2007 Ford Taurus

SINCE MY 2007 FORD TAURUS HIT THE 100K MILE MARK, EVERYTHING STARTED FAILING. FIRST IT WAS A SIMPLE CAM SENSOR, THEN RADIATOR (X2) THROTTLE BODY, (X4 EACH WINTER FOR 4 YEARS IN A ROW WOULD JUST FAIL. ENDED UP REPLACING WITH AN AFTER MARKET BRAND. HAVEN'T HAD A PROBLEM SINCE) NOW RECENTLY, WITH IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS, ALL SUSPENSION (STRUTS, SWAY LINKS, BALL JOINTS) ALL FAILED. REPLACED REARS ONCE, FRONTS ARE STILL A PROBLEM ON SECOND NEW PAIR. GOING ON THIRD PAIR JUST WITH IN 2 MONTHS OF EACH REPLACEMENT, THE STRUTS JUST FAIL. TRIED SEVERAL BRAND. KYB, AND GABRIEL. ALL FAILED AFTER ONLY 2 TO 3 MONTHS OF REPLACING. PLUS TIE RODS, AND ENDS ARE BAD. ALREADY STUCK IN A GOOD $3000 JUST TO KEEP THIS CAR DRIVABLE. WONDERING IF IT`S EVEN WORTH FIXING ANYMORE AT THIS POINT. MECHANICS CAN`T EXPLAIN WHY ALL OF THE SUDDEN, THE CAR`S EATING STRUTS IN SUCH SHORT TIME. NOTHING APPEARS TO BE DAMAGED UNDER BODY. AND I PURPOSELY AVOID POT HOLE RIDDEN SIDE ROADS, AND RAIL ROAD CROSSINGS WHEN I CAN. SO IT`S NOT LIKE I`M BEING ROUGH ON THE CAR. NEVER HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH MY 2001 FORD TAURUS. SHOULD HAVE JUST KEPT IT. :( *TR

I HAVE ALREADY HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED 3 TIMES ON MY VEHICLE. IT LOPE, HEADLIGHTS DIM/BRIGHT, AND JUTTS. ALSO SLIGHT UNEXPLAINED ACCELERATION OCCURS, AND OCCASIONAL HESITATION ON ACCELERATION. FUEL FILTER REPLACED, FUEL PUMP CHECKED OUT WORKING PROPERLY, AND INJECTORS ARE RUNNING FINE. ALSO ALTERNATOR CHECKED OUT GOOD, NEW SPARK PLUGS, WIRES WORKING FINE, NEW BATTERY. MECHANIC CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR, BUT IT RUNS TERRIBLY. IT`S LOPED SINCE AROUND 60K MILES, AND SEEMS TO BE STEADILY GETTING WORSE. ALSO ON THIRD RADIATOR. A FRIEND TOLD ME IT COULD BE THE AC GETTING LOW OR CHARGING, OR POSSIBLE IAC MOTOR GOING OUT, BUT THERE`S NO REAL GOOD WAY OF TESTING IT. DEALERS KEEP TELLING ME THEY WON`T FIX UNLESS IT`S FOR SURE BROKEN. WILL TAKE TILL I`M STRANDED TILL A MECHANIC WILL FIX THE PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. A MONTH AFTER THE REPAIR THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE SECOND REPAIR ALSO DID NOT REMEDY THE STALLING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

WE PULLED OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY AND DROVE AROUND THE CORNER WHEN WE HEARD A LOAD NOISE. THE CAR HAD LITTLE POWER; THEREFORE, WE TURNED AROUND AND, SLOWLY, DROVE BACK TO OUR HOME. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE EXHAUST PIPE HAD DROPPED AND WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. I DID A SEARCH FOR 2007 FORD TAURUS EXHAUST SYSTEM PROBLEMS AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRANCE FOR THIS VEHICLE YEAR. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RECALLED AND THE PROBLEM REPAIRED AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. AS A RECALL COORDINATOR AT A MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURER, I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY IN YOUR PRODUCT AS WELL AS THE COST OF POOR QUALITY. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE COST OF POOR QUALITY SHOULD BE PASSED ON TO THE CONSUMER. FORD SHOULD HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL EXPENSES. I PURCHASED THIS AUTOMOBILE WITH 14000 MILES AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THOUGH THE CAR HAS A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF MILES, THIS STILL SHOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED AND I WAS NEVER AWARE OF THIS REOCCURRING PROBLEM; OTHERWISE,I WOULD NEVER HAVE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE KNOWING THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT COVERING THE COST TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. HAD WE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT RATES OF 65 TO 70 MILES PER HOUR, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED, MAIMED, OR EVEN KILLED! *TR

I HAD DRIVEN MY CAR IN THE AM AND IT WOULD NOT START IN THE AFTERNOON. I CALLED FOR A TOW ON MONDAY, AFTER THE HOLIDAY. THE SYMPTOMS PRESENTED AT THE TIME OF FAILURE WERE: THE CAR DID NOT START, AND THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT WAS BLINKING. THE CAR WAS JUMPED AND THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR SERVICE. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. TODAY, THE CAR STOPPED WORKING AGAIN, SAME ISSUES. THIS TIME I DID NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO BE JUMPED. INSTEAD, IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO WAS ABLE TO RUN A BETTER DIAGNOSTIC WHICH APPEARED TO BE THE ALTERNATOR, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE THE COMPUTER. IN RESEARCHING THE ISSUE ON MY OWN, THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH FORD CARS AND HAS BEEN FOR YEARS. SOME WERE DRIVING WHEN THE CAR JUST 'SHUT DOWN. THE FOLLOWING ARE JUST A FEW OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT I'VE FOUND. HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2002/FORD/TAURUS/10405871.ASPX HTTP://WWW.FORDTAURUS.NET/FORUMS/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?F=37&T=13438&P=101835#P101835 TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F110E23TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F110E23 HTTP://WWW.FORD-FORUMS.COM/ENGINE-DRIVETRAIN/2000-FORD-TAURUS-CAR-WONT-START-ANTI-THEFT-DEVICE-BLINKS-T31244.HTML HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F110E23 HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F0CE673/204#MSG204 HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/WEBX?229@@.F0CE673/204 HTTP://ANSWERS.YAHOO.COM/QUESTION/INDEX?QID=20070823101809AAEOYAE HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/TAURUS/2002/ENGINE/ENGINE_FAILS_TO_START_WHEN_WARM.SHTM. PLEASE NOTE, ONE REPORT ON ONE WEBSITE HAS HAD OVER 600 VIEWS. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT HAS GONE ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND FORD NEEDS TO FIX IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME! SINCERELY, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *KB

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT THE EXHAUST PIPE FAILED AT THE MANIFOLD CONNECTION DROPPING THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE EXHAUST, INCLUDING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO THE GROUND. AT A HIGHER SPEED OR WITH UNEVEN GROUND THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS DAMAGE OR INJURY. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS YEAR VEHICLE. EXHAUST/EMISSIONS PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER STATED FORD IS COVERING THE PARTS AND LABOR AT 100%. UPDATED 05/24/11

THE CONNECTION FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM TO THE ENGINE MANIFOLD HAS FAILED TWICE, ONCE AT 32K MILES AND NOW AT 81K MILES. BOTH TIMES THIS CAUSED THE ENTIRE EXHAUST SYSTEM TO COLLAPSE TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP MOVING FORWARD. LUCKILY BOTH TIMES I WAS IN A PARKING LOT GOING UNDER 15MPH OTHERWISE THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON A ROADWAY. I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING EITHER TIME. THE SAFETY CONCERN IS NOT THE FACT THAT THIS PART FAILS FOR NO APPARENT REASON, BUT THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO SUPPORT FOR THE EXHAUST SYSTEM BETWEEN THE REAR AND FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE MUFFLER SYSTEM FELL TO THE GROUND ON MY 2007 FORD TAURUS, SHORTLY AFTER PULLING OUT THE DRIVEWAY. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN REAL BAD AND INVOLVED OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD. THANK GOD IT WAS ON A SIDE STREET. IF IT WOULD HAVE ENT IN A POT HOLE AT A DECENT SPEED, I AM SURE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UGLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 35 MPH, THE FLEX EXHAUST PIPE FELL ONTO THE GROUND. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PIPE WAS RUSTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FLEX PIPE WAS LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE NEAR THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT MADE REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE BY ADDING WIRE TO THE PIPE AND PROCEEDED TO A NEARBY REPAIR SHOP FOR A REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 05/10/10 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FLEX PIPE WAS POORLY DESIGNED. UPDATED 06/15/10.*JB