROKE AND SPRING ON RIGHT IS SAGGING BADLY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW MY SUSPENSION IS DAMAGED SO I ONLY WORK 3 DAYS A WEEK LESS THAN 10 MILES AWAY CARRYING ONLY TWO PERSONS IN THE CAR. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE, I PAID $962.00 FOR REPAIRS. I FEEL THAT THESE COIL SPRINGS ARE SUBSTANDARD AND DEFECTIVE AND THAT THE FRONT AS WELL AS REAR SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY FORD FOR FREE. THIS BROKEN SPRING COULD HAVE CAUSED ME A BLOW OUT ON THE EXPRESSWAY, I FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED BECAUSE THIS EFFECTS YOUR BALL JOINTS AND TIE ROD ENDS OTHER COMPONENTS NECESSARY FOR SUSPENSION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. HER VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 89,000.

I AM WRITING TO YOU ABOUT MY 2000 FORD TAURUS SES. I WAS DRIVING IT OUT OF A PARKING LOT WHEN A HEARD A LOUD CRACK AND NOISES FROM THE FRONT END OF MY CAR BECAME LOUD. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND FOUND MY FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKEN. LUCKILY, I HAD PUT THE PROTECTIVE SHIELD ON MY CAR, SO SPRING BREAKING DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR A FLATTENED TIRE. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER TO BE REPAIRED AS THE FRONT COIL SPRING COULD NOT BE LEFT BROKEN. WHEN THE CAR WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP, BOTH FRONT COILS SPRINGS WERE REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL WARRANTY, BUT THEN A PROBLEM HAPPENED THAT SINCE MY FRONT STRUTS WERE ORIGINAL, THEN WOULD NOT GO BACK IN AFTER THE COILS WERE REPLACED, WHICH THEN I HAD TO SPEND $200.00 TO GET NEW STRUTS BECAUSE OF THE COIL SPRINGS BREAKING ON THE FRONT ON MY CAR. THEN I GOT THE CAR BACK. I KEPT THINKING SOMETHING WAS NOT FEELING CORRECT ABOUT THE WAY THE CAR DROVE AND LOOKED. I SOON DISCOVERED THAT BOTH BACK SPRINGS HAD CRACKED AND WERE NOW BROKEN. THE CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I HAD TO PAY FOR THE BACK COIL SPRINGS TO BE REPLACED ON MY CAR. I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THE FRONT ONES ARE COVERED, BUT THE BACK ONES ARE NOT ALTHOUGH THEY LOOK THE SAME ARE WERE THE ORIGINAL WITH THE CAR. LUCKILY NONE OF THE BROKEN COILS SPRINGS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN THAT 3 OF 4 SPRINGS BROKE IN JUST A FEW DAYS. THIS REALLY IS CONCERNING AND MAKES ME WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS CAR AND ITS COILS SPRINGS. ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE ALL NOW BEEN REPLACED, AT NOT A CHEAP COST WHEN I TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PAYING FOR THE FRONT STRUTS AND NEW BACK SPRINGS IT REALLY ADDED UP AND MAKES ME WONDER HOW MANY MORE CARS LIKE MINE ARE OUT THERE THAT HAVE BROKEN SPRINGS OR ARE JUST A MOMENT AWAY FROM CRACKING INTO PIECES. I WAS LUCKY NONE OF MY TIRES WERE PUNCTURED AND THAT I WAS NOT DRIVING ON A ROAD WITH A HIGH SPEED LIMIT. THIS SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS TO ME. *TR

BRAKES WHEN I PURCHASED CAR THEY WERE GOOD FIRST INSPECTION PERIOD CHAMPION FORD HAD TO CHANGE ALL EVEN MASTER CYLINDER THEY HAVE NOT WORKED RIGHT SINCE YOU FEEL AS IF YOU CANNOT STOP ON TIME. I COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES TO CHAMPION FORD I EVEN FILED A COMPLAINT AWHILE BACK WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY ABOUT THERE REPAIRS OF ANY TYPE ON MY CAR. I THEN BEGAN TO TAKE IT TO FERRARO FORD WHICH HAS NOW CLOSED UP BUT THEY WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THE BRAKES EITHER THEY EVEN CONTACTED FORD ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE DONE. I JUST NEED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS EVER A RECALL OR SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IMMEDIATELY, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED EXCESSIVELY AND PERFORMED ABNORMALLY. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE REAR SUSPENSION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 23,500.

MY MOTHER HAD A HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE AND A ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 FORD TAURUS. AS SHE WAS PUTTING CAR IN DRIVE, WHEN LEAVING RESTAURANT THE CAR SUDDENLY WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND SPED UP ON ITS OWN AND EVEN WHILE SHE HAD HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR CAR WOULD NOT STOP, THE ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK AND SHE WAS TERRIFIED AS SHE WAS HEADING HEAD ON TO THE RESTAURANTS BRICK BUILDING WHERE SHE ENDED UP CRASHING INTO AND PEOPLE INSIDE RESTAURANT SAID THEY WERE HURT AS WELL AS MY CAR GOT BADLY DAMAGED AND THE BUILDING. MY MOTHER AND THE PEOPLE INSIDE ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE GAS PEDAL AND BRAKES THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DEADLY ACCIDENT. MY MOTHER IS BRUISED AND STILL VERY SORE FROM THE ACCIDENT AND THE IMPACT WAS SO HARD WHEN SHE CRASHED INTO THE BRICK BUILDING THAT BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. PLEASE SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE THIS I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS HAPPEN TO OTHERS WHO OWN 2000 FORD TAURUS. I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID THEY HAD A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE IN 2002 AND THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED BUT HERE IT IS 2009 AND IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN SO SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT WITH THESE CARS AND IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE SOMEONE TO DIE BEFORE FORD REALIZES THAT THIS PROBLEM IS STILL HAPPENING AND THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. AND IF FORD SAID THEY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM IN 2002 THEN WHY IS IT STILL HAPPENING??????????? PLEASE DO SOMETHING BEFORE ITS TO LATE. I WAS REALLY UPSET AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT 2000 FORD TAURUS OWNERS WHO ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THERE CAR AND THIS WAS AFTER THE 2002 RECALL WHEN FORD CLAIM THEY FIXED IT. I WISH I KNEW THIS BEFORE I BROUGHT THE CAR OR EVEN LET MY MOTHER DRIVE IT BECAUSE I WOULD NEVER HAVE PUT HER LIFE OR OTHERS IN JEOPARDY LIKE THAT. TOW TRUCK HAD TO PULL MY CAR FROM BUILDING AND THEN IT HAD TO BE TOWED AWAY. *TR