Owner-reported complaints naming the other system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Ford Taurus submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT STOPPED RETRACTING AND WAS NOT USABLE FOR THE PASSENGER (WHO HAPPENED TO BE MY TEENAGER) I HAD TAKEN IT TO BE REPAIRED THREE PREVIOUS TIMES. WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT A DEFECT AND THAT I HAD TO PAY 152 DOLLARS THIS TIME TO HAVE IT REPAIRED SINCE THE CAR IS NOW NOT UNDER WARRANTY BUT WAS UNDER WARRANTY THE FIRST 3 PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR
ON 12/2/04 I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO FORD FOR A REPAIR. MY CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT DISENGAGING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL, I HAD TO STEP ON THE BRAKE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. THE REPAIR WAS DONE. I HAD NO FURTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS UNTIL APROX 12/14/05. THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM RECURRED WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL NOT DISENGAGING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEN I CONTACTED THE FORD DEALER WHO DID THE ORIGINAL REPAIR, I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE REPAIR SINCE THEY ONLY WARRANTED FOR 12 MONTHS OR 12,000 MILES. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. CLEARLY A REPAIR SUCH AS THIS SHOULD NOT RECUR IF NEW PARTS WERE USED. EITHER THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE OR FAULTY PARTS WERE USED. WHEN I CONTACTED FORD MFG I WAS TOLD THE SAME >>>MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED (BY 2 WEEKS I SHOULD ADD)>>>SO I WAS OUT OF LUCK. NO WONDER FORD IS GOING UNDER! ANYWAY, THAT'S MY ISSUE. PLEASE ADVISE. *JB
WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. NO INJURIES TO REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT ALL THE LUG NUTS HAD SHEAR OFF. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. *JB
SLIGHT NOISE AND VIBRATION BUT COULD NOT LOCATE WHERE FROM IN THE CAR. RONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL FELL OFF. ALL STUDS WERE BROKE.*AK
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. MY EMISSION CONTROL LIGHT IS BACK ON AGAIN. IT CAME ON BEFORE AND THERE WAS SOME HESITATION WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. THE FIRST TIME THEY REPLACED SOME PART DEALING WITH THE GAS FILTER. IT IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. IS THIS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH FORD TAURUS?*AK
VEHICLE'S LEFT REAR TIRE FELL OFF . MR WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS ON THE DECELERATION RAMP TO A PLAZA THE LEFT REAR WHEEL FELL OFF. THE WHEEL WENT INTO THE PARKING AREA, STRUCK A VEHICLE THEN BOUNCED AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE WHEEL CAME TO REST BETWEEN THE TWO VEHICLES (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *NLM
ON LEFT REAR WHEEL, THE NUT WHICH HOLDS THE TIRE TO THE SPINDLE SPUN OFF OF THE AXLE/SPINDLE ASSEMBLY WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. THE ENTIRE WHEEL/DRUM ASSEMBLY PARTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND BOUNCED OFF DOWN THE ROAD AS I WAS DRIVING. *NLM MAJOR MECHANICAL FAILURE IN THE PARTS WHICH ARE MACHINED NOT TO COME LOOSE, BUT ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE NO SAFETY MECHANISMS TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN TO OTHER DRIVERS OR OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE.
WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE RIGHT SIDE REAR WHEEL SPINDLE BROKE AND THE WHEEL ROCKS BACK AND FORTH.PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION .DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH
WHEEL LUG NUTS CAME LOOSE. TWO HAD COME COMPLETELY OFF. MISSING NUTS REPLACED. ALL NUTS TIGHTENED BUT KEPT COMING LOOSE THROUGHOUT TRIP.*AK
RIGHT FRONT TIRE LUGS:NUTS WERE IMPROPERLY PUT ON. THEREFORE, TIRE COULD NOT COME OFF WHEN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO GET TIRES ROTATED.*AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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