2002 FORD TAURUS Suspensionfront Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SNAPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN THE GARAGE WHEN THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE SPRING HAD PUNCTURED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE SPRING WITH REPLACED WITH A USED ONE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 143,282.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT A VERY LOW SPEED SHE HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE. WHILE EXAMINING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. A SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 126,000.

2002 FORD TAURUS COIL SPRING BROKE AND SWAY LINK CUTTING A HOLE IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE SUCH AS RECALL. *TR

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

TWO NIGHTS EARLIER I WAS IN MY GARAGE WORKING WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG. I WAS STARTLED ENOUGH TO GO OUTSIDE. BELIEVING IT WAS A VEHICLE THAT HAD JUST DRIVEN BY I WENT BACK TO WORK. THAT EVENING MY SON WAS GOING TO BORROW OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL. AS HE WAS BACKING OUT TO LEAVE THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE SPRING SNAPPED IN HALF. YOU COULD SEE BY THE TIRE THAT THE SPRING RUBBED A GROOVE ON THE TIRE AND ONCE HE TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL THE SPRING TORE A HUGE LONG HOLE INTO THE TIRE. THE TIRES HAVE APPROX. 20,000 MILES ON THEM. I WENT ON-LINE TO SEE WHAT IT TAKES TO REPLACE A SPRING WHEN I SAW A BUNCH OF FORUMS WHERE THIS HAS BEEN A FAIRLY COMMON OCCURRENCE/PROBLEM. I WILL PURCHASE A NEW SPRING AND HAVE IT INSTALLED BUT ACTUALLY...

ON JULY 18, 2010, WHILE PUTTING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS INTO REVERSE, THE COIL SPRING ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. THIS HAPPENED AS SOON AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE TO BEGIN BACKING UP. I CURRENTLY HAVE IT AT A BODY SHOP TO LOOK INTO THE REPAIR. *TR

MY CAR WAS PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY AND AS I WAS ABOUT TO BACK OUT MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW. A NEW TIRE WAS PURCHASED AND REPLACED ON MY CAR. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT AGAIN, THE BRAND NEW TIRE BLEW AS WELL. AFTER REACHING INTO THE WHEEL WELL, WE FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE TIRES. THE CAR SHOWED NO SIGNS OF UPCOMING FAILURE PRIOR TO THIS EVENT. IT WAS DRIVING PERFECTLY FINE AND WAS JUST IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND INSPECTION 3 DAYS PRIOR. *TR

MY FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING BROKE AND CUT A SLASH IN MY TIRE. MY HUSBAND SAYS WE ALL COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED HAD I BEEN GOING FASTER - AS IN DOWN THE HIGHWAY. MY CAR JUST MISSED THE RECALL AND FORD WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I'M WORRIED THAT THE BACK SPRINGS WILL BREAK AND WE'LL ALL DIE. *TR

CAR WAS PARKED,WHEN I WENT TO GET INTO CAR TO GO TO WORK,I HEARD A BANG! I WENT TO INQUIRE,I NOTICED A PIECE OF BROKEN WHITE NYLON STABILIZER LINK,THEN I WENT TO PUT CAR IN REVERSE,AND THE DRIVERS SIDE STRUT SPRING WENT INTO TIRE,IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING,A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED! PLEASE HELP TAURUS OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU! *TR

OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS. CAR PARKED IN PARKING GARAGE WHILE AT WORK. AFTER WORK WENT TO CAR, STARTED IT, PUT INTO REVERSE, MOVED NOT EVEN THREE INCHES, SOUND LIKE GUNSHOT, FRONT SPRING BLEW THROUGH FRONT TIRE ON DRIVER SIDE. MY SON SAID I HAD GUARDIAN ANGEL...WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF CAR HAD ACTUALLY MADE IT TO THE ROAD. I HAVE ONLY HAD CAR THREE YEARS. TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP, MECHANIC SAID LOOKS JUST LIKE RECALL SITUATION ON 2001 TAURUS, SAME SPRING INCIDENT..MINE NATURALLY NOT COVERED, BUT THIS IS WRONG. I WAS NOT AWARE OF RECALLS ON 2001 VEHICLES. I HAVE NO MONEY, THIS REPAIR WILL SET ME BACK QUITE A BIT. I AM THANKFUL THAT NOBODY WAS HURT BY FLYING PARTS! *TR

WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY MY LEFT FRONT TIRE ON MY 2002 TAURUS EXPLODED. MY CAR HAS UNDER 64,000 MILES ON IT AND MY TIRES WERE LESS THEN 6 MONTHS OLD. THE SPRING BROKE AND CUT THE TIRE HALF WAY AROUND. I WAS JUST STOPPING TO LOOK FOR TRAFFIC WHEN IT HAPPENED. HAD THIS HAPPENED 3 DAYS BEFORE I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE FREEWAY WITH MY GRANDCHILD. FORD KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM AND RECALLED ALL CARS UP TO 2001 EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE THE SAME SPRINGS. HOW NEEDS TO DIE BEFORE THEY FIX THIS. I AM AFRAID TO EVEN DRIVE IT BECAUSE I SEE SOMEONE HAD IT HAPPEN 2 TIMES . IT MAY COST UP TO $1,000 TO REPAIR IT AND THAT IS NOT COUNTING THE TOWING AND THE NEW TIRE. *TR

MY CAR IS A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES, TODAY I SAT DOWN IN THE DRIVERS SEAT, BUT WHEN I DID I HEARD A LOUD CRASH MUCH LIKE IF SOMEONE DROPPED A METAL PAN ON THE DROP, AND THE CAR SUNK NOTICEABLY. I WASN'T SURE WHAT TO DO, SO I WAS GOING TO DRIVE IT AROUND THE BLOCK TO TEST IT, BUT I BARELY MADE IT THREE FEET. AS SOON AS I PUT IT IN DRIVE THE CAR BEGAN SHUDDERING AND MAKING A SHRIEKING NOISE. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND PUT IT IN REVERSE, BUT AS I SOON I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE IT MADE A NASTY NOISE AND THE TIRE WAS SHREDDED. WE GOT IT TOWED TO THE MECHANICS AND HE SAID THE SPRING SNAPPED. HE SAID THAT FIXING IT WOULD REQUIRE REPLACING THE FRONT STRUT ASSEMBLY, SPRINGS, SWAY BAR AND THE LINKS. *TR

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURING ADJACENT TIRE AND BREAKING THE SUSPENSION LINKAGE. *TR

FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE IN 2006. THE FRONT SPRING BROKE AND WENT THROUGH THE SIDE WALL OF THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. COST WAS AROUND 450.00 WITH EVERY THING. THEN IN 2007 OR 2008 THE REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE AND HAD TO BE CHANGED ALONG WIT THE STRUTS . AND THAT BILL WAS ALSO AROUND 400.00 TO 450.00. AND IT HAS NEVER STOPPED IT EATS FRONT TIRES UP LIKE IT'S CANDY. THIS CAR IS LIKE A MONEY PIT. *TR

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SPRING BROKE DESTROYING TIRE. *TR

1) DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET GOING APPROX. 25-30 MPH. 2) ONLY OCCURRENCE OF INCIDENT, CAR WAS SERVICED. 3) REPLACED BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND REPLACED PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE WHERE INCIDENT HAPPENED. OLD PART I DON'T BELIEVE IS AVAILABLE. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE, RESULTING IN PUNCTURED AND BRAKE LINE. EXTREMELY UNSAFE DUE TO LOSE OF STEERING AND BRAKING. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AS PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS WERE. *TR

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE ALLOWING IT TO SLIP PAST THE BEARING PLATE AND RIP OPEN THE FRONT TIRE. REQUIRED A TOW AND REPLACEMENT OF THE SPRING, SWAY BAR STABILIZER AND THE TIRE. ALSO HAD TO HAVE A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. BECAUSE THE 2002 TAURUS IS NOTORIOUS FOR THIS PROBLEM, I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT SPRINGS. *TR

BROKEN FRONT SPRING ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. FORTUNATELY, THE SPRING DID NOT BREAK ON THE FREEWAY! *TR

I, LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS, HAVE EXPERIENCED A FAILURE IN THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS OF MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY FATAL, AS THE SPRING RIPS THROUGH THE TIRE WHEN IT FAILS/BREAK. I UNDERSTAND THAT FORD RECALLED ALL 1999-2001 MODELS FOR THIS VERY ISSUE BUT DESPITE IT CONTINUING TO OCCUR ON 2002 AND 2003 MODELS THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING AND DO NOT HONOR THE REPAIR AS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, WHICH IS VERY COSTLY. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE AT RISK ON THE ROADS WITH THIS CONDITION AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS SE STATION WAGON FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MILES PER HOUR ON CITY STREET. SEVERALLY GOUGED, BUT DID NOT PUNCTURE, LEFT FRONT TIRE. TIRE, HOWEVER, DID HAVE TO BE REPLACED IN ADDITION TO THE SPRING AND STRUT ASSEMBLY. ALSO REPLACED RIGHT FRONT SPRING AND STRUT ASSEMBLY DUE TO SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON. WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE STREET AND CALLED A MECHANIC. UPON REMOVING THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL HE DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND THAT THE JAGGED EDGED OF THE SPRING HAD SLICED THROUGH THE TIRE SIDE WALL. THE CAR WAS TOWED THE MECHANICS GARAGE WHERE UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION HE FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT SWAY BAR LINK AND THE LEFT FRONT STRUT ASSEMBLY WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED ONLY ONCE - SO FAR. THE CONSEQUENCE IN THIS CASE WERE NOT CATASTROPHIC - LOSS OF USE OF THE CAR FOR 2 DAYS AND A $950 DOLLAR REPAIR BILL ALTHOUGH I HATE TO THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES HAD I BEEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND HAD THIS HAPPEN. I'M...

LAST FEBRUARY I HAD TO REPLACE THE 2 FRONT COIL SPRINGS IN MY 2002 FORD TAURUS AFTER THE DRIVES SIDE BROKE PUNCTURING THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 85,000 MILES THEN, AND I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN INTO A PARKING LOT AT ABOUT 10 MPH. NOW MY 2 REAR COIL SPRINGS HAVE BROKE AND ARE IN NEED OF REPLACING. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 114,000 MILES, AND WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE BROKE, I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH. *TR

I BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT WORK AND MY LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AFTER BACKING UP ABOUT 2 FEET. COME TO FIND OUT MY COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND GASHED THE INSIDE OF MY TIRE AND RUINED THE STABILIZER LINK. I HAD THE COIL SPRING REPLACED (QUICK STRUT) ALONG WITH A NEW STABILIZER LINK AND A WHEEL ALIGNMENT DONE. I ALSO HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW TIRE TODAY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS (WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR )WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES ALMOST HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND RETRIEVED A PIECE OF A SUSPENSION: SPRING COIL. IT APPEARS TO BE ONE OF THE FRONT SPRINGS. DISASTER WAS AVERTED, BARELY.. I NOTICED THAT THIS PARTICULAR PART WAS RECALLED IN 1999-2001 MODELS. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS PART (WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME PART) WAS NOT RECALLED IN THE 2002 MODEL. REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED AS I FEEL THIS SHOULD NOT BE MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY. THIS WAS DANGEROUS AND COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE.... *TR

I HAD TO REPLACE A FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING ON A 2002 FORD TAURUS AFTER IT COLLAPSED WHILE SHE WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. SHE HAD TRAVELED @200 MILES IN THE PREVIOUS TWO DAYS WITH PASSENGERS IN THE CAR WITHOUT INCIDENT AND HAD NO INDICATION THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. AS AN OWNER I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF ANY POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD BY THE MANUFACTURER SO WE COULD HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AND WORK DONE TO PREVENT THE FAILURE. I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE OPTION TO REPLACE THE SPRINGS BEFORE THE COIL FAILED, AS HAD THIS HAPPENED WHEN SHE WAS TRAVELING IT COULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC EVENT. *TR

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE SIDEWALL OF TIRE RESULTING IN A BLOWOUT. *TR

FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED TIRE. RESULTING IN A FLAT TIRE. FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING SLOWLY FROM A PARKING SPOT. THE SPRING WAS REPLACED. *TR

DRIVING 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 3 KIDS IN CAR AND GOING 55 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING POPPED AND STRUT WENT INTO TIRE. BARELY GOT OFF THE ROAD BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT STEER. WAS TOLD IT WAS UNDER RECALL BUT IT WASN'T. IT WAS THE 2001 FORD TAURUS THAT WAS ON RECALL. HAD TO PAY $545 TO GET FIXED. WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP THAT THE ENGINE ETC IS 2001 MODEL BUT SHELL OF CAR IS 2002. *TR

I WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A POP AND AIR RELEASING FROM TIRE. WHILE CHANGING THE TIRE MY HUSBAND NOTICED THAT IT WASN'T JUST A NORMAL FLAT BUT THE SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PIERCED THE TIRE. THE CAR WAS TOWED AND IS CURRENTLY WITH MY MECHANIC AND THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO ONLY REPLACE BOTH THE SPRINGS AND THE ONE TIRE. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SPRING BROKE WHEN REVERSING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, DESTROYED TIRE SIMILAR TO THE 1999 - 2001 MODELS THAT WERE RECALLED. *TR

DRIVING ALONG WITHOUT INCIDENT AND HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE. SAW THAT MY TIRE WAS BLOWN AND SMOKING SO WENT TO PUT THE SPARE ON. ONCE CAR WAS JACKED UP TO CHANGE TIRE, THE FRONT COIL SPRING FELL DOWN. NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN AND HAD TORN INTO MY TIRE (THUS CAUSING A HUGE GASH IN MY TIRE AND SMOKE). FOUND THIS TO BE QUITE UNUSUAL AND QUITE DANGEROUS HAD I BEEN TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THAT BEING THE CASE, I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THIS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM FOR THE 2002 FORD TAURUS MODEL. APPARENTLY FORD HAD RECALLS FOR MODELS UP UNTIL 2002 FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM HOWEVER THE 2002 MODEL HAS YET TO BE INCLUDED. CONTACTED A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD REPAIRS WOULD COST AT LEAST 600.00. PARTS HAD TO BE ORDERED. FRONT COIL SPRING...

THE RIGHT FRONT SPRING FOR THE STRUT RUSTED OUT AND RIPPED OPEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. CAR HAS 70,000MILES. RECALL TO INSTALL SHIELD SO SPRING CAN'T RIP TIRE WAS DONE FOR ALL MODELS UP TO 2002. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. ON LINE REPORT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR INDICATE NUMEROUS OWNERS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM,

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE INTO 3 PCS., PUNCTURED TIRE AND SHATTERED COMPOSITE STABILIZER LINKAGE. I WAS BACKING UP IN PARKING LOT TO LEAVE WORK WHEN I HEARD AN EXPLOSION, THE CAR DROPPED TO PAVEMENT AND SMOKE BLEW OUT FROM AROUND TIRE AND MOTOR. I AM CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE IS A RECALL IN ORDER TO HAVE CAR PICKED UP BY A DEALER TO HAVE REPAIRED. THE CAR CAN NOT BE DRIVEN. THERE IS NO CORROSION OR WEAR ON THE COIL SPRING. THE CAR HAS 7100 MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT IT USED AT A DEALERSHIP IN PHILADELPHIA PA 5 YEARS AGO.

WHILE SLOWLY BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW. I JUST BOUGHT NEW TIRES A FEW MONTHS AGO. WHILE GETTING IT CHANGED, IS WHEN WE REALIZED THE COIL/SPRING HAD SNAPPED. THE MACHANIC SAID IN HIS 35 YRS OF EXPERIENCE, HE HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH A THING. AND TOLD ME TO LOOK FOR A RECALL. AFTER READING THE HORROR STORIES ABOUT THE FRONT AND BACK COIL/SPRING SNAPPING. I HAD ALL 4 REPLACED, FRONT END ALINEMENT, AND A NEW TIRE. COSTING ME 793.65!!!!!!!!

ENTERING DRIVEWAY, RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AND CAR "CLUNKED" TO GROUND! HAD DIFFICULT TIME TO GET THE CARJACK UNDER CAR..BECAUSE IT WAS SO LOW, NO REALIZATION AT THAT TIME THAT SPRINGS WERE GONE. REPLACED WITH DONUT SPARE, WHILE DRIVING TO REPAIR SHOP NEXT DAY, CAR STARTED SMOKING AND SMELLING LIKE BURNING RUBBER. SMOKING A LOT. BOTH TIRES IN FRONT BURNING UP. MADE IT TO REPAIR SHOP, WAS TOLD BOTH FRONT SPRINGS WERE GONE, AND BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE GONE. HAD TO REPLACE SPRINGS AND TIRES IN FRONT END = $516.25. WAS TOLD I WAS LUCKY TO MAKE TO TO REPAIR SHOP WITH ALL THE SMOKE AND BURNING RUBBER. WAS ALSO TOLD I WAS LUCKY I WASN'T DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. WAS ALSO TOLD THIS HAPPENS OFTEN IN 2002 TAURUS MODEL. I DO NOT KNOW IF REPAIR SHOP KEPT THE OLD SPRINGS. I WAS TOO ANGRY TO ASK. THE TIRES...

FORD 2002 FRONT DRIVER SIDE AND BOTH REAR COIL SPRING FAILURE.

THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SES BUSTED IN HALF AND SHREDDED MY DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR 99-01 TAURUS'S, BUT NOT 2002, EVEN THOUGH A QUICK GOOGLE FOUND PAGES WITH HUNDREDS OF THE SAME PROBLEM REPORTED. IT HAPPENED BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE, BUT AT SPEED COULD/WOULD HAVE KILLED SOMEBODY!! THIS RECALL NEEDS TO EXTENDED OUT TO THE '03 MODEL YEAR. *DT

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE AND HEARD A LOUD HISSING SOUND AND MY VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING IN REVERSE AND WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD, I GOT OUT AND OBSERVED MY FRONT LEFT(DRIVERS FRONT) TIRE GOING FLAT. I LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING, SO JACKED THE TAURUS UP AND SAW THAT THE FRONT SPRING HAD BROKEN AND STUCK INTO MY TIRE(WHICH DEFLATED IT QUICKLY) AND ALSO HAD BROKEN MY STABILIZER LINK OFF AT THE STRUT ,I HAD TO REPLACE MY SPRING, STRUT, SWAY BAR END LINK, AND FRONT LEFT TIRE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. *TR

17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS PULLING OUT OF PARKING AREA AND FRONT DRIVER-SIDE TIRE POPPED ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. SHE CALLED AAA AND HAD TO HAVE FLAT TIRE CHANGED BUT WAS INFORMED HAD TO BE TOWED BECAUSE THE COIL BUSTED AND PUNCTURED HER TIRE. PREVIOUSLY IN SEPTEMBER 2009, WE HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON THE CAR AND ONE OF THE BACK SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AND HAD TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BEFORE PUTTING ON THE TIRES. *TR

FRONT SPRING ON 2002 FORD TAURUS BROKE, PUNCTURING THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. *TR

FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING BROKE, DISABLING THE CAR. THE SUDDEN BREAK TOOK OUT FRONT LEFT SWAY BAR SUPPORT. CAR WAS IMMEDIATELY DISABLED. THIS IS DANGEROUS. COULD CAUSE A CAR TO LOOSE CONTROL AND POSSIBLY FLIP. ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED ON FORD TAURUS MODELS FOR 2001. THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED FOR FORD TAURUS MODELS FOR THE YEAR 2002 THIS IS MY CAR. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT LEFT DRIVER SIDE SPRING FAILURE. LUCKILY, CAR WAS NOT IN USE WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY IDLE FOR 1 FULL DAY (MARCH 12). TRIED TO USE IT TONIGHT, MOVED A FEW INCHES, SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING WAS HUNG UP. THERE WAS A SOUND OF SOMETHING RUBBING AGAINST RUBBER. EXAMINED SUSPENSION BEING CLOSER TO THE GROUND THAN USUAL. FOUND FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING BROKEN NEAR THE BOTTOM. IT HAS EXTENDED PAST THE BRACKET WHICH HOLDS IT. IT IS PUTTING EXTREME PRESSURE ONTO THE TIRE. IF I WAS TO DRIVE IT, IT WOULD MOST DEFINITELY PUNCTURE THE TIRE AND CAUSE MORE DAMAGE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE VEHICLE. COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY IF IT HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. ALSO LOOKS AS IF AT LEAST ONE OF THE REAR SPRINGS HAS BROKEN. VEHICLE HAS 102,000 MILES AND USED IN WISCONSIN. WILL BE CALLING FORD...

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT LEFT DRIVER SIDE SPRING FAILURE. LUCKILY, CAR WAS NOT IN USE WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY IDLE FOR 1 FULL DAY (MARCH 12). TRIED TO USE IT TONIGHT, MOVED A FEW INCHES, SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING WAS HUNG UP. THERE WAS A SOUND OF SOMETHING RUBBING AGAINST RUBBER. EXAMINED SUSPENSION BEING CLOSER TO THE GROUND THAN USUAL. FOUND FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING BROKEN NEAR THE BOTTOM. IT HAS EXTENDED PAST THE BRACKET WHICH HOLDS IT. IT IS PUTTING EXTREME PRESSURE ONTO THE TIRE. IF I WAS TO DRIVE IT FURTHER, IT WOULD MOST DEFINITELY PUNCTURE THE TIRE AND CAUSE MORE DAMAGE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE VEHICLE. I DO NOT KNOW THE STATUS OF THE STRUT. COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY IF IT HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. ALSO LOOKS AS IF AT LEAST ONE OF THE REAR SPRINGS HAS BROKEN. WILL BE...

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THIS MORNING, THE LEFT-FRONT COIL SPRING OF MY TAURUS BROKEN AND IT RIPPED THE TIRE. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE WITHOUT DRIVING. BEFORE THIS, IT WORKED FINE WITH NO PROBLEMS. ALSO I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE SPRING, STRUT AND TIRE FOR MY CAR. *TR

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. *TR

I DRIVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN MY FRONT-LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE, SEVERELY DAMAGING THE ADJACENT TIRE. I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT SPRINGS, THE SWAY BAR LINK, FRONT TIRE AND HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE GARAGE. I ALSO HAD TO HAVE A FRONT END ALIGNMENT AFTER REPLACING THE TIRE. THE REPAIR COST ~$800. THE MECHANIC INSTALLED PLASTIC GUARDS ALONGSIDE THE COIL SPRINGS IN CASE THEY BROKE AGAIN SO THE TIRE WOULDN'T BE SHREDDED. MY PREVIOUS CAR WAS A 1996 TAURUS AND THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TO IT; LUCKILY IN BOTH CASES I WAS NOT DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED ON A BUSY ROADWAY. I NOTICE THAT FORD CURRENTLY HAS A RECALL FOR 1999-2001 TAURUS (NHTSA RECALL # 04V332000), BUT NOT THE 2002. ANECDOTALLY, FROM SPEAKING WITH MECHANICS AND THE DEALERSHIP, THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THE TAURUS IN GENERAL, NOT...

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS SE V6. THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND BEGAN TO RUB THE TIRE. I WAS ONLY DOING ABOUT 30 MPH AT THE TIME ON A SMALL ROAD AND COULD PULL OVER IN ABOUT 300 FEET. THIS CAR ALSO HAD TWO REAR SPRINGS BREAK ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. THE CAR HAS 117,000 MILES ON IT. I HAD A 1999 TAURUS THAT HAD A RECALL THAT INSTALLED A SHIELD AROUND THE SPRING TO PREVENT A SPRING BREAK FROM SHREDDING THE TIRE. THIS IS AN UNSAFE DESIGN. IF I WERE GOING HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN THIS HAPPENED, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED, POSSIBLE ROLLOVER. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS BACKING UP HER 2002 FORD TAURUS FROM OUR DRIVEWAY WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. FORTUNATELY MY DAUGHTER WASN'T TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED WHEN THIS OCCURRED OR IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 2002 TAURUS. PREVIOUS YEARS WERE RECALLED BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE 2002 MODEL YEAR HASN'T BEEN RECALLED YET. *TR

ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 1ST, 2010 MY WIFE WAS BACKING OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN THE TIRE BLEW. UPON INSPECTING THE CAR I NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND CONTACTED THE TIRE RESULTING IN TIRE FAILURE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT A COIL SPRING HAS BROKEN AND BLOWN A TIRE. THE FIRST TIME WAS IN 2006. WE LIVE IN FRANKLIN MASSACHUSETTS. WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW IN 2002 FROM ACTON FORD. FORD DID NOT OFFER TO COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIRS. FRANKLIN FORD MENTIONED THAT IT WAS A CAMPAIGN AND THE CAR WAS NOT COVERED. MY WIFE AND I RECENTLY SOLD THE CAR FOR PARTS TO A TOYOTA DEALER. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE DRIVING THESE CARS THAT ARE UNAWARE OF THE POTENTIAL DANGERS. I'M THANKFUL THAT MY FAMILY WAS NOT DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE TIRE...