2002 FORD TAURUS Suspension Problems

THE VEHICLE LEFT THE DRIVEWAY AND APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS LATER THE FRONT RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE, COMING OUT OF ITS NORMAL POSITION, UNCOILING, THE SHARP EDGE OF THE SPRING CONTACTING THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE, RIPPING AN APPROXIMATE 24 INCH TEAR IN THE TIRE CAUSING INSTANT TIRE DEFLATION. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND NOTICED THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND IT CRASHED INTO A CURB. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FLAT TIRE WITH THE SPARE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE SHOP WHERE THE MECHANIC STATED THE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR THE FAILURE BUT THE MANUFACTURER STATED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 5/11/12 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD BECOME FLAT. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 136,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER GETTING INTO HER VEHICLE AND STARTING, SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WERE FRACTURED AND HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 65,000.

HAD A FRONT SPRING BREAK A 83000 AND A REAR SPRING AT 135567 BOTH ON DRIVER SIDE TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS WAS 900 $$$. *TR

FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AND TORE UP TIRE. *TR

DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND CUT INTO TIRE DEFLATING IT. SMOKE FROM WHEEL-WELL BACKED UP TRAFFIC - LIMPED TO A SIDE STREET ON FLAT TIRE. REPLACED COIL SPRING AND TIRE. REALLY WORRIED ABOUT SERIOUS ACCIDENT SHOULD OTHER SPRING BREAK ON HIGHWAY AT HIGHER SPEED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ITEM ESPECIALLY SINCE THESE ARE THE SAME COIL SPRINGS AS ON THE '01 MODEL FOR WHICH THERE WAS A RECALL. *TR

ON APPROXIMATELY 01-27-12 WE NOTICED VEHICLE WAS NOT RIDING SMOOTHLY. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO FORD AGENCY ON 02-06-12 WHERE VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED ON 10-11-02. WE WERE INFORMED THAT BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $550.72 WHICH WE AGREED TO. MILEAGE ON 02-06-12 WAS 35,373. THIS CURRENT REPORT IS PRECEDED BY OUR ODI NUMBER 10260740 FILED ON 03-04-09 REPORTING FAILURE OF OUR FRONT END COIL SPRINGS REPLACED AT A COST OF $617.71. *TR

STARTED VEHICLE, PUT FOOT ON BRAKE AND PUT INTO DRIVE. AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD,THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. THE LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE NOSED DOWN, AND I STOPPED. INSPECTION OF VEHICLE SHOWED BROKEN LEFT FRONT SPRING. *TR

BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE HEARD NOISE AND THEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. *TR

BACKING OUT OF GARAGE HEARD LOUD LEAK OF AIR. THOUGHT FLAT TIRE. WHEN ABOUT TO CHANGE TIRE DISCOVERED COIL BROKE AND SLASHED TIRE. THANK GOD DIDN'T HAPPEN A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE WHEN SON BORROWED CAR AND WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY OUT OF STATE. OF COURSE NO RECALL ON THESE COILS SO HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET COR 2 NEW REAR COIL SPRINGS AND LABOR TO INSTALL. CHECKED ON INTERNET AND READ HUNDREDS OF POSTS ON THIS PROBLEM WITH THE TAURUS. WHY NOT A RECALL ON THIS YEAR?? *TR

NEW YEARS EVE WITH MY HUSBAND MYSELF ,SON AND HIS FIANCES DAUGHTER IN THE CAR ,DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 70MPH ,HEADING TO RESTAURANT, RT FRONT COIL BROKE. THANK GOD IT DIDN'T SLICE TIRE AND CAUSE A BLOW OUT AND KILL US OR SOMEONE ELSE. WHY HAS THERE BEEN NO RECALL ON COILS INSTALLED ON FORD TAURUS NEWER THAN 2001?? THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT OF COIL FAILURE ON MY CAR, A BACK ONE WENT A FEW YEARS AGO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PIERCED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED. WHILE REVERSING, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PIERCED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 162,000. THE VIN INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH LATER ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED. THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD ALSO PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

2002 FORD TAURUS ALMOST GOT ON FIRE ON 11/2/11. THERE WAS GRAY SMOKE AND HORRIBLE BURNING SMELL COMING OUT OF THE FRONT OF FORD CAR. CALLED THE POLICE DEPT, THEY CAME AND FOUND A BELT BROKE.... IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE POLICE PERSONS THAT CAME TO LET ME KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND WHAT TO DO, ALONG WITH THE FACT (AND LUCK) I HAD THAT I WAS NOT DRIVING ON THE STREET WITH SPEED, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND PRODUCE EVEN MORE DAMAGES FOR MYSELF AND ANYONE THAT COULD BE AROUND. FORD, TK, AND FIRESTONE HAS THE DETAILS OF.. ALL PROBLEMS ON THIS VEHICLE AND WHAT HAS BEEN REPAIRED. *TR ...UPDATE 01/20/12 *BF THE SERPENTINE BELT BROKE. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED IVOQ 03/07/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND PIERCED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THREE OF THE FOUR COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. THE FOURTH COIL SPRING FRACTURED APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS LATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING NEW TIRES INSTALLED AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHEN HE WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE COIL SPRINGS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TOOK MY CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THEY SHOWED ME THAT MY FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. WAS TOLD THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE AND IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SPRING GO INTO THEIR TIRES. *TT

I WAS PULLING MY WIFE'S CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FLAT TILL I NOTICED THAT THE FRONT STRUT (SPRING) HAD BROKEN. I COULD TELL THAT THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT (THE STEEL WAS NOT HEAT TREATED PROPERLY). I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I SPENT 40 YEARS IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY AS A QUALITY CONTROL MANAGER. I TOOK THE CAR INTO MY MECHANIC AND HAD ALL FOUR STRUTS REPLACED AT A COST OF ALMOST $800.00 THIS IS A TRUE SAFETY DEFECT BECAUSE MY WIFE TRAVELS TO WORK ON I-75 AT 70 MPH AND DRIVES 60 MILES ONE WAY TO WORK. IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY, SHE SURELY WOULD HAVE FLIPPED OVER! *TR

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS THAT HAS APPROXIMATELY 39,000 MILES ON IT. ON MONDAY JUNE 13, 2011 I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE AT WORK AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE. I GOT OUT AND MY LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. I ATTEMPTED TO USE THE SCISSOR JACK THAT CAME WITH THE CAR BUT IT COLLAPSED AND BROKE. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. THE FRONT STRUT AND SPRING BROKE AND EXPLODED INTO THE TIRE. TODAY I HAVE SPENT $1,200 FOR THE REPAIR OF BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AND STRUTS AND 2 NEW TIRES. I WANT TO KNOW WHO TO ADDRESS SO THAT I CAN GET REIMBURSED FOR THIS OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF I HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD DRIVING. I AM REPORTING THIS INCIDENT TO THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT LOOKS INTO SAFETY RECALLS.

THE RIGHT REAR SUSPENSION COIL BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE CORRESPONDING TIRE, CAUSING IT TO GO FLAT. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR, THE LEFT REAR COIL WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE IN DEFECT AND NO LONGER SAFE FOR DRIVING. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT DRIVING AT A FAST SPEED WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. UPON FIRST GETTING THE VEHICLE, WE SAW MANY REPORTS OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION COILS BREAKING AT LOW MILEAGE, IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL REAR COILS BREAKING DESCRIBED ON THIS SITE : HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/TAURUS/2002/SUSPENSION/BROKEN_FRONT_SPRING.SHTML

MY CAR WAS JUST SITTING IN THE DRIVE WAY, UNTOUCHED, WHEN THE COIL SPRING JUST BROKE AND A PIECE WENT IN TO MY TIRE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT ON JUNE 3, 2011, I WAS HAVING A MUFFLER REPLACED WHENTHE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT MY REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKE WITH A PIECE OF THE REMAINING COIL SPRING WITHIN A HALF INCH OF MY TIRE. IT WAS QUITE COSTLY TO REPAIR EACH TIME. I FEEL EXTREMELY LUCKY TO NOT HAVE BEEN DRIVING MY CAR AT THE TIME THIS OCCURED.

2002 FORD TAURUS WAGON, FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE WITH TIRE PUNCTURE. SLOWING AS APPROACHING TRAFFIC SIGNAL, SPEED 22MPH, FRONT PASSENGER COIL FAILED. BROKEN COIL SPRING THEN PUNCTURED TIRE, RIPPING LARGE GASH IN INSIDE SIDEWALL CAUSING IMMEDIATE DEFLATION AND BODY OF CAR DROPPED TO THE GROUND SUDDENLY. CUT IN TIRE IS 180 DEGREES AROUND TIRE, . INCIDENT REQUIRED USE OF A TOW TRUCK AND REPLACEMENT OF BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND REPLACEMENT OF ONE TIRE. THANKFUL THAT THIS INCIDENT DIDN'T HAPPEN FIVE MINUTES LATER ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH. AS LOSS OF CONTROL WOULD HAVE BEEN PROBABLE.

CAR WAS RECEIVING SAFETY INSPECTION AND WAS NOTICED THAT REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKE BOTH REAR STRUTS REPLACED AT THAT TIME 1-4-10, 119,500 MILES. THE FRONT DRIVER SPRING ALSO BROKE WHILE DRIVING LEAVING PARTS ON THE ROAD ON 5-27-11, 139,123 MILES. BOTH FRONT STRUTS WERE REPLACED AT THAT TIME. *TR

AT 7:30 AM ON APRIL 29, 2011, I LEFT MY APARTMENT AND GOT INTO MY CAR TO DRIVE TO WORK. I TURNED ON THE IGNITION AND WENT TO BACK OUT AND IMMEDIATELY I HEARD A SCRAPING NOISE. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND NOTICED THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT. I CALLED AAA AND THEY ARRIVED BY 8:00 AM AND THE GENTLEMAN REMOVED THE TIRE AND FOUND THAT IT WAS TORE IN HALF IN A SEMI-CIRCLE SHAPE. HE THEN LOOKED AT THE SPRING AND REALIZED THAT IT WAS COMPLETED BROKE IN HALF AS WELL. THE SPRING WAS COMPLETELY CRACKED AND WAS BROKEN OFF FROM THE TOP WHERE IT WAS MOUNTED AS WELL. HE THEN CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO COME, WHICH TOOK THE CAR TO A NEARBY MECHANIC TO REPAIR THE ISSUE.

WHILE BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE PUNCTURING THE TIRE, SEPARATING THE AXLE, AND DAMAGING THE STABILIZER LINK. FORTUNATELY NO INJURIES OCCURRED.

WHILE MANEUVERING IN A PARKING LOT, THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED, PUNCTURING THE TIRE AND RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNDRIVABLE.

ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 4, 2011, I STARTED MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SE WAGON AND PUT IT IN REVERSE. THE MOMENT THE CAR BEGAN TO MOVE, I HEARD A LOUD "BANG" SOUND AND THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE ANYMORE. I GOT OUT AND SAW THAT THE FRONT TIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WAS FLAT. I CHECKED THE TIRE AND FOUND THAT IT HAD BEEN SLASHED BY THE SPRING THAT HAD JUST BROKEN. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT WHEN THE COIL SPRING BROKE IT DAMAGED THE SWAY BAR LINK AS WELL AS CUTTING UP MY TIRE. BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS, 1 SWAY BAR LINK, AND 1 TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 1999 - 2001 TAURUS, BUT...

2002 FORD TAURUS FOUR BROKEN SPRINGS, PUNCTURED TIRES, NO RECALL ON THIS YEAR CAR ; PLUGGED HEATER CORE, FRAME ROT,

1/4/11 BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND RUPTURED TIRE ( ALL TIRES NEW LESS THAN 800 MILES) REPLACED SPRING AND TIRE 1/8/11 SAME THING AGAIN ONLY RIGHT REAR SPRING THIS TIME AND RUPTURED TIRE SO I REPLACED BOTH REAR SPRINGS AND RIGHT FRONT THEN FOUND OUT IT DAMAGED STRUT AND SWAY ARM END LINK SO I REPLACED BOTH REAR STRUTS AND END LINKS AND TWO TIRES THIS IS WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT FORD HAD A RECALL ON 2001 TAURUS' FOR SAME CONCERNS THESE REPAIRS WERE DONE WITH NO HELP FROM FORD WHAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST IS I HAVE WORKED FOR FORD AS A TECH. AND THEN A SERVICE MANAGER TOTAL TIME 22 YRS. THIS PROBLEM IS A FORD CONCERN THESE SPRINGS BREAK AT THE SECOND COIL WHERE IT OVERLAPS FIRST SAME AS 2001 MODELS

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING. THE PROBLEMS WITH THE SPRINGS BREAKING IS NOT JUST THE FRONT SPRINGS. ON 4/2/10 I REPLACED THE BACK SPRINGS WITH A QUICK STRUT ASSEMBLY DO TO CAR SAGGING AND THE RIGHT REAR SPRING WAS BROKE SLOWLY DIGGING IN TO MY TIRE. I KNOW OF A FEW OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I JUST HAPPEN TO COME ACROSS THIS SITE AND THOUGHT I WOULD POST.

DAUGHTER AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN WERE DRIVING MY CAR ON FOUR LANE BUSY STATE ROUTE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN SHE HEARD A CLUNK. AS SHE PROCEEDED SHE BEGAN TO SMELL RUBBER. IN A FEW SECONDS TIRE LOST ALL AIR AND SHE HAD DIFFICULTY MANEUVERING VEHICLE. SHE WAS STOPPED IN LEFT MOST LANE AND WAS TRYING TO GET TO CURB LANE WITH HAZARDS FLASHING. CAR WAS HARD TO STEER BUT AFTER ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES SHE FINALLY ABLE TO CROSS THROUGH TRAFFIC AND GET TO CURB LANE AND EVENTUALLY INTO A BUSINESSES DRIVEWAY. WHEN TIRE WAS REMOVED INNER SIDE WAS COMPLETELY RIPPED 360* LIKE AS IF A CAN OPENER WAS USED.....COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN, PART OF IT MISSING AND RUBBED CLEAN FROM TIRE.

2002 FORD TAURUS - 83,000 MILES BROKEN COIL SPRINGS FRONT AND REAR. BROKEN RIGHT FRONT COIL SHREDDED TIRE. ALL FOUR STRUTS AND SPRINGS REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON EARLIER MODELS UP TO 2001. FORD SAYS MY TAURUS WAS BUILT A MONTH AFTER THE END OF THE RECALL. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. LUCKILY IT HAPPENED AT A LOW SPEED. *TR

JUST AS WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 FOR THE 1999-2001 TAURUS, THREE OF THE FOUR COIL SPRINGS BROKE IN THIS 2002 TAURUS SHREDDING THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AND FOUR NEW QUICK STRUTS, NEW FRONT STABILIZER LINKS, A NEW REAR SWAY BAR LINK, NEW FRONT RIGHT INNER AND OUTER TIE ROD ENDS, AND A NEW TIRE NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. OWNER REPAIRED VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER UNWILLING TO REPAIR OR RECALL AT THIS TIME. FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,811.

THIS IS FOR MY PARENTS CAR. THANK GOODNESS IT WAS FOUND OUT WHEN MY FATHER WENT TO MOVE IT INSTEAD OF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. FLAT LEFT FRONT TIRE DUE TO BROKEN LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING AND DAMAGED STRUT. FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR SPRINGS AND YET THEY WON'T PLACE THIS MODEL YEAR UNDER RECALL. MY FATHER HAS ALREADY STATED HE WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER FORD AFTER BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE IN HIS 2005 F150 LAST YEAR. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH A FEW FORD MECHANICS THAT ADMIT FORD HAS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR SPRINGS AND ALL BLAME IT ON THE INFERIOR METAL BEING USED. ONE WOULD THINK TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED SO THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN. MY 1973 & 1980 CAMAROS BOTH HAD INTACT ORIGINAL SPRINGS WHEN I PURCHASED THEM AND YET WE CANNOT GET 10 YEARS OUT OF MODERN VEHICLES???

WHILE ON HIGHWAY (GOING SLOW DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER) MY TIRE POPPED AND I SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED AFTER TOWING IT THAT MY RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND TURNED INTO THE TIRE DESTROYING IT. MY LEFT REAL COIL SPRING WAS ALSO BROKEN. NEEDED TO REPLACE FRONT AND REAR STRUT ASSEMBLIES, ALIGNMENT AND A NEW TIRE. MY SPARE WAS ALSO DAMAGED AS I WASN'T AWARE UNTIL AFTER DRIVING A SHORT DISTANCE ON THE SPARE THAT THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE SUSPENSION. *TR

LEFT FRONT STRUT SPRING FAILED AS I WAS PARKING THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE FRONT TIRE TO BLOW AND LOCKING THE STEERING NEW STRUT AND SPRING ASSY WAS INSTALLED ALONG WITH A NEW TIRE. *LN

VEHICLE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. WHEN EXITING LOUD NOISE COMING FROM FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. CONDITION WORSENED AS I GOT FURTHER AWAY FROM MY HOME. I REALIZED I COULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR LIKE THIS AS THE NOISE WAS VERY LOUD AND I WAS SMELLING BURNT RUBBER. RETURNING HOME I SAW THE FRONT END HAD COLLAPSED. LAYING ON THE GROUND I COULD SEE THE SWAY BAR LINK HAD BROKEN AND WAS LODGED IN THE SPRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. REPAIRS TOTALED $950.00. FRONT STRUTS AND SPRING AND SWAY BAR LINK. COIL SPRINGS RUSTED AND BROKE. I WAS VERY LUCKY; IF I WAS DRIVING I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR HURT SOMEONE. I CHECKED THE INTERNET AND SEE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SITUATION ON THIS VEHICLE.

STARTING ON TRIP IN DRIVEWAY, HEARD SCRAPING SOUND AS PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND THEN FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW. SLOWLY BACKED CAR FEW FEET BACK INTO DRIVEWAY. JACKED CAR UP AND PULLED TIRE OFF TO REPLACE WITH MINI SPARE AND NOTICED BROKEN, SHARP END OF COIL SPRING STICKING STRAIGHT OUT AT WHERE TIRE WAS. APPARENTLY, COIL SPRING BROKE AND IMPALED TIRE. TIRE HAD CIRCULAR SCRAPE COMPLETELY AROUND INNER SURFACE OF TIRE WHERE THE TIRE HAD ROTATED AGAINST SPRING EDGE. SPRING HAD THEN COMPLETELY GONE THROUGH TIRE CAUSING BLOWOUT. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED IN DRIVEWAY AND NOT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE ON FORD TAURUSES AND THERE IS A RECALL FOR CARS FROM MODEL YEARS 1999 - 2001. THIS RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO AT LEAST COVER 2002 MODEL YEAR CARS.

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SNAPPED, PUNCTURING TIRE.

REAR PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKEN

I PURCHASED A USED 2002 FORD TAURUS TWO YEARS AGO. ABOUT 4 WEEKS AGO, I WAS DRIVING DOWN OF A DRIVEWAY AT WORK AND HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE. I ENDED UP HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND HE FOUND BOTH FRONT SPRINGS BROKEN AND TWO SHREDDED TIRES. BOTH OF THE SPRINGS WERE BROKEN IN EXACTLY THE SAME PLACE. HE HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. THE COST OF THE REPAIRS WAS $600.00: $400.00 FOR THE TWO SPRINGS AND $200.00 FOR THE TWO TIRES. LUCKILY I WAS DRIVING AT A VERY SLOW SPEED WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND NOT DOING 70 MPH ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. I HAVE READ DOZENS OF CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHER OWNERS OF 2002 TAURUS'S BUT FORD HAS NOT DONE A RECALL YET. I AM REQUESTING THAT A RECALL BE MADE AND THE COST OF REPAIRS BE REIMBURSED TO...

WE WERE LEAVING OUR HOME ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2010 AND AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE HEARD A NOISE AND FOUND THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE HAD SUDDENLY GONE FLAT. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE WE FOUND THAT THE COIL SUSPENSION SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. FORD HAS RECALLS ON THE TAURUS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 2002 YET THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THEY DID THROUGH 2001.

2002 FORD TAURUS SES FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING SNAPPED WHILE BACKING UP IN DRIVEWAY. SHARP END OF BROKEN SPRING GOUGED TIRE, CAUSING AN IMMEDIATE FLAT. RUINED TIRE HAS BEEN REPLACED. NEW COIL/STRUT ASSEMBLIES WILL BE INSTALLED AT ALL FOUR WHEELS FOR FEAR OF CATASTROPHE SHOULD ANOTHER SPRING BREAK WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS! PUNCTURED TIRE AND BROKEN SPRING HAVE BEEN DISCARDED AND ARE UNFORTUNATELY NO LONGER AVAILABLE. *TR

DRIVER WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE LEAVING WORK. UPON PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL TO BACK OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE (TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET) THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THE FRONT LEFT FRONT OF THE CAR FELL. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE, WHERE THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE FRONT LEFT SPRING HAD BROKEN, PUNCTURING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE AND CAUSING IT TO BLOW. IN ADDITION TO THE BROKEN SPRING AND PUNCTURED TIRE, THE FRONT STABILIZER LINK WAS ALSO BROKEN.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS SE (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REVERSED AT 5 MPH AND PUNCTURED THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE COIL SPRINGS AND TIRE WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 125,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO I FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY STRUT SPRING BREAKING AND GOING INTO TIRE! I WAS TOLD THAT ISSUE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION! PLEASE GIVE ME A STATUS! I HAVE FRIENDS WITH SAME ISSUES,AND THESE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED,ITS OBVIOUS THAT THE STRUT OR SPRINGS ARE DEFECTIVE. IM AFRAID OF DRIVING THE CAR AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS DEFECTIVE PART! *TR

OVER THE COURSE OF 8 MONTHS ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, 3 OUT OF 4 FACTORY INSTALLED COIL SPRINGS ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED EACH CORRESPONDING TIRE. THE TAURUS WAS PURCHASED AND USED IN MICHIGAN FOR 6 YEARS, THEN I RELOCATED TO FLORIDA. WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OF LIVING IN FLORIDA IS WHEN THE SPRINGS BEGAN TO SNAP ONE BY ONE. TWO OF THE SPRINGS BROKE WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS IN MY DRIVE WAY: 2 OF 3 SPRINGS SNAPPED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNOCCUPIED IN PARK AND 1 OCCURRED WHEN I PUT THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE. THE TAURUS HADN'T MOVED MORE THAN AN INCH FROM ITS PARKED POSITION WHEN THE THIRD SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. AFTER THE FIRST SPRING SNAPPED, I HAD IT (AND THE TIRE) REPLACED AT A VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP. A MONTH LATER WHEN THE SECOND SPRING SNAPPED, I ALSO HAD THAT SPRING AND...