2001 FORD TAURUS Suspensionrear Problems

REAR SPRING BROKE AND KILLED REAR TIRE, ALMOST PEOPLE IN THE CAR. *TR

DROVE THE CAR NORMALLY, AND IT DOES HAVE SOME MILEAGE ON IT, BUT UPON READING ONLINE I SEE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE. FAILURE: REAR STRUT SPRINGS CRACKING OR BREAKING INTO MULTIPLE PIECES. I CAN SEE WHERE PARTS WHERE OUT, BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BREAK. REAR SPRING BROKE AND DAMAGED TIRE (SIDEWALL). IF I HAD BEEN GOING FASTER, SAY HIGHWAY SPEEDS THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENT. I WAS LUCKY. THERE IS CLEARLY A DEFECT WITH SUCH A HIGH NUMBER OF THESE SPRINGS BREAKING. THANKS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TODAY FOUND OUT THAT MY 2001 FORD TAURUS (ABOUT 76K) REAR RIGHT BREAKING COIL SPRINGS BROKEN DURING A SERVICE. THE BROKEN SPRING ALMOST TOUCH THE TIRE. I WAS LUCKY IT DID NOT BROKE THE TIRE. I WAS TOLD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR SPRINGS AND WOULD COST MORE THAN $1000 DOLLARS. IT IS A SAFE ISSUE. *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...

I DON'T KNOW WHAT LEAD UP TO THE FAILURE OF MY STRUT SPRINGS ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS. I HAD NOT HIT ANY POTHOLES, HAD ANY EXTREME WEIGHT IN THE BACK, OR ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN. I AM A FAIRLY GOOD DRIVER WITH A GREAT DRIVING RECORD. UPON REPLACING MY BACK BRAKES I WAS TOLD ABOUT MY STRUT SPRINGS BEING BROKE AND THEY NEEDED TO BE FIXED IMMEDIATELY. THE SPRINGS HAD NOT BE BROKEN FOR VERY LONG BEFORE HAVING THEM REPLACED. THE PARTS ALONE WERE $300 (NOT INCLUDING LABOR, THE SPRINGS ARE CURRENTLY BEING REPLACED) AND DUE TO THE BROKEN SPRINGS I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH BACK TIRES AT $100 A PIECE. AN ALIGNMENT MAY NEED TO BE DONE NOW ALSO. THE OLD PARTS/SPRINGS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE. *TR

FORD HAS RECALLED THE FRONT SUSPENSION SPRINGS ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS 80000 MILES. BUT MY REAR SPRING FRACTURED AND NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH MY FOUR CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I FEEL IF THE FRONT SPRINGS ARE FAULTY THEN THE BACKS ARE JUST AS DANGEROUS!! *TR

I TOOK MY 2001 FORD TAURUS TO A LOCAL DEALER TO HAVE A MANDATORY STATE INSPECTION PERFORMED. THE SERVICE ADVISOR INFORMED ME THAT ONE OF THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WAS CRACKED AND HE SAID BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. I WAS TOLD TO STOP DRIVING THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE BROKEN SPRING COULD PUNCTURE A TIRE, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. NEW REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE ORDERED AND WILL BE INSTALLED BY THE DEALER ON 6/23/10. I WILL ASK TO KEEP THE OLD PARTS. MY CAR WAS PART OF THE 04S17 RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. SHIELDS WERE INSTALLED BELOW THE FRONT SPRINGS ON 5/10/05, AT 44,356 MILES. THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL, BUT MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN. *TR

REAR SPRINGS BROKE WHILE MOVING IN DRIVEWAY. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS AT SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY? SHOULD HAVE LASTED LONGER THAN 72,000 MILES. I TAKE GOOD CARE OF THIS CAR AND HAD PLANNED TO KEEP IT A LONG TIME. *TR

BOTH REAR SPRINGS ARE BROKE. *TR

1.RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING BROKE GOING THROUGH THE TIRE. 3.REAR SPRING AND TIRE WILL BE REPLACED, OLD PART IS AVAILABLE. *TR

PASSENGER REAR SHOCK MOUNT FAILED LETTING THE SHOCK STICK THROUGH TO THE INSIDE OF CAR BESIDE REAR SEAT. *TR

BOTH REAR SPRINGS BROKEN ON A 2001 FORD TAURUS SES. WHILE ROTATING TIRES, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE SNAPPED. TWO NEW STRUTS WITH SPRINGS WERE INSTALLED AT A COST OF OVER $700. THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, HOWEVER, I PERSONALLY SAW THE LEFT REAR SPRING IN THE CAR BEFORE IT WAS REPLACED. *TR

VEHICLE IS A 2001 FORD TAURUS WITH A REAR COIL SPRING BREAKAGE ISSUE. WITH NOT JUST A SINGLE BROKEN SPRING. BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN RESULTING IN A CONSIDERABLE SAFETY ISSUE. BOTH COIL SPRINGS BROKE IN THE SAME PART OF THE COIL. VERY COSTLY SUSPENSION REPAIRS. *TR

VEHICLE IS A 2001 FORD TAURUS WITH A REAR COIL SPRING BREAKAGE ISSUE. WITH NOT JUST A SINGLE BROKEN SPRING. BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN RESULTING IN A CONSIDERABLE SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE MANAGED TO CATCH THIS PROBLEM BEFORE HAVING THE MISFORTUNE OF HAVING TO REPLACE BOTH REAR TIRES. I AM A CERTIFIED STATE INSPECTOR FOR THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS BUT I SEE THIS AS BEING A VERY DANGEROUS AND A PRICEY REPAIR PROBLEM THAT HAS SEEMED TO BE HAPPENING QUITE OFTEN IN THE FORD TAURUS 2001 MODEL. IM CURRENTLY AWARE THAT FORD RECALLED THE FRONT SPRINGS BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE REAR SPRINGS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. THERE IS DEFINITELY A DURABILITY ISSUE WITH THE FRONT SPRINGS AND IT SEEMS REAR SPRINGS ARE MADE UP OF THE SAME MATERIALS RESULTING IN IDENTICAL BREAKAGE AND THE REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE NOT TO...

MY 2001 FORD TAURUS REAR SPRINGS BROKE, CAUSING THE STRUTS TO BREAK ALSO. THIS IS THE 3RD TAURUS I HAVE OWNED THAT DID THIS. FORD DID RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS BUT NOT THE BACK SPRING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

REAR COIL SPRINGS AND HEAD GASKET I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE THE HEAD GASKET FROM THE CHOICES. *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.

COIL SPRINGS ON THE FORD TAURUS ARE BREAKING. A RECALL HAS BEEN DONE ON THE FRONT, BUT NOT ON THE BACK SPRINGS. THE SPRINGS ARE MADE OF DEFECTIVE MATERIAL -- HAIRLINE CRACKS CAN BE SEEN ON THE SPRING. THE PORTION OF THE SPRING THAT SEPARATES SHOWS THAT THE CRACK IN THE SPRING HAS OXIDIZED AT POINTS BEFORE THE COMPLETE BREAK. THIS IS NOT A RUST PROBLEM!! THE METAL USED FOR THESE SPRINGS IS EXTREMELY DEFECTIVE. IN THE PORTION THAT BROKE ON MY CAR LODGED IN THE TIRE, AND I WAS ABLE TO THOROUGHLY INSPECT THE METAL AND SAW MANY HAIRLINE CRACKS. THE FRONT SPRING BROKE ON MY CAR IN FEB. 2009 AND THE REAR SPRING BROKE IN MARCH 2010. I WAS LUCKY AND WAS NOT MOVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE SPRINGS BROKE. MY FRONT TIRE WAS SLICED THROUGH AND BLEW OUT. THE FRONT SPRINGS WERE REPLACED, BUT I HAD...

ROUTINE DRIVING IS SUBURBS - BACK COIL SPRING BROKE IN 2001 TAURUS - THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE ISSUE AND FORD IS NOT HELPING OUT. THERE IS A RECALL ON HE FRONT SPRINGS, SO THEY WERE REPLACED FOR FREE, BUT THE BACK ONES COST MY 83 YEAR OLD MOTHER $1000. PLEASE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. MY BROTHER HAD A 2003 AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. NO RECALL, SO HE HAD TO PAY ALL OF IT. I ONCE HAD A 2000 AND WHEN IT BROKE IT BLEW OUT THE TIRE AND I ALMOST KILLED ME, MY FAMILY AND ABOUT 10 OTHER PEOPLE ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS AS BAD AS THE TOYOTA THING. *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS - 74,000 MILES - BOTH REAR SPRINGS ARE BROKEN AND WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC SAID HE SEES A LOT OF THESE BROKEN SPRINGS IN THE TAURUS LINE. HE SAID QUITE OFTEN THEY WILL TEAR INTO THE TIRE AND CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE OR AN ACCIDENT. *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS. I FOUND A LARGE PIECE OF METAL LYING ON MY DRIVEWAY. I TOOK MY CAR TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO REPLACE BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS AS WELL AS STRUTS. TOTAL BILL WAS 970.00 WE WERE VERY LUCKY WE NOTICED THE PIECE OF METAL ON DRIVEWAY. I UNDERSTAND THESE BROKEN COIL SPRINGS ARE CAUSING REAR TIRE BLOW-OUTS! I NOTIFIED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THEY DO NOT INTEND TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS REAR SPRING FAILURE . THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR SPRING BROKE AND RUINED THE TIRE . IT ALMOST WORE THROUGH THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE . I THINK THIS IS A REAL SAFETY PROBLEM . I CALLED FORD AND TO REPORT THE PROBLEM . AT THIS TIME THEIR ARE NO RECALLS FOR REAR SPRINGS . *CN

2001 FORD TAURUS MODEL SEL . REAR COIL SPRINGS. I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN 2004 WITH 35,000 MILES AND NOW HAS 71,000 MILES. GARAGE KEPT, WIFE DRIVES. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT CAUSING ME TO HAVE PROTECTIVE SHIELDS PLACED AROUND FRONT COILS DUE TO POSSIBLE BLOWOUT IF COIL BROKE, OBVIOUSLY SOME HAD BROKE. I HAD TO HAVE BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS REPLACED ON 2/2/10 AT A COST OF $390 PARTS ONLY. I'M 65 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE WITH TWO BROKEN SPRINGS ON THE REAR. I SUBMIT THAT ONE OF THE COILS HAD SHIFTED AND COULD HAVE BLOWN OUT REAR TIRE. I DON'T THINK DEALERSHIPS ARE NOT SEEING THESE REPAIRS DUE TO AGE AND LABOR PER HOUR AT A DEALERSHIP. A PRIVATE MECHANIC REPAIRED MINE AND REPORTS HAVING REPAIRED OTHERS. I BELIEVE THESE COILS ON THIS MODEL ARE DEFECTIVE , FRONT AND REAR. NOTHING...

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 WITH 52,000 MILES. REAR COIL SPRING HAS SNAPPED. JUST NOTICED ON THE ANNUAL STATE INSPECTION. MECHANIC SAID I WAS LUCKY THAT IT DIDN'T PUNCTURE THE TIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE COVERED BY A RECALL. THE REAR COIL SPRINGS SHOULD ALSO BE COVERED BY A RECALL. THE MECHANIC SAID THE TOTAL COST WILL BE ABOUT $900. IT IS GETTING REPAIRED TODAY BECAUSE IT FAILED NY STATE INSPECTION. MECHANIC SAID HE SEES A LOT OF THESE REAR SPRING FAILURES. PLEASE CONSIDER HAVING FORD RECALL THE REAR SPRINGS. *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS LEFT REAR COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, END OF BROKEN SPRING CUT AND SHREDDED TIRE. REPLACEMENT COST FOR NEW TIRE AND TWO NEW QUICK STRUTS IS COSTING ME $1080.00. FORD HAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS AND WOULD REPLACE UP TO 200,000 MILES OR TEN YEARS. THEY KNOW THEY HAVE REAR SPRING PROBLEMS BUT UP TO NOW ARE UNWILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THEM. *TR

RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS BROKE WHILE DRIVING AND DAMAGED MY TIRE. *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS WITH 68,000 MILES WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER, THE RIGHT REAR SUSPENSION COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED. THIS ITEM HAD TO BE REPLACED AT SIGNIFICANT COST TO ME, NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THE TIRE COULD HAVE BEEN PUNCTURED RESULTING IN AN INJURY ACCIDENT. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 FORD TAURUS SEDAN. I REPLACED THE FRONT STRUTS AS PART OF A RECALL EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE SPRING ON THE FRONT STRUT BROKE. A FEW MONTHS AFTER I REPLACED THE FRONT STRUTS, I NOTICED A NOISE EMANATING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG, I NOTICED THAT THE REAR OF THE CAR WAS RIDING MUCH LOWER THAN BEFORE. I DISCOVERED THAT THE SPRING ON THE DRIVER-SIDE REAR STRUT HAD BROKEN, AS WELL. THE BROKEN SPRING HAD COME HALFWAY OFF OF THE STRUT, AND THE SHARP, BROKEN END OF THE SPRING WAS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO MY TIRE. I STILL HAVE THE STRUT WITH THE BROKEN SPRING. I WENT ONLINE TO SEE IF OTHER TAURUS OWNERS WERE HAVING THIS SAME DIFFICULTY AND FOUND MANY POSTS ON MESSAGE BOARDS OUTLINING THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE NOW REPLACED THE...

I OWN A 2001 FORD TAURUS WHICH I PURCHASED BRAND NEW. IT HAS LESS THAN 70, 000 MILES AND THE REAR SPRINGS COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT. THE SERVICE STATION ADVISED ME THAT I SHOULDN'T EVEN DRIVE THE CAR HOME BECAUSE THE SPRING COULD PUNCTURE THE TIRE. IT COST $850 TO REPLACE THE SPRINGS AND THE STRUTS. FORD RECALLED THE FRONT BUT NOT THE BACK. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND FORD SHOULD RECALL THE BACK AS WELL AS THE FRONT SPRINGS. *TR

THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE WERE NOT FATAL AND THERE WASN'T A CRASH. I WAS DRIVING AND BEGAN TO HEAR A RUBBING NOISE IN THE BACK TIRE OF MY CAR. WHEN I TOOK THE WHEEL OFF TO INSPECT THE DAMAGE THE REAR COIL SPRING HAD BROKE AND WAS RUBBING A GROOVE INTO MY TIRE. I THEN HAD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR SPRINGS AND BOTH REAR TIRES. I RECENTLY TOOK MY CAR INTO HAVE THE REAR BRAKES REPLACED AND WAS TOLD THE SPRINGS WERE ONCE AGAIN BROKEN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. I'M HAVE NOW PAID CLOSE TO $1000 ON FAULTY SPRING AND REPAIR. *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

MY 2001 FORD TAURUS WITH 97,000 MILES ON IT HAS ONE FRONT AND TWO REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKEN. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE REAR ONES ARE NOT COVERED. THIS CAR HAS BEEN CAREFULLY DRIVEN....AND FORD WON'T COVER IT? WERE THE COIL SPRINGS ON THE FRONT FROM A DIFFERENT SUPPLIER? MADE FROM DIFFERENT STEEL? WHERE'S THE LOGIC IN THIS? *TR

I HAVE A 2001 FORD TAURUS SES. I NOTICED THAT THE REAR END OF MY CAR WAS SITTING VERY LOW AND TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. APPARENTLY, THE REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN DUE, PRESUMABLY, TO CORROSION FROM SALT IN NORTHERN CLIMATE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR/MODEL OF CAR. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME I WAS LUCKY I BROUGHT IT IN WHEN I DID AS THE COILS WERE CLOSE TO PUNCTURING MY TIRES, WHICH WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING. PARTS WERE REPLACED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A RECALL TO HAVE A SHIELD INSTALLED FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BECAUSE THEY HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS, BUT NO RECALL FOR THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. *TR

IN MARCH OF 2009 I HAD A FRONT SPRING BLOW OUT ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS. AT THAT TIME FORD REPLACED THEM UNDER A RECALL, HOWEVER FORD REFUSED TO PAY FOR A NEW TIRE WHICH A SET OF NEW HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN FEB. 2009 AND THE TOWING BILL. NOW THE RIGHT REAR SPRING HAS DONE THE SAME THING AND DESTROYED ANOTHER TIRE. THE MECHANIC AT MY LOCAL FORD TELLS ME THE REPAIR IS 280.00 NOT INCLUDING ANOTHER TIRE AND TOWING. HE ALSO STATED TO ME THAT FORD SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THESE CARS FOR THE REAR SPRING ALSO, BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD AS MUCH TROUBLE AS THE FRONT. LUCKILY BOTH INSTANCES HAPPENED AT A LOW SPEED. I BELIEVE IT IS UP TO YOUR AGENCY TO PUSH FOR A MANDATORY RECALL, BEFORE SOMEONE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY GET SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED! OR DOES THE LAST SENTENCE HAVE TO HAPPEN FIRST! *TR

WE HAVE A 2001 FORD TAURUS THAT HAS A BROKEN COIL SPRING IN REAR OF THE CAR. THE FRACTURED PIECE OF THE SPRING IS RIGHT BESIDE THE TIRE IN THE REAR OF THE CAR. IN ADDITION TO THIS DANGER WHEN THE SPRING BROKE IT ALLOWED THE BACK OF THE CAR TO SET SO FAR DOWN THAT YOU CAN NOT EVEN PLACE 1 FINGER BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE TIRE AND THE FENDER WELD NOW. THE CAR WOULD CONSISTANTLY RUB THE TIRES IF WE TRY TO DRIVE IT. I HAVE CALLED FORD MOTOR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD NOT HAD ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT REAR SPRING BREAKAGE SO THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. NOW HOWEVER AFTER READING THIS WEBSITE I SEE THAT I AM IN A CLASS OF OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS - I DO LIVE IN OHIO WHICH...

REAR COIL SPRING BREAKS AND HITS TIRE. *TR

MY LOW MILEAGE 2001 FORD TAURUS HAD THE REAR COIL SPRING BREAK WHILE I WAS DRIVING CAUSING OTHER CAR DAMAGE INCLUDING RIPPING OPEN A NEW TIRE. ALL TOLD $600 OF DAMAGE OCCURRED AND IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING FASTER, MY LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN DANGER. *TR

DRIVING MY 2001 FORD TAURUS AND REALIZED I HAD A FLAT. MY HUSBAND CAME TO GET ME AND NOTICED THAT MY REAR TIRE WAS SHREDDED AND MY REAR SPRINGS BROKE AND THE JAGGED METAL SHREDDED MY TIRE. I CALLED FORD WHO TOLD ME IT WAS COVERED UNDER SOMETHING LIKE A RECALL, BUT NOT AN ACTUAL RECALL. WE DROP CAR OFF, I THEN GET A CALL SAYING IT WILL BE $736!!! THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID HE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS MY REAR TIRE (NOT FRONT) WHEN HE TOLD ME IT WOULD BE 100% COVERED. WHY ISN'T IT COVERED IF ALL THESE COMPLAINTS AND THEY ARE COVERING FRONT. MY CAR HAS A LITTLE MORE THAN 40,000 MILES ON IT. THIS WAS AFTER SPENDING $1200 ON AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM LAST SUMMER AND $600 FOR HEATER PROBLEMS THIS WINTER. *TR

2001 TAURUS SE, WHILE DOING A TIRE ROTATION, NOTICED LEFT REAR COIL SPRING BROKEN, SHARP END WAS ONLY 1/4" FROM TIRE. LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE LAST YEAR DAMAGING A NEW TIRE, SPRING WAS REPLACED IN RECALL BUT NOT THE TIRE. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE YOU MAKE THEM RECALL THESE CARS WITH DEFECTIVE SPRINGS? *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

LEFT REAR COIL SPRING BROKEN, NO IMMEDIATE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *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.

HAD BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS COVERED UNDER FORD RECALL BUT ALSO HAD LEFT AND RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURES NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL. REAR COILS REPLACED AND INSTALLED FOR $415.13. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE REAR COIL SPRINGS AS WELL... *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

A NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE LEAD ME TO LOOK AND FIND MY REAR COIL SPRINGS ON BOTH SIDES ARE BROKEN. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FRONTS, BUT NOT THE REARS, WHICH MAKES NO SENSE. FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS I'VE READ, I'M PRETTY LUCKY. MINE BROKE NEAR THE BASE, AND CAUSED NO FURTHER DAMAGE, BUT MANY APPARENTLY BREAK IN THE MIDDLE AND DESTROY THE TIRE. JUST ABOUT EVERY TAURUS I SEE SAGS IN THE BACK. I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT MORE OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ON AND HAVE NO IDEA. *TR

WENT TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER TO TAKE CARE OF A RECALL NOTICE I HAD RECEIVED ON MY 2001 TAURUS FOR BROKEN FRONT SPRINGS. WHILE THE DEALER TOOK CARE OF MY FRONT SPRINGS THEY ALSO INSPECTED THE REAR SPRINGS ON THE CAR. WHEN THEY WERE FINISHED THEY CAME OUT AND TOLD ME THE REAR SPRINGS ARE CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. I WORK IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY DEALING WITH METAL PARTS. I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF HEAT TREATING METALS AND IF FORD WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT SPRINGS CRACKING AND BREAKING DUE TO BAD HEAT TREATING, THE REAR SPRINGS FROM THE SAME TIME PERIOD SHOULD BE SUSPECT AND ALSO PART OF THE RECALL. *TR