2001 Ford Taurus: water leaks into the cabin

Filed Aug 2, 2011 · Visibility · AL

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford taurus. The contact stated that there was a water leak in the passenger side floorboard. The vehicle was inspected by a mechanic, who diagnosed that the leak was caused by a defective blower motor and the blower motor resistor needed to be replaced. The contact also mentioned that she replaced the blower motor resistor a total of six times, but it failed to remedy the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 150,000.

Filed May 21, 2008 · Body, Visibility · 135,000 miles · TX

Water leaks into the passenger floor board on my 2001 ford taurus. In researching it on the web I found a link to this site. It just started a few months ago. I found another complaint 10184014. This site said to mention recall number 03v087000. As widespread as this appears to be I feel that ford should cover the design mistake.

Filed May 1, 2008 · Visibility · 147,579 miles · MO

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford taurus. The contact had to have the blower resistor replaced in her vehicle because the air would only be distributed in high amounts. Several weeks later, the knob failed again and a representative from the dealer stated that water was leaking in the vehicle through the engine, which LED to the blower resistor failure. The failure occurred three additional times. The contact stated that she can hear water entering her vehicle in rainy weather conditions. The dealer stated that her VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 03v087000 (visibility: windshield). She is in the process of notifying the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 147,579.

Filed Jan 20, 2008 · Body, Visibility · IL

My 2001 ford taurus has been leaking water into the passenger side floor board. It only happens when it rains and it actually leaves a puddle of water on the floor making the carpet smell and collect mold. This is turn, the water is also collecting in the blower motor casing and filling up causing the blower motor to stop working. I used to be able to bang on the blower motor casing to help the water leak out of it and once the water did leak out the blower motor would work, however it is now winter time and getting below zero at night, I went to take my son to school in the morning and the blower motor would not come on at all, leaving us with no heat in the vehicle and actually causing a driving hazard as the windows fog up and freeze instantly, I almost got into an accident with my son in the car...this was very scary and I want some answers as to why this has not been recalled on these cars. I have read up on this and this is happening for years with several makes and models but mostly on the ford taurus'. I now have to replace the blower motor and find the leak...before it happens again.

Filed Oct 20, 2007 · 30,000 miles · IL

Blower motor on my ford taurus and blower resistor has shorted out because of a water leak. I have researched this problem and have found numerous other taurus owners with the same problem. William ford who filed a complaint number 10184014 is one person to many others to mention.

Filed Jul 20, 2007 · Engine · OH

Water leak caused blower motor & resistor to short. $475 + tax to reprit. Internet search yields many other similar complaints and occurrences. Silent recall by ford that is repaired at no cost while car still under warranty. However, when car out of warranty, consumer responsible for cost of repairing this defect. Reference ford technical service bulletins tsb 04-15-3 and tsb 03-15-6.

Filed Nov 13, 2006 · Body · PA

Water leaking into cabin from somewhere around front windshield. Following hard rain, driver's side front and rear floor can be completely soaked. Took twice to dealer, paid $140, no help. Don't know long-term effect this may have on other vehicle components--brakes, electrical, etc.

Filed Jan 16, 2006 · Body · 41,000 miles · CA

Ford taurus ,common failure of the blower for the heater and air conditioning. Ford service says water gets into the blower and the blower motor with the resistor should be replaced. Common problem according to ford service and other people on the world wide web.

Filed Jul 20, 2005 · Engine · MA

Constant water leak on drivers side floor, anytime it rains or is washed. Brought back to dealer several times without results. Coolant leak, air bag sensor comes on occasionaly.

Filed Aug 31, 2004 · Visibility · MN

Air condition/heater fan stopped working. The car was taken to an authorized ford dealer who informed me that there had been water leakage causing motor blower failure along with resisitor failure. They sited tsb 04-15-3 identifying tauruses built between 5-1-01 to 12-15-03 of having this problem and how to correct it. It cost me over $500 to correct the problem. I don't feel I should be responsible for the cost of this repair when it was a manufactured defect. Ford constomer service simply stated it wasn't a life threatening problem so there was no need to recall it or cover the cost of repair. It seems to me that any time you have water mixing with electrical there is the potential for fire. Given the degree of corrosion the leak had been going on for some time.