2000 FORD TAURUS Complaints

2000 FORD TAURUS WITH A BROKEN LEFT FRONT SPRING. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIRS BECAUSE THE REPAIRS WERE COVERED UNDER HIS EXTENDED WARRANTY. *KB THE CONSUMER WAS DENIED REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THE REPAIRS WERE NOT DONE AT A FORD DEALERSHIP.

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM: I HAVE HAD MY 2000 FORD TAURUS FOR ONLY 3 YEARS AND THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION IS NO GOOD! THE EXACT MILEAGE ON THE ODOMETER READS 48,143 MILES. I FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN SOLD A LEMON. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING OUR CAR ON 10/7/07 WHILE ON OUR TRIP TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA AND THE CAR BROKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY - JIMMY CARTER BOULEVARD. HIS LIFE WAS IN DANGER BECAUSE ANOTHER PASSENGER'S CAR ALMOST CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF OUR VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS RUNNING AND SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE CAR NOTE WILL NOT BE PAID OFF UNTIL DECEMBER '2008. I FEEL THAT THERE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE A SAFETY RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR FORD MODEL CAR. I FEEL THAT I WILL NEED TO MAKE A TELEVISION APPEARANCE ON CONSUMER REPORT AND MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AFTER WORK AND WAS GOING TO PARK MY CAR WHEN I HEARD THIS CRUNCH SOUND. I THEN NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS SITTING LOPSIDED ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE AND SINCE THEN THE CAR HAS BEEN MAKING CRUNCHING SOUNDS. THE DASH LIGHTS ALSO WENT OUT ALONG W/THE HEATER. IT NO LONGER BLOWS COLD AIR IT IS ALWAYS HOT AIR AND THE TEMPERATURE IS AT ITS LOWEST. THIS ALL STARTED W/A VACUUM LEAK. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT ALSO RETRACTED SLOW AND NOW IT DOESN'T EVEN RETRACT. THIS CAR SEEMS TO HAVE ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER AND ALL AT ONCE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY DAUGHTER CUZ I WANTED HER TO HAVE A SAFE VEHICLE TO DRIVE FOR COLLEGE, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE TURNING OUT THAT WAY. SHE IS NOW DRIVING MY CAR BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HER ON THE ROAD. *TR

LEAKING HEATER CORE LEADING TO ENGINE OVER-HEATING REFER TO RECALL #03V087000 AND COMPLAINT #10184014 *TR

TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WHEN A REAR COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. *JB

I TOOK MY 200 FORD TAURUS IN TO GET THE TIRES ROTATED AND WAS TOLD THAT MY RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. *JB

2000 FORD TAURUS BLT. 12/2000 101,190 MILES - HAD TIRES ROTATED - TECH'S FOUND RIGHT REAR SPRING BROKEN AND CUTTING INTO THE INSIDE SIDEWALL OF TIRE APPROX. 3/16 OF AN INCH. NO NOTICEABLE SAGGING OF VEHICLE. TECH'S GROUND DOWN THE SPRINGS CUTTING EDGE AND MOUNTED SPARE. LABOR DAY WEEKEND UNABLE TO HAVE REPAIRED UNTIL AFTER HOLIDAY. NO ACCIDENT, AS WAS CAUGHT IN TIME AND NOT DRIVEN. WE HAVE TIRE AND STRUT/SPRING.

I HIT A CAR HEAD ON GOING ABOUT 25 MPH AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MINOR INJURIES INCLUDE BRUISING, SCRATCHES, AND MINOR NECK PAIN/WHIPLASH. NO PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED YET. *JB

THE LEFT REAR SPRING ON MY 2000 FORD TAURUS IS BROKEN. IN LOOKING ON THE INTERNET, I SEE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT REAR SPRING FAILURE ON THESE CARS. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE IT HAPPENED, I KNOW THE CAR HAS HAD A RATTLING NOISE FOR ABOUT A YEAR, AND I NEVER COULD FIND IT. I JUST DISCOVERED YESTERDAY THAT THE SPRING WAS BROKEN, AND IS APPARENTLY LETTING THE REAR OF THE CAR SAG JUST ENOUGH THAT THE TAIL PIPE IS APPARENTLY RATTLING WHEN THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL LOAD ON THE BACK.

RIGHT REAR SPRING IN 2000 FORD TAURUS IS BROKEN. THIS CAUSES DANGEROUS CONDITION. *TR