2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

MY FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE AND WERE REPLACED UNDER RECALL. AT THE SAME TIME MY REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN - HAD TO REPLACE THEM ON MY OWN. COST ME $500.00. A 5 YEAR OLD CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE ALL ITS SPRINGS BROKEN. T THE SAME TIME - PRETTY DANGEROUS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. ON APRIL 27TH THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AFTERWARDS A VIBRATION WAS FELT, THERE WAS AN INTENSE RATTLE AND A NOISE WAS HEARD WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO INSISTED THE VEHICLE WAS FINE. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING HAD IN FACT FRACTURED DURING THE ACCIDENT. ON JUNE 3RD WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT THE PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE ON THE STRUT THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME. THE CONTACT JACKED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED IN HALF. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED THE ORIGINAL REAR COIL SPRINGS WILL BREAK WHILE DRIVING. THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE REAR COIL SPRINGS, NHTSA ITEM NUMBER EA06002.

HEARD A LOUD POP FROM THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE STRUT'S COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. A JAGGED PART OF THE SPRING WAS WITH IN A QUARTER OF AN INCH FROM THE TIRE. ALSO THE OTHER COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. *NM

2001 TAURUS FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. *TS THE REAR SPRINGS FAILED AND THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO COVER THE COST. THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. *JB

2001 FORD TAURUS. REAR COIL SPRING BROKE ON 1 JUNE 2006. RESULTING IN RUINED REAR TIRE. I UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 60 MILES/HOUR, I HEAR A RUBBING SOUND, SHORTLY FOLLOWED BY A LOUD HISSING SOUND, THEN MY CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD. SPARE TIRE WAS PUT ON AND DRIVEN FEW MILES TO LOCAL GARAGE. THEY SAID IT WAS THE REAR COIL SPRINGS HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED RIGHT BACK TIRE. I HAD TO HAVE TIRE, REAR STRUTS, AND BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS REPLACED. I HAD MY VEHICLE IN FOR THE FRONT SPRING COIL RE-CALL AND CONTACTED A LOCAL FORD DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. *JB

REAR COIL SPRING BROKE ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS. IT STARTED RUBBING AGAINST THE TIRE AND NEARLY PUNCTURED IT. I READ ABOUT AN INVESTIGATION ON YOUR WEB SITE INTO THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE NHTSA ACTION NUMBER IS EA06002. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY CAR TO THIS INVESTIGATION. *JB

STRANGE SOUND FROM FRONT RIGHT TIRE IN TERMS OF LOUD SQUEAKING WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS AND ROLLING ROAD. TOOK CAR TO DEALER. IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BROKEN TIE ROD AT THE FRONT RIGHT END. HOWEVER THEY ALSO FOUND THE RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. THE BROKEN SPRING HAD CUT A DEEP GROOVE INTO THE INNER SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. I HAD THE BROKEN SPRING AND TIE ROD REPLACED BY THE DEALER UNDER THE TERMS OF MY EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT THEY WERE NOT OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR THE TIRE. I PAID FOR A NEW TIRE. ON THE WAY HOME A LOUD HAMMERING SOUND NOW CAME FROM THE RIGHT REAR TIRE AREA WHEN RIDING OVER BUMPS. TOOK CAR BACK TO DEALER AND HE FOUND THAT THE RIGHT REAR STRUT WAS RUINED DUE TO THE BROKEN COIL SPRING AND REPLACED IT. THE DEALER SAID THE LEFT REAR SPRING WAS GOOD AND DID NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED. MY MAIN CONCERN IS NOT THAT I WAS NOT COVERED FOR COST OF THE REPLACEMENT TIRE BUT RATHER THAT THIS BROKEN SPRING BE ALLOWED, BY DESIGN TO RUIN A TIRE THAT CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. A NEW SPRING CAN STILL BREAK AND PUNCTURE THE TIRE. I NOW HAVE TO SPEND MY OWN MONEY AS SOON AS MY WARRANTY RUNS OUT (IN A FEW WEEKS) TO REPLACE THE COIL SPRING ON THE LEFT REAR SIDE. IF THESE THINGS WERE NOT DESIGNED RIGHT OR MADE RIGHT, WE SHOULD AT LEAST BE TOLD TO CHANGE THEM AFTER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MILES RATHER THAN WAIT FOR A FAILURE TO OCCUR AND RISK A TIRE BLOWOUT. *JB

THE REAR COIL SPRINGS ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS HAVE BOTH SNAPPED CAUSING ONE TO CUT INTO AND DESTROY MY REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. I AM NOW FACED WITH A $400.00 + REPAIR BILL FOR NEW COIL SPRINGS. THIS APPEARS TO PREMATURE FAILURE OR FAULTY SPRING COILS. THIS HAPPENED ABRUPTLY AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING. IS THE ANY ACTION BEING TAKEN AGAINST FORD TO CORRECT AND RECALL THESE BEFORE SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENS?