Brake Disc Rotor Problems of Ford Taurus - part 1

2001 Ford Taurus ses wagon. Purchased 4/2001 with 32 miles on it. Found out right after purchase that rotors had been ground down. Dealer blamed original parts. Upon braking, steering while heavily rocks from side to side. Obvious to anyone sitting in the car. Rotors have been replaced at least twice, and ground down at least 3 times. Car only has 70,000 miles on it. Travel is 90% highway miles, little braking at all. Dealers just keep suggesting new rotors and pads or grinding down but I have been doing this approx. Every 8,000-10,000 miles. Shimmy in wheel never fully goes away no matter what I do. I am afraid that I will not be able to stop one day given how much vibration in the car there is. No one knows what's wrong or is admitting it. Research will show that I am not the only one with this complaint, so clearly there is a design flaw of some kind.

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When I brake at highway speed the steering wheel vibrates very bad. The rotors were replaced when the car was new. I am on my third set of brake pads and third set of tires in 80,000 miles. I have been told by mechanics that there was a problem with the rotors on my 99 Ford Taurus but Ford refuses to acknowledge. This is a very dangerous situation because the sterring wheel almost jumps out of your hand.

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Rotors on front wheels are defective; have been replaced one time and am having trouble again; vibrate when brakes are applied.

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My 2000 rord Taurus ses has only 33000 miles and has extreme vibrations when the brakes are used when they are hot from a long trip or in commuting traffic. They operate normally when the brakes are cool . I have taken no action to correct this problem to date. Howver, I intend to check with the drealer because the vibrations are getting excessive and loss of control is occurring.

While driving at any speed and when the brakes were depressed vehicle vibrated violently. A goodyear tire dealer examined the vehicle and found that the rotors were warped. This problem occurred three times.

Brake failure under wet/ drizzly road condition. Car continues to roll and will not stop. This has happened three times in the past few months with the most recent on 01-09-04.

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Consumer complained about front brake rotors. The front brake rotors were replaced on four separate occasions, but the problem still occurs.

Consumer complained about front brake rotors. The front brake rotors were replaced on four separate occasions, but the problem still occurs.

Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: rotor on 2001 Ford Taurus -- have replaced rotors twice and tires once since purchasing vehicle in January 2003 w/ only 30k miles on it. Now have 49k miles and the steering wheel practically jumps out of my hands while braking due to the rotors which were put on only 2 months ago after dealership billed Ford for shaving rotors below safety specifications and had to be replaced at my expense. Ford needs to do something about the extreme heat generated thereby causing rotors to have to be replaced everytime individual must suddenly stop ! Ford should pay for next rotors and should consider recalling vehicle due to braking system will cause accidents if someone cannot stop and Ford will be liable in my particular situation. I will advertise this information and make readily available all my documentation to the legal field and any attorney who requests it.

Possible defective brakes are a concern. Before the vehicle had 3,000 miles, the rotors were cut. That is unheard of for a car with so little mileage, at least to me. We still hear grinding noises on a hard brake in the right front. Everytime we take it back, (4 times) no problems are found. I have already talked to Ford twice about this, but since the warranty has expired, and the dealership says that brake pads need to be replaced (at cost to us), they do not feel they (Ford) should pay for it. One of the times that we took it in for service, they suggested a remedy that is not even recommended in the owner's manual. I understand that sometimes a vehicle is just not put together correctly, then fix it. Vehicle has 36,470 miles on it.

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Brake rotors on 1999 Ford Taurus are becoming warped and causing the brakes to vibrate and the steering to shake when the brakes are applied at 40 mph and over. I believe that this is also causing an increase in the time required to stop the vehicle. I have had to have my rotors turned twice, the first time at 30,016 miles and just recently at 52,400 miles. The dealer told me that he is seeing this with lots of 1999 Taurus vehicles, and he believes there is a design problem.

The brake rotors failed, which caused the vehicle to experience stopping distance.

Consumer states that brake rotors are wearing ,and when applying the brakes, vehicle will have a heavy vibration and extended stopping distance. Dealer notified.

2002 Ford Taurus experiencing problems with brake equipment. The vehicle has been serviced four times for brake problems. When the consumer would brake the steering wheel would shimmy and the brakes would pulsate. Each time the brake rotors were replaced or resurfaced but they would fail again within a few months.

Original front brake rotors warped twice causing severe wheel shaking and hard braking. Once under warranty rotors were turned by Ford then they warped again after warranty was up. Rotors were to thin to turn again causing expensive rotor and pad replacement. Now less than one year of replacement the rotors are starting to warp again.

Both rear disc rotors (4 wheel disc brakes) wore out and needed to be replaced at 24000 thousand miles. The repairing dealer found that the cable from the parking brake pedal to rear brakes was to tight causing the parking brakes to be slightly on all the time which caused both the brake pads and rotors to wear prematurely.

Front tire would shake when coming to a stop, took vehicle to dealer, and they stated that front brake rotors were warped. Caused unknown.

Brake rotors keep overheating, resulting in them crystalizing. Had them replaced 4 times, problem still occurred. Contacted dealer.

Rotors heat up and are warped, causing vehicle to shimmy when coming to a stop. Contacted dealer, and taking vehicle to dealership.

This is the thrid and last Ford car I well buy, on-less it was made before 1970! while driving, the car pulls to the left and there's a sqeaking sonud coming from the driver's side. The pulling to the left caused the inside of tire's to wear. When applying the brakes the steering wheel and front end vibrated badly. The brake rotors had to be resurfaced no less than three time do to warping. One time, the ball-joint was replaced under warrant, but I was billed for the realignment by fairlane Ford in dearborn mi. . It was said that the tire's was at fault. There seems to be a defect in the braking system or bad metal in the rotors. (90% of my driving is open road) there's no good explanation or justification for these repetitve malfunction starting on a vehicle that has less than 11,000 miles. . P. S I had to leave out some of the little things. U.

Brake rotors are warped, and brakes vibrate when stopping.

While traveling at 60 mph and hitting the brakes front end shakes very badly. Took vehicle to dealer, and resurfaced the rotors. After a couple of days problem reoccurred.

Front brake rotors were going out of round. Had three sets of rotors replaced. Dealer notified. Feel free to provide any further information.

While driving would step on brakes pedal and vehicle will start vibrating. Rotors had been resurfaced four times already.

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2001 Ford Taurus. Brakes resurfaced at 23,000 miles. (may 2002) still not right, asked to recheck. The dealer insisted nothing wrong. Rotors replaced at 38,000 miles. So far, Ford refusing to pay. Not to mention, four new tires about the same time.

Warped brake rotors. Contacted dealer, dealer said that it was a common problem that those brakes can warp at 10 thousand miles or in rain. Also that rotors can't be resurfaced. Rotors were resurfaced twice by the dealer.

The rotors on my brand new Ford Taurus are warped, they will be brouhgt in for service on 4/23/01 under my current warranty. I will ask for the rotors to be replace dnot just turned down.

Hubs on the rotors have been chafed several times. Vehicle shakes when trying to stop vehicle.

Vehicle/steering colum vibrates when brakes applied at speeds 40+mph. Dealer states rotors warped. Corrective action is to turn rotors. Rotors need turning at about 5000 miles. Replaced rotors, now awaiting problem to reoccure. Dealer offers no corrective action or reason as to why rotors warp so quickly or numerous times. Just a common problem with Ford Taurus. Vehicle very dangerous to handle, especially at highway speeds. Awaiting next failure. Problem #2 front bumper paint peeling/cracking and flaking off. Vehicle under warranty, dealer states not a paint defect. However, bumper paint in bad shape. Bumper paint not covered under any warranty according to dealer. Have filed complaint with manfacture. Dealer willing to paint bumper for large sum of money. So much for a vehicle warranty.

Machining rotors did not fix problem. Had to replace rotors. My understanding is that the dealer has had identical complaints from other buyers. After replacing the front rotrs twice and replacing the rear brakes due to high spots the problem was finally fixed. Nlm.

While driving would step on brake pedal and steering column will start vibrating, and brakes will take long to stop. A technician said that rotors heated up, and had been replaced.

Brake rotors go out of round every few thousand miles. When applying brakes car shakes and braking power seems to pulsate. Dangerous.

Vehicle is in need of 4th set of rotors with 62,724 miles.

Brakes wore out rotors warped had new one put on 3weeks later same thing happen.

Faulty brake rotors on front disc brakes are warping, causing steering to shake when applying brakes. Consumer states he was told by mechanic this failure is caused by faulty construction of these type of rotors.