2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

2001 FORD TAURUS 55,000 MILES EXCESSIVE REPAIR COST - VEHICLE TAKEN IF FOR FRONT END SHAKE WHEN SPEED AT 60 MPH. FRONT END ALIGNMENT DONE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. UNDERSTANDABLE AND I AM FINE WITH THIS. AT THE SAME TIME THE DEALER DISCOVERED RR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. THEY REPLACED BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS FOR AN ADDITIONAL COST OF $376.87. I SPOKE WITH A FRIEND OF MINE AND THEY HAD TO HAVE REAR COIL SPRINGS REPLACED ON THEIR TAURUS AS WELL WITH 65000 MILES. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT. *NM

ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS DURING AN ANNUAL STATE INSPECTION (NOV. 14, 06), THE MECHANIC FOUND A FRACTURED REAR SUSPENSION SPRING THAT WAS VERY CLOSE TO CUTTING THE REAR TIRE. BOTH STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED, PUNCTURING THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE, WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT 10 MPH. THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER ABOUT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED IN REGARDS TO A POSSIBLE RECALL ON THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. THERE WERE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS MATTER VIA THE NHTSA WEBSITE ABOUT THE SUSPENSION: REAR: SPRINGS: COIL SPRINGS.

WATER LEAKING INTO CABIN FROM SOMEWHERE AROUND FRONT WINDSHIELD. FOLLOWING HARD RAIN, DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT AND REAR FLOOR CAN BE COMPLETELY SOAKED. TOOK TWICE TO DEALER, PAID $140, NO HELP. DON'T KNOW LONG-TERM EFFECT THIS MAY HAVE ON OTHER VEHICLE COMPONENTS--BRAKES, ELECTRICAL, ETC. *NM

BROKEN DRIVER'S SIDE REAR COIL STRUT SPRING, ON 2001 FORD TAURUS. JUST MISSED HITTING TIRE. YOU COULD SEE CORROSION THROUGH COIL SPRING. WAS NOTICED WHILE REPAIRING REAR SWAY BAR END LINK WHICH WAS ALSO BROKE FROM CORROSION. *NM

SEAT BELT WON'T EXTRACT OR RETRACT PROPERLY IN REAR SEAT CAUSING IT TO BE LOOSE AND NOT FITTING. ALSO CAUSING IT TO LOCK UP IN OPERATION LEAVING YOU TO HAVE TO FEED IT FORCIBLY BACK IN TO BE ABLE TO USE IT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A RUBBING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED. AS THE REAR SPRINGS WERE BEING REPLACED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STABILIZER LINK WAS BROKEN AS WELL. UPDATED 11/08/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE DROVE LOW IN THE BACK AND A TIRE RUBBING SOUND COULD BE HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO UPON EXAMINATION, DETERMINED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS AND THE STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE SPRINGS AND STRUTS. THE CONTACT NOTICED OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR IMPACT ACCIDENT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARKED ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE CONTACT WAS WEARING THE SEATBELT BUT STILL SUFFERED MAJOR AND PERMANENT INJURIES. THE FUEL LINE DID NOT SHUT OFF DURING THE ACCIDENT AND THE FRONTAL DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNAL PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. AN POLICE REPORT WAS PROCESSED. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DONE BY THE INSURANCE AGENCY.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOYED IN A FRONTAL IMPACT CRASH. THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE AT TIME OF IMPACT WAS 45 MPH. THERE WAS PRE-IMPACT BRAKING. THE OCCUPANT WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.