2002 FORD TAURUS Complaints

2002 SEL NOTICED RUNNING A LITTLE LOW IN THE REAR, BEFORE I TOOK OFF FOR MY 140 MILE DRIVE TO THE RACE TRACK (I AM A CHAPLAIN) I DECIDED TO PULL ONE REAR TIRE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE SUSPENSION. SAW NO PROBLEMS, WAS ABOUT TO PUT IT ALL BACK, WHEN MY TIRE (THANKS GOD) FLIPPED OVER AND I SAW A GROOVE. WHY WOULD MICHELIN PUT A GROOVE LIKE THAT IN THE SIDEWALL? I WAS STUMPED AND THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD RUBBED, SO I STARTED LOOKING - THE LOWER COIL OF THE SPRING HAD POPPED OUT AND WAS WORN SHINY FROM THE CONTACT WITH THE TIRE. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING LIKE THAT FOR PROBABLY 1000 MILES. WENT AND BOUGHT A NEW STRUT ASSEMBLE AND NOW I AM TRYING TO GET THE LOWER PINCH BOLT OUT! THEN I NEED TO GO BUY A NEW TIRE. *TR

I WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A POP AND AIR RELEASING FROM TIRE. WHILE CHANGING THE TIRE MY HUSBAND NOTICED THAT IT WASN'T JUST A NORMAL FLAT BUT THE SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PIERCED THE TIRE. THE CAR WAS TOWED AND IS CURRENTLY WITH MY MECHANIC AND THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO ONLY REPLACE BOTH THE SPRINGS AND THE ONE TIRE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS SHE WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE FRONT END LOCKED UP ON THE DRIVER SIDE BREAKING THE STRUT ASSEMBLY SPRING AND THE LEFT SWAY BAR LINK. AS A RESULT, THE TIRE ON THE DRIVER SIDE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE STRUT ASSEMBLY SPRING AND THE LEFT SWAY BAR LINK WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY AND HAD NO OPEN RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,781.

BOTH REAR SPRINGS BROKE ON MY 2002 TAURUS AT THE SAME TIME. THE BROKEN SPRING ALSO DAMAGED THE REAR TIRES. MY MECHANIC WOULD NOT LET ME DRIVE THE CAR TILL IT WAS REPAIRED BECAUSE THE BROKEN SPRINGS WERE STICKING INTO THE REAR TIRES. *TR

THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SNAPPED, AND JETTED INTO THE TIRE, CAUSING AIR TO LEAK AND A CIRCULAR RUT AROUND THE ENTIRE INSIDE RIM OF THE TIRE. LEFT DRIVER AND PASSENGERS STRANDED AND RESULTED IN ALMOST $600 IN REPAIRS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THE LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE. THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWO YEARS AGO. RECENTLY, THE REAR RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE WHICH WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERN OF THE POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 72,000.

DRIVING ALONG WITHOUT INCIDENT AND HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE. SAW THAT MY TIRE WAS BLOWN AND SMOKING SO WENT TO PUT THE SPARE ON. ONCE CAR WAS JACKED UP TO CHANGE TIRE, THE FRONT COIL SPRING FELL DOWN. NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN AND HAD TORN INTO MY TIRE (THUS CAUSING A HUGE GASH IN MY TIRE AND SMOKE). FOUND THIS TO BE QUITE UNUSUAL AND QUITE DANGEROUS HAD I BEEN TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THAT BEING THE CASE, I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THIS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM FOR THE 2002 FORD TAURUS MODEL. APPARENTLY FORD HAD RECALLS FOR MODELS UP UNTIL 2002 FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM HOWEVER THE 2002 MODEL HAS YET TO BE INCLUDED. CONTACTED A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD REPAIRS WOULD COST AT LEAST 600.00. PARTS HAD TO BE ORDERED. FRONT COIL SPRING HAD NO RUST THEREFORE SHOULD NOT HAVE JUST BROKEN APART. THIS IS AN APPARENT DEFECT AND FORD NEEDS TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SPRING BROKE WHEN REVERSING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, DESTROYED TIRE SIMILAR TO THE 1999 - 2001 MODELS THAT WERE RECALLED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 10-15 MPH THE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE AND SPRING COMBINATION ALSO FRACTURED THE STABILIZER BAR LINK AND PUNCTURED THE AXLE BOOT. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER BUT MADE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS HIMSELF. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT WOULD PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

THE RIGHT FRONT SPRING FOR THE STRUT RUSTED OUT AND RIPPED OPEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. CAR HAS 70,000MILES. RECALL TO INSTALL SHIELD SO SPRING CAN'T RIP TIRE WAS DONE FOR ALL MODELS UP TO 2002. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. ON LINE REPORT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR INDICATE NUMEROUS OWNERS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM,