2002 FORD TAURUS Complaints

BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE AND FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED FRONT RIGHT TIRE. NEEDED TO HAVE BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND FRONT STRUT ASSEMBLIES REPLACED. ALSO NEEDED NEW TIRE, NEW TIRE VALVE STEM AND WHEEL WEIGHT. KEPT OLD PARTS AND OLD TIRE SHOWING PUNCTURE. *TR

I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING AND WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO GEAR. THIS LEFT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OFF RAMP. I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST AND THE MECHANIC SAYS I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

FORD TAURUS SEL 2002 FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE. I WAS STOPPED IN FRONT OF A SPEED BUMP TO LET PEOPLE CROSS THE STREET, WHEN I ENGAGED ON THE SPEED BUMP AT VERY LOW SPEED( FOOT OF BRAKE PEDAL) THERE WAS A BIG BANG AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR JUST SPLATTERED ON THE STREET. I KNEW SOMETHING VERY BAD HAD JUST HAPPENED. HALF AN HOUR BEFORE, I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 70...LUCKY FOR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THEN... *TR

THE FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE WALL. IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON A SIDE STREET . *TR

WATER LEAK INTO PASSENGER SIDE OF PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, RESULTING IN FAILURE OF MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, INCLUDING BLOWER MOTOR. REFERENCE NTSB ITEM # 10011149 / SERVICE BULLETIN NBR 031506. *TR

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKE. REPLACED ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS AND FRONT END ALIGNMENT. ONE MONTH LATER FRONT END AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. REPLACED PARTS AGAIN, AT LEAST 7 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH OVER A SMALL DIP IN THE ROAD AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE ON THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE STEERING WHEEL EXHIBITED A PULLING MOTION. THE FRONT COIL SPRING DISENGAGED, BOUNCED ONTO THE ROAD AND OVER THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURES OR DAMAGES. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING. AN INDEPENDENT TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAS CONCERNS OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 121,000. UPDATED 10/27/09 *BF UPDATED 10/29/09.*JB

ALL FOUR COIL SPRINGS HAVE FAILED ON THIS 2002 VEHICLE. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AT HIGH SPEED A FRONT END FAILURE AND OR PUNCTURED TIRE COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE FRONTS FAILED LAST WEEK, THE REARS ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE TIRES IS BIG O ASPEN AND THE TIRE SIZE IS P215/60R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TREAD ON THE DRIVER-SIDE FRONT TIRE SEPARATED. SHE HAD THE TIRE REPLACED ACCORDING TO RECALL# 06T027000 (TIRES: TREAD/BELT, TIRE LINE / TIRE). AFTER THE REPAIR THE THREE REMAINING TIRES FAILED IDENTICALLY. THE BLOW OUTS INCREASED HER RISK FOR VEHICLE CRASH. THE TIRE FACILITY DENIED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILURES, SO SHE HAD TO BEAR THE EXPENSE TO REPLACE THEM. THE DOT NUMBERS OF THE TIRES WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,111. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 97,000.

REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SEDAN. DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE DAMAGED. *TR