2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

2001 FORD TAURUS 86000/KM PERFORMING ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION / NOTICED BROKEN REAR COIL SPRING ON PASSENGER SIDE / NO RECALLS / REPLACED COIL SPRING / FINISHED REPLACEMENT / ROAD TEST / DROVE APPROX. 8 FT. TO EXIT DRIVEWAY / BANG/SNAP / BROKEN REAR COIL SPRING ON DRIVER SIDE / TEMPERATURE AT THAT TIME APPROX. (NEG) -12*C./ HAVE YET TO REPLACE FRACTURED SPRING ON DRIVER SIDE. *NM .

TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED PART OF THE REAR COIL SPRING LYING ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. THE DRIVER HAD ALREADY LEFT WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY, AND THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AS NEEDING THE REAR COIL SPRINGS REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL AND HE FEELS AS THOUGH THE REAR COIL SPRINGS SHOULD BE AS WELL. *AK UPDATED 03/02/07. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT HAS STATED THAT THE RIGHT REAR COIL SPRINGS FAILED. WHILE GETTING THE TIRES CHANGED THE MECHANIC NOTICE DTHAT THE REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE FAILURE, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WERE ONLY FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THERE IS CURRENTLY AN OPEN INVESTIGATION , PE05-054 FOR REAR COIL SPRING FAILURES. *AK UPDATED 2/16/2007 - *NM

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT BEFORE DRIVING THE 2001 FORD TAURUS ( HE PROCEEDED TO FASTEN THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT, BUT THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT ENOUGH TO FASTEN. THE WEBBING WAS OUT, FAR ENOUGH TO RESTRAIN A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT SAFELY. THE CONTACT WILL PAY TO REPAIR THE SEAT BELT BECAUSE FORD STATED THEY WOULD NOT.* *AK

DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED RIGHT REAR SPRING ON 2001 FORD TAURUS BROKE AND CUT INSIDE SIDEWALL OF TIRE CAUSING BLOWOUT, WENT TO DEALER FOR REPAIR AND FOUND THAT THE LEFT REAR SPRING WAS BROKEN AND WAS CUTTING THE INSIDE SIDEWALL ON THAT TIRE,RESULTING IN REPAIRS OF $775 DEALER KNOWS ABOUT IT BUT FORD WON'T HELP WITH COST. *JB

TL* - WHILE DRIVING THE 2001 FORD TAURUS AT 50 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A RUBBING SOUND AND THE TIRE BLEW. THE CONTACT MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT USED THE SPARE TIRE, AND DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME. TWO DAYS LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL NUMBER 04V332000. *AK UPDATED 02/22/07. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT TOOK THE 2001 FORD TAURUS TO DEALER FOR SERVICE ON 01/05/07. THE DEALER STATED THAT BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE, AND THAT IT WAS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE THEY COULD POSSIBLY PUNCTURE A TIRE AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE NOTIFIED FORD, BUT THEY STATED THAT THERE WASN'T ANY RECALL ON THE REAR COILS AT THIS TIME. *AK UPDATE 4/9 *TR

ONE WINTER MORNING I PULLED MY 2001 FORD TAURUS OUT OF MY GARAGE TO DO SOME ERRANDS. BECAUSE I HAD SOME SNOW BUILD-UP ON THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL, I FIGURED THE LIGHT GRINDING NOISE WAS FROM THE BUILDUP. WHEN I PULLED UNTO THE STREET AND REACHED HIGHER SPEEDS (ABOUT 45), THE NOISE STOPPED LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE SNOW HAD FALLEN OFF. AFTER ABOUT 4 MILES OF DRIVING, I REACHED THE LOCATION I WAS GOING TO. I GOT OUT OF MY CAR AND NOTICED THE BACK END SAGGING. I KEPT WALKING AROUND MY CAR TO GET MY 22 MONTH OLD SON OUT WHEN I REALIZED I HAD A FLAT TIRE. AFTER TAKING THE TIRE OFF TO REPLACE IT WITH THE SPARE, I TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT THE TIRE. A GROVE HAD FORMED PERFECTLY AROUND THE LOWER WALL OF THE TIRE. I TOOK THE TIRE IN TO BE REPLACED AND ASKED THAT THEY CHECK OUT THE CAUSE. AFTER BEING REASSURED THAT IT WAS OKAY BUT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT MORE CLOSELY, I DROVE 2 MILES HOME. ONCE AT HOME THE TIRE WAS REMOVED AGAIN ONLY TO AGAIN SEE THE DEEP GROVE IN A BRAND NEW TIRE. CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE CAR RESULTED IN FINDING A BROKEN COIL SPRING THE HAD BEEN RUBBING ON THE TIRE AND HAD CAUSE RAPID AIR DEFLATION AFTER NO MORE THAN 4 MILES OF DRIVING. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE TIRE, THE COIL SPRINGS, AND THE REAR STRUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT THE TUNE OF NEARLY $700. I WAS THANKFUL THAT I HAD FORGOT TO TAKE OUT ALL THE WARM WINTER CLOTHES OUT OF MY CAR THAT WE HAD USED THE NIGHT BEFORE TO GO SLEDDING; I WAS ABLE TO KEEP MY SON WARM ON A COLD AND FRIDGED DAY WHERE I WAS TRAPPED WITH A FLAT. *JB

TOOK 2001 FORD TAURUS IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CHECK AND OIL CHANGE. MECHANIC FOUND THE TWO REAR SPRING COILS WERE BROKEN AND COULD POSE A DANGER IF THEY PUNCTURE THE REAR TIRE(S). WE WILL HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO REPLACE THE REAR SPRING COILS AS I REFUSE TO DRIVE WITH THE BROKEN COILS WITH MY INFANT IN THE CAR AND RISK THE POSSIBILITY OF A TIRE BLOWOUT AND CRASH. WE HAD THE RECALL WORK DONE ON THE FRONT SPRING COILS TO HAVE THE SHIELD PUT IN. WHY DIDN'T FORD ALSO HAVE A RECALL DONE TO HAVE SHIELDS PUT ON THE REAR SPRING COILS? *JB

UNEVENTFUL FAILURE OF BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WHILE CAR WAS PARKED. THE BROKEN RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING WAS VERY CLOSE TO INSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE. THIS WAS OBSERVED ON JUNE 9, 2006 DURING A ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION. A CLAMP WAS INSTALLED TO STOP THE FAILED SPRING FROM MOVING CLOSER TO THE TIRE. I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS TEMPORARY FIX, HOWEVER I CAN NOT AFFORD TO HAVE THE SPRINGS REPLACED EITHER.