2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

HELLO, I HAVE A 2001 FORD TAURUS PURCHASED USED FROM PUNDMANN FORD FEB. 2003. A FEW DAYS AGO I NOTICED A LARGE PIECE OF COIL SPRING UNDER THE CAR. THINKING THAT THE SPRING WAS FROM THE FRONT AND RELATED TO THE SHIELDS THAT WERE INSTALLED UNDER A PREVIOUS RECALL I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. HOW CAN A VEHICLE THAT HAS NOT SUFFERED HARSH WINTERS AND IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD HAVE BROKEN SPRINGS? MY TRUNK IS NEVER WEIGHTED DOWN AND I DO NOT TOW ANYTHING. DID THE REAR SPRINGS COME FROM THE SAME VENDOR THAT SUPPLIED THE DEFECTIVE FRONT SPRINGS? AS FAR AS I KNOW THIS IS UNHEARD OF, EVEN THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE WAS SURPRISED. THE FORD SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE "SHOULD NOT HAVE PASSED THE STATE SAFETY INSPECTION WITH THESE BROKEN SPRINGS". I WAS TOLD BY FORD CUSTOMER CARE THAT THEY WERE NOT REQUIRED TO DO ANYTHING AT THIS TIME. 4/23/07 *TR

DRIVING AT LOW SPEED, AND HEARD A LOAD "POP" FROM THE DRIVER REAR SIDE. I WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF A FIRESTONE SERVICE CENTER AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED IN. UNDER CAR INSPECTION SHOWED THE REAR COIL HAD BROKE AND CUT THROUGH THE INNER SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE. TECHNICIAN SAID ANOTHER 500 FEET WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOW. IF I HAD BEEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE FIRESTONE MANAGER STATES THEY SEE THIS PROBLEM OFTEN ON TAURUS/SABLE MODELS. I KNEW THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS (I HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE RECALL TO CHECK/REPLACE). I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER FOR DETAILS ON WHAT TO DO FOR REAR SPRING RE-CALL AND WAS TOLD THEY KNOW OF NO PROBLEM WITH REAR COILS. I FIND THIS STATEMENT HARD TO BELIEVE, SINCE THE FIRESTONE REPAIR CENTER SEE CARS EVERY MONTH WITH THIS PROBLEM. I HAD BOTH SPRINGS REPLACED,STRUTS (DAMAGED), TIRE REPLACED, AND VEHICLE ALIGNED ($1300 TOTAL). I HAVE DEFECTIVE SPRING IN MY GARAGE. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON IN OCTOBER 2005 AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A FAILURE OF EGR SENSOR; LIGHT TURNED OFF WHEN I ADDED MORE COOLANT TO THE RESERVOIR, WHICH WAS EMPTY BUT NOT GENERATING A HEATING MESSAGE. LIGHT TURNED BACK ON AFTER NEXT GAS FILL. *JB

REAR SPRINGS BROKEN, RECALL ON FRONT BUT NOT REAR. I READ THAT SOME SPRINGS BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRES. IF ONE SET OF SPRINGS IS BAD WOULDN'T IT BE OBVIOUS TO REPLACE ALL? WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO RECALL THE REAR SPRINGS? THIS IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE SPRINGS. WHY SHOULD CONSUMER HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT????? *TR

BROKEN REAR COIL SPRINGS. I WAS TO THE DEALER 2 MONTHS AGO AND HAD THE BROKEN FRONT COIL SPRINGS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. NOW, DURING A STATE INSPECTION ,WAS INFORMED THE REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AND MUST BE REPLACED AT MY COST.*AK

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH\ THE VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A NOISE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE REAR COIL SPRINGS AND STRUTS. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO RECALL# 04V332000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76570, AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76620. *AK

DETECTED A NOISE IN WHEEL PORTION OF AUTOMOBILE. DROVE TO LOCAL MASTER MECHANIC WHO ADVISED IT WAS A BROKEN RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING CREATING A SHARP BROKEN AREA THAT HAD SCORED THE TIRE, AND CUT. *JB

2001 FORD TAURUS -- REAR COIL SPRING BROKE, THEN PUNCTURED LEFT REAR TIRE WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. DEALER NEEDED TO DO APPROXIMATELY $700 IN REPAIRS.*AK

MY 2001 FORD TAURUS HAD DEVELOPED A LEAK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THE HEATER BLOWER ONLY WORKS ON HIGH. PER THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 04-15-3, THISWAS A MANUFACTURING ERROR WHICH EVENTUALLY WILL RUIN THE CARPET, THE AIR CONDITIONER, AND COST ME HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AND MAY NEVER BE FIXED.*AK

BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED AT THE SAME TIME, CAR HAS 51,000 MILES ON IT. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS BUT NOT THE REAR, AND NOW THEY HAVE BROKEN, SEEMED VERY STRANGE, AND FORD WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT, REPAIR COST OVER $500. *AK