2000 FORD TAURUS Complaints

2000 FORD TAURUS WITH SEVERAL REPAIRS MADE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE HAD THE HEADS ON THE MOTOR REPLACED TWICE, DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT GO UP OR DOWN. COOLANT RESERVOIR WAS REPLACED. TRANSMISSION HAD WORK DONE TO IT, AND THE BACK LOCK DOES NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY. *KB THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM. *JB

AROUND 2005, MY FRONT LEFT SPRING BROKE WHILE PUTTING MY 2000 FORD TAURUS INTO DRIVE AND NEARLY POPPED MY TIRE. ABOUT ONE YEAR LATER, I RECEIVED A RECALL REGARDING THE FRONT SPRING SHIELDS, AND HAD THAT DONE. NOW, AS OF THE CURRENT DATE IN 2008, I RECEIVED WORD FROM MY MECHANIC THAT MY REPLACED FRONT LEFT SPRING IS BROKEN AGAIN, ALTHOUGH NOT YET PROTRUDING INTO MY TIRE, AND THAT I SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. FORD SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO OFFER THESE INFERIOR SPRINGS AND NOT COVER THEM AS A RECALL, BUT INSTEAD TRY TO BLAME THE PROBLEM ON AN INEXPENSIVE "SPRING SHIELD." *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION DROPPED ON HIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE CORRODED AND OVERLAPPING ONE ANOTHER. IN MARCH OF 2008, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A FORD RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE CONTACT URGED THE MANUFACTURER TO REPLACE THE REAR SUSPENSION AS WELL; HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NHTSA ONLY ORDERED THE FRONT SUSPENSION TO BE RECALLED. THE DEALER WILL ONLY REPLACE THE FRONT SUSPENSION ACCORDING TO THE RECALL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,200 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

WITHOUT WARNING, ONE REAR SPRING FAILED UPON ENTERING VEHICLE WHILE PARKED. ALTHOUGH SOUND WAS HEARD, RESPONSIBLE FAILED ITEM WAS UNKNOWN AT TIME. METALLIC NOISE CONSTANTLY EMITTED UPON LEAVING DRIVEWAY. IMMEDIATELY DROVE 10 MILES TO DEALER WITHOUT INCIDENT. SPRING FAILURE RESULTED IN GROOVE IN REAR TIRE REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. BOTH SPRINGS WERE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT PER DEALER. CURRENTLY, NOISE IS EMITTED FROM TRUNK AREA, DEALER WANTS TO REPLACE STRUTS. NO WORK DONE YET. REPORTED TO FORD TODAY AS WELL. *TR

WATER LEAKED ONTO THE FLOOR BOARDS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I HAVE REPLACED THE BLOWER RESISTOR THREE TIMES, ONCE FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW COWL AND RAIN HAT. *TR

REAR COIL SPRINGS FAILURE 2000 FORD TAURUS. FORD ONLY ADMITS A PROBLEM WITH FRONT SPRINGS. *TR

2000 FORD TAURUS MAKING RUBBING SOUNDS. FOUND BOTH REAR SPRINGS BROKEN. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD HAD THEY PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THANKFULLY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN. BOTH REAR SPRINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS CAR WAS NOT ABUSED AND OR EVEN DRIVEN HARD. *TR

REAR COIL SPRINGS ON 2000 TAURUS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL OF THE FRONT SPRINGS. MINE WERE REPLACED ON 3/26/08 FROM FORD. BUT HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIR. *TR

2000 FORD TAURUS WITH 58, 500 MILES. VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN MY GARAGE, ENGINE OFF. UPON SLIDING INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT, I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE ENTIRE CAR SHOOK. NOTHING EXTERNAL EVIDENT ON INSPECTION. TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AND ONE REAR SPRING WERE BROKEN. DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AS PART OF A SAFETY RECALL, AND BOTH REAR SPRINGS FOR WHICH I WAS CHARGED $481. IT WAS JUST MY GOOD LUCK THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED IN MY GARAGE AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHERE THE SPRING COULD HAVE RUPTURED A TIRE. *TR

REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN. APPEARS TO BE FROM CORROSION. FRONT SPRINGS HAVE HAD RECALL DONE TO KEEP BROKEN SPRING FROM GETTING INTO TIRE. SINCE THE FRONT SPRINGS, HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, THE REAR SPRINGS SHOULD BE COVERED TO. *TR