2000 Ford Taurus Steering Problems

Vehicle Has A Heavy Power Steering Fluid Leak!!! Will Be Taking It To The Shop To Diagnose The Concern!!! I Was Checking To See If There Were Any Campaigns Or Recalls Reported!!!

AS I APPROACHED A STOP LIGHT I HEARD A BRIEF FAINT WINE AND MY VEHICLE FROZE. I COULD TURN THE VEHICLE ON AND OFF AND SHIFT IT INTO GEAR BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I WAS PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND AWAITED A TOW TRUCK. WE CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION OIL AND FILTER HOPING FOR THE BEST BUT NO LUCK. THE CAR STILL SITS. *JS

AFTER BEING PARKED IN GARAGE ALL NITE I NOTICED THE FLOOR WAS WET AS I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE FOR WORK. I CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL AND POWER STEERING FLUID AND NOTICED THE POWERING FLUID WAS LOW AND REPLACED THE FLUID THAT HAD LEAKED OUT. A FEW DAYS LATER MORE POWER STEERING FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT SO I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE RACK AND PINION. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS PROBLEM OR HAS THERE BEEN A RECALL? *TR

I JUST BOUGHT A USED 2000 FORD TAURUS....I WAS WONDERING WHY MY TIRES WERE SCREECHING EVERY TIME I DROVE, MY TIRES BALD BADLY WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO...TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC HE TOLD ME THAT THE RIGHT LOWER CONTROL LINE WAS BENT AND THAT'S WHY I REALLY CANT DRIVE ANYWHERE. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY CAR I NEED A VEHICLE TO WORK AND SEE MY DAUGHTER... *TR

2000 FORD TAURUS PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR SPRINGS. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE REAR SPRINGS AND LINKS WERE REPLACED. BRAKE LINE WAS REPAIRED, AND THE RACK AND PINION STEERING WAS REPLACED. *KB ***NAR***

2000 FORD TAURUS. TIE ROD. *MC *TR

DT: CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING SHE WENT TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND THE VEHICLE MADE A HORRID NOISE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STEER TO THE RIGHT. SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME. HER HUSBAND CHECKED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING FLUID IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC. THEY CHECKED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THE RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED. REPAIRS WILL BE MADE AT CONTACT'S EXPENSE.*AK

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS. WHILE PERFORMING RECALL REPAIRS MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT, AND THE TIE ROD BROKE, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PULLING OUT OF A TURN WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN DRIVER HEARD A POP. THEN, DRIVER NOTICED THAT IT CAME FROM THE STEERING BECAUSE SHE LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A BARRIER.*AK

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY RACK AND PINION TWICE (IN 2003 AND 2004). I PURCHASED MY 2000 FORD TAURUS NEW AND HAVE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER. THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENT. I AM CURIOUS IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OR RECALLS ON THE RACK AND PINION FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

TWICE, STEERING COLUMN HAS LOCKED, REPAIRED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY BEFORE 75,000, REPAIRED AGAIN WHEN LOCKING CLIP FELL OUT. NOW, CLIP IS OUT AGAIN AND VEHICLE CAN BE SHIFTED WITHOUT BRAKING. I AM HAVING IT REPAIRED NEXT WEEK(7/28/04). *LA

WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND IT LANDED IN A DITCH. NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK

POWER STEERING WAS REPAIRED THREE TIMES. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

ON MARCH 16, 04, A PART TO CORRECT THE STEERING ON MY 2000 FORD TAURUS WAS REPLACED. IN OCTOBER 05, THE SAME PART NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD THE PARTS ARE ONLY UNDER WARRANTY FOR 12 MONTHS. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. I HAVE PAID TO HAVE THIS PART REPLACED. *JB

THE AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS AND THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND THE VEHICLE LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. THE CONSUMER HAD TO TURN OFF THE AUTO DEFROST, AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON TO RESET THE COMPONETS. ALSO WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED THE CONSUMER HAD TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND A LOUD METAL SOUND CAME FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SHUT DOWN BEFORE PLACING THE VEHICLE IN PARK. THE VALET SWITCH ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STEERING COLUMN HAD FALLEN OFF. *SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

THE BRAKE SYSTEM IN OUR CAR HAS NOT PERFORMED PROPERLY ON WET ROADS MANY TIMES. ON JAN 21ST, 2002 AND MAR 13TH, 2002, WE ASKED MUZI FORD TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THEY REPORTED, IT IS COMMON TO CONFUSE ABS ACTIVATION WITH DIFFICULTY STOPPING". IN FACT, OUR CAR IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH ABS. ON THE MORNING OF JAN 17TH, 2003, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING IN THE SLOW LANE OF I-95; THE CAR IN FRONT OF OUR CAR CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP. HE IMMEDIATELY BRAKED. HE WAS STILL FAR AWAY, AND THE SPEED WAS ONLY 45-50 MPH, THE ROAD WAS WET AND OUR CARS BRAKE SYSTEM DID NOT WORK PROPERLY AND IT HIT THE FRONT CAR. THERE ARE MANY PROBLEMS WITH OUR CAR. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON/OFF HAS BEEN ADJUSTED, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND BOTH FRONT AXLE SEAL HAVE LEAKED TWICE; STEELING FLUID HAS LEAKED ONCE, THE BRAKE LIGHT, GAS CAP ASSEMBLY AND SOLENOID CANISTER HAVE BEEN REPLACE, AND THE WIPER MOTOR PARK SWITCH HAS BEEN RECALLED. PLEASE HELP US TO SOLVE THE BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEM WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY.*JB NOTE: DID NOT COUNT AS CRASH FOR RQ03008 SINCE CRASH WAS NOT DUE TO BRAKE LIGHT ISSUE.

WHEN I PURCHASESD THIS CAR FROM PEYTON CRAMER FORD LAST SUMMER I COMPLAINED ABOUT A GROANING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE FIRST DIAGNOSIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE RACK & PINION, WHICH I THOUGHT SOUNDED FAIRLY SERIOUS. WHEN THE PARTS WERE REPLACED THE NOISE WAS STILL THERE AND A NEW DIAGNOSIS WAS MADE AND MORE STEERING PARTS WERE REPLACED. I RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALER TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE MY "SIMPLE" COMPLAINT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. I EXPRESSED CONCERN TO THE SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT THE NUMBER OF STEERING PROBLEM THEY FOUND AND WAS ASSURED THAT THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY SAFE. THREE WEEKS AGO AS I WAS DRIVING ON A FLAT, DRY STRETCH OF ROAD, THE CAR SUDDENLY MADE A VIOLENT RIGHT TURN. WHEN I TRIED TO CORRECT IT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE AS THE CAR CONTINUED TO THE RIGHT, SLAMMING INTO A CURB CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAVE MADE THE REPAIRS AND CLAIM THAT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. BUT, AGAIN, I WAS ASSURED THAT THE CAR WAS SAFE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS CAR IS SAFE AND WANTED TO TRADE IT IN ON A NEW CAR. WHEN I EXPLAINED MY SITUATION I WAS GIVEN A VERY "MINIMAL" DEAL TOLD THAT ANYTHING FURTHER COULD BE TAKEN UP WITH FORD. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WIH FORD (9007826298) AND WILL ALSO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.*AK

I HAVE HAD THE RACK AND PINION REPLACED IT HAS FAILED AGAIN. THE FRONT HALF SHAFTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THEY HAVE FAILED AGAIN. I HAVE PAID FOR MANY FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENTS WHICH WON'T HOLD. I'VE PAID FOR NEW BRAKES AND MANY TIRE AND WHEEL BALANCNING WHICH ALSO HAVEN'T HELPED. CARL GREGORY FORD DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE FRONT END OF MY CAR AND REFUSE TO DO ANY OTHER REPAIRS UNTIL THE ENGINEER DRIVES IT. I'VE HAD ONE APPOINTMENT WITH THE ENGINEER FOR WHICH HE DIDN'T SHOW UP. THE NEXT APPOINTMENT IS JULY 29 WHO KNOWS WHAT RUN AROUND I WILL GET THEN. I HAVE HAD AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT END OF MY CAR FOR OVER 7 MONTHS AND 10000 MILES. THE CAR WILL NOT HOLD AN ALIGNMENT, THE FRONT END POPS,GRINDS, AND CRACKS, AND DRIVES VERY LOOSE. IT DOES NOT HANDLE THE ROAD WELL AT ALL. IT ISN'T SAFE FOR ME, ESPECIALLY FOR MY CHILDREN NOT TO MENTION ANY OTHER VEHICLE ON THE ROAD ANYWHERE NEAR ME. THE DPFE SENSOR HAS ALSO BEEN REPLACED, WHAT IS THAT? PLEASE HELP ME TO GET MY CAR SAFE TO DRIVE AGAIN. THANKS.*AK

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT VEHICLE OUT OF GEAR, THE GEAR SHIFT MALFUNCTIONED PREVENTING VEHICLE TO GO INTO GEAR. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER . DEALER HAS TO REPLACE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND OTHER PARTS. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE WINDOW TRIM HAS COME APART LEAVING THE WINDOWS SCRATCHED, ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, THE ENGINES EMISSION CONTROL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK IS INOPERATIVE, THE STEERING CLOUMN WAS REPLACED, FRONT TIRE KEEPS LOSING AIR, REAR BRAKES LIGHT NEED TO BE REPLACED. *JB