2002 FORD TAURUS Complaints

WHILE BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE PUNCTURING THE TIRE, SEPARATING THE AXLE, AND DAMAGING THE STABILIZER LINK. FORTUNATELY NO INJURIES OCCURRED.

JUST STARTING BACKING UP AND HEARD AND LOUD SOUND AND THEN THE TIRE WENT FLAT. TRIED TO CHANGE THE TIRE BUT COULD NOT GET IT OFF. I FOUND THAT THE SPRING HAD BROKE AND WENT THROUGH THE TIRE. CALLED AAA AND THEY SAID THIS WAS COMMON WITH THE 2002 TAURUS AND THAT I WAS LUCKY IT HAPPEN WHILE I WAS NOT DRIVING ON THE ROAD. VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE PEOPLE GET KILLED. *TR

WITHOUT NOTICE, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO RESPOND IN ANY GEAR AND THE ENGINE JUST REVVED. I WAS ON A ROAD THAT WAS NOT BUSY AND ABLE TO COAST OFF OF THE ROAD TO A SAFE LOCATION. HAD THIS HAPPENED ON MY WAY HOME ON THE INTERSTATE DURING RUSH HOUR INSTEAD, I MAY HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT SINCE THE CAR JUST SLOWED DOWN WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR INDICATION THAT IT WAS ABOUT TO QUIT. I WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT STRIPPED TORQUE CONVERTER IS COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE.

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH SEVERAL CRACKS IN THE RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING. I NOTICED THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED SITUATION BASED ON REPORTS FROM OTHER OWNERS. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS SEL: DRIVING AT 40 MPH, PASSENGER'S SIDE SPRING BROKE AND IMMEDIATELY CUT ENTIRE INSIDE DIAMETER OF CAR TIRE. CAR IMMEDIATELY PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND WAS NOT DRIVABLE. CAR WAS DAMAGED AS WELL AS LAWN THAT CAR SWERVED ONTO. HAD TO HAVE SPRING AND TIRE REPLACED, REPLACED DRIVER SIDE AS WELL. COST WAS OVER $550. 6 MONTHS LATER AT INSPECTION REAR SPRING WAS BROKEN AND HAD ANOTHER $450 EXPENSE. ONLINE SEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT AND RE-CALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO 2002 FORD TAURUS. *TR

WHILE MANEUVERING IN A PARKING LOT, THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED, PUNCTURING THE TIRE AND RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNDRIVABLE.

ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 4, 2011, I STARTED MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SE WAGON AND PUT IT IN REVERSE. THE MOMENT THE CAR BEGAN TO MOVE, I HEARD A LOUD "BANG" SOUND AND THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE ANYMORE. I GOT OUT AND SAW THAT THE FRONT TIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WAS FLAT. I CHECKED THE TIRE AND FOUND THAT IT HAD BEEN SLASHED BY THE SPRING THAT HAD JUST BROKEN. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT WHEN THE COIL SPRING BROKE IT DAMAGED THE SWAY BAR LINK AS WELL AS CUTTING UP MY TIRE. BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS, 1 SWAY BAR LINK, AND 1 TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 1999 - 2001 TAURUS, BUT NOT THE 2002. FORD IS BEING VERY NEGLIGENT BY NOT EXTENDING THE RECALL TO THE 2002 TAURUS. IT IS UNFAIR THAT I, AND MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING TO PAY FOR REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY FAULTY PARTS. THE ONLY THING I AM GRATEFUL FOR IS THAT THIS HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND NOT WHILE I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. BY IGNORING THIS PROBLEM AND NOT EXTENDING THE RECALL, FORD IS NOT ONLY CAUSING FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS FOR CUSTOMERS, THEY ARE ALSO ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF MANY PEOPLE. PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION OF FAULTY COIL SPRINGS ON THE FORD TAURUS.

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS GETTING INTO THE CAR AND SAT DOWN WHEN I HEARD A LOUD METAL POP OR BANG, I GOT OUT AND LOOKED AROUND AND UNDER THE CAR AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING, BUT I HAD NOTICED IF I RAN OVER A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD I WOULD HEAR A CLUNK AT THE REAR DRIVERSIDE WHEEL AREA SO TODAY I HEARD IT AGAIN AND WHEN I GOT HOME I LOOKED UNDER THE REAR DRIVERSIDE WHEEL WELL AND LOW AND BEHOLD I HAVE A BROKEN COIL SPRING SO I AM IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING IT REPLACED AND I WILL REQUEST TO HAVE THE PART RETURNED TO ME AS PROOF OF THE PROBLEM SO IF AND WHEN FORD DOES A RECALL ON THIS I CAN BE REIMBURSED.. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE CONTACT DID NOT CONTACT THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER TO REPORT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 161,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED BOTH THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRINGS. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,889. UPDATED 09/02/11*LJ UPDATED 10/31/11