2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

DT*: WHILE DRIVING THROUGH NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AT 30 MPH A RUBBING NOISE WAS HEARD. WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY TO THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION OF THE TIRES, THE TIRE BLEW. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SPRING COILS FRACTURED BLOWING OUT THE REAR TIRE, FRACTURING BOTH REAR STRUTS AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SPRINGS. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT A RECALL REMEDY #04V332000 PERTAINING TO FRONT COIL SPRINGS WAS PERFORMED BY THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED SERVICE FOR THE REAR COILS UNDER THE ORIGINAL RECALL. UPDATED 9/20/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. A NOISE WAS HEARD PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE TIRE WAS CHANGED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE DRIVER SIDE REAR COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO REPLACED BOTH COIL SPRINGS AND STRUTS.

I HAD MY 2001 FORD TAURUS IN FOR A FLAT TIRE REPAIR DUE TO A NAIL PUNCTURE WHEN THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE SHEARED OFF AND STICKING OUT LESS THAN 1 INCH FROM THE REAR TIRES. THEY HAD BEEN BROKEN FOR SOME TIME WHICH WAS APPARENT DUE TO THE RUSTED ENDS OF THE SPRING. THIS ALSO EXPLAINS WHY THE CAR HAS HAD A POOR RIDE QUALITY AND HAS BEEN MAKING NOISE GOING OVER BUMPS. THE MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE BOTH SPRINGS AND THE REAR STRUTS WHICH COST ALMOST $600. BY THE WAY MY CAR HAS ONLY 53K MILES. I KEPT THE COIL SPRINGS AS PROOF OF THE PROBLEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SEAT BELT BUCKLE TONGUE WOULD NOT EJECT FROM THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY. THE CONTACT ARRIVED TO A DESTINATION, PARKED, AND ATTEMPTED TO UNLATCH THE SEAT BELT WHICH WOULD NOT UNLATCH. THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE TONGUE WAS WIGGLED WHILE THE RELEASE BUTTON ON THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY WAS DEPRESSED. THE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED AFTER 10 MINUTES, BUT IS NOW UNABLE TO BUCKLE. THE BUCKLE WAS FREE OF CONTAMINANTS AND THERE ARE NO PICTURES AVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED ON 07/21/06 AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL ON THE SAME PROBLEM FOR THE SAME VEHICLE.

REAR COIL SPRING BROKE, POTENTIAL TIRE FAILURE. FRONT COIL SPRINGS FIXED FOR SAME SAFETY CONCERN BUT THE REAR NOT. *NM

CAR WAS NOT HANDLING WELL AND THERE WAS A SCRAPING NOISE COMING FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE REAR. CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALER TO DETERMINE PROBLEM. DEALER REPLACED BROKEN RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING, SEATS & BRACKETS, AND A BENT REAR SWAY BAR LINK (APPROXIMATELY $230 CHARGED FOR THE REPAIR). ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER (6-16-2006), THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN AGAIN SINCE IT WAS STILL NOT HANDLING WELL. THE RIGHT REAR STRUT AND MOUNT WERE REPLACED (APPROXIMATELY $264 CHARGED FOR THIS REPAIR). THIS PROBLEM SEEMED RELATED TO THE REPAIR PERFORMED ON 6-1-2006. THE POSSIBILITY OF A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM WAS INVESTIGATED SINCE THE FRONT COIL SPRING RECALL HAD BEEN DONE LAST DECEMBER AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRACTURED REAR COIL SPRING HAD HAPPENED MANY TIME BEFORE ALTHOUGH NO RECALL HAD YET BEEN MADE. *NM

LOUD RUBBING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. HEARD QUICK HISSING NOISE THEN TIRE BURST. ALL OF THIS WITHIN A MATTER OF A MINUTE. DISCOVERED LEFT REAR COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND RUBBED/ PUNCTURED THE INSIDE TIRE WALL. VEHICLE CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP. NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. HAVE REQUESTED THAT BROKEN PART BE RETURNED TO ME. *JB

2001 FORD TAURUS. FAILURE OF LEFT REAR COIL SPRING. THE INSIDE SIDEWALL OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE WAS CUT BY THE BROKEN END OF THE SPRING CAUSING A BLOWOUT. NO INJURIES. FORD HAS ISSUED SAFETY RECALLS FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. WHY DO THEY NOT COVER THE REAR?? *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S REAR COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVER SIDE FRACTURED WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH ON 04/07/06. THERE WAS A NOISE HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED BY THE CONTACT. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS OBSERVED, SO THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN 1 MILE WHEN THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER IN A PARKING LOT AND ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE BUT FOUND THAT THE INCORRECT SPARE WAS PUT IN THE VEHICLE BY AN AUTO SHOP. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN SLOWLY ACROSS THE STREET TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE SPRING AND TIRE. ON 06/24/06, A NOISE WAS HEARD WHILE TRAVELING 25MPH. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED, NO PROBLEM WERE OBSERVED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME AND THE TIRE WAS TAKEN OFF TO INSPECT THE SPRING AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED. A NEW COIL SPRING WAS PURCHASED FROM THE DEALER, AND THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE REPLACED THE BROKEN SPRING. BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURRED DURING NORMAL DRIVING. THE CONTACT HAS THE FAILED PART AND REPAIR INVOICE AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FRONT SPRINGS OF THE SAME MODEL. THE VIN# WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.

REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN IN TWO. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FRONT COIL SPRING, WHY IS THERE NOT ONE FOR THE REAR?