2003 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE TIRE, CAUSING IT TO DEFLATE SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 98,000. UPDATED 4/4/11 *CN UPDATED 04/28/11*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND RUPTURED THE TIRE, CAUSING IT TO DEFLATE. THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 04V332000 SUSPENSION FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000.

DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH CAR STARTED SHAKING THEN LOUD BANG, PULLED OVER AND FOUND DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE FLAT HAD CAR TOWED TO SERVICE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE COIL SPRING BROKE AND FLATTENED THE TIRE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL. HE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE HAD EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE COIL SPRINGS HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE CAUSING IT TO BLOW OUT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRINGS AND TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND INFORMED HIM THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE COIL SPRINGS AND THEY COULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000. UPDATED 03/17/11*LJ UPDATED 12/20/11 *CN

BACKING OUT OF GARAGE AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT. FOUND LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCHED A HOLE IN A NEW TIRE (LESS THAN A WEEK OLD). COULD NOT GET THE FLAT OFF BECAUSE THE SPRING WAS INSIDE THE TIRE SO COULD NOT PUT ON THE SPACESAVER SPARE HAD TO TOW. THIS IS A 2003 FORD TAURUS WITH LESS THAN 80,000 MILES. NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY OR POLICY. *TR

IN OCTOBER OF 2008, MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SES SUDDENLY LOST THE ABILITY TO MOVE WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED - THE VEHICLE HAD 41,086 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. COST OF REPAIR WAS $1260.96. *TR

MINOR DRIVING CAR, WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS SIGNS OF TROUBLE,NO WARNING LIGHTS, ETC., AFTER TURNING CORNER, CAR ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. COULD NOT ENGAGE CAR IN GEAR AFTER THAT. HAD TO GET HELP PUSHING INTO NEARBY PARK AND HAVE IT TOWED IN FOR REPAIR. THANKFULLY, NOONE WAS HURT, AND PARK WAS NEARBY. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS I DON'T WANT TO IMAGINE THE OUTCOME. THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY NO SIGNS OF TROUBLE PREVIOUSLY THAT INDICATED ANY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *TR

WAS DRIVING MY 2003 TAURUS WHEN I GOT A FLAT TIRE DRIVERS SIDE..CALLED AAA THEY PUT MY SPARE ON. I TOOK CAR TO MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME A COIL BROKE AND RUPTURED THE TIRE..IT IS GOING TO COST $950..I WAS TOLD HOW LUCKY I WAS NOT TO HAVE HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT!!! ONLY HAVE 49,000 MILES ON MY TAURUS. *TR

MY CAR HADN'T GIVEN ANY WARNING OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT WAS SERVICED REGULARLY, AND WE HAD BOUGHT IT NEW, SO WE KNEW ITS HISTORY. I TURNED OFF THE HIGHWAY, ONTO MY STREET (UP A HILL) AND THE CAR SUDDENLY ACTED AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I MANAGED TO BACK IT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STREET, SO IT WOULD BE OUT OF TRAFFIC. CALLED THE TOW TRUCK. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN KILLED. I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE WITH FORD TAURUS. THE TRANSMISSION ON 2003S HAS GIVEN OUT WITH NO WARNING, IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.

2003 FORD TAURUS TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING ON BUSY STREET, WAS LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO ALMOST OFF OF ROADWAY. TWO PEOPLE CAME TO AID AND PUSHED THE CAR COMPLETELY OUT OF ROADWAY. CAR HAS JUST 62,000 MILES. *TR