2003 Ford Taurus complaints

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING OUR 2003 FORD TAURUS WAGON, WE NOTICED EXTENSIVE WATER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. WE TOOK CAR TO NEWPORT FORD, AN AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER. WE WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A DESIGN DEFECT WHICH ALLOWED WATER TO OVERFLOW THE RAINHAT AND TRAVEL THROUGH THE HEATER SYSTEM TO THE FLOOR. THEY "FIXED" THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, STILL UNDER WARRANTY, WE NOTICED WATER ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR AGAIN. HAVING MOVED, WE TOOK THE CAR TO HOWELL MOTORS OF WRIGHT'S CORNERS, NY. THEY TOO WERE AWARE OF THE DESIGN DEFECT, AND WERE IN POSSESSION OF TSB # 04-15-3 WHICH CLEARLY INDICATES THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL LEAD TO THE FAILURE OF THE BLOWER MOTOR, AND/OR BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR. WE NOT BEING AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS, WERE NOT AWARE OF THE CERTAINTY OF A DEFROST SYSTEM FAILURE. NOT KNOWING THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, WE DID NOT INSIST THAT THEY REPLACE ALL THE DAMAGED COMPONENTS. LAST WEEK, THE DEFROSTER BLOWER SUDDENLY FAILED DURING THE FIRST SNOWSTORM OF THE YEAR. WATER AND SLUSH FROM PASSING TRAFFIC FROZE TO THE WINDSHIELD REDUCING VISIBILITY TO ZERO. WAS FORCED TO LIMP HOME, STOPPING AT GAS STATIONS TO SCRAPE AND CLEAN WINDSHIELD. RESEARCHED ON INTERNET, AND LEARNED THAT FORD HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM WE TOOK THE CAR IN FOR TWICE WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. TOOK THE CAR BACK TO DEALER AND WERE INFORMED THAT THIS WAS NO LONGER A WARRANTY ISSUE, AND WERE CHARGED $ 267.26 FOR A NEW BLOWER MOTOR, TO REPLACE THE ONE DESTROYED BY THE WAT

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V330000 CONCERNING POWER ADJUSTABLE SEAT.. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. ALSO, THE POWER TRUNK LID LOCK. MALFUNCTIONED. THE TRUNK WILL LOCK INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY A DEALER. *AK

CONSUMER DISCOVERED WATER LEAKING INTO VEHICLE. *TS *JB

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HAD A SHARP METAL EDGE ON BOTTOM OUTER CORNER. THE SHARP EDGE SLICED THE PASSENGER'S LEG, REQUIRING 25 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND. *NM

MULTIPLE FAILURES OF RESISTOR # F6DZ-19A706-AA DUE TO WATER DAMAGE ULTIMATELY LEADING TO FAILURE OF HEATING / COOLING FAN MOTOR CAUSED BY WATER DAMAGE. A TSB HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR A KNOWN PROBLEM OF WATER LEAKAGE INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. TSB # 04-15-3. *NM

WATER GATHERING ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD, TOLD BY FORD THAT THE COWLING WAS SIMPLY "PLUGGED UP" BY PINENEEDLES AND SUCH. TURNS OUT THAT THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD AMONG THESE VEHICLES, IN SOME CAUSING BLOWER MOTOR FAILURE AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS (UNCONTROLLABLE FOGGING OF WINDOWS). CARPET IS HEAVILY DAMAGED DUE TO THIS FLAW.

BLOWER MOTOR FOR HEAT AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM NO LONGER FUNCTIONING, WET FLOOR IN PASSENGER SIDE, MUSTY ODOR. OEM HAS FIX UNDER TSB BUT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS OUTSIDE OF THE 3/36 WARRANTY THEY REFUSE TO COVER REPAIRS. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD. UPON INSPECTION BY A LOCAL MECHANIC IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE BLOWER MOTOR. WATER COULD GATHER IN THE AREA WHERE THE BLOWER MOTOR WAS LOCATED. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTOR AND INSTALLED A SPECIAL KIT TO WATERPROOF THE AREA. THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR CABLE DISCONNECTED. HE WAS MOVING THE SELECTOR FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE WHEN THE CABLE DISCONNECTED ON THE SWITCH AT THE TRANSMISSION. ON THE COLUMN IT SAID REVERSE AND IT WAS ACTUALLY IN DRIVE. HE OPENED THE HOOD AND THE CABLE HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED AT THE PARK NEUTRAL DRIVE SWITCH. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. HE TEMPORARILY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE HIMSELF.*AK UPDATED 1/4/2006 - *NM

THE BLOW FAN MOTOR STOPPED WORKING IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE DEALER CHANGED THE PART DUE TO THE FACT IT WAS COVERED WAS UNDER A EXTENDED WARRANTY. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 1997 FORD E350 CARGO VAN. I HAD TO PAY FOR MY OWN REPAIR THAT TIME. WHY ARE THESE FANS BURNING OUT ON NEWER FORD VEHICLES? SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME OF THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH HER HOOD FLEW UP AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. IT WAS TOWED TO A WRECKING YARD, AND SOMEONE WOULD PICK IT UP THE NEXT DAY. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE IT WAS A USED CAR, AND TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER, WHO HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. THE POLICE CAME AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN.*AK

DT THE BALL JOINTS BECAME DEFECTIVE ON THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES HAD THEM REPLACED AUGUST 17, 2005. TOOK VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC TO DO THE WORK AND HAVE SEEN OTHER VEHICLES WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. CONTACTED FORD, AND FILED COMPLAINT. THERE WERE NO RECALLS S AT THIS TIME.*AK *JB

I HAD NOTICED SOME WATER LEAKING INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE IT'S SOURCE. APPARENTLY, A COWL (I MAY BE MISSPELLING) WAS CRACKED AND LEAKING INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR WHICH CAUSED THE BLOWER MOTOR TO FAIL. THE $400 DOLLAR REPAIR IS HEFTY BUT I DON'T HAVE MUCH CHOICE. WITH A MICHIGAN WINTER RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, A BROKEN BLOWER WOULD BE A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AS MY WINDSHIELD DEFROST WON'T WORK. THE DEALER SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WHICH SOUNDS ABSURD FOR A CAR THAT IS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD. APPARENTLY, FORD HAS ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND DEVELOPED A KIT WHICH SOLVES THE PROBLEM. THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND SHOULD NOT EXPECT THEIR CUSTOMERS TO PAY FOR AN OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW WHICH MAY COMPROMISE A PASSENGER'S SAFETY. *NM

DT: ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO THE ENGINE WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING WITH A LOSS OF POWER. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING, NO PREVIOUS STALLING. ONCE THE ENGINE DIED, A PERIOD OF ABOUT TEN MINUTES WOULD PASS, AND THEN A RESTART WOULD BE POSSIBLE. SOMETIMES IT WOULD TAKE NUMEROUS TIMES TO RESTART. AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALER, WHERE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, AND THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. THE FUEL PUMP DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE ENGINE WOULD STILL DIE. THE CONSUMER DID RETURN TO THE DEALER, AND THEY PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH SHOWED A VALVE ASSEMBLY CONTROL FAILURE AND IT WAS REPLACED. ALSO, THEY PERFORMED FUEL PUMP PRESSURE TEST, RECORDER MONITOR ROAD TEST, CHECK OF BATTERY CONDITION, AND A REPLACEMENT OF THE ELECTRICAL FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. AFTER ALL OF THESE TESTS AND CORRECTIONS, THIS WAS STILL A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO HAVE A PROBLEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALER SIX TIMES, AND HAS NOT CONTACTED FORD MANUFACTURER. AFTER ALL OF THESE ATTEMPTS THE DEALER SUGGESTED TO THE CONSUMER TO CALL NHTSA AND CHECK THE LEMON LAW. *AK UPDATED 12/27/05. *JB

DT: THE WINDSHIELD HAS A GLARE. THE GLARE MIRRORS THE DASHBOARD ONTO THE WINDSHIELD. THERE IS A LIGHT TINT, BUT THE CONSUMER SAYS ONE CAN NOT TELL THAT THERE IS. THE DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM, IT WAS MANUFACTURED THAT WAY. NO CORRECTIONS OR REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME. THE CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALER FOR THIS , AND THEY SIMPLY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *AK

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS SES. IT IS LEAKING IN THE FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER'S SIDE. THE LEAK SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT SAID THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT IT KEPT LEAKING. THE FIRST TIME SHE HAD IT FIXED WAS ON 3-31-04. THEN ON 5-27-04 SHE HAD IT FIXED AGAIN. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE COWL LEAK FROM MONDAY. ON 8-30-05 SHE HAD IT REPAIRED AGAIN. *AK

DT: SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE WHEN THE CONSUMER WOULD TAKE HIS FOOT OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL JUST AS IF THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON WHEN IT WAS NOT. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING OFF AND ON SINCE DECEMBER 2004. THERE WERE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE THAT WERE NOT RELATED. WHEN THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY HAD REPLACED DIFFERENT PARTS ON THE VEHICLE. ALTHOUGH THE REPAIR MADE IMPROVEMENTS, IT DID NOT COMPLETELY FIX THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND THE EXACT PROBLEM. *AK (11/15/05) FORD REPURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED COMPENSATION BUT DID NOT FEEL THAT IT WAS FAIR. *SC

DT THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHEN IN PARK. CONTACTED DEALER, THEY CHECKED IT, AND SAID WAS A SENSOR PROBLEM. THEY HAD TO HAVE AN ORDER TO FIX IT. DID NOT SAY FROM WHO OR WHY. HAD NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. THIS HAPPENED ON AUGUST 12, 2005. *AK

POWER TRAIM: TRANSMISSION WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDDLE

DT: 2003 FORD TAURUS. VEHICLE STALLED ON JUNE 13, 2005 AND ALL THE DASHBOARD INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED FOR JUST A COUPLE OF SECONDS. THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST 7 TIMES SINCE THEN. THE CAR WILL NEVER COMPLETELY DIE, IT JUST MAD ETHE CONSUMER FELL THAT HE HAAD NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. WHEN IT DID DIE IT WILL RESTART, AND THE CAR WAS BACK TO NORMAL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK

DT: WHILE COMING TO A STOP THE CALLER HIT THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. IT HAPPENED WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AS WELL. ALSO, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND ROUGH IDLE WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY OR CITY STREETS. THE CALLER SAID THERE WAS POOR GAS MILEAGE. TOOL VEHICLE TO DEALER 7 TIMES, ON FEBRUARY 11, 2005, JULY 6, JULY 22, 2005, JULY 27, 2005 , AND AUGUST 12, 2005. CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, AND MANUFACTURER SAID THEY HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM IN OTHER VEHICLES. DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AND SOMEONE FORM THE MANUFACTURER WILL GET BACK TO HIM. *AK

REAR BRAKES WENT OUT DUE TO DEFECTIVE WHEEL CYLINDERS. THE WHEEL CYLINDERS ON BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES WERE LEAKING AND/OR COMPLETELY BROKEN. THIS CAUSED THE REAR BRAKES TO COMPLETELY GIVE OUT CAUSING NOT ONLY A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION, BUT A COMPLETE REBUILDING OF MY REAR BRAKES: DRUMS, SHOES, WHEEL CYLINDERS, ASSEMBLY KITS, SELF-ADJUSTING KITS, AND LINES. THIS COULD HAVE VERY WELL CAUSED THE MINOR ACCIDENT WHICH DAMAGED THE REAR BUMPER COVER OF THE VEHICLE, DUE TO THE FACT THESE WHEEL CYLINDERS WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THROUGH MY PERSONAL INVESTIGATION, WHEEL CYLINDERS USUALLY LAST 5-7 YRS ON AVERAGE. THIS VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 2 YRS OLD. *JB

DT: 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE REAR SUSPENSION COLLAPSED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. THE PIECE THAT BROKE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SHE WAS TOLD IT WAS A DEFECT FROM THE BEGINNING. THE CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS TOTALED. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT FILED. HER DAUGHTER HAS A CUT BEHIND HER NECK AND A HEMATOMA ON HER KNEE. SHE IS STILL HAVING PROBELMS WITH HER LEG. THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE FELL OVER. *JB

DT:CONSUMER STATED THAT ON TWO OCCASIONS HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN HEAD ON COLLISION IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE LAST ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 6-30-05 WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH. SHE SUSTAINED INJURIES. CONTACTED A FORD REPRESENTATIVE, AND HE SAID CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AIR BAGS TESTED AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. TO DATE HE HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED IF HIS CAR WAS TOTALED OR NOT. *AK

DT: 2003, FORD ,TAURUS WAS HIT ON THE FRONT END. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID DEPLOY. *AK *SB *NM

RECENTLY I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS WATER LEAKING INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD AFTER A HEAVY RAIN. A DAY LATER, MY AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED WORKING AND I COULD HEAR A GURGLING SOUND COMING FROM THE SYSTEM. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD TO INSTALL A "RAINHAT" KIT OVER THE CABIN FILTER TO PREVENT WATER FROM LEAKING INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR BY WAY OF THE CABIN FILTER. WELL, THE QUESTION BECOMES, WHY WASN'T THERE ANYTHING THERE BEFORE? I WENT HOME AND DID SOME RESEARCH AND SAW THAT FORD ISSUED THE FOLLOWING TSB REGARDING THE ISSUE: 14 OF 53: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:BLOWER BULLETIN DATE: AUG 2004WATER IN THE BLOWER CASE OR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR, AN INOPERATIVE CLIMATE CONTROL BLOWER MOTOR, A MOTOR THAT OPERATES ON HIGH SPEED ONLY, AND/OR A BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR FAILURE. VEHICLES BUILT 5/1/2001 TO 12/15/2003. *TT REPAIR WAS $500. HE'S MY CONCERN. FORD MUST HAVE KNOWN THERE WAS DESIGN FLAW IF THEY (A) POSTED A TSB AND (B) DEVELOPED A "RAINHAT" KIT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. BASICALLY ANY OWNER THAT HAS A CAR BUILT BETWEEN THOSE TIMES WILL BE DOOMED TO PAY THIS REPAIR IF THEY WEREN'T LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS FAIL BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. I THINK THAT'S ABSURD! I'VE TALKED WITH OTHER OWNERS AND THEY WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO NOTICE THE LEAK BEFORE THEIR BLOWERS WENT OUT. THE DEALERSHIPS CHARGED THEM UPWARDS OF $100 TO INSTALL THE "RAINHAT" KIT. IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM I WOULD HAVE GLADLY PAID $100 FOR THE KI

DT: CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE OTHER VEHICLE HIT THE PASSENGER SIDE, THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS SMASHED IN. WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. *TT

CONDENSATION FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING DRAIN TUBE LEAKS BETWEEN THE FIRE WALL INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE CAR INTERIOR. THIS MAKES THE CARPET PADDING WET AND CREATES MILDEW AND BACTERIA. THIS CREATES A POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARD AND IT WILL AGRAVATE SIMTOMS FOR PEOPLE WITH ALERGIES. I SUSPECT THE SEAL BETWEEN THE FIREWALL AND THE A/C CONDENSATION DRAIN TUBE IS TO BLAME. A BETTER SEAL MAY RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

THE HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT PROVIDING ADEQUATE LIGHTING WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY, AND OBSTRUCT THE CONSUMER'S VISION WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO SEPARATE DEALERS, AND ON ONE SEPARATE OCCASION THEY REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT BULB, AND REALIGNED THE HEADLIGHTS ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK *SC *JB

2003 FORD TAURUS DEVELOPED WATER SEEPAGE FROM THE BLOWER IN THE MOTOR COMPARTMENT ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR.*MR WATER LEAKED ONTO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR FORM THE BLOWER MOTOR AREA. WHEN THE MOTOR FAILED IT DID NOT BLOW OUT THE FUSE IN THAT CIRCUIT. THE CONSUMER WONDERS IF THIS FAILURE COULD CAUSE AN ENGINE FIRE. *NM

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. PULLED OFF ROADWAY. SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. RAISED HOOD AND CALLED 911. FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO PUT OUT FIRE. CAR FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. CAR TOTAL LOSS, FRONT END MELTED, PASSENGER AREA FULLY INVOLVED IN FIRE. EXTRA FORD MANUFACTURER 75,000 WARRANTY SPECIFICALLY STATES IT WILL COVER ENGINE DEFECTS, ETC HOWEVER FORD SAYS IT CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FIRE DUE TO EXCESSIVE THERMAL DAMAGE.

CONSUMER STATES: AIR BAGS LIGHT KEPT COMING ON, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT WORK PROPERLY, TOOK CAR TO SHOP 5 TIMES, DEALER STATED DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT WORK, AND PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR LOCK AND KEYLESS ENTRY DID NOT WORK. *AK

FRONT BRAKES WERE SQUEAKING AND SCRUBBING. BRAKING DISTANCE CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN LENGTH. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MIDAS. AT THAT TIME IT HAD LESS THAN 22,000 MILES. BRAKE TECH. AT MIDAS EXAMINED PADS, WHICH WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FROM MANUFACTUER. PADS FROM BOTH WHEELS HAD HAIRLINE CRACKS IN THEM AND PIECES OF METAL SHAVINGS EMBEDDED. METAL SHAVINGS WERE CAUSING RUBS IN ROTORS. TECH STATED IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE PADS CRACKED COMPLETELY AND VEHICLE HAD ALOSS OF BRAKING. PADS WERE REPLACED WITH MIDAS CERAMIC TYPE. OLD PADS WERE DISCARDED AFTER A VISIT TO FORD DEALER HAD NO RESULTS.

ENGINE EXPERIENCES A VERY SHORT HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. ON ONE OCCASSION ENGINE STALLED IN INTERSECTION. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP ON TWO INSTANCES AND PROBLEM IS STILL THERE.

I GET 1 OR 2 INCHES OF WATER IN PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR, AND IT CAUSES THE HEATER FAN NOT TO WORK ON AN 2003, FORD, TAURUS SE. *AK

OWNER WAS DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. OWNER DROVE INTO A LARGE PLANT WHICH GOT CAUGHT UNDER THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO BECOME AIRBORNE. THIS CAUSED DAMAGED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND THE FRONT BUMPER. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE IAC VALVE ASSEMBLY. *NM

2003 FORD TAURUS EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN BRAKES WERE ENGAGED.*MR THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, BUT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CORRECT IT. *JB

THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR SERVICE AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD ME THE CAR. I WAS TOLD THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WAS THE RESULT OF A CRACKED FUEL FILLER NECK. MY REPAIR INVOICE STATES THAT "FILLER NECKS ARE USUALLY CRACKED WHEN FUEL FILL NOZZLES ARE INSERTED IMPROPERLY OR NEGIGENTLY." I LIVE IN NEW JERSEY WHERE IT IS ILLEGAL TO PUMP YOUR OWN GASOLINE. THIS CAR HAS BEEN FILLED AT THE SAME GAS STATION AT EVERY FILL-UP. THERE IS NOTHING TO SUGGEST THAT THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT DID ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY AT THE LAST FUELING OF THE VEHICLE, BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MULTIPLE FORD SERVICE ADVISORS THAT THIS DAMAGE HAD TO OCCUR AT MY LAST FILL-UP. THERE WAS NO SIGN THAT THE NOZZLE WAS FORCED INTO THE FILLER NECK, NOR WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT SUGGESTED ANY UNUSUAL FORCE OR TORQUE WAS BEING APPLIED TO THE NOZZLE. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT HE HAS SEEN MULTIPLE FAILURES OF THESE PARTS AND FORD TAKES THE POSITION THAT UNLESS THE CRACK IS ALONG THE SEAM OF THE PLASTIC CASTING THAT IT IS THE RESULT OF DAMAGE, NOT A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT REPAIRABLE UNDER WARRANTY. I FEEL THAT A COMPONENT THIS CRITICAL SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE FORCE OF A GASOLINE PUMP NOZZLE BEING INSERTED INTO IT, AND SHOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT ADDITIONAL STRENGTH TO WITHSTAND THE UPPER LIMIT OF FORCES THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO IT WITH THAT NOZZLE.*AK

2003 FORD TAURUS PROBLEMS WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND JUMPED OVER TWO CURBS. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AFTER HITTING A FLOWER POT WHICH BECAME LODGED UNDER THE VEHICLE. *NM

THE CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKES PULSATED TWICE FAILING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *TT

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY CONSUMER. *JB

WATER LEAKING ON FLOORBOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT, I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THIS CAR, THE LAST TIME WAS JAN 2004 AND I HAVE TO TAKE IT INFOR THE 5TH TIME ON THURSDAY FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTER AND CHARGED ME 50.00 DOLLARS FOR MY QUALITY CARE DEDUCTABLE, AND IM STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

AT ABOUT 8000 MILES I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 TAURUS WHEN I NOTICED AN ELECTRICAL SMELL. I PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE AIR CONDITIONING OFF TO LISTEN TO MY VEHICLE. THE CAR SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS CONTINUALLY TURNING OVER WHILE RUNNING. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND REMOVED THE KEYS, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. I PULLED MY BABY FROM THE VEHICLE AND RAN. SMOKE WAS POURING FROM HOOD. THE MECHANIC SAID THE SOLENOID SHORTED INTERNALLY CAUSING STARTER TO ENGAGE. WE HAVE SINCE HAD MANY STARTING PROBLEMS. RIGHT NOW MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP FOR THE 11TH DAY IN ROW.THEY ARE ON THE SIXTH ATTEMPT TO FIX THE VEHICLE. THE CAR WILL CRANK, BUT NOT START. THE SECOND TRY IT WILL THEN SPUTTER AND START. THEY HAVE EVEN REPLACED THE COMPUTER AND THAT DID NOT FIX IT. ALSO THE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 22,500 MILES DUE TO VIGOROUS SHAKING. THE WHOLE CAR WOULD START TO VIBRATE AT ABOUT 40 MPH. AT 75 ON THE INTERSTATE THE FRONT OF THE CAR WOULD SHAKE FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS THEN QUIT FOR 30 SECONDS. THIS ROUTINE CONTINUED THROUGH OUT THE TRIP. *JB

THE VEHICLE SHIMMIED/VIBRATED IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO WANDER ACROSS THE ROAD, WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55 MPH OR MORE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE DEALER ROTATED THE TIRES AND BALANCED EACH WHEELS, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *JB

INVOLUTARY ACCELERATION OF CAR AT LOW SPEEDS WHILE THE TRACTION CONTROL IS ENGAGED DUE TO SLIPPERY SURFACES. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH AND, EVERYTIME THE DRIVER'S FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE DEALER HAS HAD THE CAR TWICE AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THE CONDITIONS. FORD MOTOR COMPANY REFUSES TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH SLID ON A PATCH OF ICE AND HIT A TRUCK. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. IF THERE WAS EVER AN ACCIDENT THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP IS SUPPOSE TO SHUT THE VEHICLE DOWN. THE PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DID DEPLOY, HOWEVER, IT WAS SMOKING, AND HAD A BURNING SMELL. *AK

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS AND AT 47,000 MILES THE FAN BLOWER WENT OUT! I HAD NO HEAT BEING FORCED OUT OF MY VENTS. NOW AT THAT LOW OF MILES SHOULD IT HAVE WENT OUT SO EARLY?? I HAD A $500 REPAIR BILL AFTER THAT BECAUSE I WAS TOLD MY CAR WASN'T RUNNING SMOTHLY AND IT NEEDED TO HAVE EMISSION CLEANING DONE ON IT. THAT COSTED ME ANOTHER $80. IN MY PERSONAL OPINION MY CAR WAS RUNNING VERY SMOOTHLY AND THE MOTOR WAS PRACTICALLY SILENT WHEN RUNNING. *AK

THE HEATER WAS UNABLE TO FUNCTION, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE THE ROAD IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR CHECK UP, AND RESULTS INDICATED THAT THE HEAT MOTOR TENDED TO GET WATER OR ICE IN IT, CAUSING IT TO MALFUNCTION.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IN A COLLISION WHILE GOING 50 MPH. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM THE REAR, AND FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES FROM THE SEAT BELT. *TC

CONTINUOUS WATER LEAK ON PASSENGER SIDE WHICH FILLS UP FLOORBOARD AND HAS EFFECTED THE FAN MOTOR ON THE HEATING AND AIR SYSTEM...FAN HAS QUIT BLOWING. THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT AND THAT WAS MENTIONED TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT THEY STATE IT WAS NOT WRITTEN DOWN SO THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY. *AK