2001 Ford Taurus complaints

TL* - THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS IN A CRASH DUE TO THE STRUT FAILURE. THE CONTACT SAID THAT SHE WAS DRIVING 40 MPH UNDER DRY CONDITIONS WHEN THE FAILURE ACCURRED. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE SPUN AND THEN HIT A TREE. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. AND MECHANICTOLD HER THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. SHE ALSO STATED THAT SHE HAD THE CRASHED CAR IN DRIVEWAY.*AK UPDATE (JUNE 17, 2008): MS. EDWARD SAID THAT SHE WAS DRIVING AROUND A CURVE WHEN SHE SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF HER 2001 FORD TAURUS AND STRUCK A TREE. THE MECHANICAL TOLD HER THAT IT WAS A REAR (NOT FRONT) SUSPENSION SPRING HAD FAILED. THE CRASHED VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO HER HOUSE AND SAT THERE SINCE (NOT REPAIRED).

AT 50,000 MILES, THE DRIVERS' SIDE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED REAR TIRE. I REPLACED BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS AS WELL AS WORN STRUTS AND BOUGHT TWO NEW TIRES. I DID NOT KEEP THE OLD PARTS. *JB

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGH WAY AND THE BACK COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. I CALLED FORD DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF ON RECALL LIKE THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND THEY ARE NOT. I HAD TO PAY TO GET REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TIRE. *JB

2001 FORD TAURUS (48302 ODOMETER) REAR COIL SPRING BROKE REPLACED SPRINGS WITH REAR STRUTS. *NM

ON 12-14-06 I WAS SITTING IN MY 2001 FORD TAURUS WHEN BOTH SPRINGS BROKE I TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED BOTH REAR SPRINGS STRUTS AND MOUNTS. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT DRIVING THE CAR AT THAT TIME. DEALER SAID THESE WERE NOT COVERED ON THE RECALL ONLY THE FRONT SPRINGS. *JB

THE REAR SPRINGS OF MY FORD TAURUS HAVE FRACTURED WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT OR COLLISION. THE COST OF REPAIR WAS UPWARDS OF $300. IN ADDITION TO THAT THE REAR TIRES HAVE UNDERGONE EXCESSIVE WEAR DUE TO BROKEN SPRINGS. CURRENTLY THE RECALL IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO FRONT SPRINGS, BUT I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT IT SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO REAR SPRINGS ALSO. *NM

REAR COIL FRACTURE ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE PRESENTED PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR COIL SPRINGS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER REPAIRS MADE. THE CONTACT ENCOUNTERED MANY COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THIS MATTER # 10076221 REGARDING: SUSPENSION: REAR: SPRINGS: COIL SPRINGS. UPDATED 12/18/2006 - *NM

2001 FORD TAURUS 55,000 MILES EXCESSIVE REPAIR COST - VEHICLE TAKEN IF FOR FRONT END SHAKE WHEN SPEED AT 60 MPH. FRONT END ALIGNMENT DONE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. UNDERSTANDABLE AND I AM FINE WITH THIS. AT THE SAME TIME THE DEALER DISCOVERED RR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. THEY REPLACED BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS FOR AN ADDITIONAL COST OF $376.87. I SPOKE WITH A FRIEND OF MINE AND THEY HAD TO HAVE REAR COIL SPRINGS REPLACED ON THEIR TAURUS AS WELL WITH 65000 MILES. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT. *NM

ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS DURING AN ANNUAL STATE INSPECTION (NOV. 14, 06), THE MECHANIC FOUND A FRACTURED REAR SUSPENSION SPRING THAT WAS VERY CLOSE TO CUTTING THE REAR TIRE. BOTH STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED, PUNCTURING THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE, WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT 10 MPH. THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER ABOUT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED IN REGARDS TO A POSSIBLE RECALL ON THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. THERE WERE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS MATTER VIA THE NHTSA WEBSITE ABOUT THE SUSPENSION: REAR: SPRINGS: COIL SPRINGS.

WATER LEAKING INTO CABIN FROM SOMEWHERE AROUND FRONT WINDSHIELD. FOLLOWING HARD RAIN, DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT AND REAR FLOOR CAN BE COMPLETELY SOAKED. TOOK TWICE TO DEALER, PAID $140, NO HELP. DON'T KNOW LONG-TERM EFFECT THIS MAY HAVE ON OTHER VEHICLE COMPONENTS--BRAKES, ELECTRICAL, ETC. *NM

BROKEN DRIVER'S SIDE REAR COIL STRUT SPRING, ON 2001 FORD TAURUS. JUST MISSED HITTING TIRE. YOU COULD SEE CORROSION THROUGH COIL SPRING. WAS NOTICED WHILE REPAIRING REAR SWAY BAR END LINK WHICH WAS ALSO BROKE FROM CORROSION. *NM

SEAT BELT WON'T EXTRACT OR RETRACT PROPERLY IN REAR SEAT CAUSING IT TO BE LOOSE AND NOT FITTING. ALSO CAUSING IT TO LOCK UP IN OPERATION LEAVING YOU TO HAVE TO FEED IT FORCIBLY BACK IN TO BE ABLE TO USE IT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A RUBBING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED. AS THE REAR SPRINGS WERE BEING REPLACED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STABILIZER LINK WAS BROKEN AS WELL. UPDATED 11/08/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE DROVE LOW IN THE BACK AND A TIRE RUBBING SOUND COULD BE HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO UPON EXAMINATION, DETERMINED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS AND THE STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE SPRINGS AND STRUTS. THE CONTACT NOTICED OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOYED IN A FRONTAL IMPACT CRASH. THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE AT TIME OF IMPACT WAS 45 MPH. THERE WAS PRE-IMPACT BRAKING. THE OCCUPANT WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR IMPACT ACCIDENT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARKED ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE CONTACT WAS WEARING THE SEATBELT BUT STILL SUFFERED MAJOR AND PERMANENT INJURIES. THE FUEL LINE DID NOT SHUT OFF DURING THE ACCIDENT AND THE FRONTAL DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNAL PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. AN POLICE REPORT WAS PROCESSED. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DONE BY THE INSURANCE AGENCY.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED DURING A VEHICLE INSPECTION, THE REAR COIL SPRINGS FAILED TO PASS. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE RECALL #04V332000 CONCERNING THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS DID NOT INCLUDE THE REAR COIL SPRINGS.

REF: NHTSA ACTION # EA06002. I'M CONTACTING YOU ON BEHALF OF MY AUNT & UNCLE WHO DO NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS. ON 10/13/06 THEY TOOK THEIR 2001 FORD TAURUS WITH 29,306 MILES TO A REPUTABLE FORD DEALER IN CHICAGO FOR AN OIL CHANGE. THE DEALER FOUND THAT BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS HAD BROKEN AND BOTH REAR TIRES WERE BEING GOUGED. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED AT A COST OF SLIGHTLY LESS THAN $700. THE CAR IS WELL MAINTAINED, KEPT IN A GARAGE AND IS NOT ABUSED IN ANY WAY. DOCUMENTATION CAN BE SUPPLIED IF YOU WANT IT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PREPARING TO BACK THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE CHILD UNBUCKLED THE SEAT BELT AND WAS ABLE TO UNLOCK THE DOOR. THE CONTACT STATED THE DOOR ALARM DID NOT SOUND. AS THE VEHICLE WAS BACKED OUT AND TO THE LEFT AT 5 MPH, THE 4 YEAR OLD CHILD WAS THROWN OUT THE REAR RIGHT DOOR. THE CHILD BECAME PINNED UNDER THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL OF THE VEHICLE, AND SUSTAINED ABRASIONS AND SWELLING OF THE ANKLES, KNEES, AND LEFT THIGH. THE CHILD WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE BOOSTER SEAT AND VEHICLE WERE NOT NOTIFIED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR BRAKE SERVICE, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS OF DAMAGE TO THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE REAR COIL SPRINGS AND EXPRESSED THAT THEY HAVE NOTICED SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLES OF THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND DETERMINED THAT NOTHING MORE COULD BE DONE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS ALREADY REPAIRED. COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THIS COMPONENT ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE ONE OF THE ODI #'S WAS 10076221. THERE WERE 123 RESULTS. UPDATED 11/30/06. *JB

THE REAR SPRING ON THE 2001 FORD TAURUS ARE BREAKING . THIS IS THE SECOND CAR WE FOUND THIS MONTH WITH BROKEN SPRINGS. WHEN THE SPRING BREAKS THE EDGE COME CLOSE TO THE TIRE WHICH I THINK IS A MAJOR SAFETY DANGER. I AM A MECHANIC WITH THE COM ED COMPANY. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO OBVIOUS ROAD HAZARDS. THE TIRE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE TREAD SEPARATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE TIRE WAS A CONTINENTAL, TOURING CONTACT AS P215/60R16, DOT NUMBER UPTR4561205. UPDATED 10/17/2006 - *NM

REAR COIL SPRING SNAPPED, FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED DUE TO RECALL IN 2004 WHICH FORD MOTOR COMPANY PAID FOR BUT NOW WILL NOT PAY FOR DEFECTIVE REAR COIL SPRINGS TO BE REPLACED, DANGEROUS SITUATION WHILE DRIVING WHEN SPRINGS BREAK. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PERFORMING A MAINTENANCE INSPECTION AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED. THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS REGARDING THE REAR COIL SPRINGS TO INDICATE A FAILURE. ADDITIONALLY, THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE REAR STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. UPDATED 10/25/2006 - THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD BEEN REPLACED UNDER RECALL SEPT 2005. *NM

CAR TAKEN IN TO MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION COILS WERE BROKEN AND COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A TIRE PUNCTURE WHICH COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS INCIDENT. MECHANIC SAID HE BELIEVED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS MATTER AND SUGGESTED WE INVESTIGATE THIS HAZARD FURTHER. *JB

2001 FORD TAURUS SES WAGON. PURCHASED 4/2001 WITH 32 MILES ON IT. FOUND OUT RIGHT AFTER PURCHASE THAT ROTORS HAD BEEN GROUND DOWN. DEALER BLAMED ORIGINAL PARTS. UPON BRAKING, STEERING WHILE HEAVILY ROCKS FROM SIDE TO SIDE. OBVIOUS TO ANYONE SITTING IN THE CAR. ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST TWICE, AND GROUND DOWN AT LEAST 3 TIMES. CAR ONLY HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT. TRAVEL IS 90% HIGHWAY MILES, LITTLE BRAKING AT ALL. DEALERS JUST KEEP SUGGESTING NEW ROTORS AND PADS OR GRINDING DOWN BUT I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS APPROX. EVERY 8,000-10,000 MILES. SHIMMY IN WHEEL NEVER FULLY GOES AWAY NO MATTER WHAT I DO. I AM AFRAID THAT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP ONE DAY GIVEN HOW MUCH VIBRATION IN THE CAR THERE IS. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT'S WRONG OR IS ADMITTING IT. RESEARCH WILL SHOW THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS COMPLAINT, SO CLEARLY THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW OF SOME KIND. *JB

THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS OF MY TAURUS. MY MECHANIC HAS ALSO FOUND THAT BOTH MY REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HANDLE IMPROPERLY. ALSO I WAS ADVISED NOT TO HAUL ANYTHING IN THE TRUNK UNTIL THEY ARE FIXED. *NM

I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS HAVE BROKEN AND THAT THE REPAIR IS EXPENSIVE. LUCKILY, NO TIRES WERE LOST. *NM

2001 FORD TAURUS' LEFT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT. *KB THE DRIVE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAVELED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY STRIKING A GUARDRAIL. THE ENTIRE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS SCRAPED. THE TIRE WERE PURCHASED TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURY TO RIGHT SHOULDER. *NM

VEHICLE TAKEN IN FOR ROUTINE INSPECTION - TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED REAR SUSPENSION COIL SPRING BROKEN. BOTH REAR SPRINGS AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE REPLACED AT FULL COST OF AROUND $600. THIS IS CLEARLY A MATERIALS DEFECT IMPACTING VEHICLE SAFETY, HAVING FAILED IN ONLY 5 YEARS. VEHICLE DRIVEN IN NORTHEAST US. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE DID NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A REPAIR SHOP. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, # 04V106000, REGARDING THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.

I OWN A 2001 FORD TAURUS THE FRONT SPRING WERE DEFECTIVE AND RECALL NOW THE REAR SPRING ARE DEFECTIVE AND FORD ISN'T HAVING A RECALL --WILL ANYTHING BE DONE TO RECALL THE REAR SPRING? *NM

I WENT TO PURCHASED NEW TIRES FOR MY 2001 FORD TAURUS AND THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED MY LEFT REAR COIL SPRING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE SEAT AND CARVED A GROOVE INTO THE TIRE OF ABOUT ONE EIGHT OF AN INCH. HAD I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, THE TIRE MAY HAVE RUPTURED AT LIGHT SPEEDS, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND POSSIBLE CRASH. LEADING TO POSSIBLE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO THE OCCUPANTS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE CHANGING THE REAR BRAKES, IT WAS NOTICED THE REAR COIL SPRINGS HAD FRACTURED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 40 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED PUNCTURING THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. AFTER PLACING A SPARE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT YET BEEN INFORMED. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED. UPDATED 09/05/06. *JB

DT*: WHILE DRIVING THROUGH NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AT 30 MPH A RUBBING NOISE WAS HEARD. WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY TO THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION OF THE TIRES, THE TIRE BLEW. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SPRING COILS FRACTURED BLOWING OUT THE REAR TIRE, FRACTURING BOTH REAR STRUTS AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SPRINGS. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT A RECALL REMEDY #04V332000 PERTAINING TO FRONT COIL SPRINGS WAS PERFORMED BY THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED SERVICE FOR THE REAR COILS UNDER THE ORIGINAL RECALL. UPDATED 9/20/2006 - *NM

MY CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD AND BOTH REAR STRUTS FAILED. ALSO THE RIGHT REAR SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. WHY ARE THE FRONT SPRINGS BE ON RECALL AND THE REAR SPRINGS ARE NOT? HAD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR SPRING & STRUTS. $521.00, AND TIRE $124.) I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MANY IF THIS HAPPEN ON THE HWY, I COULD HAVE FLIP MY CAR CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT! NOW CAR DOES NOT WANT TO START. I TOOK IT TO FOUR FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY ALL SAID THE SAME THING. FIRST THEY WOULD HAVE TO RUN DIAGNOSTIC TEST,THEN DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS OF THE TEST AND A TECH TO DRIVE THE CAR. MAYBE THEY CAN FIX IT. AND TO TOP EVERYTHING ALL THE FORD DEALERSHIPS SENT EVERYBODY IN THE SHOP HOME,BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TOO DO ? *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. A NOISE WAS HEARD PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE TIRE WAS CHANGED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE DRIVER SIDE REAR COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO REPLACED BOTH COIL SPRINGS AND STRUTS.

I HAD MY 2001 FORD TAURUS IN FOR A FLAT TIRE REPAIR DUE TO A NAIL PUNCTURE WHEN THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE SHEARED OFF AND STICKING OUT LESS THAN 1 INCH FROM THE REAR TIRES. THEY HAD BEEN BROKEN FOR SOME TIME WHICH WAS APPARENT DUE TO THE RUSTED ENDS OF THE SPRING. THIS ALSO EXPLAINS WHY THE CAR HAS HAD A POOR RIDE QUALITY AND HAS BEEN MAKING NOISE GOING OVER BUMPS. THE MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE BOTH SPRINGS AND THE REAR STRUTS WHICH COST ALMOST $600. BY THE WAY MY CAR HAS ONLY 53K MILES. I KEPT THE COIL SPRINGS AS PROOF OF THE PROBLEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SEAT BELT BUCKLE TONGUE WOULD NOT EJECT FROM THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY. THE CONTACT ARRIVED TO A DESTINATION, PARKED, AND ATTEMPTED TO UNLATCH THE SEAT BELT WHICH WOULD NOT UNLATCH. THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE TONGUE WAS WIGGLED WHILE THE RELEASE BUTTON ON THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY WAS DEPRESSED. THE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED AFTER 10 MINUTES, BUT IS NOW UNABLE TO BUCKLE. THE BUCKLE WAS FREE OF CONTAMINANTS AND THERE ARE NO PICTURES AVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED ON 07/21/06 AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL ON THE SAME PROBLEM FOR THE SAME VEHICLE.

REAR COIL SPRING BROKE, POTENTIAL TIRE FAILURE. FRONT COIL SPRINGS FIXED FOR SAME SAFETY CONCERN BUT THE REAR NOT. *NM

CAR WAS NOT HANDLING WELL AND THERE WAS A SCRAPING NOISE COMING FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE REAR. CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALER TO DETERMINE PROBLEM. DEALER REPLACED BROKEN RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING, SEATS & BRACKETS, AND A BENT REAR SWAY BAR LINK (APPROXIMATELY $230 CHARGED FOR THE REPAIR). ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER (6-16-2006), THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN AGAIN SINCE IT WAS STILL NOT HANDLING WELL. THE RIGHT REAR STRUT AND MOUNT WERE REPLACED (APPROXIMATELY $264 CHARGED FOR THIS REPAIR). THIS PROBLEM SEEMED RELATED TO THE REPAIR PERFORMED ON 6-1-2006. THE POSSIBILITY OF A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM WAS INVESTIGATED SINCE THE FRONT COIL SPRING RECALL HAD BEEN DONE LAST DECEMBER AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRACTURED REAR COIL SPRING HAD HAPPENED MANY TIME BEFORE ALTHOUGH NO RECALL HAD YET BEEN MADE. *NM

LOUD RUBBING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. HEARD QUICK HISSING NOISE THEN TIRE BURST. ALL OF THIS WITHIN A MATTER OF A MINUTE. DISCOVERED LEFT REAR COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND RUBBED/ PUNCTURED THE INSIDE TIRE WALL. VEHICLE CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP. NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. HAVE REQUESTED THAT BROKEN PART BE RETURNED TO ME. *JB

2001 FORD TAURUS. FAILURE OF LEFT REAR COIL SPRING. THE INSIDE SIDEWALL OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE WAS CUT BY THE BROKEN END OF THE SPRING CAUSING A BLOWOUT. NO INJURIES. FORD HAS ISSUED SAFETY RECALLS FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. WHY DO THEY NOT COVER THE REAR?? *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S REAR COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVER SIDE FRACTURED WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH ON 04/07/06. THERE WAS A NOISE HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED BY THE CONTACT. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS OBSERVED, SO THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN 1 MILE WHEN THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER IN A PARKING LOT AND ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE BUT FOUND THAT THE INCORRECT SPARE WAS PUT IN THE VEHICLE BY AN AUTO SHOP. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN SLOWLY ACROSS THE STREET TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE SPRING AND TIRE. ON 06/24/06, A NOISE WAS HEARD WHILE TRAVELING 25MPH. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED, NO PROBLEM WERE OBSERVED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME AND THE TIRE WAS TAKEN OFF TO INSPECT THE SPRING AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED. A NEW COIL SPRING WAS PURCHASED FROM THE DEALER, AND THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE REPLACED THE BROKEN SPRING. BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURRED DURING NORMAL DRIVING. THE CONTACT HAS THE FAILED PART AND REPAIR INVOICE AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FRONT SPRINGS OF THE SAME MODEL. THE VIN# WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.

REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN IN TWO. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FRONT COIL SPRING, WHY IS THERE NOT ONE FOR THE REAR?

BOTH 2 REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE FRACTURED AND JUST FOUND YESTERDAY (07/10/2006). THEY MUST HAVE BROKEN LONG TIME AGO BECAUSE THE NOISE WAS FIRST HEARD AROUND LAST FALL. SINCE THEN THE CAR WAS SWITCHED FOR LOCAL DRIVING ONLY. AT THAT TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BRAKE MAKING NOISE. REAR TIRES WERE REMOVED YESTERDAY (07/10/2006) TO CHECK THE BRAKE. BRAKE IS FINE, BUT FOUND THE 2 REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. MY CAR HAS ABOUT 130K MILES NOW. *NM

I OWN A 2001 FORD TAURUS SE. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR NYS INSPECTION AND FOUND THAT 2 OF MY COILS WERE BROKEN, ONE REAR AND ONE FRONT COIL. MY CAR HAS ONLY 27,300 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A RIDICULOUS PROBLEM TO HAVE WITH SO FEW MILES ON MY CAR. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED ONLY ONE FRONT COIL AND I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THE REAR COIL FIXED. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO FIX BOTH FRONT COILS, EVEN IF ONLY ONE BREAKS, WHICH THEY DID NOT DO. HOWEVER, WHY ARE THE REAR COILS NOT COVERED IN THE RECALL??? THEY ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO SALT. THE REAR COILS ARE JUST AS FAULTY AS THE FRONT COILS. *JB