2003 FORD TAURUS Complaints

FRONT SPRING BROKE WHILE IN GARAGE,PUNCTURING FRONT TIRE.LOCAL GARAGE REPLACED BOTH FRONT STRUTS,SPRINGS,AND TIRE {1]. CONTACTED LOCAL DEALER TO INQUIRE ABOUT RECALL OR WARRANTY.THEY WHERE NOT HELPFUL. *TR

VEHICLE MADE NOISE WHILE DRIVING ON FLAT GROUND. ASKED PASSENGER IF THEY HEARD THE NOISE AND THEY DID NOT. CAR CONTINUED TO DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 2 MORE MILES. CAR STARTED TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING UPHILL. THE CAR MADE A REVVING SOUND AND THEN STOPPED MOVING. TURNED FLASHERS ON AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SCARED THAT CAR WOULD NOT PARK. TRIED TO CHANGE GEARS AND VEHICLE WENT INTO PARK. STILL SCARED SO HAND BRAKE WAS APPLIED. CALLED FATHER AND UNCLE TO MOVE CAR. CAR HAD TO BE PUSHED BACKWARDS DOWN THE HILL INTO A PARKING SPACE AT A SECONDARY SCHOOL. NEXT DAY, CAR WAS TOWED TO RESIDENCE. VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST IN FEBRUARY FOR DIAGNOSIS. HAD TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING TO WORK TO EVEN PAY FOR REPAIR. SCARED TO IMAGINE THE COST. *KB

THE TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED WORKING WITH NO PRIOR INDICATIONS OF ANY PROBLEMS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT WAS THE TORQUE LINKAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WHEN I LOOKED THIS UP I LINE I SAW MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *KB

WAS PULLING OUT OF THE CAR GARAGE AND PUT IN REVERSE THE CAR STARTED BACK AND THE ENGINES RPM ROARED UP AND CRASHED IN TO NEIGHBOR TREE WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND CRASHED IN THE OTHER NEIGHBOR TREE AND HOUSE ALL OF THIS IN REVERSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY HE HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE. AFTER INSPECTING HIS VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE SHOCKS, STRUTS, THE STABILIZER LINKS FOR THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE HAD ALL BEEN DAMAGED AS WELL AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE COILS SPRINGS WERE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 109,800.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH THE BLOWER MOTOR AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS EXPERIENCED FAILURES. AS A RESULT, HOT AIR WOULD NOT BLOW FROM THE VENTS AND THE WINDSHIELD COULD NOT BE DEFROSTED. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED CONSTANTLY AND DRAINED THE BATTERY PREMATURELY. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COMPUTER AND CORRECTED THE INTERIOR LIGHT FAILURE. THE BLOWER MOTOR FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,555 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 85,754. UPDATED 03/05/12*LJ UPDATED 03/06/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON. THE CONTACT WAS ENTERING A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED ON WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND PUMP SHAFT FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 159,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I WAS JUST DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE RPMS JUST WENT UP AND I STARTED TO SLOW DOWN,PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRIED SHIFTING IN REVERSE AND THEN DRIVE AND WOULD NOT MOVE,RPMS JUST WENT UP WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS. *TR

WHILE BACKING UP IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SES, FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SNAPPED AND SLASHED TIRE. *TR