2003 FORD TAURUS Problems & Recalls

Vehicle was involved in a collision with major front end damage and no airbags deployed. The brakes have been soft or spongy. I have not seen any leaks for the brake issue. I have bled the brakes several times the master was replaced by the original owner.

Vehicle was involved in a collision with major front end damage and no airbags deployed. The brakes have been soft or spongy. I have not seen any leaks for the brake issue. I have bled the brakes several times the master was replaced by the original owner.

At times the vehicle accelerates by itself albeit I am not touching the gas pedal. While driving the vehicle at 45 mph, I take my foot off of the accelerator and the vehicle maintains the 45 mph speed or increases speed if I am driving down a hill or any downward gradient regardless of the angle of...

At times the vehicle accelerates by itself albeit I am not touching the gas pedal. While driving the vehicle at 45 mph, I take my foot off of the accelerator and the vehicle maintains the 45 mph speed or increases speed if I am driving down a hill or any downward gradient regardless of the angle of...

At times the vehicle accelerates by itself albeit I am not touching the gas pedal. While driving the vehicle at 45 mph, I take my foot off of the accelerator and the vehicle maintains the 45 mph speed or increases speed if I am driving down a hill or any downward gradient regardless of the angle of...

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that when taking the vehicle out of the park(P) after starting the vehicle, which required the brake pedal to be depressed, the contact could not depress the shifter button out of the park. The contact stated that the shift button would not dep...

Mileage: 151,000

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that the brake lights failed to actuate as needed. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle failed to shift out of park(P) into gear. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local...

Mileage: 74,000

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The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus. The contact stated the vehicle failed to release from the park position. The brake warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where it was diagnosed the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufactur...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SLOWING DOWN WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND WHILE SWITCHING GEARS THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE LOCAL DEALER FORSOM LAKE FOR...

Mileage: 175,000

MY INTERIOR LIGHT STAYS ON WHILE I'M DRIVING, AND WILL STAY ON 2-3 HOURS AFTER THE ENGINE HAS STOPPED.

Mileage: 88,000

MY INTERIOR LIGHT STAYS ON WHILE I'M DRIVING, AND WILL STAY ON 2-3 HOURS AFTER THE ENGINE HAS STOPPED.

Mileage: 88,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, IF I RELEASE THE GAS PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN SPEED. WHEN I AM COMPLETELY STOPPED AT STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT, I HAVE TO PRESSED ON THE BRAKES REALLY HARD TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM SURGING FORWARD

Mileage: 150,000

ON OCTOBER 23 2019, I RETAINED MAVIS DISCOUNT TIRE TO INSPECT MY NEW YORK STATE REGISTERED 2003 FORD TAURUS. MAVIS DISCOUNT TIRE PASSED THE VEHICLE, DETERMINING THE VEHICLES CONDITION COMPLIED WITH NY STATE SAFETY STANDARD OF ROADWORTHINESS. 12/12/2019, AFTER REPAIRING THE TRANSMISSION AT GORILLA AU...

Mileage: 74,029

ON OCTOBER 23 2019, I RETAINED MAVIS DISCOUNT TIRE TO INSPECT MY NEW YORK STATE REGISTERED 2003 FORD TAURUS. MAVIS DISCOUNT TIRE PASSED THE VEHICLE, DETERMINING THE VEHICLES CONDITION COMPLIED WITH NY STATE SAFETY STANDARD OF ROADWORTHINESS. 12/12/2019, AFTER REPAIRING THE TRANSMISSION AT GORILLA AU...

Mileage: 74,029

ON OCTOBER 23 2019, I RETAINED MAVIS DISCOUNT TIRE TO INSPECT MY NEW YORK STATE REGISTERED 2003 FORD TAURUS. MAVIS DISCOUNT TIRE PASSED THE VEHICLE, DETERMINING THE VEHICLES CONDITION COMPLIED WITH NY STATE SAFETY STANDARD OF ROADWORTHINESS. 12/12/2019, AFTER REPAIRING THE TRANSMISSION AT GORILLA AU...

Mileage: 74,029

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE AT WORK AND I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THEN FTHE AIR WWNT OUT OF MY TIRE ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE REAL. ONCE THE TIRE WAS REMOVED IT REVEALED A LARGE GASH IN THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE AS A RESULT BROKEN COIL.

FORD TAURUS 2003 CAR SAFETY PROBLEM WAS REPORTED ON JULY 01, 2007.FORD TAURUS 2003, MANUFACTURED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAD A PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT CONTROLLER. ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM FAILING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING.

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE. VEHICLE WAS THANKFULLY PARKED WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THERE WAS A RECALL NO. 04V332000, FOR 1999-2001 MODELS - CURIOUS WHY IT STOPPED THERE? MULTIPLE ONLINE FORUMS INDICATE THIS ISSUE CONTINUED PAST 2001. PHOTOS AVAILABLE IF NEEDED.

Mileage: 112,000

MY BRAKE BOOSTER IS CAUSING OIL TO GET IN MY HOSE CAUSING MY CAR PROBLEMS LIKE MY ENGINE CUTTING OFF WHILE IN DRIVE AND MY CAR CAN BARELY STOP WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKES I HAVE TO PRESS THEM LITERLY ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR.

Mileage: 90,000

THE ACCELERATOR CABLE GETS STUCK. WHICH CAUSES THE CAR TO REV AT 2000 RPMS EVEN WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE CAR IS TRYING TO TAKE OFF WHEN WAITING AT A RED LIGHT OR IN MOTION.

Mileage: 164,000

SINCE OWNING THIS AUTO FROM 2004 FORWARD, I'VE BEEN IN A FEW FRONT-END INCIDENTS AND THE AIR BAG NEVER ACTIVATED.

Mileage: 14,000

MY BATTERY LIGHT GOES ON A FEW SECONDS AFTER THE ENGINE STARTS AND I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE. THE LIGHT STAYS ON TILL I TURN CAR OFF. REPLACED BATTERY, REPLACED STARTER, HAD THE ALTERNATOR CHECKED AND WAS TOLD ITS NUMBERS WERE GOOD BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHY THE BATTERY LIGHT GOES ON. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION...

Mileage: 103,746

MY CAR SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT WARNING, ACCELERATED AND THE BRAKE PEDDLE DROPPED TO THE FLOOR. THE CAR MAT WAS NOT ON THE PEDDLE.

Mileage: 50,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT POSTED SPEEDS WHEN MY CAR BEGAN TO SLOW WITH THE ACCELERATOR STILL PRESSED, ALMOST GETTING REAR ENDED I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY. I REALIZED THE CAR WAS RUNNING BUT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR REVERSE. I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK. I WAITED THREE HOU...

Mileage: 103,000

A STRANGE GRINDING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE AREA WHICH WAS VERY NOTICABLE TRYING TO BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY, SO PULLED BACK IN AND LOOKED TO SEE WHAT MIGHT BE WRONG. I NOTICED A BURNING RUBBER SMELL AND THAT THE WHEEL CLEARANCE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS ON PASSENGER VERSE DRIVER FRON...

Mileage: 143,060

I PURCHASED THE CAR 11/17/2018 FROM EARLS CREDIT AUTO SALES IN PORTSMOUTH ON AIRLINE BLVD ; IT RODE WELL UNTIL 11/30/2018 WHEN I DROVE TO THE BARBERSHOP IN THE GREENBRIER AREA OF CHESAPEAKE VA. I WENT TO PULL OUT THE PARKING LOT AND MY CAR STARTED TO SHAKE REAL HEAVY AND SLOPPY SO I PARKED IT AND TU...

Mileage: 123,000

I PURCHASED THE CAR 11/17/2018 FROM EARLS CREDIT AUTO SALES IN PORTSMOUTH ON AIRLINE BLVD ; IT RODE WELL UNTIL 11/30/2018 WHEN I DROVE TO THE BARBERSHOP IN THE GREENBRIER AREA OF CHESAPEAKE VA. I WENT TO PULL OUT THE PARKING LOT AND MY CAR STARTED TO SHAKE REAL HEAVY AND SLOPPY SO I PARKED IT AND TU...

Mileage: 123,000

HAD TO REPLACE MY TORQUE CONVERTER FOR $1,300 WHICH IS RIDICULOUS CONSIDERING THERE IS ONLY 87,000 MILES. THERE HAS BEEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS. FORD NEEDS TO FIX THIS! WOULDN'T LEAVE PARK, HAD IT TOWED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY.

Mileage: 87,400

BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED, HAS ADJUSTABLE PEDALS, AND WHEN I BOUGHT A SWITCH FROM FORD, THE INSERT MENTIONED A RECALL 04S12, LOCAL FORD DEALER DENIED THE RECALL.

Mileage: 110,000

BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER CAR WAS SITTING FOR A MONTH WHILE I WAS ILL. CAR SHAKES VERY BADLY WHEN I PUT ON THE BRAKES. BRAKE FLUID IS NOT LOW. CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY.

Mileage: 122,000

KEEP SHUTTING OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DURING IN THE CITY SITTING AT A TRAFFIC STOP. DOESN'T START ALL THE TIME. THERE'S RATTLING AND CLUNKING NOISE UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE

KEEP SHUTTING OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DURING IN THE CITY SITTING AT A TRAFFIC STOP. DOESN'T START ALL THE TIME. THERE'S RATTLING AND CLUNKING NOISE UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE THROTTLE CONTROL CABLE BECAME STUCK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER PLACED EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THE C...

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE THROTTLE CONTROL CABLE BECAME STUCK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER PLACED EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THE C...

Mileage: 115,000

I REGRET TO REPORT THAT MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF 3 COIL SPRING ASSEMBLIES AND A SUBSEQUENT FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE FAILURE DUE TO A PUNCTURE A FEW MONTHS AGO WHILE WAS DRIVING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED IN HER PARENTS' NEIGHBORHOOD IN WINONA. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS INJURE...

Mileage: 73,600

BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON WOULD NOT TURN OFF. BRAKE SWITCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. BATTERY DIED THANKS .IN MOTION ON STREET

Mileage: 130,000

BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON WOULD NOT TURN OFF. BRAKE SWITCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. BATTERY DIED THANKS .IN MOTION ON STREET

Mileage: 130,000

BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON WOULD NOT TURN OFF. BRAKE SWITCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. BATTERY DIED THANKS .IN MOTION ON STREET

Mileage: 130,000

MY FORD TAURUS SELF ACCELORATES WHEN ON THE ROAD.EVEN AFTER TAKING FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL IT WILL DRIVE ITSELF FASTER.MAKING USING THE BRAKES DIFFICULT IT DOES NOT WANT TO STOP.IT IS VERY SCARY TO DRIVE .MY HUSBAND HAS CHANGED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE,SAME AND MANY SENSORS AND NOTHING IS FIXING THE ...

Mileage: 177,000

MY FORD TAURUS SELF ACCELORATES WHEN ON THE ROAD.EVEN AFTER TAKING FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL IT WILL DRIVE ITSELF FASTER.MAKING USING THE BRAKES DIFFICULT IT DOES NOT WANT TO STOP.IT IS VERY SCARY TO DRIVE .MY HUSBAND HAS CHANGED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE,SAME AND MANY SENSORS AND NOTHING IS FIXING THE ...

Mileage: 177,000

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK, THE GEAR SHIFTER WILL NOT WORK; SPECIFICALLY THE VEHICLE STAYS "LOCKED" IN THE PARK SETTING. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND REQUIRES ME TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF OR ATTEMPT TO "RE-SET" THE BRAKE BY APPLYING THE BRAKE SEVERAL TIMES. ADDIT...

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK, THE GEAR SHIFTER WILL NOT WORK; SPECIFICALLY THE VEHICLE STAYS "LOCKED" IN THE PARK SETTING. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND REQUIRES ME TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF OR ATTEMPT TO "RE-SET" THE BRAKE BY APPLYING THE BRAKE SEVERAL TIMES. ADDIT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK, THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO SHIFT. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED EVEN AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF CAUSING THE BATTERY TO DISCHARGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NO...

Mileage: 3,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK, THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO SHIFT. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED EVEN AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF CAUSING THE BATTERY TO DISCHARGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NO...

Mileage: 3,000

AFTER DRIVING FOR AWHILE AND THE CAR IS STILL IN MOTION, THE PRESSING ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN, THE ENGINE STALL'S OUT.

Mileage: 95,423

AFTER DRIVING FOR AWHILE AND THE CAR IS STILL IN MOTION, THE PRESSING ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN, THE ENGINE STALL'S OUT.

Mileage: 95,423

DRIVING IN INTERMITTENT RAIN SHOWERS AT 60-70MPH I HAD THE ENGINE CUT OUT AND DROPPED OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL. SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER BOUNCING UP AND DOWN. THEFT AND ENGINE LIGHT WERE FLASHING ON AND OFF AT THE SAME TIME AS ENGINE WAS STALLING. THEN THE ENGINE REENGAGED AT 50-55 MPH AND CONTINUE...

Mileage: 104,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE IN FRONT CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THEM. AS A RESULT, THAT VEHICLE MOVED BACKWARDS DUE TO THE IMPACT AND CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POL...

Mileage: 145,000

LEAKING WATER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR, BLOWER MOTOR QUIT WORKING FLOOR IS STARTING TO MOLD MULTIPLE WORK BAGS SATURATED WITH MOLDY WATER. TOLD TO REFERENCE EXISTING RECALL 03V087000 AND COMPLAINT 10184014

MY BREAK LIGHTS WON'T STAY ON AND IT'S NOT WANTING TO SHIFT FROM PARK THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL IN 2004 FOR SAME ISSUES BUT MY VEHICLE DOES NOT SHOW ANY RECALLS

MY BREAK LIGHTS WON'T STAY ON AND IT'S NOT WANTING TO SHIFT FROM PARK THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL IN 2004 FOR SAME ISSUES BUT MY VEHICLE DOES NOT SHOW ANY RECALLS

COMPLAINT AIR BAGS CONTACT OWNS 2003 FORD TAURUS SEL WITH 40,000 MILES AT TIME OF FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING ALONE AT EST. 35 MPH VEHICLE CONTACT LOOKED DOWN MOMENTARILY AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED THE DRIVERS SIDE DID NOT. THE EMPTY PASSEN...

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT...

Mileage: 120,000

ALL MY LIGHTS WORK EXCEPT MY BRAKE LIGHTS AND NOBODY CAN FIGURE IT OUT. ALSO KNOW I HAVE TO START IT IN NUMERAL ONLY. IT WAS STATIONARY I THINK I JUST KNOW IT HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME AND NO BODY KNOWS WHY

Mileage: 149,000

2003 FORD TAURUS ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING SPIT. THE CAR ACCELERATED SO FAST RHE THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE LIFTED OFF THE GROUND AND LEFT A TIRE TRACK ON THE BUILDING THAT THE CAR CRASHED INTO. DURING THE UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION THE CAR VEERED RIGHT AND STEERING COUL...

Mileage: 90,000

THROTTLE STUCK WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL GOING INTO A TURN NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I RELEASED THE THROTTLE AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV, FORCING THE USE OF BRAKES TO GAIN CONTROL. PLACED TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND ENGINE REVVED BEFORE TURNING IGNITION SWITCH TO OFF POSITION. INSPECTION REVE...

Mileage: 168,000

THROTTLE STUCK WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL GOING INTO A TURN NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I RELEASED THE THROTTLE AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV, FORCING THE USE OF BRAKES TO GAIN CONTROL. PLACED TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND ENGINE REVVED BEFORE TURNING IGNITION SWITCH TO OFF POSITION. INSPECTION REVE...

Mileage: 168,000

THROTTLE STUCK WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL GOING INTO A TURN NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I RELEASED THE THROTTLE AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV, FORCING THE USE OF BRAKES TO GAIN CONTROL. PLACED TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND ENGINE REVVED BEFORE TURNING IGNITION SWITCH TO OFF POSITION. INSPECTION REVE...

Mileage: 168,000

WHILE GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY ON THE DRIVE HOME FROM WORK (AT 6:40PM ON DEC 1ST, 2016) THE TRANSMISSION NO LONGER ENGAGED. I HAD TO COAST OVER TO A FIELD AND PARK WHILE AVOIDING ON-GOING TRAFFIC. I LOST ALL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GEARS (RD21), AND IT IS LIKE BEING IN PERPETUAL NEUTRAL. THE SPLINES OF T...

Mileage: 126,000

THERE IS A SERIOUS GAS LEAK ON MY FORD TAURUS. THE MECHANIC LIFTED THE VEHICLE AND THE GAS WAS JUST DRIPPING OUT OF THE GAS TANK. I WAS INFORMED NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR SINCE IT IS A FIRE HAZARD.

THE CAR WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND STOPPED. WHEN I PRESSED TO ACCEL THE TRANSMISSION DID'NT PULL OVER 15 FEET AND STOPPED PULLING. IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER THAT HAD GON OUT. AND THEN I GET A LETTER IN THE MAIL ABOUT OTHER RECALLS BUT NOT ON THE TRANSMISSIONS. I WORKED FOR FORD FOR 27 YEA...

Mileage: 1,024,083

THE CAR WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND STOPPED. WHEN I PRESSED TO ACCEL THE TRANSMISSION DID'NT PULL OVER 15 FEET AND STOPPED PULLING. IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER THAT HAD GON OUT. AND THEN I GET A LETTER IN THE MAIL ABOUT OTHER RECALLS BUT NOT ON THE TRANSMISSIONS. I WORKED FOR FORD FOR 27 YEA...

Mileage: 1,024,083

THE CAR WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND STOPPED. WHEN I PRESSED TO ACCEL THE TRANSMISSION DID'NT PULL OVER 15 FEET AND STOPPED PULLING. IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER THAT HAD GON OUT. AND THEN I GET A LETTER IN THE MAIL ABOUT OTHER RECALLS BUT NOT ON THE TRANSMISSIONS. I WORKED FOR FORD FOR 27 YEA...

Mileage: 1,024,083

I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR REVVED THE ENGINE WHICH MADE IT FEEL LIKE THE CAR WAS GOING TO TAKE OFF.THE CAR DID JERK FORWARD. AND ANOTHER TIME, I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE CAR REVVED LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO GO, EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKE WAS BEING HELD DOWN. THE GRAY CAP THAT HOLDS THE THROTTLE CABLE IN H...

Mileage: 116,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A RESULT OF A ...

Mileage: 283,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PULL DOWN THE VISOR AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR IL...

Mileage: 187,979

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AND THE MORE I TRIED TO PUT ON MY BRAKES IT CONTINUES ON A BUSY 4 LANE STREET. I WAS ABLE TO TURN AT A TURN IN SLAMMING IN ON MY BRAKES AND THROWING MY SHAFT INTO PARK. IT WAS STILL SHAKING LIKE IT WANTED TO GO. I GOT IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. THE CRUISE CO...

Mileage: 181,560

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE SPEED SUDDENLY DECLINED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIR...

Mileage: 76,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE GEAR FAILED TO SWITCH INTO THE DRIVE POSITION WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE LAMPS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER...

Mileage: 88,000

CAR ACCELERATED ITSELF AFTER RELEASING GAS PEDAL ON HIGHWAY. ENGINE RPM HIT ABOUT 4000. IT WAS VERY HARD TO STOP THE CAR BY BRAKE. I CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD AND FOUND THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE HAD PROBLEM. A PLASTIC PART ON THE CABLE WAS BROKEN AND CAUSED THE THROTTLE BODY TO STUCK. PLEASE SEE ATTA...

Mileage: 95,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS...

Mileage: 53,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THE RPMS INCREASED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE APPLIED WITH FORCE TO ENSURE THAT THE VEHICLE REMAINED AT A COMPLETE STOP. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT CONSTANTLY HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL TO ENSURE THAT, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ST...

MY CAR HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THE POLICE OFFICER AND THE FIREMEN SAID IT WAS A ELECTRIC FIRE. MY CAR WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF MY APARTMENT BUILDING AT 8:30 P.M. AND THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 A.M. A CAR THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND I WAS NOT EVEN DRIVING IT WAS JUST SITTING THERE PARK.

Mileage: 168,357

MY CAR HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THE POLICE OFFICER AND THE FIREMEN SAID IT WAS A ELECTRIC FIRE. MY CAR WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF MY APARTMENT BUILDING AT 8:30 P.M. AND THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 A.M. A CAR THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND I WAS NOT EVEN DRIVING IT WAS JUST SITTING THERE PARK.

Mileage: 168,357

MY CAR HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THE POLICE OFFICER AND THE FIREMEN SAID IT WAS A ELECTRIC FIRE. MY CAR WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF MY APARTMENT BUILDING AT 8:30 P.M. AND THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 A.M. A CAR THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND I WAS NOT EVEN DRIVING IT WAS JUST SITTING THERE PARK.

Mileage: 168,357

DANGEROUS SITUATION TRANSMISSION COMPLETE FAILURE IN INTERSECTION WHILE TURNING LEFT. STOPPED AWAITING ON-COMING TRAFFIC AT CITY STREET SITUATION COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH ON-COMING TRAFFIC RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY! MANY COMPLAINTS ALREADY FILLED HOWEVER AFTER SPEAKING...

Mileage: 53,203

WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL AT 68 MPH ON A 3 LANE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY WARNING BEGAN TO QUICKLY LOOSE SPEED AND THE ABILITY TO KEEP PACE WITH SURROUNDING TRAFFIC. THE TRANSMISSION BECAME UNRESPONSIVE AND THE VEHICLE LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND FUNCTION IN A SAFE MANNER....

Mileage: 113,000

TAKATA RECALL: CAR STOPS NOT ACCURATELY AND MAKES SOUND WHENEVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, FEELING SOME SUSPENSION ISSUES AS WELL AS TRANSMISSION ISSUE, CAR IS FULLY MAINTAIN AND HAVE UNDER CAR FAX REPORT SYSTEM.

Mileage: 140,000

TAKATA RECALL: CAR STOPS NOT ACCURATELY AND MAKES SOUND WHENEVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, FEELING SOME SUSPENSION ISSUES AS WELL AS TRANSMISSION ISSUE, CAR IS FULLY MAINTAIN AND HAVE UNDER CAR FAX REPORT SYSTEM.

Mileage: 140,000

TAKATA RECALL: CAR STOPS NOT ACCURATELY AND MAKES SOUND WHENEVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, FEELING SOME SUSPENSION ISSUES AS WELL AS TRANSMISSION ISSUE, CAR IS FULLY MAINTAIN AND HAVE UNDER CAR FAX REPORT SYSTEM.

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 36,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE FAILED TO YIELD AT A STOP SIGN AND CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SHOULDER AND HEAD INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 32,050

AFTER THE DRIVING MY CAR ON APRIL 22 (A FRIDAY), I PARKED THE CAR FOR THE EVENING. ON APRIL 23, 2016 (A SATURDAY MORNING), I CAME OUTSIDE TO FIND MY 6-MO.-OLD LEFT FRONT TIRE FLAT AFTER SITTING OVERNIGHT. A FRIEND TOOK OFF THE TIRE AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STRUT SPRING WAS BROKEN. I HAD THE...

Mileage: 174,000

FUEL FILTER RETAINING CLIPS (WHITE PLASTIC/NYLON) ARE NOT AVAILABLE. MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF FUEL FILTER AND INSTRUCTIONS REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF R-CLIPS/HAIRPIN CLIPS. FORD DOES NOT SELL PROPER RETAINING CLIP. THIS CAN/WILL RESULT IN A DANGEROUS MASSIVE FUEL LEAK WHEN THE PARTS...

Mileage: 127,000

CAR ACCELERATES AND/OR MAINTAINS HIGH RPMS. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS TIMES.

Mileage: 175,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BLOWER MOTOR EMITTED SMOKE FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RESISTER BLOWER MOTOR ...

Mileage: 132,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BLOWER MOTOR EMITTED SMOKE FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RESISTER BLOWER MOTOR ...

Mileage: 132,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SWITCH OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE SWITCH FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ANTI-THEFT WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE JUMPSTARTED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALARM SYSTEM FAILED; HOWEVER, WAS...

Mileage: 110,000

PUT VEHICLE IN SHOP VEHICLE HAD ROUGH IDLE, MISFIRING ON #2 CYLINDER. SHOP REMOVED AND REPLACED SPARK PLUG, AIR FILTER, FUEL FILTER, AND IGNITION COIL. GOT VEHICLE FROM SHOP. VEHICLE IDLE TOO HIGH-SPEEDS UP ON ITS OWN. TOOK BACK TO SHOP SHOP REMOVED AND REPLACED IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE GOT VEHICLE O...

Mileage: 136,856

WHEN BACKING UP FROM BEING PARKED, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE EXPLODED AND THE FRONT LEFT CORNER OF THE CAR DROPPED. THE CAUSE WAS A BROKEN COIL SPRING WHICH PUNCTURED MY NEW TIRE. 74K MILES. I AM UPSET THAT THE NHTSA HAS INVESTIGATED THIS PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR 15 YEARS WITH FORD TAUR...

Mileage: 74,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS BEING SIGNALED BY OTHER DRIVERS THAT THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED ALL THE TIME UNTIL THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THE MECHANIC NOTIFIED THE CONTACT OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACT...

Mileage: 212,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY FELT AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER MAY HAVE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TO...

Mileage: 132,400

ON ABOUT 15 JAN 2016, THE DRIVER'SIDE SIDE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE. WHEN IT BROKE IT PUNCTURED THROUGH DRIVER'SIDE SIDE FRONT TIRE. LUCKILY THE CAR WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY AT THE TIME THE COIL SPRINGS BROKE AND NO FURTHER DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED, JUST THE BROKEN COIL SPRING AND PUNC...

WE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WHERE THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP,AND SLIDE ON DRY PAVEMENT,AND WET CONDITIONS . THE CAR HAD NEW BRAKES, ROTORS, TIRES, BUT STILL WOULD HAVE TROUBLE STOPPING, UNFORTUNATELY MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR TODAY,AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. I JUST REPLACED THE TIRES AGAIN A FEW MONTHS...

Mileage: 77,000

WE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WHERE THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP,AND SLIDE ON DRY PAVEMENT,AND WET CONDITIONS . THE CAR HAD NEW BRAKES, ROTORS, TIRES, BUT STILL WOULD HAVE TROUBLE STOPPING, UNFORTUNATELY MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR TODAY,AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. I JUST REPLACED THE TIRES AGAIN A FEW MONTHS...

Mileage: 77,000

WE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WHERE THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP,AND SLIDE ON DRY PAVEMENT,AND WET CONDITIONS . THE CAR HAD NEW BRAKES, ROTORS, TIRES, BUT STILL WOULD HAVE TROUBLE STOPPING, UNFORTUNATELY MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR TODAY,AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. I JUST REPLACED THE TIRES AGAIN A FEW MONTHS...

Mileage: 77,000

DRIVING 6AM TODAY BOTH MY HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING. THEY TURNED BACK ON 5 SECOND LATER BUT THAT IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST 30 DAYS. ALSO DASHBOARD LIGHTS TURNED OFF AND ON RANDOM TIMES FOR THE LAST YEAR EVEN THIS MORNING BUT DIFFERENT TIME THEN HEADLIGHT ISSUE.

Mileage: 2

DRIVING 6AM TODAY BOTH MY HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING. THEY TURNED BACK ON 5 SECOND LATER BUT THAT IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST 30 DAYS. ALSO DASHBOARD LIGHTS TURNED OFF AND ON RANDOM TIMES FOR THE LAST YEAR EVEN THIS MORNING BUT DIFFERENT TIME THEN HEADLIGHT ISSUE.

Mileage: 2

TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER - STRIPPED SPLINES. JUST 49,334 MILES. THIS CAR HAS VERY LOW MILEAGE AND IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. DEFINITELY A PROVEN BAD PART THAT FORD SHOULD COVER. THE CAR QUIT MOVING AT MY WORKPLACE PARKING LOT. IM GRATEFUL IT WASN'T IN AN INTERSECTION. HAD TO REPLACE CONVERTER...

Mileage: 49,334

MY VEHICLE WITH [XXX]. I CAN NOT SHIFT MY CAR FROM PARK, OR IF I PRESS ON THE BRAKE A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND GET THE BRAKE LIGHT TO COME ON, THEY SAY ON. EVEN WHEN FOOT IS NOT ON BRAKE. MY VEHICLE IN NOT APART OF A RECALL, IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN AN ATLANTA PLANT. I AM BEING OUT OF MONEY AND TIME WIT...

MY VEHICLE WITH [XXX]. I CAN NOT SHIFT MY CAR FROM PARK, OR IF I PRESS ON THE BRAKE A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND GET THE BRAKE LIGHT TO COME ON, THEY SAY ON. EVEN WHEN FOOT IS NOT ON BRAKE. MY VEHICLE IN NOT APART OF A RECALL, IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN AN ATLANTA PLANT. I AM BEING OUT OF MONEY AND TIME WIT...

THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR

Mileage: 145,000

THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR

Mileage: 145,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AS IT INCREASED IN ENGINE RPMS. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAI...

Mileage: 61,000

I HAVE AN ISSUES.

Mileage: 167,777

I HAVE AN ISSUES.

Mileage: 167,777

I HAVE AN ISSUES.

Mileage: 167,777

I HAVING SO MUCH TROUBLE ISSUES ON THIS CAR I WANT REFUND MONEY FOR THIS WAS $1,900 REFUND BACK TO ME...UPDATED 11/13/15 *BF *JS

Mileage: 167

I HAVING SO MUCH TROUBLE ISSUES ON THIS CAR I WANT REFUND MONEY FOR THIS WAS $1,900 REFUND BACK TO ME...UPDATED 11/13/15 *BF *JS

Mileage: 167

I HAVING SO MUCH TROUBLE ISSUES ON THIS CAR I WANT REFUND MONEY FOR THIS WAS $1,900 REFUND BACK TO ME...UPDATED 11/13/15 *BF *JS

Mileage: 167

STARTER KEPT GOING OUT

WHILE DRIVING ON A VERY BUSY ROAD, MY TRANSMISSION QUIT. I HAD NOTHING BUT NEUTRAL. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS THAT IT WAS GOING TO FAIL, IT WENT FROM WORKING PERFECTLY TO HAVING NO GEARS (FORWARD OR REVERSE). LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A SAFE SPOT TO PARK AND WAIT FOR A TOW. THE TRANSMISSI...

Mileage: 45,000

FOR THE FIRST 6 YEARS THIS CAR WAS GARAGED, AS SOON AS IT WAS PARKED OUTSIDE, EXPOSED TO THE WEATHER, A VERY BAD WATER LEAK APPEARED. I CONSTANTLY GET WATER ON THE FLOOR OF THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS LEAK FRIED MY BLOWER MOTOR, RESULTING IN NO HEAT. THE BLOWER MOTOR WAS REPLACED, BUT THE LEAK IS ST...

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO START AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, BUT FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. IN ADDITION, THE TAIL LIGHTS FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTU...

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO START AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, BUT FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. IN ADDITION, THE TAIL LIGHTS FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTU...

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF ...

Mileage: 90,000

WAS DRIVING DOWN A HILL.. WENT TO PRESS THE GAS ALL IT DID WAS RPMS WENT UP I WENT NO WHERE.. HAD TO SIT SIDE OF ROAD FOR HOURS FORD HAS OVER MILLIONS OF COMPLAINTS AND NO HAS DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.. IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED

Mileage: 95,000

I STARTED CONSTANTLY SMELLING GAS OUTSIDE THE CAR THEN IT STARTED SMELLING IN CABIN THEN I LOCATED AND REPLACED FUEL FILTER THEN REALIZED TANK APPEARED TO BE LEAKING AROUND SEAMS.

Mileage: 136,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE REVVED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESUME ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER W...

Mileage: 54,000

RIDING DOWN ROUTE 539 AT 5:00 PM WHEN THE THEFT ALARM CAME ON AND CAR CUT OFF AND JERKED AND RESTARTED AT THE TIME THE TRUCK ALMOST HIT ME IN THE REAR END WHICH I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED I MADE TO THE SHOPPING CENTER AND HAD IT TAKEN TO MY AUTO REPAIR SHOP WERE IT STILL IS. MY REPAIRMAN IS RUNNING AL...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT...

Mileage: 68,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK WITHOUT WARNING AND THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE OF ENGINE RPMS. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE IT WAS TURNED OFF AND TOWED TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT ...

Mileage: 160,000

VEHICLE STALLS AT TRAFFIC LIGHT SEVERAL TIMES. STRANGE SOUNDS FROM ENGINE.

Mileage: 37,800

DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 45MPH WHEN VEHICLE, WITHOUT WARNING, SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND WOULD NOT REENGAGE. CAR ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN HOWEVER, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR. CAR WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAILED TRANSMISSION. CAR TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED AND IT WA...

Mileage: 126,445

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE'S SPEED RAPIDLY INCREASED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, DROVE INTO A GRASS FIELD OVER A DIP IN THE FIELD WHIC...

Mileage: 177,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE'S SPEED RAPIDLY INCREASED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, DROVE INTO A GRASS FIELD OVER A DIP IN THE FIELD WHIC...

Mileage: 177,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKE LAMP BECAME INOPERABLE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 189,000.

Mileage: 189,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE COIL SPRING FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON ONE OTHER OCCASION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STRUT ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACT...

Mileage: 60,479

MY 2003 TAURUSES WINDSHIELD LEAKS. I CHECKED THE RECALLS AND IT SHOWS A RECALL #03C03 FOR MY CAR, BUT WHEN I ENTER MY VIN#[XXX] AND IT SHOW ZERO FOR RECALLS. I'M NOT THE FIRST OWNER OF THE VEHICLE ,BUT THAT SHOULDN'T MATTER IN A THIS CASE. WHEN MY WIFE OR I ARE DRIVING THE CAR IN THE RAIN THE WATER ...

Mileage: 75,599

MY CAR RANDOMLY STOPPED MOVING WHEN I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY IT WAS A MAJOR SCENE ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY 5 CARS HAD TO VEER OFF TO THE SIDE TO AVOID A ACCIDENT THESE TRANSMISSIONS/TORQUE CONVERTERS NEED TO BE RECALLED THEY WERE RECALLED IN THE FORD WINSTAR WITH THE SAME TRANNY PARTS BUT NOT THE FORD T...

Mileage: 208,000

MY CAR RANDOMLY STOPPED MOVING WHEN I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY IT WAS A MAJOR SCENE ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY 5 CARS HAD TO VEER OFF TO THE SIDE TO AVOID A ACCIDENT THESE TRANSMISSIONS/TORQUE CONVERTERS NEED TO BE RECALLED THEY WERE RECALLED IN THE FORD WINSTAR WITH THE SAME TRANNY PARTS BUT NOT THE FORD T...

Mileage: 208,000

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON A FREEWAY IN AZ, DOING APPROX 70 IN THE LEFT LANE MY VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING FORWARD AND THE RPM'S WENT FROM NORMAL TO REVVING. I IMMEDIATELY PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND WENT INTO THE RIGHT LANE AND TOOK THE OFF RAMP AND COASTED INTO A STRIP MALL. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INT...

Mileage: 167,000

ON THE DATE ABOVE AND THEN AGAIN ON FEB,2015 THE TRANSAXLE QUIT WORKING, IT WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE. HAD IT ROLLBACKED TO MY HOUSE BOTH TIMES AT A COST OF $50 PER TOW. THE COST TO REPAIR AND OR REPLACE THE TRANSAXLE WAS :2011: $1,400; 2015: $1,700. THE CAR AT THE 2ND. REWORK/EXCHANGE (THE TRANS SHOP R...

Mileage: 120,000

ON THE DATE ABOVE AND THEN AGAIN ON FEB,2015 THE TRANSAXLE QUIT WORKING, IT WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE. HAD IT ROLLBACKED TO MY HOUSE BOTH TIMES AT A COST OF $50 PER TOW. THE COST TO REPAIR AND OR REPLACE THE TRANSAXLE WAS :2011: $1,400; 2015: $1,700. THE CAR AT THE 2ND. REWORK/EXCHANGE (THE TRANS SHOP R...

Mileage: 120,000

I WAS DEPARTING FROM PARKING LOT AND THE CAR SUDDENLY HAD SOME NOISE IN THE HOOD THEN LOST ALL THE POWER. AFTER STARTING ENGINE AGAIN, I CAN SHIFT THE GEAR INTO D OR R, ENGINE WORKS OK BUT THE CAR WON'T MOVE AT ALL. BEFORE IT HAPPENED, THE TRANSMISSION WORKS FINE, NO DELAYED ENGAGEMENT, NO SLIPS,...

Mileage: 68,000

I WAS DEPARTING FROM PARKING LOT AND THE CAR SUDDENLY HAD SOME NOISE IN THE HOOD THEN LOST ALL THE POWER. AFTER STARTING ENGINE AGAIN, I CAN SHIFT THE GEAR INTO D OR R, ENGINE WORKS OK BUT THE CAR WON'T MOVE AT ALL. BEFORE IT HAPPENED, THE TRANSMISSION WORKS FINE, NO DELAYED ENGAGEMENT, NO SLIPS,...

Mileage: 68,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO REMAIN IN POSITION. THE CONTACT HAD TO CONTINUOUSLY MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO KEEP THE VEHICLE IN POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT CRADLE WAS C...

Mileage: 93,000

THE FRONT STRUT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT TIRE CAUSING $462.55 WORTH OF DAMAGE, ALL OTHER YEARS OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL BUT A FEW, INCLUDING THIS ONE WERE COVERED BY A RECALL OR WARRANTY. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR FATALITY COULD HAVE OCCURRED IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE 35 MY DAUGHTER COMPLETELY LOST POWER. THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT NO POWER. IN TRAFFIC, SHE HAD TO COAST TO PULL OVER. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT AND THE CAR IS OTHERWISE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AND THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHI...

Mileage: 57,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HAD TO FORCE THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. TH...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, A LOUD SOUND EMITTED FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. TH...

Mileage: 130,000

THE PARK LAMP SWITCH SEEMS TO BE FAILING AND INTERMITTENTLY WILL STOP WORKING CAUSING THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO FAIL AND THE VEHICLE TO NOT SWITCH OUT OF PARK. USING THE VIN NUMBER THE RECALL DOESN'T APPLY TO MY VEHICLE BUT OBVIOUSLY THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED. YOUR HELP WITH ADDRESSING THIS MATTER...

Mileage: 160,000

THE PARK LAMP SWITCH SEEMS TO BE FAILING AND INTERMITTENTLY WILL STOP WORKING CAUSING THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO FAIL AND THE VEHICLE TO NOT SWITCH OUT OF PARK. USING THE VIN NUMBER THE RECALL DOESN'T APPLY TO MY VEHICLE BUT OBVIOUSLY THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED. YOUR HELP WITH ADDRESSING THIS MATTER...

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER IGNITING THE VEHICLE, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TH...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER IGNITING THE VEHICLE, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TH...

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR WITH ONE OF OUR GRANDKIDS IN THE BACK SEAT. SHE PULLED OFF A MAIN ROAD TO A SIDE STREET, SHE WENT ABOUT 50 YARDS AND THE CAR STOPPED GOING FORWARD. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING FINE, BUT THERE WAS NO DRIVE FROM THE TRANSMISSION NO MATER WHICH GEAR SHE PUT IT INTO. EVIDENTLY T...

Mileage: 86,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD OR IN REVERSE BUT INCREASED IN RPM'S. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE...

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND IN THE OUTSIDE LANE OF A 4 LANE HWY. VEHICLE CHANGED LANES ABRUPTLY AND WENT LEFT OF THE CENTER OF ROADWAY ENTERING INTO THE NOURTHBOUND LANES OF TRAFFIC, CONTINUING IN A SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION, THE VEHICLE DEPARTED THE EAST SIDE AND COLLIDED WITH THE END PORTION OF A ...

Mileage: 103,716

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND IN THE OUTSIDE LANE OF A 4 LANE HWY. VEHICLE CHANGED LANES ABRUPTLY AND WENT LEFT OF THE CENTER OF ROADWAY ENTERING INTO THE NOURTHBOUND LANES OF TRAFFIC, CONTINUING IN A SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION, THE VEHICLE DEPARTED THE EAST SIDE AND COLLIDED WITH THE END PORTION OF A ...

Mileage: 103,716

ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 27TH ABOUT 1:00PM, WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE EXPLODED AND WAS COMPLETELY FLAT. I DROVE TO A NEARBY BY GAS STATION TO AWAIT MY MOTOR SERVICE TO REPLACE THE TIRE. I PHOTOGRAPHED THE DAMAGED TIRE. ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 27H, GOODYEAR REPLACED THE TIRE AN...

Mileage: 102,300

ON 1-23-2015 A FRIEND WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON A 4 LAND DIVIDED HIGHWAY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION QUIT PULLING. HE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO MOVE IN ANY GEAR. HE WENT ON TO A JOB INTERVIEW AND CALLED ME AND I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO MY RESIDENCE. I CHECKED A...

Mileage: 142,999

ON THE ABOVE DATE THE TRANSAXLE IN THIS CAR QUIT WORKING. THE TORQUE CONVERTER BROKE A GEAR. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS PREVALENT IN THE 2003 FORD TAURUS AND THE 2003 WINDSTAR VANS. FORD RECALLED THE WINDSTARS BUT NOT THE TAURUS'. I HAD IT ,THE TRANSAXLE,REBUILT AND PUT ONLY 3000 TO 3200 MILES F...

Mileage: 118,000

ON THE ABOVE DATE THE TRANSAXLE IN THIS CAR QUIT WORKING. THE TORQUE CONVERTER BROKE A GEAR. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS PREVALENT IN THE 2003 FORD TAURUS AND THE 2003 WINDSTAR VANS. FORD RECALLED THE WINDSTARS BUT NOT THE TAURUS'. I HAD IT ,THE TRANSAXLE,REBUILT AND PUT ONLY 3000 TO 3200 MILES F...

Mileage: 118,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS AROUND A SHARP TURN THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE EXPLODED . WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE TIRE TO SPARE IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION WAS A BROKEN SPRING STICKING IN THE SIDEWALL . I HAD IT REPLACED . A FEW MONTHS LATER I SAW A PIECE OF A SPRING IN MY DRIVEWAY...

Mileage: 140,000

TODAY A COLD FRONT MOVED IN. I RECEIVED THE VEHICLE FROM MY GRANDPARENTS AND IT HAS SPENT ITS WHOLE LIFE IN THE GARAGE.NOW IT IS ALWAYS OUTSIDE. MULTIPLE TIMES THIS YEAR THE DOOR LATCHES HAVE GOTTEN STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. THIS CAUSES THE DOORS NOT TO SHUT, AND ME HAVING TO HOLD THEM CLOSED AS I...

Mileage: 73,000

TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING, IT WAS REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING, IT WAS REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING, IT WAS REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

I WAS COMING HOME THE CAR JUST LOST.POWER AND THANK GOODNESS. THERE. WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME WAS ABLE TO.PULL IN MIDDLE LANE AND THE CAR WOULD.NOT.MOVE IT WENT INTO DRIVE ALL GEARS BUT NOTHING I WAS TERRIFIED AND ONCE I GATHER MYSELF I CALLED FOR HELP.SND I HAD CAR TOWED TO FORD & THEY ARE SAYING I NEE...

Mileage: 77,215

WHILE DRIVING BACK FROM SHOPPING ON A HIGHWAY WENT TO PUSH THE GAS AND MY CAR HAD STOPPED AND WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AFTER BEING STUCK ON THE HIGHWAY FOR AN HOUR TOW TRUCK HAD TO TAKE MY CAR TO A GARAGE THEY FOUND OUT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. GOING BACK TO ALMOST A YEAR HAVING THIS CAR WE HAVE NEVER HA...

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHO REPLACED THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH AND THE WIRE ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INC...

Mileage: 128,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHO REPLACED THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH AND THE WIRE ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INC...

Mileage: 128,000

I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 50MPH UP A HILL ON A SHARP TURN. COMPLETELY LOST POWER UNABLE TO GO FORWARD OR IN REVERSE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST BACKWARD ACROSS THE ROAD INTO A DRIVEWAY AND ALMOST CAUSED A HUGE ACCIDENT WITH A CAR COMING AROUND THE CORNER. I HAD TO GO ACROSS SO CARS COMING BEHIND ME...

Mileage: 109,000

THE FLOOR BOARD ON PASSENGER SIDE IS WET AND HEATER BLOWER ONLY BLOWS ON SETTING 4. MECHANIC SAID WATER SHORTED OUT BLOWER MOTOR. DID SOME SEARCHING AND FOUND I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE. PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING; REFERENCE RECALL NUMBER 03V087000 AND OTHER COMPLAINT 10184014. THIS WILL SHOW A C...

Mileage: 150,069

THE FLOOR BOARD ON PASSENGER SIDE IS WET AND HEATER BLOWER ONLY BLOWS ON SETTING 4. MECHANIC SAID WATER SHORTED OUT BLOWER MOTOR. DID SOME SEARCHING AND FOUND I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE. PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING; REFERENCE RECALL NUMBER 03V087000 AND OTHER COMPLAINT 10184014. THIS WILL SHOW A C...

Mileage: 150,069

FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER, THE SHIFTER CHANGES, BUT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE REVERSE OR DRIVE OPTION. IT REMAINS STATIONARY. *TR

Mileage: 47,682

THE SHIFTER CHANGES TO REVERSE, DRIVE, NEUTRAL, BUT THE CAR DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE GEARS. THE VEHICLE REMAINS STATIONARY. *TR

Mileage: 115,858

WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY, PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND THE RPM'S INCREASED DRAMATICALLY WHILE THE SPEED DECREASED. THE ENGINE POWER WAS NOT BEING TRANSMITTED TO THE WHEELS. I NEEDED TO CROSS TRAFFIC AND GET OFF OF THE ROAD. LUCKILY, THE TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND MY CROSS WAS UNEVENTFUL. HAD THIS...

Mileage: 87,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE RADIATOR FLUID CONTAINER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WA...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AFTER MAKING A U-TURN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE...

Mileage: 90,002

VEHICLE EXHIBITS FAILURE STATE AS DETAILED IN FORD RECALL 04S12. VEHICLE HAS FAILED IN THE SAME MANNER MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE PAST, HOWEVER CANNOT DOCUMENT WHAT EXACT DAYS THE VEHICLE HAS FAILED IN SUCH A MANNER. THE STOP LIGHT SWITCH/WIRING HAS FAILED IN THE CLOSED POSITION ONCE, IN THE OPEN POSIT...

Mileage: 68,892

VEHICLE EXHIBITS FAILURE STATE AS DETAILED IN FORD RECALL 04S12. VEHICLE HAS FAILED IN THE SAME MANNER MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE PAST, HOWEVER CANNOT DOCUMENT WHAT EXACT DAYS THE VEHICLE HAS FAILED IN SUCH A MANNER. THE STOP LIGHT SWITCH/WIRING HAS FAILED IN THE CLOSED POSITION ONCE, IN THE OPEN POSIT...

Mileage: 68,892

MY CAR WILL ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN WHEN DRIVING.AND IN THE MORNING IT WILL BE IN PARK BUT THE RPM NOZZLE WILL GO UP LIKE SOMEBODY'S PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL.WHEN IM PULLING OFF I HAVE TO HOLD THE BRAKES DOWN HARD BECAUSE THE CAR WILL TRY TO TAKE OFF BEFORE ME.IT HAS SERIOUS ACCELERATION ISSUES. *TR

Mileage: 171,000

SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. CAR WOULD REV WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN BUT NO ACCELERATION. PUSHED IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO SLIPPING OF GEARS, NO FLUID LEAKING NO SOUNDS OR JERKY FEELINGS. CALLED FORD AND GOT A CASE NUMBER, BUT THEY ARE NO HELP. CONTACTED [XXX] , CONSUMER ADVOCATE A...

Mileage: 89,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A MEDIAN WALL. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WAS ONE INJURY THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND WAS TOWED TO AN IMPO...

Mileage: 72,000

I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A REPUTABLE TRANSMISSION SHOP IN TOWN. WHEN I WENT TO TALK TO THE MECHANIC HE SAID HE ALREADY KNEW WHAT IT WAS. HE SAID THAT HE HAD A MULTITUDE OF THI...

Mileage: 44,441

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED UP AN INCLINE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE...

Mileage: 98,322

TIRES ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUSES WORE DOWN TO STEEL BELTS WITH RUBBER SEPARATING FROM BELTS CAUSING TIRE REPLACEMENT UNDER (2) 20,000 / (2) 28000 MILES. CALLED FORD'S HQ CS AN RECEIVED A LETTER 01/27/2012 FROM HQ CS WAS TOLD BY FORD MOTOR CS TO TAKE THE LETTER SENT TO ME TO A DEALER. SHOWED THE LET...

Mileage: 27,688

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS ACCELERATES BY ITSELF TO 35-45 MPH WITHOUT HAVING TO TOUCH THE ACCELERATOR (NOTE: THE CAR WILL ALSO ACCELERATE UPHILL WITHOUT HAVING TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR. ALSO, THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT WORKS, BUT THE CRUISE CONTROL ITSELF IS NOT ENGAGING. *TR

Mileage: 143,000

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS ACCELERATES BY ITSELF TO 35-45 MPH WITHOUT HAVING TO TOUCH THE ACCELERATOR (NOTE: THE CAR WILL ALSO ACCELERATE UPHILL WITHOUT HAVING TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR. ALSO, THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT WORKS, BUT THE CRUISE CONTROL ITSELF IS NOT ENGAGING. *TR

Mileage: 143,000

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS ACCELERATES BY ITSELF TO 35-45 MPH WITHOUT HAVING TO TOUCH THE ACCELERATOR (NOTE: THE CAR WILL ALSO ACCELERATE UPHILL WITHOUT HAVING TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR. ALSO, THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT WORKS, BUT THE CRUISE CONTROL ITSELF IS NOT ENGAGING. *TR

Mileage: 143,000

I WANTED TO REPORT THOSE BLACK COVERS THAT GO OVER THE BRAKE LAMPS IN TX ALMOST HAD A COLLISION LITE IS NOT VISIBLE WHEN SUN BRIGHT PLEASE DO SOMETHING OF THIS AFTER MARKET CRAP. *TR

I WOKE UP ON 7/19/14 TO FIND MY 2003 FORD TAURUSES BATTERY DEAD. THIS SEEMED STRANGE SINCE THE BATTERY WAS NEW AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS IN GREAT SHAPE. NOT SURE WHY MY BATTERY WAS DEAD, I JUMPED THE CAR AND DROVE SOMEWHERE. WHEN I PARKED MY CAR, I NOTICED THE BRAKE LIGHTS CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE AFTER...

Mileage: 96,976

THE 2003 TAURUS WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A SECONDARY ROAD ON 7/7/14 WHEN IT QUITE MOVING FORWARD AS IT WAS IN DRIVE, UPON ACCELERATION AND THE CAR WAS STEERED TO THE RIGHT OF THE ROADWAY AND DRIFTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN OFF A BUSY ROADWAY . ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT IN THAT ROADWAY IT WAS STILL OBSTRUCTING THE...

Mileage: 161,328

WENT TO CROSS A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION IN OUR CITY (AND INTERSECTION WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE FATALITIES), AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO. ENGINE WAS RUNNING; TRANSMISSION ACTED AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSIEST ROAD IN DESOTO COUNTY. MY FRIENDS AND I HAD TO G...

DRIVING DOWN LONG ROAD, GOT UP TO 40 MPH, CAR STAYED ON THAT SPEED AS IF IT WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL MODE. I HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL OFF. I EVEN SLOWED DOWN TO 30, CAR STAYED ON THIRTY. HAD FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL. IT SURGES FORWARD. I READ HORROR STORIES OF OTHER YEAR TAURUS' DOING SAME THING, CAUSING C...

Mileage: 147,777

DRIVING DOWN LONG ROAD, GOT UP TO 40 MPH, CAR STAYED ON THAT SPEED AS IF IT WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL MODE. I HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL OFF. I EVEN SLOWED DOWN TO 30, CAR STAYED ON THIRTY. HAD FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL. IT SURGES FORWARD. I READ HORROR STORIES OF OTHER YEAR TAURUS' DOING SAME THING, CAUSING C...

Mileage: 147,777

TRAVELING IN REVERSE AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHEN FRONT LEFT (DRIVER'S SIDE) SUSPENSION SPRING COIL BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. REFERENCE: INVESTIGATION: #EA08018. *TR

Mileage: 89,148

THE VEHICLE SUFFERED A BROKEN PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING. IT IMMEDIATELY CUT THROUGH AND DEFLATED THE FRONT TIRE. IT IS LUCK THAT THIS HAPPENED AT VERY SLOW SPEED, IF IT HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED, LOSS OF CONTROL WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKELY. THE BROKEN COIL SPRING "HOOKED" THE TIRE AND CUT...

Mileage: 100,000

THE VEHICLE SUFFERED A BROKEN PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING. IT IMMEDIATELY CUT THROUGH AND DEFLATED THE FRONT TIRE. IT IS LUCK THAT THIS HAPPENED AT VERY SLOW SPEED, IF IT HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED, LOSS OF CONTROL WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKELY. THE BROKEN COIL SPRING "HOOKED" THE TIRE AND CUT...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD INTERMITTENTLY AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FILTER AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPA...

Mileage: 82,000

WE WERE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN CAR WOULD NOT GO. IT ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS IN REVERSE,OVERDRIVE ,DRIVE OR 1ST GEAR ACTS JUST LIKE IT IS NEUTRAL. NO WARNING OF ANY ISSUES. *TR

Mileage: 152,000

STOPPED AT STOP SIGN AND CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE OR GO INTO ANY GEAR. TROUBLE SHOT PROBLEM AS BEING THE TORQUE CONVERTER. *TR

Mileage: 147,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAIN HIGHWAY WHEN MY RPM'S DROPPED (AS IF CAR WAS GOING TO STALL), THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER AND THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. AS I WAS IN A AREA WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC I HAD TO EASE MY WAY OVER TO BE ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS STILL R...

Mileage: 111,345

CAR HAS/HAD BEEN DRIVING AND SHIFTING PERFECTLY,(NO SLIPPING, NO HESITATION, NOTHING). AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES, TURNING CAR OFF FOR ROUGHLY 10 MINUTES, RESTARTING AND DRIVING ABOUT 1 MILE TRANSMISSION ACTED AS IF IT WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. AFTER STOPPING, ATTEMPTED SHIFTING THROUGH ALL...

Mileage: 160,000

STARTED MY 2003 FORD TAURUS TO GO TO WORK. MY CAR WAS PARKED ON A DOWNWARD SLOPED DRIVEWAY AS IT HAS BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AS I WENT TO PUT IT IN REVERSE IT ROLLED DOWN THE INCLINE. TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE BUT EACH TIME IT ROLLED DOWN THE INCLINE. AFTER ALMOST HITTING MY BACK...

Mileage: 108,000

MY BATTERY DISCHARGE LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE ABS LIGHT, THE BRAKE LIGHT AND OTHERS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND NEITHER HE NOR I CAN FIND THE BATTERY DRAIN. THE COMPUTER DOESN'T SHOW ANYTHING. AT TIMES IF ITS RAINING THE WIPERS GO AS DOES THE HEAT OR AIR BLOWER. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THE TRA...

Mileage: 120,000

MY BATTERY DISCHARGE LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE ABS LIGHT, THE BRAKE LIGHT AND OTHERS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND NEITHER HE NOR I CAN FIND THE BATTERY DRAIN. THE COMPUTER DOESN'T SHOW ANYTHING. AT TIMES IF ITS RAINING THE WIPERS GO AS DOES THE HEAT OR AIR BLOWER. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THE TRA...

Mileage: 120,000

MY BATTERY DISCHARGE LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE ABS LIGHT, THE BRAKE LIGHT AND OTHERS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND NEITHER HE NOR I CAN FIND THE BATTERY DRAIN. THE COMPUTER DOESN'T SHOW ANYTHING. AT TIMES IF ITS RAINING THE WIPERS GO AS DOES THE HEAT OR AIR BLOWER. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THE TRA...

Mileage: 120,000

MY BATTERY DISCHARGE LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE ABS LIGHT, THE BRAKE LIGHT AND OTHERS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND NEITHER HE NOR I CAN FIND THE BATTERY DRAIN. THE COMPUTER DOESN'T SHOW ANYTHING. AT TIMES IF ITS RAINING THE WIPERS GO AS DOES THE HEAT OR AIR BLOWER. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THE TRA...

Mileage: 120,000

MY BATTERY DISCHARGE LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE ABS LIGHT, THE BRAKE LIGHT AND OTHERS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND NEITHER HE NOR I CAN FIND THE BATTERY DRAIN. THE COMPUTER DOESN'T SHOW ANYTHING. AT TIMES IF ITS RAINING THE WIPERS GO AS DOES THE HEAT OR AIR BLOWER. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THE TRA...

Mileage: 120,000

OUR DAUGHTER HAD PLANNED TO COME HOME FOR A FAMILY GATHERING ON EASTER SUNDAY AND INDICATED SHE WAS LEAVING DEKALB, IL AND WOULD BE TAKING THE INTERSTATE 88 TOLL WAY TO DIXON. SHORTLY AFTER SHE HAD CALLED, SHE PHONED AGAIN TO SAY THAT HER CAR SUDDENLY WENT OUT OF GEAR AS SHE WAS DRIVING TO GET ON TH...

Mileage: 72,000

THE CAR DOES NOT SLOW DOWN (INTERMITTENT) SOMETIMES. TRAVELING AT BOUT 55 OR 60 I WILL TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE PEDAL AND THE CAR WILL NOT SLOW DOWN. WHEN I FINALLY COME TO A STOP (WHICH IS HARD ON THE BRAKES) MY RPM'S ARE 1000. IF I PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL MY RPM'S WILL CLIMB TO 4000. DEALER ...

Mileage: 118,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT WARMED UP HE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. THE ISSUE DID NOT PERSIST WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTU...

Mileage: 70,000

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN WITH OUT PUSHING THE GAS. EVEN WHEN YOU COME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE RPM WILL NOT GO DOWN TO 0 IT WILL STAY ABOVE THE 1. THE CAR NEVER COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR IS ALWAYS ACCELERATING EVEN WHEN AT A COMPLETE STOP. *TR

Mileage: 121,757

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN WITH OUT PUSHING THE GAS. EVEN WHEN YOU COME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE RPM WILL NOT GO DOWN TO 0 IT WILL STAY ABOVE THE 1. THE CAR NEVER COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR IS ALWAYS ACCELERATING EVEN WHEN AT A COMPLETE STOP. *TR

Mileage: 121,757

PUT CAR IN REVERSE TO MOVE THE STRUT ASSEMBLY BROKE THE SPRING WENT THRU THE TIRE MULTIPLE TIMES.A 90,000 MILE TIRE THAT ONLY HAD 1900 MILES ON THEM. I AM THE ONE OWNER OF THIS CAR WITH REG MAINTENANCE WITH NO WARNING OR PREVENTION OF THIS HAPPENING. *TR

Mileage: 119,938

PUT CAR IN REVERSE TO MOVE THE STRUT ASSEMBLY BROKE THE SPRING WENT THRU THE TIRE MULTIPLE TIMES.A 90,000 MILE TIRE THAT ONLY HAD 1900 MILES ON THEM. I AM THE ONE OWNER OF THIS CAR WITH REG MAINTENANCE WITH NO WARNING OR PREVENTION OF THIS HAPPENING. *TR

Mileage: 119,938

I WAS PULLING INTO A GAS STATION, GOING TO A GAS PUMP, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE RPMS REVVED UP AND THE CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. I WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE GAS PUMP AND INSTEAD WENT OVER A RAMP WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO GO AIRBORNE. I WENT THROUGH A FENCE AND HIT A POLE. THE IMPACT CAUSED ENOUGH DAM...

Mileage: 137,018

HAD CAR IN SHOP FOR A/C PROBLEMS. MECHANIC (WHITEHILL AUTO AND BODY) THEY HAD ANOTHER 2003 FORD TAURUS WITH A FRAME (PART OF FRAME) THAT WAS BEING REPLACED BECAUSE OF RUSTING THROUGH. HE SAID THAT OUR FRAME WAS ALSO STARTING TO RUST. HE SAID THEY HAD CONTACTED FORD AND IT WAS NOT LISTED ON ANY RE...

Mileage: 150,000

AN ON COMING CAR LOST CONTROL AND SWERVED INTO MY DAUGHTERS LANE OF TRAFFIC. MY DAUGHTER WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME AND T-BONED THE OTHER CAR. UPON IMPACT, THE OTHER CAR WAS SPLIT IN 2. MY DAUGHTERS AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS WHY HER AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. WHEN I CALL THE FO...

Mileage: 66,000

AN ON COMING CAR LOST CONTROL AND SWERVED INTO MY DAUGHTERS LANE OF TRAFFIC. MY DAUGHTER WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME AND T-BONED THE OTHER CAR. UPON IMPACT, THE OTHER CAR WAS SPLIT IN 2. MY DAUGHTERS AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS WHY HER AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. WHEN I CALL THE FO...

Mileage: 66,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE AFTER SHE HAD REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE A...

Mileage: 159,000

AFTER DISENGAGING THE CRUISE CONTROL BY TAPPING THE BRAKE (THE CRUISE CONTROL INDICATION TURNED OFF), THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STAY AT THE PREVIOUSLY SET SPEED. I THEN TURNED OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH, WHICH HAD NO EFFECT. I IMMEDIATELY STARTED APPLYING HEAVY BRAKING UNTIL THE VEHICLE SLOWED D...

Mileage: 151,000

I HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS, WITH 66K THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING. SHE WAS HEADED FOR HOME WITH MY GRAND KIDS WHEN THE ENGINE ACCELERATION INCREASED AND THE CAR STOPPED MOVING FORWARD. LUCKY SHE WASN'T ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AND WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A WIDE SPOT IN THE ROAD. THE TRANSMISSION QUIT WORKING W...

Mileage: 66,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TOWED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, WHO INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOT A REC...

Mileage: 111,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING FROM A GARAGE, A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. THE...

Mileage: 144,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING FROM A GARAGE, A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. THE...

Mileage: 144,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEED THROTTLE WILL SPORADICALLY BECOME STUCK. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE GROMMET WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS MADE AWARE O...

Mileage: 110,000

THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR HAS STOPPED WORKING IN MY VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD IT REPLACED ONCE AND IT WORKED FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS BEFORE FAILING AGAIN. FORD HAS ISSUES A BULLETIN ON THIS ISSUE AND IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, BUT THEY WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM IF THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 95,213

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. MANAGED TO GET OVER TO SHOULDER AND CAR WOULD NOR MOVE FORWARD OR IN REVERSE. *TR

Mileage: 128,000

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. MANAGED TO GET OVER TO SHOULDER AND CAR WOULD NOR MOVE FORWARD OR IN REVERSE. *TR

Mileage: 128,000

SON WAS BACKING CAR DOWN DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A NOISE AND FELT FRONT END SAG. HE GOT OUT AND NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. TIRE WAS A YEAR OLD AND CUT ON INSIDE OF SIDEWALL. TOOK TIRE OFF AND HAD IT REPLACED AT MY COST. WHEN TRYING TO PUT IT BACK ON THE CAR I NOTICED THE BROKEN SPRING....

SON WAS BACKING CAR DOWN DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A NOISE AND FELT FRONT END SAG. HE GOT OUT AND NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. TIRE WAS A YEAR OLD AND CUT ON INSIDE OF SIDEWALL. TOOK TIRE OFF AND HAD IT REPLACED AT MY COST. WHEN TRYING TO PUT IT BACK ON THE CAR I NOTICED THE BROKEN SPRING....

JUST BOUGHT THE CAR AND DOING SOME ROUTINE SERVICE , OIL CHANGE , BRAKE INSPECTION ETC. NOTICED THAT THE REAR BODY MOUNTS ON THE SUBFRAME HAD RUST ROT. AND LOOKING OVER THE REST OF THE SUBFRAME NOTICED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS ON THE FRONT MOUNT OF BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES WERE ROTTED OUT COMPLE...

Mileage: 149,500

JUST BOUGHT THE CAR AND DOING SOME ROUTINE SERVICE , OIL CHANGE , BRAKE INSPECTION ETC. NOTICED THAT THE REAR BODY MOUNTS ON THE SUBFRAME HAD RUST ROT. AND LOOKING OVER THE REST OF THE SUBFRAME NOTICED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS ON THE FRONT MOUNT OF BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES WERE ROTTED OUT COMPLE...

Mileage: 149,500

OCT 2012 BOUGHT MY FORD TAURUS 2003. IN NOVEMBER AS I DROVE HOME AT 3 AM AT 55 MPH THE CARS DASHBOARD LIGHTS ALL FLASHED ACROSS MY DASH THEN THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AS I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE CAR STALLED. I SAT FOR APPROX 15 RESTARTED CAR AND GOT IT HOME. THE NEXT MORN THE BATTERY WAS D...

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING THE TIRE CHANGED AT A LOCAL MECHANIC, SHE NOTICED THAT THE SUB-FRAME HAD BECOME CORRODED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE F...

Mileage: 117,000

THERE IS A RECALL ON MY CAR, BUT MY VIN WAS NEVER ENTERED. THEREFORE A NOTICE WAS NEVER SENT OUT TO RECALL THE VEHICLE. FORD RANDALL REED AND REYNOLDS FORD IN OKLAHOMA CITY REFUSED TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR. THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE REP CONFIRMED MY CAR CAME FROM THE PLANT THAT HAD THE RECALL AND ...

Mileage: 100,000

THERE IS A RECALL ON MY CAR, BUT MY VIN WAS NEVER ENTERED. THEREFORE A NOTICE WAS NEVER SENT OUT TO RECALL THE VEHICLE. FORD RANDALL REED AND REYNOLDS FORD IN OKLAHOMA CITY REFUSED TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR. THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE REP CONFIRMED MY CAR CAME FROM THE PLANT THAT HAD THE RECALL AND ...

Mileage: 100,000

THERE IS A RECALL ON MY CAR, BUT MY VIN WAS NEVER ENTERED AND NOTICE WAS EVER SENT OUT TO RECALL THE VEHICLE.I HAD PROBLEMS WITH INSURANCE BECAUSE OF THE VIN, MAYBE THE VIN SHOULD BE [XXX]. FORD RANDALL REED AND REYNOLDS FORD IN OKLAHOMA CITY REFUSED TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR. THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVI...

Mileage: 104,000

THERE IS A RECALL ON MY CAR, BUT MY VIN WAS NEVER ENTERED AND NOTICE WAS EVER SENT OUT TO RECALL THE VEHICLE.I HAD PROBLEMS WITH INSURANCE BECAUSE OF THE VIN, MAYBE THE VIN SHOULD BE [XXX]. FORD RANDALL REED AND REYNOLDS FORD IN OKLAHOMA CITY REFUSED TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR. THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVI...

Mileage: 104,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED, THE ENGINE RPMS ABNORMALLY INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AS THE ENGINE ROARED LOUDLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST ONTO THE ROAD SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PER...

Mileage: 107,000

CAR WOULD NOT STOP IT SEEM ADS IF THE ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH AFTER EXITING THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS ABOUT 6PM IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I MADE A LEFT TURN AND ENGINE REVVED AS HIT THE GAS AND SUDDENLY THE CAR STALLED. I COASTED TO THE LEFT TURN MEDIAN. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE, I PUT IN REVERSE THEN IN DRIVE AND NO RESPONSE. I TURN MY HAZARDS LIG...

Mileage: 108,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING. ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP LIGHT THERE WAS A 'SHUDDER' FELT THROUGHOUT THE CAR AND THE CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE. PARK WILL WORK (NO VEHICLE MOVEMENT) BUT CAR WILL NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR SELECTION (R, OD, D, D1). MECHANIC STATES THAT IT IS...

Mileage: 70,666

WHEN ACCELERATING TO GO UP A SLIGHT INCLINE, THE VEHICLE "SURGED" AND LOST ALL GEARS. I LET MY VEHICLE COAST TO A STOP AND PUT IT IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO AND OUT OF PARK, BUT WHEN PLACED IN ANY GEAR IS MOTIONLESS....WILL NOT MOVE IN REVERSE, OR DRIVE. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 52000 ORIGINA...

Mileage: 52,300

WHEN ACCELERATING TO GO UP A SLIGHT INCLINE, THE VEHICLE "SURGED" AND LOST ALL GEARS. I LET MY VEHICLE COAST TO A STOP AND PUT IT IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO AND OUT OF PARK, BUT WHEN PLACED IN ANY GEAR IS MOTIONLESS....WILL NOT MOVE IN REVERSE, OR DRIVE. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 52000 ORIGINA...

Mileage: 52,300

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED AND THE TRANSMISSION RESPONDED AS THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS ENGAGED IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS OF THE...

Mileage: 71,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR FLOORBOARDS WERE RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE WAS CONFIRMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000. UPDATED 1...

Mileage: 139,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE FORWARD AND IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE STILL WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND UP...

Mileage: 148,000

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND AS MADE MY TURN THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A SAFE PLACE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO MOVE. I HAD NO WARNING OF ANY KIND, THE ENGINE WOULD JUST REV. THANKFULLY I WAS ALONE IN THE CAR AND I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED AND AM WAITIN...

Mileage: 61,825

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND LATER TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER TRANSMISSION NEEDED T...

Mileage: 97,000

MY HUSBAND PICKED ME UP FROM SCHOOL AND HE WENT IN THE STORE AND THE CAR WHILE ME AND MY 1 YEAR OLD WERE IN THE CAR STARTED SMOKING LIKE FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER PART THE WHOLE FRONT PART OF THE CAR, MY HUSBAND RAN OUT OF STORE STATING CAR WAS ON FIRE HE PULLED CAR WAY FROM GAS STATION, I GOT OUT OF...

MY HUSBAND PICKED ME UP FROM SCHOOL AND HE WENT IN THE STORE AND THE CAR WHILE ME AND MY 1 YEAR OLD WERE IN THE CAR STARTED SMOKING LIKE FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER PART THE WHOLE FRONT PART OF THE CAR, MY HUSBAND RAN OUT OF STORE STATING CAR WAS ON FIRE HE PULLED CAR WAY FROM GAS STATION, I GOT OUT OF...

MY HUSBAND PICKED ME UP FROM SCHOOL AND HE WENT IN THE STORE AND THE CAR WHILE ME AND MY 1 YEAR OLD WERE IN THE CAR STARTED SMOKING LIKE FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER PART THE WHOLE FRONT PART OF THE CAR, MY HUSBAND RAN OUT OF STORE STATING CAR WAS ON FIRE HE PULLED CAR WAY FROM GAS STATION, I GOT OUT OF...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, SHE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT THE GEAR INTO REVERSE BUT SHE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFTER OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AFTER APPLYING EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. ADDITIONALLY, T...

Mileage: 46,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, SHE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT THE GEAR INTO REVERSE BUT SHE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFTER OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AFTER APPLYING EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. ADDITIONALLY, T...

Mileage: 46,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. IN ADDITION, THE POWER TRAIN MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL DOWNHILL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT FUNCTION IN ANY GEAR OTHER THAN PARK. THE CONTACT TOO...

Mileage: 120,000

2003 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *SMD CONSUMER SENT ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STOPPED FORWARD MOVEMENT, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY, AND IT FELT AS THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO IDLE, AND T...

2003 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *SMD CONSUMER SENT ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STOPPED FORWARD MOVEMENT, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY, AND IT FELT AS THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO IDLE, AND T...

THE AIR BAG HAS BEEN SENDING CODE 2-4 UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE AND THEN AFTER A FEW TIMES OF BLINKING THIS CODE, IT STAYS ON CONSTANTLY. THIS APPARENTLY RENDERS THE AIRBAGS NON-OPERABLE & ACCORDING TO ONLINE POSTS, THIS IS CAUSED BY CORROSION IN A COMPONENT. *TR

Mileage: 216,000

THE VINYL COVER ON ALL FOUR OF THE DOORS HAVE COME LOOSE, ONE FALLING COMPLETELY OFF. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

THE INTERIOR GAUGE LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT. SOME REMAIN ON BUT IT IS VERY HARD TO SEE THE SPEED, GASOLINE LEVEL, ETC. DUE TO THE BLOWN LIGHTS. THIS PRESENTS A HAZARD WHEN DRIVING AS YOU CANNOT SEE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

THE INTERIOR GAUGE LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT. SOME REMAIN ON BUT IT IS VERY HARD TO SEE THE SPEED, GASOLINE LEVEL, ETC. DUE TO THE BLOWN LIGHTS. THIS PRESENTS A HAZARD WHEN DRIVING AS YOU CANNOT SEE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. WHILE DRIVING OUT OF A PARKING LOT THE TRANSMISSION MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS AN INTERNAL PROBLEM WITH THE TRANS...

Mileage: 61,000

A WATER LEAK WHICH DUMPED WATER ONTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD ALSO CAUSED MY AC BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. FORD WILL NOT HONOR A RECALL BUT WILL FIX IT FOR $550 REPLACING THE BLOWER MOTOR,BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR AND THE LEAK THAT THEY SAID WAS COMING FROM A "RAIN CAP" ON THE WINDSHIELD. I LOOKED ONLI...

A WATER LEAK WHICH DUMPED WATER ONTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD ALSO CAUSED MY AC BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. FORD WILL NOT HONOR A RECALL BUT WILL FIX IT FOR $550 REPLACING THE BLOWER MOTOR,BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR AND THE LEAK THAT THEY SAID WAS COMING FROM A "RAIN CAP" ON THE WINDSHIELD. I LOOKED ONLI...

PREMATURE RUSTING OF WHEEL WELLS. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

FORD TAURUS 2003 SES, ENGINE 3.0L CAR WAS PURCHASED ON MAY 28, 2011. LEFT SIDE ELECTRICAL ALONG WITH COMPONENTS OF THE TURN SIGNAL SNAP BACK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE THIS SAFETY FEATURE MADE FOR VEHICLES. ON 06/15/2011 THE FRONT RIGHT BRAKES OF THE VEHICLE WENT OUT AND REQUIRED THE VEHICLE TO BE TOWED...

Mileage: 105,497

FORD TAURUS 2003 SES, ENGINE 3.0L CAR WAS PURCHASED ON MAY 28, 2011. LEFT SIDE ELECTRICAL ALONG WITH COMPONENTS OF THE TURN SIGNAL SNAP BACK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE THIS SAFETY FEATURE MADE FOR VEHICLES. ON 06/15/2011 THE FRONT RIGHT BRAKES OF THE VEHICLE WENT OUT AND REQUIRED THE VEHICLE TO BE TOWED...

Mileage: 105,497

FORD TAURUS 2003 SES, ENGINE 3.0L CAR WAS PURCHASED ON MAY 28, 2011. LEFT SIDE ELECTRICAL ALONG WITH COMPONENTS OF THE TURN SIGNAL SNAP BACK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE THIS SAFETY FEATURE MADE FOR VEHICLES. ON 06/15/2011 THE FRONT RIGHT BRAKES OF THE VEHICLE WENT OUT AND REQUIRED THE VEHICLE TO BE TOWED...

Mileage: 105,497

FORD TAURUS 2003 SES, ENGINE 3.0L CAR WAS PURCHASED ON MAY 28, 2011. LEFT SIDE ELECTRICAL ALONG WITH COMPONENTS OF THE TURN SIGNAL SNAP BACK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE THIS SAFETY FEATURE MADE FOR VEHICLES. ON 06/15/2011 THE FRONT RIGHT BRAKES OF THE VEHICLE WENT OUT AND REQUIRED THE VEHICLE TO BE TOWED...

Mileage: 105,497

CALIPERS FRONT RIGHT F REB CALIPER REMOVE AND INSPECT AND OVERHAUL CALIPER FRONT ONE SIDE. BRAKES WERE GRINDING AGAIN WHICH REQUIRED THAT INSPECTION WHICH I FIND OUT THAT THE SAME AREA IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDS REPLACED. RECOMD, TIE ROD INNER REMOVE AND REPLACE TIE ROD END ONE SIDE INNER, BALL JOINT...

CALIPERS FRONT RIGHT F REB CALIPER REMOVE AND INSPECT AND OVERHAUL CALIPER FRONT ONE SIDE. BRAKES WERE GRINDING AGAIN WHICH REQUIRED THAT INSPECTION WHICH I FIND OUT THAT THE SAME AREA IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDS REPLACED. RECOMD, TIE ROD INNER REMOVE AND REPLACE TIE ROD END ONE SIDE INNER, BALL JOINT...

CALIPERS FRONT RIGHT F REB CALIPER REMOVE AND INSPECT AND OVERHAUL CALIPER FRONT ONE SIDE. BRAKES WERE GRINDING AGAIN WHICH REQUIRED THAT INSPECTION WHICH I FIND OUT THAT THE SAME AREA IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDS REPLACED. RECOMD, TIE ROD INNER REMOVE AND REPLACE TIE ROD END ONE SIDE INNER, BALL JOINT...

CALIPERS FRONT RIGHT F REB CALIPER REMOVE AND INSPECT AND OVERHAUL CALIPER FRONT ONE SIDE. BRAKES WERE GRINDING AGAIN WHICH REQUIRED THAT INSPECTION WHICH I FIND OUT THAT THE SAME AREA IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDS REPLACED. RECOMD, TIE ROD INNER REMOVE AND REPLACE TIE ROD END ONE SIDE INNER, BALL JOINT...

CALIPERS FRONT RIGHT F REB CALIPER REMOVE AND INSPECT AND OVERHAUL CALIPER FRONT ONE SIDE. BRAKES WERE GRINDING AGAIN WHICH REQUIRED THAT INSPECTION WHICH I FIND OUT THAT THE SAME AREA IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDS REPLACED. RECOMD, TIE ROD INNER REMOVE AND REPLACE TIE ROD END ONE SIDE INNER, BALL JOINT...

CALIPERS FRONT RIGHT F REB CALIPER REMOVE AND INSPECT AND OVERHAUL CALIPER FRONT ONE SIDE. BRAKES WERE GRINDING AGAIN WHICH REQUIRED THAT INSPECTION WHICH I FIND OUT THAT THE SAME AREA IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDS REPLACED. RECOMD, TIE ROD INNER REMOVE AND REPLACE TIE ROD END ONE SIDE INNER, BALL JOINT...

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS WAGON RPM'S REV UP AND DOWN CAUSING THE CAR TO SPUTTER, HARD LURCHES FORWARD AND DIE WHEN STOPPING, USUALLY IF THE AIR CONDITIONER IS RUNNING, ALSO THE GAS PEDAL DOES NOT RELEASE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. WHEN FIRST STARTING CAR UP, IT REV'S TO 2000 RPM AND I HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT TO IDLE...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH IN REVERSE, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD AS THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC STATED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE...

Mileage: 95,000

COIL SPRINGS HAD SNAPPED AND RIPPED OPEN INSIDE OF A BRAND NEW TIRE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE.OUR DAUGHTER NOTICED A FLAT TIRE SO SHE WENT TO CHANGE IT AND TOOK TO A LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY SAID THEY NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE THIS. SO WE THOUGHT MAYBE THE TIRES WERE ON RECALL. I CHECKED ON THE WEB AND FOUND T...

Mileage: 108,357

WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC WHEN THROTTLE BECAME STUCK OPEN. ENGINE REVVED HIGH. I PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL, APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PULLED OVER. ENGINE WAS REVVING AT 4000 RPM'S. OPEN ENGINE HOOD AND NOTICED THE THROTTLE CABLE MOUNT/HARNESS HAD BROKEN LOOSE AND CAME OUT OF ALIGNMENT. I THEN DROVE HOME AND TRI...

Mileage: 130,600

WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC WHEN THROTTLE BECAME STUCK OPEN. ENGINE REVVED HIGH. I PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL, APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PULLED OVER. ENGINE WAS REVVING AT 4000 RPM'S. OPEN ENGINE HOOD AND NOTICED THE THROTTLE CABLE MOUNT/HARNESS HAD BROKEN LOOSE AND CAME OUT OF ALIGNMENT. I THEN DROVE HOME AND TRI...

Mileage: 130,600

MINNESOTA: FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROX. 15 MPH. REPLACED BOTH FRONT COIL SPRING, STRUT ASSEMBLIES. COST: $1183.20 INCLUDED ALIGNMENT + NEW TIRE INSTALL + BALANCING. ABOUT 4 MONTHS LATER RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING BROKE. $COST NOT KNOWN AT THIS T...

Mileage: 133,083

MINNESOTA: TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER COMPLETELY FAILED. CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FROM STANDING POSITION. PARK IS ONLY GEAR THAT WORKED, ALL OTHERS WERE LIKE NEUTRAL. NO FORWARD NOR BACKWARD MOTION WHEN IN R OR D. REPLACED TRANSMISSION WITH REBUILT. COST: $2550.24. *TR

Mileage: 135,518

AS I WAS PULLING AWAY FROM THE CURB TO GO TO WORK MY CAR JUST SUDDENLY STOPPED AS IF I HAD SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND MADE A VERY LOUD NOISE. THEN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WENT FLAT. I TRIED TO BACK UP BACK TO THE CURB BUT IT WOULDN'T MOVE. A NEIGHBOR CAME TO CHANGE THE TIRE BUT COULDN'T GET IT OFF. T...

Mileage: 163,741

WAS DRIVING 50 MPH WHEN WITH NO WARNING THE CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND I ALMOST CRASHED INTO A RETENTION POND.CANNOT DRIVE DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE! NO MONEY AND STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON ONLY S.S. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE A...

Mileage: 157,493

FRONT SPRING BROKE AND UNCOILED ,STABBING FRONT TIRE. VEHICLE WAS PARKED SO NO STRAIN ON SPRING. IF MOVING TIRE SIDEWALL WOULD HAVE RIPPED OPEN. NO CONTAINMENT AT ALL. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

OUR FORD TAURUS WAS DRIVING JUST FINE. WE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND WHEN WE STARTED TO GO AND HIT THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR DIDN'T GO...THE RPM'S WENT TO A HIGH RATE AND THEN THE CAR KICKED INTO GEAR AND DROVE BUT THE RPMS REMAINED RUNNING HIGH. A LIGHT ON THE DASH LIT UP. IT WAS A " ! " WITH A WREN...

Mileage: 129,300

WE HAVE REPLACED VALVES. CLEANED THROTTLES ETC.. ON OUR FORD TAURUS AND WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION (REVVING) RPM'S AT OVER 2,000-3,000. AT A STOP LIGHT IT WILL BE AT AROUND 2000 RPMS WITH YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THEN JUST DROP DOWN TO .5. I HAVE TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE B...

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK DOING 25 MPH THE CAR ACCELERATE TO 45 MPH WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS. THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE CAR, I HAD TURNED DOWN A SIDE STREET TRYING TO PUSH THE BRAKES WHILE PUTTING THE CAR INTO PARK. THE CAR MADE A LOUD NOISE. THIS HAPPEN AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. IT IS VERY SCARY...

NUMEROUS PROBLEMS!!!CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION.HAS HAPPENED 3 SEPARATE TIMES. HAVE HAD CAR TOWED SEVERAL TIMES. CAR WON'T START AFTER BEING RUN FOR AFEW MILES;WILL START AGAIN AFTER COOL. MOTHER HAS CANCER AND NEED THIS VEHICLE TO GET HER TO HER CHEMOTHERAPY AND DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS. ...

Mileage: 82,000

DRIVING IN CITY TRAFFIC AT 30 MPH, CAR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN, DESPITE TAPPING ON ACCELERATOR OR BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP. HAD TO PUT CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND HOLD BRAKE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHILE THE CAR REMAINED AT 4000 RPM. EVEN AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES, IT REMAINED ST...

Mileage: 73,089

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE....

Mileage: 96,866

AC/HEATER BLOWER ONLY OPERATES ON HIGH - SPEEDS 1,2,3, NO AIR BLOWING. BLOWER RESISTOR PART (F6DZ-19A706-AA) HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES IN SIX YEARS. OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A DEFECT/KNOWN PROBLEM THAT FORD SHOULD BE ADDRESSING. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

AC/HEATER BLOWER ONLY OPERATES ON HIGH - SPEEDS 1,2,3, NO AIR BLOWING. BLOWER RESISTOR PART (F6DZ-19A706-AA) HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES IN SIX YEARS. OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A DEFECT/KNOWN PROBLEM THAT FORD SHOULD BE ADDRESSING. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY HEARD LOUD NOISE LIKE SOMETHING HITTING METAL AND A POP. UPON REMOVING TIRE NOTICED JAGGED EDGE OF COIL STICKING DOWN AND BROKEN PIECE LAYING ON GROUND. ALSO LARGE GASH ON INSIDE OF TIRE WALL. *TR

Mileage: 148,145

WATER LEAKING IN FROM COWL PANEL...CAUSING HEATER MOTOR TO RUST OUT...COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

WATER LEAKING IN FROM COWL PANEL...CAUSING HEATER MOTOR TO RUST OUT...COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE V...

Mileage: 110,000

TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. SUDDENLY LOST POWER TO AXLES THOUGH RPMS WERE UP, AS IF CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL. *TR

Mileage: 155,000

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR NOTICED A CLUNKING FEELING IN FRONT END. AFTER APPROX ONE MILE SAW SMOKE AND SMELLED BURNING RUBBER. TURNED AROUND TO GET CAR HOME, AND WHILE SITTING AT STOP LIGHT, FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE EXPLODED LIKE A GUN SHOT. CAR WAS TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP AND FOUND "FRONT LEFT COIL S...

Mileage: 88,823

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATION WHILE IN DRIVE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE TORQUE CONVE...

Mileage: 83,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING INTO A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, CRASHED INTO THE CURB AND STOPPED ON THE GRASSY AREA WHILE THE RPMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER, RIGHT PA...

WHILE DRIVING FOR ABOUT 40 MILES TURNED OFF LI EXPRESSWAY CAME TO A LIGHT WHEN I STEPPED ON GAS PEDAL TO HEAR ENGINE REVVING UP BUT THE CAR NOT MOVING. HAD TO CALL AAA TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME AND THEN HAD THE FORD DEALERSHIP COME PICK IT UP. THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND IT WAS NO LON...

Mileage: 56,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH UPHILL, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE ...

Mileage: 100,000

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK GOING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND MY CAR JUST STOPPED MOVING, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN, BUT I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO MOVE IN ANY GEAR. I ALSO NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING ONTO THE ROAD. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A SERVICE GARAGE TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THE MECHANIC CALLED ...

Mileage: 67,550

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF T...

Mileage: 38,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE IGNITION STARTER WAS REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE ORIGINAL STARTER THAT WAS INSTALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER WAS REPLACED IN AUGUST OF 2011. THE MAN...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING AT APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, SHE HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE WHEEL WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH FRONT STRUTS AND THE FRONT AXLE NEEDED TO BE RE...

Mileage: 128,847

THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL BROKE. WHEN IT BROKE, IT RUINED MY TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL BROKE. WHEN IT BROKE, IT RUINED MY TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE. FRONT OF CAR DROPPED. VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND PULL TO SIDE. I THOUGHT FORD HAD FIXED THIS PROBLEM AS THE PREVIOUS RECALL WAS FOR EARLIER YEARS. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

JUST PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, WHEN CAR FELT WEIRD DRIVING. GOT OUT AND NOTICED IT WAS A FLAT TIRE IN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. LOOKED CLOSER AND REALIZED MY WHOLE SPRING BROKE FALLING DOWN THE SHAFT AND SLICED MY TIRE OPEN. I NOW HAVE TO GET IT TOWED AND FIXED, I GOT TO SCHOOL AND WORK FULL TIME AND...

Mileage: 98,000

MY SON PROCEEDED TO BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND THE STRUT COIL SPRING BROKE PUNCTURING THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 112,500

MY SON PROCEEDED TO BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND THE STRUT COIL SPRING BROKE PUNCTURING THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 112,500

DROVE CAR OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AT LOW SPEED (LESS THAN 5 MPH) WHEN DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING OF MY 2003 FORD TAURUS BROKE AND MADE APPROX. 8 INCH TEAR IN THE TIRE. TIRE DEFLATED INSTANTLY, COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF IT HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

WENT TO MY MOTHERS FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER. ON THE WAY HOME GOING 55 MILE AN HOUR THE CAR STARED EXCELLING IN SPEED. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND KNEW TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. HE HAD TO CONSTANTLY STAY ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW IT DOWN. WE GOT THE CAR HOME, I LOOKED ON LINE AND SA...

Mileage: 92,900

WENT TO MY MOTHERS FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER. ON THE WAY HOME GOING 55 MILE AN HOUR THE CAR STARED EXCELLING IN SPEED. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND KNEW TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. HE HAD TO CONSTANTLY STAY ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW IT DOWN. WE GOT THE CAR HOME, I LOOKED ON LINE AND SA...

Mileage: 92,900

WENT TO MY MOTHERS FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER. ON THE WAY HOME GOING 55 MILE AN HOUR THE CAR STARED EXCELLING IN SPEED. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND KNEW TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. HE HAD TO CONSTANTLY STAY ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW IT DOWN. WE GOT THE CAR HOME, I LOOKED ON LINE AND SA...

Mileage: 92,900

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE STRUT COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHERE THE STRUT AND COIL SPRING WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIE...

Mileage: 152,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET HE SURMISED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ...

Mileage: 113,000

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING BROKE & PUNCTURED TIRE. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF THREE BOYS (9,5 & 6MONTHS) AND HAD DROVE HOME ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 65MPH WITH ALL MY BOYS IN THE CAR. I PARKED MY CAR AT HOME & WENT OUT LATER TO RETRIEVE SOME PAPERWORK FROM MY VEHICLE ONLY TO FIND OUT I HAD A FLAT TIRE. WHEN...

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING BROKE & PUNCTURED TIRE. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF THREE BOYS (9,5 & 6MONTHS) AND HAD DROVE HOME ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 65MPH WITH ALL MY BOYS IN THE CAR. I PARKED MY CAR AT HOME & WENT OUT LATER TO RETRIEVE SOME PAPERWORK FROM MY VEHICLE ONLY TO FIND OUT I HAD A FLAT TIRE. WHEN...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE ROAD SHOULDER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS WAGON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND WAS INSPECTED BY A PERSONAL MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE...

Mileage: 103,000

BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILED, AT FIRST THE CAR WOULDN'T GO OUT OF PARK, AFTER SEVERAL TRIES IT FINALLY DID. AT THAT POINT IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULDN'T TURN OFF. I FOUND AN OLD RECALL THAT APPEARED TO MATCH THE VEHICLE (04S12) BUT THE FORD DEALER STATED MY CAR WAS NOT PART OF THAT RECAL...

Mileage: 135,000

BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILED, AT FIRST THE CAR WOULDN'T GO OUT OF PARK, AFTER SEVERAL TRIES IT FINALLY DID. AT THAT POINT IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULDN'T TURN OFF. I FOUND AN OLD RECALL THAT APPEARED TO MATCH THE VEHICLE (04S12) BUT THE FORD DEALER STATED MY CAR WAS NOT PART OF THAT RECAL...

Mileage: 135,000

BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILED, AT FIRST THE CAR WOULDN'T GO OUT OF PARK, AFTER SEVERAL TRIES IT FINALLY DID. AT THAT POINT IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULDN'T TURN OFF. I FOUND AN OLD RECALL THAT APPEARED TO MATCH THE VEHICLE (04S12) BUT THE FORD DEALER STATED MY CAR WAS NOT PART OF THAT RECAL...

Mileage: 135,000

AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXIT RAMP AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH DECEMBER 14, 2012 MY 2003 FORD TAURUS BEGAN TO DECELERATE AT A FAST RATE. WHEN I PUSHED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR THERE WAS NO POWER. AS I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DROPPED IT INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN CONDITIO...

THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN AT 15 MILES AN HOUR, SLOWING DOWN TO PREPARE TO TURN LEFT. SUDDENLY THE CAR SPED UP UNCONTROLLABLY. THE BRAKES WOULD NOT SLOW THE CAR DOWN. THE CAR HAD TO BE THROWN INTO PARK TO MAKE IT STOP. WE TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. TURNING THE ENGINE BACK ON, THE ENGINE STARTED REVVI...

Mileage: 67,400

THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN AT 15 MILES AN HOUR, SLOWING DOWN TO PREPARE TO TURN LEFT. SUDDENLY THE CAR SPED UP UNCONTROLLABLY. THE BRAKES WOULD NOT SLOW THE CAR DOWN. THE CAR HAD TO BE THROWN INTO PARK TO MAKE IT STOP. WE TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. TURNING THE ENGINE BACK ON, THE ENGINE STARTED REVVI...

Mileage: 67,400

I BOUGHT THE 2003 FORD TAURUS USED AT THE END OF 2008. I DID NOT START TO EXPERIENCE THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM UNTIL 2011. LUCKILY, I'M A WELL-TRAINED DRIVER FROM THE DAYS OF HIGH SCHOOL DRIVERS ED. CLASSES AND MY DAD TEACHING ME EVERYTHING FROM DRIVING IN DIFFERENT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO WHAT...

Mileage: 134,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME JAMMED, WITH SPEEDS REACHING 85 MPH. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STOP AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND LATER TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. ...

Mileage: 116,546

AFFECTED PART: TRANSMISSION I WAS ACCELERATING AFTER STOPPING AT A LIGHT. THE CAR LUNGED AND MADE A POP SOUND THEN LOST SPEED. I COASTED TO A SHOULDER AND PLACED IT IN PARK. THEN TRIED REVERSE AND DRIVE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. IT STARTED BUT WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE. HAD IT TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SH...

Mileage: 102,441

AFFECTED PART: STARTER...CAR WOULD NOT START. I GOT IT JUMPED AND DROVE TO AUTOZONE TO TEST. STARTER WAS DEAD. REPLACED STARTER. AFFECTED PART: NOT SURE WHAT PART BUT I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS/DASHLIGHTS AND AIR, ALL WEAKENING AS I AM DRIVING. VEHICLES THINK I AM FLASHING MY HEADLI...

Mileage: 104,220

AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON CRUISE CONTROL, THE RPMS SUDDENLY INCREASED AND THE CAR QUICKLY SLOWED DOWN (EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ON CRUISE CONTROL!). LUCKILY, THERE WASN'T A TON OF TRAFFIC, BUT I WAS FORCED TO SLOWLY EXIT FROM THE LEFT LANE. THE CAR JUST STOPPED ON THE SERVICE ROAD, RIGHT IN AN ...

Mileage: 127,000

WHILE DRIVING ON SPEED CONTROL, MY CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE LIKE CRAZY. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES, BUT THIS WAS A VERY SCARY ISSUE! *TR

Mileage: 127,000

WHILE DRIVING ON SPEED CONTROL, MY CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE LIKE CRAZY. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES, BUT THIS WAS A VERY SCARY ISSUE! *TR

Mileage: 127,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD REMAIN AT THAT SPEED AND WOULD NOT DECELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE HE WAS ADVISED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DI...

Mileage: 125,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN STATE ROAD 9 AN AS I STARTED AROUND A CURVE MY RPM SHOT UP AN MPH GAUGE WENT DOWN ENVIED REVVED UP. I HAD NO DRIVE NO NEUTRAL NO REVERSE NO NOTHING. *TR

Mileage: 203,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN STATE ROAD 9 AN AS I STARTED AROUND A CURVE MY RPM SHOT UP AN MPH GAUGE WENT DOWN ENVIED REVVED UP. I HAD NO DRIVE NO NEUTRAL NO REVERSE NO NOTHING. *TR

Mileage: 203,000

AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3-MILES WITHOUT INCIDENT STOPPED FOR A RED-LIGHT. WHEN LIGHT CHANGED, STEPPED ON ACCELERATOR BUT CAR WOULD NO MOVE IN AN GEAR SELECTED. NO PRIOR NOISES OR FLUID LEAKAGE; JUST A DEAD TRANSMISSION. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON (WELL DOCUMENTED) PROBLEM WITH VEHICLES OF THIS YEAR,...

Mileage: 131,349

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 45 MPH WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THE AIR IDLE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE FAILURE MIL...

Mileage: 171,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT THOUGHT THERE WAS A BRAKE PROBLEM AND HER SON CHANGED THE MASTER CYLINDER. SIX MONTHS LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE MORE TIMES. THE CONTAC...

Mileage: 80,000

ENTERED HIGHWAY ON-RAMP. AS I MERGED ONTO HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, I NOTICE THAT THE CAR WAS ACCELERATING FASTER THAN USUAL FOR THE AMOUNT OF THROTTLE I WAS USING. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE THROTTLE COMPLETELY AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO SLOWLY BUT STEADILY ACCELERATE. WITHOUT PLACING MY FOOT O...

Mileage: 157,673

ENTERED HIGHWAY ON-RAMP. AS I MERGED ONTO HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, I NOTICE THAT THE CAR WAS ACCELERATING FASTER THAN USUAL FOR THE AMOUNT OF THROTTLE I WAS USING. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE THROTTLE COMPLETELY AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO SLOWLY BUT STEADILY ACCELERATE. WITHOUT PLACING MY FOOT O...

Mileage: 157,673

AS I WAS DRIVING, I NOTICED MY CAR STARTING TO ACCELERATE. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE CRUISE CONTROL, BUT WHEN I WENT TO SLOW DOWN, THE CAR JUST WANTED TO KEEP DRIVING AS IF BY ITSELF; SO, I HAD TO MAKE A SHARP TURN INTO THE NEAREST PARKING LOT IN MY ATTEMPT TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. FINALLY, I...

Mileage: 67,184

IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUS COMPLAINT..CONFIRMATION # 10482482...... THE REPAIR SHOP I TOOK IT TO SAID THAT IT WAS THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE THAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM WITH MY ENGINE SPEEDING UP LIKE THAT. I WAS IN THE CAR WITH MY SON AT THE TIME. SAFE TO SAY THAT ME AND HIM WERE SCARED OUT OF OUR...

Mileage: 67,184

THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO THROTTLE AND THEN SHUT OFF AT ANY TIME IF YOUR FOOT IS NOT ON THE GAS. THE VEHICLE ALSO STAYS OR GOES UP IN SPEED WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING. I HAD THOUGHT THIS WAS THE FUEL PUMP BUT LEARNED IT IS NOT. IM AFRAID THAT WHATEVER THE PROBLEM MAY BE I COULD BE DRIVING THE SPEED WILL GO U...

Mileage: 103,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND APPLIED EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF....

Mileage: 50,000

3 OCCURRENCES OF THROTTLE STICKING OPEN WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE WHEN EITHER PASSING OR MERGING ONTO EXPRESS-WAY. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS WHEN PASSING A VEHICLE ON A ROAD SHORTLY AFTER A FULL STOP GOING ABOUT 35-45 MPH THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE EVEN WHEN PUMPING THE BREAKS. THE 2ND...

Mileage: 98,500

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40MPH AND THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND WAS FORCED TO PRESS HARD ON MY BRAKES TO GET THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP. *TR

Mileage: 66,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE DRIVER APPLIED EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. TH...

Mileage: 33,000

WHEN I WAS ON MY WAY TO ARBYS THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON ME WITH NO WARNING. MY CAR COULD NOT SHIFT GEARS TO GO INTO REVERSE OR FORWARD. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK. THE EMPLOYEES AT ARBYS ASSISTED ME WITH PUSHING THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE DRIVE-THROUGH. THE CAR RUNS...

Mileage: 84,081

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATED UPHILL IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AREA. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK. STARTED THE IGNITION AND ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT OPERATE IN ANY GEAR WHICH WAS SELECTE...

Mileage: 94,261

I WAS TAKING MY BROTHER TO THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS HAVING A BREATHING PROBLEM. I SAW THE SIGN FOR QUITMAN EXIT AND VEERED IN THAT DIRECTION. IT WAS TO SOON, I WENT OFF AN EMBANKMENT AND BESIDES HITTING SOME TREES, DEBRIS, LANDED IN A POND. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I HIT HEAD ON. MY BROTHER W...

Mileage: 102,514

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH HE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERAL INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTAN...

Mileage: 111,000

I JUST PICKED MY FOUR YEAR OLD SUN FROM DAYCARE AND THE CAR SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING, I WAS ON THE LEFT LANE AND HAD TO STEER THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NO FORWARD NO REVERSE. NEIGHBOR SAID SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIS TAURUS AND HE CHANGED THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND NOW IT DRIVES FINE...

Mileage: 137,000

WAS DRIVING DOWN I-74 IN THE QUAD CITY AREA AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, WHEN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS QUIT MOVING - JUST STOPPED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE! WOULD NOT MOVE IN EITHER FORWARD OR REVERSE DIRECTIONS. I WAS VERY LUCKY I WAS NOT HIT FROM BEHIND. HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC, AND IT WAS D...

Mileage: 80,000

FAILURE OF BLOWER MOTOR. MY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WATER LEAKING INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR COMPARTMENT AND SHORTING-OUT THE BLOWER MOTOR/RESISTOR IS CHRONIC IN THE 2003 FORD TAURUS, EVIDENCED BY THE PRESENCE OF WATER ON THE FLOOR PASSENGER SIDE-FRONT, AND NECESSITATES REPLACEMENT OF THE BLOWER MOTOR AND/OR...

Mileage: 31,000

FAILURE OF BLOWER MOTOR. MY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WATER LEAKING INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR COMPARTMENT AND SHORTING-OUT THE BLOWER MOTOR/RESISTOR IS CHRONIC IN THE 2003 FORD TAURUS, EVIDENCED BY THE PRESENCE OF WATER ON THE FLOOR PASSENGER SIDE-FRONT, AND NECESSITATES REPLACEMENT OF THE BLOWER MOTOR AND/OR...

Mileage: 31,000

CPSC# I1240221A. 2003 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. *LN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE THE BRAKE AND THE EXTERIOR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,118.

Mileage: 83,118

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 50 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND THE LOCATED THE FAILURE AS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSI...

Mileage: 145,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AND APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO PARK IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. DURING THE CRASH BOTH TH...

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE, THE GEARS SLIPPED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE MADE AWARE OF FAILURE. THE DEALE...

Mileage: 60,600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EVERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATE...

Mileage: 70,000

THE LATEST INCIDENT WAS TODAY. VEHICLE WAS STARTED, IDLING, PUT INTO REVERSE WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE. ENGINE SUDDENLY INCREASED SPEED AND VEHICLE LURCHED BACKWARDS. VEHICLE WAS PUT IN DRIVE WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE, ENGINE WOULD PERIODICALLY INCREASE SPEED AND VEHICLE WOULD LURCH FORWARD. ON SEVERA...

Mileage: 88,000

THE LATEST INCIDENT WAS TODAY. VEHICLE WAS STARTED, IDLING, PUT INTO REVERSE WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE. ENGINE SUDDENLY INCREASED SPEED AND VEHICLE LURCHED BACKWARDS. VEHICLE WAS PUT IN DRIVE WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE, ENGINE WOULD PERIODICALLY INCREASE SPEED AND VEHICLE WOULD LURCH FORWARD. ON SEVERA...

Mileage: 88,000

DRIVING 2003 FORD TAURUS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON OVERPASS CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS. RPM'S SOARED AND DRIVETRAIN COMPLETELY STOPPED MOVING CAR FORWARD. WE COASTED TO SAFE PARKING. HAD CAR TOWED TO TRANSMISSION MECHANIC AND HE STATED THAT FORD SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES AND TO KEEP THE RECEIPT OF WHAT I...

Mileage: 120,000

COMING INTO TOWN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, SLOWED DOWN TO 30 MPH AND THEN NOTHING THE SPLINES IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER STRIPPED OUT AND I LOST POWER TO THE WHEELS. COULDN'T GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD. FORD DOES HAVE A RECALL FOR NEWER VEHICLES BUT NOT ON MY MODEL. MY FORD DEALER SAYS THEY HAVE DONE A NUMBER O...

Mileage: 177,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UP TO 70 MPH. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, HE REALIZED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE BECAME DETACHED. HE WAS ABLE TO CORRECT THAT PROBLEM WITH ...

Mileage: 84,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. A LOCAL MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS...

Mileage: 119,869

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME AND WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. T...

Mileage: 232,000

THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND I HAD TO REPLACE IT. I READ ABOUT MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT IN A 2003 FORD TAURUS, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD ADD THIS ONE. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE OUT OF NO WHERE. MULTIPLE OTHER PHANTOM ENGINE FAILURES/ENGINE INEXPLICABLY DIES. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE OUT OF NO WHERE. MULTIPLE OTHER PHANTOM ENGINE FAILURES/ENGINE INEXPLICABLY DIES. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE OUT OF NO WHERE. MULTIPLE OTHER PHANTOM ENGINE FAILURES/ENGINE INEXPLICABLY DIES. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE OUT OF NO WHERE. MULTIPLE OTHER PHANTOM ENGINE FAILURES/ENGINE INEXPLICABLY DIES. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL THROUGH A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA, MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING MANY (THANKFULLY) ALERT DRIVERS TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO MISS ME WHEN MY CAR WOULDN'T GO. IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE TRANSMISSIONS, MOST NOTABLY 2...

Mileage: 110,000

ON OR ABOUT MAY 5TH OF 2012 THE FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING FRACTURED. WHICH THEN PUNCTURED A SIX MONTH OLD TIRE. THEN NOT MORE THAN 50 DAYS LATER, ON APROXIMATELY JUNE 20TH OF 2012 THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVERS TIRE WHICH WAS APROXIMATELY SEVEN MONTHS OLD. I...

Mileage: 143,173

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT AROUND 65 MILES PER HOUR THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. I WAS UNABLE TO BRAKE, SO I PULLED THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. IN NEUTRAL THE CARS RPM SHOT UP TO 4000. I TURNED THE CAR OFF. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE THROTTLE IT HAS BEEN DISCOVER...

Mileage: 135,000

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT AROUND 65 MILES PER HOUR THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. I WAS UNABLE TO BRAKE, SO I PULLED THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. IN NEUTRAL THE CARS RPM SHOT UP TO 4000. I TURNED THE CAR OFF. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE THROTTLE IT HAS BEEN DISCOVER...

Mileage: 135,000

THE TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE IN THIS CAR. IT HAS BEEN FLUSHED AND IS FULL OF FLUID. FROM THE BEGINNING I COULD ACTUALLY PUT THE COLUMN SHIFT BETWEEN GEARS. NOT WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO. THE SALESMAN ASSURED ME THAT IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS AND SHIFTS ROUGH WHEN HOT. LAST...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE PUSHED TO THEIR RESIDENCE BECAUSE IT COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO...

Mileage: 32,000

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO THE STORE,CAME TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND ACCELERATED AND IT SHIFTED FINE UNTIL I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND NOTHING BESIDES HIGH RPMS... ALSO IT HAPPENED WITH NO SIGNS OR WARNINGS AND TRANSMISSION WASN'T SLIPPING OR ACTING UP...HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT WAS MY TOR...

Mileage: 113,000

I HAD JUST PULLED OUT FROM A STOP SIGN WHEN, WITHOUT WARNING, THE RPMS SUDDENLY WENT REALLY HIGH AND THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. I WAS IN CONGESTED TRAFFIC. I TRIED TO COAST MY CAR OFF THE ROAD BUT I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SPEED. I WAS STUCK HALF WAY IN THE ROAD. THANKFULLY, I BROKE DOWN IN FRONT O...

WE WERE DRIVING UPHILL ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE SPEED WENT UP AND THE VEHICLE SPEED STARTED FALLING. SOME SMOKE APPEARED IN BACK OF THE CAR. WE BARELY MADE IT OVER TO A VERY NARROW SHOULDER (AGAINST A GUARD RAIL) BEFORE WE STOPPED. THE ENGINE WAS...

Mileage: 142,950

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT FURTHER ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT...

Mileage: 69,304

ON JANUARY 5, 2011 MY ELDEST DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING OUR CAR IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA NEAR OUR HOME. AS SHE DROVE OVER A MANHOLE SHE HEARD A NOISE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR SCRAPE THE PAVEMENT. SHE STOPPED TO INSPECT, BUT NOT NOTICING ANYTHING UNUSUAL SHE CONTINUED ON. A MILE LATER SHE GOT A FLAT TIRE ...

Mileage: 140,000

AS I ACCELERATED AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN , THERE WAS A NOISE, THE CAR COASTED A SHORT DISTANCE AND STOPPED. I COULD NOT PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. I HAD NO WARNING OF THIS FAILURE, NO SLIPPAGE OR NOISES, AND HAD I BEEN IN TRAFFIC, I WOULD SURELY HAVE BEEN HIT IN THE REAR BY ANY CAR BE...

Mileage: 52,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A SIDE STREET WHEN THE CAR QUIT MOVING FORWARD. I COASTED TO A STOP AND TRIED REVERSE, AND IT WOULD NOT GO IN THAT DIRECTION EITHER. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I HAD A BABY IN THE CAR AND A TRUNK FULL OF GROCERIES. I GOT OUT AND CHECKED ALL THE FLUIDS. THEY WE...

Mileage: 73,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A SIDE STREET WHEN THE CAR QUIT MOVING FORWARD. I COASTED TO A STOP AND TRIED REVERSE, AND IT WOULD NOT GO IN THAT DIRECTION EITHER. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I HAD A BABY IN THE CAR AND A TRUNK FULL OF GROCERIES. I GOT OUT AND CHECKED ALL THE FLUIDS. THEY WE...

Mileage: 73,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH WITH THE DEFROSTER ACTIVATED WHEN SHE SMELLED AN ABNORMAL ODOR. THE CONTACT THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR WINDOW HAD BECOME DISCOLORED. THE DEFROSTER WAS TURNED OFF AND THE ODOR DIMINISHED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALE...

Mileage: 120,000

THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY BETWEEN 40-50 MPH AND THE TRANSMISSION JUST DROPPED. HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. NO WARNINGS, LIGHTS, WINDING, ETC. THE CAR WAS JUST IN FOR A TUNE UP AND OIL CHANGE THE WEEKEND PRIOR AND THERE WAS NOTHING DETECTED. THERE...

Mileage: 140,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHATSOEVER. *TR

Mileage: 179,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD DOING 45 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING I LOST ALL POWER. NO GEARS WILL WORK. IT SEEMS AS IF ALL GEARS ARE LIKE NEUTRAL. ENGINE STARTS AND RUNS FINE BUT NO GEARS WILL WORK. TRANSMISSION WONT WORK. *TR

Mileage: 172,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. A LOCAL MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 77,000

CAR WAS SLOWLY APPROACHING RED SIGNAL AT MAJOR BUSY TRAFFIC INTERSECTION. WHILE CAR WAS STILL MOVING, SIGNAL TURNED GREEN. BUT, WITH NEITHER UNUSUAL SOUNDS NOR OTHER ADVANCE WARNINGS, THE ENGINE LOST ALL ABILITY TO TRANSMIT POWER TO THE TRANSMISSION, CREATING AN URGENT EMERGENCY SITUATION FOR SAFEL...

Mileage: 24,928

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION QUIT WORKING WITH NO WARNING. COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS DAMAGE. LUCKLY CAR WAS ALREADY PARKED. FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON ALL 2003 FORD TAURUS TRANSMISSIONS, SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY GOING TO BE HURT BY THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 102,462

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND HE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILA...

Mileage: 95,000

I AM DISABLED AND MY SON AND I HAD THE SAME TYPE OF CAR A 2003 FORD TAURUS. ABOUT A YEAR AGO MY SONS CAR JUST SUDDENLY HAD ITS TRANSMISSION STOP WORKING HE SAID THERE WAS NO SIGNS BEFORE IT HAPPENED, BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST NOT PAYING ATTENTION. WELL TODAY 03/31/12 MY 2003 TAURUS DID THE EXACT SA...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE WAS FLAT BECAUSE A FRACTURED COIL SPRING PIERCED THROUGH THE SIDEWALL. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE COIL S...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT FROM PARK INTO DRIVE UNLESS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED REPEATEDLY. IN ADDITION, THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIG...

Mileage: 128,000

FROM A PARKED POSITION IN MY DRIVEWAY PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE. HEARD A LOUD HISS AND LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE DROPPED DOWN. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND COIL SPRING HAD FAILED AND CUT SIDEWALL OF TIRE. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN ON 2 ...

Mileage: 150,000

I TURNED MY CAR ON AND REVERSED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. WHEN I HIT THE STREET MY CAR WOULD NOT BUDGE. THE CAR TURNED ON BUT WOULD NOT MOVE LEAVING ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WITH MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I BELIEVE THESE CARS ARE DANGEROUS AND HAVE FOUND A LARGE COMMUNITY ONLINE ...

Mileage: 65,000

ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009, I WAS DRIVING MY PARENTS 2003 FORD TAURUS SEL AROUND TOWN, DOING LAST MINUTE SHOPPING FOR THANKSGIVING, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR TOOK OFF, AS IF THE GAS PEDAL HAD GOTTEN STUCK. MY MOTHER WAS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND I TOLD HER WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I TRIED...

CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 70 WHEN THE CAR ALL-OF-THE-SUDDEN ACCELERATED OUT OF MY CONTROL TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE RPM AND THEN SNAPPED AT ABOUT 90, RENDERING MY CAR COMPLETELY USELESS. I FOUND MYSELF COASTING W/ VERY LITTLE CONTROL, OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, 5 MILES FROM THE NEAREST EXIT. COST...

Mileage: 75,000

I GOT THIS CAR IN 2009 AROUND ABOUT NOVEMBER. BY MARCH 2010, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON ME WITH NO WARNING. GOT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION NOW MARCH 2012 I JUST FOUND OUT TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT AGAIN AND I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE IT REBUILT AGAIN. HOW LONG DO A TRANSMISSION SUPPOSE TO LAST IN A F...

Mileage: 68,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT OPERATE IN ANY GEAR WHICH WAS SELECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED...

Mileage: 82,000

ON THIS SUNDAY, I HAD MADE THREE PREVIOUS STOPS, WITHOUT INCIDENT. I WAS TURNING INTO AN INTERSECTION, WHEN, WITHOUT WARNING, I HAD NO POWER. THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED! I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET AND CALLED AAA. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A FIRESTONE DEALER. THE VERDICT ON MONDAY WAS AN INTER...

Mileage: 66,700

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE RPMS WOULD FLUCTUATE RAPIDLY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT ACCELERATED BUT THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, IT SEEMED AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SURGE FORWARD. THE CONTACT WOULD THEN F...

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE EVEN WHEN HIS FOOT WAS NOT ENGAGING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BY ENGAGING THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MA...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE EVEN WHEN HIS FOOT WAS NOT ENGAGING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BY ENGAGING THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MA...

WHILE DRIVING MY DAUGHTER EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND BRAKING DID NOT STOP THE ENGINE FROM ACCELERATING. SHE PLACED THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND WHILE STILL HAVING DIFFICULTY BRAKING WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE. CAR WAS TOWED TO SERVICE LOCATION AND CRUISE CONTROL WA...

Mileage: 98,062

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK WHILE DRIVING 30 TO 35 MPH. THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS UP TO 4,000 UNLESS THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, WHO INSPECTED THE...

Mileage: 87,000

PULLED INTO TRAFFIC JUST BEFORE STOP LIGHT, CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, AT STOP LIGHT PUT CAR IN TO NEUTRAL, ENGINE CONTINUED TO RACE, TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON STILL CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, PULLED INTO TRAFFIC AS I COULD NOT PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC CONTINUE TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL, IN AND OUT TILL COULD...

Mileage: 134,408

FIRST TIME WE NOTICED IT I WAS ACCELERATING TO GET ON THE FREEWAY AND THE THROTTLE PEDAL FELT LIKE IT WAS STICKING AT A POINT ABOUT 1/4 THROTTLE THEN IT WOULD WORK NORMALLY PAST THAT POINT. THIS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT DAY. AFTER THAT OCCURRENCE TWO DAYS LATER WE WERE ON OUR WAY HOME AN...

Mileage: 52,900

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS SEDAN SES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 ...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP TO 75 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE ONTO THE SHOULDER AND STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN...

Mileage: 94,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AND MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, BUT WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THERE WAS AND INCREASE IN THE ENGINE RPMS, BUT THE VEHICLE THEN STALLED INSTEAD OF ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL ME...

Mileage: 50,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE ENGINE RPMS. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY HEAVY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO KEEP THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE FAILURE CEASED AFTER A FEW MOMENTS. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO DECREASE SPEED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 202,000.

Mileage: 185,000

I HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS. IN THE PAST, I'VE HAD THE PEDAL STICK AND THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN. WHEN I PUSHED ON THE BRAKES, IT TAKES ME ABOUT 3 TIMES AS LONG TO STOP THE CAR AND ONCE IT'S STOP IT IS STILL TRYING TO GO AND THE RPM WAS ABOVE 3. I WAS ALSO PUSHING THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COU...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAG...

Mileage: 107,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE AP...

Mileage: 179,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH WITH THE CURSE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE WHILE BRAKING. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. THE CONTACT THEN SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THE C...

Mileage: 160,000

MY SON WAS DRIVING ALONG WHEN THE RADIO STOPPED WORKING AND THAN THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. HE PULLED OVER AND IT STALLED AND HE SAW FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE POLICE OFFICER SUSPECTS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THE CAR BURNT FROM FRONT TO REAR..A TOTAL LOSS. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

CAR STARTS TO ACCELERATE BY ITSELF WITHOUT PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL AND DOESN'T STOP TILL IT IS SHUT OFF. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

WHEN DRIVING DOWN A PUBLIC ROAD THE FRONT DRIVER SPRING BROKE BEFORE I COULD SAFELY STOP THIS IN TURN CUT THE TIRE ,THIS IS A LONG STANDING PROBLEM WITH FORD TAURUS, PRIOR RECALLS, YET NOT CORRECTED IN LATTER MODEL YEARS THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT AT HIGHER SPEEDS. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTOMOTIVE SHOP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED WITH A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER AND INPUT SHAF...

Mileage: 78,000

BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT BOTH OF MY REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN. NOT SURE WHEN THIS HAPPENED BUT NOTICE A COUPLE OF WEEKS EARLIER THAT THE BACK END OF THE CAR WAS SAGGING. *TR

Mileage: 112,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE SUFFERED A MINOR SEIZURE CAUSING HER TO CRASH INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED TWO RUPTURED DISCS IN HER BACK AND SEVERE CHEST PAIN. THE D...

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPRO...

Mileage: 53,000

I PURCHASED A NEW FORD TAURUS SE IN 2003. AFTER ONLY 30,000. MILES ON THE ODOMETER MY TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE FREEWAY. I HAD IT TOWED TO GOODYEAR AND A MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND REFERRED ME TO TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. MY QUOTE TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT WAS $3,000....

Mileage: 30,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AS THE TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTED HAVING FAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. THE VEHICLE ...

Mileage: 69,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE CONTACT'S ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE OR REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE FAIL...

Mileage: 87,000

SUDDEN TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CAR WENT FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING, AND THEN WON'T ENTER ANY GEAR. FORTUNATELY WE WEREN'T ON A BUSY FREEWAY AT THE TIME. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AT WORK ONTO DELHI PIKE A 4 LANE HIGHWAY TO MAKE A LEFT TURN (RUSH HOURS TRAFFIC) GOT OUT TO LANE STARTED DOWN ROAD, ENGINE JUST REVVED CAR QUITE RUNNING, RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC 35 MILE HR ZONE. CALLED FORD, NO RECALLS (WAS TOLD NOT ENOUGH COMPLAINTS FILED). FORD REALLY DID NOT E...

Mileage: 52,520

CAR SITTING IN DRIVEWAY AND WE NOTICED A FLAT TIRE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND WAS STUCK IN THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH. AFTER APPLYING BRAKES, I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, STOPPED THE CAR AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALER FOR SERVICE. THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE HAD BROKEN AND CAUSED THE THROTTLE TO STAY FULLY OPE...

Mileage: 96,786

2003 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON. CONSUMER STATES WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE THE LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE SENDING A PIECE OF BROKEN COIL INTO THE TIRE CAUSING IT TO RUPTURE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENTIRE COIL AND STRUT ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AT A RED LIGHT, VEHICLE SHUDDERED A LITTLE AS IF TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WAS BUMPED OUT OF GEAR. VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. NO MOTION WAS FOUND BY SELECTING OTHER GEARS. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND TRANS FAILURE CONFIRMED. TORQU...

Mileage: 76,075

CAME HOME ON MY 03 FORD TAURUS WORKING GREAT THE NEXT DAY TURNED ON THE CAR TO GO TO WORK STARTED GREAT PUT IT IN GEAR TO LEAVE AND NO GO WILL NOT GO FORWARD OR BACK. FRIENDS AND FAMILY TOLD ME TRANSMISSION MIGHT HAVE GONE BAD BUT THE STRANGE THING IS NO WARNING SIGNS LUCKY FOR ME IT FAILED OUTSIDE ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH IN REVERSE, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND DAMAGED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE COIL SPRINGS. THE V...

Mileage: 78,000

FRONT SPRING BROKE WHILE IN GARAGE,PUNCTURING FRONT TIRE.LOCAL GARAGE REPLACED BOTH FRONT STRUTS,SPRINGS,AND TIRE {1]. CONTACTED LOCAL DEALER TO INQUIRE ABOUT RECALL OR WARRANTY.THEY WHERE NOT HELPFUL. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

CAR BEGAN MAKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING. LOCAL GARAGE FOUND BROKEN REAR SPRING AND REPLACED BOTH REAR STRUTS AND REAR SPRINGS. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

VEHICLE MADE NOISE WHILE DRIVING ON FLAT GROUND. ASKED PASSENGER IF THEY HEARD THE NOISE AND THEY DID NOT. CAR CONTINUED TO DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 2 MORE MILES. CAR STARTED TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING UPHILL. THE CAR MADE A REVVING SOUND AND THEN STOPPED MOVING. TURNED FLASHERS ON AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE...

VEHICLE MADE NOISE WHILE DRIVING ON FLAT GROUND. ASKED PASSENGER IF THEY HEARD THE NOISE AND THEY DID NOT. CAR CONTINUED TO DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 2 MORE MILES. CAR STARTED TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING UPHILL. THE CAR MADE A REVVING SOUND AND THEN STOPPED MOVING. TURNED FLASHERS ON AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE...

VEHICLE MADE NOISE WHILE DRIVING ON FLAT GROUND. ASKED PASSENGER IF THEY HEARD THE NOISE AND THEY DID NOT. CAR CONTINUED TO DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 2 MORE MILES. CAR STARTED TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING UPHILL. THE CAR MADE A REVVING SOUND AND THEN STOPPED MOVING. TURNED FLASHERS ON AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE...

THE TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED WORKING WITH NO PRIOR INDICATIONS OF ANY PROBLEMS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT WAS THE TORQUE LINKAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WHEN I LOOKED THIS UP I LINE I SAW MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *KB

Mileage: 75,000

WAS PULLING OUT OF THE CAR GARAGE AND PUT IN REVERSE THE CAR STARTED BACK AND THE ENGINES RPM ROARED UP AND CRASHED IN TO NEIGHBOR TREE WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND CRASHED IN THE OTHER NEIGHBOR TREE AND HOUSE ALL OF THIS IN REVERSE. *TR

WAS PULLING OUT OF THE CAR GARAGE AND PUT IN REVERSE THE CAR STARTED BACK AND THE ENGINES RPM ROARED UP AND CRASHED IN TO NEIGHBOR TREE WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND CRASHED IN THE OTHER NEIGHBOR TREE AND HOUSE ALL OF THIS IN REVERSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY HE HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE. AFTER INSPECTING HIS VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN...

Mileage: 109,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH THE BLOWER MOTOR AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS EXPERIENCED FAILURES. AS A RESULT, HOT AIR WOULD NOT BLOW FROM THE VENTS AND THE WINDSHIELD COULD NOT BE DEFROSTED. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED CONSTANTLY AND DRAINED THE BATTERY PREMAT...

Mileage: 82,555

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH THE BLOWER MOTOR AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS EXPERIENCED FAILURES. AS A RESULT, HOT AIR WOULD NOT BLOW FROM THE VENTS AND THE WINDSHIELD COULD NOT BE DEFROSTED. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED CONSTANTLY AND DRAINED THE BATTERY PREMAT...

Mileage: 82,555

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON. THE CONTACT WAS ENTERING A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED ON WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND PUMP SHAFT FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. TH...

Mileage: 159,000

I WAS JUST DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE RPMS JUST WENT UP AND I STARTED TO SLOW DOWN,PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRIED SHIFTING IN REVERSE AND THEN DRIVE AND WOULD NOT MOVE,RPMS JUST WENT UP WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS. *TR

Mileage: 48,482

LEFT FRONT SPRING CRACKED/BROKE, SHREDDED FRONT LEFT TIRE.

Mileage: 87,726

LEFT FRONT SPRING CRACKED/BROKE, SHREDDED FRONT LEFT TIRE.

Mileage: 87,726

WHILE BACKING UP IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SES, FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SNAPPED AND SLASHED TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING AT ANY TIME. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE FOR THE VEHICLE TO PERFORM NORMALLY. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE SYMPTOMS WERE SIMILAR TO ...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 38,000. UPDATED 02/09/12*LJ THE CONSUMER ST...

Mileage: 38,000

COIL SPRING BUSTED, WENT INTO MY TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A RED LIGHT, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ...

Mileage: 138,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT MOVED THE GEAR SHIFTER INTO REVERSE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. TH...

Mileage: 65,000

DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING SNAPPED WHILE SITTING IN THE COLD. THINKING TIRE WAS FLAT MOVED CAR OVER A FEW FEET IN DRIVEWAY AND SHARD OF METAL FROM COIL SPRING SHREDDED INSIDE OF TIRE. THIS IS OUR THIRD TAURUS (ALSO HAVE AN '01 AND '02) THAT THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED TO. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 82,000. THE VIN WAS UNAV...

Mileage: 82,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED ABNORMALLY WITH AN INCREASE IN ENGINES RPMS. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE WAS ENCOUNTERED ONCE BEFORE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A TRA...

Mileage: 75,000

2003 FORD TAURUS. WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. NO POWER AT ALL. THE CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO ABOUT IT. WE COASTED OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY. WE PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE - NOTHING, PUT T...

Mileage: 53,000

2003 FORD TAURUS. WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. NO POWER AT ALL. THE CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO ABOUT IT. WE COASTED OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY. WE PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE - NOTHING, PUT T...

Mileage: 53,000

IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY QUIT. THE MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN FINE, BUT I HAD NO FORWARD POWER. I HAD TO COAST THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. I WAS ON A SLIGHT UPHILL INCLINE AND WAS ABLE TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK. CARS WERE PASSING ME ON BOTH SIDES. FORTUNATE...

Mileage: 90,456

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, CAUSING WATER LEAKS AND INCREASED WIND NOISE. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED ...

Mileage: 114,000

WATER LEAK ON PASSENGER FLOOR,SHORTED BLOWER MOTOR. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

WATER LEAK ON PASSENGER FLOOR,SHORTED BLOWER MOTOR. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

WATER LEAK ON PASSENGER FLOOR,SHORTED BLOWER MOTOR. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ON NOV. 24, 2011 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN CAR LOST DRIVING POWER. COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CAN NOT DRIVE CAR. WILL NOT DRIVE, REVERSE, NOTHING. CAR TURNS ON BUT WILL NOT DRIVE. TRANSMISSION FLUID IS RED AND DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE LEAKING. *TR

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS NO SLIPPAGE OR LEAKS COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED AND NEEDED TO ...

Mileage: 93,400

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN FIRST STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT SHE TRIED SHIFTING INTO REVERSE TO DRIVE BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS....

Mileage: 118,000

WAS GOING TO WORK ON 11/13/2011 AT 5A.M., WARMED UP CAR , JUMPED IN SAID CAR PUT IT IN REVERSE ...NOTHING; PUT IT IN DRIVE....AGAIN NOTHING= BLOWN TRANSMISSION...NO WARNING AT ALL!! *TR

Mileage: 85,000

WAS GOING TO WORK ON 11/13/2011 AT 5A.M., WARMED UP CAR , JUMPED IN SAID CAR PUT IT IN REVERSE ...NOTHING; PUT IT IN DRIVE....AGAIN NOTHING= BLOWN TRANSMISSION...NO WARNING AT ALL!! *TR

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A WATER LEAK ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND T...

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MI...

Mileage: 51,175

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFROSTER WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFF...

Mileage: 58,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER IT WOULD RAIN, WATER WOULD LEAK FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND INTO THE ENGINE CAUSING A SHORT CIRCUIT TO THE BLOWER MOTOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED HE HAD TO REPLACE THE BLOWER MOTOR A...

Mileage: 22,000

A WATER LEAK WHICH DUMPED WATER ONTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD ALSO CAUSED MY AC BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS RELATED TO RECALL 03V087000 BUT I KNOW IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM AS COMPLAINT #10184014. *TR

A WATER LEAK WHICH DUMPED WATER ONTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD ALSO CAUSED MY AC BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS RELATED TO RECALL 03V087000 BUT I KNOW IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM AS COMPLAINT #10184014. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD VIOLENTLY. HE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPAIRED THE FAILURE, BUT THE DEFECT RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE ...

Mileage: 64,000

A WATER LEAK, POSSIBLY FROM A FAULTY SEAL, ONTO THE PASSENGER INTERIOR FLOOR BOARD ALSO CAUSED MY AC/HEATER BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. MY HEATER SWITCH WILL ONLY WORK IN THE MAXIMUM POSITION. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ IT IS DUE TO A HEATER MOTOR RESISTOR, WHICH HAS CAUSED SIMILAR PROBLEMS FOR OTHER TAUR...

A WATER LEAK, POSSIBLY FROM A FAULTY SEAL, ONTO THE PASSENGER INTERIOR FLOOR BOARD ALSO CAUSED MY AC/HEATER BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. MY HEATER SWITCH WILL ONLY WORK IN THE MAXIMUM POSITION. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ IT IS DUE TO A HEATER MOTOR RESISTOR, WHICH HAS CAUSED SIMILAR PROBLEMS FOR OTHER TAUR...

A WATER LEAK, POSSIBLY FROM A FAULTY SEAL, ONTO THE PASSENGER INTERIOR FLOOR BOARD ALSO CAUSED MY AC/HEATER BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. MY HEATER SWITCH WILL ONLY WORK IN THE MAXIMUM POSITION. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ IT IS DUE TO A HEATER MOTOR RESISTOR, WHICH HAS CAUSED SIMILAR PROBLEMS FOR OTHER TAUR...

A WATER LEAK, POSSIBLY FROM A FAULTY SEAL, ONTO THE PASSENGER INTERIOR FLOOR BOARD ALSO CAUSED MY AC/HEATER BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. MY HEATER SWITCH WILL ONLY WORK IN THE MAXIMUM POSITION. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ IT IS DUE TO A HEATER MOTOR RESISTOR, WHICH HAS CAUSED SIMILAR PROBLEMS FOR OTHER TAUR...

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS HAS 39,464. I GOT IN IT TO GO TO WORK, STARTED IT, PUT IT IN REVERSE AND CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I TRIED DRIVE AND NOTHING. I HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM, AND FIND THIS ISSUE IS VERY COMMON IN THE 03 TAURUS, AND OTHER FORD VEHICLES WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. I WAS LUCKY ENO...

Mileage: 39,464

I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILDREN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR'S TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON, MY CAR STARTED BUCKING, AND SOON LOST POWER AND I WAS FORCED TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND RESTART IT. *KB

I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILDREN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR'S TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON, MY CAR STARTED BUCKING, AND SOON LOST POWER AND I WAS FORCED TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND RESTART IT. *KB

AT APPROXIMATELY 126000 MILES FIRST OF TWO COIL SPRINGS BROKE IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR. HAD BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS REPLACED. THREE WEEKS LATER WAS BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE AT WORK ONLY TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION PUMP FAIL. CAR ACTED EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED IN MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS HERE...

Mileage: 126,000

AT APPROXIMATELY 126000 MILES FIRST OF TWO COIL SPRINGS BROKE IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR. HAD BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS REPLACED. THREE WEEKS LATER WAS BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE AT WORK ONLY TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION PUMP FAIL. CAR ACTED EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED IN MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS HERE...

Mileage: 126,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING WATER UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF WHERE THE WATER WAS COMING FROM. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER OR A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE AIR CON...

Mileage: 106,349

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH, WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND HAD PIERCED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE COIL...

Mileage: 68,250

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS WITH 85,172 MILES ON IT. ON A RECENT TRIP OUT OF TOWN, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING,AND WE HAD TO BE TOWED HOME OVER 100 MILES. AFTER SOME RESEARCH ,I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY OWNERS OF 2003 FORD TAURUS' HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH NO WARNING OF THE TRANSMISSION ...

Mileage: 85,172

POWER WINDOWS WILL NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN, MIRRORS DO NOT WORK, INSIDE LIGHTS ARE OUT. FORD REPLACED GEM MODULE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM COSTING ME MONEY AT THAT TIME. WHEN THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN, FORD WOULD REPLACE FUSE AND IN A FEW MINUTES THE FUSE WOULD BLOW, AG...

Mileage: 80,000

POWER WINDOWS WILL NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN, MIRRORS DO NOT WORK, INSIDE LIGHTS ARE OUT. FORD REPLACED GEM MODULE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM COSTING ME MONEY AT THAT TIME. WHEN THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN, FORD WOULD REPLACE FUSE AND IN A FEW MINUTES THE FUSE WOULD BLOW, AG...

Mileage: 80,000

POWER WINDOWS WILL NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN, MIRRORS DO NOT WORK, INSIDE LIGHTS ARE OUT. FORD REPLACED GEM MODULE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM COSTING ME MONEY AT THAT TIME. WHEN THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN, FORD WOULD REPLACE FUSE AND IN A FEW MINUTES THE FUSE WOULD BLOW, AG...

Mileage: 80,000

I STOPPED AT A SIGNAL LIGHT WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN SO I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR AND THANKFULLY JUST CLEARED THE BUSY INTERSECTION. I WAS IN THE OUTSIDE LANE OF TRAFFIC AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED. I DRIFTED TO THE CURB. THE MOTOR STILL RUNNING. PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND ...

Mileage: 117,000

2003 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A ROAD HAZARD CONCERNING PLASTIC LENS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENSES TURN YELLOW, NOT ALLOWING LIGHT TO BE RADIATED THROUGH THEM. *JB

WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY WITH MY 2 CHILDREN IN THE CAR, GOING SPEED LIMIT 65, WHEN CAR FAILED TO ENGAGE, ENGINE REVVED BUT CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARDS OR BACKWARDS, ALMOST HIT BY ON COMING TRAFFIC WHILE STUCK IN ROAD. REST OF CAR IS LIKE NEW......... WTF? *TR

Mileage: 74,367

WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY WITH MY 2 CHILDREN IN THE CAR, GOING SPEED LIMIT 65, WHEN CAR FAILED TO ENGAGE, ENGINE REVVED BUT CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARDS OR BACKWARDS, ALMOST HIT BY ON COMING TRAFFIC WHILE STUCK IN ROAD. REST OF CAR IS LIKE NEW......... WTF? *TR

Mileage: 74,367

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH IN A PARKING LOT AND UPON DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE TRANSMISSION UNEXPECTEDLY FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE WAS ...

Mileage: 55,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT MERGED THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND A MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TO...

Mileage: 70,000

IT SHOULD BE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHEN I WAS DRIVING AT 65MPH THE CAR LOST DRAGGING FORCE SUDDENLY AND I HAD TO PUSH THE CAR TO THE EMERGENCY ZONE. THEN I CANNOT MOVE THE CAR ANYMORE WITH ANY SHIFT (R, D, OD, 1). I FOUND MANY 03 TAURUS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS FROM SOME OTHER WEBSITES. THE MODEL SH...

Mileage: 108,000

IT SHOULD BE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHEN I WAS DRIVING AT 65MPH THE CAR LOST DRAGGING FORCE SUDDENLY AND I HAD TO PUSH THE CAR TO THE EMERGENCY ZONE. THEN I CANNOT MOVE THE CAR ANYMORE WITH ANY SHIFT (R, D, OD, 1). I FOUND MANY 03 TAURUS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS FROM SOME OTHER WEBSITES. THE MODEL SH...

Mileage: 108,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED A LOUD NOISE EMITTED NEAR THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE COIL SPRING FRACTURED IN HALF. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE COIL SPRING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT...

Mileage: 65,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED A LOUD NOISE EMITTED NEAR THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE COIL SPRING FRACTURED IN HALF. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE COIL SPRING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT...

Mileage: 65,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND PREPARING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, THE RPMS INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HER RESIDENCE AND WILL BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC SHOP. THE DEALER STATED THE REPAIR COST WAS $3000 TO ...

Mileage: 75,000

2003 FORD TAURUS SES, AUTOMATIC-TRANSMISSION. WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND HAD JUST MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN. THE ENGINE STARTED TO OVER-REV AND THERE WAS NO POWER BEING TRNASMITTED TO THE WHEELS. THE ENGINE RUNS FINE BUT NO MATTER WHAT GEAR IS SELECTED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE THERE IS NO POWER BEING TRAN...

Mileage: 107,235

DRIVING ALONG ON MY WAY TO WORK, ON MAJOR HIGHWAY (RT. 95, EWING, NJ) SLIGHTLY OVER 65 MPH SPEED LIMIT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ENGINE STARTS RACING. NO BANG, CLANG OR BOOM SOUNDS. I REDUCED PRESSURE ON GAS PEDAL TO STOP RACING ENGINE. TRIED TO PRESS AGAIN TO RESUME SPEED, BUT NO REACTION BUT RACING E...

Mileage: 102,200

DROVE HOME FROM WORK...NO PROBLEMS...WENT OUT ON 8/25/2011..STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT...EVERYTHING WAS FINE...WENT ABOUT 50 FEET...TRANSMISSION DIS-ENGAGED AND COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD...GOT TOWED HOME . TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FINE BUT WONT ENGAGE . *TR

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY, THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER TIRES BECAME FLAT. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED CAUSING THE TIRES TO FLATTEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO ...

Mileage: 58,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT MANEUVER AND CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THE FRONT SUB FRAME WAS CORRODED, CAUSING THE LOWER CONTROL ARM TO DETACH FROM THE SUBFRAME. ...

Mileage: 131,000

LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. SPRING CONTACTED TIRE AND SHREDDED SIDEWALL. CONTROL AFFECTED BUT NO CRASH. MECHANIC ESTIMATES $525 FOR REPAIR/ REPLACEMENT OF BOTH FRONT SPRING/SHOCK UNITS AND ALIGNMENT.+ *TR

Mileage: 64,000

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR CAR, WHEN THE ENGINE REVVED UP AND THE WOULD NOT MOVE IN DRIVE GEAR. AT THE TIME SHE WAS CROSSING A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. THE CAR WILL START AND RUN, BUT WILL NOT MOVE. I HAVE EVEN REPLACED THE NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH, AND THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 98,891

I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SES TO WORK ON 8/4/11 AND WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR STOPPED GOING! MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS +/- 126,000 MILES ON IT. IT STILL WAS RUNNING, JUST NONE OF THE GEARS WORKED. I WAS LUCKY THAT I GO TO WORK AT 7:00AM AND TRAFFIC WAS VERY LIGHT! I WAS ALSO LUCKY TO COAST TO A N...

Mileage: 126,000

NO EVENT(S) LEADING TO FAILURE, ONLY STANDARD DRIVING CONDITIONS. FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE CAR WAS PARKED. MOVING THE VEHICLE CAUSED THE SHARP END OF THE SPRING TO CUT THE INNER SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE 180 AROUND. DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO COVER REPAIR AND INDICATED 3-4 DAYS TO GET REPLACEMENT SPRI...

Mileage: 123,456

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET THE TRANSMISSION OF THE CAR WENT OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS. THE CAR WAS RECENTLY SERVICED AND ONLY HAD 65'K MILES. AFTER SOME SEARCHING THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM EVEN AT LOW MILES. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL THEN BACK TO DRIVE GEAR. THE VEHICLE STALLED; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. AFTER THE VEHICLE COOLED DOW...

Mileage: 62,000

I WAS DRIVING EASTBOUND ON I-90 (MASS. PIKE) IN MASSACHUSETTS, ABOUT 60 MILES OUTSIDE OF BOSTON, WITH MY FIANCEE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. ROAD CONDITIONS WERE IDEAL. TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE HIGH 80S. SUN WAS OUT, ABOUT 4 P.M. IN THE AFTERNOON. SUDDENLY, THE RPMS WENT THROUGH THE ROOF, BUT THE CAR DID N...

Mileage: 125,000

I WAS DRIVING EASTBOUND ON I-90 (MASS. PIKE) IN MASSACHUSETTS, ABOUT 60 MILES OUTSIDE OF BOSTON, WITH MY FIANCEE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. ROAD CONDITIONS WERE IDEAL. TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE HIGH 80S. SUN WAS OUT, ABOUT 4 P.M. IN THE AFTERNOON. SUDDENLY, THE RPMS WENT THROUGH THE ROOF, BUT THE CAR DID N...

Mileage: 125,000

2003 TAURUS 3.0L V6 - TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING, COULD ONLY COAST TO STOP. WAS FORTUNATE THAT WAS ABLE TO GET SIDE OF ROAD WITHOUT BEING REAR-ENDED BY FOLLOWING CARS. *TT

Mileage: 80,333

2003 FORDTAURUS SES 3.0L V6 55000 MILES, SETTING TRAFFIC LIGHT, LIGHT TURNED GREEN WENT 50FT. TRANSMISSION DIS-ENGAGED COULD NOT GET IT TO RE-ENGAGE (NO R OR D) HAD CAR TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP. WRITING THIS COMPLAINT DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD SHOULD DO ...

Mileage: 55,000

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING A 2003 FORD TAURUS ON JULY 7, 2011. THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING. THE ENGINE WAS WORKING, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. CAR WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS TORN UP AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACE OR REBUILT. THIS TRANSMISSION FAILU...

Mileage: 95,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS SES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. AFTER TRYING TO RESTART IT TO NO AVAIL, IT WAS UNDRIVABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED NOR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ...

Mileage: 113,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS SES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. AFTER TRYING TO RESTART IT TO NO AVAIL, IT WAS UNDRIVABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED NOR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ...

Mileage: 113,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS SES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. AFTER TRYING TO RESTART IT TO NO AVAIL, IT WAS UNDRIVABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED NOR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ...

Mileage: 113,000

2003 FORD TAURUS, UNIT 1 WAS EASTBOUND ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE WHEN THE TREAD CAME OFF OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE AND DAMAGED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0208-89)*JB

I WAS LOOKING ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE WITH REGARD TO ANOTHER ISSUE THAT I HAD HEARD ABOUT WITH THE 2003 TAURUS (FRONT END COLLAPSE) WHEN I CAME ACROSS THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE. DRIVING IN HIGHWAY PASSING LANE, THE CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN TO LOSE MOMENTUM. SPEEDOMETER RAPIDLY BEGAN TO DROP WHILE RPM'S WENT B...

Mileage: 71,000

I HEARD FROM AN ACQUAINTANCE THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL ISSUES POSTED ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE REGARDING THE FAILURE OF COIL SPRINGS ON THE FORD TAURUS. I TOO EXPERIENCED THE COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL OF MY 2003 TAURUS WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC DUE TO COIL SPRING FAILURE. WITH THE INITIAL JOLT AND...

Mileage: 66,936

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY FREEWAY HEADING TO WORK AT 70 MPH MY CAR JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING... IT SCARED ME SO BAD I ALMOST SIDESWIPED A CAR NEXT TO ME JUST IN REACTION TO GET OFF THE ROAD BECAUSE THERE WAS A SEMI BEHIND ME. MY CRUISE HAD TRIED TO KEEP UP WITH THE 70 MPH I SET IT AT BUT IT COU...

Mileage: 86,598

WITHOUT WARNING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS WON'T RUN IN ANY GEAR, TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I HAD TO WALK IN 105 WEATHER WITH 5 KIDS IN ORDER TO GET HELP FOR A TOW. THIS WAS ON A BUSY FOUR LANE ROAD WHERE I HAD TO NARROWLY AVOID BEING REAR ENDED GOING 50 MILES AN HOUR. IS SOMEONE WAITING FOR A DEATH TO OCCUR ...

Mileage: 145,075

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS BROKE DOWN ON THE ROAD-UPON INVESTIGATING IT, THE FRONT SPRINGS BROKE AND GREASE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE FRONT PART OF THE CAR. I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED, SO IT WAS TOWED TO MY HOME GARAGE. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

TRANSMISSION QUIT WHILE DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THERE WAS A FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTER INPUT SHAFT. THE VEHICLE WA...

Mileage: 58,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THEIR MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 112,000. UPDATED 0...

Mileage: 112,000

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE.

Mileage: 89,000

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS THAT BEGAN HAVING WATER LEAKS THAT KEPT SHORTING OUT THE VEHICLES BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR. THESE EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN 12/10/2010 TO 05/24/2011 DURING WHICH AT MY EXPENSE TWO RESISTORS WERE INSTALLED. AFTER A SHORT PERIOD THEY CONTINUED TO FAIL AS DID THE BLOWER MOTOR. I TOO...

Mileage: 75,743

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS THAT BEGAN HAVING WATER LEAKS THAT KEPT SHORTING OUT THE VEHICLES BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR. THESE EVENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN 12/10/2010 TO 05/24/2011 DURING WHICH AT MY EXPENSE TWO RESISTORS WERE INSTALLED. AFTER A SHORT PERIOD THEY CONTINUED TO FAIL AS DID THE BLOWER MOTOR. I TOO...

Mileage: 75,743

2003 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER STATES COIL SPRING SNAPPED FROM THE STRUT ASSEMBLY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. *TGW UPDATED 10/06/11. *JB UPDATED 01/05/12. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THE STRUT WAS REPLACED AT A CONSIDERABLE COST. UPDATED 02/07/12. *JB

I WAS DRIVING DOWN I24 WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. OUT OF THE BLUE THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. I HAD TO COAST ACROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. I WAS STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE WITH MY CHILD FOR 2 1/2 HRS WAITING ON A TOW TRUCK. I HAVE NEVER...

Mileage: 94,000

DRIVING CAR, HEARD A LOAD CRASH FROM FRONT END LIKE SOMEONE HAD DROPPED A TRAY OF SOCKET WRENCHES. LOAD POPPING NOISE FOLLOWED. PULLED OVER TO INSPECT. FOUND A LARGE PORTION OF FRONT SPRING DRIVERS SIDE WRAPPED AROUND THE STRUT. THE PIECE WAS THE SHAPE OF A "C". I AM GLAD THAT THE SHARP END DID...

Mileage: 200,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 1 MPH AND LEAVING HIS DRIVEWAY HE NOTICED HE HAD A FLAT TIRE. WHEN HE INSPECTED THE TIRE HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC...

Mileage: 59,845

THE TORQUE CONVERTER ON MY 2003 TAURUS SES COMPLETELY AND IMMEDIATELY STOPPED WORKING - THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT I WAS UNABLE TO ENGAGE ANY OF THE GEARS. *TR

Mileage: 72,525

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE INSPECTED, THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED THAT THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS ON THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 133,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE REVERSING FROM A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAG...

Mileage: 79,300

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. IT DOES NOT CHANGE OR SHIFT GEARS. HAS NOT BEEN REAPIRED YET, TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 108,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, A LOUD NOISE EMITTED FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXPLODED DUE TO A SEVERE PUNCTURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE...

Mileage: 45,708

WAS TOLD BY FORD DEALER BOTH FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS ON DRIVERS SIDE WERE BROKE ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS. FOUND OUT THIS IS A ONGOING PROBLEM THAT FORD HAS WITH NO RECALL. BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AND NOW I HAVE ONLY 71,000 MILES .PAID 1354.12 TO HAVE CAR REPAIRED AND IM VERY UNHAPPY WITH FORD OVER THI...

Mileage: 71,063

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED; YET, THERE WAS AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND CRASHED INTO FOUR UNOCCUPIED VEHICLES AND SMALL TREES. THE CONTACT SUSTAINE...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE CONTACT SMELLED RUBBER BURNING WHEN HE NOTICED THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE, CAUSING THE TIRE TO DEFLATE. THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: ...

Mileage: 74,900

PUT MY 2003 FORD TAURUS IN REVERSE, BACKED UP ABOUT A FOOT , TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SUSPENSION SPRING WAS BROKEN. *TR

Mileage: 117,000

2003 TAURUS S/W LEFT FRONT AND RIGHT REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKEN AT 103,000 MILES. FOUND UNDER ROUTINE INSPECTION. NO TIRE DAMAGE, NO CRASH FORTUNATELY. *TR

Mileage: 103,000

2003 TAURUS S/W LEFT FRONT AND RIGHT REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKEN AT 103,000 MILES. FOUND UNDER ROUTINE INSPECTION. NO TIRE DAMAGE, NO CRASH FORTUNATELY. *TR

Mileage: 103,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, EVERYTHING WORKED FINE UNTIL I SLOWED DOWN FOR A TURN, AND WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN...IT WOULDN'T. THE CAR IS AT AROUND 83,000 MILES, AND BESIDES THIS ISSUE THE CAR IS IN AMAZING SHAPE. *TR

Mileage: 83,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND DROVE THE VEHICLE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. UPON EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PIERCED THE TIRE. A SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLE...

Mileage: 133,050

2003 FORD TAURUS SEC WAGON WITH A LEAKY WINDSHIELD. WATER GOT INTO MY A/C BLOWER FAN HOUSING AND SHORTED OUT THE A/C BLOWER FAN, CAUSED THE BLOWER FAN TO FAIL, THE AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE RESISTER SWITCH AND THE 40 AMP FUSE IN THE SAME SYSTEM DUE TO WATER ENTERING INTO THE CAR FROM THE WINDSHIELD AND...

Mileage: 114,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, SHE HEARD A LOUD PING SOUND FOLLOWED BY A CLANKING SOUND AS IF METAL WAS BOUNCING ON THE GROUND. THE DRIVER STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED A PIECE OF UNKNOWN METAL HAD FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 75,000

2003 FORD TAURUS TRANSMISSION BREAKS GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 75 MPH,WE WERE STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT 11 PM IN THE RAIN.!!! IF YOU SEARCH THE INTERNET THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS TRANSMISSION FAILING IT IS THE SAME TRANSMISSION THAT WAS RECALLED IN THE WINDSTAR. BUT S...

Mileage: 140,000

2ND BROKEN COIL , 1ST PASSENGER REAR, NOW FRONT DRIVER SPRINGS. ON EACH OCCURRENCE FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED TIRE - SIMILAR TO COMPLAINT EA08-018. 2003 FORD TAURUS - 102,864 MILES. DATE OF LATEST OCCURRENCE. JANUARY 2011. *TR

Mileage: 102,864

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS AND WAS DRIVING ON A NORMAL COMMUTE, WHILE DRIVING IN THE RIGHT LANE THE TRANSMISSION JUST QUIT. I THEN HAD TO COAST THROUGH RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ACROSS 4 LANES AND SIT IN THE EMERGENCY LANE FOR AN HOUR FOR RESCUE. THERE WAS NO WARNING NO SIGNS JUST QUIT WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE ...

Mileage: 76,000

TOYO VERSADO LX FOR 2003 FORD TAURUS. I BOUGHT THESE TIRES AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE I HAD THEM INSTALLED. THE SHAKE STARTED OFF SLIGHT, AND OVER TIME HAS PROGRESSED TO DANGEROUS LEVELS WHERE I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE THE CAR. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO 5 DIFFERENT FRONT END SHOPS SEARCHING F...

Mileage: 34,000

WHEN MY CAR IS PARKED IN THE RAIN, WATER WILL LEAK INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. ON APPROXIMATELY FEBRUARY 1, 2011, IT SHORTED OUT THE BLOWER MOTOR THAT COOLS/HEATS THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AFTER SITTING IN THE RAIN AT THE AIRPORT PARKING LOT. SINCE THEN, I HAVE...

Mileage: 130,000

I BOUGHT THE CAR IN MARCH 2009 AND HAD WAS EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH IT. ON NOVEMBER 5, 2009 MY HUSBAND AND I LEFT FOR THE STORE. WE HAD NOT EVEN GOTTEN 1 MILE AWAY FROM THE HOUSE WHEN THE CAR STOPPED RESPONDING WHEN YOU PRESSED ON THE GAS. THERE WAS NO WARNING, NO LOUD NOISES AND THE CAR HAD BEEN RUN...

Mileage: 79,000

OIL CHANGE WAS PERFORMED ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS (MILEAGE WAS 73,200) 8 AM THE MORNING OF MARCH 8, 2011 AT A FORD DEALERSHIP. WHEN THE DEALERSHIP WAS FINISHED W/MY CAR, I DROVE TO WORK, LESS THAN 5 MILES AWAY. I PARKED MY CAR AT MY OFFICE AND IT SAT IN THE PARKING LOT UNTIL 5 PM THAT DAY WHEN I DRO...

Mileage: 73,000

APRIL 5, 2008 STARTED OFF LIKE ANY OTHER SATURDAY,CLEANING MY HOUSE THEN GOING SHOPPING AT MY LOCAL GROCERY, BUT THIS DAY WAS DIFFERENT. WHEN I GOT IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS TO GO SHOPPING, I TURNED THE KEY TO START MY CAR AND PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK ...

Mileage: 35,000

I HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS SES WITH 67,000 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED. PARK AND NEUTRAL ONLY. FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT IN TRAFFIC WHEN IT HAPPENED. OVER THE LAST YEAR A COUPLE MINOR SLIPS, BUT THIS TIME TOTAL FAILURE. HAVING IT TOWED TO A DEALER MONDAY. *TR

Mileage: 67,254

PULLED OUT OF GARAGE AND HEARD A LOUD POP. FRONT STRUT BROKE PUNCTURING TIRE ON DRIVERS SIDE. WE JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 3 WKS AGO IT HAS A LITTLE OVER 90K ON IT. VEHICLE IS IN GOOD SHAPE OTHER WISE. PREVIOUS OWNER HAD ALREADY REPLACED PASSENGER SIDE STRUT A FEW WEEKS BEFORE WE PURCHASED IT. VER...

Mileage: 91,323

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FAILED SIMUTANEOUSLY. THE LIGHT WOULD REMAIN OFF FOR APPROXIMATLEY FIVE TO TEN SECONDS BEFORE RE-ILLUMINATING. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED ...

Mileage: 55,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FAILED SIMUTANEOUSLY. THE LIGHT WOULD REMAIN OFF FOR APPROXIMATLEY FIVE TO TEN SECONDS BEFORE RE-ILLUMINATING. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED ...

Mileage: 55,000

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON A 2003 FORD TAURUS WHILE DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 136,000

2003 FORD TAURUS SEL. 78K MILES IN GREAT OVERALL CONDITION AND NO HISTORY OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY DISENGAGED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I COASTED TOWARDS THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND TRIED CYCLING THE SHIFTER FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE. NO SUCC...

Mileage: 78,000

WHILE PARKED IN MY GARAGE THE FRONT END OF MY 2003 FORD TAURUS COLLAPSED. UPON INSPECTION THE TIRE WAS FULLY DEFLATED. I PUT THE SMALL SPARE ON THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SERVICE. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED CAUSING A SHARP SHARD TO PENETRATE THE...

Mileage: 73,819

I HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS SINCE NEW. AT ABOUT 70,000 MILES IT STARTED HAVING ACCELERATION WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GAS. NO CODES SHOWED UP. EVERY MECHANIC HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION. BASICALLY TRIAL AND ERROR, NONE OF WHICH WORKS. I HAVE HAD THE CRUISE CHECKED, CHANGED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR AND THE ...

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, HE ATTEMPTED TO ACTIVATE THE DEFROSTER BUT THE BLOWER FAN FAILED TO OPERATE. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT PASSENGER FLOORBOARD WOULD PERIODICALLY EXHIBIT WATER RETENTION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MORE FREQUENTLY IN RA...

Mileage: 28,000

2003 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER STATES DEFECTIVE FRONT COIL SPRING *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE COIL SPRINGS FAILED TWICE. *JB

WE HAD A SMALL HAIL STORM PEA SIZE HAIL AND CALLED GEICO TO LOOK AT THE ROOF, TRUNK AND HOOD OF THE CAR. THE ROOF HAD LARGE AREA'S OF PAINT MISSING AND BUBBLED WITH LARGE AREA'S OF RUST UNDER IT. THE ADJUSTER TOLD US THIS WAS A DEFECT THAT FORD WAS HAVE WITH CARS AND TRUCKS BETWEEN 2000 - 2006 AND...

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEATER BLOWER HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A THE BLOWER RESISTOR REPLACED YET THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER DISCOVERED WAT...

Mileage: 49,152

2003 FORD TAURUS DRIVING ALONG AND ENGINE RUNS BUT IT FEEL LIKE I AM IN NEUTRAL TRANSMISSION GONE. 2 TIME IN 2 1/2 YEARS AND FORD FIXED IT THE FIRST TIME. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

THE CAR IS MY DAUGHTERS. I MAINTAIN AND SERVICE THE CAR. THE CAR IS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. A WEEK AGO BOTH FRONT SPRINGS FAILED AT ONCE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY CUT THE INSIDES OF BOTH FRONT TIRES CAUSING THEM TO BLOW OUT. FORTUNATELY THE TIRES FAILED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND NOT WHILE SHE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY COMMU...

Mileage: 125,000

PURCHASED 2003 FORD TAURUS WITH 49K MILES 8 MONTHS AGO. BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR HAVE FAILED TWICE. WATER IS COMING INTO THE BLOWER HOUSING THROUGH THE AIR INTAKE. RECENT FAILURE AT 60K HAPPENED IN COLD WEATHER WHILE ON THE ROAD, CAUSING FAN TO STOP WORKING AND WINDSHIELD RAPIDLY FOGGED OVER, MA...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND TO HAVE THE SUB FRAME REPLACED IMMEDIATELY BEF...

Mileage: 94,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC HEADLIGHT WAS TURNING YELLOW ABNORMALLY AND CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE EXTREMELY FAINT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO UTILIZE THE...

Mileage: 85,000

SUB FRAME RUSTED OUT ON THIS 2003 FORD TAURUS. 91,000 MILES ON CAR. WILL NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION. *TR

Mileage: 91,000

I WAS DRIVING I-75N, GOT OFF AT MY EXIT AND SWITCHED LANES AS THE LIGHT WAS TURNING FROM RED TO GREEN. JUST AS I GOT UNDER THE LIGHT, MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT WAS IN GEAR, BUT THE ENGINE WOULD ONLY REV (AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL). I PUT ON MY HAZARDS, RESTARTED THE CAR TO NO AVAIL. CALLED 911 ...

Mileage: 132,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN REVERSE, THE LEFT FRONT STRUT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. A MONTH BEFORE, THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASS...

Mileage: 68,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE CONTACT STATED THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPE...

Mileage: 110,000

HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS. I WENT TO PULL OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, WHEN I HEARD A POP. AND MY LEFT FRONT TIRE FLAT. MY COIL SPRING BROKE WHICH PROCEEDED TO TEAR MY TIRE AND BROKE MY SWAY BAR IN THE PROCESS. THIS COULD OF CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF I WAS ON THE ROAD DRIVING. I HAVE TO REPLACE ALL PART...

Mileage: 1,005,000

WHILE WAITING AT STOPLIGHT, HEARD A POPPING NOISE AND FRONT DRIVERS SIDE OF CAR WENT DOWN. WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO GAS STATION PARKING LOT ABOUT 50 FEET AWAY. UPON INSPECTION COULD SEE INSIDE SIDEWALL WAS TORN UP. CALLED FOR TOW. A SERIES OF BAD EVENTS HAD TAKEN PLACE, COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL AT HIG...

Mileage: 95,000

1ST OCCURRENCE: DRIVING ON FREEWAY, ALL ELECTRICAL POWER LOST EXCEPT ANTITHEFT LIGHT ON DASH ON. TURN SIGNALS NOT FUNCTIONING, WAS LUCKY TO GET TO SHOULDER, NO HAZARDS WORKED WHILE ON SHOULDER. STRANDED FOR APPROX 1 HR WHEN ALL POWER CAME BACK AND CAR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. 2ND OCCURRENCE; CAR WAS ...

Mileage: 60,500

I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A GAS STATION AND CAME DOWN THE STEEP HILL TO MY HOUSE AND WHEN I WENT TO BACK INTO MY PARKING SPACE THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED . I THOUGHT MY TIRES WERE JUST SPINNING DUE TO SOME ICE . WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE TO TRY TO FIND ANOTHER SPACE I DISCOVERED THE ONLY G...

Mileage: 74,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND RUPTURED THE TIRE, CAUSING IT TO DEFLATE. THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 04V332000 SUSPENSION FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTI...

Mileage: 110,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE TIRE, CAUSING IT TO DEFLATE SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VIN W...

Mileage: 98,000

DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH CAR STARTED SHAKING THEN LOUD BANG, PULLED OVER AND FOUND DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE FLAT HAD CAR TOWED TO SERVICE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE COIL SPRING BROKE AND FLATTENED THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 86,717

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL. HE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE HAD EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A INDEPENDENT MECHA...

Mileage: 120,000

BACKING OUT OF GARAGE AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT. FOUND LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCHED A HOLE IN A NEW TIRE (LESS THAN A WEEK OLD). COULD NOT GET THE FLAT OFF BECAUSE THE SPRING WAS INSIDE THE TIRE SO COULD NOT PUT ON THE SPACESAVER SPARE HAD TO TOW. THIS IS...

Mileage: 78,500

IN OCTOBER OF 2008, MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SES SUDDENLY LOST THE ABILITY TO MOVE WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED - THE VEHICLE HAD 41,086 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. COST OF REPAIR WAS $1260.96. *TR

Mileage: 41,086

MINOR DRIVING CAR, WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS SIGNS OF TROUBLE,NO WARNING LIGHTS, ETC., AFTER TURNING CORNER, CAR ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. COULD NOT ENGAGE CAR IN GEAR AFTER THAT. HAD TO GET HELP PUSHING INTO NEARBY PARK AND HAVE IT TOWED IN FOR REPAIR. THANKFULLY, NOONE WAS HURT, AND PARK WAS NEARBY...

Mileage: 97,456

WAS DRIVING MY 2003 TAURUS WHEN I GOT A FLAT TIRE DRIVERS SIDE..CALLED AAA THEY PUT MY SPARE ON. I TOOK CAR TO MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME A COIL BROKE AND RUPTURED THE TIRE..IT IS GOING TO COST $950..I WAS TOLD HOW LUCKY I WAS NOT TO HAVE HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT!!! ONLY HAVE 49,000 MILES ON MY TAURUS. *T...

Mileage: 49,000

MY CAR HADN'T GIVEN ANY WARNING OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT WAS SERVICED REGULARLY, AND WE HAD BOUGHT IT NEW, SO WE KNEW ITS HISTORY. I TURNED OFF THE HIGHWAY, ONTO MY STREET (UP A HILL) AND THE CAR SUDDENLY ACTED AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I MANAGED TO BACK IT TO THE LEFT SIDE...

Mileage: 130,000

2003 FORD TAURUS TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING ON BUSY STREET, WAS LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO ALMOST OFF OF ROADWAY. TWO PEOPLE CAME TO AID AND PUSHED THE CAR COMPLETELY OUT OF ROADWAY. CAR HAS JUST 62,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE 2 MPH, THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE CONTACT EXCHANGED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DISCOUNT TIRE COMPANY TO REPLACE THE TIRE WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CO...

Mileage: 112,300

I'M ADDING MY COMPLAINT TO AN OPEN INVESTIGATION #EA08018. MY 2003 TAURUS SUFFERED A BROKEN COIL SPRING TODAY WHICH PUNCTURED MY PASSENGER SIDE TIRE AND APPARENTLY DAMAGED UPPER AND LOWER MOUNTS IN THE PROCESS. ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR (INCLUDING ADDRESSING THE YET TO BE BROKEN OPPOSITE SIDE), IS 18...

Mileage: 86,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS EXITING A DRIVEWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL POP. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVER SIDE WAS FRACTURED AND HAD PUNCTURED AND DEFLATED THE TIRE. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER OF...

Mileage: 77,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVE WAY THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE BECAME FLAT AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE FELL DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRIN...

Mileage: 225,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED ONE OF THE TIRES WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS PIERCED BY A FRACTURED COIL SPRING. THE FRACTURED PORTION OF THE COIL SPRING WAS CUT OFF AND ...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE CUT A SECTION OF THE COIL SPRING OUT IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ...

Mileage: 130,632

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT JUST UNDER 95,000 MILES WITH NO WARNING. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING BROKE SUDDENLY, CAUSING FRONT CORNER OF VEHICLE TO DROP, VEHICLE PULLED ABRUPTLY TO THE LEFT, AND BROKEN SPRING PIERCED TIRE ON 2003 FORD TAURUS. LUCKILY NOBODY WAS KILLED, POTENTIALLY VERY DEADLY QUALITY DEFECT WITH THESE VEHICLES. FORD ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEM WITH 1999-2001 ...

Mileage: 120,000

FRONT SPRINGS BREAKING ON 2003 TAURUS. LOUD BOOM IN FRONT OF CAR. RESULT IS A BROKEN SPRING DAMAGING FRONT TIRE ALSO. CAR WAS BACKING OUT OF GARAGE WHEN IT HAPPENED. HAD TO TOW VEHICLE AS IT COULD NOT BE MOVED WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 139,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS SES (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BUT WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH BY APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR...

Mileage: 84,523

WHILE EXITING MY DRIVEWAY THE LEFT FRONT SPRING COIL LET GO PUNCTURING THE TIRE AND RENDERING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY FOR REPLACEMENT. FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAD A RECALL ON THIS COMPONENT ON SOME OTHER OF ITS VEHICLES, BUT I WAS INFORMED MY VEHICLE WAS NOT I...

Mileage: 116,432

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO MOUNT THE SIDEWALK. THE COIL SPRING CAUSED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE TO BURST AS WELL. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND CALLED...

Mileage: 101,000

REPEATED STALLING OF MY 2003 FORD TAURUS UPON DECELERATION. RPM'S DROP TO AROUND 500 AND THEN THE ENGINE EITHER SURGES TO APPROXIMATELY 1200 RPMS (3 TIMES IN A ROW) AND THEN IDLES NORMALLY OR STALLS. ODDLY IF I SHUT OFF THE BLOWER FAN, AND SHUT OFF THE RADIO I CAN PREVENT THE STALL BUT I STILL GET T...

Mileage: 145,000

2003 FORD TAURUS, PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPACE, FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE AND DAMAGED TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

TUE 28DEC2010 OUTSIDE TEMP = 21F I ENTERED DRIVER'S SEAT & IMMEDIATELY HEARD LOUD "BONG!" SOUND OF LF COIL SPRING BREAKING. I AM FAMILIAR W/ FORD RECALL# 04V332000 (NHTSA REFERENCE #04V332000) AND HAVE BEEN WAITING SIMILAR RECALL FOR NEWER MODELS DURING NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA08018, ONGOING FOR OVE...

Mileage: 81,300

TUE 28DEC2010 OUTSIDE TEMP = 21F I ENTERED DRIVER'S SEAT & IMMEDIATELY HEARD LOUD "BONG!" SOUND OF LF COIL SPRING BREAKING. I AM FAMILIAR W/ FORD RECALL# 04V332000 (NHTSA REFERENCE #04V332000) AND HAVE BEEN WAITING SIMILAR RECALL FOR NEWER MODELS DURING NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA08018, ONGOING FOR OVE...

Mileage: 81,300

WHEN COMING HOME FROM PICKING UP MY DAUGHTER FROM WORK, MY CAR COULD NOT SHIFT GEARS AND LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK. THE CAR RUNS BUT I CANNOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEARS. AND IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO A GAS STATION. I WAS ADVISED THAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE TRANSMISSION A...

Mileage: 80,000

MY HUSBAND AND I ALONG WITH OUR 2 YR OLD WERE DRIVING HOME ONE EVENING AND STOPPED AT STOPPED SIGN AND MY HUSBAND HIT THE GAS TO GO AND IT TOOK OFF SLOWLY, THAN JUST WOULDN'T GO WE HAD TO COAST OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH TRAFFIC AROUND US. NO WARNING LIGHT OR ANYTHING THE TRANSMISSION JUST WEN...

Mileage: 138,452

ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO AS I WAS BACKING MY CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE WHICH PREVENTED ME FROM DRIVING THE VEHICLE. I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH OF THE FRONT STRUTS AND COIL SPRINGS WHICH COST ME SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. TODAY, AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE ONCE AGAIN, THE LEFT ...

Mileage: 146,177

ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO AS I WAS BACKING MY CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE WHICH PREVENTED ME FROM DRIVING THE VEHICLE. I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH OF THE FRONT STRUTS AND COIL SPRINGS WHICH COST ME SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. TODAY, AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE ONCE AGAIN, THE LEFT ...

Mileage: 146,177

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE WHEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOUD NOISE FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED TO THE GROUND CAUSING THE TIRE TO FLATTEN. THE DAMAGED TIRE WAS REPLACED...

Mileage: 277,000

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS WAS SIMPLY SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A HUGE POP. WE LOOKED TO SEE THE TIRE HAD GONE FLAT! WHEN I TOOK THE TIRE WE DISCOVERED THE FLAT WAS A RESULT FROM THE COIL SPRING BREAKING AND PUNCTURING THE TIRE. SO NOW NOT ONLY DO I HAVE TO PAY TO FIX THE SPRING,...

Mileage: 123,232

WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A LOUD THUMP AND THEN MY TIRE DEFLATED LIKE A BALLOON. HAD A TIRE GUY COME TO FIX IT AND HE SAID IT WAS DUE TO A BROKEN STRUT/SPRING. IT HAD BROKEN AND SLASHED THE TIRE. I AM JUST THANKFUL THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE INTERSTATE DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED...

Mileage: 116,000

ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS, THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING ASSEMBLY BROKE. THIS SLICED MY TIRE SIDEWALL AND CAUSED MY CAR FRONT END TO DROP TO THE GROUND. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED WHEN PARKED IN MY GARAGE. THE BAD THING IS THAT IT IS MINNESOTA AND WINTER. I THANK GOD I WAS NOT DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. TH...

Mileage: 108,945

ON 12/20/2010 LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE WHILE DRIVING ON STATE HIGHWAY. INCIDENT OCCURRED JUST 2 MILES AFTER DEPARTURE FROM HOME. THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FLAT TIRE. THE SHOULDER WAS NARROW AND THE ROAD WAS SNOW COVERED. WHEN PULLING OFF THE ROAD THE CAR GOT STUCK IN THE SNOW....

Mileage: 98,000

WITHOUT ANY WARNING MY GAS PEDAL OF MY VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD - THE CAR JERKED AND THEN NOTHING. THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. I HAD TO ROLL AND THEN PUSH MY VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THANK GOD THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME OR I WOULD OF BEEN HIT - IT WAS VERY S...

Mileage: 43,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS SE (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REVERSED AT 5 MPH AND PUNCTURED THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE COIL SPRINGS AND TIRE WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER...

Mileage: 125,000

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING IN THE STRUT BROKE AND SLASHED THE ADJACENT TIRE. THIS WAS NOTICED WHEN THE CAR WAS BEGINNING TO BE BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. WE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH STRUT ASSEMBLIES FOR SAFETY SAKE, REPLACE THE DAMAGED TIRE AS WELL. WE OPTED TO REPLACE THE OTHER THREE TIRES DUE...

Mileage: 133,038

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING IN THE STRUT BROKE AND SLASHED THE ADJACENT TIRE. THIS WAS NOTICED WHEN THE CAR WAS BEGINNING TO BE BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. WE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH STRUT ASSEMBLIES FOR SAFETY SAKE, REPLACE THE DAMAGED TIRE AS WELL. WE OPTED TO REPLACE THE OTHER THREE TIRES DUE...

Mileage: 133,038

I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND REALIZED I HAD A VERY FLAT TIRE. I CALLED THE SERVICE STATION UP THE STREET. HE TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT DOWN SLOWLY & HE'D PUT THE DONUT ON IT AND ORDER ME A NEW TIRE. WHEN HE LOOKED AT MY CAR AT HIS SHOP, HE SAID THE DRIVER'S SIDE, FRONT COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND SLICE...

Mileage: 80,000

THE SUSPENSION COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE NEXT TO IT, CAUSING THE TIRE TO EXPLODE.

Mileage: 130,000

THE SUSPENSION COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE NEXT TO IT, CAUSING THE TIRE TO EXPLODE.

Mileage: 130,000

FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH ON A SMOOTH PAVED VILLAGE HIGHWAY CAUSING A PUNCTURE AND RESULTING IN A BLOW OUT OF THAT TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 180,000

I HAD TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT LAST DEC AND NOW AM EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, MY SIGNAL LIGHTS/HAZARD LIGHTS DO NOT WORK AND WAS TOLD THE WIRES AND HARNESS NEED TO BE REPLACED. HINGES THAT HOLD REAR WINDOW IN HAVE SNAPPED OFF, WINDOW HELD IN PLACE BY LOCK. *TR

Mileage: 103,798

I HAD TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT LAST DEC AND NOW AM EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, MY SIGNAL LIGHTS/HAZARD LIGHTS DO NOT WORK AND WAS TOLD THE WIRES AND HARNESS NEED TO BE REPLACED. HINGES THAT HOLD REAR WINDOW IN HAVE SNAPPED OFF, WINDOW HELD IN PLACE BY LOCK. *TR

Mileage: 103,798

I HAD TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT LAST DEC AND NOW AM EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, MY SIGNAL LIGHTS/HAZARD LIGHTS DO NOT WORK AND WAS TOLD THE WIRES AND HARNESS NEED TO BE REPLACED. HINGES THAT HOLD REAR WINDOW IN HAVE SNAPPED OFF, WINDOW HELD IN PLACE BY LOCK. *TR

Mileage: 103,798

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC SHOP WHO REPLACED TWO STRUTS ASSEMBLY AND A TIRE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS ...

Mileage: 113,000

I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. I JUST BROKE MY NECK ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO SO IT WAS HARD FOR ME ALONE TO PUSH THE CARD TO SAFE AREA. THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS WITHOUT ANY WARNING SIGNS WOULD NOT GO FURTHER LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I TRIED PUTTING IT INTO DRIVE, REVERSE AND TH...

Mileage: 70,000

TRANSMISSION JUST DIED LIKE THIS WEBSITE STATES. *TR HTTP://BIT.LY/VIL7

Mileage: 110,000

HEAT/AC FAN BLOWS ONLY ON HIGH. REPLACED COWL PANEL AND INSTALLED RAIN HAT AND BLOWER RESISTOR 11/08; BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR FOUND DEFECTIVE 7/10 AND REPLACED. HEAT/AC FAN BLOWS ONLY ON HIGH TODAY 12/10. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

HEAT/AC FAN BLOWS ONLY ON HIGH. REPLACED COWL PANEL AND INSTALLED RAIN HAT AND BLOWER RESISTOR 11/08; BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR FOUND DEFECTIVE 7/10 AND REPLACED. HEAT/AC FAN BLOWS ONLY ON HIGH TODAY 12/10. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

HEAT/AC FAN BLOWS ONLY ON HIGH. REPLACED COWL PANEL AND INSTALLED RAIN HAT AND BLOWER RESISTOR 11/08; BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR FOUND DEFECTIVE 7/10 AND REPLACED. HEAT/AC FAN BLOWS ONLY ON HIGH TODAY 12/10. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

CAME BACK FROM VACATION (WAS NOT DRIVING THE CAR ON VACATION), BACKED UP CAR IN DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A LOUD SNAP. LOOKED AND THE TIRE WAS FLAT. CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND WHEN TOW TRUCK OPERATOR REMOVED THE TIRE TO REPLACE IT, HE FOUND A BROKEN FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE BACK SIDE OF TH...

Mileage: 122,800

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS LX AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH NO WARNING WHATSOEVER ON 11/23. MILEAGE IS 71,000. I WAS DRIVING ON A RATHER BUSY ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR A NOISE AND THE CAR NO LONGER RESPONDED EVEN THOUGH MY FOOT WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS EARLY IN THE AFTERN...

Mileage: 71,000

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING BROKE ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS AND BLEW OUT THE TIRE. MAKING THE CAR UNDRIVEABLE. *TR

Mileage: 74,000

I HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SES. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING MY CAR YESTERDAY GETTING READY TO PULL ONTO A HEAVILY TRAVELED HIGHWAY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY WENT OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR PREVIOUS INDICATION. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 72,210 MILES ON IT AND FROM WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED ON OTHER...

Mileage: 72,210

WHILE EXITING HIGHWAY AUTO LOST POWER TO DRIVE AXLES. HAD TO PUSH CAR 1/4 MILE TO PARKING LOT,WALK 5 MILES HOME,ARRANGE TOW AND GET AUTO CHECKED OUT. TALKED TO 5 DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND ALL AGREED THAT IT WAS TRANSMISSION. COST TO REPAIR OR REPLACE TRANSMISSION 900-1500 DOLLARS DEPENDING ON PROBLEM....

Mileage: 70,756

THE 2003 FORD TAURUS WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR APPLYING BRAKES WILL SURGE AND LUNGE FORWARD. VERY DANGEROUS, BECAUSE IT SURGES WITH PEOPLE WALKING IN FRONT OF IT AND CARS IN FRONT OF THE CAR. THE CAR THEN FEELS LIKE IT IS HIT FROM THE REAR END AND SMELLS LIKE IT IS ABOUT TO CATCH ON FIRE. VERY SCA...

Mileage: 198,000

THE 2003 FORD TAURUS WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR APPLYING BRAKES WILL SURGE AND LUNGE FORWARD. VERY DANGEROUS, BECAUSE IT SURGES WITH PEOPLE WALKING IN FRONT OF IT AND CARS IN FRONT OF THE CAR. THE CAR THEN FEELS LIKE IT IS HIT FROM THE REAR END AND SMELLS LIKE IT IS ABOUT TO CATCH ON FIRE. VERY SCA...

Mileage: 198,000

TRAVELING IN A BUSY AREA, DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE TRANSMISSION LOST ALL DRIVE. ALL OF A SUDDEN, WITH NO WARNING, THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY DRIVE GEAR OR REVERSE. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO LOOKED TO SEE IF THE FILTER HAD FALLEN CAUSING NO FLUID TO G...

Mileage: 106,000

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: LINKAGE 2003 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON; 3.0L DOHC A BLACK PLASTIC CONNECTOR ALONG THE THROTTLE CABLE UNDER THE HOOD BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM A GRAY PLASTIC PIECE. THE BLACK PLASTIC PIECE BECAME STUCK AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE GRAY PIECE, CAUSING THE THROTTLE TO STAY WIDE OPEN...

Mileage: 70,000

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: LINKAGE 2003 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON; 3.0L DOHC A BLACK PLASTIC CONNECTOR ALONG THE THROTTLE CABLE UNDER THE HOOD BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM A GRAY PLASTIC PIECE. THE BLACK PLASTIC PIECE BECAME STUCK AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE GRAY PIECE, CAUSING THE THROTTLE TO STAY WIDE OPEN...

Mileage: 70,000

SPARK PLUG EJECTION 2003 FORD TAURUS SES 24V. *TR

Mileage: 195,732

I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS DOWN I88.. I WAS DOING ABOUT 65 MPH. ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY CAR REVS ALL THE WAY UP WHILE I HAD MY FOOT ON THE GAS. I PULL OVER AND TRY TO SHIFT IT DOES NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR. TURNS OUT MY TRANNY WENT.. THANKS ALOT FORD. MY CAR ONLY HAD 118,000 MILES ON AND I HAD G...

Mileage: 118,000

PARKED CAR OVERNIGHT, STARTED NEXT MORNING- CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. PARK WORKED, ALL OTHER GEARS ACTED AS IF IN NEUTRAL. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY 2003 TAURUS WITH MY SON DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN AT NIGHT. AFTER ALMOST BEING HIT FROM BEHIND, HE HAD TO PUSH THE CAR OFF THE ROAD & WAIT FOR THE TOW TRUCK, STILL DANGEROUS ON A BUSY STREET IN ANY CONDITION OR SITUATION. THIS SEEMS TO BE A FORD ISSUE WITH NO SOLUTION. WORSE YE...

Mileage: 80,000

I WAS ON HIGHWAY 89S COMING OFF OF THE RAMP WHEN I HIT THE STOP SIGN AT THE END OF THE RAMP THE FORD TAURUS JUST STOPPED. I NOTICED THAT IT WAS REVVING UP A LOT ON THE HIGHWAY THEN NOTHING. IT IS NOW SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY AFTER BEING TOWED FROM CLINTON ST. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING IN THE CITY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT, AND WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS WARNING, THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY DIED. THE CAR WAS JUST COASTING ON IT'S OWN MOMENTUM. HE TRIED RESTARTING THE CAR, TRIED REVERSE-NONE OF THE GEARS WORKED. OUR MECHANIC VERIFIED WHAT WE FEARED- WE NEED A NEW TRAN...

Mileage: 15,500

DRIVING A 2003 FORD TAURUS SEL DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 65 MPH, THE CAR JUST STOPS. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY WITH NO MISHAPS. I HAD NO WARNING LIGHTS SHOWING, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, NO ENGINE NOISES OR SLIPPAGE. AFTER MY 300.00 TOW BACK HOME, I HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND WAS T...

Mileage: 108,210

I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS ON NB 23 HIGHWAY AT 70 MILES PH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VEHICLE WAS LIKE IT WAS PUT IN NEUTRAL. HAD TO COAST FROM THE LEFT LANE OVER TO THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE ROAD, DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THERE HAD BEEN NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO THIS E...

Mileage: 79,000

2003 FORD TAURUS SES, STOPS ON BUSY HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING. TRANSMISSION FAILURE! CAR WON'T MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS! VERY DANGEROUS! FORD AND DEALER SAYS IT'S NOT THEIR PROBLEM! I HOPE MY PROBLEM BECOMES THEIR PROBLEM!! THEY SELL US THIS JUNK AND THEN DON'T HAVE TO STAND BEHIND IT...NO WONDER EVE...

Mileage: 104,328

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER WAS LEAKING INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT RAINED. BECAUSE OF THE LEAKAGE, THE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM STOPPED FUNCTIONING. SHE WAS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT MOLD FORMING WHEN THERE WAS WATER ON THE FLOORBOA...

Mileage: 30,000

LOSS OF FORWARD MOTION ON A DANGEROUS HIGHWAY INTERSECTION DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 60,125

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DECELERATING TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AS IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE ...

Mileage: 170,000

2003 FORD TAURUS TRANSMISSION QUIT IN MIDDLE OF MY WIFE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. NO WARNING LIGHT, NOISE, INDICATION OF AN ISSUE. AFTER SHE GOT THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND PARKED, SHE TRIED TO ENGAGE THE CAR IN "REVERSE" AND THERE WAS NOT A SOUND OF ENGAGEMENT AND THE SAME WHEN SHE TRIED ...

Mileage: 100,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES. WAS PULLING OUT INTO BUSY TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE REVVED BUT STOPPED MOVING. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS IS A ONE TIME EVENT. THERE WERE NO SIGNS, SYMPTOMS OR WARNING LIGHTS PRIOR TO FAILURE. THERE HAS BEEN NOTH...

Mileage: 62,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RPMS SUDDENLY INCREASED AND THE TRANSMISSION SURGED VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT REFERENCED A RELATED TSB (TSB 018746, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) BUT NO RELATED RECALLS. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT REPAIRS WOULD HA...

Mileage: 68,100

MY WIFE TURNED RIGHT FROM A TWO LANE COUNTY ROAD ONTO A FOUR LANE US HWY. THE CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL AS TRUCKS AND CARS FLEW PAST HER. SHE THANKFULLY GOT OFF THE ROAD AND WALKED BACK TO THE NEAREST STORE FOR HELP. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHERE WE WERE TOLD IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER...

Mileage: 86,753

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 30 M.P.H. PULLED OVER , PUT IN PARK, SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED VEHICLE. CYCLED THROUGH GEARS, NO ENGAGEMENT. FREE WHEELS IN ANY GEAR BUT PARK. NO SYMPTOMS PRIOR TO THIS. WILL UPDATE WHEN IT IS REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

THERE ARE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE!! MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS GETTING ONTO THE HIGHWAY 45 MINUTES AWAY FROM HOME AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED SUDDENLY, SHE WAS IN AN AREA WHERE HER CELL PHONE HAD NO SERVICE, SHE HAD TO ACCEPT HELP FROM A STRANGER THAT STOPPED TO HELP! HER AND HER 15 YEAR OLD...

Mileage: 93,634

WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, HEARD A POP SOUND. VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED INTO SEVERAL PIECES. SOME DAMAGE TO OTHER COMPONENTS, TIRE APPEARS TO BE UNDAMAGED. REPAIRS ARE PENDING. VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY FROM THE WESTERN NEW YORK STATE AREA. *TR

Mileage: 53,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY. NO WARNINGS OR SIGNS OF MALFUNCTION PRIOR TO. *TR

Mileage: 89,563

2003 FORD TAURUS TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED PULLING. NO SLIPPING NO PROBLEMS WHAT SO EVER THEN NOTHING. IT ONLY HAS 43K MILES AND I'M NEARLY 80 YRS OLD. I CANNOT AFFORD TO SPEND $2000 ON A REPAIR THAT SHOULD BE REPAIRED AT NO COST BECAUSE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL WITH ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS I HAVE REA...

Mileage: 42,571

REAR SPRINGS WERE FOUND BROKEN WHEN HAVING THE OIL CHANGED. BROKEN SPRING COULD PUNCTURE REAR TIRES, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. HAD TO REPLACE BROKEN REAR SPRINGS, OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

Mileage: 49,503

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A WATER LEAK IN THE COWLING THAT CAUSED THE BLOWER MOTOR TO RUST; THEREFORE, IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FAILURE WHEN THE FAN WAS NO LONGER BLOWING AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED AT THE TI...

Mileage: 115,000

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT RESIDENCE. AT ABOUT 6 AM I UNLOCKED THE DRIVER'S DOOR WITH MY KEYFOB. I ENTERED INTO VEHICLE. STARTED VEHICLE, SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE. AS I MOVED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY A CAR LENGTH WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAKE RIGHT TURN OUT OF PARKING SPACE, THE DRIVERS AIR BA...

Mileage: 81,302

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE INTO THE GARAGE HE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO ENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AND...

Mileage: 133,000

2003 FORD TAURUS FAILS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS TO A DEAD STOP. MANY REPORTS NOTED ON CARCOMPLAINTS.COM - IN LINE WITH TOYOTA FAILURES. ENDANGERS THE PUBLIC. ALL RELATED TO KNOWN TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 64,000

RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS DOWN A BUSY HIGHWAY MY TRANSMISSION QUIT WORKING ALMOST CAUSING A MAJOR PILE UP IT COST ME AROUND 2500 DOLLARS TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM HERE IS A LINK OF OTHER CONSUMER COMPLAINT HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/TAURUS/200...

Mileage: 82,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT RECALL 03V087000, VISIBILITY WINDSHIELD WAS RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED THE IDENTICAL FAILURE RELATED TO THE RECALL. FORD ADVISED HIM THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS FILING...

Mileage: 47,000

I WAS ON I-95 N SPEED 65 MPH. MY CAR REVVED TO 4-5 RPM AND I NOTICED THAT EVEN AS I WAS PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR THAT THE CAR WAS NOT GAINING SPEED BUT DECELERATING. I PULLED OVER ON THE SHOULDER AN COASTED TO A STOP. THE CAR WASN'T/DIDN'T OVER HEAT, THERE WAS NO DASHBOARD LIGHTS THAT CAME ON TO ...

Mileage: 60,120

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO USE THE AIR CONDITIONER OR HEATING SYSTEM THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT NO AIR BLOW OUT OF THE VEHICLES VENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE RESISTOR WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO...

Mileage: 51,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY WHERE THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE WHO REPLACED BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AND FOUR NEW TIRES AT HER EXPENSE FOR $1405. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THER...

Mileage: 159,280

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS TOWED TO HER RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY HER PERSONAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VE...

Mileage: 58,506

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND ACTIVATED THE AIR CONDITION. THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL KNOCKING NOISE AND A MUSTY ODOR EMITTING THROUGH THE VENTS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED DURING RAINY CONDITIONS WATER WOULD LEAK THROUGH THE DEF...

Mileage: 38,000

CAR WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON. CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE CAR REPAIR SHOP AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENTIRE COMPUTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. A REMANUFACTURED COMPUTER WAS INSTALLED INTO THE CAR AND THE COST WAS STILL OVER $600. MILEAGE OF THE CAR WA...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ACTIVATED, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD WOULD BECOME WET. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT MOTOR BLOWER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO P...

Mileage: 84,000

IN LINE WITH NUMEROUS OTHER REPORTS ABOUT THE 2003 FORD TAURUS, MY BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTER HAVE FAILED DUE TO A WATER LEAK ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. AS A CONSEQUENCE, I CANNOT DEFOG THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING. THE RESULT LACK OF VISIBILITY IS DANGEROUS FOR MY PASSENGERS AND FOR NEARBY CARS....

Mileage: 105,000

SON WAS DRIVING CAR, STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION TO MAKE SURE NO CARS WERE APPROACHING, TOOK FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND NOTHING, STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. HE SHUT THE CAR OFF, STARTED IT BACK UP, TRIED ALL THE GEARS AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. I HAD DRIVEN THE CAR EARLIER IN THE DAY AND ...

Mileage: 89,819

I WAS DRIVING 55 MGH DOWN THE HIGHWAY, WHEN WITHOUT WARNING, THE ENGINE STARTED TO REV, BUT MY CAR WOUND NOT GO FORWARD. COASTED TO A STOP AND TRIED ALL GEARS BUT IT JUST WOULD NOT MOVE. IT WAS A VERY HOT DAY, AND I WAS IN AN AREA WITHOUT CELL SERVICE TO CALL FOR A TOW. IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER. ...

Mileage: 76,354

BOTH REAR SPRINGS ON VEHICLE BROKE AND CAUSED SPRINGS TO SLIP OFF OF LOWER SPRING PERCH. SHARP BROKEN END OF LEFT REAR SPRING CAME WITHIN 0.25 INCHES OF CONTACTING TIRE. SHARP END OF SPRING CAME VERY CLOSE TO PUNCTURING TIRE. NO PARTICULAR EVENT CAUSED THIS FAILURE. DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN IT HA...

Mileage: 79,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN RAPIDLY DECREASING. THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS PLACE OF RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER ...

Mileage: 61,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE SUSPENSION TO DROP. THE TIRE AND AXLE WERE DAMAGED AS A RESULT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING REPAIRS. THE CONTACT AL...

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS SE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE PERFORMED WHEN HE WAS ADVISED BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED. THE COIL SPRING WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE M...

Mileage: 21,000

I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON TWO LANE HIGHWAY. CAR WENT OUT OF GEAR AS THOUGH IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO GEAR. *TR

Mileage: 134,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE ENGINE BEGAN MAKE A KNOCKING NOISE AND A CHECK ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALE...

Mileage: 73,887

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 4 MPH AND MAKING A TURN, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD GRINDING AND POPPING NOISE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED DOWN AND THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT BECAUSE THE COIL SPRING PIERCED IT. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 71,300

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT 10 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS NEVER ANY PRIOR INDICATION THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING. THE DEALER REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT PRO...

Mileage: 101,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE REVERSING FROM A PARKING SPACE AT 2 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE FRONT DRIVER TIRE WENT FLAT. HE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE AND NOTICED THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED IN THREE PARTS. THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND CAUSED IT TO BECOME FLAT...

Mileage: 80,156

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN SUDDENLY, THE RPMS INCREASED AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HER RESIDENCE, AND TWO DAYS LATER THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. TH...

Mileage: 110,000

2003 FORD TAURUS FRONT AND BACK COIL SPRINGS BROKE AND THE FRONT PUNCTURED THE TIRES WHICH ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL PROBLEMS HAPPENED ON MARCH 1, 2010 COSTING $1149.01 WHICH INCLUDED THE TWO NEW TIRES WE HAD TO BUY THAT GOT PUNCTURED BY THE COILS. THE BACK SUSPENSION PROBLE...

Mileage: 85,000

2003 FORD TAURUS FRONT AND BACK COIL SPRINGS BROKE AND THE FRONT PUNCTURED THE TIRES WHICH ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL PROBLEMS HAPPENED ON MARCH 1, 2010 COSTING $1149.01 WHICH INCLUDED THE TWO NEW TIRES WE HAD TO BUY THAT GOT PUNCTURED BY THE COILS. THE BACK SUSPENSION PROBLE...

Mileage: 85,000

FRONT AND REAR SPRINGS ON 2003 FORD TAURUS FRACTURED. THE FRONT SPRING FRACTURED WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND WRAPPED ITSELF AROUND THE BRAKE LINES AND HIT THE TIRE. HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING, THE RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT CAUSED BY TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL AND BRAKING. ...

Mileage: 75,367

FRONT AND REAR SPRINGS ON 2003 FORD TAURUS FRACTURED. THE FRONT SPRING FRACTURED WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND WRAPPED ITSELF AROUND THE BRAKE LINES AND HIT THE TIRE. HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING, THE RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT CAUSED BY TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL AND BRAKING. ...

Mileage: 75,367

2003 FORD TAURUS WITH LESS THAN 40,000 MILES. COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE, AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR WAS DRIVING FINE EARLIER IN THE DAY, THEN MY WAS GOING TO MY DAUGHTERS HOME, WHEN SHE STOPPED FOR A STOP SIGN BY MY DAUGHTERS HOME, THE CAR PULLED AWAY AND STOPPED ACCELERATING IN T...

Mileage: 40,000

2003 FORD TAURUS TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING! ON I-44 IN OKLAHOMA, DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL AT 75 MPH, ENGINE REVVED TO 4500 RPM AND ONLY STOPPED CLIMBING BECAUSE I TURNED OFF CRUISE CONTROL. IT WAS AS IF THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY WENT INTO NEUTRAL. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE AB...

Mileage: 71,750

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT A VERY LOW SPEED THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE NEAR THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. UPON EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND PIERCED THE TIRE. THE COIL SPRING WAS REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDE...

Mileage: 64,000

MY WIFE'S 2003 FORD TAURUS WITH 58,000 MILES HAD THE TORQUE CONVERTER SPLINE GEAR,THAT WAS NOT HEAT TREATED PROPERLY. FAIL.JUST OUT OF NOWHERE.IT HAPPENED AT AN INTERSECTION.NO FORWARD OR REVERSE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY.THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND WE FEEL A RECALL IS IN ORDER.THANK YOU. ...

Mileage: 58,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FRONT COIL SPRING AND NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS CORRODED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE FRONT...

Mileage: 140,000

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS SES WITH 123K MILES ON IT. NEVER HAD A MOMENTS TROUBLE OUT OF IT TILL JULY 1 2010. WHILE DRIVING TO WORK THE CAR JUST STOPPED PULLING. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I FOUND OUT THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE WITH T...

Mileage: 123,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD.THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CAM SENSOR WAS REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY 5 MONTHS LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN INDEPENDENT...

Mileage: 77,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD.THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CAM SENSOR WAS REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY 5 MONTHS LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN INDEPENDENT...

Mileage: 77,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD.THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CAM SENSOR WAS REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY 5 MONTHS LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN INDEPENDENT...

Mileage: 77,000

2003 FORD TAURUS. CAR WAS RUNNING OKAY. I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. A FEW DAYS EARLIER DURING A HEAVY RAINFALL I NOTICED THE RPMS METER GO UP WHILE THE SPEED DIPPED. I PANICKED BUT HE CAR MADE IT HOME AND DROVE ...

FORD TAURUS 2003 REAR COIL SPRING BROKEN. CAUSED RUBBING ON TIRE ON SAME SIDE WHICH WORE A DEEP GROOVE IN THE SIDE WALL. ALSO CAUSED TIRE ON OPPOSITE SIDE TO WEAR UNEVENLY. HAD TO REPLACE BOTH TIRES AS WELL AS REPLACE COIL SPRINGS BOTH SIDES. LIVE IN MAINE (SALT- BELT STATE). BOUGHT AS USED VEHI...

Mileage: 73,000

I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS DOWN A STATE HIGHWAY, IN ARKANSAS, AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING IT. I WENT TO PASS A VEHICLE, AND INSTEAD OF THE VEHICLE KICKING INTO PASSING GEAR, IT WAS AS IF THE VEHICLE WENT INTO NEUTRAL INSTEAD. THE ENGINE JUST REVVED UP AND THE VEHICLE STARTED...

Mileage: 132,000

WHEN BACKING A 2003 FORD TAURUS FROM ITS WINTER STORAGE PLACE IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, A STRANGE NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND IT TOOK MORE POWER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE TO BACK OUT. UPON STOPPING THE CAR AFTER A FEW FEET TO SEE IF SOMETHING WAS UNDER THE CAR, IT WAS NOTIC...

Mileage: 96,000

I HAVE JUST PURCHASED A 03 TAURUS WHICH LEAKED WATER ONTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD ALSO CAUSING MY AC BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. WHEN IT IS RAINING, HUMID OR LATER WHEN IT GETS COLD THERE WILL BE NO WAY TO KEEP THE WINDSHIELD CLEAR OF INTERIOR CONDENSATION OR FROST. THIS WILL MAKE DRIVING DANGERO...

Mileage: 86,395

I HAVE JUST PURCHASED A 03 TAURUS WHICH LEAKED WATER ONTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD ALSO CAUSING MY AC BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. WHEN IT IS RAINING, HUMID OR LATER WHEN IT GETS COLD THERE WILL BE NO WAY TO KEEP THE WINDSHIELD CLEAR OF INTERIOR CONDENSATION OR FROST. THIS WILL MAKE DRIVING DANGERO...

Mileage: 86,395

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING ON AN EXPRESSWAY, I FELT THE GEARS SLIP AS THE TRANSMISSION WAS AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO OVERDRIVE. AFTER THE GEAR CHANGE, I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, HOWEVER, POWER DID NOT TRANSFER FROM THE ENGINE TO THE WHEELS. I COASTED TO A STOP. THE TRANSMISSI...

Mileage: 88,475

RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND BLEW OUT RIGHT FRONT TIRE. LUCKILY, MY WIFE WAS NOT AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN IT HAPPENED. WE HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRE,AND THE FRONT RIGHT SPRING AND STRUT ASSEMBLY. *TR

Mileage: 109,593

2003 FORD TAURUS V6 3.0 SE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING ON A BUSY SAN FRANCISCO STREET WHILE MAKING A TURN AND ACCELERATING SLIGHTLY OUT OF THE TURN. HAD TO PUSH THE CAR OUT OF THE STREET AT SOME PERIL TO MYSELF. I HAVE INVESTIGATED AND THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRANSMISS...

Mileage: 108,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A RUBBER BURNING SMELL. HE THEN NOTICED THAT REAR LEFT TIRE HAD BECOME FLAT AND THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FLAT WAS A COIL SPRING THAT BROKE. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT IT WOULD BE EASY IF THE CONT...

Mileage: 26,837

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED AND ANY ROAD CONDITION, THE CONTACT WOULD OBSERVE AN UNUSUAL SCREECHING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC ON THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THAT THE CAM SHAFT SYNCHRONIZER SENSOR HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE ...

Mileage: 87,000

I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK AND HAD JUST STARTED UP AN INCLINE AFTER STOPPING AT A STOPLIGHT AT ONE OF THE BUSIEST INTERSECTIONS IN ST.LOUIS (HWY 64 & LINDBERGH). AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, I HEARD AN AWFUL NOISE AND REALIZED I DIDN'T HAVE ANY POWER. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS....JUST GONE! LUCK...

Mileage: 115,000

2003 FORD TAURUS, 120,000 MILES NO WARNING CAR JUST STOPPED GOING MOVING, TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO NOT BE WORKING, GOES IN EVERY GEAR JUST NO MOVEMENT, HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH THIS CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT 3 YRS AGO. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS TO THE CORNER STORE AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR SIGNS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE. LUCKILY MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE END OF OUR QUARTER MILE DRIVEWAY WERE WE THEN PUSHED IT TO THE HOUSE. I AM ...

Mileage: 120,000

BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY IN AM, THE DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND RUPTURED THE TIRE. VEHICLE LOWERED UNTIL FRAME WAS ONE INCH FROM GROUND. HAD TO BE TOWED TO LOCAL SERVICE STATION FOR REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 114,000

1) EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE, NONE. CAR HAD NO PROBLEMS, TRANSMISSION MADE NO NOISE, WAS NOT SLIPPING, ETC... CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED. 2) THE FAILURE, HOW OFTEN IT OCCURS, THE CONSEQUENCES. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE CAR AT 107,000 MILES, NO WARNING, WAS ON THE FREEWAY COMING HOME FRO...

Mileage: 107,000

1) THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE, NONE, CAR WAS RIDING SMOOTH, NO NOISES, BOUNCING, ETC... 2) THE FAILURE, HOW OFTEN IT OCCURS, ITS CONSEQUENCES. THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT STRUT SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURING THROUGH THE TIRE. THIS IS A HUGE KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS. LUCKILY I WAS DRIVING AT A S...

Mileage: 129,000

2003 FORD TAURUS SE - VIN# [XXX] - I HAD JUST TAKEN A RIGHT TURN ONTO A STREET AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THERE WERE PEOPLE BEHIND ME. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND IT WOULD CRANK BUT NOT SWITCH GEARS. ALL FLUIDS WERE IN CORRECT ORDER WITH NO ISSUES. THERE WERE NEITHER DAS...

Mileage: 102,000

2003 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH COIL SPRINGS *TGW THE CONSUMER QUESTIONED THE LACK OF A RECALL FOR AN OBVIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM AND PERHAPS DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. THE FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS RUPTURED ON THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE. THE BALL JOINTS, FRONT STABILIZER AND SERPENTINE BELT ALL H...

Mileage: 106,617

2003 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH COIL SPRINGS *TGW THE CONSUMER QUESTIONED THE LACK OF A RECALL FOR AN OBVIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM AND PERHAPS DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. THE FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS RUPTURED ON THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE. THE BALL JOINTS, FRONT STABILIZER AND SERPENTINE BELT ALL H...

Mileage: 106,617

2003 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH COIL SPRINGS *TGW THE CONSUMER QUESTIONED THE LACK OF A RECALL FOR AN OBVIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM AND PERHAPS DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. THE FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS RUPTURED ON THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE. THE BALL JOINTS, FRONT STABILIZER AND SERPENTINE BELT ALL H...

Mileage: 106,617

2003 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH COIL SPRINGS *TGW THE CONSUMER QUESTIONED THE LACK OF A RECALL FOR AN OBVIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM AND PERHAPS DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. THE FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS RUPTURED ON THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE. THE BALL JOINTS, FRONT STABILIZER AND SERPENTINE BELT ALL H...

Mileage: 106,617

2003 FORD TAURUS. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH COIL SPRINGS *TGW THE CONSUMER QUESTIONED THE LACK OF A RECALL FOR AN OBVIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM AND PERHAPS DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. THE FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS RUPTURED ON THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE. THE BALL JOINTS, FRONT STABILIZER AND SERPENTINE BELT ALL H...

Mileage: 106,617

THE HOOD LATCH BEGIN TO NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. THE HOOD FLEW UP WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY SMASHING THE WINDSHIELD AND COSTING OVER $2000 TO REPAIR EVEN WITHOUT THE OCCURRENCE OF A COLLISION. THE LATCH HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT IF THERE HAD BEEN MORE PEOPLE ON THE ROA...

Mileage: 101,000

DRIVING CAR TO THE STORE AND CAME OUT OUR CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. RAN FINE BUT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. MECHANIC SAID OUR TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT. THEY SEE ABOUT 2-3 TAURUS'S A MONTH WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. COST AROUND $800.00 TO FIX. NEEDS RECALLED CONSIDERING ALL THE COMPLAINTS I'VE BEEN READING WITH ...

Mileage: 86,000

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS TRANSMISSION JUST GAVE OUT WHILE DRIVING. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF ROAD AND GET CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. I HAVE ONLY 83,000 MILES ON CAR AND TRANSMISSION GAVE NO WARNING IT WAS GOING! NOW I HAVE TO PAY 2650 DOLLARS TO FIX TRANNY FORD KNEW WAS BAD! *TR

Mileage: 83,000

WHILE BACKING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW UP. IT WAS A LOUD NOISE. MY HUSBAND WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE CAR AND THOUGHT I RAN OVER SOMETHING THAT MADE THE TIRE BLOW. WHEN HE TOOK THE TIRE OFF HE FOUND THAT THE SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE AN...

Mileage: 186,000

TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN I WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE CAR WOULD JUST INCREASE THE RPMS. THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE IN ANY GEARS. REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME TRANSMISSION FAILED. *TR

Mileage: 156,000

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON. I HAD JUST COMPLETED A VACATION 1000+ MILE TRIP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SEVERAL DAYS LATER, WHILE IN A PARKING LOT DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEED THERE OCCURRED A LOUD METALLIC GRINDING SOUND, FOLLOWING IMMEDIATELY BY A HISS NOISE WITH AN INSTANT COLLAPSE OF MY LEFT ...

Mileage: 66,107

DRIVING AT APPROX. 30MPH AND MY CAR ACTED LIKE I JUST THREW IT INTO NEUTRAL. ANY GEAR I TRIED TO PUT IT INTO ACTED LIKE I WAS IN NEUTRAL. MY TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPAIRED. I AM READING THE MESSAGE BOARDS AND SEEING THAT THIS IS HAPPENING ALOT IN THE FORD TAURUS. SOME WERE DRIVING DOWN THE INT...

WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR EXCEPT PARK. THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AND WILL COST $2200 FOR A REBUILT ONE TO BE INSTALLED. THIS OCCURRED ONCE BEFORE, THE SAME DAY OUR STATE INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR INTO DRIVE AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2003 FORD TAURUS. CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR REVERSE AFTER PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING FINE. ON-COMING TRAFFIC HAD TO STOP OR SWERVE TO AVOID MY STOPPED CAR. THIS HAPPENED WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING OR PREVIOUS PROBLEMS. I FOUND 68 OTHER DOCU...

Mileage: 87,426

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, STOPPED AT RED LIGHT, WHEN I ACCELERATED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION...NO POWER. THERE WAS NO WARNING. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALL FOR TOW TRUCK. THANK GOD I WASN'T INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ALSO, CONSIDERING THE TRANSMISSION JUST GOES OUT AND ...

Mileage: 118,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN IT RAINED, WATER MADE ITS WAY INTO THE VEHICLE FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND FLOODED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. FURTHERMORE, THE DEFROSTER DID NOT WORK. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AND, INTERIOR LIGHT WAS ALWAYS ILLUMINATED AND THE ...

Mileage: 140,586

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN IT RAINED, WATER MADE ITS WAY INTO THE VEHICLE FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND FLOODED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. FURTHERMORE, THE DEFROSTER DID NOT WORK. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AND, INTERIOR LIGHT WAS ALWAYS ILLUMINATED AND THE ...

Mileage: 140,586

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN IT RAINED, WATER MADE ITS WAY INTO THE VEHICLE FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND FLOODED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. FURTHERMORE, THE DEFROSTER DID NOT WORK. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AND, INTERIOR LIGHT WAS ALWAYS ILLUMINATED AND THE ...

Mileage: 140,586

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED HE STARTED THE ENGINE AND ACCELERATED APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT BEFORE HEARING AN UNUSUALLY LOUD BANG. WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE HE FOUND BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT TIRES WERE FLAT. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, HE FOUND THAT THE FRON...

Mileage: 51,228

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THE EXTERIOR BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD REMAIN ILLUMINATED DESPITE IF THE VEHICLE WAS ON OR OFF. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A RECALL AND WHEN CONTACTING THE DEALER, WAS INFORMED HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED WITH THE RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER...

2003 FORD TAURUS WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY WHEN FRONT DRIVERSIDE SPRING SNAP AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 71,000

MY WIFE BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY IN OUR 2003 FORD TAURUS, THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. I REPLACED THE STRUT, SPRING AND TIRE. I CHECKED WITH FORD TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL. THE SPRING RECALL ONLY COVERED 2002 TAURUS. I STILL HAVE THE SPRING, STRUT AND MAYBE THE TIRE. I...

Mileage: 75,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WITH NO WARNING AT ALL, MY 2003 FORD TAURUS STARTS TO REV AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I TRY PUTTING IT GEAR WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. NOT EVEN A LITTLE JERK. GET IT TOWED TO A SHOP, THEY TELL ME I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. TRANNY JUST ...

Mileage: 128,095

DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, BROKEN SPRING RIPPED THE SIDE OF THE TIRE. STABILIZER BAR ALSO BROKEN. *TR

Mileage: 152,314

I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 TAURUS SES AND WAS FOLLOWING A TRUCK GOING OVER A RAILROAD TRACK AND WAS GOING LIKE LESS THAN 5MPH SINCE THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME WAS GOING SO SLOW AND WHEN I WENT TO PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER PASSING THE TRACKS THE CAR WAS MAKING A NOISE WHEN I TRIED TO PRES...

Mileage: 99,986

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING COIL BROKE CAUSING A LARGE GASH IN THE TIRE AND INSTANT DEFLATION. HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND THE TIRE SEEMED TO EXPLODE WITH A LOUD SOUND AND DEBRIS. I UNDERSTAND THAT EARLIER MODELS OF THE FORD TAURUS HAVE BEE...

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING COIL BROKE CAUSING A LARGE GASH IN THE TIRE AND INSTANT DEFLATION. HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND THE TIRE SEEMED TO EXPLODE WITH A LOUD SOUND AND DEBRIS. I UNDERSTAND THAT EARLIER MODELS OF THE FORD TAURUS HAVE BEE...

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING COIL BROKE CAUSING A LARGE GASH IN THE TIRE AND INSTANT DEFLATION. HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND THE TIRE SEEMED TO EXPLODE WITH A LOUD SOUND AND DEBRIS. I UNDERSTAND THAT EARLIER MODELS OF THE FORD TAURUS HAVE BEE...

WITH NO WARNING OR PROBLEMS OF ANY KIND MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. MY CAR WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. NOTHING I COULD DO. BUSES WERE COMING AT ME FROM THE LEFT, CARS FROM BEHIND AND IN FRONT. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD. HAD TO REPLACE WITH ANOTHER TRANSMISSION ...

Mileage: 140,000

2006 FORD TAURUS. STARTED DECELERATING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. ENGINE STARTS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES OFF AND STAYS OFF SO PROBABLY NO DPC CODE. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. FORD SHOP SAID IT'S NOT THEIR PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY. IT HAS 107,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS BY THE G...

Mileage: 107,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN TURNING ON THE AIR CONDITIONER, HEATER, DEFROSTER OR ANY ONE OR COMBINATION OF THESE COMPONENTS, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR ONLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DRIVE POSITION. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE ENG...

Mileage: 75,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH 63,000 MILES ON IT! *TR

Mileage: 63,000

VEHICLE: 2003 FORD TAURUS WAGON, 95,000 MILES, ALL IN MICHIGAN BY ORIGINAL OWNER. FRIDAY MORNING (FROST WARNING), APRIL 9, 2010. MOVED THE CAR 6 INCHES, WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT, CORNER OF CAR DROPPED. FOLLOWING DAY, TOOK TIRE (16,000 MILES) TO PLACE OF PURCHASE, WHERE THEY HOISTED...

Mileage: 95,800

DRIVING TO WORK LOST POWER IN CAR. RPM WENT UP PULLED OVER I HAD NO DRIVE NO REVERSE NOTHING THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE NO WARNING NO LIGHTS, NO NOISE JUST STOPPED. I HAD IT TOWED TO SHOP THEY TOLD ME THE PUMP WAS OUT. I HAVE BEEN ONLY OWNER AND ALWAYS MAINTAINED MY CAR. IT HAS 65,000 MILES ON IT. *T...

Mileage: 65,000

BLOWER FAN FAILURE TO OPERATE AND WHEN IT DID WORK, IT MADE A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE. FINALLY COMPLETE FAILURE. SYSTEM EVALUATLION, FUSES, CIRCUIT BREAKERS, HARNESSES ALL GOOD. REMOVED FAN MOTOR HOUSING AND FAN MOTOR. BOTH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF WATER COLLECTING IN THE HOUSING AND MOTOR ITSELF. TO CORRECT...

Mileage: 41,000

BLOWER FAN FAILURE TO OPERATE AND WHEN IT DID WORK, IT MADE A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE. FINALLY COMPLETE FAILURE. SYSTEM EVALUATLION, FUSES, CIRCUIT BREAKERS, HARNESSES ALL GOOD. REMOVED FAN MOTOR HOUSING AND FAN MOTOR. BOTH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF WATER COLLECTING IN THE HOUSING AND MOTOR ITSELF. TO CORRECT...

Mileage: 41,000

ON 3/31/10 I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SOUTHBOUND ON I-5 IN THE SACRAMENTO, CA AREA AT ABOUT 7:20 PM. JUST NORTH OF RICHARDS BOULEVARD MY AUTO BEGAN SLOWING DOWN FOR NO APPARENT REASON. NO DASHBOARD EMERGENCY LIGHTS CAME ON AND THERE WAS NO UNUSUAL SOUNDS. AS I DEPRESSED MY ACCELERATOR MY R...

Mileage: 58,671

COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE - WHICH BLEW OUT MY FRONT TIRE. I HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW TIRE AND THEN HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. HE REPLACED COIL SPRINGS ON BOTH SIDES AND AS A RESULT OF BROKEN COIL SPRING IT BROKE ANOTHER PART WHICH COST AN ADDITIONA $69.00.

Mileage: 62,000

I HAD JUST PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT OF MY LOCAL YMCA AND WAS DRIVING ON A SUBURBAN ROAD WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY RPMS WENT UP AND MY SPEED WENT DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE CAR TO A STOP BUT LOSS ALL CONTROL OF THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE MY VEHICLE. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP AND CALLED...

Mileage: 70,900

WE WERE AT A SCHOOL EVENT AND AT THE END OF THE DAY GOT IN OUR 2003 FORD TAURUS AND PUT IN GEAR TO LEAVE THE PARKING LOT HEARD A LOUD BANG. GOT OUT AND NOTICED FRONT RIGHT TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT. GOT THE JACK AND SPARE TIRE OUT OF TRUNK, LIFTED CAR, LOOSENED LUGS AND TRIED TO PULL OFF TIRE - WOUL...

Mileage: 156,000

2003 FORD TAURUS - STARTED CAR MORNING OF 2 18 10 HEARD A LOUD NOISE CAR SAGGED TO THE LEFT GOT OUT OF CAR AND SAW THAT LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT THERE WAS A BLOW OUT AND THERE WAS A BIG PIECE OF COIL SPRING THAT WAS BROKEN LYING NEXT TO IT ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR W...

Mileage: 89,700

FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED THE PASSENGER TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 97,000

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE AN UNUSUALLY LOUD NOISE. THE WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT FOUND THE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE STABILIZER BAR WAS ALSO FRACTURED. THE VI...

Mileage: 66,000

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE AN UNUSUALLY LOUD NOISE. THE WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT FOUND THE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE STABILIZER BAR WAS ALSO FRACTURED. THE VI...

Mileage: 66,000

2003 FORD TAURUS FRONT SUSPENSION COIL FRACTURE, RESULTING IN A ADJACENT TIRE RAPIDLY LOSING AIR. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

MY WIFE AND I GOT IN THE CAR TO GO HOME, I STARTED THE CAR AND WENT TO LEAVE WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND CAR DROPPED SEVERAL INCHES. THE RIGHT FRONT SPRING HAD BROKEN AND ONE OF THE PIECES PUNCTURED THE TIRE CAUSING IT TO DEFLATE IMMEDIATELY. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY IN A MATTER OF MINUTE...

Mileage: 81,000

I HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS AND EVERY TIME IT'S SETTING OUT IN A MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN THE RIGHT FRONT FLOORBOARD GETS SATURATED WITH WATER. I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE BLOWER RESISTOR TWICE AND THE BLOWER MOTOR ONCE AND THE MOTOR IN IT NOW IS GOING OUT. WHY ISN'T FORD BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RE...

Mileage: 54,900

I HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS AND EVERY TIME IT'S SETTING OUT IN A MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN THE RIGHT FRONT FLOORBOARD GETS SATURATED WITH WATER. I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE BLOWER RESISTOR TWICE AND THE BLOWER MOTOR ONCE AND THE MOTOR IN IT NOW IS GOING OUT. WHY ISN'T FORD BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RE...

Mileage: 54,900

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS PLACED IN THE "REVERSE" POSITION. IMMEDIATELY, THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLATTENED TO THE...

Mileage: 62,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE TIRE BECAME FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED HER THAT IT WAS A FAULTY COIL SPRING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTACT WAS LUCKY AND THAT IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH...

Mileage: 90,000

2003 FORD TAURUS STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ON THE FREEWAY. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

FRONT COIL SPRING EXPLODED, 2003 FORD TAURUS. CAR WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC LANE. FRONT TIRE RUBBED ON WHEEL WELL. INABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE. VERY DANGEROUS. $900 TO REPAIR. I READ OF ISSUES WITH 2003 AND 2001 MODELS. FORD RECALLED 2001 MODELS AND APPARENTLY FORD DIDN'T FIX THIS PROBLEM IN TIME....

Mileage: 45,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE COIL SPRING SNAPPED WHILE THE CONTACT WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT 3 MPH. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT DID CALL THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT HE COULD FILE A COMPLAINT THROUGH NHTSA. THE MAN...

Mileage: 72,000

2003 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON WITH 25000 MILES. THE FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED. IT HAPPENED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE FRONT TIRE WAS RUINED AND A STABILIZER ARM WAS ALSO RUINED. MY DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW EXPERIENCED THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM WITH A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. *TR

Mileage: 22,561

ON FEBRUARY 5, 2010 MY 2003 FORD TAURUS CAUGHT FIRE AT 1:00 P.M. PARKED UNDER OUR CAR PORCH AND THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE CAR AND NO ONE HAD DRIVEN THE CAR FOR 5 HOURS ON SATURDAY MORNING. THE SHREVEPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALL TO KEEP THE HOUSE FROM BURNING DOWN WITH THE CAR. THE CITY FIRE MARSHAL...

Mileage: 130,000

ON FEBRUARY 5, 2010 MY 2003 FORD TAURUS CAUGHT FIRE AT 1:00 P.M. PARKED UNDER OUR CAR PORCH AND THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE CAR AND NO ONE HAD DRIVEN THE CAR FOR 5 HOURS ON SATURDAY MORNING. THE SHREVEPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALL TO KEEP THE HOUSE FROM BURNING DOWN WITH THE CAR. THE CITY FIRE MARSHAL...

Mileage: 130,000

WITH THE CAR PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, STARTED THE CAR, PLACED IT IN REVERSE, THE FRONT LEFT STRUT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. COMPLETE STRUT ASSEMBLY AND TIRE NEED TO BE REPLACED. POTENTIALLY DEADLY CRASH IF IT HAPPENED ON A FREEWAY. GOOGLE SEARCH (2003 FORD TAURUS FRONT SUSPENSION COM...

Mileage: 75,000

WITH THE CAR PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, STARTED THE CAR, PLACED IT IN REVERSE, THE FRONT LEFT STRUT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. COMPLETE STRUT ASSEMBLY AND TIRE NEED TO BE REPLACED. POTENTIALLY DEADLY CRASH IF IT HAPPENED ON A FREEWAY. GOOGLE SEARCH (2003 FORD TAURUS FRONT SUSPENSION COM...

Mileage: 75,000

ON MY WIFE'S 2003 FORD TAURUS, THE FRONT SPRING BROKE AND CAUSED MULTIPLE DAMAGES TO THE VEHICLE. FIRST OF ALL THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN OUT DUE TO THE SPRING BREAKING AND SECONDLY, A SWAY LINK WAS DAMAGED TO THE POINT OF REPAIR ALONG WITH ANOTHER PART THAT I NEED TO ASK THE MECHANIC THE NAME O...

Mileage: 43,473

ON MY WIFE'S 2003 FORD TAURUS, THE FRONT SPRING BROKE AND CAUSED MULTIPLE DAMAGES TO THE VEHICLE. FIRST OF ALL THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN OUT DUE TO THE SPRING BREAKING AND SECONDLY, A SWAY LINK WAS DAMAGED TO THE POINT OF REPAIR ALONG WITH ANOTHER PART THAT I NEED TO ASK THE MECHANIC THE NAME O...

Mileage: 43,473

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN PULLING OUT THE DRIVEWAY AT 5 MPH, HE HEARD A CRUNCHING NOISE. HE PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE NOISE HEIGHTENED. HE SAW THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT. THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND THERE WAS A SHARP EDGE THAT PU...

Mileage: 80,000

MY TAURUS'S BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED FUNCTIONING IN DECEMBER 2009. I BELIEVE THE CAUSE IS A WATER LEAK OR BLOWN A/C HEATER BLOWER MOTOR. I THINK THE LEAK DUMPED WATER ONTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD ALSO CAUSED MY AC BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT, NEEDING A REPLACEMENT. AFTER BROWSING THE INTERNET TO SEE IF ...

Mileage: 111,000

MY TAURUS'S BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED FUNCTIONING IN DECEMBER 2009. I BELIEVE THE CAUSE IS A WATER LEAK OR BLOWN A/C HEATER BLOWER MOTOR. I THINK THE LEAK DUMPED WATER ONTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD ALSO CAUSED MY AC BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT, NEEDING A REPLACEMENT. AFTER BROWSING THE INTERNET TO SEE IF ...

Mileage: 111,000

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF MY HOME, THE FRONT LEFT STRUT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. COMPLETE STRUT ASSEMBLY AND TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

SPRING FRACTURE 2003 FORD TAURUS

2003 TAURUS 25K MILES. AS THE CAR WAS BEING BACKED OUT OF GARAGE A POPPING SOUND CAME FROM THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. DURING THE REMOVAL OF THE FLAT LEFT FRONT TIRE WE FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AT THE BOTTOM FIRST COIL AND ROTATED INTO THE TIRE SIDEWALL DESTROYING THE TIRE. LOOKING AT THE BROK...

Mileage: 25,000

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING THE SPRING TO CUT A HOLE IN THE TIRE MAKING THE TIRE FLAT AND THE CAR TO DROP DOWN MAKING IT EXTREMELY HARD TO HANDLE AND RENDERS IT NO LONGER DRIVABLE AND MUST BE TOWED IF IT DOESN'T CREATE A CRASH FIRST. *TR

Mileage: 76,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS THERE WAS A LOUD CLANKING NOISE AND A STRONG RUBBER BURNING ODOR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH CAUTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDEN...

Mileage: 76,300

DUE TO A WATER LEAK PROBLEM, THE AC BLOWER MOTOR FAILED (SHORTED OUT) AND WAS UNABLE TO BLOW DEFROST AIR ONTO THE WINDSHIELD, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. WATER SOAKED THE PASSENGER FLOORBOARD. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL #03V087000. ANOTHER PERSON WITH THE SAME PROBLEM HAS FILED COMPLA...

Mileage: 40,997

DUE TO A WATER LEAK PROBLEM, THE AC BLOWER MOTOR FAILED (SHORTED OUT) AND WAS UNABLE TO BLOW DEFROST AIR ONTO THE WINDSHIELD, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. WATER SOAKED THE PASSENGER FLOORBOARD. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL #03V087000. ANOTHER PERSON WITH THE SAME PROBLEM HAS FILED COMPLA...

Mileage: 40,997

I HEARD A RUBBING NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE CAR THINKING IT WAS MY BRAKES, WHEN CHECKING THE BRAKES WHICH WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. I DISCOVERED THAT THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE LEFT REAR COIL SPRING WHICH BROKE. THANKS GOODNESS THAT I SEEN THIS PROBLEM AND THE SPRING DID NOT PUNCTURE THE TIRE IT IS ABO...

Mileage: 78,000

2003 FORD TAURUS FRONT SPRING FAILURE RESULTING IN DESTRUCTION OF FRONT TIRE. LEFT FRONT SPRING CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED IN DRIVEWAY WHILE DRIVER WAS ENTERING CAR, SPRING PUNCTURED LEFT FRONT TIRE RESULTING IN INSTANT DEFLATION. TEMPERATURE AT TIME OF FAILURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25F. WITH 116,688 MIL...

Mileage: 116,688

MID DECEMBER I NOTICED MY ALIGNMENT WAS TURNING TOWARDS THE RIGHT, ABOUT A WEEK MAYBE LESS, LATER I NOTICED MY CAR WAS STARTING TO WOBBLE. I TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE AND THEY SAID MY BALL JOINTS WERE SERIOUSLY WORN AND BECAUSE OF THE WOBBLE THE INSIDE OF MY TIRES WERE WORN OUT. BALL JOINTS AND TIRES NOW...

Mileage: 78,000

I SAT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT OF MY 2003 FORD TAURUS AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SPRING SHEARED AND SLASHED MY TIRE. I HAD TO TOW THE CAR AND REPLACE BOTH FRONT STRUTS, SPRINGS AND THE RUINED TIRE. I SAW THIS WAS COMMON IN 2001-2003 TAURUSES IN NORTHERN STATES BUT A RECALL HAS ONLY BEEN ISSUED ON THE ...

Mileage: 92,000

I SAT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT OF MY 2003 FORD TAURUS AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SPRING SHEARED AND SLASHED MY TIRE. I HAD TO TOW THE CAR AND REPLACE BOTH FRONT STRUTS, SPRINGS AND THE RUINED TIRE. I SAW THIS WAS COMMON IN 2001-2003 TAURUSES IN NORTHERN STATES BUT A RECALL HAS ONLY BEEN ISSUED ON THE ...

Mileage: 92,000

MY BLOWER IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY FAILING FOR A MONTH OR SO. ON FRIDAY JAN. 8 IT QUIT AND WILL NOT GO. THE HEAT IS FINE AND TRICKLES OUT, BUT THE BLOWER WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL. IT WAS FINE AT 8:30PM WHEN I PICKED A FRIEND UP AT THE AIRPORT, BUT WAS DEAD AT 10:30PM WHEN I ...

Mileage: 127,779

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH IN REVERSE HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND HE FOUND THAT THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE LOST AIR. HE ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE TIRE OFF OF THE VEHICLE SINCE THE COIL SPRING WAS STUCK IN THE TIRE. HE TOO...

Mileage: 73,200

WAS MAKING A TURN ONTO A STREET WHEN I NOTICED LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER. STOPPED AND NOTICED FRONT LEFT TIRE WAS FLAT. AFTER REMOVAL OF TIRE, NOTICED THAT INSIDE OF TIRED HAD BEEN RIPPED OPEN AS A RESULT OF THE BREAKING OF THE FRONT LEFT SPRING THAT...

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE BACKING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS OUT OF MY GARAGE, THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT TIRE CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE AND DESTROYING THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

OWNER WAS PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY (IN REVERSE) WHEN LOUD NOISE OCCURRED AND LEFT FRONT PORTION OF CAR DROPPED DOWN TOWARDS PAVEMENT. ALL TIRES WERE FULLY INFLATED PRIOR TO OPERATING VEHICLE. DRIVER EXITED VEHICLE TO FIND TIRE PUNCTURED/SHREDDED AND A RING OF THE SPRING COIL ON THE GROUND. VEHICLE...

Mileage: 81,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS SE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE CHANGED THE TIRE WHICH MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO DRIVE TO HIS RESIDENCE. WHEN THE CONTACT WAS REPLACING THE SPARE WITH A NEW TIRE, HE NOTIC...

Mileage: 51,348

REAR COIL SPRING FAILED ON 2003 FORD TAURUS OCTOBER 2009 - BOTH REAR TIRES AND COIL SPRINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE.. FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED ON SAME VEHICLE JAN 4 2003, PUNCTURED RIGHT FRONT TIRE WHICH THEN BLEW OUT. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

1. NORMAL DRIVING CONDITION. 2. FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING FAILURE RESULTING IN A PUNCTURED TIRE, BROKEN SWAY BAR END LINK AND POSSIBLY RUPTURED BRAKE HOSE. 3. VEHICLE NOT DRIVABLE, TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY. WILL NEED TO REPLACE SPRING, STRUT, SWAY BAR END LINK, POSSIBLY BRAKE LINE. FAILED COIL S...

Mileage: 140,000

2003 FORD TAURUS LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND SEVERED TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS PURCHASED IN 2003. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE HE HEARD A LOUD BANG COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BECAME FLAT. HER ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE FLAT TIRE, BUT NOTICED THAT T...

Mileage: 43,000

ON DEC 26, 2009 MY WIFE WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY TO HEAD TO WORK, AND THE PASS FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT DUE TO THE COIL SPRING RUPTURING. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 80,000 MILES ON IT. RESEARCHING THIS, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CASES WHERE THIS HAS OCCURRED, A SMALL SAMPLING CAN BE FOUND HERE: HTTP://WWW.C...

Mileage: 89,223

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH ON A ROAD SURFACE COVERED WITH GRAVEL ICE SHE HEARD A NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. NEXT, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHIMMY. SHE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS D...

Mileage: 153,000

THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING ON MY MOTHERS 2003 FORD TAURUS BROKE AS SHE WAS NEARING HOME. IT DESTROYED THE TIRE. I CALLED FORD & THEY SAID THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT ONLY FOR TAURUSES UP TO 2001. MY MOTHER DRIVES ON A LOT OF HIGHWAYS & I FEEL THIS COULD BE VERY UNSAFE. A LOCAL AUTO SHOP REPLACED IT & TO...

Mileage: 121,872

AS I BEGAN TO DRIVE MY 2003 FORD TAURUS, I HEARD AND FELT A LOUD NOISE IN THE FRONT END. THE FRONT END OF THE CAR DROPPED SUDDENLY. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS, AND GOT OUT TO INSPECT IT. I FOUND THE PASSENGER-SIDE FRONT TIRE NOT ONLY FLAT, BUT NEARLY DRAGGED OFF THE RIM. IT H...

Mileage: 89,223

2003 FORD TAURUS, NOISE FROM LEFT FRONT, HARD TO STEER, FOUND LEFT FRONT TIRE FLAT, AFTER SWAPPING TIRE WITH SPARE FOUND NOISE STILL PRESENT AND HARD TO STEER, TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP FOUND LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKEN, REPLACED BOTH FRONT SPRINGS, STRUTS AND BALL JOINT HAD PLAY IN THEM. *TR

Mileage: 100,102

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING SHE HEARD A CLINGING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVER-SIDE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE FRACTURED, AND THEN PUNCTURED A HOLE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. A TECHNICIAN FROM THE DEALER S...

Mileage: 83,000

BACKING UP 2003 FORD TAURUS FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED TIRE. THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY FOR BOTH SIDES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING FRACTURED ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS, PUNCTURING THE ADJACENT TIRE. THIS HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY AS MY WIFE WAS LEAVING FOR WORK AND THE TIRE INSTANTLY WENT FLAT. *TR

Mileage: 59,865

WENT TO BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS AND A LOUD GUSH OF AIR WAS HEARD AND THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WENT FLAT. REMOVED TIRE AND FOUND FRONT SPRING WAS BROKEN AND HAD PUNCTURED TIRE. HAVE GOTTEN THE VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP AND AM AWAITING REPAIR ESTIMATE. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

DRIVING @ APPROX 30MPH AND HEARD LOUD POP...IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO DISCOVER FRONT END DRIVER SIDE LOWER THAN REST OF CAR. ENDED UP FRONT SPRING CRACKED. BOTH FRONT SPRINGS/STRUT ASSEMBLIES REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

WATER IN THE BLOWER CASE OR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR, AND THE BLOWER MOTOR ONLY WORKS ON HIGH SPEED. CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN. ASKED IF IT WAS COVERED UNDER RECALL NUMBER 03V087000 AND WAS TOLD NO. *TR

Mileage: 84,480

WATER IN THE BLOWER CASE OR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR, AND THE BLOWER MOTOR ONLY WORKS ON HIGH SPEED. CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN. ASKED IF IT WAS COVERED UNDER RECALL NUMBER 03V087000 AND WAS TOLD NO. *TR

Mileage: 84,480

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SE HAS BEEN CUTTING OUT WHILE I AM DRIVING. ALL POWER GOES OUT AND THE LIGHTS FLASH ON THE DASH LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR ABOUT 9 MONTHS NOW AND I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES ONLY TO HAVE THEM TELL ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE...

Mileage: 95,000

TAURUS WITH A WATER LEAK OR BLOWN A/C HEATER BLOWER MOTOR. THE BLOWER ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS QUIT WORKING ALL TOGETHER. I HAVE WATER DRAINING ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR IN RAIN STORMS. THE BLOWER WOULD ONLY WORK ON HIGH SPEED BEFORE IT STOP WORKING COMPLETELY. REFER TO FORD RECALL NUMBER: 03V0...

Mileage: 94,000

TAURUS WITH A WATER LEAK OR BLOWN A/C HEATER BLOWER MOTOR. THE BLOWER ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS QUIT WORKING ALL TOGETHER. I HAVE WATER DRAINING ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR IN RAIN STORMS. THE BLOWER WOULD ONLY WORK ON HIGH SPEED BEFORE IT STOP WORKING COMPLETELY. REFER TO FORD RECALL NUMBER: 03V0...

Mileage: 94,000

[REGARDING TAURUS/SABLE FOR WATER LEAK AND AC BLOWER DEFECT; SILENT RECALL; TSB 03-15-6; RELATED RECALL EXISTING UNDER 03V087000, & POSSIBLY ALSO COMPLIANCE RECALL 03C03] - ALSO SEE COMPLAINT #10184014 CERTIFIED CAR, 2003 FORD TAURUS SES, 47,000 MILES HAVE RECENTLY (11/7/09) GOTTEN WATER ON PASS...

Mileage: 47,000

[REGARDING TAURUS/SABLE FOR WATER LEAK AND AC BLOWER DEFECT; SILENT RECALL; TSB 03-15-6; RELATED RECALL EXISTING UNDER 03V087000, & POSSIBLY ALSO COMPLIANCE RECALL 03C03] - ALSO SEE COMPLAINT #10184014 CERTIFIED CAR, 2003 FORD TAURUS SES, 47,000 MILES HAVE RECENTLY (11/7/09) GOTTEN WATER ON PASS...

Mileage: 47,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FAN MOTOR RESISTOR FOUR TIMES. AFTER THE FOURTH REPAIR, THE DEALER REALIZED THAT WATER WAS LEAKING INTO THE FAN MOTOR WHICH CAUSED THE RESISTOR TO FAIL. THE DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE FAN MOTOR AND THE WINDSHIELD FOR $500. HE NOTIFIED THE...

Mileage: 26,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS REMAIN ON EVEN AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE ENTIRE REAR BRAKING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILE...

Mileage: 72,000

2003 FORD TAURUS HAS HAD 3 COIL SPRING FAILURES IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS, RESULTING IN 2 TIRE PUNCTURES. NO ACCIDENTS, NO INJURIES. THIS VEHICLE IS DRIVEN DAILY BY A 71 YEAR OLD MAN. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

2003 FORD TAURUS HAS HAD 3 COIL SPRING FAILURES IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS, RESULTING IN 2 TIRE PUNCTURES. NO ACCIDENTS, NO INJURIES. THIS VEHICLE IS DRIVEN DAILY BY A 71 YEAR OLD MAN. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

2003 FORD TAURUS HAS HAD 3 COIL SPRING FAILURES IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS, RESULTING IN 2 TIRE PUNCTURES. NO ACCIDENTS, NO INJURIES. THIS VEHICLE IS DRIVEN DAILY BY A 71 YEAR OLD MAN. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

2003 FORD TAURUS, BLOWER MOTOR FAILING AND LEAKING WATER ONTO THE FLOORBOARD. FROM THE LOOKS OF IT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FROM FORD TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

2003 FORD TAURUS, BLOWER MOTOR FAILING AND LEAKING WATER ONTO THE FLOORBOARD. FROM THE LOOKS OF IT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FROM FORD TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING BLOW-OUT. CAR REPAIRED AT HERITAGE FORD BURLINGTON VT. S/O 454663 AT A COST TO ME OF $660.27.THE PART IS THE EXACT PART THAT WAS RECALLED BEFORE. THE EXACT PART WAS AGAIN PUT ON. *TR

Mileage: 53,000

2 TRANSMISSION IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE FIRST TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN 2005 AT 68,000 MILE AND THE SECOND TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 121,000 MILES. HAD TO PAY TO HAVE FIXED AND WHEN I CONTACTED FORD THEY SAID THEY ARE SORRY BUT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN HELP ME WITH. IS IT TRADITIONAL FOR A TRAN...

Mileage: 68,000

HAVE DRIVEN A 2003 FORD TAURUS - NEW NEVER WRECKED. HAD A CAR WRECK - HEAD ON COLLISION AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE PASSENGER SIDE DID DEPLOY BUT HAD NO PASSENGER. CAR WAS TOTALED BUT KEPT PICTURES OF THIS. NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTICE SO I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

THE TRANSMISSION QUIT WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55MPH WITH KIDS IN THE CAR. I HAVE SEARCHED THIS AND HAVE FOUND MANY PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 162,000

DRIVING THE CAR FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES WHEN THE AC SHUT OFF AND THE OVERHEATED AND SUDDENLY THE ENGINE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. EVERY TIME I TRIED TO START IT, IT MADE A KNOCKING SOUND. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY COULD NOT FIND OUT WHY IT OVERHEATED. *TR

Mileage: 92,873

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO OVERHEAT. I EXITED THE FREEWAY, WHEN I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. I DROVE THE CAR SLOWLY AND I STARTED TO SMELL BURNING OIL AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A KNOCKING SOUND WHEN I ACCELERATED. I STOPPED THE CAR AND OIL SMOKE WAS...

Mileage: 93,063

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS EXAMINING HIS VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE WAS COVERED WITH WATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE AC BLOWER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE B...

Mileage: 82,351

COIL SPRING SNAPPED OFF WENT THROUGH TIRE AND POPPED TIRE - FORTUNATELY HAPPENED IN DRIVEWAY BACKING OUT - IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE ROAD SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

COIL SPRING SNAPPED OFF WENT THROUGH TIRE AND POPPED TIRE - FORTUNATELY HAPPENED IN DRIVEWAY BACKING OUT - IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE ROAD SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WATER WAS LEAKING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER VENT ON THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FLOOR WAS ALSO WET EACH TIME IT RAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THREE DAYS AGO. THE VEHICLE WILL BE DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

Mileage: 43,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WATER WAS LEAKING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER VENT ON THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FLOOR WAS ALSO WET EACH TIME IT RAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THREE DAYS AGO. THE VEHICLE WILL BE DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

Mileage: 43,000

2003 FORD TAURUS- BROKEN LEFT FRONT SPRING. TURNING AROUND IN MY DRIVEWAY, THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURING THE TIRE, AND CAUSING THE CAR TO COLLAPSE NEARLY TO THE GROUND. MY CAR HAS ABOUT 78,000 MILES OF NORMAL ROAD DRIVING. THE FORD DEALER SAID THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS BUT IT END...

Mileage: 78,284

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE. MAKING LEFT HAND TURN WHEN COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING MOMENTARY LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. REPLACED BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS. FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION / RESEARCH. *TR

Mileage: 71,000

IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SEL (24V DOHC 3.0L) I EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING ON THE FRONT ASSEMBLY. AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION. I STILL HAVE THE OLD SPRING (IT HAS BEEN CUT INTO SEVERAL PIECES TO FACILITATE REMOVING IT FROM THE VEHICLE). IN ADDITION TO THE COIL ...

Mileage: 93,700

IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SEL (24V DOHC 3.0L) I EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING ON THE FRONT ASSEMBLY. AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION. I STILL HAVE THE OLD SPRING (IT HAS BEEN CUT INTO SEVERAL PIECES TO FACILITATE REMOVING IT FROM THE VEHICLE). IN ADDITION TO THE COIL ...

Mileage: 93,700

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC COVERS FOR THE HEADLIGHTS WERE TURNING YELLOW. WHEN HE CLEANS THEM, THEY RETURN TO YELLOW WITHIN SIX DAYS. THE FAILURE CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FA...

Mileage: 92,180

I HAD MY 2003 FORD TAURUS INSPECTED BY A LOCAL GARAGE ON FRIDAY, JULY 31ST. 2009 IN AMBLER, PA. I WAS INFORMED THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE MY SWAY BARS REPLACED TO PASS INSPECTION. THE WORK WAS PERFORMED AND MY CAR PASSED ITS STATE INSPECTION. ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5TH, 2009 AS MY WIFE BACKED OUT OF OUR D...

Mileage: 107,000

2003 FORD TAURUS LX -WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CEASED TO FUNCTION. THIS CAR HAD 40,500 MILES ON IT. I STEPPED ON THE GAS AND THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I HAVE SINCE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND THAT SOME PEOPLE WERE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH ON A ...

Mileage: 40,544

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SES WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, WHEN I NOTICED MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD GONE FLAT. BEHIND THE TIRE, I NOTICED THE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND THE BROKEN END OF IT WAS FULLY GOUGED INTO THE SIDE OF MY TIRE. WITH THE COIL BROKEN, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND I HAD TO HAVE ...

Mileage: 115,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH IN RAINY CONDITIONS, THERE WAS EXCESSIVE CONDENSATION ON THE WINDOWS. THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ACTIVATED, BUT THEN SUDDENLY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE WINDSHIELD WAS UNABLE TO DEFROST, WHICH RESULTED IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. THE DRIVER P...

Mileage: 127,600

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH IN RAINY CONDITIONS, THERE WAS EXCESSIVE CONDENSATION ON THE WINDOWS. THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ACTIVATED, BUT THEN SUDDENLY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE WINDSHIELD WAS UNABLE TO DEFROST, WHICH RESULTED IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. THE DRIVER P...

Mileage: 127,600

WAS MOVING CAR INTO GARAGE AND COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED TIRE ON DRIVERS SIDE FRONT. *TR

Mileage: 73,094

I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I BEGAN TO PROCEED INTO THE INTERSECTION (APPROX. 5 MPH) WHEN I HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. LUCKILY BECAUSE I HAD JUST BEGUN TO ACCELERATE (THANKFULLY I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY), I WAS ABLE TO SOMEWHAT MANEUVER THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT. THE F...

Mileage: 84,000

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS HAD BEEN PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG AND THEN AIR LEAKING. I DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT FRONT SPRING HAD BROKEN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SPRING, STABILIZER LINK, STRUT AND TIRE. WE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH SPRINGS, BOTH STABILIZER LINKS, BOTH STRUTS AND THE LEFT FRO...

Mileage: 166,813

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS HAD BEEN PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG AND THEN AIR LEAKING. I DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT FRONT SPRING HAD BROKEN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SPRING, STABILIZER LINK, STRUT AND TIRE. WE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH SPRINGS, BOTH STABILIZER LINKS, BOTH STRUTS AND THE LEFT FRO...

Mileage: 166,813

A/C HEATER BLOWER MOTOR SHORTOUT. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

A WATER LEAK FROM THE FIREWALL WAS DISCOVERED WHEN THE CARPET BECAME SOAKED AFTER DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM. THE PROBLEM HAS EXISTED FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE THERE IS MOLD UNDER THE CARPET. *TR

Mileage: 58,556

HEATER A/C FAN ON MY 2003 FOR TAURUS HAS STOPPED WORKING SEEMS FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THIS PARTICULAR CAR WILL FOG UP FRONT WINDOW UNLESS DEFROSTER IS RUN. PROBLEM IS LEAKING WATER INTO FAN AREA, FUNNY FORD HAS A REPAIR KIT FOR THIS P...

Mileage: 47,148

IN REGARDS TO COMPLAINT # EA08018, I EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 2003 FORD TAURUS. I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLEW. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING WAS THE UNDERLYING ISSUE. THE FRACTURED COIL SPRING PUNCTURED...

Mileage: 79,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE GARAGE AT 5 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE NOISE WAS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER LOUD BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. HE STOPPED THE VEHICLE A...

Mileage: 99,000

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY, WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. ALL GEAR SETTINGS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PARK, RESPONDED IN THE SAME MANNER AS NEUTRAL. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANY TYPE. THE TRANSMISSION SIMPLY FAILED. ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICES HAVE BEEN PERFORMED ON OR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE F...

Mileage: 174,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT SHE HAD A FLAT TIRE AND PULLED THE VEHICLE INTO A SERVICE STATION. WHILE THE TIRE WAS BEING REPLACED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE SPRING A...

Mileage: 104,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT SHE HAD A FLAT TIRE AND PULLED THE VEHICLE INTO A SERVICE STATION. WHILE THE TIRE WAS BEING REPLACED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE SPRING A...

Mileage: 104,000

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS WITH DEFECTIVE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. ON 6/22/09, THE SPRING ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE WHILE SITTING IN MY GARAGE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. ACCORDING TO FORD, AND MY MECHANIC, THESE SPRINGS WERE RECALLED, BUT ONLY UP TO THE 2001 TAURUS. THE SPRING SHOWED NO SIGNS OF RUS...

Mileage: 73,000

AC FAN ONLY BLOWS ON HIGH. WAS DRIVING HOME IN POURING DOWN RAIN, AND AC BLOWER QUIT WORKING ON 2ND NOTCH. WHEN CONTACTING FORD, THEY TOLD ME I DIDN'T HAVE A WARRANTY AND JUST THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST WOULD BE 70 DOLLARS. I'M A SINGLE MOM OF THREE AND FROM SEARCHING THE INTERNET I SEE I'M NOT THE ONLY ON...

Mileage: 92,000

AS I WAS BACKING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS (55,000 MILES) OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I HEARD A LOUD BANG, I STOPPED THE CAR. I FOUND MY LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD BLOWN. I CALLED AAA TO CHANGE THE TIRE THAT IS WHEN I FOUND OUT THE SPRING BROKE PUNCTURING THE TIRE. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO BE IN MY DRIVEWAY. THE MECHA...

Mileage: 55,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 99,432.

Mileage: 99,432

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (65-70) WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS, CAR BUCKS VIOLENTLY (AT 70K MILES ON ODOMETER). ALSO, RANDOM ROUGH IDLING SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE OF VEHICLE IN JULY 2003. AFTER TAKING CAR IN NUMEROUS TIMES TO DEALERSHIP WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE EVEN A...

Mileage: 68,454

JUNE 12, 2009 DRIVE TIME 7300 E. HAMPTON AVE. MESA, AZ 85209 TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN: MY NAME IS ANDREA M. LOVE. MAY 14, 2009 WAS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE BECAUSE I PURCHASED MY FIRST NEW CAR, A 2003 FORD TAURUS SES FROM DRIVE TIME AT 11247 E. COLONIAL DRIVE, ORLANDO, FL 32817. TH...

WINDSHIELD OF 2003 TAURUS EXHIBITS LEAKS, WIND NOISE, SQUEAKS AND RATTLES AND MAY REDUCE PROTECTION IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH OR ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SNAPPED LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING AND STABBED THE TIRE. WHILE BREAKING, IT ALSO BROKE THE STRUT AND TORSION BAR. TOTAL COST WAS $810.00. I WENT TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID " WATER GOT UP IN THERE AND ROTTED IT....

Mileage: 68,987

WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SNAPPED LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING AND STABBED THE TIRE. WHILE BREAKING, IT ALSO BROKE THE STRUT AND TORSION BAR. TOTAL COST WAS $810.00. I WENT TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID " WATER GOT UP IN THERE AND ROTTED IT....

Mileage: 68,987

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. SHE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE WAS REMOVED AND SHE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED, WHICH PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE CONTACT IS IN...

Mileage: 65,000

THE REAR SPRING ON OUR 2003 FORD TAURUS BROKE OVERNIGHT. AS WE TRIED TO DRIVE IT IN THE MORNING WE HEARD A GRINDING NOISE COMING OUT OF THE WHEEL WELL AND PULLED THE CAR INTO THE DRIVEWAY. WE REMOVED THE TIRE AND DISCOVERED THE SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND THE JAGGED TIP WAS GROOVING THE INSIDE SIDEWALL...

Mileage: 76,200

I JUST DISCOVERED WATER IN MY BLOWER MOTOR ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS. RECENTLY MY BLOWER STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER AND IT WILL NOT WORK AT ALL NOW. I AM CURRENTLY GOING TO REPLACE THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR AND SEE IF THIS REPAIRS THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

BLOWER MOTOR IN MY 2003 TAURUS ONLY RUNS ON HIGH. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH YEAR AND MODEL. WATER LEAKS IN AND BURNS THE BLOWER OUT. RECENTLY HAD TO DRIVE WITH NO DEFROSTER OND UE TO NO BLOWER. HAD THE BLOWER REPLACED NOW IT ONLY RUNS ON HIGH,IT APPARENTLY NEEDS A NEW RESISTOR. THERE HAVE ...

Mileage: 80,120

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED BRAND NEW TIRE WHILE REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, INSTANTLY DEFLATING TIRE. WAS ON A ROAD TRIP OUT OF STATE AT THE TIME AND HAD IT HAPPENED ON ANY OF THE 65 MPH HIGHWAYS WE TRAVELED, IT WOULD'VE CAUSED A SERIOUS CRASH. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHI...

Mileage: 60,000

I OWN A 03 FORD TAURUS SE, AND ON MY CAR, AND EVERY OTHER TAURUS I HAVE SEEN ON THE ROADS AROUND HERE, ALL HAVE THE SAME BODY DEFECT LEADING TO RUST ON BOTH REAR QUARTER-PANELS. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

2003 FORD TAURUS - REAR SPRING BROKE AND SLASHED TIRE. VEHICLE WAS SITTING STILL WHEN THIS HAPPENED BUT IF MOVING COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. HAD TO REPLACE REAR STRUTS AND SPRINGS AND NEW TIRE. $582. *TR

Mileage: 75,300

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS THAT THE BLOWER IS BAD AND APPARENTLY DUE TO WATER DAMAGE THROUGH THE VENT AREA, I SEE WHERE ON THE INTERNET THIS MAY BE A RECURRING ISSUE THAT FORD HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL ON. WHAT COURSE OF ACTION SHOULD I TAKE TO GET THIS RESOLVED SO I DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BUY BLOWE...

Mileage: 75,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD BECAME FILLED WITH WATER DURING A RAINSTORM. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT ASSIST WITH ANY REPAIRS SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, THE CONTACT FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAI...

Mileage: 129,500

2003 FORD TAURUS - WATER LEAKAGE THROUGH THE HEATER BOX CAUSED A FAILURE OF THE VENTILATION FAN, RESULTING IN INABILITY TO DEFROST/DEFOG THE WINDSHIELD FOR SAFE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 51,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND CUT THE TIRE IN HALF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THE COIL SPRING. THE FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE REPAIRED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TH...

Mileage: 70,000

2003 TAURUS WAGON - FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED/ DESTROYED TIRE. STARTED CAR IN AM, PLACED INTO REVERSE AND HEARD NOISE/ AIR PRESSURE WHOOSH AND LF SANK. LEARNED COILS SPRING HAD FAILED WHEN REMOVED TIRE TO PUT ON SPARE. TOLD BY BOTH DEALER SERVICE MANAGER AND TOW TRUCK OPERATOR TH...

Mileage: 100,000

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPOT, PUNCTURING THE SIDE WALL OF TIRE( 30K MI LEFT ON TIRE) NOW HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH COIL SPRING(ONLY COME IN PAIRS, BY NEW TIRE. DAM LUCKY I WASN'T ON EXPRESS WAY DOING 65. MY CAR IS A 2003 FORD TAURUS 98K MI. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPOT, PUNCTURING THE SIDE WALL OF TIRE( 30K MI LEFT ON TIRE) NOW HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH COIL SPRING(ONLY COME IN PAIRS, BY NEW TIRE. DAM LUCKY I WASN'T ON EXPRESS WAY DOING 65. MY CAR IS A 2003 FORD TAURUS 98K MI. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

RIGHT FRONT STRUT/SPRING MOUNT BROKE LOOKS LIKE FROM CORROSION THESE MODELS WERE RECALLED ON EARLIER MODELS FOR THIS SAME THING SEEMS LIKE ITS NOT ON YOUR SITE FOR THE 2003'S. *TR

Mileage: 77,001

THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT CARPET, PADDING AND FLOORBOARDS BECOME SOAKING WET EVERY TIME IT RAINS AND IT RAINS EVERY 3 DAYS IN THE CHICAGO AREA. WE HAVE TO WET VACUUM THE WATER OUT TO TRY AND KEEP THE CARPET & PADDING FROM MOLDING AND STINKING UP THE INTERIOR. THE DEALER THINKS THAT THEY CAN FIX THIS ...

Mileage: 35,000

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SES BROKE A FRONT LH SIDE STRUT COIL SPRING WHEN I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE. I ONLY MOVED THE CAR ABOUT A FOOT, THE SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE TIRE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED ALSO BECAUSE THERE IS A LARGE HOLE IN THE SIDE WALL. I HAVE NOT HAD THE CAR FIXED YET....

Mileage: 103,290

2003 TAURUS, FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED, PUNCTURED TIRE. 50,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 49,500

GAS TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED...GAS LEAKING...TANK FULL OF HOLES.. HEAT SHIELD ALSO REPLACED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING 2007, WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN WENT TO PULL AWAY AND MAKE A TURN THEN CAR STOPPED MOVING. I WAS ON A TWO LANE ROAD, WITH CARS COMING BEHIND ME. I STARTED CAR BACK UP AND PUT INTO GEAR, WOULD NOT MOVE. HAD TOWED TO WORK (SUBARU, LINCOLN, MERCURY OF BEEC...

Mileage: 83,412

THE FRONT DRIVER-SIDE DOOR DOES NOT SHUT CORRECTLY, NEVER HAS. IT LEAKS RAIN WATER, AND IS LOUD DO TO AIR WHISPING THROUGH THE WEAK SEAL WHILE DRIVING. I INVESTIGATED THE SITUATION AND FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON DEFECT IN THIS MAKE, YEAR AND MODEL. I WOULD HAVE SUBMITTED THIS COMPLAINT IN PREVIOUS YE...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING SNAPS. WITHOUT THE RETAINER, THE SPRINGS DROPPED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CA...

Mileage: 140,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE FLATTENED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SPRINGS FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE STABILIZER BARS WERE MA...

Mileage: 64,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. INSTANTLY, THE TIRES BLEW OUT AND SHE NOTICED A FOOT LONG GASH IN HER TIRES. SHE BEGAN LOSING CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE WHILE PULLING OVER TO THE SIDE...

Mileage: 148,000

I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS AT 30 MPH, SUDDENLY, THERE WAS A LOUD SERIES OF CRACKING NOISES,FOLLOWED BY A BANG AS THE NOSE OF THE CAR DROPPED AND IT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. I BROUGHT THE CAR UNDER CONTROL, AND HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD SHATTERED - ...

Mileage: 139,700

2003 FORD TAURUS. FAN BLOWER MOTOR (FOR HEAT AND AIR SYSTEM) FAILED DUE TO COWL LEAK ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. KNOWN ISSUE FOR FORD. CAN CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IF FAILURE OCCURS DURING RAIN OR COLD WEATHER. (LACK OF HEAT OR AC TO CLEAR WINDSHIELD). *TR

Mileage: 76,000

2003 FORD TAURUS WAGON. THERE ARE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY A RECALL: WATER LEAKING THROUGH THE CABIN AIR FILTER AREA INTO CABIN COMPARTMENT AND SEIZING AND OVERHEATING HEATING RESISTOR AND HEATER BLOWER MOTOR. MY FORD DEALER TOLD ME THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THESE PROBLEMS...

Mileage: 78,000

2003 FORD TAURUS WAGON. THERE ARE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY A RECALL: WATER LEAKING THROUGH THE CABIN AIR FILTER AREA INTO CABIN COMPARTMENT AND SEIZING AND OVERHEATING HEATING RESISTOR AND HEATER BLOWER MOTOR. MY FORD DEALER TOLD ME THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THESE PROBLEMS...

Mileage: 78,000

ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TURNING THEMSELVES ON AND OFF FOR VARIOUS LENGTHS OF TIME, WHILE SWITCHED OFF. NOW THEY RUN ALMOST NON STOP. DEALER SUGGESTS MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH (I CHANGED IT -DIDN'T WORK), OR A GEM MODULE. A SEARCH AT TAURUS CAR CLUB SITES SHOWS THIS TO BE A COMMON P...

Mileage: 110,000

ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TURNING THEMSELVES ON AND OFF FOR VARIOUS LENGTHS OF TIME, WHILE SWITCHED OFF. NOW THEY RUN ALMOST NON STOP. DEALER SUGGESTS MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH (I CHANGED IT -DIDN'T WORK), OR A GEM MODULE. A SEARCH AT TAURUS CAR CLUB SITES SHOWS THIS TO BE A COMMON P...

Mileage: 110,000

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS WAS HIT BY A 1973 GMC TRUCK ON 3.04.09 AT ABOUT 35 MPH. MY DRIVER'S FRONT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED WITH ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IMPAIRED. MY DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. HOWEVER, THE TAURUS' PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. *TR

Mileage: 79,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD HEAVY METAL SOUND. SHE NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER VEHICLE WAS VERY LOW TO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY CONFIRMED THE COIL SPRING FAILURE. THE ...

Mileage: 82,000

THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND UNOCCUPIED IN OUR ATTACHED GARAGE WHEN A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM WITHIN THE HOUSE. WE DID NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE NOISE AT THAT TIME. A SHORT WHILE LATER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE, THERE WAS A RUBBING NOISE AND IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE FRO...

Mileage: 98,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER WAS POURING INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW OF THE VEHICLE AND LEAKING INTO THE HEATER BLOWER. CURRENTLY, THE BLOWER ONLY WORKS ON THE HIGH SWITCH AND SHORTING OUT THE WIRING SWITCH. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED, BUT THE CON...

Mileage: 81,699

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT LESS THAN 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED AND THE CONTACT HEARD THE TIRE FLATTEN. SHE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE BACK INTO THE PARKING SPACE, BUT IT WOULD NOT MOVE. AFTER JACKING THE VEHICLE, SHE REALIZED THAT T...

Mileage: 80,000

FORD TAURUS 2003 FAILURE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED TIRE RESULTING IN A FLAT TIRE. FRONT SUSPENSION NEEDS COIL SPRING STRUTS AND WHEEL SPEED SENSOR AND SWAY BARS. FORD REFUSES TO HELP EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A RECALL NHTSA ACTION NUMBER ' EA08018' RECALL # 04V-332. *TR

Mileage: 57,543

NO EVENTS, THE REAR COIL SPRING ON MY 2003 TAURUS 4 DOOR SEDAN SIMPLY BROKE. I HEAR FROM THE FORD DEALER MECHANICS AND THE TIRE STORE PEOPLE THAT BROKEN COIL SPRINGS ON A TAURUS AND SABLE ARE AS COMMON AS FLAT TIRES. *TR

Mileage: 129,000

WENT OUT TO CAR IN THE MORNING, THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT TIRE WHEN IN FACT THE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN & PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE TOW COMPANY DRIVER HAD MENTIONED THAT IT WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR THAT TYPE OF VEHICLE. CONTACTED LOCAL FORD DEALER WHO REGULARLY WORKS ON THE VEHICLE AND SAID THE RECALL ...

Mileage: 82,500

ONCE IN APRIL 2008 AND AGAIN IN FEBRUARY 2009, I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THE HEATER BLOWER/MOTOR IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS. BOTH TIMES, I HAD A PUDDLE OF WATER FORM ON THE FLOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR BEFORE THE MOTOR WENT OUT. BOTH TIMES THE BLOWER/MOTOR WAS REPLACED WITH A USED PART. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS SEDAN. TWICE IN THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS I NOTICED WATER ON THE CARPET ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. WELL, OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS THE BLOWER MOTOR STARTED ACTING ABNORMALLY. FINALLY, ON FEBRUARY 23, 2009, I HAD TO TAKE THE CAR TO A LOCAL DEALER TO HA...

Mileage: 44,781

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS SEDAN. TWICE IN THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS I NOTICED WATER ON THE CARPET ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. WELL, OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS THE BLOWER MOTOR STARTED ACTING ABNORMALLY. FINALLY, ON FEBRUARY 23, 2009, I HAD TO TAKE THE CAR TO A LOCAL DEALER TO HA...

Mileage: 44,781

1. DRIVING 60 MPH ON A DRY EXPRESSWAY, LIGHT TRAFFIC, SHORTLY AFTER DARK. CAR LIGHTLY LOADED (ONE PERSON, NO LUGGAGE), TIRES PROPERLY INFLATED 2. LEFT REAR TIRE EXPLODED, DESTROYING A GOOD PART OF THE SIDEWALL; ABLE TO PULL TO A SAFE STOP AND CHANGE TIRE. 3. TIRE COMPANY (GOODYEAR) HAS BEEN C...

Mileage: 86,690

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD AN EXTREMELY LOUD NOISE COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. SHE STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CALL...

Mileage: 129,959

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE AND PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALER AND WILL BE REPAIRED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENS...

Mileage: 57,000

HEATER BLOWER FAILED TO START. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT HEARD A GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. HE DROVE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING WAS CRACKED AND PUNCTURING THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE....

Mileage: 35,896

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 52774 MILES. HAD IT SERVICED TWICE IN THIS SHORT OF MILAGE. HAD TRANSMISSION REPAIRED AT A COST OF 1,897.69. *TR

Mileage: 52,774

I HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WAS LEAVING MY PARKING LOT THE OTHER DAY WHEN SUDDENLY I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK AND FELT THE CAR LOWER IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. LUCKILY, I WAS ONLY ABOUT A BLOCK FROM HOME SO I IMMEDIATELY TURNED AROUND AND PARKED IT. UPON INSPECTION, I NOTICED THE SPRING HAD COMPLETELY ...

Mileage: 77,000

I WENT OUT TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL AND NOTICED I HAD A FLAT TIRE. I TRIED ADDING AIR BUT NO GO, SO I GOT THE SPARE OUT AND TRIED TO CHANGE IT AND COULD NOT GET THE TIRE OFF IT WAS STUCK HERE THE DAM COIL SPRING BROKE AND WAS STUCK THOROUGH THE TIRE I HAD TO REPLACE THE SPRING AND ALL PARTS ATT...

Mileage: 47,500

FRONT, DRIVER-SIDE SUSPENSION COIL SPRING FRACTURED ENTIRELY, RESULTING IN TIRE GOUGING AND DEFLATION. *TR

Mileage: 136,309

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS WITH 40,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE FOUND OUT ON THE INTERNET THERE IS A DESIGN DEFECT, WATER CAN GET INTO THE HEATER SYSTEM AND BLOWS OUT THE BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTER. I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS AND HAVE READ THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT OWN FORD'S HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I SHOULD...

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS WITH 40,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE FOUND OUT ON THE INTERNET THERE IS A DESIGN DEFECT, WATER CAN GET INTO THE HEATER SYSTEM AND BLOWS OUT THE BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTER. I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS AND HAVE READ THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT OWN FORD'S HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I SHOULD...

THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS WHILE SITTING IN THE GARAGE. WHEN MY WIFE STARTED TO BACK OUT THE TIRE BLEW BECAUSE THE SPRING WAS RUBBING IT. *TR

Mileage: 94,358

FAILURE OF THE A/C, HEATER, DEFROSTER FAN. *TR

Mileage: 29,000

FAILURE OF THE A/C, HEATER, DEFROSTER FAN. *TR

Mileage: 29,000

1. PURCHASED CAR IN APRIL 2003; 2. NOTICED WATER LEAKING INTO PASSENGER SIDE (ON FLOORBOARD) OF CAR DURING HEAVY RAINS AFTER PURCHASE. PROBLEM OCCURS ONLY DURING HEAVY RAIN AND HAS CAUSED A BAD SMELL INSIDE CAR. THE FIRE RETARDANT INSULATION IS SATURATED AND IS CAUSE OF ODOR. 3. RECEIVED RECALL...

Mileage: 91,000

SEARCHED RECALLS FOR FORD TAURUS. SAW SAME PROBLEM WITH RECALL ON 2001-2002 TAURUS. CAR WAS PARKED AT SCHOOL, COLD WEATHER, LEFT FRONT SPRING SNAPS TAKING OUT TIRE, STABILIZER PIN, AND THE INNER SHAFT BOOT. MINE IS A 2003 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM FORD SAID SORRY. FATHER REPAIRED VEHICLE HIMSELF COST ...

Mileage: 89,000

I HAD THE PROBLEM THAT MY BLOWER WOULD ONLY WORK ON HIGH SPEED. MY MECHANIC KNEW RIGHT AWAY THAT IT WAS THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR. SO WENT TO FORD AND BOUGHT A NEW ONE AND REPLACED IT. AFTER ABOUT A MONTH I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WORKED ONLY ON HIGH. I HAD IT LIKE THIS FOR ABOUT A MONTH WHEN I LOS...

Mileage: 52,000

2003 FORD TAURUS WAGON DRIVERSIDE FORNT COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCHURED TIRE LUCKLY IT WAS IN MY GARAGE OVERNIGHT, I HOEARD A BOOM AND CHECKED TIRE WAS FLAT, TOOK TIRE OF AND THERE WAS THE BROKEN COIL. LUCKY I WASNT ON THE ROAD GOING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IM LEERY OF GETTING ANOTHER TAURUS, AFTER...

Mileage: 140,089

STARTED TO LEAVE WORK. WHEN I PUT MY CAR IN DRIVE THERE WAS A LOUD BAG FROM THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. PULLED TIRE OFF AND FOUND BROKEN FRONT COIL SPRING. *TR

Mileage: 102,706

STARTED TO LEAVE WORK. WHEN I PUT MY CAR IN DRIVE THERE WAS A LOUD BAG FROM THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. PULLED TIRE OFF AND FOUND BROKEN FRONT COIL SPRING. *TR

Mileage: 102,706

I FOUND WATER IN THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FLOOR BOARD AFTER A RAIN STORM IN THE SUMMER OF 2005. THIS BEGAN HAPPENING AFTER MOST HEAVY RAINS. AFTER SEVERAL OCCURRENCES THE BLOWER MOTOR OF THE HEAT / AC WOULD ONLY WORK ON HIGH. AFTER TAKING IT TO A MECHANIC THE BLOWER RESISTOR WAS CHANGED. I HAVE HAD...

Mileage: 65,000

THE LEFT FRONT STRUT ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS FAILED IN THAT THE SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE CAUSING THE TIRE TO GO FLAT AND NEARLY CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WE REPORTED THIS TO OUR LOCAL FORD GARAGE AND WERE INFORMED THAT FORD MODELS OF 2002 AND BEFORE WERE RECALLED BUT THAT NO RECALL...

Mileage: 70,000

DUE TO IMPROPER SEALING ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE WATER LEAKS IN AND DAMAGES BLOWER MOTOR AND BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR. THIS RENDERS THE DEFROSTER INOPERABLE AND THEREFORE CAUSES A DANGEROUS VISIBILITY SITUATION. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2003 FORD TAURUS. *TR

Mileage: 53,000

RAIN WATER LEAKS ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD. THIS SHORTED OUT THE HEATER/AC BLOWER MOTOR. PARTS HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED YET. OTHER COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED RE:10184014. THERE IS ALSO A RECALL TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD WHICH IS THE SOURCE OF THE LEAKAGE (03V087000). *TR

Mileage: 63,000

RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE WHILE CAR WAS PARKED. SHREDDED TIRE UPON MOVEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 57,000

RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE WHILE CAR WAS PARKED. SHREDDED TIRE UPON MOVEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 57,000

PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD LEAK IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS. TOOK CAR IN LAST QUARTER OF 2008. COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF LEAK. WAS TOLD THERE WAS MOLD UNDER THE CARPET. LOVELY. BLOWER MOTOR NOT WORKING ON 1/17/09. TOOK IT IN AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW ONE. HAD IT INSTALLED AND HEAT/EXHAUST IS NOT WORKIN...

Mileage: 116,765

WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT I NOTICED THAT MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT. IT APPEARED TO BE A SIMPLE FLAT BUT AFTER IT WAS REMOVED AND INSPECTED BY THE MECHANICS THEY NOTICED THAT THE FRONT RIGHT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE BROKEN COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE ADJACENT TIRE ...

Mileage: 43,000

MY CAR BEGAN MAKING A HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAL. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A LOCAL FORD DEALER. UPON HEARING THE NOISE THE TECH KNEW THAT IT WAS THE RESULT OF A BAD CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, CAMSHAFT SYNCHRONIZER. HE STATED THAT IT IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH FORDS. THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WOULD F...

Mileage: 33,000

ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO, THE HEATING/AIR CONDITIONING ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS WOULD ONLY WORK ON A HIGH SETTING. A COUPLE DAYS LATER, IT STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER. I TOOK IT INTO A MECHANIC, WHO REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTOR AND THE RESISTOR FOR OVER $400. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE BLOWER MOTOR WENT OUT AGAIN. I W...

HEATER BLOWER MOTOR WENT OUT ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS. IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE THROUGH FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AS THEY HAVE ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ON IT. MY LOCAL FORD DEALER REFUSES TO REPLACE THE MOTOR UNDER WARRANTY. WATER LEAKS INTO THE MOTOR THAT CAUSES THE PROBLEM. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS...

Mileage: 37,000

IN PARKING LOT BACKING UP AND FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND RIPPED 10INCH GASH IN THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. GETTING IT FIXED FOR $600 INCLUDING TIRE BY REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE FORD DEALER SAID IT WASN'T ON THE RECALL LIST. *TR

Mileage: 99,200

UPON ATTEMPT TO BACK OUT OF GARAGE, FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED BRAND NEW TIRE BEYOND REPAIR. COIL SPRING AND TIRE NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 95,210

LOADING CAR FOR VACATION LF COIL SPRING BROKE IN DRIVEWAY DAMAGED L/F TIRE THIS BEING THE ONLY INCIDENT WHICH MADE THE CAR INOPERABLE. VEHICLE TOWED TO GARAGE AND IS NOW BEING REPAIRED . PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

Mileage: 91,000

MY SON DROVE 3 1/2 HRS TO GO BACK TO COLLEGE, THE NEXT TIME HE USED THE CAR WHEN HE TOOK OFF THE COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE, IF THIS WOULD OF HAPPENED ON HIS TRAVEL BACK IT COULD OF RESULTED IN DEATH. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THE CAR FIXED AT A HEFTY PRICE, THEY ARE SUGGES...

Mileage: 82,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED A LEAKAGE IN THE DASHBOARD DURING RAINY CONDITIONS. THE FLOOR WOULD BECOME WET AND THE BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED FUNCTIONING. SHE ONLY NOTICED THE FAILURE WHEN IT RAINED AND IT ONLY OCCURRED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACT...

Mileage: 63,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING ON THE STRUT FAILED. THE FAILURE CAUSED AN 8-10 INCH CUT THROUGH THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THROUGH RESEARCH, THE CONTACT FOUND AN OPEN INVESTIGATION (NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA08018...

Mileage: 106,000

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SEL EXPERIENCED A FAILURE (FRACTURE) OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE (LEFT) WHICH CAUSED A PUNCTURE IN THE ADJACENT TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING PARKED AT THE TIME THE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED BY THE PROTRUDING FRACTURED SPRING AND DEFLATED. THE VEHICLE WILL BE R...

Mileage: 68,000

THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME MY FORD TAURUS FRONT SPRING FAILED, THE FIRST TIME WAS ONE YEAR EARLIER. I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO PULL INTO THE DRIVEWAY WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE, STOPPED, LOOKED TO SEE IF I COULD FIND ANYTHING WRONG, I COULDN'T TELL, SO I DROVE INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND PARKED IT. THIS ONE WAS...

Mileage: 75,000

WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A LOUD NOISE. I GOT OUT TO INVESTIGATE AND FOUND I HAD A FLAT TIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I DISCOVERED THAT THE SPRING HAD BROKEN AND RIPPED MY TIRE. THIS IS THE SAME EXACT THING THAT HAPPENED TO MY WIFE'S CAR TWICE. LUCKILY I H...

Mileage: 75,000

WITHOUT WARNING, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, AFTER MIDNIGHT IN 30 DEGREE WEATHER, MILES FROM HOME. THIRD SUCH OCCURRENCE WITH SAME PRODUCT. PROBLEM WILL NOT BE FIXED IN THE NEAR FUTURE DUE TO BEING UNEMPLOYED. *TR

Mileage: 80,125

COIL SPRING BROKE AND TOOK OUT BRAND NEW TIRE ON A 2003 FORD TAURUS. NO SIGNS OF WEAR AND TEAR, LET GO WHEN STILL IN DRIVEWAY, PULLED CAR INTO REVERSE AND THE SPRING BROKE AND WENT THROUGH THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE. THE SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND ALSO I HAD TO REPLACE THE SWAY BAR LINK. THIS WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE SPRING BROKE. THE MECHANIC RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE ENTIRE STRUT ASSEMBLY ON BOTH SIDES. *TR

Mileage: 76,400

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT NOTICED A LARGE PUDDLE OF WATER ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. THE FAILURE OCCURS IN ANY TYPE OF CONDITION THAT INVOLVES MOISTURE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WATER WAS ENTERING THE VEHICLE...

Mileage: 70,000

WATER LEAK AT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, REPLACED BLOWER MOTOR, RESISTOR AND COWL, STILL LEAKS. REFERENCE RECALL 03V087000 AND MANY ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS, SPECIFICALLY 10184014. THERE WAS WATER LEAKING AT PASSENGER DASH AREA ON AND OFF SINCE 07. IT HADN'T LEAKED IN QUITE A WHILE SO I DID...

Mileage: 50,000

WATER LEAK AT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, REPLACED BLOWER MOTOR, RESISTOR AND COWL, STILL LEAKS. REFERENCE RECALL 03V087000 AND MANY ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS, SPECIFICALLY 10184014. THERE WAS WATER LEAKING AT PASSENGER DASH AREA ON AND OFF SINCE 07. IT HADN'T LEAKED IN QUITE A WHILE SO I DID...

Mileage: 50,000

I TOOK THE CAR INTO A FORD DEALER ON 2 OCCASIONS IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS COMPLAINING OF A BOUNCY RIDE. ASKED FOR THE STRUTS TO BE LOOKED AT. DEALER SAYS THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. LESS THAN 3000 MILES AFTER LAST VISIT, LEFT FRONT STRUT SELF DESTRUCTED. I WENT OUT TO THE CAR, STARTED IT UP, PUT IT IN GEA...

Mileage: 101,000

DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE ON 12/20/2008 PUNCTURING TIRE. PART OF BROKEN COIL SPRING HAS RUST LINE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. HAVE NOT HAD REPAIRED YET. *TR

Mileage: 92,865

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PERSONAL MECHANIC, BUT HE ALSO COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE FAILURE. THE MECHANIC REPROGRAMMED THE PCM TO THE LATEST CALIBRA...

Mileage: 42,000

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS EXPERIENCED COIL SPRING FAILURE. I PUT MY CAR INTO REVERSE AND THE COIL SPRING BROKE PUTTING A 4 INCH GASH IN MY NOKIAN WINTER TIRES. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE CAPITAL LINCOLN MERCURY ON 100 PEARL STREET IN ESSEX JUNCTION, VT 05452. I AM REPLACING THE ...

Mileage: 59,264

WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE TO LEAVE FOR WORK IN THE MORNING I HEARD A LOUD POPPING AND SCREECH COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. I STOPPED AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND FOUND MY TIRE FLAT. UPON INSPECTION BY MY MECHANIC IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING JUST SNAPPED WITHOUT WARNING C...

Mileage: 36,942

WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE TO LEAVE FOR WORK IN THE MORNING I HEARD A LOUD POPPING AND SCREECH COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. I STOPPED AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND FOUND MY TIRE FLAT. UPON INSPECTION BY MY MECHANIC IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING JUST SNAPPED WITHOUT WARNING C...

Mileage: 36,942

LEFT FRONT SPRING FAILURE AT 70MPH ON US HWY 127. THERE WAS A LOUD BAND, SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER AS THE FRONT CORNER OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED DOWN. WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, THE SPRING HAD BROKEN, AND WAS LODGED AGAINST THE TIRE/WHEEL. SAVED A SMA...

Mileage: 132,000

I WENT TO BACK MY 2003 FORD TAURUS OUT OF THE GARAGE AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE FOLLOWED BY AIR COMING FROM MY LEFT FRONT TIRE. WHILE JACKING THE CAR UP, I NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS AGAINST THE TIRE AND THEN REALIZED THAT PART OF THE SPRING HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE SPRING HAD BROKEN INTO TWO...

Mileage: 100,445

DROVE MY CAR HOME FROM WORK , WENT OUT THE NEXT MORNING AND STARTED SO IT WOULD BE WARMED UP .. I WAS TAKING MY SON TO SCHOOL. WE WENT OUT GOT IN THE CAR, I PUT IN DRIVE IT WOULD NOT MOVE.. PUT IN REVERSE .. NOTHING. I HAD TO CALL SOMEONE TO TAKE MY SON TO SCHOOL, HAD MY CAR TOWED TO FORD DEALER. T...

Mileage: 83,000

2003 FORD TAURUS HAS WATER LEAKING IN TO BLOWER MOTOR. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

REAR PASSENGER COIL SPRING BROKE AND DESTROYED THE TIRE WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH. WILL NOT KNOW WHAT ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS DONE UNTIL I TALK TO MY MECHANIC. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

2003 FORD TAURUS SE WITH 33,000 MILES. BLOWER FAN QUIT WORKING ON LOW SPEEDS SPRING OF 2008. REPAIRED JULY 7, 2008 BY REPLACING BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR. THIS WORKED FOR LESS THAN A MONTH BEFORE FAILING AGAIN. DETERMINED THAT BANGING ON DASH WOULD ALLOW BLOWER TO WORK. AFTER FIRST FREEZE OF THE 200...

Mileage: 33,000

ONE DAY MY HEATER STOPPED BLOWING. I FIRST CHECKED THE BLOWER MOTOR FUSE, WHICH WAS FINE. DURING THIS PROCESS I FOUND THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD WAS SOAKING WET. AFTER RESEARCH ONLINE I FOUND THAT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. THE WATER APPARENTLY SHORTED OUT MY BLOWER MOTOR S...

Mileage: 83,552

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. HE NOTICED THAT THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE FAIL...

Mileage: 70,000

SUDDEN BLOW OUT OF LEFT (DRIVERS)T FRONT TIRE WHILE BACK UP. TIRE WAS REMOVED AND STUCK ON FRONT SPRING. INSPECTION OF FRONT SPRING REVEALS THE SPRING BROKE INTO TWO PEICES. THE LOWER RUNG OF THE SPRING WAS FOUND UNDER THE VEHICLE. NOT REPAIRES AT THIS TIME WAITING FOR FORD SERVICE TO CONTACT IF...

Mileage: 104,000

BLOWER MOTOR FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PREPARING TO PLACE FUEL IN THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE COIL SPRING AROUND THE STRUTS FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE, WHICH CAUSED A FLAT. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE MANUFACTURER STATED...

Mileage: 65,000

TODAY IS THANKSGIVING. I DROVE HOME ON TUESDAY NIGHT (TWO NIGHTS AGO), A TRIP OF APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES FROM COLLEGE TO SEE MY FAMILY. LAST NIGHT, AS I PUT MY 2003 FORD TAURUS INTO DRIVE IN MY CHURCH PARKING LOT, I BEGAN TO GO FORWARD AND HEARD A GIGANTIC "BOOM." I STOPPED THE VEHICLE, AND NOTICED ...

Mileage: 85,500

I HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS WITH 58,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS IN MY GARAGE AND JUST STARTED TO BACK OUT WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT. AFTER PULLING OFF THE TIRE I DISCOVERED THAT THE SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. IF I HAD BIN GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY 9 YEAR OLD SON A...

Mileage: 58,130

I DISCOVERED EARLIER YEAR THAT WATER WAS LEAKING INTO THE FLOORBOARD OF MY CAR'S PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT. I NEVER NOTICED IT BEFORE, SINCE I AM ALWAYS THE DRIVER, AND RARELY HAVE PASSENGERS. IN RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, I FOUND THAT IT WAS A DESIGN ERROR, AND I HAVE TRIED TO PLUG THE HOLES WHERE ...

I DISCOVERED EARLIER YEAR THAT WATER WAS LEAKING INTO THE FLOORBOARD OF MY CAR'S PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT. I NEVER NOTICED IT BEFORE, SINCE I AM ALWAYS THE DRIVER, AND RARELY HAVE PASSENGERS. IN RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, I FOUND THAT IT WAS A DESIGN ERROR, AND I HAVE TRIED TO PLUG THE HOLES WHERE ...

FORD TAURUS, HAS MANY PROBLEMS. MY FORD HAS HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AS WELL AS PROBLEMS WITH THE BLOWER MOTOR ON THE HEATER/AC. TRANSMISSION REBUILD JOB CONSISTED OF NEW TORQUE CONVERTER AS WELL AS NEW CLUTCH BANDS, THE SPLINES WERE STRIPED. AS FAR AS THE BLOWER, THE MOTOR MADE A NOISE ...

Mileage: 101,000

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS WHICH EXPERIENCED A HEATER MOTOR AND HEATER SWITCH FAILURE LAST YEAR. I REPLACE THE COMPONENTS MYSELF FOR AROUND $250.00. THIS YEAR I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING WATER IN THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR AFTER HEAVY RAINS AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OR LOCATION OF THE...

Mileage: 84,500

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS WHICH EXPERIENCED A HEATER MOTOR AND HEATER SWITCH FAILURE LAST YEAR. I REPLACE THE COMPONENTS MYSELF FOR AROUND $250.00. THIS YEAR I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING WATER IN THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR AFTER HEAVY RAINS AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OR LOCATION OF THE...

Mileage: 84,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A SPLASH SHIELD OVER THE CABIN FILTER, LOCATED ABOVE THE HEATER AND NEAR THE BLOWER FAN. WHEN IT RAINS, WATER ENTERS AND SHORTS OUT THE RESISTOR OR FAN. AS A RESULT, POWER IS LOST. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO...

Mileage: 92,000

I HAVE TWO VEHICLES AND RARELY DRIVE MY NEWER CAR IN THE RAIN. I TOOK MY NEWER CAR ON VACATION AND WAS RETURNING HOME WHEN IT STARTED TO RAIN. A COUPLE DAYS AFTERWARDS I WAS HEADED TO WORK WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO FOG UP. I TURNED ON THE DEFROST FANS AND COULD BARELY HEAR THE MOTOR RUNNING. I TURN...

Mileage: 56,500

I HAVE TWO VEHICLES AND RARELY DRIVE MY NEWER CAR IN THE RAIN. I TOOK MY NEWER CAR ON VACATION AND WAS RETURNING HOME WHEN IT STARTED TO RAIN. A COUPLE DAYS AFTERWARDS I WAS HEADED TO WORK WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO FOG UP. I TURNED ON THE DEFROST FANS AND COULD BARELY HEAR THE MOTOR RUNNING. I TURN...

Mileage: 56,500

RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2003 FORD TAURUS SEDAN SE WITH 45,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE PUT VERY FEW MILES ON IT MYSELF (ABOUT 3,000). TODAY I DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE BOTH BROKEN. I HAD A FLAT TIRE IN THE LEFT REAR AND FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAS BROKEN AND CUT THE TIRE. THE RIGHT CO...

Mileage: 48,500

TIRE WENT FLAT GOING 65 MPH ON A INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. FILLED THE TIRE UP WITH AIR THE NEXT DAY TO LOOK FOR POSSIBLE LEAK AND NOTICED VALVE STEM WAS CRACKED. I PURCHASED 4 TIRES IN JULY OF 2007. DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2008, 3 OF THE TIRES WENT FLAT DO TO CRACKED STEM VALVES. THE FIRST 3 TIRES T...

Mileage: 106,300

I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE PROBLEM WITH MY CAR IS A THE CAMSHAFT SYCH. IT WAS MAKING A CHIRPING NOISE AND ITS GOING TO COST OVER 500 DOLLARS TO FIX. IF THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS MOTOR WHY DON'T WE FIX IT? THERE IS EVEN A SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING THIS ISSUE #04208. PLEASE HELP ME FIX THIS ...

Mileage: 95,000

DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT AWAY AT ABOUT 55 MPH., THE CAR SUDDENLY PULLED TO THE LEFT. THE DRIVER COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH RESULTED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. DRIVER AND PASSENGER DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING PRIOR TO THE SUDDEN PULL. THE CAR SPUN AROUND AND HIT THE GRAVEL ON THE SIDE OF T...

Mileage: 54,366

DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT AWAY AT ABOUT 55 MPH., THE CAR SUDDENLY PULLED TO THE LEFT. THE DRIVER COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH RESULTED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. DRIVER AND PASSENGER DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING PRIOR TO THE SUDDEN PULL. THE CAR SPUN AROUND AND HIT THE GRAVEL ON THE SIDE OF T...

Mileage: 54,366

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AFTER IT HAD BEEN RAINING, A PUDDLE OF WATER WAS FOUND ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. AFTER ENTERING THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTING TO DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD, THE VEHICLE BLEW OUT COLD AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THEY STATED T...

Mileage: 60,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FAILED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE BLOWER MOTOR. THE ...

Mileage: 47,300

HEAD ON COLLISION. BELTED DRIVER AND FRONT SEAT ADULT PASSENGERS SUFFERED SERIOUS AND PERMANENT INJURIES. *TR

NOTICED POOL OF WATER ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. AT SAME TIME TRIED TO RUN DEFROSTER AND THE FAN WOULD NOT TURN ON AT ALL. CHECKED ALL FUSES WHICH WERE GOOD. MECHANIC ASSESSED THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR WAS NOT WORKING. CONTACTED FORD DEALER, WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND COULD BE...

Mileage: 66,222

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS BLOWER MOTOR STARTED TO WORK ONLY PART OF THE TIME AND THEN EVENTUALLY STOPPED COMPLETELY. I HAVE READ MANY OTHER HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. I LIVE IN NORTHERN MN WHERE WE TEMPERATURES AT THE END OF JAN BEGINNING OF FEB OF - 40 BELOW AND HIGHS OF - 5 BELOW. THE BLOWER IS EXTREMELY...

Mileage: 65,213

CAR HAD A LARGE LEAK OF TRANSMISSION FLUID ON THE DRIVEWAY. THERE WAS NOT ANY TROUBLE WITH SHIFTING GEARS BUT A WHINE, AT TIMES. TRIED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER THIS PAST MONDAY AT 10AM. THEY WERE CLOSED DUE TO STORM DAMAGE AND ELECTRICITY OUTAGES STARTING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WAS REFERRED TO TRA...

Mileage: 58,000

2003 FORD TAURUS WITH ONLY 46,000 MILES ON IT AND THE WATER PUMP HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE. ALSO, THE BRAKE PADS ON THE VEHICLE HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED AT LEAST THREE TIMES AND THE MECHANIC TOLD US THAT THE PADS ON THE TAURUS ARE CHEAP AND WILL ERODE QUICKER THAN ON OTHER VEHICLES. LASTLY, THE VE...

Mileage: 46,000

2003 FORD TAURUS WITH ONLY 46,000 MILES ON IT AND THE WATER PUMP HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE. ALSO, THE BRAKE PADS ON THE VEHICLE HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED AT LEAST THREE TIMES AND THE MECHANIC TOLD US THAT THE PADS ON THE TAURUS ARE CHEAP AND WILL ERODE QUICKER THAN ON OTHER VEHICLES. LASTLY, THE VE...

Mileage: 46,000

THE FAN ON MY HEATER HAS GONE OUT ON ME THREE TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THIS CARE IN AUGUST ON 2006 - JUST A LITTLE OVER 2 YEARS. I UNDERSTAND IT HAS TO DO WITH A LEAK UNDER THE HOOD THAT FORD IS WELL AWARE OF (RECALL 03V087000? - SEE COMPLAINT #10184014). I DON'T FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THIS ...

Mileage: 57,000

THE FAN ON MY HEATER HAS GONE OUT ON ME THREE TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THIS CARE IN AUGUST ON 2006 - JUST A LITTLE OVER 2 YEARS. I UNDERSTAND IT HAS TO DO WITH A LEAK UNDER THE HOOD THAT FORD IS WELL AWARE OF (RECALL 03V087000? - SEE COMPLAINT #10184014). I DON'T FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THIS ...

Mileage: 57,000

BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING - ONCE REMOVED I FOUND RUSTY WATER IN THE MOTOR ASSEMBLY - ONCE PUT BACK IN ONLY HIGH WORKS. I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE MOTOR AND RESISTER BUT UNTIL THE LEAK IS FIXED STOPPING THE WATER FROM ENTERING THIS AREA I WILL NEED TO REPLACE AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

FOUND FLAT TIRE RESULTING FROM BROKEN FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING PIERCING SIDE WALL OF TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 58,248

DASH LIGHTS WON'T WORK EXCEPT FOR HAZARD LIGHTS WHICH STAY ON AT ALL TIMES WHEN LIGHT SWITCH ACTIVATED. ALL OTHER INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS WORK. STARTED DURING COLD MONTHS BUT WOULD RESOLVE WHEN CAR WARMED UP. NOW THE LIGHTS ARE TOTALLY OUT. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD SINCE I CANNOT SEE THE GAUGES ...

Mileage: 105,000

DASH LIGHTS WON'T WORK EXCEPT FOR HAZARD LIGHTS WHICH STAY ON AT ALL TIMES WHEN LIGHT SWITCH ACTIVATED. ALL OTHER INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS WORK. STARTED DURING COLD MONTHS BUT WOULD RESOLVE WHEN CAR WARMED UP. NOW THE LIGHTS ARE TOTALLY OUT. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD SINCE I CANNOT SEE THE GAUGES ...

Mileage: 105,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE CAR DIED BECAUSE I LET OF THE GAS PEDAL DUE TO TRAFFIC SLOW DOWN. WHEN I EXITED THE FREEWAY AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IT DIED AGAIN. IT REPEATED ONE MORE TIME. THE THIRD TIME IT RESTARTED THE RPMS SHOT OVER 5000 AND WHEN I PUT IN GEAR THE RPMS CAME DOWN. *TR

Mileage: 78,081

AFTER A STRONG RAIN, A LEAKY COWL IN MY 2003 TAURUS LET WATER INTO MY BLOWER MOTOR AND SHORTED IT OUT. THE FAN ONLY WORKED ON HIGH. I HAD IT FIXED ONCE, AND THEN AFTER ANOTHER STORM IT IMMEDIATELY SHORTED OUT AGAIN. THEN, IN THE LAST WEEK (9/1/92008), IT STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER, EVEN ON HIGH...

Mileage: 86,000

AFTER A STRONG RAIN, A LEAKY COWL IN MY 2003 TAURUS LET WATER INTO MY BLOWER MOTOR AND SHORTED IT OUT. THE FAN ONLY WORKED ON HIGH. I HAD IT FIXED ONCE, AND THEN AFTER ANOTHER STORM IT IMMEDIATELY SHORTED OUT AGAIN. THEN, IN THE LAST WEEK (9/1/92008), IT STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER, EVEN ON HIGH...

Mileage: 86,000

HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS THAT BROKE THE FRONT SPRING THAT SHREDDED THE TIRE THERE WAS A RECALL ON OLDER MODELS THIS PROBLEM MUST NOT OF BEEN FIXED. THIS BROKE AS SOON AS WIFE TURNED OFF THE HIGHWAY IF THIS WOULD OF HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEED IT COULD OF BEEN BAD. *TR

Mileage: 144,946

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ANTI-THEFT WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND SHUT OFF. THE DEALER REPLACED A SENSOR AT THE COST OF $400, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND THEY REPLACED THE SE...

Mileage: 65,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ANTI-THEFT WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND SHUT OFF. THE DEALER REPLACED A SENSOR AT THE COST OF $400, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND THEY REPLACED THE SE...

Mileage: 65,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN HER WINDSHIELD THAT CAUSED MOLD AND MILDEW BUILD-UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE WINDSHIELD WAS SEALED AND THE VEHICLE WAS FUMIGATED. SINCE THE REPAIRS WERE MADE, THERE HAD BEEN NO FURTHER OC...

Mileage: 53,000

WATER LEAKS INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT FLOOR BOARD. WATER ALSO ACCUMULATES IN THE BLOWER MOTOR HOUSING, CAUSING IT AND THE CONTROL RESISTOR TO SHORT OUT. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

WATER LEAKS INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT FLOOR BOARD. WATER ALSO ACCUMULATES IN THE BLOWER MOTOR HOUSING, CAUSING IT AND THE CONTROL RESISTOR TO SHORT OUT. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

POOR VEHICLE DESIGN ALLOWED WATER TO LEAK INTO HVAC SYSTEM CAUSING DAMAGE TO BLOWER RESISTOR AND BLOWER MOTOR. NOW UNABLE TO DEFROST / DEFOG FRONT WINDSHIELD. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

POOR VEHICLE DESIGN ALLOWED WATER TO LEAK INTO HVAC SYSTEM CAUSING DAMAGE TO BLOWER RESISTOR AND BLOWER MOTOR. NOW UNABLE TO DEFROST / DEFOG FRONT WINDSHIELD. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

POOR VEHICLE DESIGN ALLOWED WATER TO LEAK INTO HVAC SYSTEM CAUSING DAMAGE TO BLOWER RESISTOR AND BLOWER MOTOR. NOW UNABLE TO DEFROST / DEFOG FRONT WINDSHIELD. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

BOTH REAR SPRINGS BROKEN ON A 2003 TAURUS. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR FULL OF WATER AFTER IT RAINS, AIR ONLY BLOW ON HIGH UNTIL IT RECENTLY WENT COMPLETELY OUT. WORSE THIS TIME RADIO AND WIPER BLADES WERE AFFECTED. A RECALL IS NEEDED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR FULL OF WATER AFTER IT RAINS, AIR ONLY BLOW ON HIGH UNTIL IT RECENTLY WENT COMPLETELY OUT. WORSE THIS TIME RADIO AND WIPER BLADES WERE AFFECTED. A RECALL IS NEEDED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR FULL OF WATER AFTER IT RAINS, AIR ONLY BLOW ON HIGH UNTIL IT RECENTLY WENT COMPLETELY OUT. WORSE THIS TIME RADIO AND WIPER BLADES WERE AFFECTED. A RECALL IS NEEDED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

THE AIR CONDITIONER FAN HAS STOPPED WORKING DUE TO A LEAK IN A DEFECTIVE COWL. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

MY WIFE STARTED TO DRIVE THE CAR AND HEARD A SCRAPING NOISE. THEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. THE RIGHT FRONT SPRING HAD BROKEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE CAR. *TR

Mileage: 58,960

2003 FORD TAURUS WATER LEAK UNDER PASSENGER SIDE CARPET FROM FIREWALL SEAL DRAINAGE FROM A.C. LOOKS LIKE HAD BEEN SEEPING FOR YEARS AS PAD WAS VERY MOLDY AND MILDEW UNDER CARPET. MUSTY SMELL THAT MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO ONES HEALTH. FORD REFUSED TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE BOOT FREE BUT DEALER DID REPLACE W...

I HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS AND ON 8-7-08 I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY MOTHER'S DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A LOUD POP. AFTER INSPECTING EVERYTHING UNDER THE CAR, I FOUND THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKEN AND STICKING INTO MY LEFT REAR TIRE. I HAD TO PURCHASE A LEFT REAR COIL SPRING FOR $98.00 AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED TH...

BLOWER MOTOR DID NOT WORK ON CAR. DEALER SAID BLOWER MOTOR SHORTED BECAUSE OF A LEAK IN THE COWL. SAME THING HAPPENED TWO WEEKS EARLIER AND WAS REPAIRED. *TR

Mileage: 38,175

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND MOVING IT FORWARD A FEW INCHES, THE CONTACT HEARD AND FELT A LOUD EXPLOSION. SHE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FRONT END FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY PERFORMED THE NECESSARY REPAIRS, WHICH INCLUDE...

Mileage: 36,957

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME ON 08/05/2008 AND THE CAR WOULD NOT THROTTLE DOWN. WHEN I CAME TO A STOPLIGHT THE CAR WAS JERKING FORWARD AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE. HAD I NOT SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE THE CAR WOULD HAVE REAR-ENDED A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE...

Mileage: 89,000

NOTICE ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO THAT OUR BLOWER MOTOR WAS NOT WORKING AT ALL TIMES. IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE AND NOW DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. WE CANNOT HEAT OR COOL THE VEHICLE OR DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD OR SIDE WINDOWS. I KNOW THE TEMP CONTROL IS WORKING BECAUSE WHEN I TURN THE AC ON THERE IS A FA...

Mileage: 85,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PROCEEDING THROUGH A STOP SIGN AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD A SNAPPING SOUND. HE CONTINUED HOME AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE QUARTER PANEL WAS LOWER THAN THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING CAUSED THE F...

Mileage: 60,066

2003 FORD TAURUS HAS A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACE AND THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 60,000 MILES ON IT BUT FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *NJ

2003 FORD TAURUS HAS A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACE AND THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 60,000 MILES ON IT BUT FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *NJ

CRUISE CONTROL CABLE BECOME DISCONNECTED AND GET LODGED BEHIND THROTTLE LINKAGE. *TR

Mileage: 79,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR FAILED WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THERE IS NO RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,500. UPDATED 09/10/08 *BF UPDATED 09/15/08 *JB

Mileage: 81,500

THIS VEHICLE CONTINUES TO GET CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WITH CODE P0175. THE VEHICLE BUCKS AND JERKS AND HESITATES. THE CAR ALSO HAS BEEN USING ALOT OF GAS AS WELL WHICH IS ABNORMAL. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED, WHICH CAUSED THE BATTERY TO DISCHARGE. THE DEALER STATED THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V106000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWI...

Mileage: 116,349

2003 FORD TAURUS, WATER LEAKING IN CABIN ON PASSENGER SIDE AND FLOODED A/C UNIT. AC ONLY WORKS ON HIGH. REPAIR OF LEAK WILL COST $579 FROM DEALER. FORD IS AWARE OF PROBLEM IN VEHICLES BUT WILL NOT REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 86,500

2003 FORD TAURUS, WATER LEAKING IN CABIN ON PASSENGER SIDE AND FLOODED A/C UNIT. AC ONLY WORKS ON HIGH. REPAIR OF LEAK WILL COST $579 FROM DEALER. FORD IS AWARE OF PROBLEM IN VEHICLES BUT WILL NOT REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 86,500

APPLICATION OF BRAKES CAUSES CAR TO SHAKE AND SHIMMY. ROTORS, PADS AND CALIPERS REPLACED TWICE. REPLACED RIGHT FRONT BEARING, BALL JOINT, SWAY BAR LINK AND HALF SHAFT THE SECOND TIME, DO TO BEARING WEAR AND SQUEAK. NONE OF THE ABOVE HAS FIXED THIS PROBLEM. IT IS ESPECIALLY BAD WHEN THE BRAKES ARE BE...

Mileage: 68,000

APPLICATION OF BRAKES CAUSES CAR TO SHAKE AND SHIMMY. ROTORS, PADS AND CALIPERS REPLACED TWICE. REPLACED RIGHT FRONT BEARING, BALL JOINT, SWAY BAR LINK AND HALF SHAFT THE SECOND TIME, DO TO BEARING WEAR AND SQUEAK. NONE OF THE ABOVE HAS FIXED THIS PROBLEM. IT IS ESPECIALLY BAD WHEN THE BRAKES ARE BE...

Mileage: 68,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED SEVERAL WIRING MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WOULD PERIODICALLY ILLUMINATE AUTOMATICALLY, AND THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ALSO TURNING ON AND OFF WITHOUT ACTIVATING THE LIGHT SWITCH. THE ENGINE WOULD ALSO REV AUT...

Mileage: 75,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED SEVERAL WIRING MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WOULD PERIODICALLY ILLUMINATE AUTOMATICALLY, AND THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ALSO TURNING ON AND OFF WITHOUT ACTIVATING THE LIGHT SWITCH. THE ENGINE WOULD ALSO REV AUT...

Mileage: 75,000

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE , PUNCTURED MY TIRE AND BROKE THE STABILIZER ARM. HAD JUST PARKED MY CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THANK GOD WE WEREN'T HURT. *TR

Mileage: 146,000

HEARD A CLUNKING IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. FOUND THAT THE RIGHT REAR SPRING HAD BROKEN. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION PUMP. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY TH...

Mileage: 77,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHEN IT RAINS, WATER LEAKS INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE BLOWER TO MALFUNCTION. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE AIR CONDITIONER BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND WENT FROM HIGH TO LOW; HOWEVER, THE CONTROL KNOB WAS STILL SET ON HIGH. ONCE HE ARR...

Mileage: 80,000

DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO STRUT, SWAY BAR LINKAGE AND TIRE. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS IN A RIGHT HAND TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. *TR

Mileage: 113,951

CAR SHIMMIES AND SHAKES ON BRAKING EVEN WITH NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. CAR HAS DONE THIS SINCE ABOUT 20,000 MILES. NO ACCIDENTS AND JUST NORMAL USE OF CAR. HAVE HAD TO HAVE BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED TWICE ALREADY. UPON CHECKING FOR OTHERS WITH ISSUES, I DISCOVERED SEVERAL OTHERS AT EPINIONS.CO...

Mileage: 22,000

THE A/C - HEATER BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING DUE TO A WATER LEAK THROUGH THE CABIN FILTER INTO THE MOTOR HOUSING. IT JUST STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK IT TO FORD AND THEY REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTOR, RESISTOR, COWL AND NEW WEATHERSTRIPPING AT A COST OF $465.01. SINCE THERE IS A TSB FROM FORD REGARDING ...

Mileage: 108,000

THE PASSENGER SPRING BROKE ON MY '03 FORD TAURUS. I DISCOVERED THIS WHEN I HEARD WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A BRAKE GRINDING. THE BRAKES WERE FINE, BUT THE REPAIRMAN NOTICED THE DAMAGE. LUCKILY, I AM HAVING THIS REPAIRED, BEFORE I GOT ON THE ROAD FOR A 200 MILE TRIP. THE TIRE WAS BEING DAMAGED AND WOULD ...

Mileage: 66,000

THERE WAS NO WARNING. FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT TIRE WHEN DRIVING TO WORK. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO PLATTSBURGHFORD AND REPAIRED. DEALER ADVISED THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM WITH TAURUS. THAT THE 2003 NEVER HAD A RECALL BUT OTHER YEAR TAURUS DID. *TR

Mileage: 47,105

WHEN DRIVING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS WAGON IT STALLS FOR ONLY A FEW SECONDS BUT COMES BACK ON BY ITSELF. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL. AT TRAFFIC LIGHT & ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON &CAR DID STALL & I HAD TO RESTART CAR. DRIVING AT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY ALL LIGHTS ON DASH...

Mileage: 60,000

JUST PULLED INTO MY WORKPLACE IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A LOUD BANG AND THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT END FELL RIGHT ON MY TIRE. NO PRIOR WARNING WHATSOEVER. THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING HAD BROKEN. I DID HAVE EXTENDED COVERAGE BUT WHAT A HASSLE WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO GET THEM TO P...

Mileage: 56,000

JUST PULLED INTO MY WORKPLACE IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A LOUD BANG AND THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT END FELL RIGHT ON MY TIRE. NO PRIOR WARNING WHATSOEVER. THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING HAD BROKEN. I DID HAVE EXTENDED COVERAGE BUT WHAT A HASSLE WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO GET THEM TO P...

Mileage: 56,000

THE A/C WILL ONLY WORK ON HIGH PRESSURE. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHENEVER IT RAINS ON THE VEHICLE, THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD BECOMES WET. AS A RESULT, THE ENGINE SHORTS OUT. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES IN THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT ...

Mileage: 48,102

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE AND FELT THE VEHICLE JERK. WHEN HE ARRIVED HOME, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRINGS HAD FRACTURED, WHICH DAMAGED THE BRAKE HOSE AND TIRES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN DIAGNOSED BY A...

Mileage: 46,931

TRANSMISSION FAILED IN "PARK" AND UNAGBLE TO SHIFT TO ANY GEAR. CAR TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH AND CONNECTOR HARNESS WAS REPLACED, PART # 3F1Z-13480. *TR

Mileage: 25,201

TRANSMISSION FAILED IN "PARK" AND UNAGBLE TO SHIFT TO ANY GEAR. CAR TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH AND CONNECTOR HARNESS WAS REPLACED, PART # 3F1Z-13480. *TR

Mileage: 25,201

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE, HEARD A LOUD CRUNCHING NOISE AND A HUGE BANG! MY CAR WAS UNABLE TO GO INTO REVERSE WITHOUT PRESSURE ON THE TIRE...I GOT OUT AND THE TIRE WAS BLOW OUT! I CALLED THE TOW COMPANY AND THE TECHNICIAN FELT UNDER THE CAR AND SAID MY COIL SPRING HAS BROKEN! HE SAID IT WAS ...

Mileage: 89,900

BROKEN FRONT COIL SPRINGS ON 2003 TAURUS W/ ABOUT 49K MILES. *TR

Mileage: 49,900

WHILE TRAVELING IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED AND AN ACCIDENT WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED AS I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 115000 MILES ON IT, BUT HAS HAD ROUTINE SERVICE PERFORMED. ALTHOUGH IT HAS NOT YET BEEN SERVICED, ...

Mileage: 115,000

THE AIR CONDITIONER FAN HAS STOPPED WORKING DUE TO A LEAK IN A DEFECTIVE COWL. *TR

Mileage: 53,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED WATER LEAKING ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD. MORE WATER WAS NOTICED WHEN IT RAINED OR WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS WET. THE FAILURE CAUSED TWO RESISTORS TO BLOW OUT, INCLUDING THE BLOWER MOTOR. A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT COULD N...

Mileage: 48,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED WATER LEAKING ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD. MORE WATER WAS NOTICED WHEN IT RAINED OR WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS WET. THE FAILURE CAUSED TWO RESISTORS TO BLOW OUT, INCLUDING THE BLOWER MOTOR. A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT COULD N...

Mileage: 48,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED WATER LEAKING ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD OF THE VEHICLE. A FEW MONTHS LATER, HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING FAILURE WITH THE BLOWER MOTOR, WHICH CAUSED THE HEATER, DEFROSTER, AND AIR CONDITIONING TO NOT WORK. HE CALLED THE DEALER NUMEROUS...

Mileage: 80,000

THE PART IN QUESTION IS A TRANSITOR FOR THE FORD TAURUS 2003. THE SAME PROBLEM EXIST WITH EARLIER MODEL SUCH AS THE 2001. A LEAK ABOVE THE DASH BOARD ALLOWS WATER TO FILL THE COMPARTMENT AND OVERFLOW ONTO THE FLOORBOARD. THE AMOUNT OF WATER IS ENOUGH TO SHORT OUT TRANSITORS AND CAUSE PROBLEMS. WHEN...

2003 FORD TAURUS. BLOWER MOTOR FAILURE DUE TO RAIN LEAKING THROUGH CABIN FILTER INTO BLOWER MOTOR. VISIBILITY IMPAIRED WHEN WINDSHIELD THEN FOGGED. WATER FOUND ON PASSENGER FLOOR. BLOWER AND RESISTOR FOUND CORRODED. DEALER REPLACED MOTOR, RESISTOR, WEATHERSTRIP AND DEFECTIVE COWL PANEL/RAIN HAT....

Mileage: 84,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BOOM FROM UNDERNEATH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS UNCERTAIN OF WHAT CAUSED THE NOISE. THREE MONTHS LATER, SHE TOOK HER VEHICLE TO A TIRE SHOP FOR SERVICE. THE MECHANI...

Mileage: 32,100

I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE (GOT MAYBE AN INCH) AND THE CAR JOLTED SLIGHTLY. I HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE FOLLOWED BY A PUFF OF WHAT SEEMED SMOKE. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND SAW MY TIRE WAS FLAT. REMOVED TIRE TO FIND FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED IN HALF AND RIPPED A LONG DEEP...

Mileage: 66,000

LEAKY COWL. CAUSES FLOORBOARD TO BE CONSTANTLY SOAKED. HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH COMPLAINT # 10184014. THE RECALL # IS 03V087000. THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED TO COVER THESE CARS NO MATTER THE MILEAGE SINCE IT IS A FACTORY DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 107,000

LEAKY COWL. CAUSES FLOORBOARD TO BE CONSTANTLY SOAKED. HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH COMPLAINT # 10184014. THE RECALL # IS 03V087000. THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED TO COVER THESE CARS NO MATTER THE MILEAGE SINCE IT IS A FACTORY DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 107,000

HEATER BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING. FUSE AND RELAY ARE GOOD. CHECKED BLOWER MOTOR, CONDENSATION ON OUTSIDE OF MOTOR. SMELLS OF MOLD, WATER ON PASSENGER FLOORBOARD. IN NOVEMBER OF 2007 BLOWER STOPPED BUT I TAPPED THE HOUSING AND IT STARTING WORKING AGAIN. NOW WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE AIR CONDITIONER SWITCH WAS NOT WORKING IN THE VEHICLE AND WATER WAS LEAKING INTO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE INABILITY TO USE THE HEATER OR FAN CAUSED THE CONTACT TO DEFOG THE WINDSHIELD DURING IRREGULAR WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE DEALER H...

Mileage: 26,625

WHEN IT CAME TIME TO USE THE HEAT, WHICH WASN'T NEEDED BEFORE THIS PROBLEM, THE HEAT ONLY WORKED ON HIGH. SOMETIMES IT WOULD NOT EVEN WORK. NOW, THE AIR DOES NOT WORK AS WELL. THEY WORK ON HIGH EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT THAT IS IT. A MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS QUITE OFTEN IN THIS YEAR ...

2003 FORD TAURUS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THE HEATER WOULD NOT BLOW AND THEN STARTED WORKING AGAIN. I ALSO HAD WATER LEAKING ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD. AGAIN YESTERDAY, MY HEATER AND A/C WILL ONLY BLOW ON HIGH. I SEE MANY PEOPLE ONLINE HAVE HAD THE SAME SYMPTOMS. PLEASE REFER TO RECALL REF# 03V0...

Mileage: 53,000

2003 FORD TAURUS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THE HEATER WOULD NOT BLOW AND THEN STARTED WORKING AGAIN. I ALSO HAD WATER LEAKING ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD. AGAIN YESTERDAY, MY HEATER AND A/C WILL ONLY BLOW ON HIGH. I SEE MANY PEOPLE ONLINE HAVE HAD THE SAME SYMPTOMS. PLEASE REFER TO RECALL REF# 03V0...

Mileage: 53,000

AS ALL THESE OTHER COMPLAINTS, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN MY 03 FORD TAURUS. NO WARNING, NO LIGHTS OR WHISTLES. APPROX. 54,000 MILES. SUCKS, THAT THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. COST 2,700.00 PLUS TOWING. NEVER AGAIN! ONE WOULD THINK IN THIS DAY AND TIME WHEN THE ECONOMY IS SO CRAPPY, FORD WOULD WANT A...

2003 FORD TAURUS CABIN AIR INTAKE LEAK DUE TO DESIGN DEFECT ALLOWS RAIN WATER TO ENTER INTERIOR OF VEHICLE AND CAUSES HEATER/AC FAN UNIT TO SHORT OUT DISABLING DEFROSTER AS WELL AS HEAT AND AIRCONDITIONING CONTROL. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

2003 FORD TAURUS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THE A/C WORKED ONLY ON HIGH FOR A FEW DAYS THEN A/C WENT OUT COMPLETELY. AS I DIDN'T HAVE MONEY NOR THE TIME TO FIX, I HAVE LEFT UNTIL NOW TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM NOW I SEE MANY PEOPLE ONLINE HAVE HAD THE SAME SYMPTOMS. SINCE THIS ORIGINALLY OCCURRED I'VE NOTED...

Mileage: 28,500

2003 FORD TAURUS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THE A/C WORKED ONLY ON HIGH FOR A FEW DAYS THEN A/C WENT OUT COMPLETELY. AS I DIDN'T HAVE MONEY NOR THE TIME TO FIX, I HAVE LEFT UNTIL NOW TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM NOW I SEE MANY PEOPLE ONLINE HAVE HAD THE SAME SYMPTOMS. SINCE THIS ORIGINALLY OCCURRED I'VE NOTED...

Mileage: 28,500

ABOUT 3-4 WEEKS AGO MY HEATER/AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER STARTING WORKING ON HIGH ONLY. ABOUT 1 WEEK AGO THE BLOWER MOTOR WENT OUT ALL TOGETHER. I ALSO HAVE WATER LEAKING INTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD (NOT HEATER CORE, SINCE IT HAS NOT SMELL). THIS WATER HAS BEEN LEAKING FOR A LONG TIME BUT NO ONE C...

Mileage: 89,800

I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE A/C BLOWER MOTOR ON MY CAR ABOUT A MONTH AGO. YESTERDAY, 04/23/2008, THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR WENT OUT CAUSING THE BLOWER TO WORK ONLY ON HIGH. TODAY, 04/24/2008, THE BLOWER MOTOR COMPLETELY STOPPED BLOWING. I KNOW THAT THERE IS A TSB OUT FOR THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE...

Mileage: 64,000

2003 FORD TAURUS, COWL LEAK. WATER LEAKS INTO HEATER AND A/C BLOWER MOTOR CAUSING CORROSION. BLOWER MOTOR IS INOPERABLE. INHERENT PROBLEM, BUT NEVER CORRECTED. POSTINGS OF THIS CONDITION ALL OVER THE INTERNET. THE FORD DEALER WANTS ALMOST $600.00 TO REPAIR. THE IS A TSB 03-15-6 ON THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 13,566

2003 FORD TAURUS, COWL LEAK. WATER LEAKS INTO HEATER AND A/C BLOWER MOTOR CAUSING CORROSION. BLOWER MOTOR IS INOPERABLE. INHERENT PROBLEM, BUT NEVER CORRECTED. POSTINGS OF THIS CONDITION ALL OVER THE INTERNET. THE FORD DEALER WANTS ALMOST $600.00 TO REPAIR. THE IS A TSB 03-15-6 ON THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 13,566

HEATER/AC FAN ONLY WORKING ON HIGH SPEED THEN QUIT ENTIRELY, FOUND FAN MOTOR FULL OF WATER . SOMEHOW WATER LEAKS IN FROM AIR INLET. FORD AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT FIX. *TR

Mileage: 66,183

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN HOME GARAGE, FRONT SPRING BROKE, PIERCING FRONT TIRE CAUSING IT TO EXPLODE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED, HAD TO REPLACE TIRE, FRONT SPRINGS AND STRUTS TO CORRECT DAMAGE. $986. *TR

Mileage: 108,700

I PURCHASED THE CAR ON 2/11/08 AND THEN TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE THE DOOR PANEL BROKE OFF AND THE CAR WAS IDLING HIGH WHEN I DRIVE IT. THEY KNOCKED $1,000 OFF OF THE SALES PRICE AND TOOK OFF THE FORD WARRANTY FOR THIS EXCHANGE AND THEY WROTE OUT ANOTHER SALES CONTRACT. A MON...

Mileage: 73,348

I PURCHASED THE CAR ON 2/11/08 AND THEN TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE THE DOOR PANEL BROKE OFF AND THE CAR WAS IDLING HIGH WHEN I DRIVE IT. THEY KNOCKED $1,000 OFF OF THE SALES PRICE AND TOOK OFF THE FORD WARRANTY FOR THIS EXCHANGE AND THEY WROTE OUT ANOTHER SALES CONTRACT. A MON...

Mileage: 73,348

I PURCHASED THE CAR ON 2/11/08 AND THEN TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE THE DOOR PANEL BROKE OFF AND THE CAR WAS IDLING HIGH WHEN I DRIVE IT. THEY KNOCKED $1,000 OFF OF THE SALES PRICE AND TOOK OFF THE FORD WARRANTY FOR THIS EXCHANGE AND THEY WROTE OUT ANOTHER SALES CONTRACT. A MON...

Mileage: 73,348

INTERMITTENT BLOWER MOTOR, WET FLOOR PASSENGER SIDE UNDER BLOWER, WATER INSIDE THE BLOWER MOTOR HOUSING. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

I PURCHASED MY 2003 FORD TAURUS FROM CARMAX IN BALTIMORE, MD IN SEPT 2006 AFTER TRADING IN MY 2000 FORD RANGER. THE TAURUS WAS A RENTAL CAR IN NJ BEFORE BEING SOLD TO CARMAX. SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY, STARTER, BLOWER MOTOR RELAY, TRANSMISSION GASKET AND NOW THE AI...

Mileage: 68,812

I PURCHASED MY 2003 FORD TAURUS FROM CARMAX IN BALTIMORE, MD IN SEPT 2006 AFTER TRADING IN MY 2000 FORD RANGER. THE TAURUS WAS A RENTAL CAR IN NJ BEFORE BEING SOLD TO CARMAX. SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY, STARTER, BLOWER MOTOR RELAY, TRANSMISSION GASKET AND NOW THE AI...

Mileage: 68,812

I PURCHASED MY 2003 FORD TAURUS FROM CARMAX IN BALTIMORE, MD IN SEPT 2006 AFTER TRADING IN MY 2000 FORD RANGER. THE TAURUS WAS A RENTAL CAR IN NJ BEFORE BEING SOLD TO CARMAX. SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY, STARTER, BLOWER MOTOR RELAY, TRANSMISSION GASKET AND NOW THE AI...

Mileage: 68,812

1. DISCOVERED WATER COLLECTING IN PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD, FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS. 2. BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR FAILED, CAUSING BLOWER MOTOR TO ONLY OPERATE ON THE HIGHEST SPEED. 3. LOCATED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN #TSB 04-15-3 WHICH DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING, THE CAUSE, AND CORRECTIVE A...

Mileage: 47,800

1. DISCOVERED WATER COLLECTING IN PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD, FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS. 2. BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR FAILED, CAUSING BLOWER MOTOR TO ONLY OPERATE ON THE HIGHEST SPEED. 3. LOCATED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN #TSB 04-15-3 WHICH DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING, THE CAUSE, AND CORRECTIVE A...

Mileage: 47,800

ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SEL THE THROTTLE BODY STICKS CAUSING AN UNUSUALLY HIGH AMOUNT OF GAS PEDAL PRESSURE TO RELEASE IT AND ONCE IT RELEASES THE HIGH PEDAL PRESSURE APPLIED CAUSES A RAPID, DANGEROUS ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED WITH THIS VEHICLE THE F...

Mileage: 20,390

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS HEATER FAN MOTOR STOPPED WORKING IN SLOW SPEEDS AT ABOUT 51,000 MILES, FOR ABOUT A MONTH ONLY THE FAST SPEED WOULD WORK AND YESTERDAY THE FAN STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER. REPLACED THE RELAYS AND FUSES TO NO AVAIL, LAST RESORT WILL BE TO CHANGE OUT THE FAN MOTOR ITSELF. *TR

Mileage: 51,546

BLOWER MOTOR WORKED THEN QUIT ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING. DID NOT WORK ON ANY SETTING. IT WAS RAINING AND WINDOWS WERE STARTING TO FOG. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO WRECK BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE ANY DEFROSTER. RECALL NUMBER 03V087000 DOES NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH ITS SIMILAR. I THINK IT ...

Mileage: 105,020

I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS ON FEBRUARY 5, 2008, WHEN THE BLOWER MOTOR CEASED WORKING. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A WATER LEAK ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD. *TR WHEN I TOOK MY CAR TO GOODYEAR I WAS TOLD THAT THE WATER LEAK CAUSED MY BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS I...

I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS ON FEBRUARY 5, 2008, WHEN THE BLOWER MOTOR CEASED WORKING. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A WATER LEAK ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD. *TR WHEN I TOOK MY CAR TO GOODYEAR I WAS TOLD THAT THE WATER LEAK CAUSED MY BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS I...

HEAVY VIBRATIONS FROM THE REAR OF MY FORD TAURUS. ANOTHER DRIVER SHOUTED TO ME "YOU'VE GOT A BAD TIRE" CHANGED TIRE & FOUND THAT THE NON-DOT SIDE TWO OUTSIDE TREADS RAISED FROM THE TIRE & A LARGE DEPRESSION IN THE THIRD TREAD. 8/32 TREAD LEFT ON TIRE AT THE TME. *TR

Mileage: 19,000

HEAVY VIBRATIONS FROM THE REAR OF MY FORD TAURUS. ANOTHER DRIVER SHOUTED TO ME "YOU'VE GOT A BAD TIRE" CHANGED TIRE & FOUND THAT THE NON-DOT SIDE TWO OUTSIDE TREADS RAISED FROM THE TIRE & A LARGE DEPRESSION IN THE THIRD TREAD. 8/32 TREAD LEFT ON TIRE AT THE TME. *TR

Mileage: 19,000

2003 TAURUS - TRANSMISSION FAILED; WENT TO ACCELERATE THROUGH BUSY INTERSECTION; NO POWER; HAD TO COAST THROUGH INTERSECTION TO GET TO SAFER PLACE. CAR TOWED; EST. 1300-1600- TO FIX PER FORD DEALER; FINAL COST $1933.50. NO WARNING; NO NOTHING; JUST WOULD NOT ACCELERATE; LAST YEAR IT WAS THE STRUT B...

Mileage: 49,649

2003 FORD TAURUS WITH BROKEN FRONT COIL SPRING. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHICH PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND CAUSED IT TO GO FLAT. FORD TOLD HIM THEY WOULD PAY 50% OF THE REPAIR COST. *KB

Mileage: 302,082

MY BLOWER FAN AND RESISTOR NEED TO BE REPLACED ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS WAGON BECAUSE WATER IS LEAKING IN THROUGH MY COW PANEL. *TR

Mileage: 57,000

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE HEATER BLOWER GETS WATER IN IT THEN SHORTS OUT AND THE HEATER/AIR BLOWER DOES NOT WORK. IT ALSO DUMPS WATER INTO MY PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. I HAVE READ ON TOPIX.COM MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL? *TR

Mileage: 57,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED AS THE CONTACT TURNED ONTO A ROAD. SHE ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. SHE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER STATED THAT A...

Mileage: 74,000

2003 FORD TAURUS. BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR RUSTY AND BAD FROM LEAKING WATER. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN #031506. NHTSA #10011149. A KNOWN ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 66,300

2003 FORD TAURUS, TRANSMISSION FAILS. IT DIES ON THE HIGHWAY WITH NO WARNING AND FORD SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. OF COURSE NOW THAT IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO REPAIR MY CAR. STARTED IN SEPT OF 07 WITH 73,000 MILES. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT...

Mileage: 73,159

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD SLIPPED DOWN AND SHE HEARD A LOT OF WIND NOISE, RATTLING, AND WATER LEAKAGE. THE FLOOR BEGAN TO RUST, THE LIGHTS FLICKERED, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED TWICE DUE TO WA...

Mileage: 43,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD SLIPPED DOWN AND SHE HEARD A LOT OF WIND NOISE, RATTLING, AND WATER LEAKAGE. THE FLOOR BEGAN TO RUST, THE LIGHTS FLICKERED, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED TWICE DUE TO WA...

Mileage: 43,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD SLIPPED DOWN AND SHE HEARD A LOT OF WIND NOISE, RATTLING, AND WATER LEAKAGE. THE FLOOR BEGAN TO RUST, THE LIGHTS FLICKERED, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED TWICE DUE TO WA...

Mileage: 43,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD SLIPPED DOWN AND SHE HEARD A LOT OF WIND NOISE, RATTLING, AND WATER LEAKAGE. THE FLOOR BEGAN TO RUST, THE LIGHTS FLICKERED, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED TWICE DUE TO WA...

Mileage: 43,000

REAR SPRING FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. *TR

Mileage: 100,800

WITHIN THE LAST MONTH (EARLY FEB. 2008) I HAD NOTICED A SMALL LEAK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR MAT AFTER A BRIEF WARMING PERIOD (AND MELTING OF SOME SNOW). THEN JUST LAST WEEK (FEB. 18TH, 2008) MY 1-3 LEVELS OF MY FAN WERE NO LONGER OPERATING. THEN ON FEB. 23, 2008, THE 4TH AND FINAL STILL OPERATI...

Mileage: 68,700

WITHIN THE LAST MONTH (EARLY FEB. 2008) I HAD NOTICED A SMALL LEAK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR MAT AFTER A BRIEF WARMING PERIOD (AND MELTING OF SOME SNOW). THEN JUST LAST WEEK (FEB. 18TH, 2008) MY 1-3 LEVELS OF MY FAN WERE NO LONGER OPERATING. THEN ON FEB. 23, 2008, THE 4TH AND FINAL STILL OPERATI...

Mileage: 68,700

BOUGHT A USED 2003 FORD TAURUS SE AND AFTER OWNING IT 6 MONTHS, THE BLOWER MOTOR STARTED MAKING NOISES. AFTER A COUPLE MONTHS OF THE NOISE, THE BLOWER MOTOR ONLY WORKS ON HIGH. I REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTOR IN FEB 08 AND IT WILL ONLY WORK ON HIGH AS WELL. I NOTICED MANY PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET ARE H...

Mileage: 95,000

2003 FORD TAURUS THAT WAS PURCHASED IN 2004. JAN 05 THE BLOWER FOR THE HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM BEGAN TO WORK ON HIGH ONLY. DEALER TESTED AND REPLACED PART NUMBER F6DZ-19A706-AA THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM. THIS WAS REPAIRED AGAIN IN JUN 06 AND MAY 07. THE PART HAS NOW BROKE AGAIN FEB 08. THE PRO...

Mileage: 24,424

MY WIFE AND I WERE SITTING IN MY CAR GETTING READY TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND INSTANTLY HEARD A LOUD BANG-TYPE NOISE. IMMEDIATELY THE FRONT OF MY CAR LEANED DOWN ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. I CALLED AAA AND THE PERSON FOUND OUT THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND COME ...

MY PASSENGER FLOORBOARD IS CONSTANTLY DAMP AS WATER HAS SEEMINGLY LEAKED THROUGH THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAR. THIS HAS CAUSED THE BLOWER MOTOR TO THE A/C/HEATER TO QUIT WORKING. I WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK AS WELL AS BUY A NEW BLOWER MOTOR TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT IT SEEMS...

MY PASSENGER FLOORBOARD IS CONSTANTLY DAMP AS WATER HAS SEEMINGLY LEAKED THROUGH THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAR. THIS HAS CAUSED THE BLOWER MOTOR TO THE A/C/HEATER TO QUIT WORKING. I WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK AS WELL AS BUY A NEW BLOWER MOTOR TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT IT SEEMS...

MY PASSENGER FLOORBOARD IS CONSTANTLY DAMP AS WATER HAS SEEMINGLY LEAKED THROUGH THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAR. THIS HAS CAUSED THE BLOWER MOTOR TO THE A/C/HEATER TO QUIT WORKING. I WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK AS WELL AS BUY A NEW BLOWER MOTOR TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT IT SEEMS...

IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS WATER LEAKS IN THROUGH THE CABIN AIR FILTER, AND BASICALLY SETTLES WITHIN THE HOUSING WHERE THE BLOWER IS SHORTING OUT THE BLOWER SO THE HEATER DOESN'T WORK. *TR

Mileage: 69,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER IS LEAKING THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE WATER LEAKED INTO THE VENTS AND TRAVELED ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. THE DEALER REPLACED A WEATHER SEAL AND COW PANEL. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUD...

Mileage: 40,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER IS LEAKING THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE WATER LEAKED INTO THE VENTS AND TRAVELED ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. THE DEALER REPLACED A WEATHER SEAL AND COW PANEL. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUD...

Mileage: 40,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER IS LEAKING THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE WATER LEAKED INTO THE VENTS AND TRAVELED ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. THE DEALER REPLACED A WEATHER SEAL AND COW PANEL. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUD...

Mileage: 40,000

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WATER LEAK. THIS LEAK CAUSES UNHEALTHY MOLD TO BUILD UP IN CARPETING ETC. AS WELL AS DESTROYS THE AIR CONDITIONING FAN SWITCH. THIS IS THE 3RD FORD TAURUS I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH. DEALER WANTS $995.00 TO REPAIR WHILE I AM SUFFERING FROM MOLD RELATED ALLERGIES. *TR

Mileage: 19,000

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WATER LEAK. THIS LEAK CAUSES UNHEALTHY MOLD TO BUILD UP IN CARPETING ETC. AS WELL AS DESTROYS THE AIR CONDITIONING FAN SWITCH. THIS IS THE 3RD FORD TAURUS I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH. DEALER WANTS $995.00 TO REPAIR WHILE I AM SUFFERING FROM MOLD RELATED ALLERGIES. *TR

Mileage: 19,000

SEE COMPLAINT # 10214539. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE STRUCK A GUARDRAIL. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AND THE FRONT END CRASHED INTO THE GUARDRAIL AS WELL. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE WET AND ICY. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE FRONT PASSENGER WAS WEA...

Mileage: 6,543

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT CHANGED THE HEATER BLOWER RESISTOR ON TWO OCCASIONS AFTER IT WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR HAS FAILED COMPLETELY. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 2 OR 3 DEGREES AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE TEMPERATURE INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPART...

Mileage: 41,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT CHANGED THE HEATER BLOWER RESISTOR ON TWO OCCASIONS AFTER IT WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR HAS FAILED COMPLETELY. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 2 OR 3 DEGREES AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE TEMPERATURE INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPART...

Mileage: 41,000

03 FORD TAURUS, THE HEAT HAS QUIT WORKING IN THE CAR FIRST I LOST LOW AND THE NEXT TWO SPEED CONTROLS THEN I LOST HIGH SPEED ALTOGETHER. DOING RESEARCH AT OTHER WEBSITES THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. ALSO THERE HAS BEEN THE OCCASIONAL WATER LEAK ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD. WHERE IS THE RECALL. *...

03 FORD TAURUS, THE HEAT HAS QUIT WORKING IN THE CAR FIRST I LOST LOW AND THE NEXT TWO SPEED CONTROLS THEN I LOST HIGH SPEED ALTOGETHER. DOING RESEARCH AT OTHER WEBSITES THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. ALSO THERE HAS BEEN THE OCCASIONAL WATER LEAK ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD. WHERE IS THE RECALL. *...

RIGHT-FRONT SPRING (IN STRUT ASSEMBLY) BROKE AND SHREDDED THE TIRE WHILE DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

BLOWER ON HEAT / DEFROST FAILED DUE TO DESIGN FLAW OF VEHICLE WHICH ALLOWS WATER FROM AC UNIT TO COLLECT IN HEATING SYSTEM ULTIMATELY BURNING OUT BLOWER MOTOR AND RENDERING HEATER AND DEFROST INOPERABLE. *TR

Mileage: 83,000

MY PASSENGER SIDE LEAKS ONTO THE FLOOR AND NOW THE BLOWER HAS BEEN RUIN DUE TO THE WATER THAT FLOODS IN DURING THE RAIN STORMS. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, DESTROYED THE STRUT, AND SHREDDED THE FRONT TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, DESTROYED THE STRUT, AND SHREDDED THE FRONT TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, DESTROYED THE STRUT, AND SHREDDED THE FRONT TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED A LEAK UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD. SHE ALSO DETECTED SMOKE AND THEN THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT BLOWER MOTOR WAS LEAKING AND IT WAS REPLACED. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CU...

Mileage: 80,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED A LEAK UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD. SHE ALSO DETECTED SMOKE AND THEN THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT BLOWER MOTOR WAS LEAKING AND IT WAS REPLACED. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CU...

Mileage: 80,000

IN 2003 TUARUS THE BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR WAS REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE FROM WATER FROM AC LINE. THIS DID NOT ALLOW AC/HEATER/DEFROSTER FAN TO FUNCTION. ON HIGHWAY WINDOWS FOGGED UP TO ZERO VISABILITY TRAVELING FROM NC TO FL WHEN COLD. FORTUNITLY NO ACCIDENT. FORD IS A WARE OF PROBLEM AND KNOWS THE...

BLOWER MOTOR WENT OUT ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS 12/11/07. REPAIR SHOP FOUND WATER IN THE BLOWER MOTOR CAVITY. FORD HAS A KIT YOU CAN PURCHASE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE ENTIRE THING COST ME $310. I HAVE FOUND THAT SEVERAL CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, THE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED. FORD HAS KNOWN...

Mileage: 76,674

I EXPERIENCED A TIRE BLOWOUT (FRONT LEFT) WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. UPON ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE TIRE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE COIL SPRING OVER THAT WHEEL HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SPRING (UNDER WARRANTY) BUT WOULD NOT REPLACE THE FRONT RIGH...

Mileage: 32,000

I HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS. I HAVE FOUND WATER IN THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD. OVER TIME, THE BLOWER FAN HAS STOPPED WORKING. DURING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY CONSUMERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, AND THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY WILL NOT REPAIR THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS. I HAVE FOUND WATER IN THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD. OVER TIME, THE BLOWER FAN HAS STOPPED WORKING. DURING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY CONSUMERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, AND THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY WILL NOT REPAIR THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT. *TR

WATER LEAK IN WINDSHIELD DUMPS WATER ONTO THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR. CALLED DEALERSHIP SAID NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, REPLACED MOTOR ONCE AND NOW MUST REPLACE AGAIN. BELIEVE COVERED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V087000. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

WATER LEAK IN WINDSHIELD DUMPS WATER ONTO THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR. CALLED DEALERSHIP SAID NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, REPLACED MOTOR ONCE AND NOW MUST REPLACE AGAIN. BELIEVE COVERED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V087000. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

1. HEAVILY RAINING ON AN HOUR TRIP FROM HOME. 2. BLOWER MOTOR FOR HEATER STOPPED WORKING MAKING IT UNABLE TO SEE ROAD, TRAFFIC, ETC AND MAKING IT FREEZING IN CAR. WAS ALMOST IN ACCIDENT SINCE UNABLE TO SEE. 3. CONTACTED FORD MOTOR CO TO CHECK RECALLS. UNABLE TO LOCATE HOWEVER IF YOU GOOGLE TH...

I PURCHASED AN 03 FORD TAURUS 5 MONTHS AGO FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP IN PA. UPON THE WINTER SEASON'S ARRIVAL, I TURNED ON MY HEAT TO HEAR A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE. I TOOK MY CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT MY BLOWER MOTOR WAS FULL OF WATER DUE TO A FAULTY COWL ON THE CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT FO...

Mileage: 90,600

I PURCHASED AN 03 FORD TAURUS 5 MONTHS AGO FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP IN PA. UPON THE WINTER SEASON'S ARRIVAL, I TURNED ON MY HEAT TO HEAR A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE. I TOOK MY CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT MY BLOWER MOTOR WAS FULL OF WATER DUE TO A FAULTY COWL ON THE CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT FO...

Mileage: 90,600

TL*THE CONTACT OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEATER WOULD NOT BLOW. THE DEALER STATED THAT WATER INSIDE THE BLOWER MOTOR CAUSED THE FAILURE. THEY REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 44,500.

Mileage: 44,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, THE GEAR SHIFTER BECAME STUCK. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT IT COULD BE AN INDICATION THAT A NEW BATTERY IS NEEDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS HAS BEEN RECALLED; HOWEVER, HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED ALTHOUGH SHE ...

Mileage: 35,000

2003 FORD TAURUS SE WAGON. WAS PULLING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED THAT CAR WAS DRIVING ODD. GOT OUT AND NOTICED THAT DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. I DID NOT NOTICE THE TIRE BEING FLAT BEFORE I MOVED THE CAR. UPON REMOVING THE TIRE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING W...

Mileage: 57,087

LEAK ON PASSENGER SIDE OF 2003 FORD TARUS, SHORTED OUT A/C HEATER BLOWER MOTOR. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

HEATER/AC BLOWER ONLY WORKED ON HIGH, WATER WOULD LEAK INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD, NOW IT DOES NOT WORK. THERE ARE ALOT OF REPORTS ABOUT THIS FOR A 2003 FORD TAURUS, PLEASE HAVE THEM RECALL THESE AND FIX THEM. *TR

Mileage: 77,000

HEATER/AC BLOWER ONLY WORKED ON HIGH, WATER WOULD LEAK INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD, NOW IT DOES NOT WORK. THERE ARE ALOT OF REPORTS ABOUT THIS FOR A 2003 FORD TAURUS, PLEASE HAVE THEM RECALL THESE AND FIX THEM. *TR

Mileage: 77,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH IN GERMANY. A PRIVATE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VALVE SPRING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO NOTIFY A FORD DEALER IN GERMANY. THE DEALER STATED THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS...

Mileage: 77,000

HEATER AND A/C FAN MOTOR SUDDENLY STOPPED. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

HEATER AND A/C FAN MOTOR SUDDENLY STOPPED. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2003 FORD. THE CAR HAS 52,000 MILES AND NO PROBLEMS UNTIL NOW. THE CAR ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ONE EVENING SO, THE NEXT DAY I BROUGHT IT TO BE SERVICED. IT WAS HOOKED UP TO THE ELECTRONIC COMPUTER ANALYZER ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE COMPUTER BOARD WAS NO GOOD. THE MECHAN...

Mileage: 52,000

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2003 FORD. THE CAR HAS 52,000 MILES AND NO PROBLEMS UNTIL NOW. THE CAR ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ONE EVENING SO, THE NEXT DAY I BROUGHT IT TO BE SERVICED. IT WAS HOOKED UP TO THE ELECTRONIC COMPUTER ANALYZER ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE COMPUTER BOARD WAS NO GOOD. THE MECHAN...

Mileage: 52,000

ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM FAILING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TR

WATER DRIPPING INTO MY BLOWER MOTOR. *TR

WATER DRIPPING INTO MY BLOWER MOTOR. *TR

WATER DRIPPING INTO MY BLOWER MOTOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BLOWER FAN WAS VERY LOUD AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO ACTIVATE THE HEAT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE A/C HEATER BLOWER FAILED DUE TO WATER LEAKAGE. AS OF NOVEMBER 2, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT FELT...

Mileage: 46,000

OIL LEAK CAUSING BURNING OIL SMELL. HAD TO HAVE REPAIR SHOP REPLACE OIL PAN GASKET IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS WITH 24VALVE DUAL OVERHEAD CAM ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

CAR HAS A FAULTY WINDSHIELD INSTALLATION AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL NUMBER 03V087000. THERE IS EXCESS WIND NOISE AND SQUEAKS AND RATTLES AT SPEED, AND THE WINDOW LEAKS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DURING HEAVY RAIN AND IN THE CAR WASH. THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIPS HAVE BEEN UNRESPONSIVE, AS THEY CLAIM THE VIN N...

2003 FORD TAURUS. SEVERE STALLING PROBLEMS. ALSO, BEFORE EACH STALLING INCIDENT THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WILL FLASH ON AND OFF, AND THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER WILL FLUCTUATE. THESE PROBLEMS OCCUR WHEN THE AUTO IS AT DRIVING SPEED OR AT IDLE. THE MOST SEVERE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN I WAS DRIVING A...

Mileage: 40,000

HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS SES; 80K MILES. INITIALLY, MY FAN ONLY WORKED ON HIGH. I JUST DEALT W/ IT, NO BIG DEAL, BUT EVENTUALLY, MY ALTERNATOR WENT OUT... SO AFTER I CHANGED THAT, MY FAN NO LONGER WORKS AT ALL. I HAVE TO REPLACE THE BLOWER MOTOR & THE RESISTOR FOR IT. IN THE MEAN TIME, DUE TO THE...

Mileage: 80,000

HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS SES; 80K MILES. INITIALLY, MY FAN ONLY WORKED ON HIGH. I JUST DEALT W/ IT, NO BIG DEAL, BUT EVENTUALLY, MY ALTERNATOR WENT OUT... SO AFTER I CHANGED THAT, MY FAN NO LONGER WORKS AT ALL. I HAVE TO REPLACE THE BLOWER MOTOR & THE RESISTOR FOR IT. IN THE MEAN TIME, DUE TO THE...

Mileage: 80,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DECELERATING FROM 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED IN TRAFFIC AND STOPPED ON ITS OWN. THE BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED BEFORE THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS JUMPED AND TAKEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE BEFORE BEING TOWED ...

Mileage: 50,400

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES WHILE PARKED AND WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY INFORMED HIM THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN OR UNDER THE DASHBOARD. HE HAS PICTURES, IF NEEDED. THE PURCHASE DATE, ...

Mileage: 23,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES WHILE PARKED AND WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY INFORMED HIM THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN OR UNDER THE DASHBOARD. HE HAS PICTURES, IF NEEDED. THE PURCHASE DATE, ...

Mileage: 23,000

I WAS ONLINE CHECKING FOR AN AC/HEATER BLOWER MOTOR AS IT ONLY WORKS ON HIGH. I DISCOVERED A RECALL FOR THE MERCURY SABLE (03V087000) REGARDING THE WINDSHIELD LEAKING WATER ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. THE LEAK DRIPS ON THE AC/HEATER FAN MOTOR CAUSING IT TO SHORT OUT AND TO STOP OPERATING. I LIVE ...

Mileage: 35,000

I WAS ONLINE CHECKING FOR AN AC/HEATER BLOWER MOTOR AS IT ONLY WORKS ON HIGH. I DISCOVERED A RECALL FOR THE MERCURY SABLE (03V087000) REGARDING THE WINDSHIELD LEAKING WATER ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. THE LEAK DRIPS ON THE AC/HEATER FAN MOTOR CAUSING IT TO SHORT OUT AND TO STOP OPERATING. I LIVE ...

Mileage: 35,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED, BUT THEN SHUT OFF AGAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER ALSO DISPLAYED THE INCORRECT SPE...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED, BUT THEN SHUT OFF AGAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER ALSO DISPLAYED THE INCORRECT SPE...

Mileage: 100,000

HEAVY RAIN CAUSED WATER TO APPEAR ON FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS. HEATER BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING AT SAME TIME. FORD REPAIRED AT A COST OF $580, INCLUDING REPLACING BLOWER. REFERENCE RECALL #03V087000 AND COMPLAINT #10184014. *JB

Mileage: 29,000

CAR WAS OUT IN THE RAIN. WATER LEAKED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD. HAD PASSENGER SIDE COWL REPLACED, RAINHAT KIT INSTALLED, AND REPLACED BLOWER MOTOR LESS THAN 14,000 MILES AGO TO FIX THE SAME ISSUE. HOPEFULLY WON'T HAVE TO REPLACE THE BLOWER MOTOR AGAIN. *JB

Mileage: 98,465

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT HEARD A RATTLING NOISE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BELT FAILED. THE FAILURE WAS REPAIRED, HOWEVER, THE NOISE CONTINUED. ANOTHER MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CAM SENSOR FAILED AND, ONCE IT WAS REPAIRED, THE NOISE C...

Mileage: 61,300

2003 FORD TAURUS TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT A GUARD RAIL. *KB THE CONSUMERS PASSENGER EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN IN HER SHOULDER. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT. *JB

WATER LEAKS ONTO PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR RESULTING IN INTERIOR DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO HEATER BOX AND BLOWER MOTOR. DEALER REPLACED COWEL AT MY EXPENSE, WITHIN 3 MONTHS LEAK RETURNED AND DEALER WANTS TO REMOVE DASH AND CHECK HEATER BOX, AT A MINIMUM EXPENSE OF $850. FORD HAS A RECALL, 03V08700 AND TSB 04...

Mileage: 32,500

WATER LEAKS ONTO PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR RESULTING IN INTERIOR DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO HEATER BOX AND BLOWER MOTOR. DEALER REPLACED COWEL AT MY EXPENSE, WITHIN 3 MONTHS LEAK RETURNED AND DEALER WANTS TO REMOVE DASH AND CHECK HEATER BOX, AT A MINIMUM EXPENSE OF $850. FORD HAS A RECALL, 03V08700 AND TSB 04...

Mileage: 32,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT HEARD A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR FACILITY FOR INSPECTION AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 46,12...

Mileage: 38,000

1) NORMAL USE. 2) WATER LEAKED INTO HEATER BLOWER MOTOR OF 2003 FORD TAURUS. BLOWER MOTOR FAILED. HEATER RESISTER ALSO FAILED. 3) INSTALLED NEW BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR. NEED TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL PARTS FROM TSB 04-15-3 SO PROBLEM DOES NOT REPEAT. APPEARS TO BE POOR ORIGINAL ENGINEERING THAT WOU...

Mileage: 44,350

I HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS IT IS A FLEX FUEL VEHICLE. WE HAVE RECENTLY GOTTEN E85 GAS IN OUR AREA AND I USE IT PERIODICALLY. I HAVE BEEN HAVING "STARTING ISSUES" WITH IT; OVER THE PAST YEAR IT HAS HAD THE IACV REPLACED TWICE, THE FUEL PUMP, THE STARTER AND THE FUEL FILTER ALL REPLACED ONCE. T...

Mileage: 2

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE WINDSHIELD LEAKED WATER INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR AND CAUSED THE BLOWER MOTOR TO MALFUNCTION. THE DEFROSTER FAILED CAUSING LIMITED VISION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD GUARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD WARPED AND CAUSED THE LEAK. THE CURRENT MILEAGE...

Mileage: 70,300

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE BLOWER MOTOR WAS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, AND ON 08/06/2007, IT FAILED COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY SEAL, WEATHER STRIPPING AND WATER THAT WAS LEAKING INTO THE MOTOR. THE CONTACT DID N...

Mileage: 53,450

AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING. CHECKED FUSES THEY WERE GOOD, STARTED ENGINE - UP AND BLOWER STARTED WORKING REST OF DAY. THEN IT ONLY WORKED WHEN IT WANTED TO. HAD DIAGNOSTIC 08/03/07 NEEDS BLOWER MOTOR. *TR

Mileage: 32,500

2003 FORD TAURUS COIL SPRINGS REPAIR RECALL CUSTOMER WANTS FORD TO PAY FOR SOME OR ALL HER EXPENSES**CC THE CONSUMER STATED HE IS WRITING ON BEHALF OF CUSTOMER WHO HAS TROUBLE COMMUNICATING. THE CONSUMER FOUND HER LEFT FRONT TIRE FLAT IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE CONSUMER HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED FOUR BRAND...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE WHICH CAUSED A FLAT TIRE, DAMAGE TO THE AIR BAG SENSORS, A BREAK IN THE MOUNTING BRACKET, AND FAILURE OF THE SHOCKS. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH COMPLAINTS SUBMITTED TO WARRANT A RECALL...

Mileage: 68,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH HE NOTICED RAIN ENTERED INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE BLOWER MOTOR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RAIN ENTERED THROUGH THE SEALS OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE DEALER REPLACED THE WEATHER STRIPPING PANEL AND BL...

Mileage: 56,700

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS ...

Mileage: 58,000

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. THE FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. IT WAS AN IMMEDIATE FAILURE WITH A LOUD EXPLOSION NOISE. THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED ME FROM A MAJOR ACCIDENT WAS THAT I WAS JUST STARTING UP. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT....

Mileage: 63,500

OVER A YEAR AGO, I NOTICED THAT IT WAS HARD TO GET THE GEAR SHIFT TO MOVE FROM THE PARK POSITION TO DRIVE OR REVERSE IN THE 2003 FORD TAURUS. NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED I COULD NOT GET THE CAR INTO GEAR. FINALLY, SOMETHING TOLD ME TO PUSH DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL,HARD, AND THEN IT WOULD RELEASE. ...

Mileage: 32,000

MY WIFE NOTICED WATER PORING OUT IN THE PASSENGER FLOORBOARD OF HER 2003 FORD TAURUS. SHE WAS AGGRAVATED BY THIS, BUT HAD NO MECHANICAL FAILURES AND DID NOT WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT IT. THEN SHE HAD HER DEFROSTER FAIL WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSED AN ISSUE, BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET HOME IMMEDIATELY...

MY WIFE NOTICED WATER PORING OUT IN THE PASSENGER FLOORBOARD OF HER 2003 FORD TAURUS. SHE WAS AGGRAVATED BY THIS, BUT HAD NO MECHANICAL FAILURES AND DID NOT WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT IT. THEN SHE HAD HER DEFROSTER FAIL WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSED AN ISSUE, BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET HOME IMMEDIATELY...

MY WIFE NOTICED WATER PORING OUT IN THE PASSENGER FLOORBOARD OF HER 2003 FORD TAURUS. SHE WAS AGGRAVATED BY THIS, BUT HAD NO MECHANICAL FAILURES AND DID NOT WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT IT. THEN SHE HAD HER DEFROSTER FAIL WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSED AN ISSUE, BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET HOME IMMEDIATELY...

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH IN BUSY EARLY AM TRAFFIC I HEARD A NOISE & THE CAR WAS LOSING SPEED. I PUSHED ON ACCELERATOR IT WOULD NOT MOVE. BARELY GOT OFF TO THE SIDE. THE CAR DID NOT WORK IN ANY GEAR. ONLY 59000 MILES AND HAD BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY. NO ABUSE. TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP IN FORT MILL,SC....

Mileage: 59,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A WATER LEAK IN THE FRONT SEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE GALLIUM WAS LEAKING AND THEY REPLACED THE AC MOTOR AND RESISTER. THE DEALER CHARGED HER $700 FOR THE REPAIR AND STATED THAT IT ...

Mileage: 47,117

ENGINE CONTINUALLY CUTS OUT, STALLS, FAILS TO ACCELERATE, ETC. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS DUE TO THE CAM SENSOR ASSEMBLY WHICH FORD ADMITS IS FAULTY...AND YET I AM HAVING TO PAY OVER $500 IN ORDER TO FIX THIS!! *AK

Mileage: 10,200

SAME AS COMPLAINT NO. 10194207 BUT WITH A SECOND VEHICLE. IT HESITATES OR STALLS WITH NO NOTICE OTHER THAN ALL THE DASH LIGHTS COMING ON FOR A FEW SECONDS. THEN, THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. HAPPENS WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION AND AT INTERSECTIONS. CAR CAN BE GOING 60 MPH OR CAN BE AT A STOPLIGHT. HAS BEE...

SAME AS COMPLAINT NO. 10194207 BUT WITH A SECOND VEHICLE. IT HESITATES OR STALLS WITH NO NOTICE OTHER THAN ALL THE DASH LIGHTS COMING ON FOR A FEW SECONDS. THEN, THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. HAPPENS WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION AND AT INTERSECTIONS. CAR CAN BE GOING 60 MPH OR CAN BE AT A STOPLIGHT. HAS BEE...

VEHICLE HESITATES OR STALLS OUT WHILE IN MOTION. ALL THE DASH LIGHTS COME AND THEN THERE IS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER. HAVE TWO OF THE SAME VEHICLE AND HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH BOTH. FORD HAS TRIED TO CORRECT THIS BUT ALL ATTEMPTS HAVE FAILED. BOTH CARS ARE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND HAVE ABOUT 540...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LEAKS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEN IT RAINS. THE LEAK CAUSES A SHORTAGE IN THE AC RESISTOR. THE RESISTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. T...

Mileage: 65,000

FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND BLEW OUT TIRE AND STABILIZER BAR

Mileage: 87,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S COOLING FAN HAS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO FOUND THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR HAD FAILED ALONG WITH THE COOLING FAN. THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY WATER ENTERING INSIDE OF THE COW PANEL. THE FAILURE OF THE BL...

Mileage: 75,000

BLOWER FAN DOESN'T WORK. *AK

Mileage: 20,000

I WAS RECENTLY INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. I WAS DRIVING A 2002 FORD TAURUS SE. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY DOING ABOUT 55 MPH. A CHAIN REACTION OF ACCIDENTS STARTED AND I WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME TO AVOID REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. APPROXIMATE SPEED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT WAS 50 M...

Mileage: 58,000

I WAS RECENTLY INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. I WAS DRIVING A 2002 FORD TAURUS SE. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY DOING ABOUT 55 MPH. A CHAIN REACTION OF ACCIDENTS STARTED AND I WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME TO AVOID REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. APPROXIMATE SPEED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT WAS 50 M...

Mileage: 58,000

I WAS RECENTLY INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. I WAS DRIVING A 2002 FORD TAURUS SE. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY DOING ABOUT 55 MPH. A CHAIN REACTION OF ACCIDENTS STARTED AND I WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME TO AVOID REAR ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. APPROXIMATE SPEED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT WAS 50 M...

Mileage: 58,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN IT RAINS, WATER DRIPS FROM THE PASSENGERS SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD INTO THE VEHICLE, CAUSING INTERIOR DAMAGE. THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILS DUE TO THE WATER DAMAGE AND THE BLOWER HAD TO BE REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNK...

Mileage: 35,000

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS HAS HAD WATER LEAKING IN TO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD EVER SINCE I PURCHASED IT, NOT THINKING A WHOLE LOT ABOUT IT WHEN I RETURNED FROM OVER SEAS DUE TO A DEPLOYMENT THERE WAS RUST STAINS IN MY CARPET AND THE BLOWER THEN WOULD ONLY WORK ON HIGH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO THE BLOWER ...

Mileage: 42,000

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS HAS HAD WATER LEAKING IN TO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD EVER SINCE I PURCHASED IT, NOT THINKING A WHOLE LOT ABOUT IT WHEN I RETURNED FROM OVER SEAS DUE TO A DEPLOYMENT THERE WAS RUST STAINS IN MY CARPET AND THE BLOWER THEN WOULD ONLY WORK ON HIGH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO THE BLOWER ...

Mileage: 42,000

2003 FORD TAURUS. FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURED TIRE AND DAMAGED OTHER RELATED PARTS. FORTUNATELY THE CAR WAS PARKED AT THE TIME. CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR RPAIR AND REPLACEMENT.

Mileage: 105,167

2003 FORD TAURUS HAD LEAKING UNDER PASSENGER DASHBOARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED FOR $155. THE BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING EXCEPT ON HIGH. I READ THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 2003 FORD TAURUS. NOW I WAS GOING TO BE OUT MORE MONEY TO REPLACE THE BLOWER AND...

Mileage: 79,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS LOOSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKE WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER. THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE AS NOTED IN NHTSA RECAL...

Mileage: 133,000

ANY TIME AIR CONDITIONER WAS USED IT SMELLED MUSTY, THEN THE FAN BLOWER QUIT WORKING EXCEPT FOR HIGH, REPLACED BLOWER RESISTOR.*AK

Mileage: 52,000

RAIN WATER LEAKED INTO THE PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT VIA CABIN AIR FILTER. WATER PASSED THROUGH ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS CONTROLLING HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS. A SHORT COULD OCCUR, POSSIBLY IGNITING A FIRE. FINALLY, A PUDDLE WILL FORM ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FLOOR; THE SIZE OF THE PUDDLE WA...

Mileage: 16,500

2003 FORD TAURUS STALLS AT HIGH SPEEDS AND AT SLOWING DOWN. *AK

Mileage: 60,000

AFTER 8 HOURS OF DRIVING THE CAR BEGAN STALLING WHILE MOVING AT POSTED SPEEDS. AFTER STOPPING A FEW MINUTES ENGINE RAN FINE. RECURRED ABOUT FIVE TIMES ON TRIP. OBD-II CODE INDICATED FUEL RAIL PRESSURE PROBLEM. LATER FUEL PUMP PRESSURE CHECK INDICATED THE PUMP WAS WORKING NORMALLY. *AK

Mileage: 68,000

2003 FORD TAURUS TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 59,000 MILES. WE WERE GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH DURING THE WEEKEND. IT WAS HARD TO GET IT TOWED IT BEING THE WEEKEND. COST TO REPAIR WAS $2,000. WON'T BUY FORD CAR AGAIN. B *JB

Mileage: 59,000

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS. SINCE 5/04/05 I HAVE HAD A WATER LEAK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. DURING A HEAVY RAIN STORM THE WATER DRIPS IN FROM UNDER THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DASH. MANY TIMES IT HAS CREATED LARGE PUDDLES. THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME WAS IN THE SHOP FOR ITS 30,000 MILE CHECK. THE DEALER WAS...

Mileage: 30,806

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE BLOWER MOTOR, A RESISTOR AND THE BOWER MOTOR WHEEL. THIS WAS DO TO A DEFECTIVE DESIGN BY FORD THAT LETS MOISTURE INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR AREA THUS CAUSING IT TO FAIL, THEY REFUSE TO DO A RECALL AND I HAVE SEEN THOUSANDS OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS ON WEBS...

Mileage: 52,000

WATER LEAK CAUSING BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR TO FAIL ON 2003 FORD TAURUS. *JB

Mileage: 80,000

WATER LEAK CAUSING BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR TO FAIL ON 2003 FORD TAURUS. *JB

Mileage: 80,000

OUR 2003 FORD TAURUS STARTED TO LEAK FROM SOMEWHERE. THE FLOORS BECAME WET WHEN IT RAINED. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY FIXED"THE PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES EACH TIME THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM. WE WERE LEFT WITHOUT A CAR FOR A WEEK THE LAST TIME ,AND STIL...

Mileage: 31,471

OUR 2003 FORD TAURUS STARTED TO LEAK FROM SOMEWHERE. THE FLOORS BECAME WET WHEN IT RAINED. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY FIXED"THE PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES EACH TIME THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM. WE WERE LEFT WITHOUT A CAR FOR A WEEK THE LAST TIME ,AND STIL...

Mileage: 31,471

WHEN SOMEONE WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE STALLING PROBLEMS WHILE DRIVING2003 FORD TAURUS. SOMETIMES IT WASD AT A STOP, BUT IT ALSO HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT CHOKED OUT, THE GAUGES WENT HAYWIRE, AND IT STALLED. THISWAS SOMETHING I FOUND ON BLOGS WAS A COMMON COMPLAINT BY TAURUS...

Mileage: 76,292

RAIN IS ENTERING THE HEATER/AC BOX SHORTING THE HEATER/AC FAN. WINDOW FOGS SUDDENLY CREATING HAZARD. IT IS NOT ANTIFREEZE OR HEATER CORE. AFTER HEAVY RAIN YOU CAN HEAR WATER SLOSHING AROUND IN THE HEATER BOX. THERE IS ALSO A FAINT ODOR OF A BURNT ELECTRICAL COMPONENT. I SUSPECT BLOWER MOTOR. *JB

Mileage: 15,000

WATER LEAKING ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD OF THE 2003 FORD TAURUS. A/C BLOWER DOESN'T WORK DUE TO LEAKING. (AK

WATER LEAKED INTO THE CABIN ON PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT OF THE 2003 FORD TAURUS, CAUSING THE HEATER AND AIR CONDITION R ( /A-C) BLOWER TO RUST AND BECOME INOPERATIVE. VISIBILITY A PROBLEM BEFORE CHANGING THE MOTOR MYSELF. DEALER REFUSED TO FIX UNDER EXT. WARRANTY. RECALL #031506, FOR WATER LEAK.*AK

WATER LEAKED INTO THE CABIN ON PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT OF THE 2003 FORD TAURUS, CAUSING THE HEATER AND AIR CONDITION R ( /A-C) BLOWER TO RUST AND BECOME INOPERATIVE. VISIBILITY A PROBLEM BEFORE CHANGING THE MOTOR MYSELF. DEALER REFUSED TO FIX UNDER EXT. WARRANTY. RECALL #031506, FOR WATER LEAK.*AK

INTERSTATE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED ON 2003 TAURUS WITH 53,000 MILES. ALL GEARS REACTED LIKE NEUTRAL. TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP, AND WAS DIAGNOSED T AS TORQUE CONVERTER AND GASKET FAILURES. REBUILT TRANSMISSION INSTALLED AT $1500. *AK

Mileage: 53,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER MUST BE POWERED ON AND OFF IN ORDER FOR IT TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE AIR OR HEAT INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE RAINY. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE ...

Mileage: 16,300

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE HEAT ON AND IT FAILED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT WATER WAS IN THE BLOWER MOTOR. THE MOTOR AND RESISTOR WAS REPLACED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS FAILURE WILL REOCCUR BECAUSE IT WAS ONGOING , AND THE FIL...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFROSTER FAILED TO OPERATE WHEN ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR, RAIN HOOD, AND RESISTER ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CONDUCTED SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND SEVERAL ...

Mileage: 1,600

2003 FORD TAURUS ,WATER LEAKING IN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD WHEN IT RAINS. *JB

Mileage: 39,000

STOPPED AT RED LIGHT, WAS UNABLE TO MOVE CAR WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN. NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. HAD CAR TOWED TO LOCAL SHOP WHO DIAGNOSED AS MAJOR TRANSMISSION WORK NEEDED AND SUGGESTED I CONTACT FORD FOR ASSISTANCE. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY ADVISED I TAKE TO LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY WOULD TRY TO...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE DEFROSTER BLOWER MOTOR FAILED TO OPERATE WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO CLEAR THE WINDOWS MANUALLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SUDDENLY AND WITH NO WARNING INDICATORS. FORD MOTOR COMPANY WAS AWARE OF THIS FAILURE, AND ISSUED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULL...

Mileage: 16,300

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WENT DEAD FOR 1 TO 3 SECONDS AND THEN STARTED BACK UP AGAIN. IT WAS TO THE POINT THAT I WOULD NOT ALLOW MY WIFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE SINCE SHE MAY PANIC AND HAVE AND ACCIDENT. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO DEALER, AND NO ONE SEEMED TO KNOW THE CAUSE FOR ...

Mileage: 65,000

THEIR WAS A WINTER STORM AND THE BLOWER ON MY 2003 TAURUS WAS NOT WORKING. WHEN THE TEMPATURES STARTED TO RISE AND THE SNOW/ICE MELTED THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT CONSOLSATION ON THE UNIT AS WELL AS ON THE FLOOR BOARDS. THE MOTOR HISSED, THEN STARTED THEN STOPPED. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAD THE MOTOR REPLA...

WATER SHORTED OUT MY BLOWER MOTOR IN 2003 FORD TAURUS. WE HAD A SLUSHY FRIDAY AND I WENT THROUGH A FEW SMALL PUDDLES AND HAD NO HEAT OR DEFROST IN 8 DEGREE WEATHER. NEEDLESS TO SAY NO DEFROST IN WINTER IS A HAZARD .THE FIX COST ME $400+. SIMPLY GOOGLE 2003 FORD TAURUS COWL AND YOU WILL SEE THAT I A...

I NOTICED A PUDDLE OF WATER IN MY PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD. SHORTLY AFTER, THE HEAT STARTED TO KICK OFF AND ON, THEN EVENTUALLY KICKED OFF COMPLETELY. NOW, WE JUST REPLACED THE HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONER MOTOR BLOWER AND RELAY BECAUSE THE MOTOR BURNED OUT DUE TO EXCESSIVE WATER DAMAGE. THIS WAT...

Mileage: 57,405

BLOWER MOTOR (BLOWN) ISSUES WITH WATER LEAKAGE AND A VERY WET AND SMELLY CAR . *JB

Mileage: 44,076

BLOWER MOTOR (BLOWN) ISSUES WITH WATER LEAKAGE AND A VERY WET AND SMELLY CAR . *JB

Mileage: 44,076

TL*- THE CONTACT NOTICED WATER LEAKING ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD OF HIS 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED MORE WATER WHEN IT RAINED OR WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS WET. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A WATER LEAK DUE TO THERE BEING NO DEFLECTOR OVER THE POLLEN FILTER. THE D...

Mileage: 61,000

AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHTS MALFUNCTION. TURN OFF UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENT A FEW TIMES BROUGHT VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER CHARGED 50 DOLLARS TO REPAIR WITHIN 2 WEEKS SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. NOW TURN HEADLIGHTS ON MANUALLY. COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED ON TURNPIKE ...

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BACKING UP THE 2003 FORD TAURUS WITH 72000 FAILURE MILEAGE A COUPLE OF FEET HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND. THE CONTACT GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND RAISED IT TO DISCOVER THAT THE DRIVER'S FRONT LEFT TIRE H SPLIT AND COIL SPRING SHEARED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN RE...

Mileage: 72,000

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BACKING UP THE 2003 FORD TAURUS WITH 72000 FAILURE MILEAGE A COUPLE OF FEET HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND. THE CONTACT GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND RAISED IT TO DISCOVER THAT THE DRIVER'S FRONT LEFT TIRE H SPLIT AND COIL SPRING SHEARED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN RE...

Mileage: 72,000

WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVE WAY LOUD POP LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT REMOVED TIRE AND NOTICED COIL SPRING BROKEN IT PUNCTURED TIRE. IF IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE ROAD COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY. THERE IS A RECALL BUT ONLY TO 2001 AND THIS IS A 2003 DON'T SEEM TO BE GETTING ANYWHERE WITH FORD ...

Mileage: 70,000

WATER WAS NOTICED IN THE FLOOR BOARD ON PASSENGER SIDE. A FEW DAYS LATER, 2/20/2007, MY BLOWER MOTOR WENT OUT. I CALLED LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN. TURNED OUT TO BE A WELL KNOWN WATER LEAK PROBLEM STEMMING FROM A DESIGN DEFECT LEAKS AT THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD. IT ALLOW...

Mileage: 27,450

WATER WAS NOTICED IN THE FLOOR BOARD ON PASSENGER SIDE. A FEW DAYS LATER, 2/20/2007, MY BLOWER MOTOR WENT OUT. I CALLED LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN. TURNED OUT TO BE A WELL KNOWN WATER LEAK PROBLEM STEMMING FROM A DESIGN DEFECT LEAKS AT THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD. IT ALLOW...

Mileage: 27,450

AS I BACKED OUT OF MY PAVED DRIVEWAY IN MY FORD TAURUS (2003) SES I HEARD A POP AND A HISS - APPARENTLY THE FRONT SPRING BROKE AND DAMAGED THE TIRE. I KNOW THE 2000 - 2002 HAD A RECALL ON THIS. I DON'T THINK THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED ON THE 2003. *JB

BLOWER MOTOR WENT OUT AND HAD NO HEAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER(5 DEGREES OUT AND HAD TWO TODDLERS IN THE CAR. IT IS A KNOWN MANUFACTURING DEFECT ALLOWING WATER TO GET INTO THE BLOWER ASSEMBLY. *NM

Mileage: 44,000

WE NOTICED A PUDDLE OF WATER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR AND A BURNING RUBBER SMELL AFTER A VERY HEAVY RAIN STORM. WE COULD HEAR WATER IN THE HEATER SYSTEM. TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE THEY CONFIRMED A DESIGN DEFECT IN THE COWLING WHICH ALLOWS RAIN WATER TO GET INTO THE BLOWER ...

Mileage: 20,211

I OWN A SILVER, 2003 FORD TAURUS WITH 81,000 MILES. AS MY WIFE WAS PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY SHE HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE CAR CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT. SHE IMMEDIATELY CALLED ME ON MY CELL PHONE TO TELL ME THAT SHE HAD A FLAT TIRE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I CAME HOME AND REMOVED THE FL...

Mileage: 81,000

BLOWER MOTOR FAILURE DUE TO WATER LEAKING INTO BLOWER CASE ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS, I TOOK MY CAR TO THE FORD DEALER TO GET THE BLOWER REPAIRED OR REPLACED. AFTER THEY REPLACED THE BLOWER, THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER MY 6 YR/ 75000 MI. BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY BECAUSE OF WATER LEAKING...

Mileage: 57,123

BLOWER MOTOR FAILURE DUE TO WATER LEAKING INTO BLOWER CASE ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS, I TOOK MY CAR TO THE FORD DEALER TO GET THE BLOWER REPAIRED OR REPLACED. AFTER THEY REPLACED THE BLOWER, THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER MY 6 YR/ 75000 MI. BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY BECAUSE OF WATER LEAKING...

Mileage: 57,123

THROTTLE STICKS AT THE TOP OF THE PEDAL. THE 'BARREL' GOING FROM THE AIR CLEANER TO THE CARBURETOR HAS A BUTTERFLY IN IT, WHEN THE BUTTERFLY RETURNS, IT GETS STUCK, THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME KIND OF SEAL MATERIAL. TO THROTTLE UP SOMETIMES MEANS EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON THE THROTTLE, WHEN THE BUTTERFLY...

Mileage: 50,000

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS' BLOWER MOTOR WENT OUT. IN ORDER TO HAVE HEAT IN MY CAR WE HAD TO REPLACE IT THE SAME DAY. *JB

THE HEATER BLOWER OF THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER STOPPED WORKING THE DAY THE WEATHER BECAME CODER AFTER A REASONABLY FAIR WEATHER. *NM

Mileage: 36,500

FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 7/22/06. I THOUGHT IT WAS ISOLATED, I WAS WRONG. SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 1/14/07. ABOUT TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT THE STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT & THE WILL RATTLE LIKE YOU'RE DRIVING ON A DIRT ROAD. ON THE MORNING OF 1/14/07 WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING GOING TO WO...

WATER COLLECTS IN BLOWER CASE OF THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM, SHORTING OUT THE MOTOR DUE TO DEFECTIVE HVAC AIR INTAKE DESIGN. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO KEEP THE WINDSHIELD CLEAR OF CONDENSATION WHILE DRIVING, LIMITING VISIBILITY. *JB

Mileage: 55,000

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING SNAPPED CAUSING CAR TO FALL ON TIRE. PUNCTURED TIRE, RUINED STRUT AND BRAKE LINE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVE WAY, HAD THIS TAKEN PLACE WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD IT WOULD HAVE EASILY KILLED OR INJURED EVERYONE IN THE CAR. THERE WAS NO INDICATION LEA...

Mileage: 81,000

PUDDLE OF WATER ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. BASED ON RESEARCH AVAILABLE ON WEB, FORD IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB

Mileage: 80,153

CAR WAS SITTING OUTSIDE FOR A WEEK WHILE ON VACATION (NOT BEING DRIVEN). UPON ARRIVING HOME, STARTED THE CAR BUT THE BLOWER WOULD NOT RUN. TROUBLESHOT IT DOWN TO THE BLOWER MOTOR. UPON REMOVAL OF THE BLOWER MOTOR, I FOUND 2 CUPS OF WATER, ALONG WITH SOME ICE CHUNKS IN THE BLOWER MOTOR. I REPLACE...

Mileage: 50,000

BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR FAILED ON HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WHERE IT WOULD WORK ON HIGH ONLY. PART REPLACED AND IT IS NOW WORKING, APPARENTLY, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2003 FORD TAURUS. *NM

Mileage: 73,000

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS. LAST WEEK THE RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND RIPPED THE TIRE. FORD HAS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM FOR 2001 AND EARLIER MODELS. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *NM

Mileage: 31,000

HAVE REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTORS ON A 2003 FORD TAURUS TWICE (PAID FOR TWICE AT A FORD REPAIR SHOP) AND IT HAS QUIT AGAIN - ALL WITHIN A TWO MONTH PERIOD. AFRAID TO LET THEM TRY AGAIN. *JB

2003 FORD TAURUS SES. FORD TSB 4-15-3, NHTSA #10011149. BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR FAILURE. MOISTURE CAUSES THE RESISTOR TO SHORT OUT. MOISTURE AND ELECTRICAL SHORT IS A FIRE HAZARD. RESISTOR AND BLOWER MOTOR MUST BE REPLACED AND BLOWER MOTOR HOUSING MUST BE RESEALED. THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED IN 20...

Mileage: 34,500

2003 FORD TAURUS SES. FORD TSB 4-15-3, NHTSA #10011149. BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR FAILURE. MOISTURE CAUSES THE RESISTOR TO SHORT OUT. MOISTURE AND ELECTRICAL SHORT IS A FIRE HAZARD. RESISTOR AND BLOWER MOTOR MUST BE REPLACED AND BLOWER MOTOR HOUSING MUST BE RESEALED. THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED IN 20...

Mileage: 34,500

DEFROST BLOWER MOTOR QUIT IN MY 2003 TAURUS. BEGAN BY ACTING SLUGGISH, WHEN WETNESS APPEARED ON FLOOR ASSUMED IT WAS DUE TO THE RAINY WEATHER BUT HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THIS IS AN ONGOING DESIGN DEFECT WHICH FORD HAS YET TO ADDRESS. HAVE RECEIVED 1 ESTIMATE ON COST TO REPLACE BLOWER FAN ONLY $264.00 ...

Mileage: 36,035

WATER LEAKED INTO FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BY WINDSHIELD AND SOAKED FRONT FLOOR AREA (AT LEAST 1 TO 2 QUARTS OF WATER) IT ALSO SHORTED OUT AND DESTROYED THE BLOWER MOTOR. DEALER INSTALLED NEW MOLDING AND AN ADDITIONAL RAIN HAT. CARE WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. SO DEALER WOULD NOT HELP WITH COST. I WONDER ...

Mileage: 34,101

BLOWER MOTOR SWITCH QUIT WORKING. IS DUE, AS I UNDERSTAND, TO A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING AND/OR DESIGN IN BLOWER MOTOR CASE WHICH ALLOWS WATER TO GET IN AND RUIN THE RESISTER SWITCH. EVENTUALLY BLOWER MOTOR SWITCH QUITS WORKING ALTOGETHER. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERE IS NO DEFROST OR DEFOGGER WHICH AF...

Mileage: 79,000

BLOWER MOTOR SWITCH QUIT WORKING. IS DUE, AS I UNDERSTAND, TO A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING AND/OR DESIGN IN BLOWER MOTOR CASE WHICH ALLOWS WATER TO GET IN AND RUIN THE RESISTER SWITCH. EVENTUALLY BLOWER MOTOR SWITCH QUITS WORKING ALTOGETHER. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERE IS NO DEFROST OR DEFOGGER WHICH AF...

Mileage: 79,000

BEGAN NOTICING VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL OF 2003 FORD TAURUS LX. TOOK CAR TO ORIGINAL FORD DEALER 3-4 TIMES AND THE TIRES WERE BALANCED, BUT THE VIBRATION PERSISTED. ON THE LAST VISIT TO THIS DEALER, I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED NEW TIRES. SPENT $400 ON NEW TIRES AT AN INDEPENDENT TIRE DEALER, BUT ...

Mileage: 15,000

BEGAN NOTICING VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL OF 2003 FORD TAURUS LX. TOOK CAR TO ORIGINAL FORD DEALER 3-4 TIMES AND THE TIRES WERE BALANCED, BUT THE VIBRATION PERSISTED. ON THE LAST VISIT TO THIS DEALER, I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED NEW TIRES. SPENT $400 ON NEW TIRES AT AN INDEPENDENT TIRE DEALER, BUT ...

Mileage: 15,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE SERVICE DEALER DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.

Mileage: 74,870

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP OVER 5 TIMES FOR STALLING WHILE DRIVING AND NOT STARTING ON ANY GIVEN DAY. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN REPLACED EXCEPT THE CAR ITSELF. UPON THE LAST VISIT, I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE STARTER AND THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR IT TO BE REPLACED. AFTER IT WAS REPLACED AND THE DEA...

RAIN WATER IS SEEPING ONTO THE FRONT PASSENGER FLOOR. APPARENTLY THIS WATER IS RAIN WATER THAT SOMEHOW LEAKS FROM THE FRONT INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR & THEN MAKES IT WAY INTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR. THERE IS NO PRIOR ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE TO THE CAR CAUSING THIS. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT FORD HAS PU...

Mileage: 40,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THERE WAS A NOISE AND THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THE COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED, PUNCTURING THE TIRE, AND FRACTURING THE SWAY BAR LINK. THE COIL...

Mileage: 93,700

2003 TAURUS SES-WINDSHIELD LEAKS WATER INTO PASS. SIDE FLOOR. *NM

Mileage: 54,000

2003 TAURUS SES-WINDSHIELD LEAKS WATER INTO PASS. SIDE FLOOR. *NM

Mileage: 54,000

AS WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER 2003 TAURUS OWNERS, I ALSO HAVE WATER LEAKING INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE COMPARTMENT FROM A DESIGN/MANUFACTURING FLAW. I ALSO REPLACED THE HEATER FAN WHICH I FOUND TO BE FULL OF WATER. I AM ALSO VERY, VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE IDEA THAT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FLAW AND FORD ...

Mileage: 43,000

AS WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER 2003 TAURUS OWNERS, I ALSO HAVE WATER LEAKING INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE COMPARTMENT FROM A DESIGN/MANUFACTURING FLAW. I ALSO REPLACED THE HEATER FAN WHICH I FOUND TO BE FULL OF WATER. I AM ALSO VERY, VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE IDEA THAT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FLAW AND FORD ...

Mileage: 43,000

NO WARNINGS....FORD TAURUS 2003 SES...58,000 MILES....TRANSMISSION FAILED. I HAD A REMANFACTURED TRANSMISSION INSTALLED. TRADED CAR IN FOR A HYUNDAI THE SAME WEEK. *NM

Mileage: 58,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS IN RAINY WEATHER, WATER LEAKED THROUGH THE COWLING AROUND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. ADDITIONALLY, THE RAINWATER LEAKED INTO THE DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER MOTOR WHICH SHORTED OUT AFTERWARDS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.

Mileage: 70,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS IN RAINY WEATHER, WATER LEAKED THROUGH THE COWLING AROUND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. ADDITIONALLY, THE RAINWATER LEAKED INTO THE DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER MOTOR WHICH SHORTED OUT AFTERWARDS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.

Mileage: 70,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WATER LEAKED BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND THE HOOD, WHICH SHORTED OUT THE FAN TO THE COMPRESSOR. DUE TO THE FAN SHORTAGE, THE HEATER AND DEFROSTER DID NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE ALSO LEAKS BY THE PASSENGER FLOOR.

Mileage: 36,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WATER LEAKED ONTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD THROUGH THE BLOWER MOTOR VENTS CAUSING THE DEFROSTER/FOGGER BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON TWO OCCASIONS. ALSO, THE ENGINE WILL STALL WHILE IDLING. ALL OF THE W...

Mileage: 69,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WATER LEAKED ONTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD THROUGH THE BLOWER MOTOR VENTS CAUSING THE DEFROSTER/FOGGER BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON TWO OCCASIONS. ALSO, THE ENGINE WILL STALL WHILE IDLING. ALL OF THE W...

Mileage: 69,000

BLOWER MOTOR SWITCH WENT OUT, PLUS WATER LEAK ON PASSENGER FRONT SIDE. *NM

Mileage: 75,988

BLOWER MOTOR SWITCH WENT OUT, PLUS WATER LEAK ON PASSENGER FRONT SIDE. *NM

Mileage: 75,988

I HAVE A 1993 FORD TAURUS THAT LEAKED WATER FROM UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE DASH. THEN MY AC SWITCH WENT OUT. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID WATER HAD GOTTEN INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR AND SHORTED OUT. HE ALSO HAD A 1992 TAURUS THAT HE JUST REPAIED WITH THE EXACT PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC SAID IT WILL N...

Mileage: 32,514

I HAVE A 1993 FORD TAURUS THAT LEAKED WATER FROM UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE DASH. THEN MY AC SWITCH WENT OUT. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID WATER HAD GOTTEN INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR AND SHORTED OUT. HE ALSO HAD A 1992 TAURUS THAT HE JUST REPAIED WITH THE EXACT PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC SAID IT WILL N...

Mileage: 32,514

I HAVE A 2003 FORD TAURUS SE, WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY I TRIED TO MAKE A PHONE CALL HOME. AT THE TIME MY PHONE COULD NOT CONNECT, I RE-TRIED THE PHONE CALL MY PHONE MADE A CLICKING SOUND, SIMULTANEOUSLY MY DASH BOARD BLINKED OUT AND RESET TO ALL THE WRONG INFORMATION. WHEN I EXITED THE FREEWAY I...

Mileage: 59,686

2003 FORD TAURUS BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING AND THE WINDSHIELD FOGGED UP WHILE DRIVING. THE PROBLEM WAS WATER GETTING INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR AREA FROM THE COWL AREA AT THE CABIN FILTER. FORD KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HAS A TSB FIX WITH A SHIELD AND WEATHERSTRIP. THEY TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROBLEM A...

Mileage: 24,300

2003 FORD TAURUS BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING AND THE WINDSHIELD FOGGED UP WHILE DRIVING. THE PROBLEM WAS WATER GETTING INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR AREA FROM THE COWL AREA AT THE CABIN FILTER. FORD KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HAS A TSB FIX WITH A SHIELD AND WEATHERSTRIP. THEY TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROBLEM A...

Mileage: 24,300

CONSUMER 2003 FORD TAURUS FAN BLOWER BECAME INOPERABLE AFTER 50,000 MILES. *TS *JB

WINDSHIELD LEAKS WATER AND AIR. FOUND ON YOUR WEBSITE THAT THEIR WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BUT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN IT. *NM

Mileage: 10,000

I JUST PURCHASED A 2003 FORD TAURUS FROM ROYAL FORD IN OWEGO, N.Y. AND THE BLOWER MOTOR QUIT ON ME, THEY WILL NOT REPLACE, I'VE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 4 MONTHS. *NM

Mileage: 47,500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD GLASS LEAKED DURING RAINY WEATHER AND PUDDLES OF RAINWATER FORM IN THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SEALANT AROUND THE WINDSHIELD GLASS. AFTERWARDS, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 03V...

Mileage: 4,700

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD GLASS LEAKED DURING RAINY WEATHER AND PUDDLES OF RAINWATER FORM IN THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SEALANT AROUND THE WINDSHIELD GLASS. AFTERWARDS, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 03V...

Mileage: 4,700

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD GLASS LEAKED DURING RAINY WEATHER AND PUDDLES OF RAINWATER FORM IN THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SEALANT AROUND THE WINDSHIELD GLASS. AFTERWARDS, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 03V...

Mileage: 4,700

FAILURE OF BLOWER MOTOR AND FAN RESISTOR DUE TO WATER PUDDLING IN THIS AREA AND CAUSING REPLACEMENT. *NM

Mileage: 85,380

THERE WAS WATER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR AFTER A RAIN STORM THIS WEEK AND NOW THE CLIMATE CONTROL BLOWER MOTOR DOESN'T WORK IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN NHTSA ITEM NUMBER 10011149 AND SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER: 031506. *JB

Mileage: 61,000

THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG OF MY 2003 TAURUS DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I WAS TRAVELING ON A TWO LANE ROAD AT 30 MPH WHEN IT DEPLOYED. I SWERVED TO THE LEFT AND RECOVERED AND PULLED OVER AND STOPPED. I THOUGHT THE CAR HAD BEEN HIT BY A LARGE ROCK ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR. ON...

Mileage: 41,980

ON FEB 9, 2006 OUR BLOWER MOTOR WOULD ONLY WORK ON HIGH. WE TOOK IT IN THEN AND THEY REPLACED THE RESISTOR, NEVER MENTIONING A POTENTIAL WATER PROBLEM THAT WOULD LEAD TO BLOWER MOTOR FAILURE. ON JUNE 25, 2006 OUR BLOWER MOTOR WENT OUT. WE TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND WERE TOLD A WATER LEAK CAUSED THIS & THE...

ON 6-7-06, WHILE DRIVING THE CAR TO WORK, THE FAN MOTOR QUIT. FOR THE NEXT WEEK, THE MOTOR WOULD QUIT OR FAIL TO RUN ANY TIME THAT IT WAS RAINING OR HAD RAINED. THIS EFFECTED USING THE DEFROST AND THE AIR CONDITIONING. AFTER CHECKING ALL FUSES, I FINALLY TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPAR...

Mileage: 37,398

THERE WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE RIGHT COWL TRIM THAT ALLOWED WATER TO SEEP INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR WHICH CAUSED THE MOTOR TO RUST OUT AND STOP WORKING. IF THE FAILURE HAPPENED WITHIN THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY IT WAS FIXED FOR FREE BUT IF YOU WERE UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE IT FAIL AFTERWARDS FORD SAYS YOU...

Mileage: 45,250

YESTERDAY MY FORD TAURUS 2003 WHILE MY CHILD WAS WITH ME HAD THE ENGINE GO WILD OUT OF CONTROL. THE ENGINE ALL BY ITS SELF STARTED RACING AT HIGH SPEED AND THERE WAS NO CONTROL OF IT. I HAD GOOD SENSE TO HOLD DOWN THE BRAKE AND SHIFTED IT INTO NEUTRAL. IT RAN THIS WAY FOR A MINUTE OR TWO. I ALMOST K...

Mileage: 84,598

YESTERDAY MY FORD TAURUS 2003 WHILE MY CHILD WAS WITH ME HAD THE ENGINE GO WILD OUT OF CONTROL. THE ENGINE ALL BY ITS SELF STARTED RACING AT HIGH SPEED AND THERE WAS NO CONTROL OF IT. I HAD GOOD SENSE TO HOLD DOWN THE BRAKE AND SHIFTED IT INTO NEUTRAL. IT RAN THIS WAY FOR A MINUTE OR TWO. I ALMOST K...

Mileage: 84,598

POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE BRAKES ARE A CONCERN. BEFORE THE VEHICLE HAD 3,000 MILES, THE ROTORS WERE CUT. THAT IS UNHEARD OF FOR A CAR WITH SO LITTLE MILEAGE, AT LEAST TO ME. WE STILL HEAR GRINDING NOISES ON A HARD BRAKE IN THE RIGHT FRONT. EVERYTIME WE TAKE IT BACK, (4 TIMES) NO PROBLEMS ARE FOUND. I ...

ENGINE MISFIRED THEN SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING. *NM

MY TRANSMISSION SLIPS GOING FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL AND FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE. CAR ONLY HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT. BACK SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONS, DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. *NM