2000 FORD TAURUS Complaints

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. FORTUNATELY, I FOUND THE BROKEN SPRING AND HAD IT REPLACED BEFORE IT CAUSED OTHER DAMAGE. THE SPRING WAS CORRODED ALL THE WAY THROUGH. THE FORD DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT SPRINGS.

MY CAR WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE ON 6/26/05 DUE TO A PASSENGERS REAR SPRING BREAK AND TIRE PUNCTURE. WHEN BOTH TIRES WERE REMOVED IT WAS FOUND THAT BOTH SRPINGS WERE BROKEN AND DRIVERS REAR TIRE HAD SOME WEAR ON THE INSIDE. THE COST TO REPAIR AND REPLACE TIRES WAS $600.00 AND I WAS WITHOUT A CAR FOR 5 DAYS.

DT: CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WHILE GOING 47 MPH. UPON IMPACT, NIETHER OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

DT: THE SEAT BELT LOCKED AND THE CONSUMER COULD NOT GET THEM TO UNLOCK. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO FINALLY GET THEM TO OPEN BY PUSHING THE BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES, BUT NOW THEY WILL NOT COME UNLOCKED. *AK *TT *NM

I WAS DRIVING TO A NEARBY GAS STATION FOR GAS AND HEARD THE FLAT TIRE ON THE REAR PASSENGERS SIDE. SINCE ONLY A BLOCK FROM TEH STATION WHICH HAD AIR I DROVE THERE IN HOPES OF PUTTING AIR IN THE TIRE TO GET TO SOMEWHERE TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE TIRE. THAT DID NOT WORK. AFTER 2 1/2 HOURS OF WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO COME FROM AAA TO CHANGE THE TIRE. I WAS TOLD I HAD A BROKEN SPRING AND HE REFUSED TO PUT THE SPARE ON. I WAITED AND 2 HOURS FOR A TOW TRUCK TO HAVE IT TOWED TO MY GARAGE. ON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TIRE HAD BEEN WORN DOWN BY THE BROKEN SPRING AND PUNCTURED A HOLE IN IT. BOTH REAR SPRINGS AND TIRES ARE REPLACED. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID THAT I NEED TO HAVE IT TOWED AND DIAGNOSED BY A FORD DEALER AT MY EXPENSE, BEFORE THEY WOULD DECIDE IF THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. IF NOT I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO PAY ALL COSTS. BOTH SPRINGS ARE REPAIRED DUE TO A FEAR THAT THIS MAY OCCUR ON THE OTHER SIDE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND KILL ME OR SOMEONE ELSE. I INTEND TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FROM FORD, BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT UNLESS IT IS RECALLED I WILL MOST LIKELY NOT GET REIMBURSED.

DT: THE REAR COIL SPRINGS CAN POSSIBLY BREAK AND CUT REAR TIRES, CAUSING A BLOWOUT. CONSUMER HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH BOTH COIL SPRINGS IN THE REAR, BOTH TIRES WERE CUT. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR A RECALL REPAIRS AND THE MECHANIC NOTICED THIS PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS RIDING HARD, NOT SMOOTH. CONSUMER DID PAY TO HAVE THIS CORRECTED.*AK *SB *NM

DT: WHILE CONSUMER WAS LEANING UP AGAINST THE CAR THE FONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND BUSTED THE FRONT TIRE. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ,AND THEY FIXED THE FONT COIL SPRING, AND REPLACED THE TIRE DUE TO A RECALL. CURRENTLY, DEALER SAID THAT THE BACK COIL SPRINGS BROKE, AND THEY WILL NOT RELEASE THE CAR UNLESS THE CAR WAS TOWED OFF THE LOT. DEALER SAID THAT ONE OF THE BACK COIL SPRINGS WAS POKING INTO THE TIRE. REPAIR COSTS COST IS $420.00 REAR SPRING AND $272.85 FOR TIRE. *AK

DT: TOOK 2000 FORD TAURUS TO THE MECHANIC FOR SERVICE, AND THEY SAID NEW SPARK PLUGS WERE NEEDED. FORD DEALER REPLACED ANOTHER PART ON THE VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, WHEN IT GETS UP TO 40-50 MPH IT LURCHES 2 0R 3 TIMES.*AK

MY HUSBAND GOT A FLAT TIRE WHICH BY ITSELF IS NOTHING. HOWEVER, THE DAY FOLLOWING THE TIRE INCIDENT, AFTER HAVING PURCHASED TWO NEW TIRES AND AN ALIGNMENT FOR THE BACK OF THE CAR, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING. HE, OFCOURSE, WENT RIGHT BACK TO SEARS AND ASKED THEM WHAT IS UP WITH THE ALIGNMENT OF THE CAR. THEY TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AND FOUND THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. WE WERE ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR ANYWHERE EXCEPT TO THE DEALER. THE CAR IS NOW AT THE DEALERS. THEY TOLD US WE WERE IN LUCK BECAUSE THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL AND THEY WOULD FIX IT FREE OF CHARGE. AFTER LEAVING THE CAR WITH THEM, THEY CALLED US THE NEXT DAY AND SAID THAT THE RECALL WAS FOR THE FRONT SPRINGS ONLY. I WAS JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING BREAKS TOO. HOPE THIS INFORMATION IS HELPFUL FOR SOMEONE IN THE FUTURE. WE OFCOURSE HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR.

DT: CALLER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE ON FRONT COIL SPRINGS, BUT IS ALSO HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE REAR SPRINGS. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER SAID THEY WILL NOT HELP CALLER WITH THIS PROBLEM. CALLER WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT HIMSELF.*AK *SB