Ford Taurus Reviews

I have a 2004 Taurus with the 24 valve 3.0 lit v6. It has 273000 miles, the trans was repaired at 90k. it needs new struts I think. I have replaced all the ignition coils by now. Car runs great still gets 20 to 24 mpg city. I am looking for a used one for my daughter.

Anyone here been with one car company 40 years?? Obviously not. It seems people buy cars for all the wrong reasons, or without knowing anything about cars. Most people just need to blame someone - anyone but themselves.

2008 Ford Taurus rear end needs lower arm replaced so the front tires wear even. They said it would cost over $700.00 at my local Ford car dealer. My car has 57,500 miles. The front tire on driver side wears on the inside of tire. They said the rear end is out of alignment. I went on the internet to see how to repair this and found that the Ford Fusion handles the same way my Taurus does. Always wants to oversteer and run off the road.

Driving my dad's 2006 V6 Ford Taurus 153,000 miles. Out of nowhere, the car wouldn't engage ANY gears. Would not even go into reverse!!! Disgusted with FORD!!! No signs of anything previously either.

Daughter driving. Coil spring snapped along the highway, totally shredded the tire. Thank GOD she was not on the highway!!!!!!!!

Leaking oil ford 3.0. Never buy poorly engineered Ford.

The front subframe bolts broke allowing the engine and transmission to fall. The car was at the bottom of my driveway when this happened... Car was towed to local garage where mechanic called Ford dealership regarding a recall on these failing bolts. Car was towed to Ford dealer for repair. The dealer replaced the rear mounting bolts but the mechanic failed to notice that it was the front bolts which had broken. I pointed this out to the service manager who had the car put back into the shop, he then informed me that I would have to pay for the broken front bolts to be replaced as the recall only covered the rear bolts. Cost was approx $140.00. I contacted Ford Canada to ask them to refund me. I was told that since I had purchased the car used, they would not be refunding the $140.00. This was only one of the multitude of problems I had with this vehicle. I got rid of it ASAP and will never buy a Ford product again. Neither will any of my family or friends. The Ford Motor Company are a disgrace.

After seeing numerous posts about the front coils breaking and puncturing tires what in the world is wrong with Ford Motor Company anyway. There definitely should have been a recall or at least a warning for us owners to bring this to our attention. Luckily this happened in our driveway and not going down the road where numerous lives could have been lost.I for one will never purchase a Ford again because of this experience .Ford Motor Company should bury their head in the dirt over this matter and I don't understand why no lawsuits have taken place.

Have 2003 Ford Taurus. Transmission went out five months ago. 2400 to fix. HAD FRONT coil spring go out while backing out on driveway onto solid ice roadway. Dangerous! Tore my tire to pieces! Just been informed it will take $750 to repair.

My rear strut springs failed at 60K miles. I replaced them with no real issues. I had the front passenger spring break and puncture the tire at 89K miles. Front Ball joints failed at 120K miles so I replaced ball joints, hubs and halfshafts. At 65K miles, the ignition coil pack cracked and I needed to replace it. Car would misfire very badly and barely ran. I changed coil pack, plugs and wires and am now at 125K miles with no further problems there. The heater core hoses are very short at the engine and firewall. There is a steel pipe section in the middle which rotted out and blew up at 100K miles. This part was difficult to find and a real joy to install.

Steering just would not turn. Car is not drivable and will be in the shop a total of 5 days for repair. Out of nowhere, 2 days ago, I went to turn into my driveway and no power steering. It took everything I had to turn the wheel. At a normal speed or while accelerating the steering worked fine, but at a slow speed I had no power steering at all. After changing the power steering pump at the local dealer, I got a call that they now had to replace the Steering Rack also because it was bad. Steering Rack & Power Steering Fluid Pump just went bad. Bought the car with 15 miles on it in May of 2010, so I have had it and it has been driven properly and maintained by the book. It currently has 72K miles on it and the warranty ran out on May 15th, 2013. End result $1350.00. This is a problem that seems to be common with the Ford Taurus complaints online. No idea why it is not being addressed, except that it's cheaper to have the customer pay for this problem rather than Ford themselves.

We, meaning my husband and I, purchased a 2008 Ford Taurus Limited, in May of 2010. We really liked our car, as it was a family car. It accommodated all four of us. We have two children. We have been satisfied with everything about this car up until now. I was recently driving down the road, when all of a sudden, the speed odometer goes to zero. The information center quit working and the wrench light came on. I made it home, and went to put the car in park, and it went very hard into park, and it felt as if I had hit something, along with a loud noise. The car is now at a transmission shop, and the repairman says it's the transmission, along with the speed sensor. I call the Ford manufacturers, and they tell me there is nothing they can do. We purchased the extended warranty, and it went out 9,000 miles ago. There are 100,000 miles on our car and it has been maintained regularly. Very pretty color on this car, very comfortable driving and riding car, but very expensive to fix on top of trying to pay for the car. I'm not satisfied with Ford. I will not purchase another one. We have only had this car for two and a half years. ;(

My car was running badly at 75,000 mi. so I checked a plug and found Motorcraft AGSF32N. This plug is non-platinum and will not go 100,000 mi without resetting the gap to .044". I didn't bother resetting the gap. I took them all out and replaced them with Motorcraft platinum, the plugs recommended for my '06 Taurus. Why weren't these plugs put in when the car was manufactured? My car was burning a lot of extra gas because the plug gap was .060". I expected to go 100,000 mi. without a tune-up as Ford advertised. No way, not with those plugs.

I have read tons of reports of people with spring problems, more than I care to. Here is the real problem. I used to do mechanic work on multiple brands of cars and the problem is not the products as much as it is the owner.

2003 Ford Taurus Wagon - When I purchased my vehicle new, I knew something was wrong. When I put it in reverse and backed up, the engine would die and then I could not get it to go into gear without playing with it. Of course when I took it in, it worked fine. Another mechanic put computer on it and said it had transmission issues. The dealer denied any. Two transmissions now and going bad again. This morning I went out to start the car, put it in reverse to back out and pop a loud bang. I got out of the car to look and the brand new front tire blew. As it turns out, the coil spring snapped and ripped in to my tire. It seems there are issues with coil springs and transmissions in 2003 model. Ford never made it right for anyone who purchased that year. There should have been recalls. An online search clearly shows problems. Why was nothing done? I will never purchase another Ford product

I ordered a 2013 Ford Taurus Limited AWD from the factory. It showed up with scratches, paint dings, and more of an issue is the dents in both front fenders (same spot on both fenders). I had a body specialist look at it and he stated it was an issue with the manufacturing of the fender, exactly with the stamping process, which is causing the dents. It is a manufacturing defect from Ford Motor Company. You can very easily see the dents. Ford advised that they have checked other cars at the factory and they too have the dents. Ford is claiming that this is a "normal characteristic" of this vehicle. This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. This is a $41,000 car coming from the factory with dents. I would love to find an attorney who will to take this on. Special note: Ford states that this is the same on the 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 model years. I can’t believe I am the only one to ever complain.

First my daughter’s boyfriend bought a 2002 Ford Taurus. They looked up the recall which the car owner sold them to–it never covered it. He was stuck with the price of repair and the cost of a front tire that poked through! Then my daughter was driving and got stranded out of no where. She paid for the hotel and the car was towed back. The price of fixing was a total of $351.95 at the AutoPro Service Center in Arcadia, WI 54612 for both coils. I’m thankful that she knew enough not to drive but saved the tire from the previous incident. One who reads this and does nothing will have my luck, so remember this. I would like the company to consider thinking of reimbursing us, at least half. If not, once again what goes around comes around. I will pass on my luck. It’s your call now.

Add me to the list of Ford Taurus spring failures. Fortunately, the left front spring on my 2003 Taurus (66,512 miles) broke while my wife was pulling out of the driveway. The sharp broken end of the spring put a large slash through my one month old tire. I can only imagine the catastrophic result should this have happened at highway or road speed. Considering this car's history with this failure, it is inconceivable to me why a full investigation and recall has not been launched. I will need to replace both front springs and pop for another new tire. Unlike Ford Motor Company, I feel a moral responsibility not to sell this unsafe car to another, unsuspecting driver.

The car stopped in the middle of an intersection, and I had to replace the torque converter and transmission. The shaking and noise led to ball joint and strut replacement.

I was driving home, and was about 100 feet from my home when the front right tire blows out, and then upon pulling into my driveway, the front left tire blows out. I found that both front coil springs ripped through brand new tires at the same time. Although Ford had a recall on this for their 2001-2002 Taurus SE, our 2003 wasn't recalled. It could have cost us our lives, because 3 minutes earlier, we were on the highway, doing 55MPH. It pisses me off that Ford would put their profit before our lives. If they weren't going to recall it, they could have at least warned us of the danger, so we could have fixed it.

We were driving on a major road at 50 mph and without warning, the driver front suspension coil spring broke! My car is a 2003 Ford Taurus SE, less than 80,000 miles.

I was leaving for vacation in July 2009 when all of a sudden I could not accelerate. I had to have my car towed. Spent $2000 on a rebuilt transmission.

We own a 2004 Ford Taurus with a 3.0 DOHC. We just turned 90,000 miles and it blew out the number one spark plug. Does Ford have a recall on this? It cost me over $2000 to fix. Did I mention? I was a 1000 miles from home, had the added expense of renting a car and staying longer than planned at even more expense. I lost time at work.

Me and my husband purchased our 2002 Ford Taurus SES 4-door sedan in around May of this year (2011). For the first 2 weeks, it ran beautifully. I loved it, very spacious, great handling, etc., etc., blah, blah. Not sure if we purchased someone else's headache or not. Note that the sole reason of this purchase was because we had a baby and a tiny little Ford Ranger just wasn't cutting it. She rode illegally until we could afford a second vehicle (this piece of junk I'm reviewing now).

To my understanding for Taurus are not a great choice of car. I had mine for two years. It's a 2003 SESs 4-door sedan, has 106000 miles. Just last night I was driving 70 on the thruway and I heard kind of a clunking noise. I couldn't accelerate. The RPMs were going up but the car wouldn't keep speed. I pulled to the side, popped the hood (thought transmission fluid was dry). It had transmission fluid plus added more. Still wouldn't move. The car had been leaking something for a couple months. Haven't had money for any repairs. I'm hoping that my transmission isn't shot. Does nobody know if the Taurus have some kind of shut off for the tranny if a line bursts or something?

I have a 2006 Taurus with 145,000 miles on it. Lately the check transmission light comes on with the annoying warning tone. My mechanic dropped the transmission to replace a $14.00 temperature sensor which cost $400.00 labor to replace. I have driven about 600 miles and the light is back on. Does anyone have information regarding this?

I have a 2003 Ford Taurus and driving down the interstate I lost power. It was like the car was on neutral; it will not move when in reverse or drive the engine; it would just rev up. I see there are several reports of the same problem and nothing is being done. I guess Ford is waiting until someone gets killed before they will do a recall. My car is just sitting in my driveway because I do not have the money to get it fixed. It's so much fun making payments on a car that won’t run and depending on someone else to give you a ride to work and home. I will never buy another Ford.

The front driver's side coil spring broke on my 1999 Ford Taurus. It is not covered because it's over 10 years old, as of now it has not shifted and blown out my tire. It's the only car I have, I have to drive it back and forth to work. I hope and pray nothing happens while I am driving. This will be the last Ford I'll buy!

The broken coil spring on my 2002 Ford Taurus was not on recall. I recently financed the 2002 Ford Taurus from a used car dealership back in May. Now, four months later, I was backing out of my parking space about to drive my wife to work when I heard the tire blow after the sound of a metal snapping. There is no reason why the 2002 or 2003 Taurus isn't on that recall list. The coil springs were not on my 25,000 mile warranty either.

I have a 2003 Ford Taurus. I was reversing out of my cousin's driveway when we heard a popping sound. She said, "oh you just hit a rock!"

We own a 2003 Ford Taurus. My son was in a car accident and the passenger airbag deployed but not the driver's side. The car is at an auto body shop presently.

I have a 2002 Taurus. In May 2011, while backing my car out of the driveway, my driver’s side spring broke and went through the tire.

Add me to the growing list of 2003 Taurus owners who suddenly heard a bang/poof! As the driver's side coil spring suddenly snapped sending shrapnel into the front tire! Why Ford motor company isn't being held accountable for an obvious safety problem is beyond me. My father in law had the same thing happen on his '03 sable. We were lucky enough to have it happen in safe locations. I couldn't imagine the horror of it happening to anyone on a highway and at highway speeds.

I traded my previous car in for a 2000 Ford Taurus on 24 Mar 10. Within two weeks of having the car, the transmission goes out. The mechanic tells me that it is unsafe to drive the car and the dealership sold me a faulty vehicle. He replaced the transmission, but again advised me not to take the car. On 28 Feb 11, I take the vehicle in to have the breaks changed. However, the mechanic tells me of the numerous problems with the vehicle and how he believes it to be unsafe to drive. While fixing as many of the problems as possible, he comes out and tells me that it looks like someone had tried to fix the car before, but did it poorly.

I am a not-so-proud owner of a 2003 Ford Taurus. I left for work this morning (4-18-2011) and when I went to back out of my driveway, I heard a pop and my car couldn't move any further. I get out to see what the problem is and I see that my front driver side tire is flat because a spring coil broke and punctured it. I wish that I had known that this was an issue with this model. Never again will I purchase another Ford. No recall yet, huh?

I purchased a 2004 Taurus from a local dealer and purchased the extended warranty. Of course, after it was out, the transmission also went out. I was driving down the interstate (I-20) at 70 mph when all of a sudden, without warning, the car slowed down. I was able to coast to a stop in a somewhat safe location and call for assistance. After searching on the computer, I discovered this to be a problem with the 2003 through 2006 Taurus' with less than 100,000 miles.

My 18-year-old daughter was on the way to school in our 2003 Taurus. She called and stated that she had a flat tire. The tire was only a month old. I had difficulty getting the jack under the car. I found the passenger side spring had broken and shredded the tire. While replacing the strut, I found the driver side was also broken. I noted other Taurus with the same problem. I checked with Ford but there’s no recall.

I have now replaced all four springs in my 2002 Ford Taurus costing me more than $1,300, not to mention the cost of a new tire when the spring tore up the front tire. The front spring broke in 2008 and the rear spring broke in 2010. Of course, I had both sets of springs replaced each time one broke. I am extremely disappointed with Ford knowingly allowing this defect to exist and doing nothing about it. I hope that there is a class-action lawsuit against Ford in the near future.

I purchased a used 2002 Ford Taurus 2 years ago. About 3 weeks ago, I was driving out of a driveway at work and heard a loud popping noise. I got out of the car and couldn't see anything visibly wrong so I drove a short distance home (with a loud noise happening all the way). After having the car towed to a mechanic, he informed me that both of the front springs were broken in exactly the same place, resulting in the replacement of the springs as well as both front tires. In reviewing the remarks already posted on this site, what can we do to get compensation for our losses, which in my case, amounted to $600.00? What action can we take so Ford Motor Company recalls the 2002-2003 models?

I have a 2003 Ford Taurus. As I was leaving the parking garage at work, the spring on my vehicle broke. Not only did the spring break but when the spring broke, it in turn broke the Strut, Strut Assembly and Bracer Bar. The total cost about $700, perfect since it is a week before Christmas. I thank God that it did not happen while I had my children in the car. I can’t believe that Ford is aware that this part is extremely dangerous to use in their vehicles. The fact that there is no recall is not only irresponsibility but inexcusable. What will it take to get Ford to understand that this part needs to be recalled? I bet Ford executives don’t have their wives, daughters/sons driving them. I have always bought a Ford, this will be the last!