2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

LAST NOVEMBER, THE BRAKES ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS SES UNEXPECTEDLY QUIT WORKING. THE PEDAL WOULD PUSH DOWN NORMALLY, BUT IT WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING. IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN AFTER A FEW SECONDS, AND I WAS ALMOST HOME SO I DECIDED TO TRY TO DRIVE IT HOME. ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER, THEY QUIT AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME THEY DID NOT COME RIGHT BACK. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR INTO PARK TO GET IT TO STOP. THE FIRST STATION I TOOK IT TO SPENT A WEEK TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM AND COULD NOT. I THEN HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP WHO EVENTUALLY FIXED IT. THEY SAID THE PROBLEM WAS SOMETHING WAS TOO TIGHT, BUT I SUSPECT THAT IS JUST FROM THE OTHER STATION TAKING THINGS APART TRYING TO FIND THE PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT SINCE, BUT I DO NOT FEEL SAFE. *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS MODEL SEL . REAR COIL SPRINGS. I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN 2004 WITH 35,000 MILES AND NOW HAS 71,000 MILES. GARAGE KEPT, WIFE DRIVES. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT CAUSING ME TO HAVE PROTECTIVE SHIELDS PLACED AROUND FRONT COILS DUE TO POSSIBLE BLOWOUT IF COIL BROKE, OBVIOUSLY SOME HAD BROKE. I HAD TO HAVE BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS REPLACED ON 2/2/10 AT A COST OF $390 PARTS ONLY. I'M 65 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE WITH TWO BROKEN SPRINGS ON THE REAR. I SUBMIT THAT ONE OF THE COILS HAD SHIFTED AND COULD HAVE BLOWN OUT REAR TIRE. I DON'T THINK DEALERSHIPS ARE NOT SEEING THESE REPAIRS DUE TO AGE AND LABOR PER HOUR AT A DEALERSHIP. A PRIVATE MECHANIC REPAIRED MINE AND REPORTS HAVING REPAIRED OTHERS. I BELIEVE THESE COILS ON THIS MODEL ARE DEFECTIVE , FRONT AND REAR. NOTHING HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THE REAR COILS OR ANY PROTECTIVE DEVICE TO PREVENT A BLOWOUT. *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS REAR SPRING COILS. WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL FOR THE REAR SPRING COILS, WHEN THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE FRONT SPRING COILS? THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENS WITH THE REAR SPRING COILS THAT HAPPENS WITH THE FRONT SPRING COILS. TIRES ARE EXPLODING! THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!!!!!! FORD NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM! *TR

WE OWN A 2001 FORD TAURUS WITH ABOUT 28,000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE. I AM HANDICAP AND THIS IS THE VEHICLE THAT WE USE TO GET ME TO APPOINTMENTS, ETC. WE ARE VERY LUCKY THAT THE FRONT TIRE EXPLODED WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY AND NOT WHILE WE WERE ALREADY DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR WHERE EVER! WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO OUR MECHANIC AND HE TOLD US THAT THE TIRE EXPLODED BECAUSE OF THE FRONT SPRING COIL. ONCE WE FOUND OUT THE CAUSE, I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET FOR ANY ISSUES OR RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND LOW AND BEHOLD THERE IS A RECALL BECAUSE OF THE FRONT SPRING COILS. WE THEN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP THAT WE BOUGHT THE CAR FROM. THEY ARE FIXING THE CAR NOW. YESTERDAY WE WERE TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR SPRING COILS AND THAT THEY ALSO NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THE REAR SPRING COILS, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS AND IT APPEARS THAT FORD SHOULD HAVE AN ACTIVE RECALL ON THE REAR SPRING COILS. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND ISSUE A RECALL FOR THE REAR SPRING COILS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THE FORD WILL NOT PAY FOR THE TIRE THAT EXPLODED (BTW: THE 2 FRONT TIRES WERE JUST REPLACED THIS PAST SUMMER) AND THEY WON'T PAY FOR THE REAR SPRING COILS TO BE REPLACED, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED! I THOUGHT THAT FORD MADE SAFE VEHICLES, BUT I NOW KNOW THAT IS NOT THE CASE. FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE SOMETHING SERIOUS HAPPENS TO SOMEBODY. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED!!! *TR

FRONT AND REAR SPRING COILS ARE DAMAGED. MY HUSBAND WAS BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY AN AS HE DID, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXPLODED. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE SPRING COIL PUNCTURED THE TIRE. WE WERE THEN INFORMED THAT ALL OF THE COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED NOT JUST THE FRONT COILS. AFTER WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE FRONT COILS, WE CONTACTED FORD AND WE WERE TOLD TO BRING IT TO A DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE FRONT COILS WERE COVERED BECAUSE OF A RECALL. ONCE WE GOT THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP, THEY THEN TOLD US THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE REAR COILS AND THAT THE REAR COILS WERE THAT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH AND I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT ALL OF THE COILS NEED TO BE REPLACED. FYI: WE HAVE A 2001 FORD TAURUS WITH 28,000 MILES (YES, THAT IS 28,000 MILES). I WOULD LIKE A REASON WHY ALL THERE ISN'T A RECALL ON ALL OF THE COILS, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS? ALSO, THE BOTH FRONT TIRES ARE LESS THAN A YEAR OLD. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE THERE ARE MORE ACCIDENTS AND MAYBE EVEN DEATHS! *TR

FRONT SUSPENSION COIL BROKE AND PUNCTURED SIDE OF TIRE. HAD THIS HAPPEN TO BACK WHEEL AT CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. LUCKILY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TO SCHOOL OR SHE COULD HAVE BEEN IN A CRITICAL ACCIDENT! *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS WITH 52,000 MILES. REAR COIL SPRING HAS SNAPPED. JUST NOTICED ON THE ANNUAL STATE INSPECTION. MECHANIC SAID I WAS LUCKY THAT IT DIDN'T PUNCTURE THE TIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE COVERED BY A RECALL. THE REAR COIL SPRINGS SHOULD ALSO BE COVERED BY A RECALL. THE MECHANIC SAID THE TOTAL COST WILL BE ABOUT $900. IT IS GETTING REPAIRED TODAY BECAUSE IT FAILED NY STATE INSPECTION. MECHANIC SAID HE SEES A LOT OF THESE REAR SPRING FAILURES. PLEASE CONSIDER HAVING FORD RECALL THE REAR SPRINGS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHEN DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE SPEED CRUISE CONTROL WILL ACTIVATE AND THEN DEACTIVATE WITHOUT INTENTION. ALSO HE HAS TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE IN ORDER TO DISENGAGE THE SPEED CONTROL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER NOR HAS THE MANUFACTURER BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 136,000. UPDATED 01/26/10 *BF WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO SET THE CRUISE CONTROL, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN IT DIDN'T WORK AND TIMES WHEN IT DID WORK. WHEN IT WAS ENGAGED, AND THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE TO REDUCE SPEED WITHOUT TOUCHING THE RESUME BUTTON THE VEHICLE WOULD TAKE OFF AT THE PRESET SPEED. EVEN WHEN USING THE OFF, THE CRUISE WOULD RESUME TO THE PRESET SPEED. THE ONLY WAY TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. UPDATED 01/26/10.*JB

2001 FORD TAURUS LEFT REAR COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, END OF BROKEN SPRING CUT AND SHREDDED TIRE. REPLACEMENT COST FOR NEW TIRE AND TWO NEW QUICK STRUTS IS COSTING ME $1080.00. FORD HAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS AND WOULD REPLACE UP TO 200,000 MILES OR TEN YEARS. THEY KNOW THEY HAVE REAR SPRING PROBLEMS BUT UP TO NOW ARE UNWILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO ACTIVATE. THE BRAKE LIGHTS ALSO REMAINED ON WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION AND STATIONARY. THE FAILURES OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V106000, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS, SWITCH IS RELATED TO THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 99,900.