2003 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS SE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE PERFORMED WHEN HE WAS ADVISED BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED. THE COIL SPRING WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 21,000.

I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON TWO LANE HIGHWAY. CAR WENT OUT OF GEAR AS THOUGH IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO GEAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE ENGINE BEGAN MAKE A KNOCKING NOISE AND A CHECK ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A VALVE SPRING HEAD BROKE OFF INSIDE OF THE ENGINE CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE WITH A REMANUFACTURED ENGINE. WITHIN A FEW DAYS, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,887 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 4 MPH AND MAKING A TURN, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD GRINDING AND POPPING NOISE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED DOWN AND THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT BECAUSE THE COIL SPRING PIERCED IT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 71,300.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT 10 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS NEVER ANY PRIOR INDICATION THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING. THE DEALER REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 101,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE REVERSING FROM A PARKING SPACE AT 2 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE FRONT DRIVER TIRE WENT FLAT. HE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE AND NOTICED THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED IN THREE PARTS. THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND CAUSED IT TO BECOME FLAT. THERE WAS NOT A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 80,156.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN SUDDENLY, THE RPMS INCREASED AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HER RESIDENCE, AND TWO DAYS LATER THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

2003 FORD TAURUS FRONT AND BACK COIL SPRINGS BROKE AND THE FRONT PUNCTURED THE TIRES WHICH ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL PROBLEMS HAPPENED ON MARCH 1, 2010 COSTING $1149.01 WHICH INCLUDED THE TWO NEW TIRES WE HAD TO BUY THAT GOT PUNCTURED BY THE COILS. THE BACK SUSPENSION PROBLEMS HAPPENED ON MAY 10, 2010 COSTING $142.75. I HAVE READ MANY TIMES THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM AND FEEL THAT FORD SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COSTS OF THESE REPAIRS AND IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

2003 FORD TAURUS WITH LESS THAN 40,000 MILES. COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE, AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR WAS DRIVING FINE EARLIER IN THE DAY, THEN MY WAS GOING TO MY DAUGHTERS HOME, WHEN SHE STOPPED FOR A STOP SIGN BY MY DAUGHTERS HOME, THE CAR PULLED AWAY AND STOPPED ACCELERATING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. SHE WAS ALMOST HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE COMING FROM ADIFFERENT DIRECTION. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE IF SHE HAD BEEN ON AN INTERSTATE OR OPEN ROAD IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS OF ANY TYPE THAT A PROBLEM WAS FORTHCOMING. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS. ROUGH ESTIMATES $2000 +/-. FORD ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS, BUT WILL NOT DISCOUNT ANY REPAIR OR HELP CUSTOMER IN ANY WAY. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ALL THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET ON THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME RESULT. NO HELP FROM FORD. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED, BECAUSE ACCIDENTS COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED FROM THIS CONDITION. *TR

FRONT AND REAR SPRINGS ON 2003 FORD TAURUS FRACTURED. THE FRONT SPRING FRACTURED WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND WRAPPED ITSELF AROUND THE BRAKE LINES AND HIT THE TIRE. HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING, THE RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT CAUSED BY TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL AND BRAKING. BOTH REAR SPRINGS FRACTURED ON AN UNKNOWN DATE BUT FRACTURED AT THE BOTTOM WITHOUT TOTAL FAILURE. *TR