2003 FORD TAURUS Complaints

SUB FRAME RUSTED OUT ON THIS 2003 FORD TAURUS. 91,000 MILES ON CAR. WILL NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC HEADLIGHT WAS TURNING YELLOW ABNORMALLY AND CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE EXTREMELY FAINT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO UTILIZE THE HIGH BEAM LIGHTS FOR ADEQUATE ILLUMINATION OF THE ROADWAY AT NIGHT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 110,000 UPDATED 3/14/11 *CN UPDATED 04/28/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND TO HAVE THE SUB FRAME REPLACED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE DOING SO. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

I WAS DRIVING I-75N, GOT OFF AT MY EXIT AND SWITCHED LANES AS THE LIGHT WAS TURNING FROM RED TO GREEN. JUST AS I GOT UNDER THE LIGHT, MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT WAS IN GEAR, BUT THE ENGINE WOULD ONLY REV (AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL). I PUT ON MY HAZARDS, RESTARTED THE CAR TO NO AVAIL. CALLED 911 AND REPORTED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. A KIND (AND BRAVE) STRANGER WAS ABLE TO PUSH MY CAR SAFELY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND TO THE SHOULDER WHERE I PARKED AND WAITED FOR A TOW-TRUCK AND FRIEND TO PICK ME UP. HAD IT TOWED TO PEPBOYS (THEY DON'T WORK ON TRANSMISSIONS) HAD IT TOWED TO AAMCO AND SUBSEQUENTLY COTTMAN TRANSMISSIONS WHERE IT SITS NOW. PARTS AND LABOR ARE ESTIMATED AT $2331. MANY, MANY OTHER SIMILAR ACCOUNTS FROM OTHER 2003 FORD TAURUS OWNERS. SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE FAILING TORQUE CONVERTERS. AND THE STICKLER IS, I JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE AT MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME MY CAR WAS IN GREAT CONDITION. THERE WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW RELIEVED I WAS HEARING THAT FROM THE MANUFACTURER.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN REVERSE, THE LEFT FRONT STRUT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. A MONTH BEFORE, THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE CONTACT STATED THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED IN ORDER TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA08018 (SUSPENSION: FRONT: SPRINGS: COIL SPRINGS). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS. I WENT TO PULL OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, WHEN I HEARD A POP. AND MY LEFT FRONT TIRE FLAT. MY COIL SPRING BROKE WHICH PROCEEDED TO TEAR MY TIRE AND BROKE MY SWAY BAR IN THE PROCESS. THIS COULD OF CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF I WAS ON THE ROAD DRIVING. I HAVE TO REPLACE ALL PARTS FOR BOTH SIDES AND TIRES. I HAVE READ SOME OF THE OTHER REPORTS ON THE SAME SUBJECT. AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS. I ALSO IN JANUARY HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR END SUSPENSION TOO. THE COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN TOO. *TR

WHILE WAITING AT STOPLIGHT, HEARD A POPPING NOISE AND FRONT DRIVERS SIDE OF CAR WENT DOWN. WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO GAS STATION PARKING LOT ABOUT 50 FEET AWAY. UPON INSPECTION COULD SEE INSIDE SIDEWALL WAS TORN UP. CALLED FOR TOW. A SERIES OF BAD EVENTS HAD TAKEN PLACE, COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL AT HIGH SPEED. SPRING HAD BROKEN AND TWISTED OUT TO SIDE SHREDDING TIRE. TORE OPEN PVC BOOT. SPRING ALSO DAMAGED AXLE. ALSO DESTROYED ANOTHER LARGE PLASTIC PART. ALL THESE PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACE AT GREAT EXPENSE. ALSO REPLACED SPRING AND STRUT ON PASSENGER SIDE FOR SAFETY S SAKE. FORD HAS RECALLED AND REPLACED OTHER MODEL YEAR SPRINGS, BUT NOT 2002 OR 2003. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED, ESPECIALLY WITH FORDS PAST ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

1ST OCCURRENCE: DRIVING ON FREEWAY, ALL ELECTRICAL POWER LOST EXCEPT ANTITHEFT LIGHT ON DASH ON. TURN SIGNALS NOT FUNCTIONING, WAS LUCKY TO GET TO SHOULDER, NO HAZARDS WORKED WHILE ON SHOULDER. STRANDED FOR APPROX 1 HR WHEN ALL POWER CAME BACK AND CAR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. 2ND OCCURRENCE; CAR WAS PARKED AT WORK, ANTITHEFT LIGHT ON AND ALL ELECTRICAL DEAD LEAVING DRIVER STRANDED. WILL BE TOWING TO FORD DEALERSHIP IF IT DOESN'T START TOMORROW. *LN

I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A GAS STATION AND CAME DOWN THE STEEP HILL TO MY HOUSE AND WHEN I WENT TO BACK INTO MY PARKING SPACE THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED . I THOUGHT MY TIRES WERE JUST SPINNING DUE TO SOME ICE . WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE TO TRY TO FIND ANOTHER SPACE I DISCOVERED THE ONLY GEARS I HAD WERE PARK AND NEUTRAL. THE CAR THEN COASTED TO THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND STOPPED, I THEN HAD TO GET MY NEIGHBOR TO HELP PUSH THE CAR AROUND THE CORNER AND INTO A PARKING SPOT. THERE WAS NO WARNING AT ALL THE TRANSMISSION NEVER SLIPPED AND THERE WERE NO INDICATOR LIGHTS . NOTHING AT ALL JUST TOTAL FAILURE. I'M JUST GLAD IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR ALONG THE HIGHWAY ON OUR WAY TO CUB SCOUTS.