2000 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO DECELERATE WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL IN RAINY WEATHER WHEN THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE SWERVED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES DURING THE CRASH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THROTTLE CONTROL FAILED AND CAUSED THE REAR-END TO LOSE CONTROL. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 172,455.

FROM A SPEED OF 20 MPH, I BEGAN TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN FOR A STOP SIGN AND NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE EVEN AS I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES. I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY AND WHEN I RELEASED THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WITHOUT ANY PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL. THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF 10 - 12 TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. I HAVE TRIED TO DRIVE THIS CAR AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AND WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING FORD CORRECT WHATEVER DEFECTIVE MECHANICAL ISSUE IS CAUSING THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN U-TURN HE ENGAGED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE LUNGE FORWARD. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES AND SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR UNRELATED REPAIRS WHEN THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A BROKEN SPRING NEAR THE STRUT ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT HEARD A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED AND PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DECLINED ANY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE REPAIR WAS PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED UNDER THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THEIR VEHICLE, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A FENCE. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ON IMPACT. THE CONTACT AND A PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED FOR THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 129,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE MAUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. UPDATED 08/14/2012 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V106000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH) AND WAS REPAIRED. APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AFTER THE REPAIR, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE AND THE GEAR SHIFTER COULD NOT BE RELEASED FROM PARK. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFTER TO NEUTRAL AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN A PARTIALLY DEPRESSED POSITION AND THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO ASSIST WITH STOPPING. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,010.

SINCE 2004, I HAD TO HAVE MY ENGINE REBUILT IN 2009 THE COST WAS 1,700, DUE TO FAILURE IN THE COOLANT SYSTEM"PROBABLE CAUSE WAS THE COOLANT SYSTEM ERODED', AND STILL HAVE COOLANT ISSUES, THE REPAIRS ON THE COOLANT WAS ALMOST 700. AFTER THOSE REPAIRS WERE CONDUCTED, I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO GRAND PRAIRIE FORD, BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS. GRAND PRAIRIE FORD PRESENTED ME A REPAIR LIST STATING AT THAT POINT MY CAR NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND WOULD COST ANOTHER 3,000 TO REPAIR. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO EAGLE TRANSMISSION IN IRVING, TEXAS. THE MANAGER TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND IN FACT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL ERROR AND THAT THE BRAIN WOULD HAVE TO BE RECALIBRATED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED BACK TO GRAND PRAIRIE FORD TO HAVE THE BRAIN RECALIBRATED. THE CAR AT THAT POINT DROVE OFF THEIR LOT JUST FINE. GRAND PRAIRIE FORD WOULD NOT GIVE ME AN ANSWER ON WHY THEY TRIED TO TELL ME THAT I NEEDED PARTS WHEN IN FACT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THEM. THEY DID STATE THEY REPLACED THE SEAT BELTS DUE TO THE RECALL. MY DRIVER SEAT BELT DISENGAGES STILL WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TIRES SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR DUE TO SUSPENSION ISSUES'BALL JOINTS,TIRE RODS,STRUTS,SHOCKS', EVEN AFTER REPAIRS WERE CONDUCTED IT HAS BEEN A CONTINUING ISSUE NOW COSTING SEVERAL THOUSANDS. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THIS CAR INSPECTED IN 2 YEARS DUE TO EMISSION CONTROL. I HAVE REPLACED ALL OF THE DEFECTIVE PARTS AND STILL THE CAR WILL NOT PASS. ALSO THIS CAR WAS A SPLIT YEAR MODEL AND HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE WHEN REPLACING ANY PARTS. I DO HAVE EVERY RECEIPT FOR ALL REPAIRS AND PARTS THAT HAVE BEEN BOUGHT FOR THIS CAR AND THE FALSIFIED STATEMENT FROM GRAND PRAIRIE FORD AND A LETTER FROM EAGLE TRANSMISSION TO PROVE THIS STATEMENT THAT I HAVE MADE TODAY IS TRUE. HOWEVER, I STILL HAVE A CAR THAT I CAN NOT DRIVE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL AND FORD MOTOR CO. DOES NOT HONOR THEIR VEHICLE. *TR

RAN TWO ERRANDS. GOT BACK IN CAR, STARTED UP, PUT IN GEAR AND NOTHING. MADE WHIRRING NOISE, BUT WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR. COULD NOT BACK UP, GO FORWARD, NOTHING. *TR