2002 FORD TAURUS Complaints

LEFT FRONT STRUT SPRING FAILED AS I WAS PARKING THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE FRONT TIRE TO BLOW AND LOCKING THE STEERING NEW STRUT AND SPRING ASSY WAS INSTALLED ALONG WITH A NEW TIRE. *LN

FORD TAURUS 2002 LEFT FRONT SPRING COIL SNAPPED. DRIVING INTO PARKING LOT, MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT 5 MPH, LOUD BANG AND THE LEFT FRONT OF CAR DROPPED. INSPECTING THE DAMAGE, FOUND THE TOP OF THE SPRING, THE FIRST FULL CIRCLE, SNAPPED COMPLETELY OFF. LOOKING AT THE INTERIOR OF THE SNAPPED SECTION, NOTICED A PATCH OF DISCOLORATION IN THE CRACKED SECTION. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A CRACK IN THE SPRING AND HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO THE ELEMENTS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. REPLACING COIL AT LOCAL GARAGE. *TR

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING BROKE AND PIERCED TIRE. TIRE IS DESTROYED AND CAR IS INOPERABLE. *TR

ON 1/10, I WAS ON MY WAY TO DROP MY KIDS OFF AT THEIR SCHOOL WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO DRIVE FUNNY.I PULLED OVER RIGHT AWAY AND SAW THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS BLOWN..I PROCEEDED TO CHANGE THE TIRE TO MY DONUT WHEN I SAY THE GASH IN MY TIRE AND I LOOKED AT THE WHEEL WELL AND SAW THE SPRING WAS SHEERED OFF..HENCEFORTH I HAD TO PAY TO GET NEW STRUTS AND A NEW TIRE AND A NEW STABILIZER FOR MY CAR..I LOOKED ON THE WEB AND SAW A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2002 FORD TAURUS..PLEASE HELP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE WHEN SHE NOTICED THAT HER FRONT STRUT BROKE, CAUSING THE TIRE TO SHRED. THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

VEHICLE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. WHEN EXITING LOUD NOISE COMING FROM FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. CONDITION WORSENED AS I GOT FURTHER AWAY FROM MY HOME. I REALIZED I COULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR LIKE THIS AS THE NOISE WAS VERY LOUD AND I WAS SMELLING BURNT RUBBER. RETURNING HOME I SAW THE FRONT END HAD COLLAPSED. LAYING ON THE GROUND I COULD SEE THE SWAY BAR LINK HAD BROKEN AND WAS LODGED IN THE SPRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. REPAIRS TOTALED $950.00. FRONT STRUTS AND SPRING AND SWAY BAR LINK. COIL SPRINGS RUSTED AND BROKE. I WAS VERY LUCKY; IF I WAS DRIVING I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR HURT SOMEONE. I CHECKED THE INTERNET AND SEE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SITUATION ON THIS VEHICLE.

2002 FORD TAURUS REAR COIL SPRING BROKE. THIS SEEMS TO BE QUITE A PROBLEM WITH THE TAURUS AND WAS RECALLED FOR UPTO 2001. I DON'T KNOW WHY 02 WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL BUT A NEW ONE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

STARTING ON TRIP IN DRIVEWAY, HEARD SCRAPING SOUND AS PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND THEN FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW. SLOWLY BACKED CAR FEW FEET BACK INTO DRIVEWAY. JACKED CAR UP AND PULLED TIRE OFF TO REPLACE WITH MINI SPARE AND NOTICED BROKEN, SHARP END OF COIL SPRING STICKING STRAIGHT OUT AT WHERE TIRE WAS. APPARENTLY, COIL SPRING BROKE AND IMPALED TIRE. TIRE HAD CIRCULAR SCRAPE COMPLETELY AROUND INNER SURFACE OF TIRE WHERE THE TIRE HAD ROTATED AGAINST SPRING EDGE. SPRING HAD THEN COMPLETELY GONE THROUGH TIRE CAUSING BLOWOUT. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED IN DRIVEWAY AND NOT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE ON FORD TAURUSES AND THERE IS A RECALL FOR CARS FROM MODEL YEARS 1999 - 2001. THIS RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO AT LEAST COVER 2002 MODEL YEAR CARS.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE FRONT COIL SPRING ON HER YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE COIL SPRING WAS REPAIRED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IF THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND THE COIL SPRING BROKE IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,000. UPDATED 03/07/11*LJ UPDATED 12/14/11 *CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS SL. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE SHE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. SHE ALSO SAW SHARP OBJECTS FROM THE COIL SPRING ALL OVER THE GARAGE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE CAUSING IT TO GO FLAT. THE MECHANIC WAS REPLACING THE COIL SPRING ASSEMBLY, THE STABILIZER BAR, MOUNTING BAR AND STRUTS WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,157.