2001 FORD TAURUS Suspensionfront Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AS A RESULT OF CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE HAD SURPASSED THE STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR REPAIRS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,448.

2001 FORD TAURUS SES LEFT FRONT SPRING SNAPPED. THIS WAS DISCOVERED AT ~95,000 MILES AND 10 WEEKS AFTER THE FORD EXTENDED RECALL PROGRAM EXPIRED. THE END OF THE SPRING WAS SITTING IN THE SMALL WELL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPRING AND THE BROKEN END WAS VERY RUSTY. ABOUT 3" SNAPPED OFF THE TOP END OF THE SPRING. ONLINE RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND MANY PEOPLE REPORT THAT THE SPRING PUNCTURES A TIRE AND CAUSES SUSPENSION AND FRAME DAMAGE. I WILL NEED TO HAVE THE SPRINGS, ALONG WITH THE STRUTS, BUSHINGS, ETC. REPLACED. BOTH OF MY REAR SPRINGS WERE ALSO BROKEN AND WERE REPLACED (AT MY OWN EXPENSE) IN MAY, 2010. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WHEN HE WAS DRIVING 5 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS AWAITING REPAIR. THE CONTACT REFERENCED RECALL 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS) BUT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SPRINGS. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER; HOWEVER, THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,750.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACTED STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE MECHANIC INFORMED HIM THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION HAD FAILED AND THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE POWER STEERING PUMP. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE FRONT ROTORS, BRAKES, AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

FRONT SUSPENSION SHOCK BROKE, COIL SPRING RUPTURED TIRE. *TR

THERE WAS VERY LITTLE WARNING TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE DROVE FINE UNTIL ONE DAY IT DEVELOPED A CLUNK IN THE FRONT THAT WAS WORSE THAN THE SEVERAL THAT WERE ALREADY THERE. ABOUT THIS SAME TIME THE STEERING BEGAN TO FEEL SLOPPY AS WELL. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR THE FRONT SUB-FRAME WAS RUSTED TO THE POINT WHERE THE A-ARM DISCONNECTED ITSELF FROM THE SUB-FRAME. THE FRONT OF THE A-ARM IS NOW FLOATING FREE. THIS IS THE CAUSE OF THE STEERING SLOP. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SUB-FRAME. THIS IS THE FRAME THAT HOLDS THE ENGINE, TRANSMISSION AND SUSPENSION TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

MY MOST RECENT CONTACT WITH FORD WAS HIGHLY UNPLEASANT AND DISCOURAGING. I OWN A 2001 FORD TAURUS WITH 80,000 MILES THAT HAD 2 FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND 1 REAR COIL SPRING BREAK. I CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TO INQUIRE WHAT I NEEDED TO DO REGARDING THE RECALL ON THE COIL SPRINGS; I GAVE MY VIN # TO THE AGENT AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS CAR DOES NOT HAVE ANY RECALLS AND FORD COULD NOT OFFER ME ANY SERVICE FOR THE BROKEN SPRINGS. I THEN CONTACTED AIRPORT FORD IN FLORENCE, KY AND EXPLAINED WHAT I WAS TOLD BY FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE 3 BROKEN COIL SPRINGS, THEY TOLD ME I COULD NOT BE HELPED SINCE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE SAID THAT THERE WAS NOT ANY RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE. RECALL 04V332000 RECALLED THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 10 YEARS OR 150,000 MILE, WHICH THIS CAR IS STILL...

FRONT COIL BROKE WHEN I WAS DRIVING. *TR

THE FRONT SUSPENSION ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS HAS BOTH COILS BROKEN. THERE IS A "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION" RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM FOR 10 YEARS OR 150,000. MY VEHICLE HAS 170,000 MILES. IF THIS WAS A "SAFETY" RECALL THEN THERE WOULD BE NO LIMIT. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. THE COILS CAN EASILY SLIDE LOOSE CAUSING STEERING TO BE JAMMED WITH LOSS OF CONTROL AND/OR TIRE DAMAGE RESULTING IN VERY RAPID LOSE OF TIRE COMPRESSION. BOTH SITUATIONS HAVE A HIGH LIKELY HOOD OF RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

THE COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVER SIDE IF FORD TAURUS 2001 BROKE. *TR

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.

FRONT SPRINGS BREAK AND CUT THE TIRE CAUSING ACCIDENTS. *TR

WE OWN A 2001 FORD TAURUS WITH ABOUT 28,000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE. I AM HANDICAP AND THIS IS THE VEHICLE THAT WE USE TO GET ME TO APPOINTMENTS, ETC. WE ARE VERY LUCKY THAT THE FRONT TIRE EXPLODED WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY AND NOT WHILE WE WERE ALREADY DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR WHERE EVER! WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO OUR MECHANIC AND HE TOLD US THAT THE TIRE EXPLODED BECAUSE OF THE FRONT SPRING COIL. ONCE WE FOUND OUT THE CAUSE, I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET FOR ANY ISSUES OR RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND LOW AND BEHOLD THERE IS A RECALL BECAUSE OF THE FRONT SPRING COILS. WE THEN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP THAT WE BOUGHT THE CAR FROM. THEY ARE FIXING THE CAR NOW. YESTERDAY WE WERE TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM...

2001 FORD TAURUS REAR SPRING COILS. WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL FOR THE REAR SPRING COILS, WHEN THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE FRONT SPRING COILS? THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENS WITH THE REAR SPRING COILS THAT HAPPENS WITH THE FRONT SPRING COILS. TIRES ARE EXPLODING! THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!!!!!! FORD NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM! *TR

FRONT AND REAR SPRING COILS ARE DAMAGED. MY HUSBAND WAS BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY AN AS HE DID, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXPLODED. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE SPRING COIL PUNCTURED THE TIRE. WE WERE THEN INFORMED THAT ALL OF THE COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED NOT JUST THE FRONT COILS. AFTER WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE FRONT COILS, WE CONTACTED FORD AND WE WERE TOLD TO BRING IT TO A DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE FRONT COILS WERE COVERED BECAUSE OF A RECALL. ONCE WE GOT THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP, THEY THEN TOLD US THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE REAR COILS AND THAT THE REAR COILS WERE THAT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH AND I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT ALL OF THE COILS NEED TO BE REPLACED. FYI: WE HAVE...

FRONT SUSPENSION COIL BROKE AND PUNCTURED SIDE OF TIRE. HAD THIS HAPPEN TO BACK WHEEL AT CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. LUCKILY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TO SCHOOL OR SHE COULD HAVE BEEN IN A CRITICAL ACCIDENT! *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS WAGON WITH 80,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING ON ROUTE 80 I HEARD A LOUD BANGING SOUND IN THE FRONT END - THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. LUCKILY THE PROTECTIVE GUARDS INSTALLED LAST YEAR PREVENTED THE TIRE FROM BLOWING UP. *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS. MARCH 09, 68,000 MILES DRIVERS FRONT COIL SPRING BREAKS AND CUTS TIRE DOWN. JULY 09, 78,000 MILES MECHANIC FINDS BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS SIMILARLY BROKEN. I HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 SPRINGS, STRUTS AND 1 TIRE. LUCKILY, THE CAR WAS NOT BEING DRIVEN WHEN SPRINGS BROKE ON FRONT END. DONT KNOW WHEN THE REARS BROKE, BUT SOMETIME IN THE LAST 10K MILES OR THE 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT WOULD HAVE DISCOVERED THE BROKEN REAR SPRINGS IN MARCH 09. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 20 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE SHREDDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE REAR COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE FAILING AND ADVISED THE CONTACT NOT TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO MAKE REPAIRS UNTIL THE COIL SPRINGS ACTUALLY FAILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 88,000.

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

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE REAR TIRE BLEW MAKING THE CAR UNDRIVABLE. IT WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO FOUND THAT BOTH OF THE REAR SPRINGS HAD SNAPPED. I WAS TOLD THAT HAD HE BEEN TRAVELING AT A HIGHER SPEED HE MOST ASSUREDLY WOULD HAVE EITHER BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. THE COST OF THE REPAIR SO FAR HAS TOTALED ALMOST $900 DOLLARS. FORD HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND MY FRONT SPRINGS ARE ALSO ABOUT TO SNAP. FORD STATED THAT THE FRONT SPRINGS ARE RECALLED BUT THE REAR ARE NOT BECAUSE THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY FATALITIES YET. I HOPE THAT IT DOES NOT TAKE A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY TO GET FORD OR THE NHSTA TO MAKE FORD OWN UP TO ITS RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

I OWN A 2001 FORD TAURUS. APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND HEARD SOMETHING DROP FROM MY CAR (AT A SPEED OF 20 MPH). I STOPPED MY VEHICLE AND WALKED DOWN THE ROAD TO FIND, WHAT APPEARED TO BE A PART FROM MY VEHICLE. MY HUSBAND LOOKED AT IT, AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW, IT WAS MY FRONT COIL THAT HAD BUSTED. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPAIRED IT SINCE THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT COILS. LAST WEEK, I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND I HEARD SOMETHING METAL-LIKE FALL OFF MY VEHICLE AND MY CAR FISHTAILED (ABOUT 55 MPH). I STOPPED THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND FOUND THAT A COIL HAD BUSTED YET AGAIN. THIS TIME, THE COIL THAT BROKE WAS FROM THE REAR AND GOOD OLD FORD ADVISED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE REAR COILS---JUST...

BROKEN COIL SPRINGS IN FRONT AND REAR OF VEHICLE. *TR

I OWN A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWO TIMES OVER THE YEARS. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS BUT NONE ON THE REAR. MY RECENT INCIDENT OCCURRED IN OCTOBER. I HAD FIVE KIDS IN THE CAR WHEN THE FRONT COIL BROKE OFF AND RIPPED THE TIRE. THE COST TO FIX WAS $1,700. WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A STRONGER DEMAND FOR FORD TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. SEARCHING THE INTERNET I KNOW THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 FORD TAURUS SES. ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO (~90 K MILES) MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SPRING BROKE. THE SPRING WAS REPLACED UNDER RECALL. YESTERDAY (~103 K MILES), I FOUND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING ALSO CRACKED OPEN AND HANGING VERY NEAR TO THE TIRE. THIS CAR DRIVES 98% ON I-94 AT A SPEED OF 75MPH. THANK GOD THE BROKEN SPRING DID NOT POP MY TIRE OPEN. DEALER CHECKED AND FOUND BOTH THE REAR SPRINGS BROKEN. A $385 ESTIMATE IS GIVEN FOR JUST REPLACING THE SPRING (NOT THE STRUTS). I CHECKED ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN TAURUS. FORD SHOULD COME FORWARD AND PUT A RECALL ON THE REAR SPRINGS TOO. *TR

PUT CAR IN REVERSE AND BEGAN TO MOVE WHEN SPRING ON DRIVERS SIDE FRONT BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE. *TR

I HAD TO REPLACE THE BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS ON A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE LEFT FRONT HAD BROKEN. THE CAR DID HAVE THE SHIELDS INSTALLED AS PER THE RECALL. FORD HAS DONE NOTHING TO HELP WITH THE COST. THE CAR HAS 72,000 MILES . *TR

WE HAVE A 2001 FORD TAURUS THAT WE BOUGHT NEW. HAD THE FRONT SPRING SHIELDS INSTALLED UPON RECEIVING RECALL NOTICE. FRONT SPRINGS ARE OK SO FAR, BUT I NOTICED THE REAR OF THE CAR SAT A LITTLE LOW IN THE GARAGE. I HAD HEARD OF SOME SPRING PROBLEMS WITH THE FORDS, AND MY SON JUST HAD THE REAR SPRINGS ON HIS FOCUS REPLACED RECENTLY AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. (HE BOUGHT THE FOCUS NEW ALSO) I SCHEDULED SERVICE AT OUR FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY CONFIRMED BOTH REAR SPRINGS ARE BROKEN. THEY DID NOT HAVE THEM IN STOCK, SO RESCHEDULED ME FOR THE NEXT DAY. THE STRUTS DID NOT COME IN, SO NOW I'M RESCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK. NOW I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD DRIVE IT OR NOT, AS I FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF TIRES ARE BEING PUNCTURED, AND I HAD RECENTLY PUT NEW TIRES ON. FORD SHOULD TAKE...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH, THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP THAT DETERMINED THE DRIVER SIDE REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKE AND RUBBED ON THE TIRE. ALSO, THE REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE INNER AXLE BOOT WAS LEAKING ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE.

CAR EXPERIENCES VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND HAS A RATTLE IN THE "FRONT END". DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THE FRONT END "LINK PINS" TO BE WORN. THESE PINS ATTACH THE LOWER CONTROL ARM TO THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE AND IN TURN, HOLD THE FRONT TIRES IN POSITION. THESE PINS HAVE BEEN REPLACES TWICE ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. ONCE AT APPROX 21,000 MILES AND AGAIN AT APPROX 56,000 MILES. THE DEALER SAYS THEY SEE THIS "A LOT ON THE TAURUS" AND STATE THAT FORD HAS NOW CHANGED THE PART DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. THIS IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT AS FAILURE OF THIS PART COULD RESULT IN THE FRONT WHEELS COMING OFF THE VEHICLE (PER THE DEALERSHIP). AGAIN - SYMPTOMS ARE FRONT END VIBRATION, WHICH IS NOT CORRECTED BY TIRE BALANCE. *NM

CONSUMER STATES THAT FRONT END OF VEHICLE SHUTTERS AND SHAKES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. CAUSE UNIKNOWN. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT END CANNOT BE AJUSTED, WHICH CAUSES THE TIRE TO WEAR EXCESSIVELY ON THE INSIDE. DEALER CONTACTED,THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. MR

BAD VIBRATION IN FRONT END AFTER U REACH 45 GETS WORSE AS U SPEED UP . FIRST 2 TIMES TO SHOP IT WAS REAL BAD WHEN YOU TRIED TO STOP. HAVE HAD IT REPAIRED 3 TIMES IT IS STARTING TO DO IT AGAIN. FIRST TIME BRAKE PADS,2ND TIME BARKE PADS AND ROTERS THIRD TIME FRONT TIRES, 4TH TIME BRAKES AND ROTERSI THINK FORDS DONT KNOW WHAT PROBLEM IS.*AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATING, TIRES WERE BALANCED AND THE FRONT TIRE WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF ROUND, WHICH STILL DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*JB

MY NEW 2001 FORD TAURUS HAS HAD AN ANNOYING INTERMITTENT SHIMMY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL WOBBLES AT SPEEDS UNDER 45MPH AND THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES DURING BRAKING. THE CAR'S WHEELS HAVE BEEN REBALANCED TWICE AND REALIGNED ONCE WITH NO SUCCESS BETWEEN TWO DEALERSHIPS. FORD ANN HARBOR MICHIGAN HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE CAR IS STILL NOT FIXED. *AK

VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY WHEN OPERATED ABOVE 60MPH OR WHILE COMING TO A GRADUAL STOP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTEHR DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATING, TIRES WERE BALANCED AND THE FRONT TIRE WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF ROUND, WHICH STILL DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*JB