2001 Ford Taurus SES from North America - All Comments

New transmission at 40,000 miles.

New air con compressor at 35,000.

Dash lights work half the time (at night).

Auto door lock does not function properly.

Spent 400.00 for a new airbag sensor - airbag light on again after 90 days.

Drivers electric seat doesn't work right.

Cigarette lighter will not stay in the receptacle and the vanity lights decided to stop working.

The column shift has so much play while in "D" that it makes my wife nervous and she refuses to drive the car.

The rear left passenger window will not roll down from the driver's seat console button and there is a strange white oxidation on the black trim around the doors and windows.

The dealer is useless, covered NOTHING under warranty and rarely can figure out what the problem is. It is no wonder Ford lost 12 billion dollars last year.

I will walk barefoot to work before I buy another Ford.

Ouch! Damn! Not very flattering. You'd think car manufacturers would wake up and smell the coffee when things like this happen.

Go ahead and get yourself a Toyota. You can trade the problems with your Taurus for a seized engine due to sludge, a front end that self destructs, a body that rots away in just a few years due to inferior sheet metal, an arrogant dealer network, and faulty emissions control equipment that led to have a federal judgement against Toyota because their cars could not pass inspection.

I agree with you that Tauruses are garbage (I know from personal experience), but please for your own good, do not assume that a Toyota made these days will be any better, and especially do not assume that one particular model is representative of all American cars. All manufacturers produce lemons. Problems with Japanese makes are just not as widely publicized because of the biased automotive press, and people who buy them under the misconception that it would be the answer to all of their automotive problems, not wanting to admit that their vehicles are not infallible.

My condolences. Sorry you had the misfortune of owning a Ford. I was confused enough at one point in my life to own one also, and I will never again consider even looking at one when the time to buy another vehicle rolls around. Then again, by the time my Toyota dies, if it ever does, they may own Ford and improve every aspect of Ford build quality (or lack of it).

Yeah, walking barefoot is easier than owning a Ford; at least you can walk without pushing a broken down vehicle around (and I did that more than once with my Ranger).

At one point, I had two different sensors that needed replaced, my rear differential was a week away from chewing itself into shavings (little did I know), it burned oil and stalled pretty often, and the heater quit, the throwout bearing needed replaced, and I had some electrical stuff melt for no reason I could figure out. But, at least it was built Ford tough, right?

Yes. that IS why they are losing money. BUY DOMESTIC! screams the UAW. Well, guess what. People will give up on a company that gives up on caring about YOU and what you worked hard to buy. They will continue to fail as long as they turn a blind eye to quality issues.

You have discovered why Ford = Fixed Or Repaired Daily & Found On Road, Dead.

Correction:

Ford lost $12.7 billion last year. You missed $700 million. Or, to put it another way, Ford lost a Mustang a minute last year.

Guess whose plants are going to close and whose going to layoff tons of staff.

HINT: Not the imports.

I couldn't Agree with you guys more. I owned a 1995 contour and bought it brand new (I don't know what I was thinking at the time), and that car was an absolute disaster. I took the car to the dealer and they had no clue why the car kept failing and just kept telling me that "that is the way the car is" and would go on about everything being "normal". Once my warranty expired they said that my transmission was shot and it has been for months. There were also problems that they could not figure out (check engine light was constantly on and they did not know what the problem with that was). One of the main problems was the wiring harness was faulty and that is unacceptable.

I had enough of Ford and once I had a much better job after college In 2000 and bought a new BMW 3 series and since I have never looked at Ford or any of their other procducts (Volvo, Mazda, Lincoln, etc).

I am glad that Ford is losing all this money and they do not deserve our sympathy as they are incompetent.

I am certainly more than pleased with my 2002 Ford.

What are things coming to when these people start gleefully clamoring in public for the death of a major US company? Disgusting. You need to be ashamed, but the Japanese video game brainwashing that you've been subjected to probably prevents you from recognizing that.

"What are things coming to when these people start gleefully clamoring in public for the death of a major US company? Disgusting. You need to be ashamed, but the Japanese video game brainwashing that you've been subjected to probably prevents you from recognizing that."

It's Ford's horrible customer service and unreliable products that caused many to feel that way not the Japanese. I am glad that Ford is struggling as they have been ripping people off for years with their shady practices.

"It's Ford's horrible customer service and unreliable products that caused many to feel that way not the Japanese. I am glad that Ford is struggling as they have been ripping people off for years with their shady practices."

It'll be pretty funny when you get laid off as the effect of losing Ford and GM trickles down through the rest of the economy. Or did you really believe in the "new economy" that is based on selling information to each other with no manufacturing sector?

My Ford has been extremely reliable, and I've been pleased with the customer service, the extremely few times that I've had to use it. The Mercury in my family has also been good. Shady practices, eh? I suppose you have proof of that? I doubt it.

All you have to do is look at the Ford Pinto engineering documents and that will back up my claims. You are just mad because your precious little Ford is in financial turmoil. I don't have nothing against domestic cars, I actually think GM and Chrysler are OK, I just have a big problem with Ford because of the way they treat people and their crappy products.

"All you have to do is look at the Ford Pinto engineering documents and that will back up my claims. You are just mad because your precious little Ford is in financial turmoil. I don't have nothing against domestic cars, I actually think GM and Chrysler are OK, I just have a big problem with Ford because of the way they treat people and their crappy products."

If you have to go back three decades to find an example to cite, I guess Ford must not be the brutes that you claim. Sounds like you are galvanized by the Pinto issue. Maybe you even knew someone that died in a Pinto and were in on a lawsuit. If you don't want to drive a Ford because of personal reasons, that's your business, but your hatred of the Ford Pinto has no bearing on today's Ford products. Maybe venting on this website is your method of self-therapy.

Oh please. Check out the engineering faults in the 1990 - 2002 Ford Explorer, the Bronco II, the Bronco, the Crown Victoria (still sold), the engine problems with the Focus.

Ford places profits before people and has since the first Mustang (which had its gas tank as a bumper like the Pinto).

I have a 10 year old Toyota Camry with 216K and never had any serious problems. At the same time my boss had '94 Taurus and transmission failed around 60K.

I don't know if all Tauruses are bad as it appears that most complaints come from people who don't know how to drive and/or take care of their cars. But you can't just make a blanket statement about Japanese cars in the same manner.

"6th Jun 2008, 20:39.

I have a 10 year old Toyota Camry with 216K and never had any serious problems. At the same time my boss had '94 Taurus and transmission failed around 60K."

Meanwhile, I have a 20-year-old Dodge with 260,000 miles that never had any major problems. At the same time, I know a newly married couple who proudly bought a new Camry only to have the transmission fail within a month, and a guy at work bought a new Tacoma that wouldn't start a month later. Also, the '97 Mercury Sable (sister of the Taurus) that my parents bought now has 180,000 miles with never a single repair. Don't you love anecdotal evidence?