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.
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The contact owns a 2000 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that the headlights failed to shut off, which required the battery cable to be disconnected. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact felt that the vehicle was unsafe to drive in the event that the day time running lamps, high beams, and fog lights short out. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.
Started to smell burned wires in car. Look under dash and smoke and wires where burned. Brake lights dont work. Reading online and other issue with this car and people where having same issue. When I called dealer they said theres nothing they can do because they are no more recalls on that. But I think this is a safety issue and can cause great danger.
The contact owns a 2000 Ford Taurus. The vehicle was included in the recall under NHTSA campaign id number: 04V106000 (exterior lighting:brake lights:switch) and was repaired. Approximately two years after the repair, the brake lights would not illuminate and the gear shifter could not be released from park. The contact was able to move the gear shifter to neutral and took the vehicle to the dealer for diagnostic testing but the vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.
I am having issues exactly as described in NHTSA campaign id number: 04V106000. I have a 2000 Ford Taurus where the the stomp lamp malfunctions when using the brakes. When I called future Ford of roseville, ca in the automall they looked up my VIN # and informed me that this recall is not in their list for my vehicle. But that the owner of the vehicle had the stop lamp replaced already in year 2000 for the same symptoms. I told them that this is a safety recall of the same year, make and model as my car with the same exact symptoms as found in the NHTSA recall article. There was not much interest in my problem and was told there is no recall for my vehicle. To me this appears that this should apply to my car also. Too much of a coincidence to have the same year, make, and model with the same issues as described in the recall and having the part already replace when the vehicle was less than a year old.
- Roseville, CA, USA
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The contact owns a 2000 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that the headlight knob failed and the contact was not able to activate the headlights. The contact was unable to drive the vehicle at night as a result. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign id number: 01V075000 (exterior lighting:headlights:switch) but was advised that the vehicle was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 54,000.
- the contact stated that the headlight knob in her 2000 Ford Taurus (89000 failure mileage), came off and will no longer stay on. There is a recall (01V078000) out for the same failure, but this vehicle wasn't included.
While turning the turn signal failed to come on. The interior and exterior lights came on and off intermittently. Consumer drove vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that wiring harness needed to be replaced.
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- Bethel, NC, USA