2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

MY '01 TAURUS SES WITH 62K WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE FROM THE REAR. TOOK IT FOR AN INSPECTION AND FOUND THE LEFT REAR SPRING WAS BROKEN. IT SCRATCHED THE INNER SIDE OF THE TIRE BUT DID NOT PUNCTURE IT. AS A CONSEQUENCE AND $400 LATER I HAD THE SPRINGS REPLACED. THIS CAR WAS INVOLVED IN THE FRONT SPRING SHIELD RECALL. THE REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME THAT THE MOST COMMON REPAIR ON THE TAURUS/SABLE AND FOCUS IS BROKEN REAR SPRINGS. *TR

I OWN A 2001 FORD TAURUS. APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND HEARD SOMETHING DROP FROM MY CAR (AT A SPEED OF 20 MPH). I STOPPED MY VEHICLE AND WALKED DOWN THE ROAD TO FIND, WHAT APPEARED TO BE A PART FROM MY VEHICLE. MY HUSBAND LOOKED AT IT, AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW, IT WAS MY FRONT COIL THAT HAD BUSTED. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPAIRED IT SINCE THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT COILS. LAST WEEK, I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND I HEARD SOMETHING METAL-LIKE FALL OFF MY VEHICLE AND MY CAR FISHTAILED (ABOUT 55 MPH). I STOPPED THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND FOUND THAT A COIL HAD BUSTED YET AGAIN. THIS TIME, THE COIL THAT BROKE WAS FROM THE REAR AND GOOD OLD FORD ADVISED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE REAR COILS---JUST THE FRONT!ARE YOU KIDDING ME? SO, IN SHORT, THERE IS AN APPARENT PROBLEM WITH THE COILS ON THE 2001 FORD TAURUS. I HAVE READ THROUGH ABOUT 200 COMPLAINTS THUS FAR AND DECIDED THAT SOMETHING AS TO BE WRONG WITH THESE COILS AND I FEEL THAT IT'S THE COMPANIES RESPONSIBILITIES TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES. PLEASE, DO NO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO LOOSE A LIFE IN ORDER TO ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE FROM THE VEHICLE. HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE IN FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND THEY CONFIRMED THE FAILURE. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE REAR COIL SPRINGS AT THE COST OF $1,200. THE CONTACT CALLED THE FORD MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY DO NOT COVER THE REAR SPRINGS OF THE VEHICLE, ONLY THE FRONT SPRINGS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000. UPDATED 3/11/09 *CN UPDATED 03/13/09. *JB

I AM SENDING THIS ON BEHALF OF MY FATHER WHO DOES NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS. HE OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS THAT IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY MY MOTHER AND ONLY HAS 26000 MILES ON IT. A FEW DAYS AGO WHEN HE WAS CLEANING OUT HIS GARAGE HE FOUND A PIECE OF METAL ON FLOOR WHICH HE BELIEVED WAS FROM THE CAR. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO HIS LOCAL MECHANIC HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED REPLACED. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON YOUR WEBSITE I FOUND THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS BUT NOT THE REAR. I ALSO CHECKED WITH THE DEALER WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING ABOUT THE RECALL FOR THE FRONT BUT NOT THE REAR. I ASKED THE DEALER WHY THERE WOULD NOT BE A RECALL FOR THE REAR AND ACCORDING TO HIM HE THINKS THERE SHOULD BE BUT FORD HAS NOT RELEASED ONE AS OF YET. BOTH REAR SPRINGS AND SWAG END LINKS HAD TO BE REPLACED THE CORRECT THE ISSUE AT A COST OF ABOUT $500. THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS A LITTLE DISHEARTENING SINCE THE VEHICLE HAS SUCH LOW MILEAGE, IS A 1 OWNER, VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT SINCE IT WAS NEW. *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS HAS A BROKEN REAR COIL SPRING. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED RECALL DUE TO A CORROSION/HIGH FAILURE RATE ISSUE. WHY AREN'T THE REAR COIL SPRINGS COVERED BY THIS RECALL? *TR

FORD HAS A WARANTY REPLACEMENT ON THIER FRONT SPRINGS FOR A FORD TAURUS BUT NOT ON THIER BACK SPRINGS, I OWN A 2001 FORD TAURUS WITH 83,000 MILES AND THE BOTH BACK SPRINGS ARE BROKE AND IT WAS CLOSE TO PUNTURING THE REAR TIRE, IF THE FRONT SPRINGS BREAK AND ARE COVERD BUT NOT THE BACKS ONE IS'NT IT A SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL. *TR

2001 FORD TAURUS WITH SUSPENSION NOISE WHILE DRIVING. FORD MECHANIC DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS FRONT AND REAR SPRINGS BROKEN ON 2/2/2009. PARTS HAVE NOT YET BEEN REPLACED. *TR

MY PASSENGER SIDE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE. LUCKILY I FOUND THE BROKEN PIECE IN MY DRIVEWAY. TOOK IT TO MIDAS AND RECEIVED A QUOTE TO REPLACE BOTH REAR SPRINGS AT A COST OF $900. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARS BANGING NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE CAUSED IMPROPER SUSPENSION ISSUES IN THE VEHICLE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HIS LOCAL SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS FAILED. THE DEALER HAS NOT CONFIRMED OR DENIED WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 75,000. UPDATED 02/24/09. *LJ UPDATED 02/24/09. *JB

2001 FORD TAURUS, 112,000 MILES. DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH ON HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE, HEARD LOUD BANG AND CAR PULLED LEFT AND I GAINED CONTROL AND STOPPED. FOUND LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE PUNCTURING LEFT TIRE. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. FORD WILL COVER COST OF FRONT SPRINGS REPLACEMENT. DEALERSHIP CALLED AND SAID RIGHT SPRING WAS BROKEN ALSO AND TRANSMISSION PAN WAS ALSO PUNCTURED FROM BROKEN SPRING AND NEEDED REPLACED. FORD WILL NOT COVER COST TO PAY FOR PUNCTURED TIRE OR TRANSMISSION PAN PLUS FLUID. TIRE HAD AROUND 300 MILE ON IT. FORD GARAGE CALLED BACK AND SAID REAR SPRINGS WERE ALSO BROKEN AND NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL FROM FORD. SHOULDN'T REAR SPRINGS BE COVERED ALSO SINCE BREAKAGE WAS RESULT OF CORROSION PROBLEM LIKE THE FRONT SPRINGS? ALSO, SHOULDN'T THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO THE TIRE AND TRANSMISSION BE COVERED ALSO? NEVER RECEIVED ANY FORM OF NOTIFICATION RELATING TO THIS RECALL. BUT I HAD RECEIVE OTHER RECALL FOR WIRING PROBLEMS. *TR