2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. SHE STATES THAT WHEN GETTING READY TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND TO HIT THE BRAKES VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THIS HAPPENED TWICE, AND SHE WAS AFRAID THAT THIS WAS GOING TO CAUSE A CRASH BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME VEHICLE HIT SOME BARRIERS BUT THERE WAS NO CRASH. WAS REPORTED THE INSURANCE COMPANY.*AK CONSUMER ADDED THAT THE VEHICLE S VEHICLE SURGED, ACCELERATED, STALLED AND HESITATED. *TT *NM

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS APPROX 55 MPH, MY PASSENGER REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. I PULLED OVER AND PUT ON MY SPARE TIRE (DONUT). LATER THAT DAY I REPLACED IT WITH A BRAND NEW TIRE. WITHIN 20 MILES THE SAME TIRE BLEW OUT AGAIN. AFTER LOOKING UNDERNEATH I DISCOVERED THE COIL OVER THE STRUT HAD RIPPED OPEN THE TIRE LIKE A CAN OPENER. *JB *NM

TOOK MY WIFES 2001 TAURUS TO LOCAL MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND WAS INFORMED BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN. NO APPEARENT REASON FOR FAILURE. CAR HAS 56K ON ODOMETER.LOCAL GARAGE STATES THEY SEE THIS PROBLEM OFTEN ON TAURUS/SABLE MODELS. CONTACTED DEALER FOR APPOINTMENT FOR FRONT SPRING RE-CALL AND WAS TOLD THEY KNOW OF NO PROBLEM WITH REAR COILS. FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS TOOK MY COMPLAINT AND STATED THEY HAVE NO TECHNICAL BULLITENS ISSUED ON THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A COSTLY REPAIR. SPRINGS LOOK TO BE IDENTICAL ON FRONT AND REAR.

DT: FORD RECALLED FRONT SPRINGS. HOWEVER, THE REAR SPRINGS HAVE PENETRATED THE TIRE TREAD AND THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE. BOTH SPRINGS BROKE, BUT ONLY ONE PENETRATED THE TIRE. SPOKE WITH DEALER AND FORD AS WELL AND THEY DO NOT WANT TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. FELT THIS WAS UNSAFE AND WANTED A RECALL ON THE REAR AS WELL. FORD SAID IT WAS NOT ON THE STEERING WHEEL SIDE SO THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT WITH A TIRE PUNCTURED WITH THE SPRINGS IT WOULD NOT AFFECT THE STEERING . *AK

THERE WAS NO MEANINGFUL EVENT OR EVIDENCE (NOISE, ETC.)PRECEEDING THE DISCOVERY OF THE FAILURE OF BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS. I VISUALLY SAW THEM AFTER BEING REMOVED AND THEY HAD CORRODED AND SNAPPED COMPLETELY THROUGH. THEY WERE FOUND AFTER REQUESTING AN INSPECTION PRIOR TO THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE FORD DEALER SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. I CARRY NO WEIGHT IN THE BACK OF MY CAR EXCEPT 3 TIMES WEEKLY I HAVE MY GRANDCHILDREN AGES 2 AND 3 1/2 YEARS!! REPAIR REQUIRES THE REPLACEMENT OF STRUTS AS WELL. AFTER GETTING A SECOND OPINION WHERE THE SECOND COIL SPRING WAS IDENTIFIED, I HAD THE REPAIR COMPLETED AT A NON-FORD REPAIR FACILITY.

I OWN A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING AN ON GOING OIL FILTER LEAK. WE HAVE DEALER PAPERWORK TO PROVE IT. I FOUND ON-LINE A TSB 01-20-4 SHOWING THE PROBLEM. WE WENT TO DREW FORD TODAY 6-14-05. THE PROBLEM IS THE MACHINED LINES ON THE OIL FILTER MOUNTING SURFACE. OUR SERVICE WRITER TOLD US WE'LL BE CHARGED 60.00 TO FIND THE LEAK. WHEN IT'S PLAIN AS DAY WHERE ITS LEAKING. WE'RE TOLD THE WARRANTY IS THE LST 36,000 MILES ONLY, BUT WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING THIS ALL ALONG TO FORD. WHEN I FOUND THIS TSB ON-LINE NUMBER 01-20-4. I WANT MY CAR FIXED FOR FREE.THIS IS A HAZARD,NOT ONLY THE SMELL OF BURNING OIL, BUT THE FIRE HAZARD, THE DEALER SAID THERE IS A CHANCE IF IT IS FIXED IF ALL THE METAL AND SANDPAPER DEBRIS FROM THE OIL FILTER PAD ENTER THE ENGINE OR OIL THIS COULD LEAD TO ENGINE BEARING DAMAGE. SO NOW THIS IS A CATCH 22. I HAVE PASSED THE 36,000 MILES., HAVING OVER 90,000 MILES. I TOLD THE DEALER ( DREW FORD) IN LA MESA CA I LEAVE ON VACATION, I'M DRIVING TO MN 6-19-05. 5 DAYS FROM NOW. THIS SHOULD BE A RE-CALL. IT IS FOR 2001 TAURUS, RANGER AND 2001 SABLE MODELS.

ON JUNE 4TH, I WAS TRAVELLING ON I-95 SOUTH BOUND (NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE) WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY 2001 FORD TAURUS LOST POWER, AND STALLED OUT. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER. I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET MAY BE THE CAUSE. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER THEY ADVISED THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED, SINCE THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I ONLY HAVE 33,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, AND THIS SHOULD NEVERE HAPPEN TO ANY FORD PRODUCT, ESPECIALLY WITH 33,000 MILES. OBVIOUSLY, THEIR IS AN ENGINE PROBLEM THAT FORD MAY NOT WANT TO ADDRESS, AND AS ALWAYS THE CONSUMER GETS THE SHORT END OF THE STICK. I STRONGLY BELIVE THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE DEFECT WITH THIS MODEL ENGINE AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.

DT: WITHOUT WARNING THE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. WHILE DRIVING CALLER LOST POWER AND HAD TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALER WILL NOT COVER THE DAMAGES BECAUSE WARRANTY EXPIRED. MANUFACTURER SAID THE SAME THING. *AK

I FIRST NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF MY 2001 FORD TAURUS. LOOKING UNDER THE REAR OF THE CAR I NOTICED A GOUGE AROUND THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. AFTER REMOVING THE LEFT REAR TIRE I FOUND THE REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND WAS GOUGING THE TIRE.I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT WHITMOYER FORD IN MT. JOY, PA. TO ASK IF THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL ON THE REAR SPRINGS OF THIS VEHICLE. HE SAID THERE WAS NOT. I THEN CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AT FORD IN MICHIGAN AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM AND REQUESTED IF THIS DANGEROUS DEFECT COULD BE REPAIRED AT NO COST TO ME AS THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY BEEN DRIVEN 16,227 MILES. I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES TO HAVE THE PROBLEM EVALUATED BEFORE A DECISION COULD BE MADE IF ANY OF THE COST WOULD BE PAID BY FORD. I WAS SUPRISED BY THE LACK OF CONCERN BY FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TO AN OBVIOUS SAFETY DEFECT.

COMPLAINT REGARDING THE 2001 FORD TAURUS FRONT COIL SPRING RECALL REPAIRS. *MR RECALL CAMPAIGN#04V332000. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN THE TIRE BLEWOUT BECAUSE IT WAS RIPPED COMPLETELY AROUND DUE TO A REAR CRACKED COIL SPRING. *SC THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE 3 SERPENTINE BELTS. *JB