2000 FORD TAURUS Complaints

REAR SEAT BELTS IN CAR LOCKED AND WERE UNUSABLE. THIS HAPPENED WITH BOTH SHOULDER BELTS IN THE REAR, AND WAS A BIG CONCERN FOR ME SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FOR TRANSPORTING CHILDTRN..

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH CRACKED, CAUSING THE KNOB TO DETACH. THE CONTACT WISHED TO QUALIFY FOR RECALL # 01V075000. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 90000. *AK UPDATE *4/23/07 **TR

(1) RECALL ON THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BUT NOT THE REAR SPRINGS . (2) L REAR COIL SPRING BROKE AND CUT INTO THE REAR TIRE CAUSING A BLOW OUT .

I WAS DRIVING OUT OF AN UNDERGROUND PARKING RAMP, WENT OVER A SPEED BUMP, AND HEARD A LOUD CRASH TYPE OF SOUND. I WENT TO SEE AN AUTO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE FRONT COIL SPRING ON MY 2000 FORD TAURUS WAS FRACTURED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED.

LEFT REAR COIL SPRING IS BROKEN, CAUSING SAFETY CONCERN REGARDING POSSIBLE TEARING OF TIRE BY BROKEN SPRING. THIS EXACT SITUATION CAUSED A RECALL BY FORD OF FRONT SPRINGS BUT THEY REFUSE TO EXTEND TO REARS. *JB

2000 TAURUS: ALL 4 SPRINGS HAVE BROKEN, THE FRONT 2 WERE REPLACED UNDER RECALL. THE BACK ONES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE OF $600.00. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE HAD A CRACKED REAR SPRING, AND THE STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,958. THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS FAILURES WITH THE VEHICLE. IT FAILED THE NY STATE INSPECTION DUE TO THE CRACKED SUSPENSION SYSTEM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 2000 AND THE 2001 VEHICLES WERE UNDER DEFECT INVESTIGATION, #PE05054, OPENED ON 01/24/2006 AND CLOSED ON 2/5/2007. THE NY STATE INSPECTION DEPARTMENT CONSIDERED IT A HAZARD. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,968. *AK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS WHILE TURNING INTO THE DRIVING 5 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE NEAR THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE COIL SPRING CAUSED A 1 INCH CUT IN THE TIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A RECALL#04V332000, FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. HOWEVER, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL FOR THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. THIS WAS THE THIRD OCCURRENCE WITH THE COIL SPRING FAILURE. THE DEALER HAS NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 59,800. *AK UPDATE 04/17/07. *TR

OWN A 2000 TAURUS SES WITH 68,000 MILES. WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED IN GARAGE, MY WIFE AND I JUST GOT HOME WITH OUR PICK UP, WE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND WE HEARD A LOUD SHOT LIKE NOISE. I LOOKED AROUND UNDER THE TAURUS AND FOUND THAT THE RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURED. HAVING A FAMILY WE WERE THANKFUL THAT WE WERE NOT DRIVING IT AT THE TIME. *JB

TL*- CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS, AND WHILE THE CONTACT HEARD A CLANKING G SOUND. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO LOCAL MECHANIC, AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT A SHARP JAGGED EDGE OF THE COIL SPRING GOUGED THE INNER SIDE WALL OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE AND SNAPPED. THE RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING SNAPPED AS WELL, BUT THE SPRING WAS NOT INTO THE TIRE. THE CURRENT AN D FAILURE MILEAGE WERE BOTH 87600.*AK UPDATED 04/12/07. *JB