2000 Ford Taurus complaints

REAR COIL SPRING BROKE. *TR

REAR COIL SPRINGS FAILURE 2000 FORD TAURUS. FORD ONLY ADMITS A PROBLEM WITH FRONT SPRINGS. *TR

REAR COIL SPRINGS ON 2000 TAURUS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL OF THE FRONT SPRINGS. MINE WERE REPLACED ON 3/26/08 FROM FORD. BUT HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIR. *TR

2000 FORD TAURUS MAKING RUBBING SOUNDS. FOUND BOTH REAR SPRINGS BROKEN. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD HAD THEY PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THANKFULLY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN. BOTH REAR SPRINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS CAR WAS NOT ABUSED AND OR EVEN DRIVEN HARD. *TR

SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT OR WHEN RETRACTED THE BELTS WILL NOT COME OUT. *TR

2000 FORD TAURUS WITH 58, 500 MILES. VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN MY GARAGE, ENGINE OFF. UPON SLIDING INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT, I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE ENTIRE CAR SHOOK. NOTHING EXTERNAL EVIDENT ON INSPECTION. TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AND ONE REAR SPRING WERE BROKEN. DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AS PART OF A SAFETY RECALL, AND BOTH REAR SPRINGS FOR WHICH I WAS CHARGED $481. IT WAS JUST MY GOOD LUCK THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED IN MY GARAGE AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHERE THE SPRING COULD HAVE RUPTURED A TIRE. *TR

REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN. APPEARS TO BE FROM CORROSION. FRONT SPRINGS HAVE HAD RECALL DONE TO KEEP BROKEN SPRING FROM GETTING INTO TIRE. SINCE THE FRONT SPRINGS, HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, THE REAR SPRINGS SHOULD BE COVERED TO. *TR

FORD TAURUS WATER LEAK ON PASSENGER SIDE OF CABIN. OVER AN INCH OF WATER ON FLOOR. APPEARED AFTER CABIN FILTER WAS REPLACED. DEALER REPLACED RT. SIDE COWL AND WEATHER STRIPPING. STILL HAD LEAK. APPARENTLY THEY CRACKED OR DID NOT PROPERLY REINSTALL THE CABIN FILTER COVER. HAD SOME WORK DONE SINCE THEN WITH NEW CABIN FILTER, HAD HEAVY RAIN AND WATER DAMAGE AGAIN. THIS TIME, BLOWER MOTOR AND BLOWER RESISTOR RUINED. SMELLED ELECTRICAL BURNING. VERY DANGEROUS, I WOULD IMAGINE, NOT TO MENTION, TRYING TO DRIVE WITH FOGGED UP WINDOWS. THEY WANT ME TO PAY OVER $450 TO REPAIR. I HAVE REFUSED. INCIDENTS WERE IN 12/04 AND NOW. HAVE READ PLENTY OF INFO. REGARDING FORD'S FAULTY DESIGN OF TAURUS' (MINE) SABLES AND OTHER MODELS. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE!!! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT HIS BRAKE LIGHTS WEREN'T OPERATING NORMALLY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED THE DEALER ALSO OBSERVED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURE ON 2000 FORD TAURUS. *TR

ALL OF MY COIL SPRINGS BROKE ON MY 2000 FORD TAURUS. *TR

PASSENGER FLOORBOARD IS FILLING UP WITH WATER ONLY WHEN IT RAINS. I HAVE HAD THE HEATER CORE, HEATER CORE CAUSING AND WEATHER STRIP REPLACED BY MIDAS AND RAINHAT AND WEATHER STRIPING REPLACED BY FORD BUT IT STILL LEAKS. *TR BLOWER MOTOR SHORTED OUT BECAUSE OF WATER.

2000 FORD TAURUS FRACTURED REAR SPRING. LOUD CLUNK UPON TAKE OFF FROM STOP. VEHICLE OCCUPIED BY 3 ADULT PASSENGERS AND ADULT DRIVER, NO WEIGHT IN TRUNK. VEHICLE MILEAGE: 86,733 MI. CORRECTLY DRIVEN AND MAINTAINED. BROKEN SPRINGS REPLACED BY REPAIR SHOP 02/23/2008. *TR

2000 FORD TAURUS BROKEN REAR COIL SPRING. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE REAR COIL SPRING. *KB THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE COIL SPRING HAD TO BE DEFECTIVE DURING MANUFACTURING FROM INADEQUATE HEAT TREATING PROCESSING. *JB

WE HAVE TWO FORD TAURUS' AND BOTH HAVE THE SAME DOOR LATCH PROBLEM. BOTH ARE YEAR MODEL 2000. THE ISSUE IS THAT WHEN OUTDOOR TEMPERATURES DROP TO THE LOW 20 DEGREE AREA AND BELOW, THE DOORS WILL NOT LATCH. WE FOUND THIS OUT THE FIRST TIME BY HAVING THE DOOR FLY OPEN WHILE DRIVING. I'VE DONE SOME INTERNET RESEARCH AND IT APPEARS THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR MANY PEOPLE GOING AT LEAST AS FAR BACK AS 1999, AND FORWARD TO AT LEAST THE 2004 MODEL YEAR. I COULD PUT A TON OF LINKS TO SITES WHERE PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY'RE EASY TO FIND. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT THAT COULD PUT PEOPLE AT RISK OF AN INJURY. IN ORDER TO GET THE DOOR LATCH TO WORK PROPERLY REQUIRES THAT HEAT BE APPLIED AND THEN THIS IS ONLY A TEMPORARY BAND AID. THE DOOR LATCHES WILL NOT FUNCTION AS SOON AS THEY GET COLD AGAIN. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT THAT WILL EITHER CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR CREATE A SITUATION WHERE AN OCCUPANT IS NOT PROTECTED DURING A CRASH. *TR

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT STOPPED RETRACTING AND WAS NOT USABLE FOR THE PASSENGER (WHO HAPPENED TO BE MY TEENAGER) I HAD TAKEN IT TO BE REPAIRED THREE PREVIOUS TIMES. WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT A DEFECT AND THAT I HAD TO PAY 152 DOLLARS THIS TIME TO HAVE IT REPAIRED SINCE THE CAR IS NOW NOT UNDER WARRANTY BUT WAS UNDER WARRANTY THE FIRST 3 PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

RATTLING NOISE UNDER THE FRONT END WHEN DRIVING. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE REAR SPRING FRACTURED, DRIVER SIDE IS CRACKED AND READY TO FRACTURE. NO DAMAGE TO THE TIRE BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THIS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF LIVING IN A REGION WHERE SALTY ROADS ARE NORMAL EVERYDAY LIFE AND THERE IS ONLY A RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS SO I GUESS I AM OUT THE 500.00 IT GOING TO COST TO FIX IT. *TR

REAR COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING TIRE FAILURE. *TR

REAR DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE. WHEN BROKE, IT WORE A HOLE INTO THE TIRE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ROLLER IN THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY WOULD NOT RELEASE. WHEN PASSENGERS WERE SEATED IN THE SEAT, THEY WERE UNABLE TO USE THE SEAT BELT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,692.

WHILE DRIVING OFF THE PARKING LOT OF OUR CORNER CONVENIENCE STORE, MY SON TURN ON THE A/C ONLY TO HAVE SMOKE AND FLAMES SHOOT OUT FROM THE VENTS. IN AN INSTANT PANIC HE LOOKED AROUND AND FOUND THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO FLAG HIM THAT FLAMES WERE SHOOTING FROM UNDER THE CAR. HE IMMEDIATELY CROSSED THE STREET AND WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR SAFELY. THE FLAMES BURNED THROUGH THE TOP OF THE HOOD AND THANKFULLY THE FIRE DEPT WAS QUICK AND WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD WAS DESTROYED AND EVEN THE FRONT TIRES WOULDN'T BUDGE WHEN TRYING TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE WAY AFTERWARDS. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO OUR HOME AND STILL ARE IN POSSESSION OF IT. THOUGH NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON IT AND IN OUR OPINION NOTHING LEFT TO WORK ON, WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS TO HAVE BEEN SOMETHING FAULTY. SEVERAL MECHANIC FRIENDS ALL SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT LOOKING INTO THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH WHICH HAS BEEN HAVING RECALLS, HOWEVER, OUR MAKE AND MODEL IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. STILL WE KNOW IT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN WITHOUT A CAUSE WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT OUR SON WAS NOT INJURED AND THOUGH HE WAS DEFINITELY TRAUMATIZED, WE REALIZE IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE AS WE HEAR THE STORIES. WE NOW HAVE NO CAR AND STILL OWE A BALANCE SINCE IT TURNS OUT WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE PAYING FOR IN LIABILITY W/ COMP AND COLLISION TURNED OUT TO BE ONLY LIABILITY. THE FORD COMPANY SAYS IT CAN'T HELP US AND SO WE WERE GIVEN TO THIS SITE FOR SOME KIND OF DIRECTION. *TR

WATER LEAK FROM THE FIREWALL NEAR THE HEATER MOTOR RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WATER POOLING ON THE FRONT PASSENGER FLOOR. *TR

2000 FORD TAURUS WILL CREEP WHILE STOPPED. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE VEHICLE WILL DO THAT AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT AND THERE IS NOT A RECALL. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THAT IS TRUE. *KB

MY 2000 FORD TAURUS TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING. THE CAR ONLY HAS 45,567 MILES ON IT, AND ARE THE ORIGINAL ONES AS CHECKED BY CAR FACTS. ONE DAY AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA MY VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF ONGOING TRAFFIC. IF I DIDN'T TURN ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND LIFT THE FRONT HOOD ON MY VEHICLE, I COULD HAVE BEEN HIT, INJURED OR KILLED. I HAVE HEARD NUMEROUS PEOPLE STATING THAT THEIR FORD TAURUS HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SO, WHY HAS THE MANUFACTURER NOT RECALLED THIS CAR? THE ONLY WARNING I HAD WAS THE DAY BEFORE WHEN FLUID LEAKED FROM UNDER THE CAR HOOD. I AM VERY UPSET BECAUSE I ALWAYS GET MY VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND GET OIL CHANGES EVERY 3,000 MILES. *TR

DRIVER'S DOOR LATCH WILL NOT KEEP DOOR SHUT IN VERY COLD WEATHER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE FAILED. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE VEHICLE DROVE ABNORMALLY AND WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE COIL SPRING FAILED AND BLEW OUT THE TIRE. THE REPAIR WAS MADE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE DEALER STATED THAT BECAUSE SHE DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALER FOR THE REPAIR, THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 74,000.

I HAVE A 2000 FORD TAURUS THAT I PURCHASED FROM A PRIVATE OWNER ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WHEN DAY I WAS DRIVING IT I STARTED TO HEAR A CLATTERING NOISE COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY DASH BOARD. I OPENED UP THE GLOVE BOX BEHIND IS THE AIR BAG COMPARTMENT, ABOVE THIS TOWARD THE BACK IS A CONNECTION THAT LOOKS LIKE A THIN ROD THAT HAS A PLASTIC CONNECTOR. I FELT THE ROD SO I COULD FIND OUT WERE IT WENT TO, IT SEEMS TO GO INTO THE FIRE WALL. THE PLASTIC FITTING IS REAL LOOSE SO I DO NOT KNOW TWO THING`S. 1) WILL IT BEING LIKE THIS WILL IT DEPLOY FOR KNOW REASON? 2) IS THIS PART OF THE AIR BAG AND IF IT IS WOULD IT MAKE THIS KIND OF NOISE LIKE A CLATTER SINCE IT IS LOOSE? I HAVE KIDS AND A WIFE AND I DO NOT WANT THEM TO GET HURT BUY THE BAG DEPLOYING OR ANYBODY ELSE GETTING HURT. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX THIS PLEASE TELL ME THAT THE NHTSA WILL FIX. *TR

BROKEN REAR COIL SPRING PUNCTURING TIRE. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARDS FILLING UP WITH WATER WHEN IT IS NOT RAINING. *TR

WHEN I TOOK MY CAR TO THE SHOP THEY ALSO DISCOVERED THAT MY RIGHT REAR SPRING WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN. I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS HAS BEEN A CONSTANT PROBLEM FOR OTHER OWNERS AS WELL!!!! I KNOW THAT THERE WAS ALSO AN INVESTIGATION DONE BUT NO RECALL. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS (WHICH I HAVE ALREADY HAD A PROBLEM WITH!) AND I AM CONCERNED THAT THE REAR SPRINGS HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED. I HAVE SEEN MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE REAR SPRING THAN THE FRONT. I'M JUST GLAD I NOTICED IT BEFORE IT HAD A CHANCE TO CAUSE A BLOW OUT OF THE TIRE. I DRIVE 65MPH TO WORK AND THE THOUGHT THAT IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT UNNERVES ME. I'M VERY AGGRAVATED THAT FORD HAS DONE NOTHING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. UNTIL NOW I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH FORD VEHICLES BUT AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD EVER BUY ANOTHER. *TR

ON NOV. 5,2007 AT APPROX. I HAD MY OIL CHANGED AND TIRES ROTATED AT MONROE. WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THAT MY RIGHT SIDE REAR SPRING WAS BROKEN. IS THIS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT? AND IF SO HOW DO I GET RE- IMBURSE ?THANK YOU DELLA DONATO *TR

2000 FORD TAURUS SE FFV WAGON. STRONG SHUDDER WHEN IN STOPPING IN REVERSE BACKING OUT OF PARKING LOT. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD "SOMETHING" INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. QUOTED $3000 FOR TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. VEHICLE HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT VERY PREMATURE FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE HAS FIRESTONE GENERIC O/P LT RS, SIZE 16/165/184 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH UNDER DRY CONDITIONS, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD HAMMERING NOISE FROM THE TIRE TREAD STRIKING THE VEHICLE. HE PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE FIRESTONE TIRE SHOP AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT COMPLAINED TO THE SHOP REGARDING THE NOISE AND ROUGH RIDE FROM THE TIRES BEFORE THEY FAILED. HE HAS ALL OF THE PAPERWORK, PICTURES, AND THE TIRES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 84,000.

THE IGNITION SWITCH ON MY 2000 FORD TAURUS FAILED. *TR

2000 FORD TAURUS WITH A BROKEN LEFT FRONT SPRING. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIRS BECAUSE THE REPAIRS WERE COVERED UNDER HIS EXTENDED WARRANTY. *KB THE CONSUMER WAS DENIED REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THE REPAIRS WERE NOT DONE AT A FORD DEALERSHIP.

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM: I HAVE HAD MY 2000 FORD TAURUS FOR ONLY 3 YEARS AND THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION IS NO GOOD! THE EXACT MILEAGE ON THE ODOMETER READS 48,143 MILES. I FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN SOLD A LEMON. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING OUR CAR ON 10/7/07 WHILE ON OUR TRIP TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA AND THE CAR BROKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY - JIMMY CARTER BOULEVARD. HIS LIFE WAS IN DANGER BECAUSE ANOTHER PASSENGER'S CAR ALMOST CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF OUR VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS RUNNING AND SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE CAR NOTE WILL NOT BE PAID OFF UNTIL DECEMBER '2008. I FEEL THAT THERE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE A SAFETY RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR FORD MODEL CAR. I FEEL THAT I WILL NEED TO MAKE A TELEVISION APPEARANCE ON CONSUMER REPORT AND MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AFTER WORK AND WAS GOING TO PARK MY CAR WHEN I HEARD THIS CRUNCH SOUND. I THEN NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS SITTING LOPSIDED ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE AND SINCE THEN THE CAR HAS BEEN MAKING CRUNCHING SOUNDS. THE DASH LIGHTS ALSO WENT OUT ALONG W/THE HEATER. IT NO LONGER BLOWS COLD AIR IT IS ALWAYS HOT AIR AND THE TEMPERATURE IS AT ITS LOWEST. THIS ALL STARTED W/A VACUUM LEAK. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT ALSO RETRACTED SLOW AND NOW IT DOESN'T EVEN RETRACT. THIS CAR SEEMS TO HAVE ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER AND ALL AT ONCE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY DAUGHTER CUZ I WANTED HER TO HAVE A SAFE VEHICLE TO DRIVE FOR COLLEGE, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE TURNING OUT THAT WAY. SHE IS NOW DRIVING MY CAR BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HER ON THE ROAD. *TR

LEAKING HEATER CORE LEADING TO ENGINE OVER-HEATING REFER TO RECALL #03V087000 AND COMPLAINT #10184014 *TR

I TOOK MY 200 FORD TAURUS IN TO GET THE TIRES ROTATED AND WAS TOLD THAT MY RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. *JB

TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WHEN A REAR COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. *JB

2000 FORD TAURUS BLT. 12/2000 101,190 MILES - HAD TIRES ROTATED - TECH'S FOUND RIGHT REAR SPRING BROKEN AND CUTTING INTO THE INSIDE SIDEWALL OF TIRE APPROX. 3/16 OF AN INCH. NO NOTICEABLE SAGGING OF VEHICLE. TECH'S GROUND DOWN THE SPRINGS CUTTING EDGE AND MOUNTED SPARE. LABOR DAY WEEKEND UNABLE TO HAVE REPAIRED UNTIL AFTER HOLIDAY. NO ACCIDENT, AS WAS CAUGHT IN TIME AND NOT DRIVEN. WE HAVE TIRE AND STRUT/SPRING.

I HIT A CAR HEAD ON GOING ABOUT 25 MPH AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MINOR INJURIES INCLUDE BRUISING, SCRATCHES, AND MINOR NECK PAIN/WHIPLASH. NO PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED YET. *JB

THE LEFT REAR SPRING ON MY 2000 FORD TAURUS IS BROKEN. IN LOOKING ON THE INTERNET, I SEE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT REAR SPRING FAILURE ON THESE CARS. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE IT HAPPENED, I KNOW THE CAR HAS HAD A RATTLING NOISE FOR ABOUT A YEAR, AND I NEVER COULD FIND IT. I JUST DISCOVERED YESTERDAY THAT THE SPRING WAS BROKEN, AND IS APPARENTLY LETTING THE REAR OF THE CAR SAG JUST ENOUGH THAT THE TAIL PIPE IS APPARENTLY RATTLING WHEN THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL LOAD ON THE BACK.

RIGHT REAR SPRING IN 2000 FORD TAURUS IS BROKEN. THIS CAUSES DANGEROUS CONDITION. *TR

I WENT IN FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND IT WAS TIME TO ROTATE MY TIRES. I ASKED THEM TO ROTATE AND THEY NOTIFIED ME I HAD A BROKEN REAR LEFT COIL SPRING AND THAT THEY RECOMMEND CHANGE BOTH COIL SPRINGS AND STRUTS FOR A COST OF $830 CDN PARTS, LABOR. I WAS SURPRISED HAVING OWNED A HANDFUL OF VEHICLES NEVER ONCE HAD A COIL SPRING BREAK. THE PUZZLING PART IS I RARELY CARRY ANY PASSENGERS IN THE REAR. FOR NOW I GUESS I AM FORTUNATE TO CATCH IT BEFORE IT BLOWS A TIRE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY LIKE INDICATED BY OTHERS. I NEED TO ADDRESS THIS SOON. I WAS LOOKING FOR FORD TO COVER THE COST OF THIS PREMATURE PART FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT WERE RUNNING OUT OF GAS AND WOULD OCCASIONALLY LOSE POWER. THE FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED TWICE, BUT THE FAILURE STILL OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO THE FAILURE AND WAS DESTROYED. A FIRE AND POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. EACH TIME HE CALLED THE DEALER, THE VOICEMAIL WOULD ANSWER AND THEN THE CALL WOULD DISCONNECT. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 189,000. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED A POLICE REPORT FROM THE INCIDENT. UPDATED 10/24/07 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. WHILE HE SAT IN THE DRIVEWAY, HE HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSIVE SOUND. HE NOTICED THE DRIVER FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE FRONT TIRES WERE REPAIRED AS PART OF A RECALL. APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS LATER, BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE, HOWEVER THEY DID NOT PUNCTURE THE TIRES. AS OF AUGUST 1, 2007, THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 101,000. UPDATED 02-01-08. *KB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND THAT THE REAR SPRINGS FAILED. THE SPRINGS WERE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $800. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103,296 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,196.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD TAURUS. WHEN DRIVING BELOW 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILS TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. THE FAILURE OCCURS AT LEAST FOUR TIMES PER DAY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING. SHE STATED THAT THE 1999 FORD TAURUS HAS SAFETY RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL AND POWER TRAIN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COOLING UNIT LINES. THE CONTACT WOULD LIKE THE SAFETY RECALLS TO INCLUDE THE 2000 FORD TAURUS. THE PURCHASE DATE AND RECALL NUMBERS WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 115,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.