2002 FORD TAURUS Suspensionrear Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

NOTICED GRINDING/RUBBING NOISE WHILE DRIVING; NOISE VARIED WITH SPEED, TURNING AND BRAKING. OBSERVED RUBBER RESIDUE IN LEFT REAR WHEEL, ON WHEEL WELL. REMOVED WHEEL, DISCOVERED COIL SPRING RUSTED AND DISLODGED FROM LOWER SUPPORT AND WAS SHAVING THE TIRE. LOSS OF TREAD OBSERVED. COIL SPRING WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CUT TO REMOVE IMPACTING AREA AND WILL BE REPLACED. NO INJURIES. FORD HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON SIMILAR MODELS IN SIMILAR YEARS FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRING; INTERNET REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE PROBLEM MAY NOT BE LIMITED TO THE PARTS ALREADY RECALLED BY FORD. THE RECALL MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED TO COVER THE REAR SPRINGS AS WELL. UPON REPLACEMENT, WILL KEEP BROKEN PART AND REQUEST SERVICER TO SUBMIT INFORMATION TO NHTSA AS WELL. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH SEVERAL CRACKS IN THE RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING. I NOTICED THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED SITUATION BASED ON REPORTS FROM OTHER OWNERS. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS SEL: DRIVING AT 40 MPH, PASSENGER'S SIDE SPRING BROKE AND IMMEDIATELY CUT ENTIRE INSIDE DIAMETER OF CAR TIRE. CAR IMMEDIATELY PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND WAS NOT DRIVABLE. CAR WAS DAMAGED AS WELL AS LAWN THAT CAR SWERVED ONTO. HAD TO HAVE SPRING AND TIRE REPLACED, REPLACED DRIVER SIDE AS WELL. COST WAS OVER $550. 6 MONTHS LATER AT INSPECTION REAR SPRING WAS BROKEN AND HAD ANOTHER $450 EXPENSE. ONLINE SEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT AND RE-CALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO 2002 FORD TAURUS. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS GETTING INTO THE CAR AND SAT DOWN WHEN I HEARD A LOUD METAL POP OR BANG, I GOT OUT AND LOOKED AROUND AND UNDER THE CAR AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING, BUT I HAD NOTICED IF I RAN OVER A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD I WOULD HEAR A CLUNK AT THE REAR DRIVERSIDE WHEEL AREA SO TODAY I HEARD IT AGAIN AND WHEN I GOT HOME I LOOKED UNDER THE REAR DRIVERSIDE WHEEL WELL AND LOW AND BEHOLD I HAVE A BROKEN COIL SPRING SO I AM IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING IT REPLACED AND I WILL REQUEST TO HAVE THE PART RETURNED TO ME AS PROOF OF THE PROBLEM SO IF AND WHEN FORD DOES A RECALL ON THIS I CAN BE REIMBURSED.. *TR

BROKEN REAR COIL SPRING, 2002 TAURUS

THIS WINTER I HAD MY RIGHT FRONT STRUT SPRING BREAK AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND THE SPRING WENT RIGHT THROUGH MY TIRE. THE NOISE SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION AND SCARED ME TO DEATH! MY HUSBAND GOT THE SPRING AND STRUT REPAIRED AND PURCHASED A NEW TIRE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED PROBLEM UNTIL I WALKED OUT TODAY AND SAT IN MY CAR TO GO TO WORK. I HAD NOT TURNED THE CAR ON, OR EVEN TOUCHED THE STEERING WHEEL AND AGAIN I HEARD THE SAME LOUD NOISE AND NOW THE SPRING ON THE LEFT SIDE BROKE. I AM ALSO GOING TO CHECK THE BACK TIRES BECAUSE MY CAR SITS AT A FUNNY ANGLE AND I WOULD GUESS THE THE SPRING ON THE LEFT REAR IS ABOUT TO BREAK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COLLAPSED WITHOUT WARNING AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY STATED THAT BOTH FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT ADVISED OF A RECALL ON THE 2001 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES WHICH RELATED TO THE SAME FAILURE HE EXPERIENCED. THE RECALL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE CONTACTS YEAR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 78,000.

BOTH REAR SPRINGS ON MY 02 FORD TAURUS SNAPPED AND BROKE. FORD WILL NOT PAY FOR ANY REPAIR COSTS. I'VE HEARD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON TAURUSES/SABLES, BUT FORD IS NOT DOING ANYTHING. ONLY FRONT SPRINGS WERE RECALLED THRU THE 01 MODELS. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS THE BROKEN SPRING MAY PIERCE THE TIRE AND LEAD TO TIRE FAILURE AS YOU'RE DRIVING THE CAR!! THEY BOTH HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $500. I HAVE A LOW INCOME JOB AND CAN'T AFFORD IT BUT HAD TO BE DONE SO I COULD DRIVE MY CAR TO MY JOB. *TR

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, SLOWED TO TURN LEFT AND HEARD A POP FROM THE PASSENGER REAR SIDE, FOLLOWED BY A GRINDING NOISE. PROCEEDED ANOTHER BLOCK TO THE HOME DRIVEWAY, CHECKED VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SPRING HAD BROKEN AND WAS EATING THE INSIDE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. CHECKED ONLINE AND FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. CHECKED THIS SITE AND FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND A NHTSA INVESTIGATION, FOR BOTH FRONT AND REAR SPRINGS BREAKING ON THE SAME MODEL YEAR TAURUS. CONTACTED THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND FORD CORPORATE AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL AND SAID THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST IN PAYING FOR THE REPAIR AND ACCEPTED NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED, AND TIRE REPLACED AT OUR EXPENSE. DURING THE REPAIR, ALSO FOUND THE DRIVER SIDE REAR SPRING WAS BAD, BUT HAD NOT COMPLETELY FRACTURED. ALSO REPLACED THE SPRING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THIS CAR...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING MUCH LOWER THAN NORMAL. THE MECHANIC FURTHER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE COILS SPRING WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,469 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,000. UPDATED 03/22/11*LJ UPDATED 1/3/11 *CN

2002 FORD TAURUS REAR COIL SPRING BROKE. THIS SEEMS TO BE QUITE A PROBLEM WITH THE TAURUS AND WAS RECALLED FOR UPTO 2001. I DON'T KNOW WHY 02 WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL BUT A NEW ONE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS TAKEN TO REPAIR SHOP FOR ROUTINE SERVICE: OIL CHANGE AND MULTIPOINT INSPECTION. RECEIVED A CALL FROM REPAIR SHOP INDICATING THAT DURING THE MULTIPOINT INSPECTION THEY FOUND THAT THE LEFT REAR COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND SEPARATED. THEY INDICATED THAT THIS COULD HAVE PUNCTURED THE TIRE DURING NORMAL DRIVING. REAR AND FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE ORIGINAL AS INSTALLED BY THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER. REPAIR SHOP WAS AUTHORIZED TO REPLACE THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR COIL SPRINGS. FORD MOTOR COMPANY WAS CONTACTED. THERE WAS NO PROMISE MADE OF RESTITUTION. EMAIL INDICATED THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH NHTSA. PORTION OF REPAIR BILL DEALING WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WAS $640.00. BOTH COIL SPRINGS HAVE BEEN SAVED AND IN OUR IN MY POSSESSION. A COUPLE OF PHOTOS HAVE ALSO BEEN TAKEN OF THE ONE THAT FRACTURED. *TR

DRIVING 20 MPH DOWN SIDESTREET WITH WIFE, 3 AND 6 YEAR OLD KIDS IN CAR. VERY LOUD BANG, CAR DROPPED A COUPLE INCHES AND WE PULLED OVER. THE LEFT REAR COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND THE SPRING WAS RUBBING ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. I JUST HAD THE 2 FRONT BROKEN COIL SPRINGS REPLACED ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, AND THE MECHANIC TOLD TO WATCH OUT FOR THE REAR ONES, THERE IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THEM. AS SOON AS IT HAPPENED I IMMEDIATELY KNEW WHAT IT WAS FROM WHAT THE MECHANIC TOLD ME. I PUT THE DOUGHNUT ON, AND DROVE HOME. TIRE IS PROBABLY UNSAFE NOW AS THE SPRING HAS BEEN DIGGING A GROOVE IN THE SIDEWALL. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY HAZARD, AS I HAVE BEEN READING UP ON THE LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE, AND THE RECALL OF PRIOR YEAR MODELS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. FORD...

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. I DISCOVERED ON JUNE 7, 2010 THAT BOTH REAR COIL SUSPENSION SPRINGS ARE BROKEN ON THE REAR OF THE CAR. I HAD A FLAT TIRE THAT I TOOK TO HAVE REPAIRED. THE SIDE WALL WAS CUT AND THE TIRE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. I HAD THE TIRE REPLACED AND BEFORE I COULD LEAVE THE PARKING LOT THE BROKEN SPRING HAD CUT AND RUINED THE NEW TIRE. THIS DEFECT COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY. I COULD HAVE HAD A TIRE BLOW OUT, I WAS LUCKY THAT I DID NOT LEAVE THE PARKING LOT OF THE TIRE REPAIR CENTER. THE CAR IS AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP BEING EVALUATED FOR REPAIR. AT THIS TIME THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON MY CAR. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE FORD CARS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SEVERAL COMPLAINTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FILED. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY...

BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS BROKE AT THE SAME TIME. THERE WAS NO SPECIAL EVENT THAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE BROKEN SPRING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE RUINED THE TIRE. FORD WAS CONTACTED AND EVEN THOUGH PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM NO RECALL EXISTS FOR MY CAR. BOTH STRUT ASSEMBLIES AND ONE TIRE WERE REPLACED BEFORE THE CAR COULD BE DRIVEN AGAIN. OLD PARTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. *TR

THE PASSENGER REAR SPRING BUSTED ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WHILE JUST SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING BUSTED WHILE I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE (I ALREADY FILED A COMPLAINT FOR THAT INCIDENT). *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND I HEARD AN EXTREMELY LOUD POP COME FROM THE RIGHT REAR SIDE OF MY CAR WHEN I HAD MADE A LEFT HAND TURN AT A STOP LIGHT. AT FIRST I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT BECAUSE I SAW NO EVIDENT DAMAGE AFTER ARRIVING AT WORK. ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER I NOTICED SOME ABNORMAL TIRE WEAR. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE SHOP TO ASK ABOUT THE TREAD WEAR AND WHEN THEY WENT TO ROTATE MY TIRES THEY FOUND THAT THE REAR RIGHT SPRING HAD FALLEN OFF THE SEAT. BECAUSE OF THE SPRING FALLING OFF THE SEAT I HAD TO HAVE THE ENTIRE RIGHT REAR STRUT REPLACED. BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY WITH THE SPRINGS FALLING OFF THE SEATS AND THE POTENTIAL DAMAGE IT COULD DO I ALSO HAD THE LEFT REAR STRUT REPLACED AS WELL. I HAD DONE SOME RESEARCH TO FIND THAT WHAT HAPPENED...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED HE HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE IN THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION HAD FRACTURED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND NEITHER THE DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED TO REPORT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE 107,000. UPDATED 11/16/10 *CN UPDATED 11/26/10

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

OUR 2002 TAURUS WAS SITTING IN OUR DRIVEWAY WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD BANG. WHEN I LOOKED THE CAR OVER, I FOUND A BROKEN REAR LEFT SPRING. ONE END OF THE SPRING WAS ABOUT 1/2 INCH AWAY FROM THE TIRE. IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE ROAD, THE RESULT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. WE HAVE NOT HAD THE REPAIR DONE YET. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS LEFT REAR SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE SIDE WALL MAKING TIRE UNREPAIRABLE. RIGHT REAR SPRING ALSO BROKE BUT NOT YET TOUCHING TIRE SIDE WALL. I DO MY OWN REPAIRS AND THE COST WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $200 . PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE IF REQUESTED. *TR

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

SEE EA08018... REAR SPRINGS BOTH SNAPPED ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. THANK GOD I HADN'T MADE IT TO THE INTERSTATE YET. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, IT APPEARS THIS EXTREMELY COMMON ON THE 2002 FORD TAURUS AND THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THE CHRONIC NATURE OF THIS ISSUE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

LEFT REAR COIL SPRING IS BROKEN. *TR

I JUST PURCHASED A 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 40, 673 MILES. I HAD THE VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTED AND REVEALED THAT BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. I LEARNED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THE 2002 TAURUS, AFTER THE FACT THAT I HAD JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. MY DEALER IS REPLACING THEM AT NO CHARGE, BUT I WILL HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE THE FRONT SPRINGS. HOW CAN A VEHICLE WITH 40,500 MILES HAVE BROKEN SPRINGS? I AM CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF MY YOUNG FAMILY DRIVING ON THE ROADWAYS IF ALL THE SPRINGS ARE NOT REPLACED, AND THE 2002 TAURUS IS NOT RECALLED. *TR

2002 SEL NOTICED RUNNING A LITTLE LOW IN THE REAR, BEFORE I TOOK OFF FOR MY 140 MILE DRIVE TO THE RACE TRACK (I AM A CHAPLAIN) I DECIDED TO PULL ONE REAR TIRE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE SUSPENSION. SAW NO PROBLEMS, WAS ABOUT TO PUT IT ALL BACK, WHEN MY TIRE (THANKS GOD) FLIPPED OVER AND I SAW A GROOVE. WHY WOULD MICHELIN PUT A GROOVE LIKE THAT IN THE SIDEWALL? I WAS STUMPED AND THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD RUBBED, SO I STARTED LOOKING - THE LOWER COIL OF THE SPRING HAD POPPED OUT AND WAS WORN SHINY FROM THE CONTACT WITH THE TIRE. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING LIKE THAT FOR PROBABLY 1000 MILES. WENT AND BOUGHT A NEW STRUT ASSEMBLE AND NOW I AM TRYING TO GET THE LOWER PINCH BOLT OUT! THEN I NEED TO GO BUY A NEW TIRE. *TR

THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SNAPPED, AND JETTED INTO THE TIRE, CAUSING AIR TO LEAK AND A CIRCULAR RUT AROUND THE ENTIRE INSIDE RIM OF THE TIRE. LEFT DRIVER AND PASSENGERS STRANDED AND RESULTED IN ALMOST $600 IN REPAIRS. *TR

BOTH REAR SPRINGS BROKE ON MY 2002 TAURUS AT THE SAME TIME. THE BROKEN SPRING ALSO DAMAGED THE REAR TIRES. MY MECHANIC WOULD NOT LET ME DRIVE THE CAR TILL IT WAS REPAIRED BECAUSE THE BROKEN SPRINGS WERE STICKING INTO THE REAR TIRES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THE LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE. THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWO YEARS AGO. RECENTLY, THE REAR RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE WHICH WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERN OF THE POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 72,000.

REAR COIL SPRINGS FAILED AFTER 74,000 MILES. THIS WAS DISCOVERED DURING A SAFETY INSPECTION. THIS FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO FAIL THE SAFETY INSPECTION AND BY STATE LAW IS NOT DRIVEABLE UNTIL REPAIRED. SPRINGS HAD SPLIT AND WERE PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. THIS CAR IS NOT DRIVEN ON ROUGH ROADS, USED TO TOW OR CARRY ANY HEAVY LOADS. THE COST TO REPAIR WAS QUOTED AT $635 BY A FORD DEALERSHIP. I BELIEVE THAT THESE SPRINGS FAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE OR INADEQUATE MATERIALS.

2002 FORD TAURUS. RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING BROKEN AT BASE AND HUNG DOWN CAUSING TIRE DAMAGE. DID NOT PUNCTURE TIRE AS BROKEN END WAS FACING AWAY FORM TIRE, BUT POSSIBILITY OF MORE SERIOUS DAMAGE EXISTED. *TR

BOTH REAR SPRINGS ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SES BROKE. THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE 3 YEARS AGO. *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME IN HIS 2002 TAURUS, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. FORTUNATELY HE WAS NOT FAR FROM THE HOUSE AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME. I WAS UPSET BECAUSE I HAD JUST REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES ON 1/3/10. AS WE PROCESSED TO CHANGE THE TIRE, I DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THE COIL SPRINGS BREAKING, WHEN I HAD THE TIRES REPLACED BACK IN JANUARY. THE COMPLAIN NUMBER FROM THAT INCIDENT IS 10297845. I WAS TOLD BY THIS OFFICE AND BY THE FORD MOTOR CO. THAT THEY ARE LOOKING INTO THIS PROBLEM. HERE IT IS ALMOST 4 MONTHS LATER AND I HAVE NOT HEARD A THING!!. WHEN IS THIS PROBLEM GOING TO BE REMEDIED...WHEN SOMEONE DIES? PLEASE GET BACK...

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 BROKE AND SLASHED TIRE. NOW, A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE REAR SPRING IS BROKEN. *TR

I DIDNT GET INTO AND ACCIDENT. WENT TO CHANGE MY TIRES, THE REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKE. I REPLACED BOTH SIDES AND SPENT 800. TOOK MY CAR INTO MY DEALER IN JANUARY TO GET MY HEAT FIXED AND THEY TOLD ME THE RIGHT FRONT SPRING WAS BROKE. SO I HAD THE FIX PLUS THE TIE ROD *CN

2002 FORD TAURUS LAST MONTH I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH OF THE REAR SPRINGS LAST WEEK I HAD TO REPLACE THE RACK/PINION TODAY AS I JUST STARTED TO DRIVE FORWARD IN MY DRIVEWAY, THE FRONT RIGHT SPRING BROKE AND PIERCED THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE. I WAS GOING SO SLOW IN THE DRIVEWAY THAT THE SHARP EDGE OF THE BROKEN SPRING STARTED SLICING INTO THE TIRE AS IF A PERSON WERE PEELING AN APPLE. IT SCRAPED INTO THE TIRE UNTIL IT PIERCED THROUGH THE SIDEWALL. THANK HEAVENS THIS DID NOT HAPPEN AT 70MPH I HAVE READ ABOUT THE PRIOR RECALL INVOLVING THESE SAME PARTS ON THE 2001 AND EARLIER FORD TAURUS MODELS AND ON 2003 AND EARLIER FORD FOCUS MODELS WHICH USE THE SAME PARTS. HOW IN GOOD FAITH COULD YOU BELIEVE THAT THESE PARTS WERE GOING TO JUST DISAPPEAR FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH. FORD CONTINUED TO USE THESE...

2002 TAURUS LX DRIVING AND REAR STRUT ASSEMBLY FAILED SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE, VEHICLE TOWED FOR REPAIR. REAR COIL SPRINGS DEFECTIVE, FINAL COST OF NEW TIRE AND PARTS AND LABOR ON STRUTS APPROX $875- IN REPAIRS. *TR

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS HAS BROKEN BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS. THE CAR IS DRIVEN IN THE WESTERN NEW YORK AREA ALL OF IT'S LIFE AND HAS ABOUT 100,000 MILES. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER MODEL YEARS ALSO HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I'M GOING TO REPLACE THESE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, AND KEEP THE OLD PARTS. *TR

IN THE SUMMER OF 2009 MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP FOR BRAKE ISSUES. WHILE THERE, THE CAR'S BACK SPRINGS WERE FOUND TO BE BROKEN. TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM NEW PARTS WERE REQUIRED AND SUBSEQUENTLY BOUGHT AND REPLACED IN MY CAR. RECENTLY, IN THE PAST MONTH MY CAR STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE SUSPENSION AGAIN. WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THE SHOP THEY TOLD ME THAT THE FRONT SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. AGAIN NEW PARTS WERE REQUIRED TO FIX IT. *TR

BROKEN COIL SPRINGS FRONT AND REAR ON A 2002 FORD TAURUS. RESULTING IN PUNCTURED TIRES IN BOTH CASES. THEY BROKE WITHIN 7 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. LIVING IN MASS. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS, LEFT REAR COIL SPRING BROKE. PUNCTURED REAR TIRE. COIL SPRING AND TIRE REMOVED AND REPLACED. BROKEN COIL SPRING IS IN MY POSSESSION. *TR

1. THE 2002 TAURUS WAS PURCHASED NEW AND WE HAVE HAD NO UNUSUAL INCIDENTS, ACCIDENTS, OR FAILURES. 2. THE 2002 TAURUS WITH LESS THEN 60,000 MILES WAS PARKED WHEN THE REAR SPRING SNAPPED. THE EDGE OF THE SPRING CUT THE REAR TIRE CAUSING THE TIRE TO FAIL. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WITH THE VEHICLE PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED. YES WE RETAINED BOTH OF THE (FAILED) REAR SPRINGS. 3. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOED TO THE FORD DEALER. WE HAD BOTH REAR SPRINGS REPLACED. WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS A DESIGN CHANGE ON THE SPRING ALL WE WERE TOLD WAS TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. *TR

2002 TAURUS SES(66,698MILES) RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING FAILURE/BROKEN. *TR

BROKEN REAR DRIVER SIDE SPRING PENDING REPAIR YOU PEOPLE HAVE LIMITED YOUR INVESTIGATION IN EA08018 TO ONLY THE FRONT SPRINGS ON THE TAURUS MODELS. THE BACK SPRINGS ARE GARBAGE TOO. THANKS TO YOU '!@#$% BUREAUCRATS, THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS NATIONWIDE ARE BEING SCREWED OUT OF HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF REPAIR COSTS. MOST MECHANIC DON'T WANT TO JUST REPLACE THE SPRINGS, THEY WANT TO REPLACE THE STRUTS TOO. THAT ESTIMATED COST IS $1200. SO FAR WE'VE BEEN LUCKY THAT THE ONE SPRING THAT DID BRAKE, DID NOT DO PERIPHERAL DAMAGE, SO FAR. *TR

REAR COIL SPRING BROKE SOMETIME DURING 2006 OR 2007 WHICH CAUSED THE REAR END OF CAR TO SAG AND VEHICLE DID NOT HANDLE AS WELL AFTER WORDS. DURING THE SUMMER OF 2008 MY CAR SLIDE OFF THE HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING 50MPH DURING A RAIN STORM. I ALWAYS WONDERED IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO THE BROKEN COIL SPRING. LUCKILY I WASN'T HURT AND THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT BECAUSE I SLIDE INTO A GRASSY FIELD. THIS FALL 2009 I REPLACED THE REAR STRUTS AND SPRINGS AND NOW MY VEHICLE HANDLES MUCH BETTER. *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

REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SEDAN. DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE DAMAGED. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS- REAR SPRING COILS ARE CRACK AND RUSTED,CHECK OTHER 2002 FORD TAURUS HAVING SAME PROBLEM. PIECE OF THE COIL COULD FALL OUT AND PINCH TIRE OR PINCH CAR BEHIND YOU IF HITTING POT HOLE OR BIG BUMP. I CHECK TO SEE IF THERE BEEN A RECALL ON THIS, NONE SEEN YET. CHECK 7 SEVEN TAURUS WITH IN THAT YEAR. *TR