NHTSA Complaint #10487375 — 2002 FORD TAURUS

WHILE BACKING MY CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A LOUD POP, FOLLOWED BY A HISSING SOUND IN MY FRONT LEFT TIRE (THE DRIVERS SIDE). I THOUGHT I RAN OVER A NAIL AND IMMEDIATELY STOPPED TO INVESTIGATE. SEEING JUST A FLAT TIRE I TRIED PULLING BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY TO CHANGE THE TIRE, HOWEVER THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I INVESTIGATED FURTHER AND DISCOVERED THE SPRING HAD BROKEN AND WAS IMPALED IN MY RECENTLY PURCHASED NEW TIRE! I HATE TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS - I WOULD HAVE LOST ALL CONTROL AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT!!! I NOTED MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS ON FORD TAURSUS' ENDING IN 2001. I STRONGLY URGE THE NHTSA TO PLEASE EXTEND THAT RECALL TO INCLUDE THE NEWER FORD TAURUS' THAT SEEM TO STILL EXPERIENCE THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY DEFECT. HOW MANY LIVES HAVE TO BE LOST OR PROPERTY DAMAGED BEFORE FORD IS HELD RESPONSIBLE? *TR