2002 FORD TAURUS Complaints

I DIDNT GET INTO AND ACCIDENT. WENT TO CHANGE MY TIRES, THE REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKE. I REPLACED BOTH SIDES AND SPENT 800. TOOK MY CAR INTO MY DEALER IN JANUARY TO GET MY HEAT FIXED AND THEY TOLD ME THE RIGHT FRONT SPRING WAS BROKE. SO I HAD THE FIX PLUS THE TIE ROD *CN

I WAS BACKING THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN I HEARD THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLOW OUT, AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE I NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TIRE WAS BROKEN INTO 2 PIECES, WITH ONE OF THE PIECES PUNCTURING THE TIRE. THE CAR IS A 2002 FORD TAURUS, AND THE SPRING HAS NO CORROSION OR OTHER DAMAGES TO IT AT ALL. THANK GOODNESS I WASN'T DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THIS OCCURRED, I HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING YET TO FIX THE CAR, I WAS HOPING THERE WAS SOME SORT OF RECALL NOTICE ON IT, AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET I NOTICED THAT THERE IS NO ACTIVE RECALL ON THE 2002, BUT SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TW

2002 FORD TAURUS SEL, FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING IS BROKEN WHEN THE CAR SITTING IN A PARKING LOT. THE BROKEN SPRING THEN PUNCTURED INTO THE TIRE AND TOTALLY DAMAGED IT. *TW

2002 TAURUS LX DRIVING AND REAR STRUT ASSEMBLY FAILED SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE, VEHICLE TOWED FOR REPAIR. REAR COIL SPRINGS DEFECTIVE, FINAL COST OF NEW TIRE AND PARTS AND LABOR ON STRUTS APPROX $875- IN REPAIRS. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING BROKE DESTROYING THE TIRE, BENDING THE STRUT AND BREAKING THE SWAY BAR LINK. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AND THE REPAIR WAS OVER $550. THE CAR WAS PARKED WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. *TR

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS THAT I PURCHASE NEW. ON 0202/10 MY WIFE WAS BACKING THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN HEARD A LOAD BANG, AND THE CAR SUDDENLY STOP. SHE NOTICED THE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT, AND WHEN I REMOVED THE TIRE I NOTICE THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKE. I'M VERY HAPPY SHE WASN'T DRIVING 55 MPH AT THE TIME IT BROKE. I DID SOME CHECKING AND FOUND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS COIL SPRING THRU 1999 TO 2001. I CALL THE FORD MOTOR CO. THAT THEY STILL HAVE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS CAR, BUT THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT WAS OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. SHE STATED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF15 MPH, SHE COULD HEAR WHAT WAS SIMILAR TO BANGING METAL. LATER, SHE NOTICED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. SHE CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THE SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO HER NEAREST DEALER WHERE THEY FOUND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE, CAUSING THE FLAT. THIS ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE STRUTS, WHICH ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE AND REPAIRS WOULD BE AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO DATE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 163,591.

TL* THE CONTACT HAS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY THE COIL SPRING BROKE AND BURST THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 101000. UPDATED 03/12/10. *LJ UPDATED 09/21/10*JB

MY FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING SNAPPED WHILE I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY AND WENT RIGHT THROUGH MY TIRE. I DRIVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. *TR

THE FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS, CAUSING MY TIRE TO HAVE ONE SIDE COMPLETELY SLICED OFF AND BLOW OUT. UPON GETTING THIS FIXED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THE BACK RIGHT SPRING WAS ALSO BROKEN. I HAD NOT HAD ANY COLLISIONS OR ANYTHING TO CAUSE THIS. UPON SEARCHING THE WEB, I DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON YEARS UP TO 2001 FOR FORD TAURUS'S ON THIS PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO AT LEAST 2002. THE PARTS WERE REPLACED ON BOTH BROKEN SPRINGS, BUT IT TOOK 12 DAYS TO GET IT DONE! *TR