2002 FORD TAURUS Suspensionfront Problems

FORD TAURUS SEL 2002 FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE. I WAS STOPPED IN FRONT OF A SPEED BUMP TO LET PEOPLE CROSS THE STREET, WHEN I ENGAGED ON THE SPEED BUMP AT VERY LOW SPEED( FOOT OF BRAKE PEDAL) THERE WAS A BIG BANG AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR JUST SPLATTERED ON THE STREET. I KNEW SOMETHING VERY BAD HAD JUST HAPPENED. HALF AN HOUR BEFORE, I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 70...LUCKY FOR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THEN... *TR

THE FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE WALL. IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON A SIDE STREET . *TR

ALL FOUR COIL SPRINGS HAVE FAILED ON THIS 2002 VEHICLE. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AT HIGH SPEED A FRONT END FAILURE AND OR PUNCTURED TIRE COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE FRONTS FAILED LAST WEEK, THE REARS ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO. *TR

WHEN BACKING OUT OF GARAGE DRIVERS FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE. *TR

MY CAR IS 02 FORD TAURUS, THE FRONT COIL SPRING IS BROKEN. AND I HAVE MET MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH ME. BUT THE COMPANY ONLY COVER THE 1999-2001 MODELS. THE COMPANY SHOULD CONSIDER THE CASES RELATED WITH MODEL OF 2002. *TR

FORD TAURUS 2002 STATION WAGON PARKED OVERNIGHT; IN MORNING FOUND THAT THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WAS FLAT. DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING SURROUNDING THE VERTICAL STRUT HAD BROKEN , PUNCTURED THE TIRE...RIPPED GASH THAT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. REQUIRED NEW FRONT STRUTS COIL SPRINGS AND SWAY BARS AND A NEW TIRE...TOTAL COST WAS APPRX $1200. MECHANIC REPORTS THAT HEW HAS SEEN THIS BEFORE . QUESTION ? WHAT IF THIS SPRING FAILURE HAS OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEED? *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE CITY STREETS IN MINNEAPOLIS. I CROSSED SOME RAILROAD TRACKS GOING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. THE TRACKS WERE WELL CONCEALED AND DID NOT CAUSE THE CAR TO BOUNCE. I HEARD A LOUD METALLIC NOISE AND PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY. ONCE I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT I NOTICED THAT MY FRONT END ON THE DRIVER SIDE WAS SAGGING, AND THE WHEEL WELL WAS RESTING ON THE TIRE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT COIL HAD SNAPPED AND SLAMMED DOWN ONTO THE STABILIZER LINK, BREAKING IT. THANKFULLY I WAS GOING SLOW ENOUGH, AND THERE WAS NOT MUCH TRAFFIC SO THERE WERE NO OTHER INCIDENTS CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE SPRING COIL. THE BILL TO REPAIR THE STABILIZER LINK AND THE COILS WILL TOTAL APPROXIMATELY $400, PLUS $100 FOR THE TOW, SINCE THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE IN SAID CONDITION. *TR

I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING TO GO TO MY CAR AND FOUND THAT THE TIRE ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE HAD A FLAT TIRE. MY SON WENT TO HELP ME PUT ON THE SPARE TIRE, BUT AFTER HE TOOK THE FLAT TIRE OFF HE SAW THAT IT HAD BEEN PUNCTURED ODDLY, AND SAW THAT THE CAUSE OF THE PUNCTURE WAS A BROKEN COIL SPRING WHICH IS PART OF THE STRUTS. THE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN SO BADLY THAT IT HAD A SHARP POINT WHERE IT WAS BROKEN, AND A CENTER PORTION- ABOUT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF THE SPRING ACTUALLY HAD BEEN BROKEN OFF COMPLETELY. THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE CAR FELL AND ALMOST BROKE HIS HAND WHILE HE WAS EXAMINING THIS, LUCKILY HE WAS QUICK ENOUGH TO MOVE HIS HAND AWAY. HE WAS ABLE TO PUT THE SPARE TIRE ON, BUT THE COIL SPRING WAS ACTUALLY TOUCHING...

MY DAUGHTER WAS BACKING OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THE DRIVER'S FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE CAUSING A BLOWOUT. FORTUNATELY THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE INTERSTATE WHERE THE CONSEQUENCES MAY HAVE BEEN MUCH HIGHER. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS LX, RF FRONT SPRING BROKE AT BOTTOM COIL. RF COIL SPRING WAS REPLACED AT MY COST. SAME PROBLEM AS 99-01 TAURUS/SABLE. MY 2002 IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND NEEDS TO BE. COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. BROKEN PIECE WAS VERY CLOSE TO SIDEWALL OF TIRE. *TR

PULLING CAR INTO THE DRIVEWAY 2002 FORD TAURUS: FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRINGS FRACTURES AND SLICED TIRE. CAR TOWED, TIRE REPLACED AS WELL AS 2 COILS AND 2 SHIELDS PUT ON. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHRATE OF SPEED MY SON WAS NEARLY KILLED WHEN FRONT SPRING BROKE AND WENT INTO THE TIRE. THERE IS NO RECALL ON FORD TAURUS 2002 FOR THIS. *TR

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND THE END OF THE SPRING PUNCTURED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THE SPRING, STRUT AND STRUT TOWER WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TIRE AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT DONE. REPAIR COSTS TOTAL $425.00. I HAVE THE SPRING FROM THE VEHICLE AND LOOKS LIKE HAD A WEAK/RUST SPOT AT THE BREAK. *TR

THE FRONT END OF MY 2002 FORD TAURUS HAD BEEN MAKING SOME CREAKING AND GROANING NOISES. WE THOUGHT POSSIBLY THAT IT COULD BE THE TRANSMISSION, BUT AS I FOUND OUT, IT WASN'T. ON JUNE 7, I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE HIGHWAY TO STOP FOR SOMETHING ON MY WAY TO WORK, AND AS I PULLED INTO THE PARKING SPACE, I HEARD A LOUD CRACK. I LOOKED TO SEE IF I HAD RUN OVER SOMETHING, AND I STARTED BACK TO WORK. A FEW BLOCKS LATER, THE FRONT LEFT STARTED SMOKING, AND MY TIRE WENT FLAT. I WENT TO JACK THE CAR UP TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED, AND THE FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED. THE SMOKE HAD BEEN COMING FROM THE SPRING RUBBING AGAINST AND ALSO PUNCTURING MY TIRE. I CONSIDER MYSELF VERY LUCKY THAT THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN A FEW MINUTES BEFORE AS I WAS COMING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60...

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES UNDER 100K MILES. LAST WEEK, WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT FROM THE PARKING LOT OF MY APARTMENT AND THE CAR HAS JUST MOVED INCHES, I SUDDENLY FELT SOMETHING PUNCTURED MY TIRE AND THE TIRE WAS LOSING AIR VERY QUICKLY. I STOPPED IMMEDIATELY AND TRIED TO REPLACE THE FLAT TIRE WITH THE SPARE ONE. I THEN FIGURED OUT THAT IT WAS THE BROKEN COIL SPRING OF THE LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION THAT PUNCTURED THE TIRE, WHICH WAS ONLY 20K MILES. *TR

THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR ABOUT A MONTH WAITING TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION. WHEN IT WAS BACKED OUT, THE TIRE GAVE OUT. THINKING IT WAS SIMPLY A FLAT I TRIED TO CHANGE THE TIRE TO REALIZE THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET. *TR

2002 TAURUS PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS NEARLY KILLING ALL OF US IN THE CAR. ONLY 80,000 MILES ON CAR. WE WERE JUST GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND HEARD A BANG, WHICH TOOK OUT THE TIRE. I AM BEING TOLD 2002 MODEL YEARS ARE NOT COVERED BY RECALL, AND OBVIOUSLY THE SAME PROBLEM HAS EXISTED FOR MANY YEARS PRIOR, COVERED BY RECALLS. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE FRONT SPRING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BROKE WHILE SITTING IN THE LANEWAY. IT PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVERS TIRE(WHICH I JUST HAD INSTALLED A MONTH PREVIOUS AT $200.00PER TIRE) I DID NOT KNOW OF RECALLS FOR THIS PARTICULAR YEAR OF CAR.. HAD I BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY, I PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE SITTING HERE WRITING YOU THIS E-MAIL. I ALSO JUST PAID A REPAIR BILL FOR THE FRONT SPRINGS FOR $410.00. I HAVE THE OLD PARTS TO INSPECT IF NEED BE. I WOULD APPRECIATE A RESPONSE FROM YOU . *TR

FAILURE OF RIGHT FRONT SPRING AND PUNCTURE OF ADJACENT TIRE ON 2002 FORD TAURUS IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN. APPROXIMATE MILEAGE ON VEHICLE WAS 81,500. NO PRIOR WARNING OR OCCURRENCE. NO EXTERNAL PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED. WAS BACKING THE CAR OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IN A LOT AND WAS PROCEEDING TO ENTER THE ROADWAY WHEN A LOUD EXPLOSIVE NOISE OCCURRED. LOOKED LIKE A FLAT TIRE ON THE RIGHT FRONT. TOW TRUCK ATTENDANT STATED THE THAT THE RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE AND TOOK THE CAR TO OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER. THE DEALER SERVICE ATTENDANT STATED THAT THERE WAS A WARRANTY ON THIS FAILURE AND CHECKED IF OUR VEHICLE QUALIFIED. THE ATTENDANT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BUILD DATE WAS OUTSIDE THE QUALIFIED WARRANTY PERIOD. THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT SPRINGS, RIGHT FRONT STRUT BEARING AND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. NOT SURE IF THE PARTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. WE WOULD APPRECIATE...

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE ON DRIVER SIDE AND SHREDDED THE INSIDE OF THAT TIRE. *TR

LEFT FRONT STRUT SPRING BROKE WHEN PARKED IN THE GARAGE OF MY HOUSE, PIERCING THE NEW TIRE & PREVENTING ME FROM BACKING OUT OF GARAGE. *TR

I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY TODAY AND MY LEFT FRONT SPRING 2002 FORD TAURUS 140,000 MILES LET GO AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. THANK GOODNESS THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, FOR IT COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS POSTINGS BY FORD OWNERS ON THIS ISSUE. DO FORD OWNERS HAVE ANY RECOURSE, SINCE THIS YR. (2002 FORD TAURUS) IS NOT COVERED BY RECALL BUT THE EARLIER YR. CARS ARE? *TR

FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AND SLASHED TIRE WITH NO WARNING AT ALL; COULD HAVE CAUSED A HORRIFIC HIGHWAY ACCIDENT WHILE TRAVELING AT 65MPH. FORD HAS RECALLED COIL SPRINGS FOR SABLES AND TAURUS MODEL OF 2001 NO FURTHER. THERE IS CLEARLY A SERIOUS PROBLEM. SNOW STATES HAVE HAD RECALLS DUE TO SALT CORROSION TO SPRING CAUSING SUDDEN FRACTURES. THE OUT COME FOR REPAIR; REPLACED COIL SPRING, SHOCK;BEARING AND NEW TIRE TOTALING 780.00. MY CONCERN NOW IS DO I REPLACE THE OTHER 3 COIL SPRINGS TO THE TUNE OF 150.00 BEFORE THE SAME ISSUE ARISES AGAIN!!! FORD SHOULD TAKE THE BLAME AND OFFER THE REPLACEMENT BEFORE TOO MANY MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OCCUR. *TR

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR BRAKE SERVICE MY MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT 3 OF 4 COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. THE LEFT REAR SPRING SPUN AND CUT A GOUGE IN A TIRE WITH LESS THAN 100 MILES ON IT. THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS ITEM SO FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE SPRINGS I WAS SOCKED WITH A $400 BILL. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THESE SPRINGS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SEE BELOW ASSOCIATED PRESS TUE, OCT. 04, 2005 WASHINGTON - THE GOVERNMENT IS INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE REAR COIL SPRING CAN FRACTURE AND PUNCH A HOLE IN THE REAR TIRES OF SOME MODELS OF THE FORD TAURUS AND MERCURY SABLE, FEDERAL AUTO SAFETY OFFICIALS SAID TUESDAY. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SAID IT OPENED A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INTO THE 2000-2001 MODELS OF THE TAURUS AND SABLE SEDANS...

2002 FORD TAURUS: DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL BROKE WHILE TRAVELING IN MO. IT DID NOT DAMAGE THE TIRE SINCE THE COIL CAUGHT ON THE TIRE RIM. *TR

BROKEN FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION SPRING CAUSED TIRE FAILURE. *TR

MY WIFE DRIVES A 2002 TAURUS SES. IN DECEMBER THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. THANKFULLY, IT WAS PARKED AND DID NOT CAUSE THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING. YESTERDAY A REAR COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TIRE BUT THE TIRE DID NOT BLOW OUT. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A RECALL (ID#14649) THROUGH THE MODEL YEAR 2001 TAURUS BUT NOT INCLUDING 2002. I HAVE HAD TWO SPRINGS FAIL AND I'M CONCERNED THAT THE SCOPE OF RECALL #14649 WAS TOO LIMITED IN SCOPE. THERE MAY BE A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THE MODEL YEAR 2002. I HAVE NOTIFIED FORD MOTOR COMPANY ABOUT THE POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE AND HAVE ASKED FOR REIMBURSEMENT. INITIALLY THEY SAID NO, BUT I HAVE ASKED FOR A CALL BACK FROM THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPERVISOR. I HAVE THE BROKEN COIL SPRINGS IF A METALLURGICAL CHECK MAKES SENSE. I CAN ALSO SEND PICTURES. *TR

STARTED MY CAR, PUT IT INTO DRIVE, TURNED RIGHT TO EXIT MY PARKING SPACE, RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BLEW OUT AND PUNCTURED TIRE, DEFLATING IT IMMEDIATELY. LUCKILY I WAS NOT GOING AT HIGH SPEED OR I COULD HAVE HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT, AS I WOULD HAVE LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *TR

AS MY WIFE STARTED THE VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE, DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE TEARING THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE AND PUNCTURING IT CAUSING A BLOWOUT. WHEN THE TIRE WAS REMOVED, I FOUND A TEAR IN THE INNER WALL APPROXIMATELY 14 INCHES LONG AND A PUNCTURE. FORTUNATELY, IT OCCURRED IN THE GARAGE, BUT HAD WE BEEN GOING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY. THE TOW TRUCK OPERATOR, OUR MECHANIC AND THE TIRE STORE WERE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES. *TR

WHEN PULLING 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF DRIVEWAY ON 4/13/2009 NOTICED SCRAPING NOISE IN DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL AREA. THEN FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT. WHEN REMOVING TIRE TO REPAIR, NOTICED COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND INSIDE WALL OF TIRE HAD BEEN SHREDDED. BROKEN PIECE OF COIL SPRING FELL TO GROUND WHEN TIRE WAS REMOVED. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF THIS DATE. TIRE AND BROKEN PIECE OF SPRING ARE IN MY POSSESSION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO GET THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. HE NOTICED ONLINE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRING, BUT ONLY FOR THE 2000 AND 2001 MODELS. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR BECAUSE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 128,000.

STARTED TO PULL OUT OF PARKING SPACE, FELT AND HEARD A POP, PULLED BACK INTO SPACE. GOT OUT AND SAW FRONT SUSPENSION COIL HAD BROKEN AND SHREDDED TIRE. WHEN CALLED FOR A TOW, THE COMPANY GUESSED IT WAS A 2002 FORD TAURUS, DUE TO ALL THE REPAIRS THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING TO DO. *TR

MY WIFE WAS BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT ALMOST IN INSTANTLY. UPON TRYING TO CHANGE IT I NOTICED THE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKE. FORTUNATELY IT HAPPENED IN THE DRIVE WAY AND NOT ON THE ROAD. THE CAR IS A 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 63,000 MILES AND AFTER SEVERAL EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS FORD WAS ABSOLUTELY OF NO HELP IN FACT THEY ALMOST SEEMED DEFENSIVE AND I COULD UNDERSTAND THIS AFTER SEARCHING THE WEB AND SEEING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE COST OF THE REPAIRS WERE APPROXIMATELY $1300. *TR

FRONT SPRING ON 2002 FORD TAURUS WAGON BROKE WITHOUT WARNING PUNCTURING TIRE. 1999-2001 FORD SPRINGS RECALLED...CAR ONLY HAS APPROX. 36,000 MILES ON IT. FORD WOULD NOT TAKE ANY OWNERSHIP OF THE PROBLEM EVENTHOUGH THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS BY OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THANK GOD CAR WAS NOT MOVING. *TR

OUR 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 29TH 2008 IN HER 2002 FORD TAURUS SES WHEN FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED IN TWO, PUNCTURING THE TIRE AND ALSO BROKE THE STABILIZER LINK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER, WHERE THE STABILIZER LINK AND BOTH FRONT SPRINGS WERE REPLACED AS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEALER. ALSO A NEW TIRE WAS PUT ON. *TR

I HAVE HAD BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS AND ONE OF THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BREAK ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE FRONT ONE BROKE YESTERDAY AND DAMAGED THE FRONT TIRE AND I JUST BOUGHT THE TIRES THREE WEEKS AGO. NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND BUY A NEW TIRE WHICH IS NOT CHEAP. COIL SPRINGS IF MADE RIGHT SHOULD NOT BE BREAKING THIS EASY. *TR

I PLACED MY CAR IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN I HEARD A SWOOSH AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR DROPPED. I GOT OUT AND NOTICED I HAD A FLAT TIRE. I REMOVED THE TIRE AND FOUND PART OF THE COIL SPRING ON THE GROUND AND A WHITE CAP. AFTER REMOVING THE LUG NUTS THE TIRE WAS STUCK TO THE REMAINING COIL SPRING. I TWISTED THE TIRE OFF THE COIL SPRING AND FOUND THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKE IN TWO. THE STRUT ASSEMBLY AND THE SWAY BAR LINKAGE WAS BROKEN AS WELL. I AM SURE THERE MAY BE MORE DAMAGE ONCE I GET THE CAR TOWED TO A GARAGE. I AM GLAD I WAS NOT DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WHEN THIS HAPPENED.*TR

COIL SPRING BROKE WENT THROUGH TIRE. *TR

THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT SPRING ON OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS JUST BLEW APART. THE CAR DROPPED DOWN THE ROAD, WE WERE ON I-465 ON THE WEST SIDE IF INDIANAPOLIS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WITH A SEMI PASSING US AND BEHIND AT 65 MPH. THANK GOOD NO ONE HURT , JUST IN LESS THAN A SECOND THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS ON THE INTERSTATE. THE STATE POLICE GOT US A TOE TRUCK AND THE REPAIR SHOP BEING A FIRESTONE STORE SAID THEY GET SEVERAL FORD TAURUS IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT HER FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT AND SEVERELY PUNCTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE COST OF $600. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE COMPENSATION BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,157 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,203.

HAD A FLAT TIRE ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. AAA CAME OUT TO CHANGE, AND DISCOVERED THE FRONT COIL SPRING BUSTED. MENTIONED ANOTHER MEMBER HAD SAME PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THEM. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2000 AND 2001 MODELS, NOT 2002. IT APPEARS THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED SINCE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE, BUT IT'S NOT UNDER RECALL. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE CAUSING TIRE TO BLOW. *TR

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SES FAILED. WHEN IT FAILED THE SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. ALMOST HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO SERVICE STATION SINCE I HAD DIFFICULTY IN MOVING THE BROKEN SPRING TO GET THE DOUGHNUT ON THE VEHICLE. LUCKILY THIS OCCURRED WHEN I WAS BACKING THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE GARAGE AND NOT WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY. I HAVE 129K MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WITH ONLY 24,862 MILES ON ONE-OWNER 2002 FORD TAURUS SES 4-DOOR SEDAN. FORTUNATELY IT DID NOT HAPPEN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN OR DURING LOCAL DRIVING. CAR HAD BEEN BACKED INTO RESIDENTIAL BELOW HOUSE GARAGE WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OF PROBLEM. NEXT MORNING CAR WAS STARTED IN GARAGE AND AS SOON AS IT WAS DRIVEN 3-4 FEET IT WAS QUITE APPARENT THAT SOMETHING SERIOUS WAS WRONG DUE TO THE LOUD SCRAPPING SOUND. CAR WAS BROUGHT BACK INTO GARAGE AND AARP TOWING SERVICE WAS CALLED FOR SERVICE. ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE TO TOW IT TO THE FORD AGENCY FROM WHERE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW ON 10-11-02. TOTAL COST TO REPAIR DAMAGE IS $617.71. *TR

DRIVING A 2002 TAURUS WITH 64K MILES. WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN I HEARD A NOISE AND POP AND FRONT LEFT END SANK DOWN. THOUGHT AT FIRST THAT I JUST HAD A FLAT TIRE. WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE THE TIRE, HAD DIFFICULTY REMOVING TIRE. FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING BROKE AND SLICED INTO AND NEARLY ALL THE WAY AROUND MY TIRE. PUT ON SPARE AND CAREFULLY DROVE TO LOCAL STATION TO REPAIR COILS. THANKFULLY I WAS NOT DRIVING AT ANY GREAT SPEED WHEN THIS OCCURRED. CALLED DEALER AND THEY COULD FIND NO RECALL INFORMATION FOR 2002 TAURUS. CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND NO WARRANTIES, RECALLS, OR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THE REPAIR. REPLACEMENT COST FOR COILS, TIRES, AND ALIGNMENT WAS $750. *TR

I REVERSED MY CAR THIS MORNING, AND MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT COMPLETELY. I TOOK THE TIRE OFF, AND THE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD SHATTERED AND RIPPED THROUGH MY TIRE. I CONTACTED FORD WITH MY VIN, AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ABOUT THIS FOR MY CAR. I HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET REGARDING THIS, AND 2001 FORD TAURUS ( I HAVE A 2002 TAURUS) WERE RECALLED FOR THE EXACT COMPLAINT. IS THERE A KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2002 TAURUS REGISTERED WITH YOUR BRANCH? AS A RESULT OF THIS, I CANNOT DRIVE MY CAR AS THE COIL SPRING WOULD RIP THROUGH ANOTHER TIRE. THE RIP IN MY TIRE IS APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES LONG. *TR

I PULLED AWAY FROM MY HOUSE AND WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE. DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL HAD BROKE AND CAUSED TIRE DAMAGE. AT THIS TIME I DO NOT KNOW IF ANY ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS INCURRED AS VEHICLE WILL HAVE TO BE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. UPON RESEARCHING COIL FAILURES I AM VERY ANGRY TO LEARN THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON AND KNOWN PROBLEM WITH 2002 TAURUS VEHICLES. CONSUMERS NEED TO BE MADE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND FORD NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DEFECTIVE PARTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE COIL SPRINGS FAILED BETWEEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE AND THE FRAME RAIL. THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY MOVED TO THE RIGHT AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND THEN TOWED TO THE OWNER'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC. THE DEALER STATED THAT NO RECALLS WERE AVAILABLE; THEREFORE, THE CONTACT WOULD BE LIABLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 103,123.

2002 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON HAD THE FRONT LEFT COILSPRING SNAP CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/FORD-TAURUS/T2I76QLAVD30DD454. *TR

PASSENGER COIL SPRING ON 2002 FORD TAURUS SEDAN HAS FAILED AND WAS NOTICED AS A FAILURE TODAY. *TR