2002 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THE CONSUMERS SON WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED BY THE COIL SPRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT HAD THE COIL SPRING REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 75000. UPDATED 04/01/10. *LJ THE FRONT SPRINGS. LEFT FRONT LINK. LOWER BALL JOINT AND TIRE WERE REPLACED. UPDATED 06/04/10

PROBLEMS WITH NOISE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SHUDDERING SOUND WHILE DRIVING COMES AND GOES. PROBLEM WITH CAR RUNNING ROUGH ENGINE POWER DECREASED, SEAM LIKE FUEL IS POOR, SOME MALFUNCTION CAUSING PROBLEMS IN TRAFFIC. THIS MALFUNCTION ALWAYS HAPPENS ON START UP AND DURING REGULAR OPERATING DURING DRIVING. WE HAVE TO KEEP LETTING OFF THE GAS AND GIVING GAS TO TRY MAKE IT RUN RIGHT A HOPE TO HAVE A SMOOTH RIDE. THE POPPING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END ALWAYS HAPPEN DAILY DURING DRIVING WITH NORMAL SPEEDS. THE FRONT ROTORS HAS BEEN CHANGED THREE TIMES SINCE I OWNED THIS VEHICLE, CONTINUING TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT END. BRAKE PADS ALWAYS HAVE BEEN CHANGED DURING THESE PROBLEMS. *TR

RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE - SPRING AND TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY PUNCTURED AFTER VEHICLE WAS OUT IN MOTION. *TR

THE CAR MADE A LOUD BANG N FRONT END DROPPED TO THE GROUND. DRIVERS SIDE FRONT SUSPENSION BUSTED N BLEW OUT THE TIRE, JUST REACHED HOME DRIVEWAY. IT IS NOT FIXED AS I AM ON LIMITED INCOME. ALSO I DO HAVE THE BROKEN PARTS AND THEY ARE NOT RUSTED AT ALL. ALSO THE TIRE WAS LIKE NEW AND IS TOTALLY SHOT. *TR

THIS HAPPEN TO MY CAR AND NOW I SEE FIVE OTHERS: 2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT SUSPENSION COMPLAINTS 1 COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10311880 INCIDENT DATE: FEBRUARY 4, 2010 DATE ADDED TO FILE: FEBRUARY 18, 2010 DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPLAINT: LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND RUPTURED LEFT FRONT TIRE, ALSO BROKE LEFT SIDE SWAYBAR END LINK DETAILSDISCUSS IT IN FORUM 2 COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10311202 INCIDENT DATE: FEBRUARY 14, 2002 DATE ADDED TO FILE: FEBRUARY 17, 2010 DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPLAINT: LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKEN WITH PUNCTURE OF TIRE DETAILSDISCUSS IT IN FORUM 3 COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10310960 INCIDENT DATE: DECEMBER 9, 2007 DATE ADDED TO FILE: FEBRUARY 16, 2010 DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPLAINT: MY 2002 TAURUS WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN MY HUSBAND HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BROKE AND PUT A HOLE THE TIRE. THE COST TO GET THE SPRINGS REPLACED AND A NEW TIRE WAS OVER $600.00 DETAILSDISCUSS IT IN FORUM 4 COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10308675 INCIDENT DATE: FEBRUARY 10, 2009 DATE ADDED TO FILE: FEBRUARY 11, 2010 DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPLAINT: CAR WAS PARKED AND PUT INTO REVERSE TO BACK UP IN DRIVE WHEN TIRE EXPLODED. UPON EXAMINATION THE DRIVERS SIDE SUSPENSION SPRING HAD EXPLODED INTO 2 PIECES AND RIPPED INTO TIRE. DETAILSDISCUSS IT IN FORUM 5 COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10308774 INCIDENT DATE: FEBRUARY 10, 2010 DATE ADDED TO FILE: FEBRUARY 11, 2010 DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPLAINT: I WAS DRIVING MY FORD TAURUS 2002 AND THE FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE RESULTING IN THE BROKEN COIL SPRING PUNCTURING MY TIRE CAUSING IT TO GO IMMEDIATELY FLAT. THIS RENDERED MY CAR IMMOBILE, REQUIRED TOWING, AND REPLACEMENT OF BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND MOUNTS THAT HOLD THE COIL SPRINGS. (COST: $695) SO FAR, THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE, AND I REALLY HOPE IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. I HAVE A PORTION OF THE COIL SPRING THAT BROKE OFF FROM THE REST OF THE COIL SPRING. THE REMAINING SPRING WAS KEPT BY THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP. THE PORTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND CUT THE TIRE WHILE HE WAS DRIVING UP A HILL. THE ENTIRE INSIDE OF THE TIRE HAD SHREDDED AND SEPARATED. THE FORD MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO WARRANTY OR RECALL FOR THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE HIMSELF. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,437. UPDATED 04/13/10. *LJ UPDATED 10/08/10*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH HE SMELLED RUBBER BURNING AND THE TIRE BECAME FLAT. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE AND NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE COIL SPRING FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS FOR HIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL REGARDING THE COIL SPRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000.

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS, WHEN MY 16 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR, THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND BLEW OUT HIS TIRE WHILE HE WAS DRIVING, THIS ALSO HAPPEN TO MY 2000 FORD TAURUS YEARS AGO. I ASSUMED THIS WAS A RECALL DUE TO THE 2000 FORD HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. I CHECKED AND MY 2002 IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST FOR THE COIL SPRING BECAUSE YOU CHANGED MANUFACTURES & NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I'M NOT IMPRESSED WITH THE FORD TAURUS AT THIS POINT. I HAVE 3 OF THEM 2000, 2002 AND 2007 TAURUS I ALSO HAVE A FORD 500. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD FAITH IN YOUR TAURUSES UNTIL THIS HAS HAPPEN 2 TIMES NOW AND IT IS GOING TO COST ME ALMOST $1000.00 DUE TO THE FACT I NOW SHOULD REPLACE THE STRUTS ALONG WITH THE COIL SPRINGS AND BUY A NEW TIER. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY JUST BECAUSE YOU CHANGED MANUFACTURED YOU WOULD NOT HONOR A PROBLEM YOU HAVE HAD ON THE FORD TAURUS SEVERAL YEARS IN A ROW. I THANK GOD MY SON WAS NOT DRIVING FAST WHEN THE COIL SPRING BROKE AND BLEW THE TIER OUT, HE IS 16 YEARS OLD WE BOUGHT THIS CAR BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A SAFE CAR FOR HIM. *TR

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS HAD BOTH FRONT SPRINGS BROKEN, 1 TIRE DESTROYED, DRIVE AXEL DESTROYED AND A STABILIZER LINK DESTROYED. THERE IS A RECALL FOR UP TO 2001 AND WONDER WHY THIS CAR WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THIS IS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS. BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE DECEMBER 2009 AND JANUARY 2010.. HAD TO HAVE BOTH COILS AND STRUTS REPLACED AND STABILIZER BAR, OVER $2,000. FRONT ONE BROKE AND PUNCTURED/RUINED TIRE FEBRUARY 2010, REQUIRING A TOW TO DEALER MECHANIC. LUCKILY THE FRONT ONE BROKE WHILE IN DRIVEWAY AND NOT WHILE DRIVING. SEEMS A BIT TOO COINCIDENTAL FOR 3 TO BREAK IN SUCH A SHORT TIME. I DON'T FEEL SAFE, SO HAD THE OTHER FRONT ONE REPLACED BEFORE IT SNAPS. ANOTHER OVER $2,000 BILL. *TR