2002 FORD TAURUS Complaints

I LOOKED UP MY CAR RECALLS AND THERE WHERE 3 AND WHEN I CALLED FORD THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WEBSITE IS WRONG AND THERE IS NO RECALLS. EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH MY CAR IS ON THE RECALLS. I JUST NEED TO KNOWN WHAT TO DO NOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN A LOUD NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE TO HER DESTINATION AND LATER NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS DEFLATED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO ADVISED THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED AND HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE, CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND BOTH TIRES WERE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE ALSO RECOMMENDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIR WAS NOT PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 161,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE CHANGING THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE, HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BECAME FLAT AND HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COIL SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,000. *TR...UPDATED 05/08/13 *BF UPDATED 06/11/2013 *JS

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR EVEN THOUGH THE SHIFT LEVER FEELS AS IF IT IS SHIFTING. WHEN LEVER IS IN D OR R, ENGINE JUST REVS. IN N THE CAR CAN BE PUSHED. IN P THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE PUSHED. *TR

TOOK CAR TO TIRE SHOP FOR WHEEL ALIGNMENT. SHOP CALLED TO US THAT RIGHT REAR SPRING BROKE AT TOP OF COIL NEAR THE RUBBER DAMPER. NO ACCIDENT HAS EVER OCCURRED WITH THIS VEHICLE. TOLD BY SHOP BOTH REAR SPRINGS MUST BE REPLACED FOR SAFETY PURPOSES. SHOP AND LOCAL NAPA STORE CONFIRMED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS RAMPANT ON OLDER FORD TAURUS MODELS. FOUND ONLINE THAT 99-01 FORD TAURUS HAS ALREADY BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT NOT 2002 MODEL. SPOKE WITH FORD TODAY AND PUT THEM ON NOTICE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THIS INCIDENT IS LIKE THE OTHERS PREVIOUSLY FILED. THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND POPPED THE TIRE. ACTUALLY SLICING INSIDE THE TIRE. THE MECHANIC SAID HE SEES THIS PROBLEM ALOT. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I HAD TO CHANGE BOTH FRONT SPRINGS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED IN TWO PLACES - APPROX 3/4 OF A COIL AT THE TOP AND APPROX 1/2 COIL AT THE BOTTOM. SLICED TIRE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE INSIDE SIDEWALL - ALMOST ALL THE WAY AROUND. ALSO DAMAGED THE TOP MOUNT OF THE SWAY BAR LINK. THIS IS MY DAUGHTER'S CAR. HAD THIS OCCURRED AT SPEED ON A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY I SHUDDER TO THINK OF THE RESULT - THE DRAG WOULD HAVE SENT THE CAR IMMEDIATELY INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC! AS POSSIBLE BACKGROUND, WE HAD A COLD SNAP RECENTLY WHERE THE TEMP GOT DOWN TO SINGLE DIGITS. MY DAUGHTER'S TAURUS WAS PARKED BESIDE OUR GARAGE. THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOUD, METALLIC BANG IN THE AREA OF HER CAR - SOUNDED ALMOST AS IF A ROCK HAD BEEN THROWN AT IT - BUT EVEN LOUDER. I WENT OUTSIDE TO INVESTIGATE BUT I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING OBVIOUS. NEXT TIME MY DAUGHTER ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE CAR SHE ONLY GOT A FEW FEET DOWN THE DRIVE WHEN SHE STOPPED TO ALERT MY WIFE OF A 'HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE'. MY WIFE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST RUSTY BRAKES DUE TO NON-USE OF THE CAR WHILE SHE WAS AWAY AT COLLEGE. WHEN MY DAUGHTER PUT IT BACK IN GEAR AND PULLED OUT INTO THE STREET THE LEFT FRONT CORNER COLLAPSED TO THE GROUND. I HAD THE CAR REPAIRED TODAY BUT NOW I'M SEEING EVIDENCE ON THE INTERNET THAT THESE COIL SPRINGS HAVE BEEN FAILING AND CONTINUE TO FAIL EVEN BEYOND THE 1999-2001 MODELS PREVIOUSLY RECALLED. I ALSO HAVE A 2004 SABLE AND A 2007 TAURUS. HOW CAN I NOT BE CONCERNED ABOUT A POSSIBLE SPRING DEFECT ON THEM AS WELL?? REGARDLESS, HOW CAN FORD BE ALLOWED TO TRIVIALIZE OUR LIVES WITH SUCH A GLARING RISK WHICH CAN ONLY BE MITIGATED BY PROACTIVE RECALL? (IT SURE WOULD HELP TO KNOW THE RESOLUTION OF PRIOR RECALL - WAS IT BETTER METAL OR THICKER COIL SPRING?) ANYWAY, PLEASE HELP! *TR

WITH A HARD PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL AT 55MPH..THE GAS PEDAL STUCK IN THE FULLY PRESSED POSITION AFTER LIFTING MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL...I THEN PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND STOMP THE GAS PEDAL A FEW TIMES AND THEN THE GAS PEDAL RELEASED FROM THE FULLY PRESSED POSITION. *TR

CAR WAS NOT MOVING, WAITING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT TO TURN LEFT IN A LONG LINE OF CARS WHEN SIDE AIRBAGS UNEXPECTEDLY DEPLOYED FOLLOWED BY THE THE FRONT DRIVER-SIDE AIR BAG. LUCKILY I WAS NOT INJURED, THOUGH DISORIENTED, DEAF AND BLIND FOR A MINUTE OR SO FROM THE EXPLOSIONS AND SMOKE IN THE CAR THE YELLOW AIR BAG SENSOR WARNING LIGHT WAS TURNING ON AND OFF FOR A YEAR SO I AM GUILTY OF POOR MAINTENANCE , BUT TALKING TO MY FRIENDS I FOUND OUT THAT IT IS NOT THAT UNCOMMON AND I THINK THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE SINCE NEXT TIME THIS EXPLOSION CAN HAPPEN TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND DESTROYED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ORDERED A SPRING AND A STRUT AND WOULD PERSONALLY REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL AND OFFERED NO OTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000.