2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

VEHICLE (2001 FORD TAURUS SE) FAILED SAFETY INSPECTION BECAUSE BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT INVOLVED BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUGHT DURING A SAFETY INSPECTION. *TR

WHILE ON VACATION, DRIVER SIDE REAR SPRING BROKE, CAUSING DRIVER SIDE REAR STRUT TO BREAK. HAD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR SPRINGS AND STRUTS. CAR CURRENTLY HAS ONLY 31,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

I WAS PARKING MY CAR WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG COME FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG AFTER LOOKING UNDER THE CAR. LATER WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE AWAY I HEARD A SCRAPING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE BRAKES SO I HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. AFTER THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, HE TOLD ME BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AND THE SCRAPING NOISE WAS THE BROKEN LEFT REAR SPRING RUBBING ON THE TIRE. I WAS LUCKY THAT I WASN'T DRIVING OTHERWISE THE BROKEN SPRING WOULD HAVE EVENTUALLY CUT THE TIRE. *TR

CAR APPEARED TO LOWER IN THE BACK END THAN IT SHOULD BE. TAKEN TO REPAIR SHOP. DIAGNOSED WITH BROKEN SPRING WHICH WAS RUBBING REAR TIRES NEEDING 2 NEW TIRES. CAR HAS ONLY 75,000 MILES. COST OVER $1000. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 FORD TAURUS AND THE REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN. HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS. *TR

EVERY TIME IT RAINS MY PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR IS FLOODED WITH WATER. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED, BUT GET NO SOLUTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION DUE TO FRACTURED FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS ACCORDING TO THE RECALL; HOWEVER, THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE NOT INCLUDED. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 69,000.

REAR SPRINGS SNAPPED DESTROYING BOTH TIRES. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT REAR SPRINGS AND STRUTS AND BOTH REAR TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING CAR AND HEARD FUNNY RATTLING NOISE IN FRONT END WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. I CHECKED OUT THE FRONT END AND FOUND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. WHILE GETTING THAT FIXED THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR COIL SPRING WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN ALSO! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING, HE WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER DRIVER THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON HIS VEHICLE WERE NOT WORKING. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES IN THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 103,000.