Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRUCTURE - BODY | |||||
| 04251 | 12/27/2004 | 10014165 | Aluminum corrosion - service tip. *tt | 04/28/2005 | |
| 16315 | 10/01/2002 | 10013080 | Headliner grab handles loosen. *tt | 04/07/2005 | |
| 010202 | 01/01/2001 | 618041 | Subject regarding body trim-decklid emblem upgrading existing se to ses emblems. *jb | 04/03/2001 | |
| 8087 | 02/01/2000 | 612281 | Some vehicles may exhibit a binding, rattling or an inoperable moonroof that may be difficult to diagnose. *tt | 06/07/2000 | |
| STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR | |||||
| 99242 | 11/15/1999 | 6090184 | Information on replacing and / or repairing malfunctioning (door, ignition and decklid) locks. *tt | 03/09/2000 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRUCTURE | |||
| 03/10/2010 | 85860 | 1 | |
| When it rains i get puddles of water on passenger side floorboard. after several times of this happening, the blower motor has rusted out. water appears to be coming down the windshield into the cabin filter area and then dripping through under the passenger side dash area. *tr | |||
| 11/14/2009 | 86000 | 1 | |
| 2000 ford taurus se. i have had a leak coming from under the dash for a year now any time it rains. it has gotten to the point that both passenger floor and floor behind passenger seat is soaked after a good rain. it appears to originate near the blower. *tr | |||
| 05/05/2009 | 89000 | 1 | |
| Water leaks through the firewall and water accumulates on the floor in my 2000 ford taurus lx. see complaint #: 03v087000. *tr | |||
| 11/30/2008 | 66000 | 1 | |
| Passenger foot well fills with water during hard rains. *tr | |||
| 04/01/2008 | 106000 | 3 | 07/01/2002 |
| Water leaked onto the floor boards on several occasions. i have replaced the blower resistor three times, once following the installation of the new cowl and rain hat. *tr | |||
| 03/19/2008 | 42000 | 2 | 06/08/2000 |
| Ford taurus water leak on passenger side of cabin. over an inch of water on floor. appeared after cabin filter was replaced. dealer replaced rt. side cowl and weather stripping. still had leak. apparently they cracked or did not properly reinstall the cabin filter cover. had some work done since then with new cabin filter, had heavy rain and water damage again. this time, blower motor and blower resistor ruined. smelled electrical burning. very dangerous, i would imagine, not to mention, trying to drive with fogged up windows. they want me to pay over $450 to repair. i have refused. incidents were in 12/04 and now. have read plenty of info. regarding ford's faulty design of taurus' (mine) sables and other models. this should be recalled and repaired free of charge!!! *tr | |||
| 01/10/2008 | 95000 | 15 | |
| Passenger floorboard is filling up with water only when it rains. i have had the heater core, heater core causing and weather strip replaced by midas and rainhat and weather striping replaced by ford but it still leaks. *tr blower motor shorted out because of water. | |||
| 1 | |||
| Problems with blind spots while driving 2000 ford taurus. *mr the consumer had to be extremely careful when going through any intersection due to the blind spot that blocks the vision for a few seconds. (structure issue per consumer) *scc *jb | |||
| 15 | |||
| Water leaked inside the vehicle, the window was replaced on numerous occasions. *jb | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY | |||
| 01/11/2013 | 46000 | 1 | |
| Friday afternoon i took my 90 year old mother and drove to chick filet to buy a takeout lunch. i drove home to my mother's house and was in the process of backing up the car into her driveway. i stopped the car and looked behind me to check for anyone walking and then heard my mom scream fire!, fire!. as i quickly turned my head back i saw flames jumping out from under the hood of my 2000 ford taurus station wagon. i quickly turn off the car, grabbing the keys as i went, yelled at my mom to get out and then jumped out of the car and raced back to open the trunk so that i could get my mother's walker. as i arrived at my mother's car door i helped her out and pulled off her oxygen canula and told her to walk as fast as she could towards the house. i then grabbed the oxygen tank, purses, and lunch and ran toward the house screaming for someone to call the fire department. a neighbor said they would. i unlocked my mother's door and she pressed her life alert button and called the fire department. i walked out side to wait for the fire department and saw a man near the car looking at it. i yelled at him to get away in case it blew up. he did and in about 30 seconds it blew glass, and other bits all about and was fully engulfed with fire. the fire department took about 7 minutes to get there and the car was completely engulfed and burning up from front to back. we were told that it was a total loss. the scary thing is that there was no warning what so ever to let us know that this was about to happen. no smoke, no smells, nothing. my mother and i could have been burned up if we had not been able to get out in time. my car was well maintained and i had just purchased four new tires for it. we drove our car very carefully and we had owned it for 13 years and had low mileage only 46,000 miles on it. why did this car catch fire and explode without warning. *tr | |||
| 01/11/2013 | 46000 | ||
| Friday afternoon i took my 90 year old mother and drove to chick filet to buy a takeout lunch. i drove home to my mother's house and was in the process of backing up the car into her driveway. i stopped the car and looked behind me to check for anyone walking and then heard my mom scream fire!, fire!. as i quickly turned my head back i saw flames jumping out from under the hood of my 2000 ford taurus station wagon. i quickly turn off the car, grabbing the keys as i went, yelled at my mom to get out and then jumped out of the car and raced back to open the trunk so that i could get my mother's walker. as i arrived at my mother's car door i helped her out and pulled off her oxygen canula and told her to walk as fast as she could towards the house. i then grabbed the oxygen tank, purses, and lunch and ran toward the house screaming for someone to call the fire department. a neighbor said they would. i unlocked my mother's door and she pressed her life alert button and called the fire department. i walked out side to wait for the fire department and saw a man near the car looking at it. i yelled at him to get away in case it blew up. he did and in about 30 seconds it blew glass, and other bits all about and was fully engulfed with fire. the fire department took about 7 minutes to get there and the car was completely engulfed and burning up from front to back. we were told that it was a total loss. the scary thing is that there was no warning what so ever to let us know that this was about to happen. no smoke, no smells, nothing. my mother and i could have been burned up if we had not been able to get out in time. my car was well maintained and i had just purchased four new tires for it. we drove our car very carefully and we had owned it for 13 years and had low mileage only 46,000 miles on it. why did this car catch fire and explode without warning. | |||
| 12/18/2011 | 100000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2000 ford taurus. while parked, the contact noticed that the front driver side seat belt would not retract. after some time, the front passenger, rear driver and passenger side seat belts also would not retract. additionally, when the contact attempted to unlock the door locks with the key fob the doors would not unlock. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 100,000. kmj | |||
| 12/18/2011 | 100000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2000 ford taurus. while parked the contact noticed the front driver side seat belt would not retract. after sometime the front passenger, rear driver, and passenger seat belts would not retract either. additionally, when the contact attempted to unlock the door locks with the key fob the door locks would not unlock. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 100,000. da | |||
| 10/19/2011 | 145000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford taurus. the contact was driving 45 mph when the vehicle steered abnormally to the left. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where the mechanic confirmed corrosion on the frame near the passenger side front tire. the manufacturer was contacted and the vehicle was repaired. the failure and the current mileage were 145,000. | |||
| 10/19/2011 | 145000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2000 ford taurus. the contact was driving 45 mph when the vehicle steered abnormally to the left. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where the mechanic confirmed corrosion on the frame near the passenger side front tire. the manufacturer was contacted and the vehicle was repaired. the failure and the current mileage were 145,000. kmj | |||
| 10/19/2011 | 145000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2000 ford taurus. the contact was mph 45 mph when the vehicle steered to the left. the vehicle was taken to the dealer. the mechanic confirmed corrosion on frame near passenger side front tire. the manufacturer was contacted. the vehicle was repaired. the failure and current mileage were 145,000. rds | |||
| 09/01/2011 | 138777 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2000 ford taurus. the contact stated that the frame was rusted and the lower control arm and drive shaft fractured while the contact was driving low speeds. the dealer and manufacturer denied any assistance with repairs to the vehicle. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 138,777. kmj | |||
| 09/01/2011 | 138777 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2000 ford taurus. the contact stated that the frame rusted, the lower control arm and drive shaft broke while the contact was driving at a low speed. the dealer and manufacturer denied any assistance with repairs to the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 138,777. nw | |||
| 12/26/2008 | 120000 | ||
| My car door doesn't always latch immediately when i close the door. sometimes i have to drive 5 miles holding the car door closed with one hand before the door will latch. this happens during the winter months. the car has to warm up before the door will latch. i have tried lubricating the door latch and that doesn't work. there haven't been any technical service bulletins written about this issue. the car door latch works great during spring, fall and summer. | |||
| 01/01/2007 | 1 | 11/22/2000 | |
| Water leak from the firewall near the heater motor resulting in significant amounts of water pooling on the front passenger floor. *tr | |||
| 05/24/2007 | 125400 | 1 | 09/02/2003 |
| 2000 ford taurus se floorboard fills with water, unknown source. *tr | |||
| 02/09/2001 | 1 | 06/03/2000 | |
| Consumer states the cargo cover was replaced.*jb | |||
| Rear window on right hand side on the roof next to the back window, has a crack which is causing a leakage. consumer has contacted the dealer. please provide any further details. *ak | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - BUMPERS | |||
| 05/19/2005 | 0 | 05/05/2002 | |
| Paint splintered off of rear bumper when a stray shopping cart reportedly bumped vehicle. black rubber bumper exposed. such a slight bump that no structural damage; paint just shattered off of bumper. | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR | |||
| 12/01/2006 | 1 | 12/11/2000 | |
| 2000 taurus drivers door handles failed. *ts several times, while the vehicle was still covered under it's extended warranty, the consumer had to have the driver' s door open on the vehicle. the dealer claimed that moisture got into the locks. the dealer sprayed the locks. during the winter of 2004 and 2005 the consumer had to hold the door while driving until the lock thawed enough to close properly. the consumer also had a problem with the rear driver's side door not unlocking. now all four door handles are not working properly. *nm | |||
| 03/01/2002 | 48000 | 05/08/2000 | |
| The paneling on the interior of the rear passenger doors has peeled completely off. *nlm | |||
| 04/01/2002 | |||
| The outside mirror on drivers door has started falling off. the doors on drivers side are very hard to shut. the car is beginning to shake when drive. i feel like this car has been wrecked before. dt | |||
| 08/31/2001 | 1 | ||
| Consumer stated the door stop was coming off, dealer could not duplicate the problem.*jb | |||
| 12/11/2000 | 1 | ||
| Reporting a safety issue concerning vehicle left running with key in ignition switch and doors locked. unable to unlock door with remote opener. dealer notified, and informed consumer that it was a safety feature, and nothing could be done. *ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| Window and door seals faulty causing water to enter all windows and doors. nlm | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR - HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | |||
| 07/26/2002 | 3 | ||
| The driver is unable to open the front passenger door and both rear doors from the inside and outside. vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the door actuators needed to be replaced, and replaced them numerous times. however, the problem recurred. *ak | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE | |||
| 12/12/2002 | 40 | 2 | |
| In cold weather the liftgate collapsed. this has been happening for the last two winters. please provide any further information. *jb the consumer stated that sometimes in cool weather the glass liftgate stays up, in other instances without warning it suddenly drops causing painful blows to the head, hands or both. *tc | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - HOOD | |||
| 01/30/2002 | 10/01/2001 | ||
| Car blew up when cranked. hood had to be replaced and all exhaust system. *ak | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - ROOF AND PILLARS | |||
| 01/04/2002 | 31900 | 0 | 03/25/2000 |
| My 2000 ford taurus se, with 31,900 miles on it, has recently developed a six (6) inch long split in the sheet metal skin inside the right front door jam on the door piller. the split in the sheet metal is wide enough to see the interior of the door piller. this defect will be reported to my ford dealership on january 6,2003. the defect was first discovered on january 4, 2003. i would consider this defect extremely serious since the door pillar is an important part of the vehicle's safety mechanism. photographs have been taken of the defect and can be mailed to your office upon request. | |||
| STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS | |||
| 09/12/2008 | 133000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford taurus. while the vehicle was being inspected, the contact was informed that the frame was rusted. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that the frame needed to be replaced. the contact did not notice any differences in the vehicle beforehand. the current and failure mileages were 133,000. | |||
| STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS - UNDERBODY SHIELDS | |||
| 11/25/2007 | 47300 | 2 | 06/14/2000 |
| Passenger side floor boards filling up with water when it is not raining. *tr | |||