2002 FORD TAURUS Complaints

2002 FORD TAURUS. RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING BROKEN AT BASE AND HUNG DOWN CAUSING TIRE DAMAGE. DID NOT PUNCTURE TIRE AS BROKEN END WAS FACING AWAY FORM TIRE, BUT POSSIBILITY OF MORE SERIOUS DAMAGE EXISTED. *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME IN HIS 2002 TAURUS, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. FORTUNATELY HE WAS NOT FAR FROM THE HOUSE AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME. I WAS UPSET BECAUSE I HAD JUST REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES ON 1/3/10. AS WE PROCESSED TO CHANGE THE TIRE, I DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THE COIL SPRINGS BREAKING, WHEN I HAD THE TIRES REPLACED BACK IN JANUARY. THE COMPLAIN NUMBER FROM THAT INCIDENT IS 10297845. I WAS TOLD BY THIS OFFICE AND BY THE FORD MOTOR CO. THAT THEY ARE LOOKING INTO THIS PROBLEM. HERE IT IS ALMOST 4 MONTHS LATER AND I HAVE NOT HEARD A THING!!. WHEN IS THIS PROBLEM GOING TO BE REMEDIED...WHEN SOMEONE DIES? PLEASE GET BACK TO ME. THIS OFFICE CAN REACH ME BY PHONE, [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE CONTACT CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO CHANGE THE TIRE AND NOTICE THE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCATE MECHANIC. THE LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACE THE FRONT COIL SPRING, STRUT AND THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT REPORTED THE ISSUE TO THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE FRONT COIL SPRING. THE CONTACT FEELS A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL DUE TO NUMEROUS COMPLAINT ON THE INTERNET REGARDING THE COIL SPRINGS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000. UPDATED 11/16/10 *CN UPDATED 11/16/10

17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS PULLING OUT OF PARKING AREA AND FRONT DRIVER-SIDE TIRE POPPED ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. SHE CALLED AAA AND HAD TO HAVE FLAT TIRE CHANGED BUT WAS INFORMED HAD TO BE TOWED BECAUSE THE COIL BUSTED AND PUNCTURED HER TIRE. PREVIOUSLY IN SEPTEMBER 2009, WE HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON THE CAR AND ONE OF THE BACK SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AND HAD TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BEFORE PUTTING ON THE TIRES. *TR

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE AND HEARD A LOUD HISSING SOUND AND MY VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING IN REVERSE AND WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD, I GOT OUT AND OBSERVED MY FRONT LEFT(DRIVERS FRONT) TIRE GOING FLAT. I LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING, SO JACKED THE TAURUS UP AND SAW THAT THE FRONT SPRING HAD BROKEN AND STUCK INTO MY TIRE(WHICH DEFLATED IT QUICKLY) AND ALSO HAD BROKEN MY STABILIZER LINK OFF AT THE STRUT ,I HAD TO REPLACE MY SPRING, STRUT, SWAY BAR END LINK, AND FRONT LEFT TIRE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT LEFT DRIVER SIDE SPRING FAILURE. LUCKILY, CAR WAS NOT IN USE WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY IDLE FOR 1 FULL DAY (MARCH 12). TRIED TO USE IT TONIGHT, MOVED A FEW INCHES, SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING WAS HUNG UP. THERE WAS A SOUND OF SOMETHING RUBBING AGAINST RUBBER. EXAMINED SUSPENSION BEING CLOSER TO THE GROUND THAN USUAL. FOUND FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING BROKEN NEAR THE BOTTOM. IT HAS EXTENDED PAST THE BRACKET WHICH HOLDS IT. IT IS PUTTING EXTREME PRESSURE ONTO THE TIRE. IF I WAS TO DRIVE IT FURTHER, IT WOULD MOST DEFINITELY PUNCTURE THE TIRE AND CAUSE MORE DAMAGE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE VEHICLE. I DO NOT KNOW THE STATUS OF THE STRUT. COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY IF IT HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. ALSO LOOKS AS IF AT LEAST ONE OF THE REAR SPRINGS HAS BROKEN. WILL BE CALLING FORD DEALER TO GET ESTIMATE FOR REPAIRS. LOOKS AS IF IT IS HAPPENING TO MANY OF THE CARS MANUFACTURED AFTER THE 1998 TO 2001 RECALL, ALSO THE 2002 AND 2003 MODEL YEARS. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT LEFT DRIVER SIDE SPRING FAILURE. LUCKILY, CAR WAS NOT IN USE WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY IDLE FOR 1 FULL DAY (MARCH 12). TRIED TO USE IT TONIGHT, MOVED A FEW INCHES, SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING WAS HUNG UP. THERE WAS A SOUND OF SOMETHING RUBBING AGAINST RUBBER. EXAMINED SUSPENSION BEING CLOSER TO THE GROUND THAN USUAL. FOUND FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING BROKEN NEAR THE BOTTOM. IT HAS EXTENDED PAST THE BRACKET WHICH HOLDS IT. IT IS PUTTING EXTREME PRESSURE ONTO THE TIRE. IF I WAS TO DRIVE IT, IT WOULD MOST DEFINITELY PUNCTURE THE TIRE AND CAUSE MORE DAMAGE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE VEHICLE. COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY IF IT HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. ALSO LOOKS AS IF AT LEAST ONE OF THE REAR SPRINGS HAS BROKEN. VEHICLE HAS 102,000 MILES AND USED IN WISCONSIN. WILL BE CALLING FORD DEALER TO GET ESTIMATE FOR REPAIRS AS I HEAR THERE IS NO RECALL AS OF YET. LOOKS AS IF IT IS HAPPENING TO MANY OF THE CARS MANUFACTURED AFTER THE 1998 TO 2001 RECALL, ALSO THE 2002 AND 2003 MODEL YEARS. *TR

FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING BROKE, DISABLING THE CAR. THE SUDDEN BREAK TOOK OUT FRONT LEFT SWAY BAR SUPPORT. CAR WAS IMMEDIATELY DISABLED. THIS IS DANGEROUS. COULD CAUSE A CAR TO LOOSE CONTROL AND POSSIBLY FLIP. ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED ON FORD TAURUS MODELS FOR 2001. THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED FOR FORD TAURUS MODELS FOR THE YEAR 2002 THIS IS MY CAR. *TR

FRONT SPRING ON 2002 FORD TAURUS BROKE, PUNCTURING THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THIS MORNING, THE LEFT-FRONT COIL SPRING OF MY TAURUS BROKEN AND IT RIPPED THE TIRE. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE WITHOUT DRIVING. BEFORE THIS, IT WORKED FINE WITH NO PROBLEMS. ALSO I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE SPRING, STRUT AND TIRE FOR MY CAR. *TR