2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING A STRONG FUEL ODOR CONSUMES INSIDE OF VEHICLE. ODOR BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED IN GARAGE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD ABOUT 3-4 INCHES WHEN STARTING VEHICLE OR SHIFTING VEHICLE INTO PARK. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE ALSO SURGES BACKWARDS IN PARK. *SLC

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT INTERMITENTLY BLINKS ON AND OFF. THIS INDICATES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH AIR BAG SYSTEM. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

MY TAURUS HAS A STRONG SMELL OF FUEL VAPORS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AFTER THE ENGINE IS AT OPERATING TEMP!! I HAD A 2000 TAURUS THAT DID EXACTLY THE SAME THING! AFTER THE DEALER COULD NOT FIX CAR FORD SENT OUT A FACTOY TECH.HE COULD NOT FIX MY 2000 TAURUS.I WENT TO ARBITRATION AND THE ARBITRATORS COULD SMELL THE FUEL.I WAS AWARDED A NEW 2001 TAURUS.I RECEIVED MY 2001 WITH THE SAME TYPE ENGINE.THIS IS THE 24 VALVE 3.0 LITRE V-6.NOW AS I GET MORE MILES ON MY 2001 IT HAS THE SAME SYMPTOMS EXACTLY AS MY 2000 DID.I HAVE NOTICED OTHER PEOPLE ON YPUR OWN WEB PAGE COMPLAINING ABOUT A FUEL ODOR ON THEIR 2000-2001 TAURUS.IF YOU DRIVE THE CAR SOMEWHERE AND SHUT IT OFF THE SMELL BUILDS UP UNDER THE HOOD.WHEN YOU RESTART THE CAR THE SMELL COMES INSIDE THE CAR THRU THE VENTS OR HEAT DUCTS!!!!! I HAVE WALKED UP TO OTHER TAURUS IN PARKING LOTS AND THEY ALSO SMELL OF FUEL.THIS IS OF COURSES THAT THEY HAVE THE 24V EMBLEMS ON THEIR FENDERS.*AK

STRONG FUEL ODOR COMING FROM UNDER HOOD ALSO COMES INSIDE CAR THRU VENTS AND HEATER. I HAD 2000 TAURUS SAME TROUBLE SAME ENGINE!!! FILED COMPLAINT WITH FORD AND RECEIVED 2001 TAURUS AFTER ARBITRATION BOARD HEARING... CHECK NHTSA OD ID 871591,735485,872412. OBVIOUSLY FORD HAS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE 3.0 V6 24 VALVE ENGINE. PLEASE HELP ME I AM ON MY SECOND TAURUS. PHONEMAN01. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES SUDDEN ACCELERARTION WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW OR STOP THE VEHICLE. *SLC

ON THREE OCCASIONS, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T REALIZE IT AT THE TIME, WHILE BRAKING TO STOP, I WAS ALSO ACCELERATING CAUSING THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD. THE HARDER A PRESSED ON THE BRAKE THE GREATER THE ACCELLERATION. AS I SAID, I HAD NO IDEA MY RIGHT FOOT WAS ON BOTH PEDALS AT THE SAME TIME. I HAD THE CAR TOWED BACK TO CLARKE FORD FOR THEIR INSPECTION. THEY PERFORMED THAT INSPECTION ON 8/21 AND REPORTED NO APPARENT PROBLEMS. I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT EVENING TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE. THE SALESMAN AND I TOOK A TEST DRIVE TO SEE IF I COULD REPLICATE WHAT I HAD EXPERIECED ON THE 19TH. COULDN'T DO IT SO I DROVE MY OTHER VEHICLE HOME AND THE SALESMAN FOLLOWED ME HOME IN THE NEW VEHICLE. THE SALESMAN DROVE ME BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AS HE PROCEDED INTO A PARKING SPACE HE BRAKED TO STOP THE CAR BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE CAR WANTED TO ACCELERATE JUST AS HAD HAPPENED TO ME ON THREE OCCASSIONS. THE STARTLED SALESMAN EXCLAIMED "IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU" AND HE LOOKED DOWN AT HIS WHICH WAS ON BOTH THE BRAKE AND THE ACCELERATOR. MYSTERY SOLVED. THIS HAD NEVER HAPPENED WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED OR LEASED IN 43 YEARS OF DRIVING. I INSPECTED THE POSITION OF THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS IN MY OTHER TWO CARS AND A COUPLE OF CO-WORKERS CARS AND DISCOVERED THAT THE DISTANCES, BOTH DEPTH AND WIDTH, ON THE NEW TAURUS WERE MUCH CLOSER THAN THE OTHER VEHICLES. ON THE NEW TAURUS, I CAN DEPRESS THE BRAKE WITH MY HAND AND IT WILL DESEND TO A LEVEL LOWER THAN THE ACCELERATOR. I COULD NOT DO THIS IN THE OTHER VEHICLES, EVEN BY USING MY FOOT TO BRAKE. THE BRAKE PEDAL NEVER GOT TO THE LEVEL OF THE ACCELERATOR. I BELIEVE THE FORD NEW DESIGN, WHICH IS A POWER ADJUSTABLE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL BAR TO ACCOMODATE SHORT STATURED PEOPLE, COULD BE A DEFECT WHICH COULD CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS, SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT OCCURED IN THE JEEP A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.