At first my Taurus Wagon seemed like a nice car.
After I had the car for one week, I went through the car wash. The rear brake light fell off! Took it to the dealer and they told me that wasn't covered. So, I took it to another Ford dealer, and he couldn't believe it, he said it is covered bumper to bumper for 3 yrs/30,000 miles. He glued the part back on in 5 minutes.
One month after we had it a piece of the luggage rack flew off as I was on the freeway (we had never even used the luggage rack. Over the past four years various plastic pieces have "broken" off.
One year later, we were attaching a bike carrier to the rear and the rear hatch door cracked (apparently that is cheap plastic also).
Last winter (03) had the heater thermostat replaced ($125 repair) only to have no air conditioning come summer. Now it is winter 04 and no heat again. My husband replaced radiator hoses, thermostat, radiator reservoir- still no heat.
Dome light sometimes won't shut off, or a couple of miles down the road, dome light will shut off and doors will lock.
Once when the car was running, I shut the hatch and the doors locked with the car running and my baby inside!!!
Thank god the car hasn't "broken" down and left us stranded, but the constant repairs are getting old.
We will never buy another Ford ever again. Cheap, cheap, cheap.
"Last winter (03) had the heater thermostat replaced ($125 repair) only to have no air conditioning come summer. Now it is winter 04 and no heat again. My husband replaced radiator hoses, thermostat, radiator reservoir- still no heat. "
Throwing parts at a car will not fix the problem - anyone who tries replacing the radiator reservoir or radiator hoses to fix their heat obviously doesn't understand how the heating system of a car works.
"Dome light sometimes won't shut off"
Spray WD-40 into the door looks (not the key hole - the actual lock on the door frame) - this is a well known and easily fixed problem.
Some plastic trim pieces might break off on these cars, but they won't leave you stranded.
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