2000 FORD TAURUS Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS HAD FRACTURED.

THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING THE REMAINING SPRING TO COME OUT OF THE LOWER MOUNTING BRACKET/SUPPORT. I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND WHILE MY TIRE WAS NOT PUNCTURED IT HAS A GOUGE IN THE SIDEWALL ALL THE WAY AROUND WHERE THE SPRING RUBBED AGAINST IT AS I WAS STOPPING. *NM

(A) NORMAL CITY DRIVING. (B) BOTH REAR SPRINGS SNAPPED. (C) BOTH REAR SPRINGS AND STABILIZER LINKS REPLACED AT LOCAL FORD DEALER. BOTH REAR STRUTS REPLACED AT MONRO FRANCHISE. THESE ARE THE 2ND AND 3RD SPRINGS TO SNAP ON THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST (LEFT FRONT) SNAPPED WHEN COMING OFF A TURNPIKE IN JULY 2003. FORD LATER SETTLED THE FIRST SPRING INCIDENT WITH RECALL 04S17 / 03M04 IN SEPTEMBER 2004.*JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR END. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND THEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE REAR DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE COIL SPRING AND TIRE ARE BEING REPLACED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20MPH, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED FOLLOWED BY A POPPING NOISE. AFTER AN INITIAL INSPECTION, THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. WHILE THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE, IT WAS DETERMINED THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED AND HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SEEN BY A DEALER.

I HAD JUST PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY RECENTLY AND HEARD A LOUD CRACK COME FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. I THOUGHT I HIT SOMETHING, SO I STOPPED THE CAR AND WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE REAR SUSPENSION. I HAD HEARD OF THE FRONT SPRINGS CRACKING, BUT NOT THE REARS, BUT I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THE REAR SPRING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR HAD CRACKED. HAVING TAKEN AUTOMOTIVE CLASSES BEFORE, I WAS ABLE TO REPLACE THE SPRINGS MYSELF WITH A NEW SET FROM FORD, BYPASSING THE DEALER BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE COST OF REPLACING THE SPRINGS. THIS WAS AN INCONVENIENCE FOR ME AT THE TIME, AND IT ENDED UP COSTING ME MONEY FOR A PART THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE FAILED. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF THE PART FAILURE, AND FORD DIDN'T HELP ME MUCH, SO I DID NOT REPORT IT. IT WASN'T UNTIL I TALKED TO OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS RECENTLY THAT I CHOSE TO REPORT THIS TO YOU AT THE NHTSA. I HOPE SOMETHING IS DONE TO PREVENT FUTURE FAILURES, IT COULD BE DANGEROUS IF I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY OR MOVING AT A FASTER SPEED. THE CAR IS A 2000 FORD TAURUS SEL. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF THE FAILURE AT THE TIME. *NM

BROUGHT VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICING AND MECHANIC FOUND THAT ONE OF THE REAR SPRING WERE BROKE AND THE OTHER WAS IN BAD SHAPE. BOTH COILS HAD TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE STRUTS. *NM

HAD RIGHT REAR SPRING BREAK AND CUT INTO MY TIRE. CAR HAS LESS THEN 52,000 MILES ON IT. BOTH REAR SPRINGS, SHOCKS AND DAMAGED TIRE WERE REPLACED AND CAR WAS ALIGNED. FORD MOTOR COMPANY PICKED UP HALF OF REPLACEMENT COST EVEN THOUGH CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *JB

HAVING TROUBLE WITH SHIFTER CABLE ON THIS CAR, AFTER PUTTING CAR INTO I THOUGHT WAS PARK, THE CAR DRIFTED AND THE BRAKES HAD TO BE APPLIED. THE BOLT FELL OUT AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO ASAP AND THEN RECALL SAID ITEM, THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY MATTER. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE DISPLAYED NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF A SUSPENSION PROBLEM, HOWEVER, AT AN ANNUAL STATE INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AS WELL AS THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY AND SWAY BAR. A NHTSA RECALL, # 04V332000 CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDINGLY AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER REPAIRED THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT DID NOT COVER THE COST OF THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY AND SWAY BAR.