2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHILE PARKING WHEELS LOCKED UP, AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER DASH/ AND FLAMES FROM UNDER HOOD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. NO INJURIES. 2 DAYS PRIOR, VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT DEALERSHIP FOR POWER STEERING REPAIR.*AK

THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH ADJUSTABLE PEDALS. THE PEDALS ARE SO CLOSE TOGETHER THAT WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE ENGINE WOULD SURGE AS IF IT WANTED TO CONTINUE IN DRIVE AND NOT STOP. THE LAST INCIDENT THE VEHICLE SURGED TO THE POINT CONSUMER COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY A FENCE. *JG

WHEN USING TURN SIGNAL TO GO LEFT OR RIGHT SIGNAL WILL GO OUT BEFORE TURN IS MADE. TOOK TO DEALER AND HAD IT REPAIRED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK THE TURN SIGNAL WAS REPAIRED TWICE, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE EXHAUST MAKES HUMMING SOUND WHEN AT IDLE. WIPER BLADE FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE GETS LOW MILEAGE WHEN A/C ON, THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL. *YH

TIRES HYDROPLANED CAUSING CAR TO BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE AND SPINNING THE CAR HEAD INTO A GUARDRAIL, WHERE THE AIRBAGS (DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS) FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK (TIRESIZE: P215/60R16)

ON I-24 EAST BOUND, RAINING, ABOUT 65 MPH, PULLED INTO LEFT LANE TO PASS SLOWER VEHICLE, CAR HYDROPLANED AND LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF VEHICLE, HIT HEAD ON INTO GUARDRAIL - NEITHER DRIVERS NOR PASSENGERS AIRBAGS DEPLOYED (BATTERY STILL HAD POWER AFTER COLLISION), WENT BACKWARDS DOWN THE INTERSTATE ON THE SHOULDER CAUSING CAR TO BE A COMPLETE LOSS. CAR: 2001 BLUE FORD TAURUS SES - PURCHASED: 01/21/2002 LOSS: 01/23/2002. *AK (TIRESIZE: 16 INCH)

INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, RESULTING IN ALL ELECTRIC ACCESORIES WENT OUT, FOUND A LOSE WIRE IN THE STARTER

VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY WHEN OPERATED ABOVE 60MPH OR WHILE COMING TO A GRADUAL STOP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTEHR DETAILS.*AK

POWER STEERING FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. VEHICLE DRIFTED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

FUEL ODOR COMING IN THRU VENTS INSIDE VEHICLE.ODOR NOTICED ON START UP ,,AND AFTER HOT SOAK.CANT FIND ANY FUEL LEAKS.V-6 24 VALVE ENGINE.*AK

MY NEW 2001 FORD TAURUS HAS HAD AN ANNOYING INTERMITTENT SHIMMY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL WOBBLES AT SPEEDS UNDER 45MPH AND THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES DURING BRAKING. THE CAR'S WHEELS HAVE BEEN REBALANCED TWICE AND REALIGNED ONCE WITH NO SUCCESS BETWEEN TWO DEALERSHIPS. FORD ANN HARBOR MICHIGAN HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE CAR IS STILL NOT FIXED. *AK