2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING ON NY THRUWAY AT 65 MPH. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED FOR SERVICE. PARTS DAMAGED INCLUDED REPLACING THE COIL SPRING, THE STRUT, AXEL, TIRE, AND AXEL BEARING. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED REAR RIGHT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. FIRESTONE, INFINITY, SIZE #P215/60R16, DOT#UNKNOWN. *AK

PROBLEM WITH ENGINE FAILURE. *MR THE CONSUMER'S SERVICE DEALER HAD BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL (FRONT WHEEL WAS CHOPPED), AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. *SCC VARIOUS COMPONETS WERE REPLACED, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. *SCC *JB

NHTSA RECALL 01-V-078-000: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ADJUSTABLE PEDALS. IF THE GREASE FROM THE ADJUSTABLE PEDAL ASSEMBLY ENTERS THE STOP LAMP SWITCH, IT CAN CONTAMINATE THE CONTACTS LEADING TO CARBON BUILD UP, AND POTENTIALLY, A SHORT CIRCUIT. CONSUMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, AND DEALER ADMITTED SWITCH WAS THE PROBLEM. *AK

ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2002 I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT. A SATURN TURNED DIRECTLY INTO MY VEHICLE'S PATH. I WAS TRAVELING AT APROXIMATELY 40MILES PER HOUR AND HIT THE SATURN ON THE LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. MY CAR THEN LEFT THE ROADWAY AND HIT A TREE HEAD ON. THE ENTIRE FRONT OF MY CAR WAS DAMAGED AND PUSHED BACK. THE SATURN'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, MY AIR BAGS DID NOT. BOTH CARS WERE TOTALED. I WAS DRIVING A 2001 FORD TAURUS THAT I HAD PURCHASED TWO MONTHS AGO AS A PROGRAM CAR. THE STEERING WHEEL OF THE AUTO WAS WARPED AND MY RIGHT BREAST WAS DAMAGED. I SPENT 5 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO MY BREAST RESULTING IN INTERNAL BLEEDING, WHICH REQUIRED BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS. IT HAS BEEN ONE YEAR AND MY BREAST STILL HASN'T HEALED, AND I MAY BE PERMANTLY DISFIGURED FROM THIS ACCIDENT. MY DAUGHTER, SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, OBTAINED A NECK INJURY THAT REQUIRED SURGERY AND 9 MONTHS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY. SHE STILL HAS PROBLEMS WITH HER NECK. MY GRANDSON WAS IN THE BACKSEAT AND WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. *LA

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, AND THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. VEHICLE WILL RESTARTED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE RPMS RISE AND THEN FALL. ALSO, WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN REVERSE IT SURGES BACKWARD. THIS VEHICLE IS A 2000 VERSION OF THE FORD TAURUS. THEN, THE DEALER PUT HIM INTO A 2001 FORD TAURUS, AND THAT VEHICLE DID THE SAME THING. WHEN HE COMPLAINED, THE DEALER SAID THAT THIS WAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATES THIS VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS- BECAUSE ONE NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO SURGE FORWARD OR BACKWARD.*AK *TS *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS A DEFECT IN THE BRAKE FOOT PEDAL/STOP LAMP OCCURRED AND DRAINED THE BATTERY.*AK

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH ITS FUEL TANK AS STATED IN RECALL 97 V 144 000, BUTTHIS VEHICLE NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN THE WAYNE PLANT, AND IN THE SAME MONTH AS STATED IN THE RECALL, BUT NOT IN ONE OF THE STATES LISTED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO RESPOND LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. THERE WAS NO POWER. *PH THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT FORD REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE REPAIRS. FORD DENIED THE REQUEST DUE TO EXPIRATION OF HIS WARRANTY. *PH *JB