2000 Ford Taurus: ABS light or ABS activating

Filed Jun 23, 2016 · Body, Suspension · 300,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford taurus. The contact stated that the rear axle was completely rusted and the subframe that held the two rear tires was also rusted and fractured. As a result, the contact had to change the rear tires more frequently. The check engine and ABS lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed that the entire frame needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 300,000.

Filed Apr 5, 2007 · Brakes · 87,500 miles · IL

Tl*- the contact stated the 2001 chevrolet silverado 2500 had ABS problems. The contact found a recall 05v379000 concerning the service brakes, hydraulic:antilock. While driving at any speed and depressing the brake pedal firmly he felt a rumbling in the brake pedal, and extended stopping distance. He checked the brake fluid and it looked to be okay. The rumbling was also audible, the harder one applied the brakes the louder it became. He stated that there were no indicator lights prior to the failure. The failure mileage was 87,500 and the current mileage was 91,5000.

Filed Sep 10, 2006 · Suspension · NH

I have a 2000 ford taurus. Left front spring punctured tire and damaged ABS system. Repairs were taken care of at dealership (front coils under recall). Now I have a problem with rear coils ( I know two other people with same car and same problem). One day I heard a "dragging sound" could not visually find the source. I just went for state inspection and was told that both rear springs are broken, both struts are damaged and a sway bar link is broken. I can not get an inspection sticker without paying out of pocket over $900.00. I am told that the damage is not covered. I am shocked that three coils have broken on my low mileage car. After reading over 80 similar complaints, I feel very lucky that I was not driving during these incidents...

Filed Sep 7, 2004 · Brakes · NY

Consumer states that he is having problems with the ABS. The consumer stated that when he was traveling at about 35-40 MPH and attempting to make a stop, the brakes made a grinding noise, then after he pumped the brakes he heard a noise and the vehicle did not stop. He stated he has taken the vehicle to the midas brakes shop and was told that, the problem lies within his ABS. He stated he has only had the vehicle 6 mos and has been having this problem since he obtained the vehicle.

Filed Aug 10, 2004 · Brakes · 60,000 miles · PA

My 2000 ford taurus was expericing a grinding noise upon braking during slow speed stops. Had ford dealer check brake componants and they found that the ABS sensing rings were cracked. When asked why theses ring were cracked I was told by the service manager at ray price ford in mt pocono pa. That this was do to" poor wormanship".

Filed Aug 3, 2004 · Brakes · 46,000 miles · WI

Defective ABS speed indicator ring. It is cracked,slides off the axle and contacts the lower control arm causing front end vibration and noise. There are no ABS error messages or indicators. My concern is that in a panic stop the this will cause incorrect information to the ABS braking system and cause poor braking. Ford service says there are no service bulletins & want to charge me $200 to fix what I consider a manufacturing defect.

Filed Jan 15, 2004 · Brakes · 50,000 miles · CO · crash

Everytime I drive the brakes get really hot and they fail and the ABS keeps pulsing and then it gets hard to stop

Filed Jan 6, 2004 · Brakes · 40,000 miles · CA

While driving ABS light appeared on the dashbroad intermittently. *ak dealership failed to fix defective brake light switch. The case was reported to the dispute settlement board.

Filed Dec 8, 2003 · Suspension · 55,800 miles · MN

Left front coil spring broke while driving 55800 miles on vehicle. Failure caused destruction of two struts, cv axle, a tire, and possibly an ABS sensor. Driver heard a lound clunking noise while the vehicle was in motion on interstate at 70 MPH. Easily could have caused the vehicle to crash.

Filed Mar 27, 2003 · Brakes · 45,500 miles · TX

2000 ford taurus se, ABS, traction control, 3.0 24 valve engine. This month we had to replace the rear brakes with only 45,500 miles on the car. The vehicle is kept in house garage. After driving a few days on rain slick roads and after being in the garage overnight the rear brakes had locked shut and would not allow the vehicle to move. It took several times through-out the day of gentle shifting between drive and reverse to ge the rear brakes to unlock and free the car to move. Took the car immediately to a nearby goodyear dealer to have the brakes checked. The brakes appeared to have rusted shut. The brake cylinder covers on both rear wheels had burned holes in them from the excessive heat created by driving with rusted brakes. The emergency brake cable was not involved in the problem, and it did not show any evidence of being locked. Called the local ford dealer to find out if ford would take care of the problem and was advised that since the 3 year, 36,000 mile warranty had expired ford wasn't interested in reviewing the problem. Ford dealer offered to make repairs at my expense and then file a report with ford. I chose to have goodyear fix the brakes, and kept the rusted burned parts for future review if necessary. Situation created a potentially dangerous situation whereby the rear brakes could have heated to the point of causing a fire or other serious problems if we had to take the vehicle on a long distance drive. Ford and the federal safety agency needs to look at this problem as potentially dangerous.

Filed Mar 2, 2003 · Brakes, Fuel system · 32,151 miles · MA · crash

The brake system in our car has not performed properly on wet roads many times. On jan 21st, 2002 and mar 13th, 2002, we asked muzi ford to fix this problem. They could not find the problem. They reported, it is common to confuse ABS activation with difficulty stopping". In fact, our car is not equipped with ABS. On the morning of jan 17th, 2003, my husband was driving in the slow lane of I-95; the car in front of our car came to a sudden stop. He immediately braked. He was still far away, and the speed was only 45-50 MPH, the road was wet and our cars brake system did not work properly and it hit the front car. There are many problems with our car. The emergency brake on/off has been adjusted, the transmission fluid and both front axle seal have leaked twice; steeling fluid has leaked once, the brake light, gas cap assembly and solenoid canister have been replace, and the wiper motor park switch has been recalled. Please help us to solve the brake system problem with ford motor company.*jb note: did not count as crash for rq03008 since crash was not due to brake light issue.

Filed Jun 26, 2002 · Brakes, Engine · NJ

The catalytic converter has been repaired twice and is out again. The ABS brakes failed almost causing an accident.