Body problems of the 2000 Ford Taurus

The car burnt to the ground out of no where.

Friday afternoon I took my 90 year old mother and drove to chick filet to buy a takeout lunch. I drove home to my mother's house and was in the process of backing up the car into her driveway. I stopped the car and looked behind me to check for anyone walking and then heard my mom scream fire!, fire!. As I quickly turned my head back I saw flames jumping out from under the hood of my 2000 Ford Taurus station wagon. I quickly turn off the car, grabbing the keys as I went, yelled at my mom to get out and then jumped out of the car and raced back to open the trunk so that I could get my mother's walker. As I arrived at my mother's car door I helped her out and pulled off her oxygen canula and told her to walk as fast as she could towards the house. I then grabbed the oxygen tank, purses, and lunch and ran toward the house screaming for someone to call the fire department. A neighbor said they would. I unlocked my mother's door and she pressed her life alert button and called the fire department. I walked out side to wait for the fire department and saw a man near the car looking at it. I yelled at him to get away in case it blew up. He did and in about 30 seconds it blew glass, and other bits all about and was fully engulfed with fire. The fire department took about 7 minutes to get there and the car was completely engulfed and burning up from front to back. We were told that it was a total loss. The scary thing is that there was no warning what so ever to let us know that this was about to happen. No smoke, no smells, nothing. My mother and I could have been burned up if we had not been able to get out in time. My car was well maintained and I had just purchased four new tires for it. We drove our car very carefully and we had owned it for 13 years and had low mileage only 46,000 miles on it. Why did this car catch fire and explode without warning.

Tl- the contact owns a 2000 Ford Taurus. While parked, the contact noticed that the front driver side seat belt would not retract. After some time, the front passenger, rear driver and passenger side seat belts also would not retract. Additionally, when the contact attempted to unlock the door locks with the key fob the doors would not unlock. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000. Kmj.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Taurus. The contact was driving 45 mph when the vehicle steered abnormally to the left. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the mechanic confirmed corrosion on the frame near the passenger side front tire. The manufacturer was contacted and the vehicle was repaired. The failure and the current mileage were 145,000. Updated11/29/11.

My car door doesn't always latch immediately when I close the door. Sometimes I have to drive 5 miles holding the car door closed with one hand before the door will latch. This happens during the winter months. The car has to warm up before the door will latch. I have tried lubricating the door latch and that doesn't work. There haven't been any technical service bulletins written about this issue. The car door latch works great during spring, fall and summer.

2000 Ford Taurus se floorboard fills with water, unknown source.

Water leak from the firewall near the heater motor resulting in significant amounts of water pooling on the front passenger floor.

This exact same thing happened to my 2000 Taurus: report receipt date: Jan 28, 2015 NHTSA campaign number: 15v040000 component(s): structure potential number of units affected: 194,889 all products associated with this recall expand details close 5 associated documents expand manufacturer: Ford motor company summary: Ford motor company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2010-2013 Ford Taurus vehicles manufactured December 1, 2009, to July 31, 2010, and 2011-2013 Lincoln mks vehicles manufactured June 1, 2011, to October 31, 2011. In the affected vehicles, the interior door handle return spring may unseat, resulting in interior door handle that does not return to the fully stowed position after actuation. Consequence: if the interior door handle return spring is unseated, the door may unlatch in the event of a side impact crash, increasing the risk of personal injury. Remedy: Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect all four of the interior door handles and either repair or replace them, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin March 16, 2015. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 15s02. . Read more...

Rear window on right hand side on the roof next to the back window, has a crack which is causing a leakage. Consumer has contacted the dealer. Please provide any further details.