2002 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE TIRE WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH. THE CONTACT PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, CHANGED THE TIRE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. WHEN HE REMOVED THE TIRE HE NOTICE THAT THE COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE STRUT AND COIL SPRING. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. HE WILL CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. UPDATED 11/19/10. *LJ UPDATED 12/02/10*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE FRONT SPRING BROKE ON THE DRIVER SIDE PUNCTURING THE TIRE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SEARS TO HAVE THE TIRE AND THE FRONT SPRING REPLACED. A MONTH LATER WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE CONTACT SAW A RECALL REGARDING THE SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS, BUT THE 2002 YEAR/MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED. FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

2002 FORD TAURUS, LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED WHILE PARKED, PUNCTURING A HOLE IN THE TIRE. FORTUNATELY WHILE PARKED AND NOT ON THE INTERSTATE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE FORD HAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE 2000 AND 2001 MODELS BUT NOT ON THE 2002 MODEL. OF COURSE MY CONCERN IS THIS HAPPENING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE OUTCOME BEING SEVERE. THE LEFT FRONT STRUT ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH SALVAGE YARD PARTS. THIS WAS DONE BEFORE I WAS AWARE OF THIS BEING AN ISSUE IN PRIOR YEARS. *TR

MY COIL SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS BROKE AND BLEW OUT MY FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE YESTERDAY JUST AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. THROUGH SEARCHING FOR A RECALL FOUND THIS HAS HAPPENED TO HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A FACTORY DEFECT AS THE OLDER TAURUSES HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THE SCARY THING IS THE NEW ONE MAY DO THE SAME THING OR THERE ARE 3 OTHERS THAT COULD BREAK. IF THIS HAPPENS AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED IT COULD BE DEADLY. *TR

I AM NOT ABLE TO GET MY CAR OUT OF PARK AND MY BRAKE LIGHTS WILL NOT STAY ON WHEN THE BRAKE IS PRESSED. I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2002 FORD TAURUS, BUT AT A DIFFERENT TRIM LEVEL. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS FOR MY VIN AND THAT NO REPAIR RELATED TO THE BRAKE LAMP SWITCH WAS EVER DONE BY A FORD DEALERSHIP. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IF MY 2002 TAURUS SE WAS MANUFACTURED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE RECALLED VEHICLES. I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL (04S12) BUT MY MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED. WAS IT DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PART THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM OR DEFECTIVE LABOR? *TR

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES WITH 225,000 MILES. ONE DAY WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE CAR DOWN THE ROAD THE FRONT WINDOW GOT THIS PERFECT ROUND CRACK IT THE WINDOW THEN ALMOST SHATTERED. I DID NOT REPLACE IT YET TO SEE ABOUT A RECALL. *TR

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS HAS BROKEN BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS. THE CAR IS DRIVEN IN THE WESTERN NEW YORK AREA ALL OF IT'S LIFE AND HAS ABOUT 100,000 MILES. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER MODEL YEARS ALSO HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I'M GOING TO REPLACE THESE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, AND KEEP THE OLD PARTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE OUT OF HIS GARAGE THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE EXPLODED. AFTER EXAMINING THE TIRE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND CAUSED A BLOW OUT. A LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACED THE STRUTS, COIL SPRING, BALL BEARING, AND THE TIRE. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 103000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE, PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND BROKE THE FRONT STABILIZER BAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND THE FORD MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED SINCE THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR VALID WARRANTIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.