2000 Ford Taurus: windshield wiper failure

Filed Mar 2, 2016 · Electrical, Visibility · 185,748 miles · MO

My 2000 ford taurus ses is having a problem with the radio and windshield wipers.when I start the car in the morning the radio is playing and the windshield wipers are working.as I am driving the car the radio suddenly turns off and the windshield wipers won't work.the radio and windshield wipers won't work for the rest of the day.the next morning when I start the car to go somewhere the radio and windshield wipers are working again.as before,while I am driving the radio goes off and the windshield wipers stop working again and they won't work for the rest of the day.

Filed Nov 22, 2013 · Seat belts, Visibility · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving various speeds in rainy weather, the windshield wipers failed to function in the intermediate setting. The wipers would only operate in high mode. In addition, the front passenger's side seat belt buckle would not unlatch or latch whenever engaged. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number 01v258000 (visibility) and stated that the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The failure mileage and VIN were unavailable.

Filed Oct 12, 2009 · Visibility · IN

My daughter is a grad student who commutes from michigan city, in to chicago, il 3 times a week in the evenings. On october 7th 2009 she left school and turned on wipers the worked for a second then stopped. We noticed that a fuse was blown replaced it and they worked for a second we replaced the blown fuse one more time and the wipers worked as before until the fuse was blown again. I went online and found a recall for 2000 ford taurus for this problem but my VIN is not included in that recall.

Filed Oct 2, 2009 · Visibility · MI

I have a 2000 ford taurus se and my wiper is not working properly I went on the web and notice that ford had a voluntary recall for my vehicle that came from the chicago plant and was built during that time period but they say my VIN # isn't in the recall so I asked for the part number that was under question because it's not in stone that they couldn't make a mistake with my VIN # or it wouldn't be a recall in the first place, which they could not give me. And what is the actual amount of repairs made to any of these vehicle since the wasn't publicize and how many of us ford owner was told our VIN number isn't recognize to save their cost.

Filed Mar 30, 2007 · Visibility · 141,000 miles · NC

1. Wipers did not return to "parked" position at bottom of windshield due to obstruction (freezing precipitation). 2. Intermittent wiper function ceased immediately, 2 weeks later wiper park function failed, on 3/16/07 the wipers failed while in use on i40. My wife, 2 daughters and I had to park the car on the side of i40 for almost 3 hours beginning during rush hour traffic because I could not see through the torrential rains with no windshield wipers. 3. At this point nothing has been done to correct the failures. Ford motor corp. Has stated there is a recall on the windshield wiper system and that although my car falls in the year of the recall, is the correct make and model and also exhibited the exact symptoms listed under the recall, they will not repair the problem.

Filed Oct 18, 2005 · Visibility · 61,443 miles · FL

The federal safety agency campaign id # 01v258000 - windshield wiper/washer motor...I have a 2000 ford taurus, my windshield wiper motor has stopped working. I remembered that there was a recall on it. When I called the ford customer service department (and I use that term very loosely), I was told that a ford dealership has already repaired the recall (don reid ford). When I explained that the part was never, ever repaired by them...the customer service rep. & her supervisor, said that there was nothing that they could do, because the "records" showed it was repaired in october 2001. My car has never been taken in for this repair to be done. I asked the unhelpful customer service rep (and her supervisor) what my options were, and I was told that I was welcome to take it to any ford dealer to have the repair done, at my expense...even though the recall has never been repaired. I know that the dealers get paid money when they do recall work...and I also know that there are a lot of dishonest people out there that will do anything to earn a dollar. Now having said that...what is a person to do, that has an unrepaired recall problem, and it has been labeled as repaired? All of the symptoms that I am experiencing right now, are the exact same ones listed in the recall notice. Can someone please lead me in the right direction?

Filed Oct 1, 2005 · Visibility · 10 miles · FL

Very poor visibility through windshield especially on humid days. I use my windshield wipers and defroster and still can't see. The car has been like this since new. I've noticed it more since I started working days, it is dangerous driving car on morning commute.

Filed Mar 9, 2005 · Visibility · 50,000 miles · MA

Windshield wiper hoses defective on ford 2000 taurus thin platic hoses cracks and brittle to touch causing washer to leak and obstucting drivers ability to see clearly in winter road salted conditions. I have two taurus and both hoses have failed after 4 years. Also oil pan gasket have slipped on both vehicles causing oil leaks which if not caught can severly leak oil from engine causing motor to cease.

Filed Jan 26, 2005 · Visibility · 106,478 miles · NY · fire

While driving 60 MPH windshield wiper motor caught on fire. Consumer managed to pull over and put out the fire. Had the vehicle towed. Dealership repaired the problem. *ak

Filed Dec 1, 2004 · Visibility · 66,000 miles · CA

Front windshield wipers failed to work intermittently. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

Filed Oct 27, 2004 · Visibility · MA

The windshield wipers came on and off intermittently. Consumer drove vehicle to the dealer for inspection. Dealer determined that the windshield wiper motor needed to be replaced.

Filed Oct 22, 2004 · Visibility · NM

While driving in inclement weather windshield wipers came on and off intermittently. Consumer drove vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the windshield wiper motor needed to be replaced.