2000 FORD TAURUS Complaints

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2000 FORD TAURUS SUDDENLY FAILED AS I WAS LEAVING A BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT AND WAS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC OF A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. THERE HAD BEEN NO WARNING THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM OF ANY KIND. AFTER HAVING MY VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPUTABLE REPAIR SHOP, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS A LITTLE OVER 52,688 MILES.

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT. DRIVER MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. SUSPICION OF REAR COIL SPRING FAILURE. ONCE REACHING BACK HOME CONSUMER HEARD A RUMBLING SOUND. UPON INSPECTION, BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE RUBBING THE TIRES. *AK THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS FAILED IN DECEMBER 2004. *SB *NM

THE REAR SEAT BELTS DID NOT RETRACT. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE SEAT BELT FOUR TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *JB *NM

DT: THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. THEY DEPLOYED AFTER IMPACTING, AND CONSUMER HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. THE IMPACT WAS ON THE FRONT END OF THE CAR. THE ACCIDENT HAD BEEN OVER FOR 6 SECONDS BEFORE THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THEN THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND THREW THE CONSUMER BACKWARDS. THIS WAS THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG THAT WAS LATE IN DEPLOYMENT, BUT PASSENGER'S AIR BAG CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK *SB

PAINT SPLINTERED OFF OF REAR BUMPER WHEN A STRAY SHOPPING CART REPORTEDLY BUMPED VEHICLE. BLACK RUBBER BUMPER EXPOSED. SUCH A SLIGHT BUMP THAT NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE; PAINT JUST SHATTERED OFF OF BUMPER.

DT: AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON . TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND HAD IT FIXED. NOW THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AGAIN. HAS NOT TAKEN BACK TO DEALER. AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON, AND THEN STARTED BLINKING ON AND OFF. THEN IT STAYED ON.*AK

DT: THE VEHICLE DID NOT START. WHEN THE KEY WAS PLACED IN THE IGNITION AND TURNED, THERE WAS NO SOUND. IF THE CAR IS DRIVEN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, IT WILL NOT START BACK UP AFTER BEING SHUT OFF. *JB

DT: LAST WEEK THE CAR WAS SERVICED, THE TIRES WERE ROTATED AND A ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED. MAY 9 2005, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE IN THE REAR END AND HE DISCOVERED THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS ON HIS WAY TO THE DEALER, THE REAR BRAKES FROZE UP. THE CAR COULD NOT BE DRIVEN TO DEALER, THE CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. THE MECHANIC TOOK THE REAR TIRES OFF AND THE BRAKE DRUMS JUST FELL APART. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE DRIVER 'S SIDE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE. AS A RESULT THE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED. *AK THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN WHEN AN EXTREMELY LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. THE CONSUMER, WHO WAS IN THE HOUSE, HEARD THE NOISE, HAD COME OUTSIDE AND FOUND THE BACK TIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BLEW OUT. THE REAR SPRING HAD BROKEN AND CAUSED A CLEAN SLASH ON THE INSIDE TIRE CIRCUMFERENCE. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TIRE BUT THE CONSUMER WAS REFUSED. *SC *JB

I NOTICED A FLAT TIRE ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE ONE MORNING WHEN I PULLED OUT OF MY GARAGE AND WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO A TIRE COMPANY TO GET SOME NEW TIRES PUT ON, THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY REAR COIL SPRING BROKE AND CHEWED UP MY TIRE. I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS AND OBTAIN A NEW TIRE. THE TIRE COMPANY (SUBURBAN TIRE IN BERWYN, IL) INFORMED MY MECHANIC THAT MANY CUSTOMERS OF THEIRS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT FORD HAD REIMBURSED THEM FOR ALL CHARGES INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH SAME. FYI, THIS CAR ONLY HAS 42,000 MILES ON IT.