2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

IGNITION SYSTEM DID NOT RETURN TO RUN POSITION/ WINDSHIELD WIPERS / OTHER SUSTEMS WOULDN'T WORK. *AK

WAS PUT INTO AN EMERGENCY STOP SITUATION, WHEN I APPLIED BRAKES MY BRAKE PEDAL BENT IN HALF CAUSING MY FOOT TO COME OFF AND LAND ON THE GAS PEDAL. I SLAMED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT, HAD THE BRAKES NOT FAILED I COULD OF CAME TO A STOP WITH CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. FORD WAS CONTACTED AND REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE INCIDENT AND MY INSURANCE COMPANY IS CURRENTLY IN LITAGATION WITH FORD OVER THE INCIDENT.

PE 02 035: BRAKE/ACCELERATOR PEDAL SEPARATION: PEDAL ADJUSTABLE, WHILE APPLYING BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN FROM 70 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED AT THE SAME TIME AND ALMOST CAUSED A VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ON TWO OCCASIONS.*AK CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER.*JB

DUE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND GAS PEDAL BEING SO CLOSE TOGETHER, WHILE PARKING VEHICLE, CONSUMER HIT GAS PEDAL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AT ABOUT 25MPH, HITTING INTO A POLE AND A PARKED VEHICLE.*AK DEALER NOTIFIED. *TT

TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS PROPERLY, CAUSING VEHICLE TO JERK. ONCE VEHICLE SHIFTS INTO PROPER GEAR, THERE IS A CLUNKING NOISE PRESENT. DRIVER CHECKED UNDER VEHICLE, AND OIL WAS LEAKING. DEALER SAID TRANS AXLE WAS NOT LUBRICATING WHEEL AND DRIVESHAFT CAUSED THE NOISE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OFF A LOT STEERING WHEEL STATRTED MAKING A WHINING NOISE. DEALER REPLACED RACK AND PINION TWICE, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND UPON USING BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS, CONSUMER'S FOOT GETS STUCK. HOWEVER, THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE PEDAL SEPARATION. *AK CONSUMER ADDS THAT HER HUSBAND HAS A SIZE 14 FOOT WHICH GETS CAUGHT FREQUENTLY IN BETWEEN THE PEDALS. *TT

PE 02 035:BRAKE/ACCELERATOR PEDAL SEPARATION: WHEN APPLYING BRAKE, DRIVER'S FOOT MISTAKENLY PRESSED ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO REAREND ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE DISTANCE OF TRAVEL BETWEEN THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS BEING TOO CLOSE. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WAS OFF. WHEN THEY CHECK UNDER THE VEHICLE THEIR WAS ALOT OF OIL AND GREASE.THE OIL FROM THE BOOT RIGHT FRONT DRIVE AXLE HAD LEAKED OUT. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE HAD SHUT OFF CAUSING A CAR CRASH. NLM CONSUMER ADDS THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE WHEN PUT IN REVERSE AND DRIVE AT TIMES AND GOES INTO GEAR VERY HARD, THEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING, DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND WORN PLANETARY GEARS. ELEVEN DAYS AFTER VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, THE ENGINE CUT OFF CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER LOSS ALL POWER WITH STEERING AND BRAKES. CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A SQEAKING NOISE IN RIGHT FRONT AND DRIVERS SEAT WHEN DRIVING. NO PROBLEM FOUND. *TT