2000 FORD TAURUS Complaints

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, DAMAGING THE SHOCKS AND TEARING INTO THE TIRE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. CONSUMER'S WARRANTY WAS NOT HONORED, AND CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. VEHICLE WAS BEING RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. CONSUMER CONSULTED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT A POSSIBLE REIMBURSEMENT. AS OF TODAY THEY HAVE BEEN VERY UNCOOPERATIVE. ALSO, THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE, AND CONSUMER AGAIN HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIRS. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FROM PARK TO DRIVE THE TRANMISSION CABLE BROKE CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT ABLE TO SHIFT BACK INTO PARK.*AK

CONSUMER DROVE HOME IN THE RAIN, AND SIXDAYS LATER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE BACK WHEELS WOULD NOT TURN. HE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE REAR BRAKES RUSTED TOGETHER. CONSUMER HAD THE REAR BRAKES/SHOES REPLACED, AND THE ROTORS TURNED. CONSUMER NEVER HEARD OF REAR BRAKES RUSTING, AND DID NOT THINK WARRANTY WOULD PAY FOR IT. *AK *NM

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICED REFERENCING THE POTENTIAL OF THE FRONT COIL SPRING TO FRACTURE. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED BECAUSE THE PARTS FOR REPAIR ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *NM *TC

THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A ROUTINE INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

THIS VEHICLE HAD BROKEN A SPRING IN THE FRONT. FORD ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS YEAR/MAKE, AND MODEL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER WAS ONLY WILLING TO REIMBURSE THE CONSUMER $183.00 OF THE$ 762.98 THAT WAS SPENT BY CONSUMER FOR THE REPAIRS WHICH WERE NEEDED DUE TO DEFECTIVE COIL SPRINGS. *AK SPRING/COIL BROKE ON JULY 14 THE DAY BEFORE THE RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE WAS PUBLISHED. (DEFECT #PE04044). *TC

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING COIL SPRINGS. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. SERVICE MANAGER PAT MILLIKEN. *AK

THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR RECALL NUMBER 04V332000. HOWEVER, THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE REAR HAS THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. FORD TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATIOIN. *JB

CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT RECALL REPAIRS FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. DEALER STATED THAT THE PART WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER. *AK THE VEHICLE WOBBLES IN THE FRONT END. *NM

WHILE DRIVING OUT OF THE GARAGE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE, DAMAGING THE STRUT AND PUNCTURING THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE COIL SPRING WAS LOGGED BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE WHEEL. THIS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO REMOVE THE PUNCTURED TIRE OR TOW VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE GARAGE WITH FLOOR JACKS BECAUSE THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WOULDN'T TURN. ONCE OUT OF THE GARAGE THEY WERE ABLE TO SLID THE VEHICLE ONTO THE TOW TRUCK. THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS REPLACED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WASN'T PROVIDED BY THE DEALERSHIP. *AK *SC