2002 FORD TAURUS Steering Problems

HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE; HEARD A LOUD SOUND AND SUSPECTED THE COIL SPRING SUSPENSION, SINCE I KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FROM PREVIOUS OWNER COMPLAINTS FROM THIS WEBSITE. LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AND TORE A BIG GASH ON TIRE AND WENT FLAT. CALLED FORD DEALER IN DEARBORN, MI AND THEY TOLD IT WAS COVERED AS A RECALL; TOWED MY CAR OUT THERE AND THEY CHANGED THEIR STORY AND TOLD THIS VIN WAS NOT COVERED AND 2001 MODEL YEAR WAS. WHAT A JOKE. PROMPTLY, I TOWED IT OUT OF THERE (DID NOT WANT TO GIVE THEM ANYMORE BUSINESS) AND GOT IT REPLACED OUTSIDE. CANT BELIEVE FORD DOES NOT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH IT IS A EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND CAN HAPPEN TO ANY OF THE COILS. VERY BAD QUALITY STEEL USED IN COIL SPRING AND PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE...

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A SHARP LEFT TURN ONTO A SIDE STREET, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A DEEP EMBANKMENT RATHER THAN TURNING. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS TURNED LEFT AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS STRAIGHT WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A HALT. THE CONCLUSION WAS A BROKEN TIE ROD. THE VEHICLE REMAINED UPRIGHT AS IT CAREENED DOWN THE HILL. THE CRASH RESULTED IN MINOR INJURIES TO THE DRIVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN THE BOLT SNAPPED OFF OF THE WHEEL CAUSING THE CONTACT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO MANEUVER AFTER THE BOLT CAME OFF. A METAL COMPANY TESTED THE BOLT AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE BOLT WAS MADE OF DECOMPOSING METAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT TO A PERSONAL MECHANIC FOR SERVICE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,108 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 157,108 THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING HE SUDDENLY LOST STEERING CAPABILITIES. UPDATED EVOQ 06/09/10.*JB UPDATED 08/23/11. *JB

THIS HAPPEN TO MY CAR AND NOW I SEE FIVE OTHERS: 2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT SUSPENSION COMPLAINTS 1 COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10311880 INCIDENT DATE: FEBRUARY 4, 2010 DATE ADDED TO FILE: FEBRUARY 18, 2010 DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPLAINT: LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND RUPTURED LEFT FRONT TIRE, ALSO BROKE LEFT SIDE SWAYBAR END LINK DETAILSDISCUSS IT IN FORUM 2 COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10311202 INCIDENT DATE: FEBRUARY 14, 2002 DATE ADDED TO FILE: FEBRUARY 17, 2010 DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPLAINT: LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKEN WITH PUNCTURE OF TIRE DETAILSDISCUSS IT IN FORUM 3 COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10310960 INCIDENT DATE: DECEMBER 9, 2007 DATE ADDED TO FILE: FEBRUARY 16, 2010 DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPLAINT: MY 2002 TAURUS WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN MY HUSBAND HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BROKE AND PUT A HOLE THE TIRE. THE COST TO GET THE SPRINGS REPLACED AND A NEW TIRE...

2002 FORD TAURUS LAST MONTH I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH OF THE REAR SPRINGS LAST WEEK I HAD TO REPLACE THE RACK/PINION TODAY AS I JUST STARTED TO DRIVE FORWARD IN MY DRIVEWAY, THE FRONT RIGHT SPRING BROKE AND PIERCED THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE. I WAS GOING SO SLOW IN THE DRIVEWAY THAT THE SHARP EDGE OF THE BROKEN SPRING STARTED SLICING INTO THE TIRE AS IF A PERSON WERE PEELING AN APPLE. IT SCRAPED INTO THE TIRE UNTIL IT PIERCED THROUGH THE SIDEWALL. THANK HEAVENS THIS DID NOT HAPPEN AT 70MPH I HAVE READ ABOUT THE PRIOR RECALL INVOLVING THESE SAME PARTS ON THE 2001 AND EARLIER FORD TAURUS MODELS AND ON 2003 AND EARLIER FORD FOCUS MODELS WHICH USE THE SAME PARTS. HOW IN GOOD FAITH COULD YOU BELIEVE THAT THESE PARTS WERE GOING TO JUST DISAPPEAR FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH. FORD CONTINUED TO USE THESE...

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKE. REPLACED ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS AND FRONT END ALIGNMENT. ONE MONTH LATER FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. REPLACED PARTS AGAIN, AT LEAST 7 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. *TR

20 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER LEAVING WALMART PARKING LOT GOT A FLAT TIRE. ON REMOVING TIRE DISCOVERED TIRE HAD A HUGE GASH ON THE INSIDE OF TIRE ON FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND OUT STRUT WAS BROKEN HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO MECHANIC FOR REPAIRS. *TR

BELTED FEMALE OCCUPANT FELT HER VEHICLE PULL TO THE RIGHT. AS A RESULT SHE STRUCK A LIGHT POLE HEAD ON. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SERIOUS INJURIES. *TR

OWNER OF FORD TAURUS 2002 SEL, DEFECTIVE RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE IN 2 PLACES. LOCKING UP FRONT RIGHT TIRE AT LOW SPEED. COULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT AT HIGHER SPEED. FORD PRESENTLY HAS RECALLS ON 2000 AND 2001 SPRINGS BUT NONE ON 2002. WANT COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES TO MY VEHICLE. WAYNE N. WALLACE. *TR UPDATED (6/24/2008): MRS. WALLACE CLARIFIED THAT THERE WAS NO CRASH INVOLVED. MR. WALLACE JUST HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE SPRING FAILURE. HE DROVE HOME FROM THE TIRE PLACE, PARKED THE VEHICLE ON THE DRIVEWAY. THE CAR SAT FOR TWO DAYS. WHEN MR. WALLACE WENT TO THE CAR, HE DISCOVERED A FLAT TIRE. THE CAR WAS PUT ON A HOIST AND THE MECHANIC FOUND THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN.

THE 2002 FORD TAURUS BEGAN TO SHAKE DURING BRAKING OR OVER SPEEDS OF 20 MPH. THE SHAKING BECAME WORSE UNTIL THREE OF THE FIVE LUG STUDS ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL SNAPPED OFF. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BECOME UNDRIVABLE. THE HUB HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REMOVED AND THE FIVE STUDS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

SEPT 18, 2001 WE PURCHASED A NEW 2002 FORD TAURUS. IN ONE DAY RADIATOR HOSE POPPED OFF. THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE FIRS REPAIR THE HOSE POPPED OFF AGAIN. THE DEALER WANTED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. ON 10-29-01 THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE A HISS NOISE AND SMOKE WOULD COME FROM THE FRONT END WHEN IT WAS PARKED OR TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER DIRKS MOTORS. THEY ASKED IF THE COULD REPLACE THE ENGINE AGAIN AND WE SAID NO. WE LEFT THE CAR AND THEY TOLD US THEY WOULD LET US KNOW BUT WE DID NOT HEAR NOTHING FROM THEM, WHEN WE WOULD CALL TO ASK THEM WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THEY DID NOT KNOW AT ALL. ON 11-5-01 THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO US AND WITH LEAVING THE SERVICE CENTER AND NOT BEING LESS THEN 20 MILES FROM AKRON, IOWA THE...

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY SHIMMIED FOR ABOUT 5-10 SECONDS. DEALERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. TS *TT