2003 FORD TAURUS Suspensionfront Problems

2003 FORD TAURUS WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY WHEN FRONT DRIVERSIDE SPRING SNAP AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. *TR

MY WIFE BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY IN OUR 2003 FORD TAURUS, THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. I REPLACED THE STRUT, SPRING AND TIRE. I CHECKED WITH FORD TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL. THE SPRING RECALL ONLY COVERED 2002 TAURUS. I STILL HAVE THE SPRING, STRUT AND MAYBE THE TIRE. I REPORTED THIS WITH FORD, EVEN GAVE THEM THE SERIAL # OFF THE SPRING AND STRUT. *TR

DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, BROKEN SPRING RIPPED THE SIDE OF THE TIRE. STABILIZER BAR ALSO BROKEN. *TR

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING COIL BROKE CAUSING A LARGE GASH IN THE TIRE AND INSTANT DEFLATION. HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND THE TIRE SEEMED TO EXPLODE WITH A LOUD SOUND AND DEBRIS. I UNDERSTAND THAT EARLIER MODELS OF THE FORD TAURUS HAVE BEEN RECALLED (BREAKING COIL SPRINGS RECALL NO. 04V332000) AND FIXED BUT THE RECALL HAS NOT BEEN EXTENDED TO NEWER MODELS. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, THE DANGER STILL EXISTS AND THE COST TO FIX THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *TR

VEHICLE: 2003 FORD TAURUS WAGON, 95,000 MILES, ALL IN MICHIGAN BY ORIGINAL OWNER. FRIDAY MORNING (FROST WARNING), APRIL 9, 2010. MOVED THE CAR 6 INCHES, WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT, CORNER OF CAR DROPPED. FOLLOWING DAY, TOOK TIRE (16,000 MILES) TO PLACE OF PURCHASE, WHERE THEY HOISTED THE CAR AND DISCOVERED RUPTURED COIL SPRING HAD PUNCTURED TIRE. HAD IT RUPTURED TEN MILES LATER, I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON INTERSTATE 696 GOING 70 MPH IN RUSH HOUR, PUTTING ME, MY PASSENGER AND ADJACENT VEHICLES AT RISK OF DEADLY CRASH. 20 MILES AFTER REPAIR OF SUSPENSION, MY TEENAGE SON, BRAND NEW DRIVER, WAS DRIVING ON ANOTHER INTERSTATE; IT COULD HAVE BEEN HIM (AND ME) INJURED. I'M FURIOUS AT FORD AND AT NHTSA, AS NEITHER HAVE TAKEN ACTION TO REMEDY WELL ESTABLISHED, KNOW DEFECT. HOW MANY DEATHS WILL IT TAKE? DO SOMETHING NOW!! TOTAL COST OF TWO NEW SPRINGS WITH...

COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE - WHICH BLEW OUT MY FRONT TIRE. I HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW TIRE AND THEN HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. HE REPLACED COIL SPRINGS ON BOTH SIDES AND AS A RESULT OF BROKEN COIL SPRING IT BROKE ANOTHER PART WHICH COST AN ADDITIONA $69.00.

WE WERE AT A SCHOOL EVENT AND AT THE END OF THE DAY GOT IN OUR 2003 FORD TAURUS AND PUT IN GEAR TO LEAVE THE PARKING LOT HEARD A LOUD BANG. GOT OUT AND NOTICED FRONT RIGHT TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT. GOT THE JACK AND SPARE TIRE OUT OF TRUNK, LIFTED CAR, LOOSENED LUGS AND TRIED TO PULL OFF TIRE - WOULDN'T COME OFF. REACHED BEHIND TIRE AND FOUNT THE SUSPENSION SPRING WAS STICKING IN THE BACK OF THE TIRE. REACHED IN FURTHER AND PULLED OUT A SECTION OF THE SPRING THAT WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF AND TOSSED IT ON THE GROUND. PUT TIRE BACK ON AND HAD A FLAT BED TRUCK COME TO TOW TO THEIR REPAIR SHOP. I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS REPAIR BILL. *TR

FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED THE PASSENGER TIRE. *TR

2003 FORD TAURUS FRONT SUSPENSION COIL FRACTURE, RESULTING IN A ADJACENT TIRE RAPIDLY LOSING AIR. *TR

MY WIFE AND I GOT IN THE CAR TO GO HOME, I STARTED THE CAR AND WENT TO LEAVE WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND CAR DROPPED SEVERAL INCHES. THE RIGHT FRONT SPRING HAD BROKEN AND ONE OF THE PIECES PUNCTURED THE TIRE CAUSING IT TO DEFLATE IMMEDIATELY. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, HAD IT HAPPENED THEN IT COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. I SPOKE WITH THE DEALER AND ALSO CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER VIA E-MAIL AND BOTH BASICALLY SAID SORRY FOR YOUR LUCK. I KNOW THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES AND I ACTUALLY KNOW SOMEONE PERSONALLY THAT HAD THE SAME THING OCCUR WITH HIS 2002 FORD TAURUS. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING REPAIRED NOW, I AM REPLACING BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION AND WILL TRY TO KEEP THE BROKEN SPRING BUT THERE MAY BE A CORE...

FRONT COIL SPRING EXPLODED, 2003 FORD TAURUS. CAR WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC LANE. FRONT TIRE RUBBED ON WHEEL WELL. INABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE. VERY DANGEROUS. $900 TO REPAIR. I READ OF ISSUES WITH 2003 AND 2001 MODELS. FORD RECALLED 2001 MODELS AND APPARENTLY FORD DIDN'T FIX THIS PROBLEM IN TIME. WHERE IS THE 2003 RECALL? *TR

2003 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON WITH 25000 MILES. THE FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED. IT HAPPENED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE FRONT TIRE WAS RUINED AND A STABILIZER ARM WAS ALSO RUINED. MY DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW EXPERIENCED THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM WITH A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. *TR

WITH THE CAR PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, STARTED THE CAR, PLACED IT IN REVERSE, THE FRONT LEFT STRUT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. COMPLETE STRUT ASSEMBLY AND TIRE NEED TO BE REPLACED. POTENTIALLY DEADLY CRASH IF IT HAPPENED ON A FREEWAY. GOOGLE SEARCH (2003 FORD TAURUS FRONT SUSPENSION COMPLAINTS) REVEALS MANY HAVE HAD A SIMILAR INCIDENT AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS SAME ISSUE FOR PRIOR YEAR VEHICLES. MAKES YOU WONDER IF FORD EVER FIXED THE PROBLEM BEFORE THE 2003 MODEL YEAR, OR LIKE MANY OTHER RECALLS THE RECALL WILL BE EXTENDED TO COVER THROUGH THE 2003 MODEL YEAR. RESEARCH SHOWS THE MANUFACTURER'S TRY TO ACHIEVE THIS TO MINIMIZE THE COST OF THE REPAIRS AS FEWER CARS WILL BE IN SERVICE WHEN THE RECALL IS EXTENDED. IT APPEARS THE PROBLEM IS CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED BY NHTSA: NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : EA08018 NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER : N/A...

ON MY WIFE'S 2003 FORD TAURUS, THE FRONT SPRING BROKE AND CAUSED MULTIPLE DAMAGES TO THE VEHICLE. FIRST OF ALL THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN OUT DUE TO THE SPRING BREAKING AND SECONDLY, A SWAY LINK WAS DAMAGED TO THE POINT OF REPAIR ALONG WITH ANOTHER PART THAT I NEED TO ASK THE MECHANIC THE NAME OF. THIS SAME MODEL CAR HAD A RECALL IN THE YEARS OF 1999 AND 2001 FOR JUST THIS REASON. THE MECHANIC SEES THIS CONSTANTLY FROM THIS MODEL CAR. THE RECALL WAS FOR A "BOOT" TO BE APPLIED TO THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE SPRING FROM PENETRATING THE TIRE WHILE DRIVING. FORTUNATELY, I WAS DRIVING THE CAR OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND DOWN THE ALLEY, THEREFORE NO ACCIDENT HAPPENED. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD DIRECTLY AND THEY SAY THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE FOR THIS AND REFERRED ME TO YOU. THE...

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF MY HOME, THE FRONT LEFT STRUT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. COMPLETE STRUT ASSEMBLY AND TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

2003 TAURUS 25K MILES. AS THE CAR WAS BEING BACKED OUT OF GARAGE A POPPING SOUND CAME FROM THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. DURING THE REMOVAL OF THE FLAT LEFT FRONT TIRE WE FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AT THE BOTTOM FIRST COIL AND ROTATED INTO THE TIRE SIDEWALL DESTROYING THE TIRE. LOOKING AT THE BROKEN SPRING IT LOOKS LIKE THE CRACK STARTED AT A RUSTED AREA AND FRACTURED ACROSS THE COIL. IT APPEARS TO BE THE SAME AS FORD SAFETY RECALL 04S17. I CALLED FORD TO SEE IF THIS APPLIED TO THIS CAR AND THEY SAID NO. IN ORDER TO FIX THIS THE STRUT, SPRING, SWAY BAR LINK, AND TIRE NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE RIGHT SIDE SPRING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BEFORE IT BRAKES AND CAUSES AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS THERE WAS A LOUD CLANKING NOISE AND A STRONG RUBBER BURNING ODOR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH CAUTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE FAILURES WERE CONTRIBUTED TO A BROKEN STRUT ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE STRUT WAS ALSO SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED BOTH FRONT STRUTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,300. *CN UPDATED 02/18/10.*JB

2003 FORD TAURUS FRONT SPRING FAILURE RESULTING IN DESTRUCTION OF FRONT TIRE. LEFT FRONT SPRING CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED IN DRIVEWAY WHILE DRIVER WAS ENTERING CAR, SPRING PUNCTURED LEFT FRONT TIRE RESULTING IN INSTANT DEFLATION. TEMPERATURE AT TIME OF FAILURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25F. WITH 116,688 MILES, LAST PASSED NH STATE SAFETY INSPECTION IN JUNE 2009 WHICH INCLUDED CLOSE INSPECTION OF FRONT END DUE TO TIE ROD REPLACEMENT & SUBSEQUENT WHEEL ALIGNMENT. CAR OWNED AND OPERATED IN THE SALT BELT STATES OF RI, MA AND NH. CARFAX REPORT IN 2007 SHOWED GOOD MAINTENANCE HISTORY AND NO HISTORY OF ANY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. COST TO REPAIR WAS $750 INCLUDING SPRING REPLACEMENT, FRONT STABILIZER LINK REPLACEMENT, FRONT END ALIGNMENT, AND TIRE REPLACEMENT. PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, BUT CONTACT INFO TO REPAIRING SERVICE PERSON IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. *TR

MID DECEMBER I NOTICED MY ALIGNMENT WAS TURNING TOWARDS THE RIGHT, ABOUT A WEEK MAYBE LESS, LATER I NOTICED MY CAR WAS STARTING TO WOBBLE. I TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE AND THEY SAID MY BALL JOINTS WERE SERIOUSLY WORN AND BECAUSE OF THE WOBBLE THE INSIDE OF MY TIRES WERE WORN OUT. BALL JOINTS AND TIRES NOW NEED REPLACED. *TR

I SAT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT OF MY 2003 FORD TAURUS AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SPRING SHEARED AND SLASHED MY TIRE. I HAD TO TOW THE CAR AND REPLACE BOTH FRONT STRUTS, SPRINGS AND THE RUINED TIRE. I SAW THIS WAS COMMON IN 2001-2003 TAURUSES IN NORTHERN STATES BUT A RECALL HAS ONLY BEEN ISSUED ON THE 2001 MODELS. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. *TR

WAS MAKING A TURN ONTO A STREET WHEN I NOTICED LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER. STOPPED AND NOTICED FRONT LEFT TIRE WAS FLAT. AFTER REMOVAL OF TIRE, NOTICED THAT INSIDE OF TIRED HAD BEEN RIPPED OPEN AS A RESULT OF THE BREAKING OF THE FRONT LEFT SPRING THAT ENCOMPASSES THE SHOCK. *TR

WHILE BACKING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS OUT OF MY GARAGE, THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT TIRE CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE AND DESTROYING THE TIRE. *TR

OWNER WAS PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY (IN REVERSE) WHEN LOUD NOISE OCCURRED AND LEFT FRONT PORTION OF CAR DROPPED DOWN TOWARDS PAVEMENT. ALL TIRES WERE FULLY INFLATED PRIOR TO OPERATING VEHICLE. DRIVER EXITED VEHICLE TO FIND TIRE PUNCTURED/SHREDDED AND A RING OF THE SPRING COIL ON THE GROUND. VEHICLE WAS PUT ON JACKS AT WHICH TIME IT WAS DETECTED THAT TIRE HAD BEEN SHREDDED BY BROKEN SPRING COIL WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO STRUT. VEHICLE IS TO BE TOWED TO FORD AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER FOR EVALUATION AND REPLACEMENT OF TIRE, COIL SPRING AND POSSIBLY STRUT DEPENDING ON DAMAGES TO BE DETECTED. *TR

1. NORMAL DRIVING CONDITION. 2. FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING FAILURE RESULTING IN A PUNCTURED TIRE, BROKEN SWAY BAR END LINK AND POSSIBLY RUPTURED BRAKE HOSE. 3. VEHICLE NOT DRIVABLE, TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY. WILL NEED TO REPLACE SPRING, STRUT, SWAY BAR END LINK, POSSIBLY BRAKE LINE. FAILED COIL SPRING IS AVAILABLE. *TR

2003 FORD TAURUS LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND SEVERED TIRE. *TR

ON DEC 26, 2009 MY WIFE WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY TO HEAD TO WORK, AND THE PASS FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT DUE TO THE COIL SPRING RUPTURING. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 80,000 MILES ON IT. RESEARCHING THIS, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CASES WHERE THIS HAS OCCURRED, A SMALL SAMPLING CAN BE FOUND HERE: HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/FORD_SPRINGS.HTML IT IS A WIDELY DOCUMENTED ISSUE, WITH NO RECALL ACTION BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY. I AM CURRENTLY DEPLOYED, SERVING OUR COUNTRY... WHY HAS THERE BEEN NO ACTION TO FORCE FORD TO FIX THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED? THE PROPERTY DAMAGED BY THIS FAILURE WAS MY CAR, WHICH INVOLVES THE SPRING, STRUT AND TIRE (JUST PURCHASED EARLIER THIS YEAR). MY WIFE LOST A DAY OF WORK BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. HOW LONG DOES IT REALLY TAKE FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF FAULTY MANUFACTURING, WITH THE POTENTIAL OF ENDING LIVES, HAVE TO TAKE...

THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING ON MY MOTHERS 2003 FORD TAURUS BROKE AS SHE WAS NEARING HOME. IT DESTROYED THE TIRE. I CALLED FORD & THEY SAID THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT ONLY FOR TAURUSES UP TO 2001. MY MOTHER DRIVES ON A LOT OF HIGHWAYS & I FEEL THIS COULD BE VERY UNSAFE. A LOCAL AUTO SHOP REPLACED IT & TOLD HER THE SPRINGS BREAK AS EASILY ON THE '03'S AS THE OLDER TAURUSES. *TR

AS I BEGAN TO DRIVE MY 2003 FORD TAURUS, I HEARD AND FELT A LOUD NOISE IN THE FRONT END. THE FRONT END OF THE CAR DROPPED SUDDENLY. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS, AND GOT OUT TO INSPECT IT. I FOUND THE PASSENGER-SIDE FRONT TIRE NOT ONLY FLAT, BUT NEARLY DRAGGED OFF THE RIM. IT HAD BEEN SPEARED BY THE COIL SPRING, WHICH WAS BROKEN AND HAD RUN THROUGH THE (ALMOST NEW) TIRE LIKE A HOOK. TWO-THIRDS OF THE TIRE SIDEWALL IS TORN OPEN. LUCKILY I WAS NOT DRIVING AT ANY GREAT SPEED WHEN THIS OCCURRED. WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT ANY RECALL OR TSB THAT MAY APPLY AT MY LOCAL FORD DEALER, THE WOMAN AT THE DESK TOLD ME THIS TYPE OF FAILURE "TENDS TO HAPPEN", AND DID NOT SEEM AT ALL CONCERNED, OR EVEN SURPRISED, AT THE PROBLEM. I WAS QUOTED ROUGHLY $400...

2003 FORD TAURUS, NOISE FROM LEFT FRONT, HARD TO STEER, FOUND LEFT FRONT TIRE FLAT, AFTER SWAPPING TIRE WITH SPARE FOUND NOISE STILL PRESENT AND HARD TO STEER, TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP FOUND LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKEN, REPLACED BOTH FRONT SPRINGS, STRUTS AND BALL JOINT HAD PLAY IN THEM. *TR

BACKING UP 2003 FORD TAURUS FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED TIRE. THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY FOR BOTH SIDES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING FRACTURED ON MY 2003 FORD TAURUS, PUNCTURING THE ADJACENT TIRE. THIS HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY AS MY WIFE WAS LEAVING FOR WORK AND THE TIRE INSTANTLY WENT FLAT. *TR

WENT TO BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS AND A LOUD GUSH OF AIR WAS HEARD AND THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WENT FLAT. REMOVED TIRE AND FOUND FRONT SPRING WAS BROKEN AND HAD PUNCTURED TIRE. HAVE GOTTEN THE VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP AND AM AWAITING REPAIR ESTIMATE. *TR

DRIVING @ APPROX 30MPH AND HEARD LOUD POP...IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO DISCOVER FRONT END DRIVER SIDE LOWER THAN REST OF CAR. ENDED UP FRONT SPRING CRACKED. BOTH FRONT SPRINGS/STRUT ASSEMBLIES REPLACED. *TR

2003 FORD TAURUS HAS HAD 3 COIL SPRING FAILURES IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS, RESULTING IN 2 TIRE PUNCTURES. NO ACCIDENTS, NO INJURIES. THIS VEHICLE IS DRIVEN DAILY BY A 71 YEAR OLD MAN. *TR

COIL SPRING SNAPPED OFF WENT THROUGH TIRE AND POPPED TIRE - FORTUNATELY HAPPENED IN DRIVEWAY BACKING OUT - IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE ROAD SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *TR

2003 FORD TAURUS- BROKEN LEFT FRONT SPRING. TURNING AROUND IN MY DRIVEWAY, THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURING THE TIRE, AND CAUSING THE CAR TO COLLAPSE NEARLY TO THE GROUND. MY CAR HAS ABOUT 78,000 MILES OF NORMAL ROAD DRIVING. THE FORD DEALER SAID THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS BUT IT ENDED WITH 2001 VEHICLES. MY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THE PROBLEM DID NOT END WITH THE 2001 VEHICLES AND CERTAINLY WAS NOT CORRECTED THROUGH AT LEAST 2003, PERHAPS LONGER. THE REPAIR EXPENSE SHOULD BE ON FORD. IT IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND NOT MY FAULT OR BECAUSE OF WEAR. MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT IF I HAD BEEN DOING 55 MPH OR 65 MPH. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT, PERHAPS EVEN DEATH. WHEN WILL THE OTHER SIDE BREAK? RESEARCH INDICATES THAT IT MAY VERY WELL HAPPEN AGAIN. I'M VERY, VERY CONCERNED AND CONSTANTLY WORRIED WHEN...

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE. MAKING LEFT HAND TURN WHEN COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING MOMENTARY LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. REPLACED BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS. FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION / RESEARCH. *TR

IN MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SEL (24V DOHC 3.0L) I EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING ON THE FRONT ASSEMBLY. AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION. I STILL HAVE THE OLD SPRING (IT HAS BEEN CUT INTO SEVERAL PIECES TO FACILITATE REMOVING IT FROM THE VEHICLE). IN ADDITION TO THE COIL SPRING DESTROYED WAS A GOODYEAR EAGLE GT P215/60R16 95V. THIS TIRE HAS BEEN REPLACE BY MY TIRE DEALER AT NO COST TO ME. *TR

I HAD MY 2003 FORD TAURUS INSPECTED BY A LOCAL GARAGE ON FRIDAY, JULY 31ST. 2009 IN AMBLER, PA. I WAS INFORMED THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE MY SWAY BARS REPLACED TO PASS INSPECTION. THE WORK WAS PERFORMED AND MY CAR PASSED ITS STATE INSPECTION. ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5TH, 2009 AS MY WIFE BACKED OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY WITH MY 1-YEAR OLD AND 2-YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS IN THE CAR, THE FRONT, DRIVERSIDE TIRE SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT WARNING FAILED. THINKING IT WAS JUST A FLAT, I PREPARED TO PUT THE SPARE TIRE ON THE CAR. UPON REMOVING THE LUGNUTS, I REALIZED THE PROBLEM WAS MUCH MORE SERIOUS. THE COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE, RENDERING IT USELESS. (THE TIRES WERE BRAND NEW, I HAD JUST PURCHASED THEM IN ORDER TO PASS MY STATE INSPECTION.) I WAS FORCED TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED BACK TO THE GARAGE THAT PERFORMED THE...

WAS MOVING CAR INTO GARAGE AND COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED TIRE ON DRIVERS SIDE FRONT. *TR

MY 2003 FORD TAURUS HAD BEEN PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG AND THEN AIR LEAKING. I DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT FRONT SPRING HAD BROKEN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SPRING, STABILIZER LINK, STRUT AND TIRE. WE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH SPRINGS, BOTH STABILIZER LINKS, BOTH STRUTS AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. *TR

IN REGARDS TO COMPLAINT # EA08018, I EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 2003 FORD TAURUS. I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLEW. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING WAS THE UNDERLYING ISSUE. THE FRACTURED COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE ADJACENT FRONT TIRE. I AM AWARE THAT THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH TAURUSES, PARTICULARLY IN THE SALT BELT STATES-- I RESIDE IN MICHIGAN. GIVEN THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT REPAIRED, I WILL BE CONTACTING MY LOCAL FORD DEALER MONDAY JULY 6TH TO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO FOR ME. *TR

I OWN A 2003 FORD TAURUS WITH DEFECTIVE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. ON 6/22/09, THE SPRING ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE WHILE SITTING IN MY GARAGE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. ACCORDING TO FORD, AND MY MECHANIC, THESE SPRINGS WERE RECALLED, BUT ONLY UP TO THE 2001 TAURUS. THE SPRING SHOWED NO SIGNS OF RUST OR CORROSION, AND BASICALLY JUST CRACKED AND BROKE. IF THE BREAK HAD OCCURRED WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN IT WOULD HAVE HAD THE POTENTIAL OF SERIOUS INJURY/DEATH. AS THE SPRINGS APPEAR TO BE THE SAME AS IN THE 2001 MODEL, I AM CURIOUS WHY THE 2003 SPRINGS WERE ALSO NOT RECALLED. I NOW HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE BOTH SPRINGS REPLACED, AS WELL AS THE TIRE, WHICH WAS NEARLY NEW. *TR

AS I WAS BACKING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS (55,000 MILES) OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I HEARD A LOUD BANG, I STOPPED THE CAR. I FOUND MY LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD BLOWN. I CALLED AAA TO CHANGE THE TIRE THAT IS WHEN I FOUND OUT THE SPRING BROKE PUNCTURING THE TIRE. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO BE IN MY DRIVEWAY. THE MECHANIC I TOOK THE CAR TO WAS NOT SURPRISED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. LIVES COULD BE LOST . PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. *TR

WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SNAPPED LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING AND STABBED THE TIRE. WHILE BREAKING, IT ALSO BROKE THE STRUT AND TORSION BAR. TOTAL COST WAS $810.00. I WENT TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID " WATER GOT UP IN THERE AND ROTTED IT." *TR

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED BRAND NEW TIRE WHILE REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, INSTANTLY DEFLATING TIRE. WAS ON A ROAD TRIP OUT OF STATE AT THE TIME AND HAD IT HAPPENED ON ANY OF THE 65 MPH HIGHWAYS WE TRAVELED, IT WOULD'VE CAUSED A SERIOUS CRASH. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED 90 MILES BACK HOME AND AM BEING TOLD I WILL NEED TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND STRUTS AS WELL AS REPLACE THE BRAND NEW TIRE THAT WAS DAMAGED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND CUT THE TIRE IN HALF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THE COIL SPRING. THE FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE REPAIRED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT YOU CANNOT REPAIR ONE COIL SPRING WITHOUT REPAIRING THE OTHER. THE FORD DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR HIM. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 70,000.

2003 TAURUS WAGON - FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED/ DESTROYED TIRE. STARTED CAR IN AM, PLACED INTO REVERSE AND HEARD NOISE/ AIR PRESSURE WHOOSH AND LF SANK. LEARNED COILS SPRING HAD FAILED WHEN REMOVED TIRE TO PUT ON SPARE. TOLD BY BOTH DEALER SERVICE MANAGER AND TOW TRUCK OPERATOR THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. CHECKED ON-LINE AND IT DOES SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM ADDRESSED FOR 99-01 BUT NOT 02-03 YET. NHTSA INVESTIGATION OPEN. ALTHOUGH FORD ARGUES FAILURE SUCH AS THIS NOT LIFE THREATENING, I FEEL IF ROADS ARE SLICK WITH SNOW/ ICE, LOSS OF CONTROL COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. IN ANY EVENT, IT APPEARS THERE IS A HISTORY OF THIS PROBLEM WITH 02 - 03 MODEL YEARS THAT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE THE 99-01'S BASED ON MY SEARCH OF THE NET. *TR

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPOT, PUNCTURING THE SIDE WALL OF TIRE( 30K MI LEFT ON TIRE) NOW HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH COIL SPRING(ONLY COME IN PAIRS, BY NEW TIRE. DAM LUCKY I WASN'T ON EXPRESS WAY DOING 65. MY CAR IS A 2003 FORD TAURUS 98K MI. *TR

RIGHT FRONT STRUT/SPRING MOUNT BROKE LOOKS LIKE FROM CORROSION THESE MODELS WERE RECALLED ON EARLIER MODELS FOR THIS SAME THING SEEMS LIKE ITS NOT ON YOUR SITE FOR THE 2003'S. *TR