2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

CONSTANT WATER LEAK ON DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR, ANYTIME IT RAINS OR IS WASHED. BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT RESULTS. COOLANT LEAK, AIR BAG SENSOR COMES ON OCCASIONALY.

CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN SLOWLY WHEN A POP WAS HEARD IN THE RIGHT REAR CORNER OF THE CAR AS IT WAS BEING PARKED. WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT A RUBBING NOISE WAS HEARD. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A FORD GARAGE AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BROKEN REAR COIL SPRING RUBBING ON THE TIRE. FORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T BREAK 10 MINUTES LATER ON THE INTERSTATE. THE FORD GARAGE IS REPAIRING THE ONE SPRING FOR $500 AND WILL ALSO HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH REAR TIRES. WITH ONLY 60K MILES AND 3 1/2 YEARS OF AGE THIS IS FAR TOO EARLY TO EXPERIENCE A FAILURE OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IS IT GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE GETTING KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE A RECALL IS FINALLY ORDERED??? THERE IS STILL A SUSPECT SPRING ON THE LEFT REAR THAT COULD FAIL AT ANY MOMENT. MY CHILDREN RIDE IN THIS CAR ON THE INTERSTATE FREQUENTLY, I DON'T FEEL SAFE HAVING THEM RIDING IN THIS VEHICLE IN IT'S CURRENT CONDITION. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT THE THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WHO ARE RIDING IN THESE POTENTIAL DEATH TRAPS.

I WAS DRIVING MY FORD TAURUS AND ALL AT ONCE THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. I LOST ALL POWER OF THE VEHICLE. FORTUNATLEY I WAS NOT DRIVING FAST ABOUT 35 MPH WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AND I SAFETLY STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. TURNED OFF AND ON THE IGNITION AND THE CAR STARTED AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. DRIVING HOME THE SAME FAILURE HAPPENED.SINCE THEN I DROVE THE CAR TWO MORE MILES BUT I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, SPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY. I AM PLANNING ON TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALER BUT I FEAR THEY WONT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR SINCE THE FAILURE SEEMS OCCUR RANDOMLY.

DT: THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE COIL SPRINGS UNLESS IT FAILED. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE. RECALL# #04V332000.

2001 TAURUS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY HEARD NOISE IN LEFT REAR AND SMELLED ODOR OF BURNT RUBBER. PULLED BACK IN DRIVEWAY AND FOUND LEFT REAR SPRING FRACTURED AND DEEPLY SCORED INSIDE OF TIRE. PUT ON DOUGHNUT CALLED FORD WHICH HAD RECALLED CAR IN 3/05 FOR SPRING SHIELDS AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS A COVERED REPAIR FOR BOTH SPRINGS AND TIRE. LEFT CAR AT DEALER BUT LATER INFORMED BY DEALER AND THEN FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT WARRANTY FIX ONLY AVAILABLE FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS. ALL SPRINGS INSTALLED AT SAME TIME AS CAR WAS BUILT, FORD IS AWARE OF SPRING FRACTURES TO POINT OF INSTALLING SHIELDS ON THE FRONT. IN MY OPINION ALL SPRINGS SHOULD BE COVERED, HAD THIS HAPPENED AT SPEED THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPIC TIRE FAILURE IN LEFT REAR. BEEN DRIVING 45 YEARS AND NEVER EVEN HEARD OF A SPRING FAILURE,THIS WILL GET WORSE AS CARS AGE.

1. NO INITIAL PROBLEM NOTED. TOOK CAR IN FOR ROUTINE SERVICE AND RECALL TO INSTALL SHEILDS AROUND FRONT COIL SPRINGS. 2. DEALER CALLED AND NOTIFIED ME OF THE FACT THAT THE REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. 3. DEALER OFFERED TO REPLACE SPRINGS FOR $100 DEDUCTIBLE CHARGE, LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE SPRINGS THAT FORD IS NOT OWNING UP TO.

MY SON ADVISED ME TO SEND THIS TO YOU. OUR 2001 FORD TAURUS WAS IN OUR GARAGE WHEN OUR GARAGE CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED IN FEBRUARY. THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ANY REASON FOR THE GARAGE TO BURN. I WAS ADVISED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE CASE WAS IN THE GARAGE WHEN THE GARAGE STARTED TO BURN. WE HAVE PICTURES.

DT: 2001 FORD TAURUS IS HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING, ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STALLING . THE VEHICLE WILL START BACK UP, BUT THE CONSUMER HAS TO SHAKE AND TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR OVER A YEAR. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT FIND CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. THAT IS WHY THE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES. FIRST TIME THE STARTER WAS CHANGED. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED FORD MOTORS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD THE CONSUMER TO BRING BACK THE CAR SO THEY CAN EXAMINE THE VEHICLE AGAIN. SLOW SPEEDS AND TURNING ARE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STALLING OUT. THE CONSUMER DOES NOT THINK THAT THE MOTOR IS THE PROBLEM, THAT IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.*AK

WINDOWS WOULD FOG UP FOR NO APPARENT REASON! I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW & IT WAS NEVER IN A FLOOD. DEFROSTER BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED AT 21,000 MI HAD TO REPLACE RESISTORS STOPPED AT 54,000 REPLACED RESISTORS AGAIN.STOPPED AT 77,000 REPLACED RESISTORS ! DID NOT FIX PROBLEM ! TOOK CAR TO FORD DEALER THEY CHARGED $ 99.58 TO CHECK OUT NON WORKING BLOWER MOTOR.TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $453.00 TO REPLACE BLOWER MOTOR AND SEAL COWLING TO PREVENT WATER FROM COLLECTING IN THE BLOWER MOTOR!! I DID NOT HAVE THEM DO THE REPAIR. THE WATER COLLECTING IN THE BLOWER MOTOR IS WHAT WOULD CAUSE THE WINDOWS TO FOG UP !!! A BAD SAFTY HAZARD.THE NEW BLOWER MOTOR HAD A WATER DRAIN HOLE IN IT ,THAT THE OLD MOTOR DID NOT HAVE--THIS SHOWS FORD WAS AWARE OF THIS VERY HAZARDOUS WINDOW FOGGING PROBLEM !! AND COVERED IT UP. I HAVE THE OLD MOTOR WITH RUSTY WATER STAINS ON IT. IT WAS FULL OF WATER WHEN I REMOVED IT FROM THE CAR.

DT: ONE OF THE REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE AND PUNCTURED THROUGH THE TIRE AND SLASHED IT ALL THE WAY AROUND. IT HAPPENED WHILE GOING ABOUT 10-15 MPH. NOTICED IT WHEN REPLACING THE TIRE. HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A BLOW OUT. LOOKED AT THE AXLE AREA, AND PART OF THE COIL SPRING WAS STICKING OUT.*AK DEALERSHIP FOUND REAR STRUTS WERE BAD DUE TO BROKEN REAR COIL SPRINGS AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. MANUFACTURER NOT WILLING TO FIX UNDER RECALL. *TT *NM