2002 FORD TAURUS Suspensionfront Problems

BROKEN COIL ON FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE RIPPED OPEN THE TIRE. *TR

FRONT RIGHT SPRING SNAPPED ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. BLEW A HOLE IN THE TIRE AS WELL. *TR

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT LEFT SPRING/STRUT BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. I HAVE TO ADMIT I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT MY DAUGHTER HAD PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE. SHE IS SAFE. BUT THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE! WHEN I LOOKED FOR INFORMATION ON A RECALL ON-LINE, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME MAKE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE THE SAME RESULTS. I INSIST ON BUYING AMERICAN, PLEASE DON'T TELL ME IT'S NO LONGER SAFE TO BUY AMERICAN. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS FOR OTHERS SAFETY AS WELL AS MY FAMILIES. *TR

BACKING OUT OF GARAGE HEARD A NOISE, LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT. INSPECTION FOUND THE TIRE WAS TORN FROM A BROKEN FRONT COIL SPRING. REPLACED BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND SUSPENSION SWAY BAR LINKS. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER IF IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR

DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP AND MY VEHICLE SWERVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THEY OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING HAD BROKE AND CUT MY DRIVER SIDE TIRE IN HALF AND ALSO DAMAGING FRONT STRUTS AND ADDITIONAL SUSPENSION PARTS. HE THOUGHT FORD WOULD PAY FOR REPAIRS SINCE HE HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN BEFORE AND IT WAS COVERED. FORD INFORMED HIM 2002 VEHICLES WERE NOT COVERED AND THEY WOULD PAY NOTHING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAD THERE BEEN A CAR IN THE LANE NEXT TO ME WHEN IT HAPPENED. FORD NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT SINCE A INTERNET SEARCH OF THIS PROBLEM HAS REVEALED HUNDREDS OF IDENTICAL INCIDENTS. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE...

2002 FORD TAURUS V6 FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND RUPTURED TIRE IN 2006, REAR COIL SPRING BROKE IN 2008. FRONT STRUT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SPRING WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TIRE. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE SPRING BUSTED IN HALF RIPPING THE TIRE APART....WHEN WE WENT TO PUT THE SPARE ON THE COIL DROPPED OFF HITTING THE PAVEMENT BARELY DROVE IT TO FIRESTONE WITH THE COIL HITTING THE SPARE TIRE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN I WAS READY TO GO TO WORK. FIRESTONE ALSO FOUND THE BACK PASSENGER SUSPENSION COIL ALSO CRACKED AND A BAD HAZARD. I HAD TO HAVE ALL FOUR SUSPENSION COILS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE SWAY BARS AND A WHEEL ALIGNMENT. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE IT BUST APART IN THE DRIVEWAY AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY I WAS VERY LUCKY. THIS WAS A COSTLY REPAIR....... *TR UPDATED 02/04/09. *LJ

BROKEN FRONT SPRINGS. *TR

THE SUMMARY FROM NHTSA ACTION # EA08018 PRECISELY DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED W/ OUR TAURUS. " THE BROKEN COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE ADJACENT TIRE RESULTING IN LOSS OF INFLATION PRESSURE" IN OUR CASE THE TIRE HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED. **** WE ALSO HAD A SPRING/COIL BREAK W/IN THE ENGINE IN MARCH 2007. **** NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : EA08018 NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER : N/A MAKE / MODELS : MODEL/BUILD YEARS: FORD / TAURUS 2002-2003 MERCURY / SABLE 2002-2003 MANUFACTURER : FORD MOTOR COMPANY COMPONENT : SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS DATE INVESTIGATION OPENED : AUGUST 28, 2008 DATE INVESTIGATION CLOSED : OPEN. *TR

FRONT SPRING BROKE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE BROKEN SPRING SLASHED MY BRAND NEW TIRE. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. SPRING DAMAGED STRUTS AND ALSO NEEDED TO BE RE-ALIGNED. *TR

THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE. UPON INSPECTION THE RIGHT COIL SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALSO. WENT TO TAYLOR FORD TO GET REIMBURSED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PRIOR YEAR TAURUS WAS COVERED IN A RECALL NOT MY 2002. *TR

FRONT COIL SPRINGS FAILED AS CAR WAS BEING BACKED OUT OF DRIVE. BROKEN SPRINGS PUNCTURED BOTH FRONT TIRES. DEALER REPORTED THE FAILURE WAS IDENTICAL TO WHAT WAS SEEN UNDER A RECALL FOR PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS FORD TAURUS'S. SINCE THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL, DEALER CHARGED ME FOR NEW COIL SPRINGS AND TIRES. I KEPT THE SPRINGS AND TIRES. THE SPRINGS CLEARLY SHOW SIGNS OF FATIGUE AND CRACKING PRIOR TO FAILURE. *TR

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING. THE SPRING FAILURE RESULTED IN A BROKEN STRUT, LEFT SIDE DRIVE AXLE, AND LEFT SIDE SWAY BAR LINK. *TR

I HAVE INVESTIGATED AND DISCOVERED AN UPDATED CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 03M02 - SUPPLEMENT REGARDING ADDITIONAL COVERAGE FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. HOWEVER, I AM UNABLE TO GET ANY SATISFACTION FROM FORD AS TO HOW TO CLAIM THIS. MY ORIGINAL ODI CONFIRMATION NUMBER IS: 10234221. *TR

STRUT BROKE ON 2002 FORD TAURUS, WHICH IN TURN PUNCTURED TIRE CAUSING THE TIRE TO SHRED, FORD HAS RECALLED THIS IN THE 2001 SERIES BUT NOT IN 2002, YET IT SEEMS TO BE THE SAME ISSUE AND HAVE IMPACTED MANY PEOPLE IN THE SAME MANOR, SO WHY NO RECALL ON THIS YEARS MODEL. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. NOW THIS REPAIR WILL COST OVER 700.00 TO FIX (INCLUDING TIRE REPLACEMENT), SEEMS TO ME (FROM WHAT I READ) THAT THE RECALLS ARE BASED IN PART ON THE IMPACT TO SAFETY, HAD THIS BLOW OUT OCCURRED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON A HIGHWAY FOR EXAMPLE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A TRAGEDY, WHY IS FORD NOT RECALLING THIS PROACTIVE TO AVOID A DISASTER, RATHER THAN WHAT APPEARS TO ME THEY ARE WAITING FOR DISASTER BEFORE REACTING (IN MY OPINION OF COURSE). *TR

2002 TAURUS SES - FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE PARKED AT WORK. *TR

FORD TAURUS 2002 FRONT SPRING COIL SNAPS AND PUNCTURES FRONT TIRES. LUCKILY THE CAR WAS PARKED OTHERWISE THE INCIDENT COULD HAVE LED TO SEVERE INJURY AND POSSIBLY DEATH. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING BROKE DRIVING THE SPRING INTO THE FRONT TIRE. *TR

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON, BROKEN COIL SPRING ON FRONT SHREDDED TIRE, HAD TO REPLACE BOTH SPRINGS, STRUT AND TIRE. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A RECALL ON YEARS 1999-2001, BUT FROM WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE 2002 MODELS AS WELL. *TR

THE LEFT FRONT SPRING ON THE CAR BROKE WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND TORE THE ENTIRE INSIDE PORTION OF THE FRONT LEFT TIRE CAUSING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR TO COLLAPSE. THE FORD DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AS WELL AS THE ABS SENSOR WHICH WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE COLLAPSE. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN HOME BUT THE NEXT MORNING WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE BRAKES FAILED DUE TO A RUPTURED BREAK LINE, PRESUMABLY ALSO FROM THE BROKEN SPRING. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THAT AT NO COST BUT REFUSED ANY REIMBURSEMENT/REPAIRS FOR THE SPRINGS OR OTHER REPAIRS NECESSITATED BY THE DAMAGE CAUSED DUE TO SPRINGS BREAKING. *TR

BOUGHT 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL FROM USED CAR LOT, HAD ABOUT 43,000+ MILES IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR LESS THAN A YEAR. IT PRESENTLY HAS 68,000 MILES (700 MILES DRIVEN WEEKLY), ALL HIGHWAY DRIVING. AT ABOUT 55,000 MILES ( I AM GUESSING), I STARTED HEARING A CLUNK. TODAY I WENT TO CHANGE THE BRAKES AND FOUND THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR SUSPENSION LOW TO THE TIRE. I CARRY NO WEIGHT IN THE CAR. I TOOK THE TIRE OFF TO FIND THE SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND COILED AROUND THE STRUT PERCH. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN ABUSED OR MISTREATED. I FIND IT STRANGE THAT THIS CAR WOULD SNAP A SPRING SO EASILY IN SUCH A SORT TIME. LUCKILY IT DIDN'T POP A TIRE WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE READ UP ON THE INTERNET TO FIND THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS YEAR AND MAKE CAR. I HAVE ALSO READ,...

DRIVING HOME FOR A LUNCH BREAK, AND AS I AM DRIVING IT SOUNDS/FEELS LIKE SOMETHING SNAPS I LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR HIT A TREE. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE LOOKED SHREDDED. ONCE TOW AGENCY ARRIVED THEY NOTICED THE FRONT COIL HAD BROKE WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE TIRE BEING SHREDDED. MY VEH IS NOW IN REPAIR AND NEEDING A NEW FRONT COIL. *TR PHONE INTERVIEW UPDATES (JULY 9, 2008): THE CONSUMER SAID THAT IT WAS A CLEAR DAY, THE ROAD WAS DRY AND THERE WAS VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC. SHE WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 40 TO 45 MPH ON THE LEFT OF TWO NORTH BOUND LANES. SUDDENLY A CORNER OF THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED AND THE VEHICLE SPUN COUNTER-CLOCKWISE ABOUT 90 DEGREES CROSSING THE TWO SOUTH BOUND LANES, HOPPED OVER THE CURVE (ROUNDED CORNER) AND STRUCK A TREE. THE CONSUMER SAID...

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS WHICH HAS EXPERIENCED 2 SUSPENSION SPRING FAILURES IN THE LAST YEAR. THE REAR LEFT OCCURRED ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO AND THE MOST RECENT WAS THE FRONT LEFT ON 6/26/08. THE FRONT SPRING FAILURE WAS IN A PARKING LOT AS I WAS BACKING OUT, WITH THE SPRING PUNCTURING THE TIRE WITH COMPLETE LOSS OF PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE HAS 105K MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AT THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. IN BOTH CASES THE SPRINGS AND STRUTS WERE REPLACED, ALIGNMENT PERFORMED AND IN THE CASE OF THE FRONT, I HAD TO HAVE TWO NEW TIRES IN ORDER TO HAVE A MATCHED PAIR. *TR

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING SNAPPED CAUSING TIRE DAMAGE. *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK TODAY TRAVELING AT 60MPH WHEN THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. HE SAID HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE THEN FOLLOWED RUBBING AND MORE LOUD NOISES. HE ALSO SAID THAT HE COULD FEEL THE CAR PULLING INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED. HE PULLED THE CAR OVER TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND HE NOTICED THAT THE SPRING WAS BUSTED. HE THEN HAD TO CALL AAA AND HAVE THE CAR TOWED. THE VEHICLE IS A 2002 TAURUS WITH AROUND 64000 MILES. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS SO CALLED SPRING PROBLEM. WE FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY FORD ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAD TO PAY FOR NEW SPRINGS ON MY 2001 TAURUS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. WHEN WE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THE CAR WASN'T COVERED UNDER THE COIL SPRING RECALL AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE...

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS TO THE STORE & FELT THE TIRE GOING FLAT. SHE STOPPED TO PUT AIR INTO THE TIRE, & THE TIRE WOULD NOT HOLD THE AIR SO SHE CALLED ME. WHEN I GOT THERE I TRIED TO PUT THE JACK UNDER THE TIRE TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS & I COULDN'T EVEN GET THE JACK UNDER THE CAR. WITH SOME ADDITIONAL HELP I DID FINALLY GET A JACK UNDER & GOT THE TIRE OFF TO SEE A HUGE TEAR IN IT. I THEN NOTICED THE BROKEN COIL SPRING. I CONTACTED FORD ABOUT THE BROKEN COIL SPRING BECAUSE I HAD AN OLDER TAURUS THAT FORD HAD RECALLED FOR THE DEFECTIVE COIL SPRINGS. ALL THE FORD GARAGES SAID THAT THEIR COMPUTERS WERE DOWN & I WOULD HAVE TO CALL THEM BACK. I CONTACTED THE GARAGE AT THE DEALER THAT I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM...

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS THAT HAD THE DRIVER SIDE SPRING BROKE THIS MORNING, FORTUNATELY IN THE DRIVE WAY, RESULTING IN A BROKEN AXLE AS WELL. IN RESEARCHING ON LINE, I FOUND THAT MODEL YEARS 1999 TO 2001 HAD A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM AND ALTHOUGH IT IS APPARENTLY HAPPENING ON 2002 MODELS (BASED ON INTERNET DATA) I CHECKED MY VIN NUMBER ON FORD'S WEBSITE AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS. MY SON USES THIS CAR AS WELL AND I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF HE WAS ON THE ROAD DRIVING WHEN THIS SPRING BROKE. *TR

JUNE 2007 DISCOVERED BOTH REAR SPRINGS ON OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS WERE BROKE RESULTING IN REAR STRUT FAILURE (47124 MILES). JUNE 12, 2008 (54193 MILES) RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE PUNCTURING THE TIRE. CAR WAS AGAIN REPAIRED AT C & M FORD IN MASSENA WHERE I DISCOVERED 1) THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON 1999-2001 FORD TAURUS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND 2) THAT THERE WERE THREE (3) INCLUDING MYSELF 2002 TAURUS' THAT HAD BROKEN FRONT SPRING THIS WEEK. THREE FAILURES IN ONE WEEK FOR THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR SEEM EXTREMELY HIGH FOR A SMALL TOWN LIKE MASSENA, NY. WHEN I RESEARCHED THE WEB I DISCOVERED NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM ALL OVER. *TR

FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING FAILURE. *TR

2002 TAURUS, BROKEN SPRINGS AT <60,000 MILES. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION-IT EXPLODED THE FRONT TIRE WHILE DRIVING. *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.

WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I HEARD A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY RAPID RELEASE OF AIR FROM MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. UPON EXAMINATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RIGHT COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND THAT THE PROTRUDING SHARP END HAD REACHED OUT AND SNAGGED THE TIRE RIPPING A GASH 16 INCHES LONG IN THE INNER SIDEWALL. REPLACEMENT OF BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED AND REPLACEMENT OF THE TIRE WILL BE REQUIRED. SPRING WHICH FAILED SHOWED RUST PENETRATION AT POINT OF FAILURE TO BE ABOUT 30% OF THE CROSS SECTION OF THE SPRING WIRE DIAMETER. THE PAINTED COATING ALSO SHOWED SIGNS OF FAILURE AT THE POINT OF BREAKAGE DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF SURFACE RUST ON THE SPRINT IN THAT AREA. THERE ARE ALSO INDICATIONS ON OTHER AREAS OF THE PAINTED COATING THAT CORROSION IS PRESENT UNDER THE COATING. I HAVE BOTH PARTS...

THE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. I WENT TO DRIVE IT AND IT HAD A FLAT TIRE. ON CLOSER INSPECTION THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING HAD BROKEN AND WENT INTO THE BACK SIDE OF THE TIRE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, BUT THE CAR ONLY HAS 70K MILES ON IT. I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED, A NEW TIRE PUT ON IT, A NEW SPRING PUT ON IT, AND A NEW STABILITY LINK. I AM GLAD IT DIDN'T BREAK WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THIS HAPPENS A LOT ON THIS MODEL AND WE SHOULD CONTACT FORD TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS, OR REPORT IT. I DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE BROKEN SPRING, BUT II DO HAVE A SMALL PART OF IT. IT BROKE ABOUT 5 INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM SPRING SEAT. I HAVE THE 5...

FORD TAURUS 2002, BUILT ON 10/9/01 IN CHICAGO. FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND CUT INTO TIRE. WIFE WAS PULLING OUT OF DRIVE WAY TO GO TO SHOP. SON IN LAW AND I DISASSEMBLED STRUT AND SPRING. TRYING TO FIND REPLACEMENT. 1999 THROUGH 2001 MODELS HAVE A RECALL NOTICE OF 04V332000 DATED 2004-JUL-15. 2002 SHOULD BE INCLUDED AFTER SEEING ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND SAFETY ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

WITHIN ONE MONTH, TWO BROTHER-IN-LAWS AND I HAVE HAD OUR 2002 TAURUS FRONT SPRINGS BREAK CAUSING A FLAT TIRE AND EXTENSIVE LINKAGE REPAIRS. THERE IS NHTSA CAMPAIGN #04V332000, BUT IT ONLY GOES TO MODEL YEAR 2001. FORD SHOULD EXTEND THIS RECALL TO WHAT EVERY YEAR THEY USED THIS DESIGN! A SEARCH OF THE INTERNET FINDS MANY 2002 COMPLAINTS... *TR

YESTERDAY I DROPPED OFF MY CAR FOR AN OIL CHANGE, JUST AS I PULLED IN TO THE MECHANIC'S DRIVE THE FRONT-LEFT OF THE CAR DROPPED 4" AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW. A COIL BROKE, AND RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET IT APPEARS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR FORD. THE 2002 AND LATER MODELS ARE NOT COVERED UNDER ANY RECALLS FOR SOME REASON. FORTUNATELY I WASN'T ON THE INTERSTATE SINCE THAT IS WHERE MOST OF MY DRIVING IS DONE. *TR

I WAS PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPOT. I HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND AIR RUSHING OUT. I STOPPED AND GOT OUT AND NOTICED I HAD A FLAT TIRE. I CALLED AAA AND SERVICE GUY CAME AND TOLD ME THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. I KNOW FORD HAS A RECALL ON SOME MODEL TAURUS BUT NOT MINE. I WAS FORCED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR A TIRE NEW AND TWO NEW SPRINGS. *TR

I WAS PULLING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF A SPRING UNCOILING. AS I CONTINUED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY I HEARD THE SOUND OF SOMETHING RUBBING AND SMELLED BURNING RUBBER. I MADE A U-TURN AND PULLED BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY. IT WAS THEN THAT I NOTICED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR WAS SITTING LOWER THAN THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT FENDER WAS RESTING ON THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. IT IS OBVIOUSLY A BROKEN SPRING. FORD HAS RECALLED THE 2001 TAURUS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRS WILL BE AROUND $500. THE CAR AS 60,000 MILES. *TR

BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE HEARD A LOUD BANG, STOPPED CAR, DRIVERS SIDE OF CAR WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY LAYING ON THE GROUND, THE DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PIERCED AND FLATTENED THE FRONT TIRE ALSO THE UPPER STRUT MOUNT HAD STRESSED SO MUCH THAT THE BALL BEARINGS HAD POPPED OUT. HAD A HECK OF A TIME TO GET A JACK UNDER THE CAR TO PUT ON THE SPARE SO WE COULD HAVE IT TOWED TO THE SHOP. REPLACED THE BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS, REPLACED BOTH UPPER FRONT STRUT MOUNTS, REPLACED BOTH FRONT TIRES, FRONT DRIVER SIDE SWAY BAR END LINK WAS DAMAGED WHEN COIL BROKE AND CAR LEANED. ALSO FOUND THE REAR STRUTS TO BE BAD AND HAD BOTH REAR STRUTS AND COIL SPRINGS REPLACED. THEN HAD TO HAVE A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT DONE. THIS COIL SPRING FAILURE AT LESS THAN 22000 MILES COASTED OVER $1,000. WE ARE...

MY DAUGHTER WHO IS AT COLLEGE, DRIVES A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE OTHER DAY SHE WENT TO BACK OUT OF HER PARKING SPACE AT SCHOOL. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. WHEN THEY TRIED TO PUT THE SPARE ON THEY FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PIERCED THE TIRE. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A GARAGE. APPARENTLY THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THESE CARS. THANK GOD SHE WAS NOT DRIVING DOWN A BUSY HIGHWAY! *TR

FORD ISSUED A RECALL ON ITS TAURUS THAT ENDED WITH 2001 MODELS. THE NHTSA ACTION # IS PE04044. IT DESCRIBES FAILING COIL SPRINGS THAT CAN CAUSE TIRES TO BE TORN UP. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN NOW TO MY 2002. THE CAR WAS IN THE GARAGE AND BEING LOADED WITH SOME THINGS MY DAUGHTER WAS TAKING BACK TO COLLEGE AFTER THE WEEKEND. THERE WAS A "BANG" WE HEARD WHOSE SOURCE WAS UNDETERMINED. WHEN SHE BEGAN TO BACK OUT THE FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT. UPON INSPECTION THE SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PIERCED THE TIRE. THIS WEBSITE OUTLINES MANY SIMILAR CASES INVOLVING ALL 4 CORNERS OF THE CAR. HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/FORD_SPRINGS.HTML I'VE UNDERSTOOD FORD WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY SATISFACTION TO OWNERS OF THESE CARS. AS IT IS SUNDAY I HAVE NO REPAIR OPTIONS AVAILABLE, BUT THE CAR WILL HAVE TO BE TOWED AND A TIRE AND AT LEAST THE SPRING WILL HAVE TO...

EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE WAS A APPROXIMATELY 100 MILE ROUND TRIP ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING 65 MPH, THE EVENING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE FAILURE CONSISTED OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BREAKING AND SEVERLY DAMAGING THE FRONT DIVER'S SIDE TIRE AND SWAY BAR. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT AND NOT BEING DRIVEN. THE MAKE AND MODEL OF THE CAR WAS A 2002 FORD TAURUS SE. THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS, REPLACE THE DRIVER SIDE SWAY BAR, REPLACE THE TIRE, AND REALIGN THE SUSPENSION.*AK

ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHICH IN TURN RUINED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE, LUCKILY MY WIFE WAS JUST STARTING THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. THE COST OF REPAIRS IS OVER $600.00. I CALLED FORD, WHICH WAS POINTLESS, THEY ARE NOT COVERING 2002 MODEL YEARS. THE FORD REP STATED THAT THEY HAVE MY COMPLIANT ON FILE AND IF THERE EVER IS A RECALL TO KEEP MY RECEIPTS AND I WOULD BE REIMBURSED. IN MY 30 PLUS YEARS OF DRIVING I HAVE NEVER HAD A COIL SPRING BREAK AND THROUGH MY RESEARCH THIS IS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS RECALLED ON ALL 1999 THRU 2001 MODEL YEAR TAURUS'S. WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR NHTSA TO SEE THAT THIS ISSUE STILL EXISTS AND FORD NEEDS TO HANDLE THESE. HOPEFULLY MY TAX DOLLARS ARE NOT GOING TO WASTE AND...

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING A VIOLENT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. ALONG WITH THE VIBRATION HEARD A LOUD CLANKING SOUND IN THE FRONT END. THE NOISE AND THE VIBRATION GET WORSE WHEN DRIVING AT 45 MPH OR HIGHER. HE HAD A SITUATION WHERE HE WAS TRYING TO AVOID A ROAD HAZARD AND THE VEHICLE WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO CONTROL. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE PROBLEM. THERE HAS BEEN NO CONCLUSION TO THE PROBLEM. HE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH FORD, AND THEY OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY. DT: DEALER HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONTACT TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE VIBRATION, WHEN SUDDENLY THEY TOLD HIM THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO SEE HIM OR HIS VEHICLE IN THEIR DEALERSHIP AGAIN. HE HAS NOT YET DECIDED WHAT APPROACH HE SHOULD TAKE WITH THE VEHICLE.*AK

FRONT END HAS HAD VIBRATION SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. HAVE HAD CONTINENTAL ORIGINAL TIRES REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY 3 TIMES BECAUSE DEALERSHIP SAID VIBRATION WAS DUE TO TIRE FAILURE "EXCESSIVE RUNOUT". VIBRATION IS RETURNING AGAIN.

2002 FORD TAURUS. FRONT END VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED ONCE. I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. *LA

FRONT END SUSPENSION VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING , VIBRATION INCREASING WITH SPEED. CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK