2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

BOTH 2 REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE FRACTURED AND JUST FOUND YESTERDAY (07/10/2006). THEY MUST HAVE BROKEN LONG TIME AGO BECAUSE THE NOISE WAS FIRST HEARD AROUND LAST FALL. SINCE THEN THE CAR WAS SWITCHED FOR LOCAL DRIVING ONLY. AT THAT TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BRAKE MAKING NOISE. REAR TIRES WERE REMOVED YESTERDAY (07/10/2006) TO CHECK THE BRAKE. BRAKE IS FINE, BUT FOUND THE 2 REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. MY CAR HAS ABOUT 130K MILES NOW. *NM

I HAD BEEN HEARING A NOISE IN THE REAR OF MY CAR BUT THE DEALER KEPT SAYING THEY COULD NOT HEAR IT. WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN MY BRAKES LOCKED UP AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER SAID THAT I HAD BEEN DRIVING WITH MY PARK BRAKE ON AND THAT VOIDED MY WARRANTY. I HAD NEVER USED THE PARKING BRAKE. I HAD TO PAY FOR THE BRAKE WORK AND NEW DRUMS. SINCE THEN I'VE HAD THE BRAKES RE-DONE TWICE. THIS SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE DONE SO OFTEN ,SHOULD IT? *JB

I OWN A 2001 FORD TAURUS SE. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR NYS INSPECTION AND FOUND THAT 2 OF MY COILS WERE BROKEN, ONE REAR AND ONE FRONT COIL. MY CAR HAS ONLY 27,300 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A RIDICULOUS PROBLEM TO HAVE WITH SO FEW MILES ON MY CAR. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED ONLY ONE FRONT COIL AND I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THE REAR COIL FIXED. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO FIX BOTH FRONT COILS, EVEN IF ONLY ONE BREAKS, WHICH THEY DID NOT DO. HOWEVER, WHY ARE THE REAR COILS NOT COVERED IN THE RECALL??? THEY ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO SALT. THE REAR COILS ARE JUST AS FAULTY AS THE FRONT COILS. *JB

2001 FORD TAURUS WIFE GOT INTO TO LEAVE AND I HEARD THE CAR MAKE A NOISE AND DROP A COUPLE OF INCHES IN THE REAR. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP AND THE SAID THE REAR SPRINGS HAD BROKEN ON BOTH SIDES. I HAD THE REAR SPRINGS AND STRUTS REPLACED AT THE COST OF $500. *NM

LEFT REAR COIL SPRING ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS (63,000 MILES) BROKE AND CUT THE INSIDE SIDEWALL OF MY TIRE CAUSING IT TO BLOW OUT. THE FORD DEALER KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT SAID THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. I WAS WITHOUT MY CAR FOR 2 DAYS AND THE REPAIR COST TO REPLACE BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WAS $400 PLUS A NEW TIRE COSTING $78.*JB

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT OR EXTRACT CORRECTLY....PASSENGER CANNOT USE SEAT BELT. *NM

REAR DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY GOING AT 65 MPH. HEARD A LOUD BANG IN REAR AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE ABOUT 1 MILE TO MY HOUSE. SMELLED BURNING RUBBER COMING FROM THE REAR TIRE. PROCEEDED TO TAKE THE TIRE OFF THE CAR AND FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND THE INNER SIDE OF THE TIRE HAD A DEEP GOUGE FROM THE SHARP BROKEN COIL SPRING. I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS CLOSE TO HOME WHEN IT OCCURRED AND DIDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TOO MANY MILES. IN EITHER CASE IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A BLOWN TIRE WHICH IS VERY TERRIFYING. ESTIMATE REPAIR WILL BE BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS,TWO NEW REAR TIRES. *NM

SUSPENSION FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS ONE FRONT SPRING WAS BROKEN ON DRIVE WAY PARTS HAS BEEN REPLACED AT COST OF $669. BROKEN PART HAS BEEN KEPT. *JB

BROUGHT MY 2001 FORD TAURUS SE TO FORD DEALERSHIP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE (OIL CHANGE) AND MENTIONED THAT THE CAR FELT 'SKITTISH' UNDER BRAKING AS IF THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOOSE. THE SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME THAT UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE THE BRAKES WERE FINE BUT THE REAR SPRINGS WERE RUSTED AND ONE WAS CRACKED AND THE OTHER WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN IN HALF. THE FRACTURE MARKS WERE AT THE SAME SPOT ON BOTH SPRINGS. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 14,000 MILES ON IT AND I DO NOT CONSIDER THIS 'ROUTINE MAINTENANCE'. I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO DRIVES THIS VEHICLE, I NEVER TOW, THE TRUNK IS ALWAYS EMPTY AND NO ONE EVER SITS IN THE BACK SEAT. IT IS EXTREMELY RARE FOR ONE SPRING TO FAIL LET ALONE TWO AT THE SAME TIME. THE FACT THAT BOTH SPRINGS FAILED IN THE SAME LOCATION STATES THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LETHAL DESIGN FLAW. FORD REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE SPRINGS TO BE REPLACED AS THEY FELT IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND THAT THE PART WAS NOT UNDER A RECALL. WHY DOES FORD WANT TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE THEY WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR SPRINGS ARE DEFECTIVE? *NM

REAR COIL SPRINGS IN 2001 FORD TAURUS BROKEN. HAD FRONT COIL SPRINGS REPLACED BY DEALER. THEY WERE REPAIRED AND UNDER A RECALL. THEY INFORMED ME LEFT REAR COIL SPRING BROKEN BUT NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL AND HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIR. I ASK WHY ARE FRONTS DEFECTIVE AND REAR NOT?*JB