2002 FORD TAURUS Complaints

2002 FORD TAURUS- REAR SPRING COILS ARE CRACK AND RUSTED,CHECK OTHER 2002 FORD TAURUS HAVING SAME PROBLEM. PIECE OF THE COIL COULD FALL OUT AND PINCH TIRE OR PINCH CAR BEHIND YOU IF HITTING POT HOLE OR BIG BUMP. I CHECK TO SEE IF THERE BEEN A RECALL ON THIS, NONE SEEN YET. CHECK 7 SEVEN TAURUS WITH IN THAT YEAR. *TR

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND UNDERSTAND MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE. MY A/C BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING AND WAS FILLED WITH WATER WITH TRACES OF RUST. I REPLACED THE BLOWER CONTROL SWITCH, THE BLOWER RESISTOR BOARD, AND REMOVED AND REBUILT THE BLOWER MOTOR. THE AUTO PARTS STORE I BOUGHT THE REPLACEMENT COMPONENTS FROM (DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FORD DEALER) TELLS ME THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE PUNCTURED THE TIRE, WHICH CAUSED THE BLOW OUT. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS VERY LIKELY TO OCCUR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE; HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO EXISTING RECALLS. THE FRONT ASSEMBLY AND COIL SPRINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 125,000.

MY CAR IS 02 FORD TAURUS, THE FRONT COIL SPRING IS BROKEN. AND I HAVE MET MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH ME. BUT THE COMPANY ONLY COVER THE 1999-2001 MODELS. THE COMPANY SHOULD CONSIDER THE CASES RELATED WITH MODEL OF 2002. *TR

FORD TAURUS 2002 STATION WAGON PARKED OVERNIGHT; IN MORNING FOUND THAT THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WAS FLAT. DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING SURROUNDING THE VERTICAL STRUT HAD BROKEN , PUNCTURED THE TIRE...RIPPED GASH THAT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. REQUIRED NEW FRONT STRUTS COIL SPRINGS AND SWAY BARS AND A NEW TIRE...TOTAL COST WAS APPRX $1200. MECHANIC REPORTS THAT HEW HAS SEEN THIS BEFORE . QUESTION ? WHAT IF THIS SPRING FAILURE HAS OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEED? *TR

DEFECTIVE REAR COIL SPRINGS ON A 2002 FORD TAURUS. $1,000 PLUS CAUSED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO REAR STRUTS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE CITY STREETS IN MINNEAPOLIS. I CROSSED SOME RAILROAD TRACKS GOING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. THE TRACKS WERE WELL CONCEALED AND DID NOT CAUSE THE CAR TO BOUNCE. I HEARD A LOUD METALLIC NOISE AND PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY. ONCE I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT I NOTICED THAT MY FRONT END ON THE DRIVER SIDE WAS SAGGING, AND THE WHEEL WELL WAS RESTING ON THE TIRE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT COIL HAD SNAPPED AND SLAMMED DOWN ONTO THE STABILIZER LINK, BREAKING IT. THANKFULLY I WAS GOING SLOW ENOUGH, AND THERE WAS NOT MUCH TRAFFIC SO THERE WERE NO OTHER INCIDENTS CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE SPRING COIL. THE BILL TO REPAIR THE STABILIZER LINK AND THE COILS WILL TOTAL APPROXIMATELY $400, PLUS $100 FOR THE TOW, SINCE THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE IN SAID CONDITION. *TR

I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING TO GO TO MY CAR AND FOUND THAT THE TIRE ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE HAD A FLAT TIRE. MY SON WENT TO HELP ME PUT ON THE SPARE TIRE, BUT AFTER HE TOOK THE FLAT TIRE OFF HE SAW THAT IT HAD BEEN PUNCTURED ODDLY, AND SAW THAT THE CAUSE OF THE PUNCTURE WAS A BROKEN COIL SPRING WHICH IS PART OF THE STRUTS. THE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN SO BADLY THAT IT HAD A SHARP POINT WHERE IT WAS BROKEN, AND A CENTER PORTION- ABOUT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF THE SPRING ACTUALLY HAD BEEN BROKEN OFF COMPLETELY. THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE CAR FELL AND ALMOST BROKE HIS HAND WHILE HE WAS EXAMINING THIS, LUCKILY HE WAS QUICK ENOUGH TO MOVE HIS HAND AWAY. HE WAS ABLE TO PUT THE SPARE TIRE ON, BUT THE COIL SPRING WAS ACTUALLY TOUCHING AND RUBBING ON TOP OF THE SPARE TIRE. I DROVE THE CAR, VERY CAUTIOUSLY AND SLOWLY TO A REPAIR SHOP. THEY FOUND THAT ALL MY STRUTS WERE BAD, AND THE COIL SPRING ON THE BACK PASSENGERS' SIDE WAS ALSO BROKEN AND ACTUALLY RUSTING AWAY. THE TOTAL ESTIMATE FOR EVERYTHING,INCLUDING 4 NEW COIL SPRINGS AND STRUTS, NEW TIRE, NEW TIE RODS WAS $1,239 PLUS TAX. I HAD TO HAVE IT FIXED, THERE WASN'T ANY WAY I COULD TAKE THE CHANCE OF DRIVING THIS CAR OUT OF THE REPAIR SHOP. I WAS LAID OFF OF MY JOB THIS PAST JANUARY, SO THIS IS A BIG SET BACK FINANCIALLY FOR ME. I AM LUCKY THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED, IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A BAD ACCIDENT. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS BACKING OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THE DRIVER'S FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE CAUSING A BLOWOUT. FORTUNATELY THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE INTERSTATE WHERE THE CONSEQUENCES MAY HAVE BEEN MUCH HIGHER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRE WITH A SPARE AND DROVE TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD LIKE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF IT IS INVOLVED IN THE RECALL FOR THE 1999-2001 MODELS. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100,000. UPDATED 08/04/09 *BF UPDATED 08/05/09.*JB