2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

VEHICLE IS A 2001 FORD TAURUS WITH A REAR COIL SPRING BREAKAGE ISSUE. WITH NOT JUST A SINGLE BROKEN SPRING. BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN RESULTING IN A CONSIDERABLE SAFETY ISSUE. BOTH COIL SPRINGS BROKE IN THE SAME PART OF THE COIL. VERY COSTLY SUSPENSION REPAIRS. *TR

VEHICLE IS A 2001 FORD TAURUS WITH A REAR COIL SPRING BREAKAGE ISSUE. WITH NOT JUST A SINGLE BROKEN SPRING. BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN RESULTING IN A CONSIDERABLE SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE MANAGED TO CATCH THIS PROBLEM BEFORE HAVING THE MISFORTUNE OF HAVING TO REPLACE BOTH REAR TIRES. I AM A CERTIFIED STATE INSPECTOR FOR THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS BUT I SEE THIS AS BEING A VERY DANGEROUS AND A PRICEY REPAIR PROBLEM THAT HAS SEEMED TO BE HAPPENING QUITE OFTEN IN THE FORD TAURUS 2001 MODEL. IM CURRENTLY AWARE THAT FORD RECALLED THE FRONT SPRINGS BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE REAR SPRINGS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. THERE IS DEFINITELY A DURABILITY ISSUE WITH THE FRONT SPRINGS AND IT SEEMS REAR SPRINGS ARE MADE UP OF THE SAME MATERIALS RESULTING IN IDENTICAL BREAKAGE AND THE REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED. HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE A COIL SPRING BREAK ON A MID SIZED CAR DURING NORMAL DRIVING? OR EVEN BOTH COIN SPRINGS BREAKING ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY? ALMOST NEVER.... I HOPE THAT FORDS REAR SPRINGS THAT CAME STOCK WITH THE 2001 TAURUS ARE PUT UNDER RECALL BECAUSE IF NOT I CAN ONLY GUESS THAT THE TIRE COMPANY'S HAVE MANY UNHAPPY FORD CUSTOMERS HEADING THEIR WAY WITH TORN TIRES FROM REAR COIL SPRINGS BREAKING AND PUNCTURING TIRES AND ALSO SOME VERY COSTLY SUSPENSION REPAIRS. I ASK YOU NOT TAKE THIS SUSPENSION CONCERN LIGHTLY. LOOK AT TOYOTA. LET MAKE SURE THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE THEM ISSUE A RECALL FOR THESE FLAWED REAR COIL SPRINGS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN LEAKING FLUIDS AND SLIPPING TWO MONTHS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER TO CORRECT THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FRACTURED. THE DEALER ADVISED REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

THE FRONT SUSPENSION ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS HAS BOTH COILS BROKEN. THERE IS A "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION" RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM FOR 10 YEARS OR 150,000. MY VEHICLE HAS 170,000 MILES. IF THIS WAS A "SAFETY" RECALL THEN THERE WOULD BE NO LIMIT. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. THE COILS CAN EASILY SLIDE LOOSE CAUSING STEERING TO BE JAMMED WITH LOSS OF CONTROL AND/OR TIRE DAMAGE RESULTING IN VERY RAPID LOSE OF TIRE COMPRESSION. BOTH SITUATIONS HAVE A HIGH LIKELY HOOD OF RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

MY 2001 FORD TAURUS REAR SPRINGS BROKE, CAUSING THE STRUTS TO BREAK ALSO. THIS IS THE 3RD TAURUS I HAVE OWNED THAT DID THIS. FORD DID RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS BUT NOT THE BACK SPRING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

REAR COIL SPRINGS AND HEAD GASKET I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE THE HEAD GASKET FROM THE CHOICES. *TR

FRONT SPRINGS ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON HAVE BROKEN, WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. I THOUGHT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT COMMON, BUT WHEN I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I DISCOVERED THAT A RECALL NOTICE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN SENT OUT IN 2004. I DID NOT RECEIVE THAT RECALL, EVEN THOUGHT THE CAR WAS REGISTERED WITH FORD. NOTE - THESE WERE CLEAN BREAKS AND NOT A RESULT OF THE GRADUAL DETERIORATION OF METAL DUE TO RUST (CAUSED BY WINTER SALT). THE PROBLEM HAS NOT CAUSED A CRASH, BUT MY RESEARCH FOUND THAT IN MANY CASES THE FAULTY SPRINGS BROKE THROUGH THE SPRING SEAT AND RUPTURE THE FRONT TIRE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED AS - 2000 FORD TAURUS RECALL ID FROM NHTSA: 04V332000 AUTO RECALL DATE: 20040715. ALTHOUGH THAT DEFECT APPLIED TO A MODEL YEAR 2000 TAURUS, THE PROBLEM OCCURS IN OTHER MODEL YEARS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD, PARTICULARLY IF THE SPRING RUPTURES A FRONT TIRE WHEN THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN ON A HIGHWAY. THE PROBLEM HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED ON REAR SPRINGS, WHICH HAVE ALSO PUNCTURED THE TIRES. AS SUCH IT SHOULD BE MANDATORY FOR FORD TO ISSUE A RECALL NOTICE TO ALL OWNERS OF TAURUS AUTOMOBILES. THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE AND WILL NOT BE DONE UNLESS NHTSA DEMANDS IT. *TR

I DRIVE A 2001 FORD TAURUS. I HAVE A 7 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. SHE IS NOW OLD ENOUGH AND WEIGHS ENOUGH TO NO LONGER NEED THE BACK OF HER BOOSTER SEAT. THE BACK IS NOW BECOMING CONSTRICTIVE AS SHE IS GROWING. HOWEVER, IN A 2001 TAURUS, THERE ARE NO REAR HEAD RESTS. HER HEAD (AT THE AGE OF 7) IS ABOVE THE SEAT BACK. SHE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO PROTECTION FORM WHIP LASH AND AN FULL SIZED ADULT WOULD BE EVEN MORE INJURED IN THE EVEN OF A CRASH.

CAR ENGINE WOULD NOT STOP AFTER APPLYING BRAKES, CAR ENGINE KEPT TRYING TO GO FORWARD WHILE I WAS PRESSING HARD ON THE BRAKES AT A STOP LIGHT. CAR ENGINE WOULD NOT STOP, IT WOULD STOP GO, STOP GO, STOP GO, STOP GO WHILE I WAS PRESSING HARD ON THE CAR BRAKES HAD TO CHANGE CAR LANES TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME ALMOST ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. HAD SOME CLOSE CALLS. THIS HAS HAPPEN BEFORE WITH THIS CAR, BUT NOT AS BAD. THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON THIS TIME (NEVER HAD A ENGINE LIGHT BEFORE). I TOOK THE CAR TO A CAR REPAIR SHOP (MEINEKE CAR CARE) AND THEY RAN THEIR ENGINE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND GOT A (ERROR CODE P0171 AND P0174) SYSTEM TOO LEAN BANK 1 AND 2. THERE WAS AIR LEAKS IN THE AIR HOSE ASSY, REPLACED AIR TUBE ASSY, PARTS (YF1Z6758A AND F6DZ6758A), AFTER THAT THE CAR RAN FINE (FOR ONE DAY). I HAD A PROBLEM ALSO WITH THE CAR ENGINE IDLE (ROUGH IDLE), CAR ENGINE WOULD STOP RUNNING AT A STOP LIGHT. (THE CAR ENGINE LIGHT WENT BACK ON AGAIN). I TOOK THE CAR TO A CAR REPAIR SHOP (PEPBOYS) AND THEY RAN CAR ENGINE DIAGNOSTIC CE SCAN AND GOT (ERROR CODE P0174 SYSTEM TOO LEAN B1 AND B2). THEY REPLACED PCV HOSE (ELBOW HOSE) THAT WAS LEAKING, (PART YF1Z6A664AB PCV HOSE, LF 0019.5800 PO 10332245.). AFTER THAT THE CAR ENGINE IS RUNNING GOOD (SO FAR). THIS MAY HELP IN LOCATING SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH CAR ENGINES TRYING TO GO FORWARD WHILE THE DRIVERS ARE APPLYING THE BRAKES. NEED BETTER AIR HOSES THAT WILL NOT LEAK.

COIL SPRINGS ON THE FORD TAURUS ARE BREAKING. A RECALL HAS BEEN DONE ON THE FRONT, BUT NOT ON THE BACK SPRINGS. THE SPRINGS ARE MADE OF DEFECTIVE MATERIAL -- HAIRLINE CRACKS CAN BE SEEN ON THE SPRING. THE PORTION OF THE SPRING THAT SEPARATES SHOWS THAT THE CRACK IN THE SPRING HAS OXIDIZED AT POINTS BEFORE THE COMPLETE BREAK. THIS IS NOT A RUST PROBLEM!! THE METAL USED FOR THESE SPRINGS IS EXTREMELY DEFECTIVE. IN THE PORTION THAT BROKE ON MY CAR LODGED IN THE TIRE, AND I WAS ABLE TO THOROUGHLY INSPECT THE METAL AND SAW MANY HAIRLINE CRACKS. THE FRONT SPRING BROKE ON MY CAR IN FEB. 2009 AND THE REAR SPRING BROKE IN MARCH 2010. I WAS LUCKY AND WAS NOT MOVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE SPRINGS BROKE. MY FRONT TIRE WAS SLICED THROUGH AND BLEW OUT. THE FRONT SPRINGS WERE REPLACED, BUT I HAD TO PAY FOR THE TIRE. YESTERDAY, MY BACK RIGHT REAR SPRING BROKE. I UNDERSTAND FROM THE RECALL INFORMATION THE BACK SPRINGS WERE NOT RECALLED. WHY NOT?? PLEASE HAVE THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED BEFORE THERE IS A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY BY AN UNSUSPECTING DRIVER OF A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE! AT 60 MPH, A TIRE BLOWING WOULD NOT ALLOW TIME FOR THE DRIVER TO MAKE ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION.