2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT HEADLIGHT LENS HAVE FOGGED UP. THIS WOULD CAUSE IT TO BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE DURING NIGHT HOURS. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WITHOUT WARNING FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 25 MPH. *AK THE FORCE OF THE DEPLOYMENT CAUSED THE SEAT BELT TO BE TORN FROM THE DOOR POST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT SOMETHING HIT THE AIR BAG SENSOR AND CAUSED THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY. THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND INDEPENDENT BODY SHOP STATED THAT THE AIR BAG, SENSOR OR BOTH ARE DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT RESOLVED THIS PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER IS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. *NM

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVER NIGHT, CONSUMER FOUND THAT FRONT RIGHT TIRE WAS FLAT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP WHERE THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT SPRING COIL CUT THE TIRE 180 DEGREES. THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO PAY $950.00 TO REPLACE THE COIL SPRING, TIRE, AND LABOR COST. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN REVERSE AND THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. THE FRONT LEFT OF THE VEHICLE SUNK DOWN. THE CONSUMER FOUND A BROKEN COIL SPRING AND THE TIRE WAS CUT 360 DEGREES. *SC

SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AFTER CAR (2001 FORD TAURUS) HIT POTHOLE. NO SIDE IMPACT TOOK PLACE. NO DAMAGE TO SIDE OF CAR. ONLY DAMAGE WAS SCRAPE ON RIM OF FRONT LEFT WHEEL AFTER IT WENT INTO THE POTHOLE GOING FORWARD. ON AT LEAST 2 OCCASIONS PRIOR TO THIS THE AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON AND OFF PERIODICALLY. INCIDENTS WERE DOCUMENTED WITH AUTO DEALER AT SERVICE INTERVAL AND DEALER SAID COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. BUT WITH A HISTORY OF A PROBLEM WITH SENSORS AND A DEPLOYMENT DUE TO NO SIDE IMPACT, THIS IN MY OPINION REPRESENTS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE EXPLORED AS HAVING AN AIRBAG GO OFF AS YOU ARE DRIVING COULD CERTAINLY TRIGGER AN ACCIDENT.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT ON, DISPLAYED SERIES OF CODE, THEN REMAINED ON. CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALER THEY RECORDED CODE B1342. REPLACED AIR BAG MONITOR PART NUMBER YF1Z-14B321EA. THIS SAME VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PART REPLACED IN SEP-2003 LESS THAN 3000 MILES BETWEEN THE TWO FAILURES.

I HAVE, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TAKEN MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, ENGINE RUNNING ROUGHLY, AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. EACH TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BY INSTALLING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SENSOR (WHICH HAPPENS TO NEVER BE COVERED UNDER THE SO-CALLED EXTENDED WARRANTY I PURCHASED). THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS YET TO BE RECTIFIED YET REMAINS A PROBLEM. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN TURNING OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY FROM A STOPPED POSITION, CAR WILL ACCELERATE PROPERLY AT FIRST BUT THEN RPM'S WILL BUILD AND TRANSMISSION WILL VIOLENTLY JERK AFTER THE INCREASE IN RPM'S. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DURING HIGH-SPEED (55-75) DRIVING CONDITIONS. OF COURSE, THE DEALERS (YES, I'VE HAD IT AT TWO DEALERS) HAVE NEVER FOUND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION EVEN THOUGH I HAVE HAD AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION REPAIR PERSON CHANGE THE FLUID AND FILTER AND INFORM ME THAT THERE WAS A FILM IN THE FLUID INDICATING A WEARING PROBLEM WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION.*AK

THE SPRINGS THAT SURROUND THE FRONT SHOCK ABSORBERS BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT TIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

BOUGHT USED 2001 TAURUS IN AUG. OF 2002. ON THE TEST DRIVE I NOTICED THE CAR PULLED TO THE LEFT AND THERE WAS VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER AT NO COST TO ME DID A WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND WHEEL BALANCE. I DROVE AGAIN AND IT WAS FINE. APPROXIMATELY 4500 MILES LATER THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION RETURNED AND THE CAR WAS AGAIN PULLING SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LIKELY CAUSE OF THE VIBRATION WAS THAT A WHEEL WEIGHT WAS LOST, BUT HAD NO EXPLAINATION FOR THE PULLING. THEY REBALANCED THE WHEELS AND ROTATED THE TIRES. AGAIN EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL NOV. 2003 AS I WAS DRIVING I ONCE AGAIN FELT THE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT WAS MUCH MORE SEVERE ON CORNERING. I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP(NEAREST FORD DEALER WAS 25 MILES AWAY). THEY FOUND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE TO HAVE A FLAT SPOT ON THE OUTER TREAD AREA(SLIPPED BELT) AND BOTH OUTER TIE ROD ENDS TO BE LOOSE, THE LEFT ONE BEING EXTERMELY WORN. THEY INDICATED TO ME THAT THEY HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE CONTINENTAL OE TIRES NOT HOLDING BALANCE, HAVING BAD WEAR PROBLEMS, ETC. THEY INSTALLED TWO AFTERMARKET, GREASABLE TIE ROD ENDS AND DID A WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND ROTATION. AT THIS POINT I HAVE SUBMITTED THE REPAIR BILL TO A FORD DEALER FOR POSSIBLE REIMBURSMENT, HOWEVER I AM NOT HOLDING MY BREATH. MY OPINION IS THAT CONTINENTAL TIRES ARE JUNK AND FORD KNOWS IT. THE FORD DEALER INDICATED TO ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD NO OTHE PROBLEMS LIKE MINE, A MUCH DIFFERENT OPINION THAN THE INDEPENDENT GARAGE. ALSO TIE ROD ENDS USUALLY DON'T FAIL AT 39K MILES FOR NO REASON. I HAVE A FRIEND THAT HAS A 2002 TAURUS WITH CONTINENTAL TIRES AND HAS HAD TO HAVE THEM BALANCED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION.

WE NOTICED THE LOWER HALF OF THE CAR IS COVERED WITH SMALL RUST SPOTS 44000 MILES. WE DO NOT HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON FIXING THIS PROBLEM. AT 39000 MILES WE BEGAN EXPERIENCING A RATTLE UNDER THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD. THIS HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND NOTHING HAS BEEN FOUND SO FAR, HOWEVER THE RATTLE CONTINUES TO GROW WORSE. JUST UNDER 30000 MILES THE FRONT BRAKES REQUIRED REPLACMENT. NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS WERE INSTALLED, HOWEVER WITHIN A WEEKS TIME THE CAR WAS BACK IN FOR MORE BRAKE WORK. THE PADS WERE REPLACED BY THE SHOP, BUT THE SQEAKING HAS RETURNED AGAIN.( WE DID NOT HAVE THE BRAKES REPAIRED AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP, BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.) THE FUEL GAUGE READS ERRACTICLY BETWEEN FULL AND 1/4. I HAVE MADE NO ATTEMPT TO HAVE THIS FIXED YET. THE ENGINE HAS DEVELOPED A HARD STARTING PROBLEM WITHIN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. IT WILL CRANK AND NOT START. THEN AFTER A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS, IT WILL START BUT IDLE ROUGH.

I HAVEN'T GOT REPAIR DONE YET. TRANSMISSON HAS ALWAY HAD A SLIGHT SLIP. IT TOTALLY SLIPPED OUT IN LOW GEAR THE OTHER DAY.