2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

I HAVE A 2001 FORD TAURUS SE. ALL FOUR OF THE SUSPENSION COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN AND ONE OF THE BROKEN SPRINGS HAD AN END WHICH PROTRUED AND HAD RUBBED A GROOVE INTO THE TIRE (INSIDE REAR) PORTION DAMAGING THE SIDEWALL OF MY TIRE RENDERING THE TIRE USELESS.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY 2001 FORD TAURUS THAT I FEEL IS A SAFETY ISSUE. MY CONCERN WITH MY VEHICLE IS THAT I DISCOVERED THAT IT HAS THREE BROKEN SPRINGS, ONE OF WHICH CAME VERY CLOSE TO CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY TIRE, I DISCOVERED THIS AFTER I HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. UPON INVESTIGATING I DISCOVERED A BROKEN FRONT SPRING. FOLLOWING THIS I DISCOVERED BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AS WELL. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY ODD TO HAVE THREE BROKEN SPRINGS ON THE SAME CAR. RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ON THE WEB I FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. I CONTACTED A FORD DEALER FOR SERVICE AND WAS INFORMED THAT FORD HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY PERIOD FOR THE FRONT SPRINGS BUT NOT THE REAR. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD REQUIRE FORD TO RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. OBSERVING HOW CLOSE THE SPRING WAS TO MAKING CONTACT WITH THE TIRE I FEEL THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERE CONSEQUENCES SHOULD THE SPRING CAUSE SUDDEN TIRE FAILURE. I BELIEVE THAT A SPRINGS SUDDEN FAILURE WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE HANDLING PROBLEMS AS WELL. AGAIN, THREE SPRING FAILURES? IT WOULD APPEAR THIS MAY BE A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM SUCH AS A DEFECTIVE HEAT TREATING PROCESS OR INFERIOR STEEL USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THE SPRINGS. *DT

AT A STOP LIGHT, NO CRASH, BUT ALMOST. I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES HARD AND THE CAR ENGINE DID NOT WANT TO STOP. THE ENGINE KEPT TRYING TO GO FORWARD, BUT MY HARD BRAKING KEPT IT FROM GOING FORWARD. I HAD TO CHANGE CAR LANES TO PREVENT A CRASH. I HAD TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PRESSING HARD. THE CAR ENGINE FINALLY STOP TRYING MOVE FORWARD.. THIS HAS HAPPEN BEFORE WITH THIS CAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH SOME CLOSE CALLS. THIS HAPPENS ON AND OFF FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS. MY BRAKES ARE IN GOOD SHARP. MAYBE A SENSOR PROBLEM ??? *TR

ROUTINE DRIVING IS SUBURBS - BACK COIL SPRING BROKE IN 2001 TAURUS - THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE ISSUE AND FORD IS NOT HELPING OUT. THERE IS A RECALL ON HE FRONT SPRINGS, SO THEY WERE REPLACED FOR FREE, BUT THE BACK ONES COST MY 83 YEAR OLD MOTHER $1000. PLEASE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. MY BROTHER HAD A 2003 AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. NO RECALL, SO HE HAD TO PAY ALL OF IT. I ONCE HAD A 2000 AND WHEN IT BROKE IT BLEW OUT THE TIRE AND I ALMOST KILLED ME, MY FAMILY AND ABOUT 10 OTHER PEOPLE ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS AS BAD AS THE TOYOTA THING. *TR

WITHOUT NOTICE FORD TAURUS 2001 SES JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING. I WAS ON A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY AND GOING AROUND 70MPH. AND THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED GOING. SEEMS LIKE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET SAFELY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *TR

ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS MY CAR WOULD TRY TO LUNGE FORWARD WHEN I SLAM ON THE BRAKES. I HAD SOME CLOSE CALLS IN HITTING SOMEONE OR A CAR. LUCKY I HAD MY FOOT ALREADY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND WOULD BRAKE HARD AGAIN, THEN AGAIN SOMETIMES. I STARTED CHECKING UNDER THE HOOD AND I FOUND THAT MY BRAKE FLUID CONTAINER LID WAS NOT ON TIGHT. AFTER PLACING THE LID ON TIGHT I HAD NO MORE PROBLEMS WITH BRAKING OR THE CAR WOULD TRY TO GO FORWARD WHEN I SLAM ON THE BRAKES. *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS - 74,000 MILES - BOTH REAR SPRINGS ARE BROKEN AND WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC SAID HE SEES A LOT OF THESE BROKEN SPRINGS IN THE TAURUS LINE. HE SAID QUITE OFTEN THEY WILL TEAR INTO THE TIRE AND CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE OR AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER TO HAVE THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING REPLACED. A YEARS LATER WHEN THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALER NOTICE THE THAT BOTH STRUTS IN THE REAR WERE BROKEN. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIR BECAUSE THE CONTACT FEELS THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND SHOULD BE UNDER A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

2001 FORD TAURUS. I FOUND A LARGE PIECE OF METAL LYING ON MY DRIVEWAY. I TOOK MY CAR TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO REPLACE BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS AS WELL AS STRUTS. TOTAL BILL WAS 970.00 WE WERE VERY LUCKY WE NOTICED THE PIECE OF METAL ON DRIVEWAY. I UNDERSTAND THESE BROKEN COIL SPRINGS ARE CAUSING REAR TIRE BLOW-OUTS! I NOTIFIED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THEY DO NOT INTEND TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS REAR SPRING FAILURE . THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR SPRING BROKE AND RUINED THE TIRE . IT ALMOST WORE THROUGH THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE . I THINK THIS IS A REAL SAFETY PROBLEM . I CALLED FORD AND TO REPORT THE PROBLEM . AT THIS TIME THEIR ARE NO RECALLS FOR REAR SPRINGS . *CN