2002 FORD TAURUS Complaints

ELECTRICAL PROBLEM - CERTAIN LIGHTS STAY ON, OTHERS TOGGLE ON AND OFF, AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS COME ON AND GO OFF REPEATEDLY WITHOUT NOTICE OR CAUSE. FORD RECALLED VEHICLE AND SAID IT WAS REPAIRED ID#04V106000 AT THAT TIME (A COUPLE YEARS AGO NOW) AT THE TIME THE CAR WAS NEW AND HAD NOT SHOWN ANY PROBLEMS YET. (IT IS POSSIBLE THE DEALER DID NOT ACTUALLY DO REPAIR AS ADVISED) FORDS RECALL # 04S12 OTHER STRANGE THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH VARIOUS ELECTRICAL ITEMS, THE INDICATOR LIGHTS IN THE DASH LIGHT UP WITHOUT NOTICE SAYING DOORS ARE OPEN OR TRUNK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND A LOUD EXPLOSION CAME FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO EXPLODE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERN OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 75,000. UPDATED 02/17/10. *LJ UPDATED 02/19/10

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. HE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND CUT THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE IS AT HIS RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR HIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 125390.

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE. NEXT DAY, NO HEAT. I HAD A MECHANIC BACKFLUSH THE LINE AFTER WHICH I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME(VERY LITTLE) HEAT FOR ABOUT 1 MONTH JUST TO GET ME THROUGH THE WINTER. FOLLOWING YEAR, I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE BACKFLUSHED AGAIN. SAME RESULTS, BUT NOW THE AC IS STAYING ON WITH THE VENT ON AND I HAVE NO HEAT ANY WHERE BUT AT THE FLOOR BOARDS AND THAT IS VERY LITTLE TO NONE. A MECHANIC ADVISED ME THAT IT IS THE HEATER CORE AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE HEATER CORE SOUND TO BE A RESULT OF AN INCIDENT I HAD: WHEN I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE, I HAD A PROBLEM WITHIN 30 DAYS OF OWNERSHIP WHERE WATER WAS LEAKING UNDER THE HOOD FROM OUTSIDE. I WAS CHARGED FOR REPLACING A FAULTY COWLICK. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THIS PROBLEM WOULD CONTINUE TO HAPPEN WEEKLY WHEN THE CAR GOT WET IF THE COWLICK WAS NOT REPLACED. WHEN I QUESTIONED HOW THIS WAS POSSIBLE THAT I HAD THIS PROBLEM AND THEY NEVER HAD TO REPLACE THIS PART BEFORE; I WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE NEVER GOT WET WHILE IN THEIR OWNERSHIP,(OPEN LOT WITH NO GARAGES TO PROTECT VEHICLES FROM RAIN). I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT 2002 FORD TAURUS SE. THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED IT. THE DRIVER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN WHICH PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERN OF THE POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 105,000.

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT, I HEARD A POP AND NOTICED THE FRONT END WAS LEANING. WHEN I LOOKED OUT THE DOOR, I CONCLUDED IT AS A FLAT TIRE. LATER THE TOWING COMPANY STATED IT WAS DUE TO THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING BREAKING AND PUNCTURING THE TIRE. THE SPRING, MOUNT, AND STRUT ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED. FORD MOTOR COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT ON ANY RECALLS. (APPROX. MILEAGE 107,000) WITHIN THE PAST 2 MONTHS, BOTH REAR SPRINGS BROKE AS WELL. *TR

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL ABRUPTLY WHILE DRIVING DOWN A CLEAR WINTER ROAD RESULTING IN BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS NEEDING TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH A SWAY BAR LINK. SO FAR NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE TIRES, STRUTS, VEHICLE, OR OCCUPANTS IS APPARENT. I AM BEING CHARGED FOR THE REPAIRS, PLUS TOWING, AND RENTAL CAR WHILE MY CAR SITS IN THE GARAGE FOR 5 DAYS OVER THE WEEKEND WAITING FOR PARTS. I SEE THERE IS A RECALL ON TAURUS FOR COIL SPRINGS UP TO THE 2001 MODEL YEAR AND THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE INDICATE COIL SPRING FAILURE ON MODEL YEAR 2002 AND 2003 TAURUS. WHY IS THE RECALL NOT EXTENDED TO COVER THESE MODEL YEARS? *TR

BACKED OUT OF GARAGE, FRONT OF CAR SHOOK THEN LEFT FRONT END DROPPED. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER RETRIEVED A PIECE OF THE BROKEN SPRING OUT OF THE TIRE, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PUNCTURE. THIS IS THE ONLY OCCURRENCE UNDER CURRENT OWNERSHIP. TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE GARAGE WHERE THE LEFT FRONT SPRING AND TIRE WERE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE SWAY BAR LINK WAS BROKEN WHEN THE SPRING BROKE THEREFORE THIS PART ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE BLESSING HERE IS THAT THIS DEFECT OCCURRED WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY OWN GARAGE RATHER THAN A HIGHWAY--HENCE GREATLY DECREASING MY RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY. *TR

MY TAURUS EXPERIENCED A STRUT COIL SPRING FAILURE WHICH RESULTED IN THE CUTTING THE INSIDE WALL OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. BOTH STRUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED THE HIGHWAY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I REPLACED ONE STRUT LAST YEAR SAMETIME AND OTHER THIS WEEK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT SUSPENSION ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS FAILED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT AS SHE MOVED HER VEHICLE INTO THE DRIVEWAY THE SUSPENSION SNAPPED AND RIPPED THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS OR WARRANTIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.