2000 Ford Taurus Visibility & Wipers Problems

2000 FORD TAURUS ATTORNEY REPRESENTING CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DEFECTIVE POWER WINDOW SWITCH *CN THE CONSUMER'S SON INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED THE DEFECTIVE AND UNSAFE POWER WINDOW SWITCH. THE WINDOW CLOSED AROUND HIS HEAD AND NECK PREVENTING HIM FROM CALLING TO HIS MOTHER. THE CONSUMER WAS UNAWARE HER SOME WAS IN TRAPPED, BECAUSE SHE WAS CLEANING THE SNOW FROM THE CAR. THE CONSUMER FINALLY NOTICED HER SON IN DISTRESS AND ATTEMPTED TO RESUSCITATE HIM. MOMENTS LATER, SHE RUSHED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. AS A RESULT OF THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW SYSTEM, HER SON SUFFERED SEVERE AND PERMANENT INJURIES. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 FORD TAURUS SE AND MY WIPER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY I WENT ON THE WEB AND NOTICE THAT FORD HAD A VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE THAT CAME FROM THE CHICAGO PLANT AND WAS BUILT DURING THAT TIME PERIOD BUT THEY SAY MY VIN # ISN'T IN THE RECALL SO I ASKED FOR THE PART NUMBER THAT WAS UNDER QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN STONE THAT THEY COULDN'T MAKE A MISTAKE WITH MY VIN # OR IT WOULDN'T BE A RECALL IN THE FIRST PLACE, WHICH THEY COULD NOT GIVE ME. AND WHAT IS THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF REPAIRS MADE TO ANY OF THESE VEHICLE SINCE THE WASN'T PUBLICIZE AND HOW MANY OF US FORD OWNER WAS TOLD OUR VIN NUMBER ISN'T RECOGNIZE TO SAVE THEIR COST. *TR

WATER LEAKS THROUGH THE FIREWALL AND WATER ACCUMULATES ON THE FLOOR IN MY 2000 FORD TAURUS LX. SEE COMPLAINT #: 03V087000. *TR

FIRST HAD FLUID ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR,COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHERE IT CAME FROM THEN BLOWER FAN STOPPED WORKING. HAS BEEN OUT FOR OVER A WEEK. WINDOW FORMS IDC AND CAN NOT EVEN SEE OUT OF IT! *TR

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

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.

LEAKING HEATER CORE LEADING TO ENGINE OVER-HEATING REFER TO RECALL #03V087000 AND COMPLAINT #10184014 *TR

1. WIPERS DID NOT RETURN TO "PARKED" POSITION AT BOTTOM OF WINDSHIELD DUE TO OBSTRUCTION (FREEZING PRECIPITATION). 2. INTERMITTENT WIPER FUNCTION CEASED IMMEDIATELY, 2 WEEKS LATER WIPER PARK FUNCTION FAILED, ON 3/16/07 THE WIPERS FAILED WHILE IN USE ON I40. MY WIFE, 2 DAUGHTERS AND I HAD TO PARK THE CAR ON THE SIDE OF I40 FOR ALMOST 3 HOURS BEGINNING DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE THROUGH THE TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH NO WINDSHIELD WIPERS. 3. AT THIS POINT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURES. FORD MOTOR CORP. HAS STATED THERE IS A RECALL ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM AND THAT ALTHOUGH MY CAR FALLS IN THE YEAR OF THE RECALL, IS THE CORRECT MAKE AND MODEL AND ALSO EXHIBITED THE EXACT SYMPTOMS LISTED UNDER THE RECALL, THEY WILL NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM.*JB

NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID # 01V258000 - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER MOTOR...I HAVE A 2000 FORD TAURUS, MY WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR HAS STOPPED WORKING. I REMEMBERED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON IT. WHEN I CALLED THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT (AND I USE THAT TERM VERY LOOSELY), I WAS TOLD THAT A FORD DEALERSHIP HAS ALREADY REPAIRED THE RECALL (DON REID FORD). WHEN I EXPLAINED THAT THE PART WAS NEVER, EVER REPAIRED BY THEM...THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP. & HER SUPERVISOR, SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO, BECAUSE THE "RECORDS" SHOWED IT WAS REPAIRED IN OCTOBER 2001. MY CAR HAS NEVER BEEN TAKEN IN FOR THIS REPAIR TO BE DONE. I ASKED THE UNHELPFUL CUSTOMER SERVICE REP (AND HER SUPERVISOR) WHAT MY OPTIONS WERE, AND I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS WELCOME TO TAKE IT TO ANY FORD DEALER TO HAVE THE REPAIR DONE, AT MY EXPENSE...EVEN THOUGH THE RECALL HAS NEVER BEEN REPAIRED. I KNOW THAT THE DEALERS GET PAID MONEY WHEN THEY DO RECALL WORK...AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF DISHONEST PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WILL DO ANYTHING TO EARN A DOLLAR. NOW HAVING SAID THAT...WHAT IS A PERSON TO DO, THAT HAS AN UNREPAIRED RECALL PROBLEM, AND IT HAS BEEN LABELED AS REPAIRED? ALL OF THE SYMPTOMS THAT I AM EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW, ARE THE EXACT SAME ONES LISTED IN THE RECALL NOTICE. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE LEAD ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? *NM

VERY POOR VISIBILITY THROUGH WINDSHIELD ESPECIALLY ON HUMID DAYS. I USE MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND DEFROSTER AND STILL CAN'T SEE. THE CAR HAS BEEN LIKE THIS SINCE NEW. I'VE NOTICED IT MORE SINCE I STARTED WORKING DAYS, IT IS DANGEROUS DRIVING CAR ON MORNING COMMUTE.*JB

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM

FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE TURNED ON THE ONLY WAY TO TURN THEM OFF IS BY TURNING THE CAR OFF. ALSO THE INTERMEDIETE PART OF THE WIPERS DOESN'T WORK SINCE ALL THIS STARTED. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW. I HAVE LISTED THE LAST DAY IT HAPPENED BELOW. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER HOSES DEFECTIVE ON FORD 2000 TAURUS THIN PLATIC HOSES CRACKS AND BRITTLE TO TOUCH CAUSING WASHER TO LEAK AND OBSTUCTING DRIVERS ABILITY TO SEE CLEARLY IN WINTER ROAD SALTED CONDITIONS. I HAVE TWO TAURUS AND BOTH HOSES HAVE FAILED AFTER 4 YEARS. ALSO OIL PAN GASKET HAVE SLIPPED ON BOTH VEHICLES CAUSING OIL LEAKS WHICH IF NOT CAUGHT CAN SEVERLY LEAK OIL FROM ENGINE CAUSING MOTOR TO CEASE. *AK

MALFUNCTIONING OF WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. *MR THIS PROBLEM EVENTUALLY SHORTED OUT THE GEM MODULE. THE SECURITY SYSTEM SHORTED OUT ANOTHER COMPUTER PROCESSOR IN THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE THE VEHICLE DISPLAYED NO START/NO CRANK. *SC THE CONSUMER BELIEVED HIS VEHICLE WAS SUBJECT TO RECALL 01V258000.

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL 01V258000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RCALL.*JB

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK ONLY INTERMITTENTLY.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILLNOT OPERATE AT ALL. AIRBAG LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, WINDOWS WILL GO UP AND DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.*AK