2013 FORD TAURUS Complaints

ELECTRICAL SEEMS TO SPIN EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE, AS WELL AS A MAJOR SPIN EVERY SIX MONTHS, PERHAPS YEAR NOW. EVEN NEW, VEHICLE HAD A TYPE OF ELECTRICAL "RESET", A MESSAGE WOULD SHOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN RESET.., ET CETERA. THE VEHICLE NOW WILL SHOW "CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURE" LIGHT AS WELL AS A LANGUAGE RESET. I FEEL THAT SOMETHING IS TAKING THE VEHICLE INTO A DIFFERENT "SET", OR IDEA..., PERHAPS A FOREIGN ELECTRICAL INVOLVEMENT IS MY UPFRONT CONCERN. WHEN I TRY AND SIMPLY INQUIRY FORD REGARDING THIS,... IT IS FOR SURE WHEN IT HAPPENS... (SOMEHOW). FORD AT THE DEALERSHIP APPEARS NOT TO NOTICE ANYTHING, AS IF IT IS FINE..., THAT EVEN BRAND NEW WITH ONLY 1000 MILES ON IT, THEY DID NOT SEE ANY CONCERN. I HAD BROUGHT IT UP TO THEM MANY TIMES, BUT THINGS GET A LITTLE 'WIND', OR WHIRLEY,... LIKE IT HAS A CAP, OR AN ODD MISCHIEF TO IT. I'M WORRIED THAT SOME DAY, WHILE WITH IT, OR NEEDING IT, THAT IT WILL HAVE THAT "LIGHTS OUT" PROBLEM, WHERE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE "KILLED" IT, OR IT IS A LITTLE DARK TO EVEN BRING UP TO PEOPLE. (IKE) IKO, IKE, IKZ MESSAGE APPEARS ON THE CENTER CONSOLE SCREEN, IT SHOWS BEFORE STARTING IT. IT SEEMS THAT FORD DOES NOT SEE THIS WITH WHAT THEY SEE, OR WITH THEIR EYES, BUT IT HAS BEEN A BOTHERSOME THOUGHT,.. WASHING MOTOR APPEARS TO BE LOST ALREADY AT A LOW MILEAGE, AND I AM FIGURING, THAT SINCE IT IS NEW, THAT THIS IS TO BLAME. 1C1C1CCC 1C1C1CCCCC 1C1C1CCC 1C1C1C1CCC 1C1C1C1C

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. CARMAX IN HENDERSON, NEVADA WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REPLACED THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE THE FAILURE. THE SOURCE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 66,000.

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND DISPLAYING ERRORS LIKE "STEERING ASSIST FAULT...SERVICE REQUIRED" ETC. ALSO AT THIS TIME THE POWER STEERING WENT COMPLETELY OUT AND THE VEHICLE WAS VERY HARD TO TO STEER WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN BAD ACCIDENT. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO FORD AND THEY ARE STATING THAT THE FIX FOR THIS IS REPLACING THE WHOLE STEERING RACK DUE TO A CODE (U300) THEY PULLED FROM THE CAR'S COMPUTER. THIS IS A $2000 REPAIR!!! I DID SOME RESEARCH MYSELF AND FOUND WHERE THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME NOW AND FORD HAD ISSUED A RECALL (15S18) BUT THE DEALER STATES THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL DUE TO IT'S BUILD DATE (FEB 3 2013). NOW IF THIS ISSUE WAS SUPPOSEDLY CORRECTED FOR LATER MODEL CARS..... WHY IS THIS CAR AMONG OTHERS I HAVE RESEARCHED STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES AS NOTED BY THE RECALL?? COULD IT BE THAT A GENERATION ONE STEERING RACK WAS USED DURING THE BUILD OF THIS LATER MODEL CAR INSTEAD OF A GEN 2, 3, ETC? I EVEN ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER COULD HE GUARANTEE THAT THE NEW STEERING RACK HE'D INSTALL WOULD PREVENT US FROM HAVING A VERY CLOSE CALL ACCIDENT AS BEFORE AND HE STATED THAT HE COULDN'T. THIS IS HORRIBLE!!! HTTP://WWW.FORDPROBLEMS.COM/TRENDS/EPAS/. HTTPS://STATIC.NHTSA.GOV/ODI/RCL/2015/RCMN-15V340-1276.PDF. AND READ SOME OF THE COMMENTS HERE ON OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME OR SIMILAR ISSUES WITH OTHER FORD VEHICLES. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=ROULANY5DMI

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (WESTWAY FORD IN IRVING, TEXAS) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT AND PCV VALVE WERE DAMAGED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: CAS14131690. THE FAILURE RECURRED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AGAIN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

MY STEERING WHEEL IS GETTING STIFF DAY BY DAY. I HAVE TO USE TWO HANDS MOST OF THE TIMES NOW. MY MILEAGE IS 87000. I'VE CONTACTED FORD DEALERSHIP. STILL WAITING FOR ANY FEEDBACK FROM FORD.

THIS WAS A LEASED CAR WHICH WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER IN MAY 2015. YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR SYSTEM

OUR DEPARTMENT'S FLEET OF 2013 AND 2015 INTERCEPTORS HAVE EXPERIENCED TEPEATED HEADLIGHT FAILURES. NO RECALL FOUND FOR THIS PROBLEM. PROBLEMS BEGAN AS VEHICLES SURPASSED WARRANTY LIMITS. ONE SERVICED AT THE DEALER AND THE WIRE HARNESS HAD BURNED UP AND NEEDED REPLACED, AS WELL AS THE BCM NEEDED REPROGRAMMING. ONE HOUR INTO USE AFTER SERVICE THE SAME HEADLIGHT FAILED AGAIN. EACH 2013 MODEL HAS HAD HEADLIGHTS REPLACED AT LEAST TWICE AND THE 2015'S ARE INCREASING IN FAILURE RATE. THE SERVICE COST WAS OVER $500. THE ESTIMATED REPROGRAMMING COST WAS QUOTED AT $250. THE ABSENCE OF A RECALL WILL RESULT IN RIDICULOUS COST OVERRUNS IN MAINTENANCE BUDGETS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED AS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE SLOWLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED WOODY BUTTS AUTOMOTIVE (1226 WATSON BLVD, WARNER ROBINS, GA 31093, (478) 220-0277), BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,555.

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR IN DECEMBER 2017 ON THE HIGHWAY. I TURNED ON THE HEATED SEAT FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR. THE HEATER HEATED UP UNTIL IT WAS BURNING MY BUTTOCKS (IT FELT LIKE A BEE-STING). I TURNED THE SEAT OFF AND IT STOPPED BURNING. THIS HAS HAPPENED EVERY TIME I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE HEATED SEAT ON SINCE THAT TIME REGARDLESS OF THE CAR BEING IN MOTION OR IN PARK. OCCASIONALLY, I SMELL AN ODOR THAT SMELLS LIKE WIRES BURNING. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE HEATER IN THE BOTTOM AND BACK OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT COVERED AS A SAFETY CONCERN (BECAUSE A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SEAT HEATERS) NOR IS IT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT WAS PURCHASED WITH THE AUTOMOBILE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD TAURUS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANUEVER. THE POWER STEERING ASSIST INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED MCCLARY FORD INC. AT (256) 232-4242 (1104 US HWY 72 E, ATHENS, AL 35611). THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V340000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000. *TT *TR