2001 FORD TAURUS Complaints

2001 FORD TAURUS SE SEDAN, LEFT REAR COIL SPRING FAILED, PUNCTURED LEFT REAR TIRE. HAD TO REPLACE TIRE, SPRING STRUT AND SWAY BAR LINK. $360.00. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT 10MPH, BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED AND BROKE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH, THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP THAT DETERMINED THE DRIVER SIDE REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKE AND RUBBED ON THE TIRE. ALSO, THE REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE INNER AXLE BOOT WAS LEAKING ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE.

2001 TAURUS LEFT REAR SPRING BROKE PIERCING TIRE. *TS THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRING AN WONDERS WHY A RECALL HASN'T BEEN INITIATED FOR THE REAR COIL SPRING. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AT 5 MPH, A LOUD SNAP WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE.

WIFE HEARD RUBBING NOISE FROM REAR OF VEHICLE, I PULLED OF TIRE TO LOOK AT BRAKES WHEN I FOUND RUBBER DEBRIS FROM TIRE. AFTER LOOKING FURTHER I FOUND THAT THE RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING ON STRUT BROKEN AND END OF BROKEN SPRING PROTRUDING OUT, HITTING TIRE. I THEN REMOVED LEFT REAR TIRE TO INSPECT SPRING AND FOUND IT ALSO BROKE. BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKE ABOUT 1 COIL UP ON THE SPRING. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A TIRE SERVICE STORE AND A AFTER MARKET SPRING (MOOG BRAND) INSTALLED WHICH HAD A LIFE TIME WARRANTY. I DID RETAIN DEFECTIVE PARTS. *JB

1) NO EVENT LEAD UP TO THE FAILURE 2) THE LEFT SIDE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURED THE TIRE - ON THE NIGHT BEFORE THE CAR DROVE FINE. THE NEXT MORNING IT WAS MAKING A TERRIBLE "WHINNYING/SINGING" NOISE FROM THE BACK. THE NOISE WAS FROM THE SPRING MAKING CONTACT WITH THE TIRE. 3) REPAIRED. *JB

2001 FORD TAURUS 65,000 MI VEHICLE INSPECTED OBSERVED FRAME RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE WHERE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHES IS SEVERELY CORRODED TO POINT WHERE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY PREMATURE CONDITION FOR THIS VEHICLE EVEN WITH THE FACT THAT IT IS OPERATED IN A NORTHERN CLIMATE. *JB

LEFT REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURED ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS PASSENGER CAR REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE COIL SPRING AND STRUT ASSEMBLY AND TIRE. IN ADDITION, THE AAA REPAIR SHOP HAD A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE. I HAVE THE OLD BROKEN COIL SPRING AND STRUT ASSEMBLY PART AT MY HOME. *JB

WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITH HIGH ENGINE REV. IT WAS NECESSARY TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION TO ELIMINATE THE HAZARDOUS CONDITION. FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS RECURRING ISSUE AS REPORTED BY OTHER OWNERS. PREVIOUSLY, ON 9/10/03, THIS VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED. THIS ISSUE IS NOT THE RESULT OF DEPRESSING THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL CONCERNING THE LATERAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS. THIS LATTER ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED AND RESOLVED BY THE DEALERSHIP. THE ACCELERATING ISSUE IS DEFINITELY AN EQUIPMENT FAILURE. NHTSA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS SAFETY HAZARD NOW! *NM