2000 Ford Taurus complaints

THE DRIVER IS UNABLE TO OPEN THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR AND BOTH REAR DOORS FROM THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE DOOR ACTUATORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED THEM NUMEROUS TIMES. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V33200 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE.*AK THE CONSUMER WALKED OUTSIDE AND NOTICED HER TIRE WAS FLAT DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE COIL SPRING..*JB

RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND GOUGED THE TIRE. BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS AND THE REAR TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE NATURE AND RISKS OF THIS FAILURE SEEM IDENTICAL TO THAT OF THE FRONT COIL SPRING RECALL THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS FOR FORD TAURUS. *JB

VEHICLE WAS PARKED UNDER THE CARPORT WHEN THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE. CONSUMER WENT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND DISCOVERED THE VEHICLE ON FIRE THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK

THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE FRONT SIDE TIRE HAD A SLOW LEAK. DRIVER STOPPED AT A GAS STATION TO FILL THE TIRE UP WITH AIR, ANDS NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING EXPLODED. DRIVER WA ABLE TO CHANGE THE TIRE. THEN, HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE COIL SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THE CRANK CASE HOSE COLLAPSED, AFFECTING THE EMISSION SYSTEM. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK

RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING SHIELD. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO GET THE SHIELD PLACED IN HIS VEHICLE SINCE THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT DELIVERED THE PART TO THE DEALER. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V332000 FOR THE COIL SPRING SHIELD. AFTER TRYING MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEALER CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE SERVICED SINCE NORTH CAROLINA WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. CONSUMER STATED RECALL LETTER DID NOT MENTION ANY STATE. *AK RECALL CAMPAIGN; SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. *TC

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM

THE VEHICLE'S GAS GAUGE FAILED AND AS A RESULT THE NEEDLE ALWAYS INDICATED THAT THE TANK WAS EMPTY. *NM THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FAST. *JB

04V332000/FRONT COIL SPRINGS. OWNER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER IN AUGUST, 2004 IN REGARDS TO THIS RECALL. OWNER WAS INFORMED, AT THAT TIME, THAT PARTS WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE IN DECEMBER, 2004. IT IS JANUARY 2005 AND THERE HAS BEEN NO NOTIFICATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER OR THE DEALER INFORMING THE OWNER WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRING SHIELD. NO CONTACT FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. NHTSA COIL SPRING SHIELD RECALL 04V332000. *JB

RECALL CAMPAIGN: THE VEHICLE'S COIL SPRINGS WERE RECALLED (04S12) BUT THE DEALER DIDN'T HAVE THE PART TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. *NM THE CONSUMER NEEDED NEW COIL SPRINGS. RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000. *SC *JB

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH CYLINDER 5 AND THE IGNITION COIL WAS REPLACED ON THE CYLINDER. *BF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME BACK ON. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED A BURNT EXHAUST VALVE ON CYLINDER 5. *SC

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THE CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT. WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED AT THE DEALER, SHE WAS TOLD THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK *JB

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. 2000 ,FORD, TAURUS SEL SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING IN HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC. IT HAS BEEN TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TWICE REGARDING THE ISSUE. TODAY AFTER THE THIRD OCCURRENCE THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN SUGGESTED THAT I USE A DIFFERENT IGNITION KEY WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE - I DO NOT ACCEPT THIS AS A VIABLE SOLUTION TO THE TROUBLE. WHEN THE ENGINE DIES WHILE IN TRAFFIC POWER STEERING/POWER BRAKES, AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS ARE LOST. THE CAR IS A MENACE TO THE DRIVING PUBLIC. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE ITS BEHAVIOR CAUSES AN ACCIDENT. MY CAR IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD, AND HAS ONLY 33000 MILES. ALL I WISH IS FOR FORD TO FIX THE CAR, SO THAT IT IS RELIABLE AND NO LONGER A DANGER TO MYSELF AND THE MOTORING PUBLIC.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNIN SPRING SHIELD, AND TO DATE NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE, AND NO CONTACT WAS MADE BY THE MANUFACTURER AS THE LETTER STATED. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN INTAKE MANIFOLD PROBLEM. THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW THE ENTIRE INTAKE MANIFOLD BLOWN APART. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THE REPAIR RESULTS. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD IN MY FORD TAURUS 2000 SEL EXPLODED.VEHICLE: FAFP56S2YG125733. I HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME YESTERDAY WITH MY 2000 FORD TAURUS SE. IT HAS 25,000 MILES ON IT. I HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SOME SERVICE LAST WEEK (30TH DEC) AND THEN HAD THIS HAPPEN YESTERDAY WHEN I STARTED THE CAR IN MY GARAGE. WE HAD BEEN DRIVING THE CAR IN THE MEANWHILE. I DON?T THINK IT IS RELATED TO THE SERVICE (THEY DID AN OIL CHANGE AND REPLACED THE AIR FILTER IN ADDITION TO OTHER THINGS UNRELATED TO THE ENGINE). THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE IMMEDIATELY AFTER I STARTED THE CAR. IT WAS SCARY ENOUGH THAT I WAS DUCKING BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL WITH MY HANDS COVERING MY HEAD. I THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD FALLEN ON THE CAR FROM THE GARAGE SHELVES. THEN I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I POPPED UP THE HOOD AND FOUND THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD BLOWN OPEN COMPLETELY. I CALLED UP FORD TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY REPORTED CASES OF THIS AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NONE. I GOT THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE LOOKING INTO IT AS I WRITE THIS. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE MANIFOLD AND I HAVE ASKED THE DEALERSHIP NOT TO START ANY WORK BEFORE THEY INFORM ME IN A WRITTEN REPORT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I HAVE ALREADY FOUND 3 OTHER CASES OF THIS ON THE INTERNET, 2 OF WHICH ARE 2000 TAURUS AND SABLE AND OTHER ONE A MAZDA WITH THE SAME ENGINE AS MINE. I THINK TWO OF THEM HAVE ALREADY FILED A COMPLAINT WITH YOUR OFFICE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THIS PROBLEM WILL BE ADDRESSED. *AK

RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR THE COIL SPRING WAS ISSUED. CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW CAN NHTSA DO SOMETHING TO MOVE THINGS ALONG TO GET REPAIRS DONE. *BF *JB

DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 30 WHEN THE LEFT FRONT SPRING ON MY 2000 TAURUS BROKE WHICH DESTROYED THE CV VOINT AND STABILIZER LINKS. SINCE THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRING ON THESE TOWED TO DEALER WHO SAID RECALLED PART COVERED BUT SUBSIDAIRY DAMAGE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY I WOULD HAVE TO PAY 50. VEHCILE REPAIRED. *AK

2000 FORD TAURUS SEL 24V V-6 CONTINUALLY DIES WHILE IN HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC. CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED PER FORD RECOMMENDATIONS. FORD DEALERSHIP HAS SERVICED THE CAR TWICE PRIOR TO CURRENT FAILURE FOR SAME CONDITIONS. RECENT RECOMMENDATION FROM FORD SERVICE PERSONNEL WAS TO 'USE A DIFFERENT IGNITION KEY.' PER RECOMMENDATIONS AND USING A DIFFERENT KEY, CAR CONTINUES TO STALL/DIE WHILE IN TRAFFIC, RENDERING POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS INOPERATIVE. IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION, I DO NOT FEEL THAT THIS CAR IS SAFE (BY DESIGN OR MANUFACTURER'S INABILITY TO REPAIR) TO OPERATE ON PUBLIC MOTORWAYS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL AT [email protected] OR VIA PHONE AT 908/310-4055 (LEAVE VOICE MAIL MESSAGE IF I AM UNABLE TO ANSWER YOUR CALL.) THANK YOU.*AK WILMER F. JOHNSON

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY RACK AND PINION TWICE (IN 2003 AND 2004). I PURCHASED MY 2000 FORD TAURUS NEW AND HAVE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER. THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENT. I AM CURIOUS IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OR RECALLS ON THE RACK AND PINION FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

HEADLIGHTS JUST SHUT OFF WHEN ON AUTOMATIC. SOMETIMES THEY COME RIGHT BACK ON AND OTHER TIMES THEY STAY OFF. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN ON DARK HIGHWAY. *AK

THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM THE FRONT SPRING RECALL 04V332000 BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT REAR COIL SPRINGS. THE REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE AND DAMAGED THE TIRE BEYOND REPAIR. CURRENTLY, MANUFACTURER ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS, BUT NOT THE REAR ONES. *AK *NM

RECALL O4V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER AS WELL AS THE MANUFACTURER THAT PARTS FOR THIS RECALL WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN DECEMBER. AS OF TODAY, THESE PARTS WERE STILL UNAVAILABLE. LATER CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AGAIN, AND WAS TOLD THAT PARTS WERE STILL UNAVAILABLE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO FAILURES. *TC

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

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT. THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT PROPERLY WHEN RELEASE. IT SOME HOW, GET TANGLED AND TWISTED WHEN THE BELT GOES BACK INTO THE RETRACTOR.CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND HAD THE SEAT BELT SERVICED. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK......CONSUMER HAD THE REA RSEAT BELTS REPAIRED AT $54.00. CLAIMED THAT DEAKER SHOULD HAVE REPLACED THEM AT NO COST TO CONSUMER. IT WAS BAD FROM THE BEGINNING, AND CONSUMER INSISTED THAT DEALER INIALLY PROMISED TO REPLACE THEM AT NO COST TO CONSUMER. HAS A STATEMENT TO THAT EFFECT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. NO INJURIES TO REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT ALL THE LUG NUTS HAD SHEAR OFF. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. *JB

VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A CLANKING SOUND WHEN RUNNING OVER A BUMP. CONSUMER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED DRIVER SIDE REAR SPRINGS BROKE. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT HE RECEIVED A RECALL ON THE FRONT SHOCKS, BUT NOT ON THE REAR SHOCKS. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. THE REAR SPRING AND STRUTS WERE REPLACED. *NM

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE COIL SPRING SHIELD, AND THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALERS IN THE AREA WERE CONTACTED AND HAD NO PARTS. *AK

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

PASSENGER'S RIGHT SIDE TIRE SHEARED OFF WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED BY NO COMPRESSION IN 2 CYLINDERS. VEHICLE IS A 2000 TARAUS WITH 71,000 MILE 3.0 LITER ENGINE. DEALER SAYS I NEED A NEW ENGINE. FORD DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER UNWILLING TO OFFER ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THE REPAIR. A CAR SHOULD NOT NEED A NEW ENGINE AT 71,000 MILES. I HAVE PROPERLY MAINTAINED THIS CAR. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO THE GARAGE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SPRING BROKE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK THE CONSUMER SAW THE SPRING CUTTING INTO THE TIRE. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL THREE MONTHS LATER. *TC

FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

SLIGHT NOISE AND VIBRATION BUT COULD NOT LOCATE WHERE FROM IN THE CAR. RONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL FELL OFF. ALL STUDS WERE BROKE.*AK

FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD BEEN RECALLED, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK......ACCORDING TO ORIGINAL RECALL ALL VEHICLES REGARDLESS OF VIN WERE INCLUDED.*AK

BACKFIRE AND EXPLOSION. RECALL WAS ISSUED AFTER INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH OTHER PARTS. THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO WEAK GASKETS. AFTER REPAIRS, THE VEHICLE HAD BEGUN RUNNING ROUGH UPON ACCELERATION ALONG WITH MISSING. *SC

THE COMPLAINT WAS RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. IN JUNE OF 2004 I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 40 MPH. NONE OF THE FRONTAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, BUT FORTUNATELY THE SEAT BELTS DID WORK, QUITE POSSIBLY PREVENTING SERIOUS INJURIES. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE ACCIDENT I NOTIFIED FORD CONSUMER SERVICE DIVISION ABOUT THE AIR BAGS, BUT THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE MY INSURANCE COMPANY HAD ALREADY COVERED THE DAMAGES, AND THEY HAVE CURRENT POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. THEY JUST BLEW ME OFF. *AK *SC

TRANSMISSION FAILED, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CHANGE GEARS.*AK

THE HEADLAMP SWITCH BROKE OFF. OTHER TAURUS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT FORD SAYS MY CAR WAS NOT INVOLVED. THE EXACT SAME THING THAT HAPPENED TO THESE OTHER CARS HAPPENED TO MINE. *JB

NOTIFICATION RECALL 04S17 SAFETY EXISTS IN 2000 TAURUS, FRONT SPRING RUSTED THRU AND SNAPPED OFF PIERCING THE TIRE RECALL# 04V332000. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL. *SC

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR 2000 FORD CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS FAILING AND RUBBING FRONT TIRE. *BF RECALL#04V332000. *SC

CONCERN REGARDING FAILURE OF THE COIL SPRING OF FORD TAURUS. *BF CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V332000. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE TIRE BLEW OUT AS A RESULT OF COIL SPRING FAILURE. *TC THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THEY WOULD REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE REPAIR AND THE COST OF THE TIRE, BUT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE OTHER COIL SPRING AND THE SHIELD WOULD NOT BE INSTALLED UNTIL MID DECEMBER. *JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON AGAIN ON. AFTER NUMEROUS TIMES OF SERVICING THE VEHICLE, IT WAS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED WHICH RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE HITTING A GUARDRAIL. SINCE THIS FAILURE THE NEW MASTER CYLINDER HAS FAILED AGAIN. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING, SRS AIR LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER APPLIED THE HORN AND IT FAILED TO WORK. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK