1999 Ford Taurus complaints

TRANSMISSION FAILED! FORD SEEMS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND WANTS TO DO NOTHING!*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS. CONSUMER WAS WAITING FOR RECALL REPAIRS SINCE AUGUST 2004. DEALER STATED PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' FORD TAURUS 1999 RECALL WAS NOT COMPLETED FOR THE CONSUMER. *BF RECALL# 04V332000. *SC

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' ISSUED FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS ON 1999 FORD TAURUS. *BF RECALL# 04V332000. *SC

AFTER RECALL REPAIRS FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS PERFORMED STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH OR SLOWER. DEALER STATED THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.*AK

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS. IT HAS BEEN OVER EIGHT MONTHS AND THE MANUFACTURE DOES NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE. *AK

1999 FORD TAURUS EXPERIENCED TIRE BLOW OUT ON GENERAL UNIROYAL TIRE EQUIPMENT.*MR

RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000,CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR THE COIL SPRING SHIELD WHICH WAS MAKING A NOISE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY STATED IT WAS NOT TIGHT ENOUGH. WHEN TURNING A CORNER VEHICLE SOUNDED LIKE THE SPRING SHIELD WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE SPRINGS. DEALER STATED NO ADDITIONAL SERVICE WAS NEEDED ON THE COIL SPRING SHIELD. *AK CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, HE DECIDED THE LINER IN THE FENDER WELL NEEDED TO BE CUT OUT LARGER BECAUSE THE HOLE THAT WAS CUT IN THE LINER FOR THE COIL SPRING TO GO THROUGH WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH. *BF *NM

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE, CAUSING A TIRE BLOW OUT. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

FORD TAURUS 1999, BOTH REAR SEAT BELTS SEIZED UP. *BF THE CONSUMER HAS REPLACED BOTH REAR SEAT BELTS, THE CAUSE WAS THE PLASTIC SPOOL THAT THE SEAT BELT WRAPPED AROUND HAD CRACKED AND BROKE INTO PIECES, THE PIECES BECAME JAMMED IN THE SEAT BELTS AS THEY WERE RETRACTED OR EXTENDED. THE HUB OF THE SPOOL THAT THE SEAT BELT WRAPPED AROUND WAS ALSO SEVERELY CRACKED IN MANY PLACES . *JB

RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS: CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO GET THIS RECALL HONORED BECAUSE NO PARTS ARE AVAILABLE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER 2004. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V332000 ON THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THE DEALER REFUSED TO DO THE RECALL. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE SPRINGS HAVE TO BE FRACTURED FIRST, BEFORE IT CAN BE INSPECTED OR REPLACED. *JB *TT

THE CAR HAS 84,000 MILES, NO WARNING SIGNS. I HAD JUST GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE AND WAS STOPPED BEHIND ANOTHER CAR. WHEN I STARTED OUT I HEARD A THUNK AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T WORK.THE CAR IS NOW AT THE FORD GARAGE AND THE COST OF A FACTORY REBUILT TRANSMISSION IS $2500.00.*AK

NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING COIL SPRINGS. HALLMAN CHAMPION FORD, 814-878-2500.*AK RECALL CAMPAIGN; THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HER COIL SPRINGS ARE BAD AND MAKING NOISES. DEALER PUTTING THE CONSUMER OFF. *TC

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' ISSUED FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS ON 1999 FORD TAURUS. *BF THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED AND DAMAGED THE TIRE. THE REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER HAD DIFFICULTY MOVING THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED BROKEN COIL SPRINGS WHICH DAMAGED THE FRONT TIRES AND STRUTS. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIR. *SC

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' ISSUED FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS ON 1999 FORD TAURUS. *BF *NM

NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR RECALL 04S17 CONCERNING COIL SPRING. DICK JAMES, FORD, 708-339-9100. *AK RECALL CAMPAIGN; NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V332000. COMPONENT: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. *TC

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING. AFTER HAVING THE PROTECTIVE SPRING SHIELDS INSTALLED AND WHILE DRIVING DRIVER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK HOWEVER, WHEN TAKEN TO ANOTHER MECHANIC, IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE STRUTS DID NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TT....*AK

THE PARTS TO PERFORM THE FRONT COIL SPRING RECALL 04V332000 REPAIRS WAS NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. PARTS WERE SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN DECEMBER 2004. CURRENTLY, THE PART WERE DUE TO ARRIVE BETWEEN JUNE - JULY 2005. ALSO, CONSUMER FELT THAT THE REMEDY WAS NOT ADEQUATE ENOUGH FOR THE PROBLEM.*AK

UNDER 40,000 MILES ON MY 1999 FORD TAURUS AND IT HAS A POWER STEERING PUMP FAILURE WHICH CAUSES NO POWER ASSIST TO THE STEERING, EVEN AFTER REFILLING UNIT WITH FLUID. LOUD WHINE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT DOES NOT ABATE WITH FLUID REFILL. PROBLEM CAME ON SUDDENLY AND WIFE HAD DIFFICULT TIME DRIVING HOME WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR. UNIT DOES NOW SEEM TO HOLD FLUID, BUT FLUID POURING OUT THE TOP OF CAP IS EVIDENT, AND WHINE IS STILL PRESENT.*AK

TRECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000 CONCERNING COIL SPRINGS. THE COIL SPRING BROKE IN THREE PLACES. IT BLEW THE TIRE OUT. THERE WERE SEVERAL PARTS ON THE VEHICLE THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS STAYED ON WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS OBSTRUCTED THE DRIVER'S VISION. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK WHENEVER THE INTERIOR GETS WARM. THE MAP READING LAMP AND THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ON THE DASH WILL STAY ON. WHEN THIS HAPPENDS THE HEATER WILL ALSO TURN ON TO WINDOW DEFROST. THE LED FOR THE HEATER WILL ALSO START FLICKERING ON AND OFF. *EH *JB

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE WINDSHIELD MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB LEFT BACK WINDOW MOTOR FELL OUT OF WINDOW. WINDOW WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN. DEALERSHIP FOUND MOTOR WAS BROKEN. *TT

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT ON ITS ON. THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT MOVE WHILE ADJUSTING. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *ER *JB

I OWN A 1999 FORD TAURUS WITH 53,000 MILES. I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE REGARDING A FRONT COIL SPRING DEFECT IN AUGUST OF 2004. THIS NOTICE SAID THAT I WOULD BE CONTACTED AGAIN IN DECEMBER FOR DETAILS ON GETTING SHIELDS INSTALLED AROUND THE COIL SPRINGS WHICH WOULD PREVENT POTENTIAL PUNCTURING OF FRONT TIRES IF THE COIL SPRINGS BROKE. DECEMBER CAME AND WENT AND IN FEBRUARY I RECEIVED ANOTHER NOTICE FROM FORD STATING THAT THE SHIELDS WERE NOT AVAILABLE YET AND I WOULD BE CONTACTED AGAIN IN MARCH. AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT A COIL SPRING BROKE IN FEBRUARY, PUNCTURING AND IMMEDIATELY DEFLATING A BRAND NEW TIRE. THANK GOD IT HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF IT BROKE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH MY WHOLE FAMILY IN THE CAR. AS I WENT THROUGH THE REPAIR PROCESS, MY LOCAL FORD DEALER TRIED TO DO WHATEVER THEY COULD TO MAKE ME HAPPY. HOWEVER, I ENDED UP HAVING TO CALL FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN DETROIT AND FOUND THEM TO BE TOTALLY ARROGANT. THEY APPEAR TO BE LOOKING AT THIS FROM A DOLLARS AND CENTS POINT OF VIEW, RATHER THAN THE HUGE SAFETY HAZARD IT IS. WORST OF ALL, THEY ARE REALLY DRAGGING THEIR HEELS ON GETTING THIS PROBLEM FIXED IN AN EXPEDIENT MANNER. ALTHOUGH I HAVE OWNED FORD PRODUCTS FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS, I CAN'T SEE THIS CONTINUING GIVEN THEIR LACK OF URGENCY RELATIVE TO PRODUCT DEFECTS JEOPARDIZING THE SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V322000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED IN AUGUST 2004 THAT THE PARTS NEEDED WILL BE AVAILABLE BY DECEMBER, 2004. AS OF TODAY, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AS WELL AS THE MANUFACTURER, AND ALL THEY WERE SAYING WAS TO CONTINUE CALLING FOR AVAILABILITY CONFIRMATION. *AK THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE PARTS HAD NOT ARRIVED. *JB

SINCE AUGUST OF 2004, THE DEALER HAS NOT HAD PARTS FOR RECALL #04332000 REGARDING THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. *JB

RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR FORD 04V332000, PARTS PROBLEM. *BF THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. SIX MONTHS AFTER RECEIVING THE RECALL THE DEALER STILL DOESN'T HAVE THE PARTS TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. *HNM

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000 NOTICE IN AUGUST OF 2004 FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS. SINCE THEN DEALER DID NOT RECEIVE PARTS FOR DEFECT.*AK

RECALL CAMPAIGN: CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE REGARDING FAULTY FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THE LETTER INDICATED THAT THE CONSUMER WOULD BE CONTACTED TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE BUT SHE HASN'T RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER. *NM *JB

THE CONSUMER WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH REIMBURSEMENT FOR TAURUS COIL SPRING RECALL. *BF RECALL CAMPAIGN# 04V332000. *SC *JB

NHTSA RECALL 04V332000 ON THE FRONT COIL SPRING. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *JB

COOLING SYSTEM BROKEN, REPLACED FAULTY OIL PAN GASKET AND HEATER SUPPLY HOSE. *BF *JB

NHTSA CAMPAIGN 04V332000/FRONT COIL SPRINGS. OWNER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FOR THIS RECALL IN AUGUST, 2004. OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS THE MANUFACTURER AND NO ONE IS ABLE TO GIVE THE OWNER ANY DEFINITE INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE ETA OF THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE RECALL. *NM

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE(04V332000) FRONT COIL SPRINGS NO PARTS AVAILABLE. *NM

NO PARTS FOR RECALL #04S17 FRONT COIL SPRINGS. SOUTH GATE 734-282-3636. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY THE VEHICLE'S DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED. *NM RECALL CAMPAIGN: THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. PER THE DEALER THE RECALL COULD NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD AFTERMARKET STRUTS INSTALLED WHICH DID NOT PROVIDE A PLACE TO ATTACH THE COIL SPRING PROTECTIVE SHIELD. *NM

NHTSA RECALL 04V332000 ON THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *JB

NHTSA CAMPAIGN 04V332000; FORD ISSUED A FRONT COIL SPRINGS RECALL. THIS VEHICLE IS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT HAD THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BREAK CAUSING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE TO RUPTURE. MANUFACTURER WILL RECEIVE PARTS IN ORDER TO REPAIR. *NM

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE SPEED CONTROL SENSOR AND SHIFTER CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

LOSS OF LIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES, LTERNATOR AND BATTERY FAILED, ENGINE SHUT OFF. REPLACED BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR.*AK

ALTERNATOR BELTS BREAKING. NEW ALTERNATOR BELT LASTING FOR ONLY 1 MILE, THEN SHREDDING AGAIN. HAD TO GET ENTIRE PULLEY SYSTEM REPLACED. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO HAVE THE COIL SPRING SHIELD PLACED ONTO THE VEHICLE SINCE THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE STATED NO PARTS WERE IN. NHTSA SPRING SHIELD RECALL 04V332000. *AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V332000; FORD ISSUED A FRONT COIL SPRINGS RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT THE DEALER HAD PARTS AVAILABLE TO DO REPAIRS.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. ALSO, DEALER DOES NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE.*AK

I WAS NOTIFIED BY MAIL BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN AUGUST OF 2004 OF A RECALL OF MY 1999 TAURUS REGARDING THE COIL SPRINGS. THE RECALL # IS 04S17/04M04. THE NOTICE STATED THAT IN CERTAIN HIGH CORROSION AREAS THE FRONT SPRINGS COULD FRACTURE AND RUPTURE THE TIRE. IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT IN DECEMBER 2004, KITS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE FORD DEALERS TO INSTALL OVER THE SPRINGS TO PREVENT TIRE RUPTURE. ON TUESDAY DEC. 21, 2004, I BROUGHT IN THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE SERVICE (90,000 MILES). I ASKED ABOUT THE KIT AND WAS TOLD THAT NONE WERE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. THE SERVICE ADVISOR STATED THAT I WOULD BE NOTIFIED WHEN THEY ARE IN, BUT I SHOULD BE OK. AFTER THE CAR WAS SERVICED, I BROUGHT THE CAR HOME ON WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22, 2004. IT THEN STAYED IN THE GARAGE AT HOME UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING DEC. 28,2004. AT THAT TIME, I STARTED THE CAR TO GO TO WORK. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG, AND THE CAR TILTED TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I GOT OUT AND FOUND THAT THE TIRE HAD "POPPED". I HAD AAA COME TO FIX THE TIRE. THEY FOUND THAT THE SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. FORD TOOK CARE OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS DAMANGED (REPLACED BOTH FRONT END PARTS AND THE TIRE) PROMPTLY. MY CONCERN WITH THE RECALL IS THAT OTHERS MAY NOT NOT BE AS FORTUNATE AS I TO HAVE THE SPRING BREAK AND THE TIRE RUPUTURE IN THE GARAGE. HAD THIS HAPPENED AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, THE OUTCOME MAY HAVE BEEN TRAGIC. I BELIEVE FORD NEEDS FIX THESE VEHICLES ASAP IN ORDER TO PREVENT WHAT COULD BE TRAGIC SITU

I HAVE HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE KEY TO WORK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE DOOR AND TRUNK LOCKS. THE KEY WILL GO IN THE LOCKS,BUT IT WILL NOT TURN TO UNLOCK AS IT SHOULD. IT TAKES SOME TIME TO GET THEM TO WORK. I HAVE STARTED TO LEAVE THE DOORS UNLOCKED SO I WILL BE ABLE TO GET IN THE CAR IN AN EMERGENCY. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE JANUARY OF 2002.*AK

MY WIFE DROVE OUR 1999 FORD TAURUS SE TO THE STORE AND WHEN SHE WENT TO LEAVE THE KEY WOULD NOT FIT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS SHE FINALLY GOT THE KEY IN BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH. HER AND MY KIDS WHERE STRANDED IN TOWN CLOSE TO HOME. BUT WITH ME BEING DEPLOYED IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY OTHER ISSUES WITH THE IGNITION SWITCHES GOING BAD ON THIS TYPE OF CAR. I CANT SEE A IGNITION SWITCH GOING BAD ON SUCH A FAIRLY NEW CAR. AND THE COST AND HASSLE YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET THE SWITCH ,KEY AND THE KEY PROGRAMMED IS OUTRAGES. *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS. NO PARTS AVAILABLE WERE AVAILABLE. SERVICE MANAGER DARRYL. *AK