2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

AFTER RECEIVING NHTSA RECALL 04V332000 FROM THE MANUFACTURER FOR THE COIL SPRING SHIELD. MADE AN APPOINTMENT. CONSUMER HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE SHIELD PLACED ONTO THE VEHICLE FOR NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN IT WAS PARKED DUE TO A SHORT WITH THE BRAKE WIRING HARNESS. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY CONSUMER. *AK

THERE WERE TIRE CRACKS 3-5 INCHES LONG AND THEY LEAKED AIR. *SC THEY MANUFACTURER GAVE THE CONSUMER 88.00 WHICH ONLY COVERED THE COST OF ONE TIRE. (THE CONSUMERS SON IN LAW WROTE IN ON BEHALF OF THE CONSUMER LAWRENCE MARINELLI) *JB

CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DECEMBER DEADLINE FOR THE SPRING SHIELD NHTSA RECALL 04V332000. *AK

2001 FORD TAURUS DEVELOPED A LOUD CHIRPING SOUND THAT WAS HEARD WHEN CAR WAS RUNNING. THIS CAR HAS ONLY A LITTLE OVER 80000 MILES ON IT. WHEN IT WAS TAKEN TO A GARAGE TO BE LOOKED OUT. THEY CLAIMED THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TORK CONVERTER. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, WE NOW HAVE TO PAY $2300.00 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED, THE SOUND IS STILL THERE. WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE TORK CONVERTER IS WHAT IS MAKING THE SOUND AND IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS OF DRIVING BEFORE THE SOUND DISAPPEARS. WE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT OUR CAR FOR 3 WEEKS AND VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE FORD TAURUS.*AK

BOTH REAR DOOR AND FRONT PASS. DOOR LATCH SPRINGS WILL NOT RETRACT HANDLE/LATCHES. PASSENGER THINKS THEY HAVE CLOSED DOOR, BUT HANDLE IS UP/OUT AND DOOR IS NOT LATCHED. DOOR FLIES OPEN ON A TURN IN ROAD. *NM

MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 04S17 FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS ISSUED IN AUGUST 2004, AND DEALER STATED THEY STILL DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE. *AK

2001 FORD TAURUS, I WAS TURNING INTO MY HOME DRIVEWAY, WHEN THE FRONT LEFT STRUT SPRING BROKE (DRIVE IS TYPICAL SUBURBAN DRIVE,NO REMARKABLE BUMPS OR TURNS). THE ACTION CAUSED THE BROKEN PIECE TO SHEER THE TIRE FROM THE WHEEL IN ONE REVOLUTION OF THE WHEEL. THE TIRE PEELED OUT FROM UNDER THE WHEEL (AS I WAS IN A SLOW SPEED RIGHT-HAND TURN >10MPH)AND I LOST CONTROL AND ABILITY TO SAFELY STOP.THE CAR FELL TO THE GROUND (ON IT'S FRAME) AS THE SUSPENSION HAD GIVEN WAY AND THE TIRE HAD LOST ALL SHAPE. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIR AND IT IS UNKNOW THE TOTAL DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE,NOR THE INTENTION OF THE MANUFACTURER. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THIS VEHICLE PART FAILED AT SPEED! THAT IS MY REASON FOR CONTACTING YOU, OTHERS NEED TO KNOW!*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING, AND CONTACTED HIS LOCAL DEALER WHO ADVISED THE CONSUMER TO WAIT UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENED BEFORE BRINGING THE VEHICLE IN.*AK

RECALL NUMBER 04V332000: CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING TO BE CONTACTED SINCE OCTOBER FOR THE RECALL PART. HOWEVER, THE PARTS STILL HAVE NOT ARRIVED. THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN CALLING THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER FOR SOMETIME NOW, AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESULTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB