NHTSA Complaint #10236503 — 2002 FORD TAURUS

STRUT BROKE ON 2002 FORD TAURUS, WHICH IN TURN PUNCTURED TIRE CAUSING THE TIRE TO SHRED, FORD HAS RECALLED THIS IN THE 2001 SERIES BUT NOT IN 2002, YET IT SEEMS TO BE THE SAME ISSUE AND HAVE IMPACTED MANY PEOPLE IN THE SAME MANOR, SO WHY NO RECALL ON THIS YEARS MODEL. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. NOW THIS REPAIR WILL COST OVER 700.00 TO FIX (INCLUDING TIRE REPLACEMENT), SEEMS TO ME (FROM WHAT I READ) THAT THE RECALLS ARE BASED IN PART ON THE IMPACT TO SAFETY, HAD THIS BLOW OUT OCCURRED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON A HIGHWAY FOR EXAMPLE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A TRAGEDY, WHY IS FORD NOT RECALLING THIS PROACTIVE TO AVOID A DISASTER, RATHER THAN WHAT APPEARS TO ME THEY ARE WAITING FOR DISASTER BEFORE REACTING (IN MY OPINION OF COURSE). *TR