CarComplaints.com Notes: Most people need a car that shifts gears & coil springs that don't shred tires. The Taurus fails in that respect.
The 2003 Ford Taurus has major issues with the transmission failing. Typically the 2003 Taurus transmission failure costs $2,000 to fix by about 90k-100k miles. Not good.
Adding insult to injury, the 1999-2003 Taurus also has a huge problem with coil springs breaking which can puncture or even shred tires while driving.
The US government spent THREE YEARS (2008-2011) investigating the 2002-2003 Taurus coil springs. Although Taurus/Sable from earlier years were recalled, ultimately the NHTSA did not force a recall. They determined that because there had been no deaths & very few bad crashes & injuries, the broken coil springs defect was no big deal & not a safety defect. Tell that to all the owners who had close calls...
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
21 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
25 / 1
Average Mileage:
62,235 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
There is a defect with the master cylinder I have take the car in to the service dept four times, there was an attemp to repair, each time I take the car in I'm told the concern not found, ,the car is under the manufactor warranty, before stoping the car will jerk when applying the brakes I have the all of the invoices
The vehicle was involved in an accident in which the left front wheel well area was impacted yet the air bags did not deploy. The two occupants in the vehicle sustained injuries.
While driving my car (2003taurus), another car ran a red light.. due to this my car hit his passenger side. My front end was "inside" his car, none of my airbags deployed and neither did the other car. He was also driving a 2003 Taurus.
I was in a traffic accident where a car turning left crossed my path and was hit. I was going 35-40mph and never had a chance to hit the brakes. The front of my car hit the passenger side of his car. I was driving a 2003 Ford Taurus that was totaled. I fractured my wrist. The airbag never came out.should it have?
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- Simi Valley, CA, USA