1999 FORD TAURUS Complaints

RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS: CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO GET THIS RECALL HONORED BECAUSE NO PARTS ARE AVAILABLE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER 2004. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V332000 ON THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THE DEALER REFUSED TO DO THE RECALL. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE SPRINGS HAVE TO BE FRACTURED FIRST, BEFORE IT CAN BE INSPECTED OR REPLACED. *JB *TT

THE CAR HAS 84,000 MILES, NO WARNING SIGNS. I HAD JUST GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE AND WAS STOPPED BEHIND ANOTHER CAR. WHEN I STARTED OUT I HEARD A THUNK AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T WORK.THE CAR IS NOW AT THE FORD GARAGE AND THE COST OF A FACTORY REBUILT TRANSMISSION IS $2500.00.*AK

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' ISSUED FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS ON 1999 FORD TAURUS. *BF THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED AND DAMAGED THE TIRE. THE REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER HAD DIFFICULTY MOVING THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED BROKEN COIL SPRINGS WHICH DAMAGED THE FRONT TIRES AND STRUTS. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIR. *SC

NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING COIL SPRINGS. HALLMAN CHAMPION FORD, 814-878-2500.*AK RECALL CAMPAIGN; THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HER COIL SPRINGS ARE BAD AND MAKING NOISES. DEALER PUTTING THE CONSUMER OFF. *TC

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' ISSUED FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS ON 1999 FORD TAURUS. *BF *NM

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING. AFTER HAVING THE PROTECTIVE SPRING SHIELDS INSTALLED AND WHILE DRIVING DRIVER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK HOWEVER, WHEN TAKEN TO ANOTHER MECHANIC, IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE STRUTS DID NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TT....*AK

NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR RECALL 04S17 CONCERNING COIL SPRING. DICK JAMES, FORD, 708-339-9100. *AK RECALL CAMPAIGN; NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V332000. COMPONENT: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. *TC

THE PARTS TO PERFORM THE FRONT COIL SPRING RECALL 04V332000 REPAIRS WAS NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. PARTS WERE SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN DECEMBER 2004. CURRENTLY, THE PART WERE DUE TO ARRIVE BETWEEN JUNE - JULY 2005. ALSO, CONSUMER FELT THAT THE REMEDY WAS NOT ADEQUATE ENOUGH FOR THE PROBLEM.*AK

UNDER 40,000 MILES ON MY 1999 FORD TAURUS AND IT HAS A POWER STEERING PUMP FAILURE WHICH CAUSES NO POWER ASSIST TO THE STEERING, EVEN AFTER REFILLING UNIT WITH FLUID. LOUD WHINE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT DOES NOT ABATE WITH FLUID REFILL. PROBLEM CAME ON SUDDENLY AND WIFE HAD DIFFICULT TIME DRIVING HOME WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR. UNIT DOES NOW SEEM TO HOLD FLUID, BUT FLUID POURING OUT THE TOP OF CAP IS EVIDENT, AND WHINE IS STILL PRESENT.*AK