NHTSA Complaint #10958299 — 2008 FORD TAURUS

I WAS DRIVING AND HEAR A POPPING NOISE AT THE REAR OF THE CAR GOING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD. MORE SO WITHOUT WEIGHT IN THE BACK AND IF ROCKING SIDE TO SIDE ON UNEVEN ROADS. TOOK TO DEALER ON NEXT AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT AND WAS TOLD DRIVER SIDE REAR SPRING BROKEN. HAD IT REPAIRED THE NEXT DAY AT MY OWN EXPENSE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE IT THE WAY IT WAS. THIS I KNOW, BECAUSE I HAD A 1995 FORD TAURUS THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SPRING BROKE AND RUBBED A GROOVE INTO MY TIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING UNDER 15 MILES PER HOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY RECALLS FROM FORD AND I DID NOT RECEIVE MOST OF THEM. I'VE LIVED IN THE SAME PLACE FOR 13 YRS BEFORE I BOUGHT A HOME AND HAVE BEEN HERE 11 YRS. MY 1995 WAS KEPT OUT SIDE AND MY 2008 HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT SINCE BOUGHT BRAND NEW. THE 1995 WAS A YEAR OLD WHEN I BOUGHT IT. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE TAURUSES. SAME DRIVER, 2 DIFFERENT YRS, HOUSED DIFFERENTLY AND BROKEN SPRINGS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.