2004 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD AND A LOUD NOISEWAS PRODUCED WHEN IN THE IDLE POSITION. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. AFTER THREE VISITS TO A REPAIR SHOP A SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT HAS THE REPAIR ORDERS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 77000.*AK

VEHICLE STARTED STALLING AT EXPRESSWAY SPEEDS, MOST NOTABLY WHEN PULLING A HILL OR DURING ACCELERATION. THIS PROGRESSED TO STALLING AT IDLE AND LOW RPM SPEEDS, AND EVENTUALLY LED TO SURGING AND THE INABILITY TO KEEP THE VEHICLE RUNNING. THIS PROBLEM LED TO THE VACUUM BOOST FOR THE POWER BRAKES FAILING WHICH CAUSED THE POWER BRAKES TO FAIL UNEXPECTEDLY AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, HIT MY GARAGE AND CAUSED $3000 DAMAGE TO MY HOME, AND $1000 WORTH OF BODY DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO 2 DIFFERENT FORD DEALERS. FIRST ONE STATED THAT IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP AND PRESSURE REGULATOR, REPLACING THESE DID NOTHING BUT COST $800. SECOND ONE DISCOVERED THAT THE PLASTIC UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AT THE EGR VALVE AND PCV VALVE LOCATIONS LEADING TO THE ENGINE RUNNING TOO LEAN. STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON 2000 TO 2007 FORD TAURUS AND THAT EVEN IN THE SMALL TOWN WE LIVE IN HE REPLACED 3 OR 4 A MONTH EVEN ON BRAND NEW VEHICLES, THAT FORD WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THIS PART BUT WOULD NOT REPAIR OR FIX. REPAIRS THEN TOTALED AN ADDITIONAL $620. *JB

THROTTLE CABLE RUBBING AGAINST ENGINE CAUSING GAS PEDAL VIBRATION. OIL FILTER LEAKS ONTO PART OF MUFFLER CAUSING SMOKE NO MATTER HOW TIGHT. *NM

IN COLD WEATHER, THE SIDE DOOR LATCH MECHANISMS SOMETIMES FREEZE AND DO NOT RETURN TO THE LATCH POSITION WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED. THE DOORS CAN OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING. THIS IS SIMILAR TO TSB# 05224 AND NHTSA# 10018738 BUT IS OCCURING IN A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE OTHER INCIDENTS APPLY TO FORD FIVE HUNDRED, FREESTYLE, AND MERCURY MONTEGO MODELS. *JB

WATER LEAKING ON PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD CAUSING FAILURE OF DEFOGGER BLOWER FAN. WAS NOT COVERED BY BUMPER TO BUMPER EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE THIS IS A KNOWN EXISTING PROBLEM. *JB

CAR STARTED TO MISS BADLY AT STOPS AND EVENTUALLY WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHILE SHAKING VIOLENTLY. CAR THEN STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MILES PER HOUR. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE THAT EVENTUALLY LED ME TO SURRENDER THE CAR EVEN WITH THE CONSEQUENCES TO MY CREDIT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR, PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AND REAR TIRES HAD BLOWN OUT SUDDENLY ON THREE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED 07/12/06, THE SECOND OCCURRED ON 07/26/06, AND THE THIRD ON 08/02/06. THE STEEL BELTS CAME LOOSE WHICH CAUSED THE TREAD TO SEPARATE IN THE THREE INCIDENTS. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED PRIOR TO EACH INCIDENT. THE DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED. THE TIRES WERE COOPER, SUPREME 770 PATRIOT ULTRA. SIZE P21560/R16.

FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE. THE CAR IS 2 YEARS & 3 MONTHS OLD, ALL FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLES HAVE BECOME JAMMED. UNABLE TO USE SEAT BELTS IN FRONT SEATS. *JB

2004 FORD TAURUS FFV. 1) THE CAR TAKES TWO OR MORE ATTEMPTS TO START THE ENGINE AFTER SITTING FOR 6+ HOURS ("COLD" ENGINE). VEHICLE IS RUNNING E85 ONLY. 2) AFTER IT STARTS, THE ENGINE CANNOT FIND AN IDLE AND CAN STALL OR REV UP UNEXPECTEDLY. 3) SO FAR TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS HAVE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP WITH NO CHNAGE IN STATUS. ADDITIONALLY, ONE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN PLAYING AROUND WITH THE COMPUTER PROGRAMMING. THIS HAS NOT SOVLED THE PROBLEM. FORD'S ONLY SOLUTION TO DATE IS TO NOT USE E85 EVEN THOUGH THIS VEHICLE IS A FFV. *JB

ROUGH IDLE, TAKEN TO DEALER UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD FORD WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM AND HAD ISSUED A COMPUTER UPDATE FOR THE ISSUE. CAR WAS SERVICED AND IDLE WAS ONLY IMPROVED FOR 1 WEEK OR LESS. IDLE CONTINUES TO BE ROUGH AND SHOP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS BEEN PROBLEM SINCE THE DAY I PURCHASED THE CAR. *JB