2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

MY BOTH FRONT AND BOTH BACK SPRING COILS BROKE IN MY CAR. NO-ONE EVER NOTIFIED ME ABOUT RECALL FOR MY CAR MODELS. I AM LUCKY THAT DIDN'T GOT INTO ANY ACCIDENTS. MY TIRES ARE LESS THAN 2 YEAR OLD AND ARE JUNK BECAUSE OF THE SPRINGS DAMAGING THEM. NOW I WILL HAVE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER TIRES, AND IT WILL COST ME A MONEY I DON'T REALLY PREPARED TO SPEND RIGHT NOW. I FOUND OUT ABOUT RECALL ON SPRINGS COIL ON MY CAR BY OVERHEARING SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT IT. I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT. DO FORD REALLY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET INTO ACCIDENT TO FIX THEIR PROBLEMS? *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING MY 2001 FORD TAURUS. HE PULLED IN TO MY DRIVEWAY WITH SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND RIGHT SIDE OF CAR. MY MECHANIC SAID THE FRONT SPRING BROKE WHICH ALSO BROKE THE STRUT AND SHREDDED THE BOOT. ITS COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. NOW MY CONCERN IS THE REAR SPRINGS. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL FOR THIS! APPARENTLY FORD KNOWS OF THESE COMPLAINTS AND DOES NOTHING! PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL!! BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE REPAIR SHOP, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE REAR QUICK STRUTS SPRING FAILED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SPRINGS FAILED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THE ISSUE WITH THE SPRINGS FOR THIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 115,318. UPDATED 5/15/09 *CN THE COST TO REPLACE EVERYTHING WAS $ 921.03 UDATED 05/15/09.*JB

I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC BECAUSE MY TIRE WAS SHREDDED. LATER I FOUND OUT THAT THE TIRE SHREDDED DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE FRONT WAS ALSO IN POOR CONDITION AND SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR MUCH LONGER. I CALLED FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THE FRONT WAS UNDER RECALL. I DROPPED HE CAR OFF TO STONEHAM FORD WHO TOLD ME THAT SINCE THEY WERE NOT CURRENTLY "FRACTURED" THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THEM. THEY WOULD NOT TELL ME THE CURRENT CONDITION YET MY MECHANIC STATES THEY ARE IN VERY POOR CONDITION. FORD CONTINUED TO SAY THAT SINCE THEY ARE NOT FRACTURED AND NO ONE HAS YET BEEN HURT, THEY ARE NOT REPLACING THEM. NO ONE HAS BEEN KILLED YET.*TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 20 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE SHREDDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE REAR COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE FAILING AND ADVISED THE CONTACT NOT TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO MAKE REPAIRS UNTIL THE COIL SPRINGS ACTUALLY FAILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 88,000.

HAD BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS COVERED UNDER FORD RECALL BUT ALSO HAD LEFT AND RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURES NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL. REAR COILS REPLACED AND INSTALLED FOR $415.13. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE REAR COIL SPRINGS AS WELL... *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH AND TURNING LEFT OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT YET BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 151,356. UPDATED 12/08/09. *LJ UPDATED 12/10/09.*JB

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE REAR TIRE BLEW MAKING THE CAR UNDRIVABLE. IT WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO FOUND THAT BOTH OF THE REAR SPRINGS HAD SNAPPED. I WAS TOLD THAT HAD HE BEEN TRAVELING AT A HIGHER SPEED HE MOST ASSUREDLY WOULD HAVE EITHER BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. THE COST OF THE REPAIR SO FAR HAS TOTALED ALMOST $900 DOLLARS. FORD HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND MY FRONT SPRINGS ARE ALSO ABOUT TO SNAP. FORD STATED THAT THE FRONT SPRINGS ARE RECALLED BUT THE REAR ARE NOT BECAUSE THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY FATALITIES YET. I HOPE THAT IT DOES NOT TAKE A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY TO GET FORD OR THE NHSTA TO MAKE FORD OWN UP TO ITS RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

A NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE LEAD ME TO LOOK AND FIND MY REAR COIL SPRINGS ON BOTH SIDES ARE BROKEN. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FRONTS, BUT NOT THE REARS, WHICH MAKES NO SENSE. FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS I'VE READ, I'M PRETTY LUCKY. MINE BROKE NEAR THE BASE, AND CAUSED NO FURTHER DAMAGE, BUT MANY APPARENTLY BREAK IN THE MIDDLE AND DESTROY THE TIRE. JUST ABOUT EVERY TAURUS I SEE SAGS IN THE BACK. I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT MORE OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ON AND HAVE NO IDEA. *TR

WENT TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER TO TAKE CARE OF A RECALL NOTICE I HAD RECEIVED ON MY 2001 TAURUS FOR BROKEN FRONT SPRINGS. WHILE THE DEALER TOOK CARE OF MY FRONT SPRINGS THEY ALSO INSPECTED THE REAR SPRINGS ON THE CAR. WHEN THEY WERE FINISHED THEY CAME OUT AND TOLD ME THE REAR SPRINGS ARE CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. I WORK IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY DEALING WITH METAL PARTS. I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF HEAT TREATING METALS AND IF FORD WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT SPRINGS CRACKING AND BREAKING DUE TO BAD HEAT TREATING, THE REAR SPRINGS FROM THE SAME TIME PERIOD SHOULD BE SUSPECT AND ALSO PART OF THE RECALL. *TR