2003 FORD TAURUS Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE 2 MPH, THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE CONTACT EXCHANGED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DISCOUNT TIRE COMPANY TO REPLACE THE TIRE WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE COIL SPRING BROKE AND ADVISED HIM TO HAVE IT REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE TWO FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND THE STRUT ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,300 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGEIAS 112,310. UPDATED 04/15/11*LJ UPDATED 10/12/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS EXITING A DRIVEWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL POP. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVER SIDE WAS FRACTURED AND HAD PUNCTURED AND DEFLATED THE TIRE. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. A PRIVATE MECHANIC REPAIRED THE TIRE AS WELL AS THE FRONT COIL SPRING. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 79,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 77,000.

I'M ADDING MY COMPLAINT TO AN OPEN INVESTIGATION #EA08018. MY 2003 TAURUS SUFFERED A BROKEN COIL SPRING TODAY WHICH PUNCTURED MY PASSENGER SIDE TIRE AND APPARENTLY DAMAGED UPPER AND LOWER MOUNTS IN THE PROCESS. ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR (INCLUDING ADDRESSING THE YET TO BE BROKEN OPPOSITE SIDE), IS 1800 DOLLARS. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT AS I WAS TRAVELING A SLOW RATE OF SPEED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE CUT A SECTION OF THE COIL SPRING OUT IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING ALSO BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TWO FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND BOTH FRONT TIRES. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 130,632.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED ONE OF THE TIRES WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS PIERCED BY A FRACTURED COIL SPRING. THE FRACTURED PORTION OF THE COIL SPRING WAS CUT OFF AND A NEW TIRE WAS INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME WHERE THE CONTACT INSTALLED NEW COIL SPRINGS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,203.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVE WAY THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE BECAME FLAT AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE FELL DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING WHICH ALSO DAMAGED THE TIRE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS FRONT COIL SPRINGS, STRUTS, AND THE FRONT TIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 225,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 230,000. UPDATED 2/28/11 *CN UPDATED 05/19/11

FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING BROKE SUDDENLY, CAUSING FRONT CORNER OF VEHICLE TO DROP, VEHICLE PULLED ABRUPTLY TO THE LEFT, AND BROKEN SPRING PIERCED TIRE ON 2003 FORD TAURUS. LUCKILY NOBODY WAS KILLED, POTENTIALLY VERY DEADLY QUALITY DEFECT WITH THESE VEHICLES. FORD ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEM WITH 1999-2001 TAURUS COIL SPRINGS, BUT WILL NOT REPAIR LATER MODELS, EVEN THOUGH THEY APPARENTLY HAVEN'T FIXED THE PROBLEM. *TR

FRONT SPRINGS BREAKING ON 2003 TAURUS. LOUD BOOM IN FRONT OF CAR. RESULT IS A BROKEN SPRING DAMAGING FRONT TIRE ALSO. CAR WAS BACKING OUT OF GARAGE WHEN IT HAPPENED. HAD TO TOW VEHICLE AS IT COULD NOT BE MOVED WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *TR

WHILE EXITING MY DRIVEWAY THE LEFT FRONT SPRING COIL LET GO PUNCTURING THE TIRE AND RENDERING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY FOR REPLACEMENT. FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAD A RECALL ON THIS COMPONENT ON SOME OTHER OF ITS VEHICLES, BUT I WAS INFORMED MY VEHICLE WAS NOT IN THE RECALL. IT SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM. WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO ADMIT THE PROBLEM AND FIX IT, WHEN SOMEONE HAS A SERIOUS CRASH OR DIES?

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD TAURUS SES (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BUT WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH BY APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND THE ENTIRE STRUT ASSEMBLY AND THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 84,523.