2002 FORD TAURUS Suspensionfront Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. WHEN HE WAS REPLACING THE TIRE WITH A SPARE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE SPARE TIRE. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING ALSO FAILED. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS) AND DID NOT OFFER ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 28,000.

2002 FORD TAURUS WAS SITTING IN THE GARAGE WHEN A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD, IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE FRONT COIL SPRING. IT BROKE IN HALF JUST SITTING IN THE GARAGE. I HAVE HEARD MANY COMPLAINTS THAT 2002 FORD TAURUS' ARE NOTORIOUS FOR THIS ISSUE. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TOLD ME THAT HE'S TOWED A LOT OF THESE VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND THAT I WAS LUCKY I WASN'T DRIVING IT. *TR

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 95000 MILES. I HAD (FORTUNATELY) PARKED MY CAR FOR WORK; ON RETURN HAD A FLAT TIRE. ON CHANGING IT, FOUND THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE RIPPED OPEN ALMOST ALL THE WAY AROUND. WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR A NEW TIRE, IT WAS FOUND THE FRONT DRIVER SPRING HAD BROKEN, AND I WAS TOLD "THE TAURUS HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS". I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AND STRUTS, GET NEW TIRES AND A WHEEL ALIGNMENT TO THE COST OF $1300. NOW I'M RESEARCHING AND FOUND THE 2002 WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND THE REAR SPRINGS CAN BREAK TOO, USUALLY AT MUCH LOWER MILEAGE. I'M NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR, AND AM LOOKING FOR A NEW ONE SOONER THAN I HAD PLANNED. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC IF IT HAD HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROOK ON MY 2002 FORD TARUS SEL. *TR

DRIVING AND SMOKE BEGAN COMING OUT OF THE DRIVER'S FRONT OF CAR. LOUD BANG. COIL PUNCTURED TIRE. ALMOST HAD ACCIDENT. *TR

THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING ON OUR 2002 TAURUS BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. I WILL NEED TO TOW THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE SPRING IS EMBEDDED INTO THE TIRE AND CANNOT BE REMOVED. TOWING, REPAIRS AND A NEW TIRE WILL BE REQUIRED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH IN ICY ROAD CONDITIONS, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED. A SHARP EDGE ON THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE SPARE TIRE WAS UTILIZED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE NEAREST TIRE DEALER. THE TIRE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS THE THIRD TAURUS THEY HAD SEEN THAT DAY WITH THE EXACT SAME FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND SPLIT IN HALF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRINGS FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE COST OF $1,800. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 57,816.

I PURCHASED A NEW 2002 FORD TAURUS IN NOV. 01'. I HAVE HAD THREE COIL SPRING BREAK. THE FIRST ONE WAS ON 2/16/07. I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND MY FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A GARAGE. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE BROKEN COIL SPRING AND FRONT LEFT TIRE AND BOTH FRONT BALL JOINTS. ON 5/15/08 DURING MY STATE VEHICLE INSPECTION, THE INSPECTION GARAGE NOTICE THAT ONE OF MY BACK COIL SPRINGS WAS BROKE. I HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED. ON 1/13/09, ONCE AGAIN I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVE AND MY FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW. ONCE AGAIN I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO THE GARAGE. THE FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING WAS BROKE. I HAVE TO HAVE IT REPLACED ALONG WITH A NEW TIRE. I CALLED FORD MOTOR CO. CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON 2002...

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE IN HALF WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND OFF, AND THE BROKEN COIL DAMAGED THE STRUT AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. ALL THE BROKEN ITEMS WERE REPLACED, AND THE NON BROKEN ITEMS WERE REPLACED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE TO ENSURE SAFETY. *TR

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 93,000 MILES WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT IN OUR GARAGE. PLACING THE CAR IN REVERSE, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THE FRONT LEFT OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED, SLICING THE ADJACENT TIRE. COST OF REPAIR WAS $850. FORD WILL NOT ASSIST IN PAYING FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, AND SLICED INTO THE TIRE. I REPLACED THE TIRE AND WILL HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT SPRINGS. *TR

1- I DROVE OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND MY FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED MY ALMOST NEW TIRE , AND MY PLASTIC SWAY LINK 2- IT HAPPENED ONCE , BUT FROM WHAT I HEAR IT HAPPENS ALOT AND IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. 3- I HAD AN ESTIMATE FOR ABOUT $600 NOT INCLUDING THE TIRE AT ABOUT $160. *TR

WHILE MY CAR WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVE WAY AT MY HOME, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING BROKE AND BLEW OUT MY TIRE FRONT TIRE...SHREDDED IT. THANK GOD I WAS NOT DRIVING WHEN IT HAPPENED. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS SES PURCHASED 12/31/01. FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, SLASHED TIRE AS I BACKED OUT OF GARAGE. ON INSPECTION, A PIECE OF THE STRUT BROKE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALSO A REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND STRUT WAS DAMAGED. NOW HAVING TO REPLACE 4 COIL SPRINGS, THE STRUTS AND 4 TIRES. $1700, WITH ONLY 56, 000 MILES ON THE CAR. I WILL CONTACT FORD ABOUT THIS. THERE WAS A RECALL THROUGH 2001 AND MANY DOCUMENTED INCIDENTS ON THE INTERNET CHATS ABOUT THE 2002 COIL SPRINGS. I FEEL FORD SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE AND SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THE 2002 MODEL ALSO IN THE RECALL. PLEASE ADVISE *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2002 TAURUS, AND NOTICED A RUMBLING FROM THE FRONT END. SHE GOT OUT AND LOOKED, AND THE TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT (PURCHASED ONE MONTH PRIOR). WHEN I ARRIVED (AND THE TOW TRUCK RIGHT AFTER), WE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN, AND HAD PUNCTURED AND PRETTY WELL SHREDDED THE TIRE. A WEB SEARCH ONLINE OF THIS PROBLEM (I WAS TRYING TO FIND A DAMAGE ESTIMATE) HAS SHOWN NUMEROUS OTHER HITS, AS WELL AS THIS AGENCY'S OWN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROBLEM. I AM CURRENTLY UNSURE OF ANY FURTHER DAMAGE. I DO KNOW THE COIL IS BROKEN, AND THAT THE TIRE HAS BEEN PUNCTURED BY THE COIL. WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE MECHANIC ABOUT OTHER PROBLEMS THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED (TIE ROD, RIM, ETC). WE WILL ENSURE THAT THE ORIGINAL DAMAGED COIL SPRING IS KEPT. *TR

I WAS BACKING THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN THE DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND ALSO PUNCTURED THE TIRE. *TR

BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, FRONT END OF CAR LURCHED UP; ACCOMPANIED BY EXTREMELY LOUD NOISE. UPON INSPECTION, DISCOVERED FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE SHREDDED. I ASSUMED AT THE TIME, THIS WAS THE ONLY PROBLEM. TIRE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL OF MAKE AND MODEL FOR CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF FRONT SPRINGS. THIS RECALL WAS DISCONTINUED JUST PRIOR TO MY MODEL YEAR. CONTACTING SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS AS WELL AS THE MANUFACTURER CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION - "WE KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT WE CANNOT HELP YOU." TRANSFERRING THE CAR TO ANOTHER REPAIR FACILITY, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT LEFT FRONT SPRING HAD INDEED BROKEN AND RECOMMENDED REPAIRS WERE ESTIMATED AT OVER $350.00 TO INCLUDE THE OTHER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING AND, OF COURSE, A NEW SET OF TIRES AND ASSOCIATED ALIGNMENTS. AT THE TIME OF THIS COMPLAINT, THERE HAS BEEN NO REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED - AS CLAIMANT IS SEEKING LEGAL RECOURSE THROUGH...

OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS SE SUFFERED A BROKEN COIL SPRING ON THE LEFT FRONT AND RUINED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. TO FIX THE PROBLEM WE ARE INCURRING MORE THAN $750.00 AND FORD KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM ON PREVIOUS TAURUS MODELS DUE TO NHTSA RECALL 04V332000. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING LOT, THE CONTACT HEARD A LARGE POPPING NOISE. WHEN SHE ARRIVED HOME, SHE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE ALIGNMENT ALSO FAILED DUE TO THE COIL SPRING THAT SPLIT INTO TWO PIECES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD REPAIR THE FAILURE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 22,469.

LEFT FRONT SPRING ON MY 2002 TAURUS BROKE AND THE BROKEN END OF THE SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE CAUSING A TOTAL TIRE FAILURE WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS SES WITH 40,000 MILES. VEHICLE WAS PARKED. STARTED TO BACK UP AND FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. UPON CHANGING TIRE, REALIZED INSIDE OF TIRE HAD BEEN SLICED. CAUSE WAS THE COIL SPRING BURSTED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. UPON RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, NOTICED THAT FORD HAD ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM ON 1999-2001 TAURUS'S. DID NOT INCLUDE THE 2002 MODEL YEAR. CONTACTED FORD AND THEY REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. STATED THE 2002 IS NOT UNDER RECALL. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY,THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURE THE TIRE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MORNING, MY WIFE HEARD A "CLUNK' NOISE AND A THUMP. SHE WENT BACK AND PICKED UP A PIECE OF METAL WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THE BOTTOM COIL OF THE FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING. FORTUNATELY THE TIRE DID NOT GET DAMAGED. THE SPRING WAS CONFIRMED BROKEN WHILE IN THE SHOP FOR OTHER REPAIRS ON 1/19/2009. BY LOOKING AT THE BROKEN PIECE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE FRACTURE PROPAGATED FROM. THERE APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE STEEL. I HAVE WORKED IN AUTOMOTIVE FOR OVER 32 YEARS WITH METALS, SO I KNOW WHAT I AM LOOKING AT. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AS WERE EARLIER MODELS!! *TR

SLOWLY BACKING UP AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND IMMEDIATELY THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WENT FLAT. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO THE YOUNGBLOOD FORD DEALERSHIP (MADISON, GA) I WAS TOLD THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE LOOSE AND IT DESTROYED THE DRIVERS SIDE SWAY BAR AND ALSO DESTROYED THE TIRE. I SAW THAT THE 1999 THROUGH 2001 FORD TAURUS HAD A RECALL FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. IT IS EVIDENT THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. *TR

WIFE'S 2002 FORD TAURUS WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WHEN LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. I INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FLAT TIRE,BUT I COULDN'T FILL IT AS FAST AS THE AIR WAS LEAKING OUT. FOUND THAT THE AIR LEAK WAS FROM THE BROKEN COIL SPRING STICKING INTO AND RUPTURING THE INNER SIDEWALL OF TIRE. ONE PARTIAL COIL OF BROKEN SPRING FELL FREE UPON REMOVAL OF WHEEL. THE REMAINDER OF THE VERY SHARP BROKEN COIL SPRING WAS,AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED,WHAT PENETRATED THE TIRE,RUINING IT. THE BROKEN COIL SPRING ALSO BROKE THE LEFT STABILIZER BAR LINK,WHICH IS MADE OF PLASTIC. *TR

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS. I LIVE IN A SUBURB OF AKRON, OHIO, ON A STATE ROUTE HIGHWAY. UPON ACCELERATING TO EXIT MY DRIVEWAY, MY RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE IN TWO PUNCTURING MY BRAND NEW TIRE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER BEFORE THE STEERING LOCKED . I HAVE SPOKEN TO BOTH A FORD DEALERSHIP AND TO FORD'S CUSTOMER RELATIONS CENTER. THEY STATED THAT FORD IS STILL COLLECTING DATA AS TO WHETHER TO EXTEND THE 1999 - 2001 RECALL OF THE DEFECTIVE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRINGS TO INCLUDE THE 2002 TAURUS. ACCORDING TO FORD THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM EXISTING IN MODEL YEARS AFTER 2001 TAURUS & SABLES. FORD HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY COVERAGE OF THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS UP TO 10 YEARS OF SERVICE AND/OR 150,000 MILES. BUT IT IS VIN NUMBER SPECIFIC. THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECTIVE PART. FOR THE SPRING TO BREAK /...

MY SON WAS BACKING HIS 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 56,000 MILES FROM THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING RUPTURED AND IMPALED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED AN ASSESSMENT OF OR AN ESTIMATE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGES. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SPRING ON 2002 FORD TAURUS SNAPPED PUNCTURING TIRE AND DAMAGING "WISHBONE". VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AT THE TIME. VEHICLE HAS 158,000 MILES ON ODOMETER. BOTH SPRINGS TIRE(S) AND TWO STRUTS REPLACED BY FORD DEALER. *TR

FORD TAURUS 2002 FRONT SPRING BROKEN. SHREDDED A BRAND NEW TIRE. HOW MANY TIMES DOES THIS NEED TO HAPPEN BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT IT. *TR

WHEN REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE FRONT DRIVERS-SIDE COIL SPRING SUDDENLY LET GO, DESTROYING MY NEW FRONT DRIVERS-SIDE TIRE. THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF SURFACE RUST ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE COIL BUT THE FRACTURE WAS CLEAN METAL. IT IS AT THE DEALER REPAIR SHOP RIGHT NOW. *TR

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND SHREDDED A TWO WEEK OLD SNOW TIRE. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE SHREDDING THE TIRE. UPON INSPECTION THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKE. BOTH OF THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. *TR

OUR FORD TAURUS WAS SITTING IN A SCHOOL PARKING LOT AFTER A BASKETBALL GAME, WE CAME OUT TO THE CAR TO LEAVE. OUR 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CLIMBED INTO THE BACK SEAT AND WE HEARD A LOUD POP/CRACK.. THEN THE FRONT DRIVERS TIRE WENT FLAT... WE HAVE FOUND IT TO BE A BROKEN FRONT COIL SPRING! WE HAVE 3 CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS AND LUCKILY NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED BUT WE JUST REPLACED BRAND NEW TIRES ON THE CAR 3 WEEKS AGO! NOW WE HAVE REPAIR BILLS, NEW TIRES, AND LOSS OF WORK B.C OF THIS. *TR

WENT TO MOVE MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SES ON 12/31/08. HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND WENT TO INSPECT IT. I FOUND BOTH FRONT TIRES FLAT. I CALLED AAA TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED AND THE OPERATOR JACKED THE CAR UP AND FOUND THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD BROKEN IN HALF AND PUNCTURED THE TIRES. HE THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE A RECALL ON THIS ITEM. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 1999-2001 MODEL YEARS BUT NOT FOR 2002. I ASKED WHY NOT, SINCE THE PROBLEM OBVIOUSLY STILL EXISTS AND I WAS LUCKY IT HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY, INSTEAD OF DURING MY NORMAL 50 MILE COMMUTE TO WORK. THE ONLY THING THEY SAID WAS THAT I SHOULD GET IT CHECKED BY A FORD TECHNICIAN SO THEY CAN DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. I SAID...

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY PUNCTURING MY TIRE AND REQUIRING APPROXIMATELY $ 1,000.00 TO REPAIR. I HAD IT REPAIRED ON THE DAY IT HAPPENED, A SUNDAY, AND IT HAS BEEN FINE SINCE. THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY 2002 TAURUS BUT THERE IS ON THE 2001 TAURUS. MAKES NO SENSE. THE PROBLEM WITH THE COILSPRINGS IS STILL A PROBLEM FOR LATER MODELS. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS. MY SON BOUGHT USED, DRIVEN ONLY 1100 MILES IN THE 6 MONTHS HE HAS OWNED IT, MAINLY TO SCHOOL OR WORK AND BACK. HE WAS BACKING IT OUT OF THE GARAGE, FRONT DRIVERS SIDE FELL DOWN WHEN THE SPRING BROKE AND SPRING EMBEDDED ITSELF IN THE TIRE AND TORE AN 8 INCH GASH. VERY THANKFUL HE WAD NOT DRIVING IT ON THE ROAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT'S IN THE SHOP NOW AS I SEARCH FOR RECALLS. HAPPENED 2 DAYS AGO, HAVE NOT TALKED TO DEALER YET BUT WILL ON MONDAY (IT'S FRIDAY NOW). *TR

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS SE WHICH I PURCHASED 5 YRS. AGO, ON12/30/08 I WALKED OUT TO MY CAR TO FIND THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE FLAT. I ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE TIRE OFF AND HAVE IT REPAIRED BUT WAS INITIALLY UNABLE TO GET THE TIRE OFF DUE TO THE SPRING BEING BROKEN AND STUCK INSIDE THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE. APPARENTLY, AND THANKFULLY THIS HAPPENED WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I FOUND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE, AND FORD MOTOR CO. THEMSELVES RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM IN MODEL YEARS 99-01 BUT NOT 2002. I FIND THIS ODD AS I'M SURE THE SAME EQUIPMENT THAT WAS USED IN THE 99-01 MODELS CAN BE FOUND IN THE 2002 MODELS. I INTEND TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, AS WELL AS REPLACING THE OTHER SIDE AS A PREVENTABLE MEASURE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN...

ON 5/3/08- WHILE BACKING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, I GOT A FLAT TIRE. UPON INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM, I NOTICED I COULD NOT GET A JACK UNDER THE CAR IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE TIRE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE PROBLEM ENDED UP THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE, RUINING IT. BEING THAT THIS IS THE SECOND FORD TAURUS THAT I HAVE HAD, I THEN REMEMBERED THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY (OLD) 2000 FORD TAURUS THAT INVOLVED PUTTING A BOOT ON THE COIL SPRINGS TO PREVENT THE COIL SPRING FROM PUNCTURING THE TIRE, UPON FAILURE. (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000- NHTSA ACTION # PE04044. ALTHOUGH THE ABOVE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON A 2002 TAURUS, I AM QUESTIONING WHY THIS SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED BY THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO RESPOND TO THE MY1999-2001 PROBLEM, HAPPENED ON...

COIL SPRING ON VEHICLE BROKE. *TR

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS BROKE A FRONT SPRING AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME ONE OF THE SPRINGS HAS BROKEN. IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 A REAR SPRING ALSO BROKE. I ONLY HAVE 32,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF MY CAR I WAS LUCK THE LAST SPRING BROKE IN MY DRIVEWAY BUT RIGHT BEFORE IT BROKE I WAS DRIVING IN AN ICE STORM. THESE 2002 TAURUS NEED TO BE RECALLED BEFORE NO ONE IS IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. DECEMBER 2008 I HAD A MERRY CHRISTMAS BECAUSE I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY (12/17/08), THE DRIVER'S SIDE/FRONT OF MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SIMPLY COLLAPSED. THE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD COMPLETELY SNAPPED DROPPING THE FRONT VEHICLE STRUCTURE ONTO THE TIRE. A JAGGED COIL SPRING PIECE HAD ALSO RIPPED A LARGE GASH INTO THE INTERIOR SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE RESULTING IN AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF ALL TIRE PRESSURE. THE REPAIR RESULTED IN REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT COIL SPRING PAIR (PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING WAS CORRODED AND IN VERY POOR MECHANICAL CONDITION), A SWAY BAR LINK, STRUT MOUNT, AND NEW TIRE (TOTAL COST-$600). ADDITIONALLY, I NEEDED A RENTAL CAR TO GET TO WORK DURING THE REPAIR PERIOD (ADDITIONAL $132). DUE TO THE CATASTROPHIC NATURE OF THE TIRE FAILURE, IF THIS INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEED, I SUSPECT THAT SEVERE INJURY/DEATH COULD HAVE BEEN A POSSIBLE OUTCOME. *TR

FRONT COIL SPRING PASSENGER SIDE BROKE CAUSING TIRE TO SHRED. FURTHER DAMAGE OF STRUT AND FRONT END UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. *TR

THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVE WAY AND WHEN I BACKED UP TO LEAVE, FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING BROKE, DESTROYING THE TIRE AND THE SWAY BAR END LINK. FROM MY RESEARCH THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THE FORD TAURUS. GLAD I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH. *TR

WHILE PARKED COIL SPRING FAILED (BROKE) PUNCTURING LEFT FRONT TIRE ON A 2002 FORD TAURUS. VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 90000 MILES ON IT. I HAD TO CUT THE TIRE OFF OF THE COIL SPRING TO REMOVE IT. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE FRONT SET OF COILS WAS REPLACED. *TR

ON 12-17-2008 I DROVE MY 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS I SMELLED RUBBER BURNING. RETURNED CAR TO DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED LEFT FRONT TO BE SETTING MUCH LOWER THAN NORMAL. CAR WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC (FIRESTONE) AND LEFT FRONT SPRING AND STRUT WERE BROKEN. I WAS TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR TAURUS. REPLACED BOTH FRONT SPRINGS, STRUTS, SWAY BAR LINKS AND LEFT FRONT TIRE (SPRING TORE INTO TIRE) PLUS A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. COST = $1400. I WAS LUCKY BECAUSE THIS CAR IS DRIVEN MOSTLY ON THE INTERSTATE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR HURT! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY, THE TIRE EXPLODED. HE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND REPLACED THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. HE ALSO OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS FAILED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 90,500.

I WAS COMING TO A STOP LIGHT WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG NOISE. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND LOOKED AROUND THE CAR BUT AT THIS TIME SAW NO DAMAGE. I WAS A BLOCK FROM HOME SO I DROVE HOME. AT THIS POINT I DID NOTICE THE FRONT END WAS LOW, SO I JACKED THE CAR UP AND SAW THE SPRING WAS BROKEN. UPON BREAKING IT ALSO SNAPPED IN HALF A SWAY BAR AND DAMAGED THE TIRE. ALL I CAN SAY IS I WAS LUCKY. I DRIVE THE EXPRESSWAY EVERY DAY, IF IT WOULD OF HAPPENED THEN I COULD BE DEAD OR COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE ELSE OR BOTH. *TR

MY FIANCEE'S 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND TORE THE WHOLE INNER SIDEWALL OFF OF THE TIRE. THE COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE THE CAR WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY OVER NIGHT AND THANKFULLY MY FIANCEE WAS JUST PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN SHE NOTICED THE TIRE HALFWAY OFF THE RIM. HAD THE COIL SPRING BROKE ON THE HIGHWAY SHE MAY NOT BE ALIVE TODAY. I SPOKE TO FORD AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO OFFER US ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD AND ONLY HAS 115K MILES ON IT. THERE IS A RECALL ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR 2001 MODELS THAT HAVE THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. I HAVE THE BROKEN COIL SPRING IN MY POSSESSION IF IN THE CASE AN INVESTIGATOR WOULD LIKE TO EXAMINE THE FAULTY PART. *TR

MY WIFE WAS BACKING THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE AND THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE POPPED. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE I NOTICED THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND WENT INTO THE TIRE. WE CALLED TWO FORD DEALERSHIPS AND THEY TOLD US THIS WAS NOT COVERED OR UNDER RECALL. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED AND NEW COIL SPRINGS AND A NEW TIRE PUT ON AT OUR EXPENSE. I DID A SEARCH ON LINE AND THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM ON EARLIER FORD TAURUS WITH A RECALL ON 1999-2001 MODELS. *TR