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2000 Ford Taurus engine and engine cooling problems

103 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2000 Ford Taurus9% of all complaints for this model year.

103
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
9%
share of all complaints
71,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
4 / 7
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Since 2004, I had to have my engine rebuilt in 2009 the cost was 1,700, due to failure in the coolant system"probable cause was the coolant system eroded', and still have coolant issues, the repairs on the coolant was almost 700. After those repairs were conducted, I had my car towed to grand…

    filed Apr 5, 2012

  • Ran two errands. Got back in car, started up, put in gear and nothing. Made whirring noise, but wouldn't go into gear. Could not back up, go forward, nothing. *tr

    filed Apr 2, 2012

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Related service bulletins

  • Ford: certain 1999-2001 model year vehicles up to 6000 lb gvwr registered in new york and certain 2001 vehicles up to 6000 lb gvwr registered in the state of maine, certified for sale in california-federal emission…

    CSP-08B01 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued May 16, 2008
  • Buck/jerk and miss during drive cycle above 3000 rpm - no dtc - 3.0l 2v gas and ffv engine. *tt

    052212 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Nov 14, 2005
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Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.