2014 FORD TAURUS Complaints

I HAVE HAD TO HAVE MY DRIVERS WINDOW WORKED ON TWICE. IT TENDS TO SQUEAL LOUDLY WHEN PUTTING DOWN, AS IF GLASS RUBBING METAL. THIS HAPPENS, NO MATTER IF YOU ARE SITTING, ROLLING, ETC. FORD HAS ADJUSTED TWICE NOW UNDER 36K.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, A SMALL DOG JUMPED IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG WAS REPLACED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, A COYOTE JUMPED IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DRIVER SIDE ARE BAG WAS REPLACED A SECOND TIME. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAG COULD DEPLOY AFTER ANOTHER SLIGHT IMPACT AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000.

STARTED VEHICLE AT HOME, DROVE APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES TO WORK AND PARKED. AFTER EXITING VEHICLE AND WALKING ABOUT 30 FEET, HEARD A LOUD BANG AND SAW THE REAR WINDOW SHATTER. IT WAS 19 F OUTSIDE TEMP. ON REPLACING THE REAR WINDOW, TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER CONNECTOR ON PASSENGER SIDE WAS MELTED AND ON THE PIECE OF GLASS STILL CONNECTED TO THE WIRE, BURNT GLASS. FUSE/RELAY ON THE REAR DEFROSTER CIRCUIT WAS NOT BLOWN.

TWO DAYS AGO I EXPERIENCE A PROBLEM I HAD WITH MY CAR IT WOULD NOT START AND AFTER GETTING MY CAR BATTERY TESTED AND INFORMED IT WAS GOOD I THEN HAD MY FUEL PUMP REPLACED AFTER BEING INFORMED THAT WAS MY PROBLEM AND STILL MY CAR WOULD NOT START IT DID AT FIRST START BUT SUDDENLY DIED OUT AND AFTERWARDS NOTICED A RECALL ON THIS SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL COULD I POSSIBLY BE ONE OF THE FEW WHO IS EFFECTED BY THIS RECALL?

MY CAR WAS DRIVING FINE ON MONDAY NIGHT WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED. ON TUESDAY MORNING UPON GETTING READY TO LEAVE FOR WORK, MY CAR STATIONARY SITTING OUTSIDE THE HOUSE. I TRIED TO USE THE PUSH BUTTON TO START THE CAR AS I ALWAYS DO BUT THE CAR ONLY MADE STARTING NOISES, IT NEVER CRANKED. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT MAYBE MY BATTERY WAS DEAD BUT IT IS GETTING CHARGE. IT WASN'T THE KEY FOB MALFUNCTIONING EITHER. I TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO CRANK THE CAR BUT IT WILL NOT START. THE GAS GAUGE SHOWED A LOW FUEL LIGHT SO GAS WAS ADDED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T TOO LOW TO REGISTER. THAT DID NOT WORK, EITHER. I BELIEVE SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE FUEL PUMP AS THERE IS A RECALL OUT ON OTHER CARS LIKE MINE. *TR

WAS IN THE PARKING LOT AT WORK PREPARING TO LEAVE AND STARTED THE CAR UP AND THE BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND DISPLAYED CHECK CHARGING SYSTEM. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED UP AND WOULDN'T BUDGE. I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE CAR WAS ABLE TO MOVE AND I DROVE IT HOME. WILL BE TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY.

2014 FORD TAURUS BATTERY IS DYING. I DO NOT DRIVE THIS CAR A LOT AND IT HAS 93,134 MILES. IVE GOTTON 4 JUMPS AND THE CAR STARTS RIGHT UP. I TOOK THE CAR TO AUTO ZONE TO TEST THE BATTERY AND THE ALTERNATOR. BOTH NUMBER CAME BACK GREAT. WHY IS MY BATTERY DYING OVERNIGHT. NOTHING IS ON THAT I CAN SEE. MY ENGINE LIGHT IS NOW ON. I DOUBLED CHECK ALL POWER EQUIPMENT TO MAKE SURE IT WASNT STUCK IN PLACE. NOTHING. MY BATTERY JUST DIES.

ON OCTOBER 24,2016, THE CAR TURNED THE STARTER OVER, BUT NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS - IT JUST WILL NOT START. IT WAS TOWED TO GARAGE WHERE IT STILL WOULD NOT START. THE MECHANIC TRIED NEW FUEL PUMP, WHICH WOULD NOT WORK. WHEN HE TESTED THE FUEL PUMP RELAY, THE CAR STARTED WORKING, HOWEVER, THE RELAY WAS NOT REPLACED BUT EXCHANGED WITH AN IDENTICAL RELAY ALREADY ON THE CAR. EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FOUND, THE CAR SEEMED TO RUN FINE. THE CAR WAS USED FOR ABOUT FIVE DAYS - EVEN A TRIP THIS MORNING. THIS EVENING (11/10/2016), I (OWNER'S DAUGHTER) WENT OUT TO MOVE THE CAR AND THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. THE CAR TURNS THE STARTER OVER, BUT NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS. THE CAR HAS THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS AS BEFORE. I (OWNER'S DAUGHTER) CALLED FORD AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE. THIS 2014 FORD TAURUS IS EXTREMELY UNRELIABLE -- THE CAR ONLY HAS ~50,000 MILES ON IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP ELECTRICAL MODULE MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP ELECTRICAL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V621000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

WAS RIDING IN BACK SEAT OF THIS CAR WHEN IT WAS REAR ENDED BY A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. TAURUS WAS STOPPED ON HIGHWAY, AND HIT SQUARELY FROM BEHIND. BOTH BACK SEAT DRIVERS WERE SEVERELY BRUISED IN LOWER BACK BY LATCH BRACKET. THE IMPACT WAS NOT EXTREME. NO AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. I'D HATE TO BE IN BACK OF THAT CAR IF HIT AT FULL SPEED. IT WOULD SEEM LIKELY THAT THAT BRACKET WOULD PRODUCE SEVERE LOWER BACK/TAILBONE INJURIES IN A MAXIMUM SPEED REAR IMPACT. OF SECOND NOTE, I'M A MECHANICAL ENGINEER, I NOTED THAT THE FAILURE OF THE REAR BUMPER FRAME TUBE WAS VERY BRITTLE IN ITS FAILURE MODE. I'D HAVE THOUGHT THE METAL WOULD HAVE STRETCHED AND GIVEN MORE. IT SIMPLY FRACTURED AT THE BRACKETS TO THE FRAME AND SNAPPED IN HALF IN THE MIDDLE, ALLOWING THE TRUNK LID AND FENDERS TO TAKE THE BRUNT OF THE IMPACT.