NHTSA Complaint #10322736 — 2002 FORD TAURUS

ENTERING DRIVEWAY, RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AND CAR "CLUNKED" TO GROUND! HAD DIFFICULT TIME TO GET THE CARJACK UNDER CAR..BECAUSE IT WAS SO LOW, NO REALIZATION AT THAT TIME THAT SPRINGS WERE GONE. REPLACED WITH DONUT SPARE, WHILE DRIVING TO REPAIR SHOP NEXT DAY, CAR STARTED SMOKING AND SMELLING LIKE BURNING RUBBER. SMOKING A LOT. BOTH TIRES IN FRONT BURNING UP. MADE IT TO REPAIR SHOP, WAS TOLD BOTH FRONT SPRINGS WERE GONE, AND BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE GONE. HAD TO REPLACE SPRINGS AND TIRES IN FRONT END = $516.25. WAS TOLD I WAS LUCKY TO MAKE TO TO REPAIR SHOP WITH ALL THE SMOKE AND BURNING RUBBER. WAS ALSO TOLD I WAS LUCKY I WASN'T DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. WAS ALSO TOLD THIS HAPPENS OFTEN IN 2002 TAURUS MODEL. I DO NOT KNOW IF REPAIR SHOP KEPT THE OLD SPRINGS. I WAS TOO ANGRY TO ASK. THE TIRES LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE TOOK A CAN-OPENER TO THEM AND SLICED THEM WIDE OPEN. VERY ANGRY. *CN