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2000 Ford Taurus visibility problems

41 owner complaints to NHTSA about the 2000 Ford Taurus cite visibility, 3% of all 1,195 complaints for this model year. NHTSA also lists 1 recall on this component.

Complaints
41
3% of all complaints
Crashes
0
Reported by owners
Fires
1
Reported by owners
Injuries
1
Reported by owners
01 —Owner reports

What owners say about the visibility

Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first
“2000 FORD TAURUS ATTORNEY REPRESENTING CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DEFECTIVE POWER WINDOW SWITCH *CN THE CONSUMER'S SON INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED THE DEFECTIVE AND UNSAFE POWER WINDOW SWITCH. THE WINDOW CLOSED AROUND HIS HEAD AND NECK PREVENTING HIM FROM CALLING TO HIS MOTHER. THE CONSUMER WAS UNAWARE HER SOME WAS IN TRAPPED, BECAUSE SHE WAS CLEANING THE SNOW FROM THE CAR. THE CONSUMER FINALLY NOTICED HER SON IN DISTRESS AND ATTEMPTED TO RESUSCITATE HIM. MOMENTS LATER, SHE RUSHED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. AS A RESULT OF THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW SYSTEM, HER SON SUFFERED SEVERE AND PERMANENT INJURIES. *JB”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Dec 8, 2014VisibilityODI 10658470
“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. *TR”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Oct 12, 2009VisibilityODI 10287096
“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. *TR”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Oct 2, 2009VisibilityODI 10286063
“FIRST HAD FLUID ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR,COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHERE IT CAME FROM THEN BLOWER FAN STOPPED WORKING. HAS BEEN OUT FOR OVER A WEEK. WINDOW FORMS IDC AND CAN NOT EVEN SEE OUT OF IT! *TR”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Dec 9, 2008VisibilityODI 10251242
“2000 FORD TAURUS WITH SEVERAL REPAIRS MADE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE HAD THE HEADS ON THE MOTOR REPLACED TWICE, DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT GO UP OR DOWN. COOLANT RESERVOIR WAS REPLACED. TRANSMISSION HAD WORK DONE TO IT, AND THE BACK LOCK DOES NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY. *KB THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM. *JB”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Apr 14, 2008Engine and engine cooling, Power train, Visibility, Latches/locks/linkagesODI 10225096
“WATER LEAKED ONTO THE FLOOR BOARDS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I HAVE REPLACED THE BLOWER RESISTOR THREE TIMES, ONCE FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW COWL AND RAIN HAT. *TR”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Apr 3, 2008Visibility, Structure, EquipmentODI 10223313

Showing 6 of 41 reports. Read every report on NHTSA.gov.

Data from NHTSA Complaints API (owner reports, unverified) · synced Nov 8, 2026NHTSA vehicle page
02 —Related recalls

1 recall on this component

Visibility: windshield wiper

Free remedy

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS, SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, AND LIGHT AND MEDIUM DUTY PICKUP TRUCKS. A SWITCH LOCATED IN THE PLASTIC COVER OF THE WIPER MOTOR GEAR CASE COULD MALFUNCTION AND OVERHEAT, POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN LOSS OF INTERMITTENT WIPER FUNCTION, LOSS OF WIPER PARK FUNCTION, COMPLETE LOSS OF WIPER FUNCTION, OR IGNITION OF THE PLASTIC COVER MATERIAL. SWITCH MALFUNCTION IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR WHEN THE INTERMITTENT SETTING OF THE WIPERS IS BEING USED, OR WHEN SNOW OR ICE OBSTRUCTS THE BLADES FROM RETURNING TO THE "PARKED" POSITION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD. THESE VEHICLES WERE BUILT AT THE FOLLOWING ASSEMBLY PLANTS: ATLANTA PLANT FROM 2/11/00 THROUGH 7/31/00; CHICAGO PLANT FROM 2/14/00 THROUGH 8/4/00; KANSAS CITY PLANT FROM 2/26/00 TO 9/4/00; KENTUCKY TRUCK PLANT FROM 2/18/00 TO 8/31/00; MICHIGAN TRUCK PLANT FROM 2/23/00 THROUGH 8/3/00; NORFOLK PLANT FROM 2/21/00 THROUGH 7/27/00; WAYNE STAMPING AND ASSEMBLY PLANT FROM 2/25/00 THROUGH 8/15/00; AND WIXOM PLANT FROM 2/15/00 THROUGH 8/8/00.

VisibilityReported Aug 8, 2001NHTSA 01V258000
Data from NHTSA Recalls API · synced Nov 8, 2026

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.