2003 FORD TAURUS Complaints

A WATER LEAK, POSSIBLY FROM A FAULTY SEAL, ONTO THE PASSENGER INTERIOR FLOOR BOARD ALSO CAUSED MY AC/HEATER BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. MY HEATER SWITCH WILL ONLY WORK IN THE MAXIMUM POSITION. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ IT IS DUE TO A HEATER MOTOR RESISTOR, WHICH HAS CAUSED SIMILAR PROBLEMS FOR OTHER TAURUS OWNERS. I COULD NOT GET FORD TO ACT EVEN THOUGH A RELATED RECALL EXISTED UNDER 03V087000. *TR

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS HAS 39,464. I GOT IN IT TO GO TO WORK, STARTED IT, PUT IT IN REVERSE AND CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I TRIED DRIVE AND NOTHING. I HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM, AND FIND THIS ISSUE IS VERY COMMON IN THE 03 TAURUS, AND OTHER FORD VEHICLES WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH NOT TO BE DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AS A LOT OF THE PEOPLE I HAVE READ ABOUT. THE PROBLEM BEING A DEFECTIVE TORQUE CONVERTER. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU OPENED AN INVESTIGATION IN JULY OF 2009, WITH APRROX. 3000 REPORTS OF THIS PART FAILING. FORD NEEDS TO HAVE A RECALL ON THESE PARTS, BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. THIS IS MY FIRST STEP IN COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS MATTER, BUT IT IS NOT MY LAST. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILDREN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR'S TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON, MY CAR STARTED BUCKING, AND SOON LOST POWER AND I WAS FORCED TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND RESTART IT. *KB

AT APPROXIMATELY 126000 MILES FIRST OF TWO COIL SPRINGS BROKE IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR. HAD BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS REPLACED. THREE WEEKS LATER WAS BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE AT WORK ONLY TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION PUMP FAIL. CAR ACTED EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED IN MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS HERE, SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER, HIGH ENGINE REV AND AN INABILITY OF THE CAR TO WORK IN ANY GEAR. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AND WAS THEN TOLD THAT NOT ONLY DID THE TRANSMISSION NEED TO BE REBUILT BUT I ALSO HAD A REAR COIL SPRING THAT NOW WAS BROKEN. HAVE PURCHASED MANY FORD VEHICLES BUT THIS IS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU LOOK AT A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING WATER UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF WHERE THE WATER WAS COMING FROM. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER OR A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER RESISTER MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE WATER LEAK. THE CONTACT VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,349.

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS WITH 85,172 MILES ON IT. ON A RECENT TRIP OUT OF TOWN, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING,AND WE HAD TO BE TOWED HOME OVER 100 MILES. AFTER SOME RESEARCH ,I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY OWNERS OF 2003 FORD TAURUS' HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH NO WARNING OF THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT. IT APPEARS TO BE AN INTERNAL PROBLEM IN THE TRANSMISSION ITSELF. I FOUND 164 COMPLAINTS ON THE CAR COMPLAINTS/FORD WEBSITE CONCERNING THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. IT COST ME OVER $3600 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. THAT IS OVER HALF WHAT THE BLUE BOOK VALUE IS ON MY CAR! I WANT TO KNOW IF FORD HAS LOOKED INTO THIS PROBLEM ON THE TRANSMISSIONS? WITH THAT MANY 2003 FORD TAURUS TRANSMISSIONS GOING OUT, SEEMS TO ME THERE SHOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION OR A RECALL ON THEM. I WOULD APPRECIATE SOMEONE CHECKING INTO THIS PROBLEM. I REALLY LOVE MY TAURUS, BUT AM VERY UPSET THAT THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON A CAR THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BY FORD DEALERSHIPS FOR EVERYTHING FROM OIL CHANGES TO BRAKES, AIR CONDITIONER, ETC. ALWAYS HAD THE SERVICE DONE AT THE INTERVALS THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY DETERMINED NEEDED TO BE DONE. THE FORD DEALERSHIP IS THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE DONE ANY SERVICE ON MY CAR OTHER THAN TIRES.I FEEL THAT I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING TO KEEP MY CAR IN PERFECT CONDITION AND AM TERRIBLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED. PLEASE WOULD YOU CHECK INTO THIS PROBLEM AND SEE IF THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS?? THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE TO ME! IF THE CAR HAD STOPPED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY TO US AND OTHERS! THANK YOU! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH, WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND HAD PIERCED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE COIL SPRING WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 68,250.

POWER WINDOWS WILL NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN, MIRRORS DO NOT WORK, INSIDE LIGHTS ARE OUT. FORD REPLACED GEM MODULE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM COSTING ME MONEY AT THAT TIME. WHEN THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN, FORD WOULD REPLACE FUSE AND IN A FEW MINUTES THE FUSE WOULD BLOW, AGAIN AND AGAIN THEY DID THIS AND NOW THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN FIXING THE PROBLEMS SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OLDER AND NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY CLAIM FIXING IT WOULD COST MORE THAN THE VEHICLE IS WORTH. I HAVE A VERY GOOD VEHICLE AND WOULD LIKE TO USE THE WINDOWS AND MIRRORS AND ESPECIALLY THE LIGHTS INSIDE AND I FEEL THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD TO ME SINCE I TRAVEL ALONE A LOT EACH YEAR. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND THEY REPEATLY STATE THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY RECALLS AND ARE NOT AWARE OF SUCH PROBLEMS. I EVEN SENT THEM WEBSITES FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOWS. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GOGGLE: TAURUS WINDOW PROBLEMS AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. HOPE YOU CAN HELP WITH THIS MATTER AS FORD IS NOT LISTENING TO US..... *TT

I STOPPED AT A SIGNAL LIGHT WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN SO I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR AND THANKFULLY JUST CLEARED THE BUSY INTERSECTION. I WAS IN THE OUTSIDE LANE OF TRAFFIC AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED. I DRIFTED TO THE CURB. THE MOTOR STILL RUNNING. PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THEN IN GEAR. PRESSED THE GAS. NOTHING HAPPENED. I COULD TELL BY THE SOUND THE CAR WAS NOT GOING INTO GEAR. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF THEN RESTARTED THE CAR. PUT INTO GEAR, PRESSED GAS NOTHING HAPPENED. IT JUST SAT THERE. I HAD NO PROBLEMS OR PRIOR SYMPTOMS WITH THIS CAR. NO WARNING SIGNS! THIS PROBLEM COULD RESULT IN SOME VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. AFTER TALKING TO A LOCAL MECHANIC HE TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM I HAD WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD TAURUS ESP. THE 2003 MODEL. HE HAD REPLACED SEVERAL TORQUE CONVERTERS ON FORD TAURUS' LATELY. *KB

2003 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A ROAD HAZARD CONCERNING PLASTIC LENS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENSES TURN YELLOW, NOT ALLOWING LIGHT TO BE RADIATED THROUGH THEM. *JB