2003 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE CONTACT SMELLED RUBBER BURNING WHEN HE NOTICED THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE, CAUSING THE TIRE TO DEFLATE. THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V332000 (SUSPENSION FRONT SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH HIS VIN AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 74,900.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED; YET, THERE WAS AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND CRASHED INTO FOUR UNOCCUPIED VEHICLES AND SMALL TREES. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NO PERSONAL INJURIES; HOWEVER, THERE WERE THREE BYSTANDERS THAT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WAS TOLD BY FORD DEALER BOTH FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS ON DRIVERS SIDE WERE BROKE ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS. FOUND OUT THIS IS A ONGOING PROBLEM THAT FORD HAS WITH NO RECALL. BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AND NOW I HAVE ONLY 71,000 MILES .PAID 1354.12 TO HAVE CAR REPAIRED AND IM VERY UNHAPPY WITH FORD OVER THIS. FORD SHOULD MAKE GOOD FOR THIS REPAIR. *TR

PUT MY 2003 FORD TAURUS IN REVERSE, BACKED UP ABOUT A FOOT , TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SUSPENSION SPRING WAS BROKEN. *TR

2003 TAURUS S/W LEFT FRONT AND RIGHT REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKEN AT 103,000 MILES. FOUND UNDER ROUTINE INSPECTION. NO TIRE DAMAGE, NO CRASH FORTUNATELY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, EVERYTHING WORKED FINE UNTIL I SLOWED DOWN FOR A TURN, AND WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN...IT WOULDN'T. THE CAR IS AT AROUND 83,000 MILES, AND BESIDES THIS ISSUE THE CAR IS IN AMAZING SHAPE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND DROVE THE VEHICLE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. UPON EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PIERCED THE TIRE. A SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 133,050.

2003 FORD TAURUS SEC WAGON WITH A LEAKY WINDSHIELD. WATER GOT INTO MY A/C BLOWER FAN HOUSING AND SHORTED OUT THE A/C BLOWER FAN, CAUSED THE BLOWER FAN TO FAIL, THE AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE RESISTER SWITCH AND THE 40 AMP FUSE IN THE SAME SYSTEM DUE TO WATER ENTERING INTO THE CAR FROM THE WINDSHIELD AND COWL DESIGN FLAW. THE RESULT IS A LOSS OF DEFROSTER AND ANTI-FOG CAPABILITY RESULTING IN A SEVERE LOSS OF VISIBILITY DUE TO A LOSS OF SAID CAPABILITY AND/OR FUNCTIONALITY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, SHE HEARD A LOUD PING SOUND FOLLOWED BY A CLANKING SOUND AS IF METAL WAS BOUNCING ON THE GROUND. THE DRIVER STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED A PIECE OF UNKNOWN METAL HAD FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN HOME AND WAS NOT TAKEN FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION FOR THE FAILURE NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA08018 (SUSPENSION: FRONT: SPRINGS: COIL SPRINGS). THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

2003 FORD TAURUS TRANSMISSION BREAKS GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 75 MPH,WE WERE STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT 11 PM IN THE RAIN.!!! IF YOU SEARCH THE INTERNET THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS TRANSMISSION FAILING IT IS THE SAME TRANSMISSION THAT WAS RECALLED IN THE WINDSTAR. BUT SINCE NO ONE HAS DIED YET NOTHING WILL CHANGE. *TR