2002 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING SNAPPED CAUSING THE LEFT TIRE TO POP OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THE COIL SPRINGS WERE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE COIL SPRINGS WILL BE REPLACED BY THE CONTACT FOR $300. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR HER VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 08/04/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND AS HE PROCEEDED TO DRIVE, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED AND WAS RESTING ON THE TIRES. HE THEN NOTICED THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT HE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE BROKEN SPRINGS. THE COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE AND THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000. UPDATED 07/08/11 *BF UPDATED 07/18/11*JB

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. AFTER HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO THE MECHANIC, I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT ONLY HAS 45,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ONLINE, I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILING DUE TO A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED AS OF YET. *TR

CAR WAS RECEIVING SAFETY INSPECTION AND WAS NOTICED THAT REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKE BOTH REAR STRUTS REPLACED AT THAT TIME 1-4-10, 119,500 MILES. THE FRONT DRIVER SPRING ALSO BROKE WHILE DRIVING LEAVING PARTS ON THE ROAD ON 5-27-11, 139,123 MILES. BOTH FRONT STRUTS WERE REPLACED AT THAT TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHEN HE HEARD A VERY LOUD BANGING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD BEEN PUNCTURED BY THE COIL SPRING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 148,000.

PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. BASED ON MECHANICS COMMENTS, DISCUSSION WITH OTHER TAURUS OWNERS AND INTERNET RESEARCH THERE IS SUFFICIENT ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE IS A DESIGN DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION IN THE AND OTHER FORD VEHICLES. I HAD RECENTLY HAD THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED. I NOTICED A PERFORMANCE ISSUE FOLLOWING THE SERVICE. THE PCM PRODUCED AN ERROR CODE THREE WEEKS FOLLOWING THE SERVICE. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE DIRECTLY TO THE MECHANICS THE ERROR CODE INDICATED THAT 3RD GEAR IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. THE ONLY FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS THE ENGINE WAS STARTED, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE ENGINE WAS QUICKLY TURNED OFF AND THE KEY WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE IGNITION YET THE ENGINE NOISE CONTINUED TO INCREASE EXCESSIVELY WITHOUT THE KEYS BEING IN THE IGNITION FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LATER BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,656.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD CLANGING NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CONTINUED DRIVING AND UPON REACHING HER RESIDENCE, SHE NOTICED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING HAD COMPLETELY FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND REPAIRED. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS FLAT. WHEN INSPECTED, HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED AND HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEABLE AND WAS TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT HE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS AND WOULD PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

BROKEN LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FRONT TIRE AS WELL AS OTHER SUSPENSION AND DRIVE AXLE COMPONENTS. THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT INVESTIGATION NHTSA EA08-018. NO INJURIES OR CRASH RESULTED. *TR