2001 FORD TAURUS Suspension Problems

SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR THE TRANSMISSION ON THE DASH HAS BEEN OFF MEANING ... TO PUT IT IN DRIVE IT HAS TO SAY 1 ST. ON THE DASH REVERSE IS WHERE DRIVE IS OR D. ... YESTERDAY I CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND THERE WAS A HUGE THUNK AND I COULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR HAD FROZE THEN AFTER MESSING WITH THE SHIFT ARM IT WENT THUNK AGAIN AND I GOT IT HOME BUT CANT DRIVE ANY FARTHER ..I ALSO HAVE HAD ELECTRONIC PROBLEMS SINCE I GOT IT ONE DASH LIGHTS INSIDE WONT WORK NEXT DAY BLINKER NEXT DAY RADIO NEXT DAY HEAD LIGHTS .... AND THE FRONT END THUNKS WHEN DRIVING AND IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE ROAD ...IT FEELS *TR

MY HIGH BEAM LIGHT INDICATOR IS ON BUT THE LOW BEAMS ARE ON. WHEN I PUSH THE SWITCH TO TURN MY HIGH BEAMS ON THEY TURN ON BUT THE LIGHT INDICATOR TURNS OFF AND WHEN SWITCH MY HIGH BEAMS ON MY SPEEDOMETER STARTS KINDA WORKING, OTHERWISE IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, A POPPING NOISE AND A FOUL ODOR EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE REPAIR, THE REAR AND FRONT COILS SPRINGS WERE FOUND TO BE EXPOSED AND FRACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V332000 (SUSPENSION). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000. UPDATED 10/26/16*LJ *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V332000 (SUSPENSION). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 149,341.

ON 5 15 2015, 2001 FORD TAURUS WITH 32K MILES WAS TAKEN IN FOR AN ALIGNMENT AT A LOCAL AUTO REPAIR BUSINESS. MECHANIC OBSERVED THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE SPRING WAS BROKEN AND HAD DAMAGED THE TIRE. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH, THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT FOR THIS VEHICLE AND YEAR. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL FOR THE FRONT SPRINGS FOR VEHICLES IN SPECIFIC STATES, HOWEVER RECALL DOES NOT APPLY TO REAR SPRINGS OR SUSPENSION AS OF MAY 2015. ON NHTSA SAFETY COMPLAINT WEBSITE, DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED INDICATING AT LEAST TWO DEATHS HAVE BEEN LINKED TO THE FAILURE OF THE REAR SPRINGS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THROUGH THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V332000 (SUSPENSION) BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM THE REMEDY ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE REAR SUSPENSION FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,330.

AS I WAS TRAVELING THE REAR SPRING SNAPPED AND STARTED TO GOUGE INTO THE TIRE AND CUT THE TIRE ON THE TOP CORNER SIDEWALL WHERE THE STEEL BELTS ARE NOW SHOWING ALSO HEATED UP SO FAST THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO TAKE OFF THE LUG NUTS OF THE TIRE TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE ADVISORS AND IT COULD BE FATAL IF THE TIRE EXPLODES. FORD CLAIMS THERE IS NOT ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO ORDER A RECALL FOR A POTENTIAL FATAL FLAW IN THE CAR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING CAR AT THE SPEED OF 40 AND SUDDENLY SOME SOUND CAME FROM LEFT WHEEL. I SAW AROUND AND FOUND SPRING COIL BROKEN AND THAT COIL IS RUBBING THE TYRE. *TR

EXTENSIVE CORROSION ON THE ENGINE CRADLE MAY IMPACT ITS STRUCTURE AND FAILURE CAN IMPACT SUSPENSION AND STEERING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH AND HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE CONTACT BEGAN TO SMELL A BURNING RUBBER ODOR AND MERGED OFF THE ROADWAY TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION BUT NO DIAGNOSIS FOR THE FAILURE WAS DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000. UPDATED 03/05/14*LJ

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 FORD TAURUS SES TODAY AT CITY SPEEDS (30 MPH) I HEARD A VERY LOUD METALLIC CLANKING SOUND. I DROVE STRAIGHT HOME AND WE PUT THE CAR ON THE LIFT TO INSPECT. WE FOUND THE FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE RUST/CORROSION. WE LIVE IN ILLINOIS & CALLED FORD TO SEE ABOUT THE RECALL (04V332-4235) AND HOW TO GO ABOUT REPAIRING THIS. THE AGENT CHECKED OUR VIN AND TOLD US THAT OUR CAR DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS RECALL DESPITE HAVING BEEN PRODUCED IN THE CHICAGO MANUFACTURING PLANT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PLANTS INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. OUR TIRE WAS VERY CLOSE TO BEING SHREDDED BY THE BROKEN SPRING AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I BELIEVE OUR CAR SHOULD BE A PART OF THIS RECALL AND STATED TO THE FORD AGENT THAT I WAS DISSATISFIED BY THE APPARENT...

DURING MULTIPOINT INSPECTION DEALER FOUND REAR SPRINGS BROKEN TOTAL COST OF REPAIR $572.58 . YOUR DATA BASE SHOWS THIS HAS BEEN A DEFECTIVE PART ISSUE AND NO RECALL. LOCAL DEALER NOT AWARE OF REAR SPRING ISSUE. *TR

THE FRONT, LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE LEAVING A JAGGED EDGE THAT SHREDDED THE TIRES SIDEWALL WHEN THE CAR WAS PUT IN REVERSE. I DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THE SPRING BROKE, BUT I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY PRIOR TO PARKING THE VEHICLE. HAD THIS HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY, THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. THE TIRE THAT WAS SHREDDED WAS A NEAR NEW STUDDED SNOW TIRE. THE TOTAL COST TO REPAIR THE SUSPENSION AND REPLACE THE TIRE WILL BE ABOUT 400 - 500 DOLLARS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND THE COIL SPRING WAS REPAIRED. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS THEN NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000. ..UPDATED 09-19-12 *BF UPDATED 09/20/2012 *JS

FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS COVERED BY RECALL 04M04. THE FIX WAS TO INSTALL A CHEAP PLATE TO PREVENT THE COIL SPRING FROM PUNCTURING THE TIRE WHEN IT CRACKS. THE RECALL INCLUDED A PREVISION TO REPLACE A BROKEN SPRING IF THE VEHICLE WAS IN SERVICE LESS THAN 10 YEARS OR LESS THAN 150,000. I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THE CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS NOT TO FIX THE COIL SPRING ITSELF BEFORE IT WOULD BREAK. *JS

WE WERE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD "KLUNK". FROM THAT POINT ON WE ALWAYS HEARD DURING LEFT TURNS. THE NEXT DAY, I HAD MY MECHANIC LOOK AT THE CAR AND THE REAR SPRINGS HAD BROKEN. HE SAID THAT IT WAS GOOD TO GET IT IN. $600.00 BILL. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL! PEOPLE HAVE DIED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMALLY LOUD NOISE WHILE REVERSING. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A PRIOR MANUFACTURER'S RECALL FOR THE COIL SPRINGS BUT THE RECALL HAS SINCE EXPIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 500,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY ROAD MY 2001 FORD TAURUS HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE LR TIRE. THE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN IN SEVERAL PLACES WHICH CAUSED PART OF THE SPRING TO GOUGE THE INSIDE WALL OF THE REAR TIRE. HAD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR COIL/SHOCK ASSEMBLY IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

HEARD CLUNK FROM REAR OF VEHICLE ENTERING A PARKING LOT. INSPECTION LATER THAT EVENING REVEALED REAR SPRING BREAK. *TR

MY FRAME IS TOTALLY ROTTEN!!! THE A ARM ISN'T EVEN ATTRACTED TO THE FRAME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,164.

FRONT SPRINGS ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON HAVE BROKEN, WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. I THOUGHT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT COMMON, BUT WHEN I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I DISCOVERED THAT A RECALL NOTICE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN SENT OUT IN 2004. I DID NOT RECEIVE THAT RECALL, EVEN THOUGHT THE CAR WAS REGISTERED WITH FORD. NOTE - THESE WERE CLEAN BREAKS AND NOT A RESULT OF THE GRADUAL DETERIORATION OF METAL DUE TO RUST (CAUSED BY WINTER SALT). THE PROBLEM HAS NOT CAUSED A CRASH, BUT MY RESEARCH FOUND THAT IN MANY CASES THE FAULTY SPRINGS BROKE THROUGH THE SPRING SEAT AND RUPTURE THE FRONT TIRE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED AS - 2000 FORD TAURUS RECALL ID FROM NHTSA: 04V332000 AUTO RECALL DATE: 20040715. ALTHOUGH THAT DEFECT APPLIED TO A MODEL YEAR 2000 TAURUS, THE PROBLEM OCCURS IN OTHER MODEL...

I HAVE A 2001 FORD TAURUS SE. ALL FOUR OF THE SUSPENSION COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN AND ONE OF THE BROKEN SPRINGS HAD AN END WHICH PROTRUED AND HAD RUBBED A GROOVE INTO THE TIRE (INSIDE REAR) PORTION DAMAGING THE SIDEWALL OF MY TIRE RENDERING THE TIRE USELESS.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY 2001 FORD TAURUS THAT I FEEL IS A SAFETY ISSUE. MY CONCERN WITH MY VEHICLE IS THAT I DISCOVERED THAT IT HAS THREE BROKEN SPRINGS, ONE OF WHICH CAME VERY CLOSE TO CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY TIRE, I DISCOVERED THIS AFTER I HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. UPON INVESTIGATING I DISCOVERED A BROKEN FRONT SPRING. FOLLOWING THIS I DISCOVERED BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AS WELL. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY ODD TO HAVE THREE BROKEN SPRINGS ON THE SAME CAR. RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ON THE WEB I FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. I CONTACTED A FORD DEALER FOR SERVICE AND WAS INFORMED THAT FORD HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY PERIOD FOR THE FRONT SPRINGS BUT NOT THE REAR. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD REQUIRE FORD TO RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. OBSERVING...

THREE OF THE FOUR SPRINGS ON OUR 2001 FORD TAURUS ARE BROKEN AT UNDER 100 THOUSAND MILES. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED. THE BROKEN SPRING CAN PUNCTURE TIRE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2001 FORD TAURUS USED, IN 2004 IT HAS BEEN A GOOD CAR UNTIL 2008 WHEN IT STARTED SHAKING IN THE FRONT END. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A RACK AND PINION, SO I HAD THAT REPLACED AND PAID THROUGH THE NOSE. THE CAR WAS STILL SHAKING, I TOOK IT BACK HE SAID THAT I HAD TO GET IT ALIGNED BECAUSE IT WAS TOWED OUT AND HE DID NOT HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT. I REPLACED THE NOW BALD TIRED AND HAD IT ALIGNED. STILL SHAKING AND NOW WORSE, I AM NOW UNEMPLOYED AND CAN NOT AFFORD TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE SHOP AND THE WARRANTY ON THE MECHANIC I TOOK IT TO IS UP AND HE SAYS IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR HIM TO LOOK AT IT FURTHER. WHEN I HAD IT ALIGNED THEY DID TELL...

REAR COIL SPRING BREAKS AND HITS TIRE. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2001 TAURUS BRAND NEW IN 2001. WHEN I GOT MY CAR INSPECTED IN 2008 THE INSPECTOR INFORMED ME THAT THERE WERE 4 BROKEN SPRINGS ON MY CAR! ONE ON EACH WHEEL! IT WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION. SO FAR I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE ESTIMATE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM IS $1200! *TR

MY BOTH FRONT AND BOTH BACK SPRING COILS BROKE IN MY CAR. NO-ONE EVER NOTIFIED ME ABOUT RECALL FOR MY CAR MODELS. I AM LUCKY THAT DIDN'T GOT INTO ANY ACCIDENTS. MY TIRES ARE LESS THAN 2 YEAR OLD AND ARE JUNK BECAUSE OF THE SPRINGS DAMAGING THEM. NOW I WILL HAVE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER TIRES, AND IT WILL COST ME A MONEY I DON'T REALLY PREPARED TO SPEND RIGHT NOW. I FOUND OUT ABOUT RECALL ON SPRINGS COIL ON MY CAR BY OVERHEARING SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT IT. I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT. DO FORD REALLY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET INTO ACCIDENT TO FIX THEIR PROBLEMS? *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING MY 2001 FORD TAURUS. HE PULLED IN TO MY DRIVEWAY WITH SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND RIGHT SIDE OF CAR. MY MECHANIC SAID THE FRONT SPRING BROKE WHICH ALSO BROKE THE STRUT AND SHREDDED THE BOOT. ITS COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. NOW MY CONCERN IS THE REAR SPRINGS. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL FOR THIS! APPARENTLY FORD KNOWS OF THESE COMPLAINTS AND DOES NOTHING! PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL!! BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *TR

I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC BECAUSE MY TIRE WAS SHREDDED. LATER I FOUND OUT THAT THE TIRE SHREDDED DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE FRONT WAS ALSO IN POOR CONDITION AND SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR MUCH LONGER. I CALLED FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THE FRONT WAS UNDER RECALL. I DROPPED HE CAR OFF TO STONEHAM FORD WHO TOLD ME THAT SINCE THEY WERE NOT CURRENTLY "FRACTURED" THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THEM. THEY WOULD NOT TELL ME THE CURRENT CONDITION YET MY MECHANIC STATES THEY ARE IN VERY POOR CONDITION. FORD CONTINUED TO SAY THAT SINCE THEY ARE NOT FRACTURED AND NO ONE HAS YET BEEN HURT, THEY ARE NOT REPLACING THEM. NO ONE HAS BEEN KILLED YET.*TR

2001 FORD TAURUS WITH SUSPENSION NOISE WHILE DRIVING. FORD MECHANIC DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS FRONT AND REAR SPRINGS BROKEN ON 2/2/2009. PARTS HAVE NOT YET BEEN REPLACED. *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS, 112,000 MILES. DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH ON HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE, HEARD LOUD BANG AND CAR PULLED LEFT AND I GAINED CONTROL AND STOPPED. FOUND LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE PUNCTURING LEFT TIRE. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. FORD WILL COVER COST OF FRONT SPRINGS REPLACEMENT. DEALERSHIP CALLED AND SAID RIGHT SPRING WAS BROKEN ALSO AND TRANSMISSION PAN WAS ALSO PUNCTURED FROM BROKEN SPRING AND NEEDED REPLACED. FORD WILL NOT COVER COST TO PAY FOR PUNCTURED TIRE OR TRANSMISSION PAN PLUS FLUID. TIRE HAD AROUND 300 MILE ON IT. FORD GARAGE CALLED BACK AND SAID REAR SPRINGS WERE ALSO BROKEN AND NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL FROM FORD. SHOULDN'T REAR SPRINGS BE COVERED ALSO SINCE BREAKAGE WAS RESULT OF CORROSION PROBLEM LIKE THE FRONT SPRINGS? ALSO, SHOULDN'T THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO THE TIRE AND TRANSMISSION BE COVERED ALSO? NEVER RECEIVED ANY FORM OF NOTIFICATION RELATING TO THIS RECALL. BUT...

2001 FORD TAURUS WITH 69,000 MILES HAS A BROKEN REAR COIL SPRING. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT COILS WHICH FORD WILL FIX NO CHARGE UNDER 04M04 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION GUARANTEE BUT IT DOES NOT COVER THE REAR SPRINGS. IN THE EVENT OF THE BACK SPRING WORKING IT'S WAY TO THE TIRE THERE HAS BEEN REAR TIRE BLOWOUTS WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE ITSELF AND A DANGER TO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. AT THIS TIME MY MOTHER WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS BEING LOOKED INTO AS A MANDATORY RECALL. I FEEL SINCE THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT AND HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE DEFECT THAT THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR SPRINGS OF THOSE SAME YEARS. PARTS REQUIRED TO CORRECT PROBLEM ARE NEW COILS BOTH SIDES. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID HE THINKS THERE SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL BUT HE...

FRONT & REAR SPRINGS FAILED ON 2001 FORD TAURUS & WERE REPLACED. FRONT SPRINGS ALSO DESTROYED STRUTS & WERE COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. REAR SPRINGS ALSO DESTROYED SHOCKS BUT WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. FORD DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS FAILURE WAS "COMMON" ON THIS MODEL YEAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS FAILED AND THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE WEAK. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS) UNTIL THEY HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED. THEY FURTHER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSUME FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REAR COIL SPRINGS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THAT COMPONENT. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

I HAD 3 BROKEN COIL SPRINGS ON MY CAR AT ONE TIME. I LEARNED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS, BUT NOT ON THE BACK. I HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAULT ON THE COIL SPRINGS WAS SALT ON THE ROAD, WHICH IS WHAT CAUSED MY FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS TO BREAK. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE REAR COIL SPRINGS, AS WELL AS THE FRONT. I CALLED FORD'S COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT, AND THEY SAID THIS WOULD NOT BE CHANGED. THEN, I HAD BROKEN SHOCK ABSORBERS, WHICH MY FORD GARAGE TOLD ME WAS A RESULT OF THE COIL SPRINGS. SO NOT ONLY DID I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REAR COIL SPRINGS, BUT I ALSO HAVE TO PAY TO REPAIR THE SHOCK ABSORBERS! THE GARAGE MANAGER SAID HE HAS HAD NUMEROUS CASES LIKE THIS -- IN FACT, HE HAD TWO IN...

DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING CAR AND HEARD FUNNY RATTLING NOISE IN FRONT END WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. I CHECKED OUT THE FRONT END AND FOUND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. WHILE GETTING THAT FIXED THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR COIL SPRING WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN ALSO! *TR

FAILURE/FRACTURE OF FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRINGS AND RELATED TIRE DAMAGE. MY CAR WAS REPAIRED AS FAR AS THE FRONT SUSPENSION IS CONCERNED UNDER WARRANTY ONLY FOR SPRINGS. MY CONCERN IS FUTURE SPRING FAILURE ON REAR SUSPENSION WHICH IS KNOWN TO HAVE SIMILAR FAILURES WITH NO SAFETY RECALL IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. DESPITE THE NHTSA TESTS ON SIMILAR VEHICLE DEFECT, I AM NOT CONVINCED THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL INCIDENT IS UNLIKELY. I WONDER IF ONE OF THE NHTSA PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TEST INFORMATION WOULD LET ME TRADE VEHICLES WITH THEM. WOULD THEY BE WILLING TO DRIVE THIS CAR FOR EXTENDED USE ON CROWDED INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS IN ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKE SO MANY OF US DO? THE PARTS IN QUESTION FAIL BECAUSE OF CORROSION. IN MOST CASES THE SPRING BREAKS AT THE LOWER FIRST COIL, FORD HAS INSTALLED A SHIELD TO PREVENT RELATED TIRE DAMAGE...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THE CONTACT TOOK HER VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED, SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS AT NO CHARGE, BUT WOULD NOT REPLACE THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. THE COST TO REPAIR THE REAR COIL SPRINGS IS $185.64 PLUS THE $59.99 ALIGNMENT. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 79,900. THE CONSUMER STATED FEELS FORD SHOULD REIMBURSE ALL CONSUMERS FOR REAR COILS SPRINGS AND ALIGNMENT. UPDATED 09/18/07 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE FLATTENED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND CHANGED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE OF FAILURE AS A FAILED SPRING. THE DEALER ALSO NOTICED THAT THE REAR SPRING HAD FAILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 106,000.

I OWN A 2001 FORD TAURUS THE FRONT SPRING WERE DEFECTIVE AND RECALL NOW THE REAR SPRING ARE DEFECTIVE AND FORD ISN'T HAVING A RECALL --WILL ANYTHING BE DONE TO RECALL THE REAR SPRING? *NM

DT: THE CALLER RECEIVED RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS, BUT HE WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR SPRINGS. THE CALLER SAID THE REAR SPRING FAILED, AND IT PUT A GROOVE IN THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE. THE CALLER FOUND IT BEFORE THE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CALLER REPLACED BOTH REAR SPRINGS AT HIS OWN EXPENSE WITH ANOTHER BRAND. DEALER SAID THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE REAR SPRINGS FOR FREE. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT RESPONDED TO THE CALLER ON THE REAR SPRINGS. *AK THE SWAY BAR BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES, THE REAR BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED TWICE. UPDATED 01/19/06. *JB

I BOUGHT A NEW FORD TAURUS IN 2001. THREE MONTHS AFTER MY PURCHASE, A VIBRATION BEGAN IN THE FRONT END. I TOOK THE CAR IN AND HAD REPAIRS. TO MY DISMAY, THE CAR BEGAN TO VIBRATE AGAIN IN JANUARY 2002. I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR REPAIRS AGAIN. APRIL 2002 THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN, SO MORE REPAIRS. THIS CONTINUED UNTIL I GAVE THE CAR BACK (JULY 2004) DUE TO THESE PROBLEMS AND MANY OTHERS. THE DEALERSHIP, SILSBEE FORD, SEEMED TO ONLY FIX THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY,RESULTING IN ME RETURNING THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND AGAIN. I BELIEVE THERE WAS AN UNDERLYING PROBLEM THAT WAS OVERLOOKED AND I ASSUMED TAKING THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP THE PROBLEM WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND AND PROPERLY FIXED. BY MAR 2003 APPR. 21,000 MILES ONE CV SHAFT AND AXLE SEAL REPLACED, ROD ASY REPLACED AT 38,000 MILES, AND BY JAN 2004 THE OTHER CV AXLE WAS...

WE NOTICED THE LOWER HALF OF THE CAR IS COVERED WITH SMALL RUST SPOTS 44000 MILES. WE DO NOT HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON FIXING THIS PROBLEM. AT 39000 MILES WE BEGAN EXPERIENCING A RATTLE UNDER THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD. THIS HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND NOTHING HAS BEEN FOUND SO FAR, HOWEVER THE RATTLE CONTINUES TO GROW WORSE. JUST UNDER 30000 MILES THE FRONT BRAKES REQUIRED REPLACMENT. NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS WERE INSTALLED, HOWEVER WITHIN A WEEKS TIME THE CAR WAS BACK IN FOR MORE BRAKE WORK. THE PADS WERE REPLACED BY THE SHOP, BUT THE SQEAKING HAS RETURNED AGAIN.( WE DID NOT HAVE THE BRAKES REPAIRED AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP, BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.) THE FUEL GAUGE READS ERRACTICLY BETWEEN FULL AND 1/4. I HAVE MADE NO ATTEMPT TO HAVE THIS FIXED YET. THE ENGINE HAS DEVELOPED A HARD STARTING...

THE ANTI-SWAY BARS ON MY FORD TAURUS SES HAVE COME LOOSE ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE BARS CAME LOOSE AT 10,000 MILES, 16,000 MILES, AND MOST RECENTLY AT 50,000 MILES. SINCE THE LATEST REPAIR (AT 50,000 MILES) IS NOW ALLEGEDLY OUT OF WARRANTY THE DEALER WANT $140 TO FIX THE PROBLEM AGAIN. AND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL NOT CONTINUE TO RESURFACE. I ARGUED WITH THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER (FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS) THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND A DEFECT, NOT A NEW PROBLEM. THE BARS SHOULD NOT BE COMING LOOSE ON THEIR OWN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ON THE SECOND REPAIR ATTEMPT (AT 16,000 MILES) THE DEALER INSTALLED A SPECIAL KIT THAT THEY RECEIVED FROM FORD TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS EVIDENCE THAT THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER ARE AWARE OF A GENERALIZED PROBLEM AND THAT SWAY BARS ARE COMING LOOSE...

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE FRONT END SHOOK VIOLENTLY.*AK THE DEALER ROTATED AND BALANCED ALL FOUR TIRES. THE DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS AND ADJUSTED THE REAR BRAKES. *NM

PROBLEMS WITH 2001 FORD TAURUS BRAKE ROTORS.*MR THE FRONT END VIBRATED AND THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. FORD WAS ORDERED TO REPAIR ALL REPAIRS BUT THEY ONLY TURNED THE ROTORS. *PH ALSO THE PASSENGER WINDOW DRAGGED, THE LIGHTS DIMMED WHEN THE RADIO OR HEATER WAS ON, AND ALSO THE TRANSMISSION JERKED AT TIMES AND THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, THE MECHANIC STATED IT WAS DUE TO TIRE WEAR. *JB