2000 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT HEARD A GRINDING SOUND WHILE DRIVING UNDER 45 MPH. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE TIRE FROM THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER REAR COIL SPRING FAILED AND CUT INTO THE REAR TIRE ABOUT A 1/3 INCH. THE CONTACT WILL TOW THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON APRIL 12, 2007. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.*AK

THE 2000 FORD TAURUS REAR COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, AND I DID NOT HEAR ANY CRUSHING SOUND OR NOISE. WHEN I TRIED TO STOP I HEARD NOISE. I WENT OUT, AND THE REAR LEFT TIRE WAS BURNING. FRONT SPRING HAD SAME PROBLEM 2 MONTHS AGO. *AK

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THE 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HAD ABS PROBLEMS. THE CONTACT FOUND A RECALL 05V379000 CONCERNING THE SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL FIRMLY HE FELT A RUMBLING IN THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. HE CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID AND IT LOOKED TO BE OKAY. THE RUMBLING WAS ALSO AUDIBLE, THE HARDER ONE APPLIED THE BRAKES THE LOUDER IT BECAME. HE STATED THAT THERE WERE NO INDICATOR LIGHTS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,5000.*AK

ON 4/1/2007 I WAS EXITING PARKING IN FRONT OF MY HOME. HEARD A LOUD BANG. CAR FROZE. UPON EXAMINATION I FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD CRACKED, EXPLODED, PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND LOCKED UP THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE CAR, ALL IN THE SPACE OF 3 FEET. BEING SUNDAY WITH NO SERVICE AVAILABLE I LOOKED UP RECALLS ON THE FORD SITE, FOR 2000 TAURUS AND FOUND RECALL 04S17 FOR THE FRONT COILS. UPON SENDING MY CAR ON MONDAY TO THE DEALER. I SUBSEQUENTLY WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR COILS WERE CRACKED AND ALSO NEEDED REPLACEMENT. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TO INQUIRE AS TO WHY I HADN'T RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND WAS TOLD THE 04S17 WAS A CUSTOMER CONVENIENCE RECALL ONLY, NOT A SAFETY RECALL. THE REAR COILS WERE NOT COVERED BUT WERE THE SAME UNITS AS THE FRONT ONES. THIS IS WRONG . THE FRONT SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL AS IN MY CASE, IN ONLY 3 MINUTES I WOULD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILY AND GRANDCHILD AT 55 MPH AND THE CAR WOULD HAVE FLIPPED AT THAT SPEED. SECONDLY , THE REAR COILS COULD DO THE SAME AS THEY CAME FROM THE SAME PARTS BATCH(ACCORDING TO FORD PARTS) AND NEED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE WE ARE CONFRONTED WITH ANOTHER FIRESTONE SITUATION FROM FORD, THAT DESTROYED MY 1996 MERCURY SABLE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH TBOTH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR COIL SPRINGS FAILED. THE COIL SPRINGS DETACHED AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WHILE ALSO DAMAGING THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE. A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE THE CONTACT NOTICED THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOWER TO THE GROUND THAN USUAL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS MUST BE REPLACED. FORD ADVISED THE CONTACT TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, BUT OFFERED TO REIMBURSE THE CONTACT IF A RECALL WAS ISSUED IN THE FUTURE. THE CONTACTWAS CURRENTLY ARGUING WITH FORD AND REQUESTING THAT THEY ASSUME THE COST FOR ALL REPAIRS. THE CURRENT MILEAGEWAS 101,000 , AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. *AK

I OWN A 2000 FORD TAURUS AND HAD THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS REPLACED BY A FORD RECALL. I NOW HAVE A REAR COIL SPRING THAT IS BROKEN IN THREE PLACES AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. FORD ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS THE SAME PART, BUT IT WON'T BE REPLACED FOR FREE. *JB

MY WIFE PURCHASED A 2000 FORD TAURUS IN 2001 THE VEHICLE HAS HAD SOME PROBLEMS BUT NOTHING TO OUT OF THE ORDINARY UNTIL 033107 ON THIS DAY MY WIFE WENT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS RUBBING THE WHEEL WELL I THEN PROCEEDED TO TAKE IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND IT WOULD BE COVERED BY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT THEY HAD DONE DUE TO COMMON PROBLEMS THAT THEY WERE HAVING W/ THESE SPRINGS. UPON COMPLETION OF THE INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE THEY FOUND THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR SPRING WAS BROKEN AS WELL THEY STATED WAS NOT COVERED THEY ONLY COVER THE FRONT SPRINGS AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT FOR THIS REPAIR SO I CHOSE TO PURCHASE THE SPRINGS FOR THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AFTER TALKING WITH THE 800 PEOPLE THAT SAID THEY DON'T HAVE A REASON TO COVER THEM BUT WHY WOULDN'T YOU COVER THEM IF THE FRONT ONES ARE KNOWN TO BREAK AND THEY ARE THE SAME COMPONENT I JUST FEEL THAT IF THESE SPRINGS ARE BREAKING THAT IT SHOULD BE A HUGE CONCERN TO EVERY ONE AND THEIR LOVED ONES WE ALL SHARE THE SAME ROADS AND WHAT IF THEY WERE TO BREAK AT 65MPH SHOULDN'T WE CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND JUST RECALL THE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS IE ALL FOUR COIL SPRINGS. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT ONE REAR COIL SPRING AND FRONT TWO COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED. THE DEALER STATED THE COIL SPRINGS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE FRONT TWO COIL SPRINGS WERE REPAIRED AS PART OF RECALL #04V332000. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 63,000 MILES.*AK

1. WIPERS DID NOT RETURN TO "PARKED" POSITION AT BOTTOM OF WINDSHIELD DUE TO OBSTRUCTION (FREEZING PRECIPITATION). 2. INTERMITTENT WIPER FUNCTION CEASED IMMEDIATELY, 2 WEEKS LATER WIPER PARK FUNCTION FAILED, ON 3/16/07 THE WIPERS FAILED WHILE IN USE ON I40. MY WIFE, 2 DAUGHTERS AND I HAD TO PARK THE CAR ON THE SIDE OF I40 FOR ALMOST 3 HOURS BEGINNING DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE THROUGH THE TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH NO WINDSHIELD WIPERS. 3. AT THIS POINT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURES. FORD MOTOR CORP. HAS STATED THERE IS A RECALL ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM AND THAT ALTHOUGH MY CAR FALLS IN THE YEAR OF THE RECALL, IS THE CORRECT MAKE AND MODEL AND ALSO EXHIBITED THE EXACT SYMPTOMS LISTED UNDER THE RECALL, THEY WILL NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM.*JB

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 10 MPH SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO A NEARBY REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE REAR SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,282. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL MAKING NOISES, AND THE CONTACT WAS TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALER. THE CONTACT HAS THE REPAIR INVOICE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT GETTY SERVICE THE WRONG PART ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO WALLS FORD AND THEY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT HE REPAIRED REAR STRUTS AND REAR SHOCK ABSORBER. THE SWAY BAR LINKS WERE REPLACED. UPDATED 05/04/07*TR