2000 FORD TAURUS Complaints

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION YET THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*MR THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER RIBCAGE. *NM

PROBLEMS WITH 2000 TAURUS STATION WAGON.*MR WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. *NM

CONSUMER NOTICED ANTI FREEZE IN DRIVEWAY. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION NOTICED A CRACK IN THE FUEL TANK. WHEN THE PART WAS ORDERED THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE PART.*AK

CONSUMER STATED A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE FRONT COILS SPRINGS. DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE CONSUMER DID NOT LIVE IN A COLD PART OF THE COUNTRY. *AK *MR

WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE FROM THE DRIVEWAY TO THE STREET CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE, ON INVESTIGATION BY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FRONT COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. ALSO, THE STABILIZER BAR BROKE. IF THE CAR HAD MOVED IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A WRECK, AND POSSIBLY IN ROLL OVER. *AK *TS

WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY DRIVER SIDE FRONT STRUT BROKE, AND FRONT COIL SPRING PUNCTURED, CAUSING A 6 INCH SLASH IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STRUT. THE PROBLEM RECURRED ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WHILE STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, BUT DIDN'T PUNCTURE THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE.*AK *TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT HE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 35-40 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A STOP, THE BRAKES MADE A GRINDING NOISE, THEN AFTER HE PUMPED THE BRAKES HE HEARD A NOISE AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. HE STATED HE HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE MIDAS BRAKES SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT, THE PROBLEM LIES WITHIN HIS ABS. HE STATED HE HAS ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE 6 MOS AND HAS BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM SINCE HE OBTAINED THE VEHICLE. *JB

FRONT COILS SPRING MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT, FRONT END WAS SITTING VERY LOW .CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FRONT END WILL COLLAPSE WHILE DRIVING. A RECALL WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER THE PART WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER. *AK

LEFT REAR SEATBELT WOULD NOT RETRACT AT ALL. RIGHT REAR SEATBELT WAS APPARENTLY OK. TOOK CAR IN FOR INSPECTION AT 57,945 MILES. WAS TOLD THAT BOTH SEATBELTS DO NOT WORK AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. AS STATED, RIGHT SIDE ONE WAS FINE UNTIL THEY "TESTED" IT, NOW THEY CLAIM IT WILL NOT RETRACT EITHER. CAR HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY (ALTHOUGH WE WERE NOT TOLD THAT IT DID NOT COVER SAFETY ITEMS) BUT SAFETY ITEMS ARE APPARENTLY ONLY COVERED 50,000/5 YRS (WE ARE WITHIN THE 5 YEAR LIMIT). I AM AWARE THAT THERE IS A FORD TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 99V-250 FOR SEATBELTS, BUT I CANNOT ACCESS FURTHER INFO AS IT IS ON FORD'S INTERNAL WEBSITE. I AM ALSO UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT OTHER TAURUS MODEL YEARS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR SEATBELTS. ALTHOUGH MY EXTENDED WARRANTY IS STILL IN EFFECT, I SEEM TO HAVE NO RECOURSE, AND I FIND IT ODD THAT THE RIGHT SEATBELT FAILED AT THE DEALER DURING INSPECTION. SERVICE PROVIDER IS BURNS FORD OF HUNTINGTON, NY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTETION TO THIS ITEM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR COIL SPRING. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE AND CUT A COMPLETE CIRCLE IN THE TIRE. *AK