2001 Ford Taurus complaints

I HAD BEEN HEARING A NOISE IN THE REAR OF MY CAR BUT THE DEALER KEPT SAYING THEY COULD NOT HEAR IT. WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN MY BRAKES LOCKED UP AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER SAID THAT I HAD BEEN DRIVING WITH MY PARK BRAKE ON AND THAT VOIDED MY WARRANTY. I HAD NEVER USED THE PARKING BRAKE. I HAD TO PAY FOR THE BRAKE WORK AND NEW DRUMS. SINCE THEN I'VE HAD THE BRAKES RE-DONE TWICE. THIS SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE DONE SO OFTEN ,SHOULD IT? *JB

LEFT REAR COIL SPRING ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS (63,000 MILES) BROKE AND CUT THE INSIDE SIDEWALL OF MY TIRE CAUSING IT TO BLOW OUT. THE FORD DEALER KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT SAID THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. I WAS WITHOUT MY CAR FOR 2 DAYS AND THE REPAIR COST TO REPLACE BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WAS $400 PLUS A NEW TIRE COSTING $78.*JB

2001 FORD TAURUS WIFE GOT INTO TO LEAVE AND I HEARD THE CAR MAKE A NOISE AND DROP A COUPLE OF INCHES IN THE REAR. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP AND THE SAID THE REAR SPRINGS HAD BROKEN ON BOTH SIDES. I HAD THE REAR SPRINGS AND STRUTS REPLACED AT THE COST OF $500. *NM

BOTH REAR SPRINGS CRACKED. *NM

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT OR EXTRACT CORRECTLY....PASSENGER CANNOT USE SEAT BELT. *NM

REAR DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY GOING AT 65 MPH. HEARD A LOUD BANG IN REAR AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE ABOUT 1 MILE TO MY HOUSE. SMELLED BURNING RUBBER COMING FROM THE REAR TIRE. PROCEEDED TO TAKE THE TIRE OFF THE CAR AND FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND THE INNER SIDE OF THE TIRE HAD A DEEP GOUGE FROM THE SHARP BROKEN COIL SPRING. I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS CLOSE TO HOME WHEN IT OCCURRED AND DIDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TOO MANY MILES. IN EITHER CASE IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A BLOWN TIRE WHICH IS VERY TERRIFYING. ESTIMATE REPAIR WILL BE BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS,TWO NEW REAR TIRES. *NM

SUSPENSION FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS ONE FRONT SPRING WAS BROKEN ON DRIVE WAY PARTS HAS BEEN REPLACED AT COST OF $669. BROKEN PART HAS BEEN KEPT. *JB

BROUGHT MY 2001 FORD TAURUS SE TO FORD DEALERSHIP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE (OIL CHANGE) AND MENTIONED THAT THE CAR FELT 'SKITTISH' UNDER BRAKING AS IF THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOOSE. THE SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME THAT UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE THE BRAKES WERE FINE BUT THE REAR SPRINGS WERE RUSTED AND ONE WAS CRACKED AND THE OTHER WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN IN HALF. THE FRACTURE MARKS WERE AT THE SAME SPOT ON BOTH SPRINGS. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 14,000 MILES ON IT AND I DO NOT CONSIDER THIS 'ROUTINE MAINTENANCE'. I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO DRIVES THIS VEHICLE, I NEVER TOW, THE TRUNK IS ALWAYS EMPTY AND NO ONE EVER SITS IN THE BACK SEAT. IT IS EXTREMELY RARE FOR ONE SPRING TO FAIL LET ALONE TWO AT THE SAME TIME. THE FACT THAT BOTH SPRINGS FAILED IN THE SAME LOCATION STATES THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LETHAL DESIGN FLAW. FORD REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE SPRINGS TO BE REPLACED AS THEY FELT IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND THAT THE PART WAS NOT UNDER A RECALL. WHY DOES FORD WANT TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE THEY WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR SPRINGS ARE DEFECTIVE? *NM

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

REAR COIL SPRINGS IN 2001 FORD TAURUS BROKEN. HAD FRONT COIL SPRINGS REPLACED BY DEALER. THEY WERE REPAIRED AND UNDER A RECALL. THEY INFORMED ME LEFT REAR COIL SPRING BROKEN BUT NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL AND HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIR. I ASK WHY ARE FRONTS DEFECTIVE AND REAR NOT?*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 FORD TAURUS. REAR COIL SPRING BROKE ON 1 JUNE 2006. RESULTING IN RUINED REAR TIRE. I UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS. *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

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?

AUTO WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. LEFT REAR COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND WEDGED AGAINST TIRE. I JACKED UP CAR, REMOVED TIRE AND INSTALLED SMALL SPARE TIRE SO SPRING WOULD NOT RUB TIRE. DROVE TO REPAIR FACILITY AND THEY REPLACED BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS. OLD PARTS WERE DISCARDED. DID NOT HEAR ABOUT FAULTY COIL SPRINGS UNTIL RECALL NOTICE FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS WAS RECEIVED FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN FEBRUARY 2006. *NM

DRIVING TO WORK AND HEARD A LOAD RUBBING SOUND IN THE RIGHT REAR SPRING/TIRE. WHAT ALERTED ME TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF WAS THE BURNING SMELL OF RUBBER AND THE LOUD RUBBING NOISE. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE FROM BECAUSE I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. BROUGHT IT IN AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR RIGHT SIDE SPRING WAS BUSTED AND IT GOUGED MY TIRE. IF I WOULD HAVE DROVE JUST A BIT MORE, IT COULD HAVE BLOWN. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE WHEN THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE RIGHT REAR SPRING WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE RIGHT TIRE. THEREFORE, BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REPORTS HAVING NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE WHEN THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE RIGHT REAR SPRING WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE RIGHT TIRE. THEREFORE, BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REPORTS HAVING NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. UPDATED 6/16/2006 - *NM

BROKEN REAR COIL SPRING AND SUPPORT. 2001 FORD TAURUS [XXX]. *NM UPDATED 07/16/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

MY CAR, 2001 FORD TAURUS, REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKEN. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HAVING TIRES REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE, THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE REAR COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. UPDATED ON 05/30/2006. *AK *TS

PURCHASED A 2001 TAURUS IN 2004 WITH 26000 MILES. HAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITHIN 2 MONTHS. DEALER REFLASHED TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY OF USED CAR DEALER. NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL NOT WORKING RIGHT, AND IS ON THE VERGE OF FAILURE. I ALREADY HAD A CODE FOR TORQUE CONVERTER COME UP, BUT IT DOESN'T SHOW ANY MORE. *NM

REAR COIL SPRING BROKE; REAR LEFT TIRE ALMOST PUNCTURED DUE TO RUBBING OF BROKEN SPRING ON TIRE. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. I AM AN ENGINEER AND THE FEMA FAILURE EFFECTS MODE ANALYSIS SHOULD FORCE THIS COMPANY TO REPLACE THE SPRINGS UNDER RECALL. THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS INSTEAD OF COLLECTING DATA! MARK PORTYRATA. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, AT 5 MPH, A LOUD POP WAS HEARD AND THE VEHICLE WAS THEN PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE REAR DRIVER SIDE COIL HAD FRACTURED. BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

MY 2001 FORD TAURUS REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE UPON REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. I CALLED MY MECHANIC WHO THEN ADVISED ME NOT TO EVEN TRY TO DRIVE IT TO HIS SHOP FOR FEAR OF PUNCTURING A TIRE. I THEN CALLED A FLATBED TOW TRUCK TO TAKE IT FOR REPAIRS. THE COST FOR THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WAS $513.50 PLUS TOW. IF I DID NOT HAVE IT TOWED THAT WAY, THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE TIRES WOULD HAVE BEEN PUNCTURED. *NM

I HAVE A 2001 FORD TAURUS SE THAT RECENTLY FRACTURED THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING WHICH PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. I HAVE READ THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS AFFECTED A LARGE NUMBER OF OTHERS AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAS OR WHAT IS BEING DONE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. ALSO, WHAT AM I RESPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR? I HAVE NOT FIXED THE CAR, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WILL PREVENT THE OTHER SIDE FROM DOING THE SAME IN THE EVENT THAT I MIGHT BE DRIVING. *JB

THE REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURED ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS. THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR WAS JUST OVER 55,000. THE FRACTURED SPRING ALSO CAUSED SERVER DAMAGE TO THE INSIDE ON THE TIRE, WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. *NM

BAKING OUT OF GARAGE. LEFT REAR COIL SPRING BROKE, POKING INTO REAR TIRE. FORD WOULDN'T COVER, ORDERED NEW PART OLD PARTS ARE BEING SAVED. *NM

BOTH REAR SPRINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON MY 2001 FORD TAURUS. BOTH SPRINGS CRACKED AND ONE OF THE CRACKED SPRINGS PUNCTURED A TIRE. *NM

MY 2001 FORD TAURUS BROKE A REAR STRUT SPRING AND IT CUT A GROOVE IN THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE. THIS CAUSED A BLOW-OUT AND MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON A SIDE STREET AND NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. WE HAVE A GRANDSON WHO RIDES IN A PERMANENT CAR SEAT IN THE REAR AND FORTUNATELY HE WAS NOT WITH HER AT THE TIME. THERE WAS A RECALL LAST YEAR FOR THE FRONT COIL-OVER STRUT SPRING AND WE HAD THE SHIELDS PUT ON BY A LOCAL FORD DEALER. WHY IS IT THAT THE REAR COIL-OVER STRUT SPRINGS WERE NOT SHIELDED OR REPLACED. THEY ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE FRONT SPRINGS AND CAN CAUSE JUST AS SEVERE AN ACCIDENT IF CUT DOWN, AS A TIRE IN THE FRONT IF YOU ARE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN AT A LOW SPEED. THIS IS DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURE DEFECT SINCE THE TAURUS IS A 2001 WITH ONLY 47,000 MILES ON IT. CAR IS USUALLY ONLY DRIVEN TO AND FROM WORK A DISTANCE OF LESS THAN 3 MILES. OTHER TAURUS OWNERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS. WHEN I CHECKED THE LOCAL PARTS HOUSE WHERE I PURCHASE MY CAR PARTS [TAURUS IS WELL MAINTAINED] THEY HAVE A BACK ORDER FOR THESE COIL-OVER STRUTS W/SPRINGS OF 22. SO SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG HERE. *NM

(1) NORMAL DRIVING (2) NOTICED ON 4/13/06 THAT THE CAR WAS SITTING LOWER ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE IN COMPARISON TO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR - UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT REAR (DRIVER SIDE) COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH AWAY FROM THE TIRE (3) CALLED LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP 4/14/06 ABOUT THIS, THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS BEING TAKEN AT THIS TIME. CALLED FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS CENTER AND SPOKE TO LYNDSAY HAWN ON 4/14/06, WHO ADVISED ME THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS OR ANYTHING THAT FORD WOULD DO TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. SHE ADVISED ME TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED AT A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND KEEP MY RECEIPT FOR THE REPAIRS. *NM

REAR LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE, PIERCING BRAND NEW TIRE. HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE VISITING FAMILY OUT OF TOWN. CAR WAS OK THE NIGHT BEFORE, NOT THE NEXT MORNING. FOUND A GARAGE ON SATURDAY THAT WOULD MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS SO WE COULD LEAVE FOR HOME ON SUNDAY. REPAIRS INCLUDED NEW COIL SPRING, NEW STRUT, NEW TIRE, ALIGNMENT, TO THE TUNE OF $592.92. GARAGE SAID THE TAURUS IS NOTORIOUS FOR THIS. THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED ON RECALL, WHY NOT THE BACK? WE FEEL WE NOW HAVE TO, FOR OUR SAFETY AND PEACE OF MIND, REPLACE THE OTHER SIDE. DEBATING ON GETTING RID OF THE CAR AT THIS POINT. *NM

REAR COIL SPRING BROKE 2001 FORD TAURUS *ALSO BROKE ON CO-WORKERS CAR SAME YEAR SAME MODEL. (LOCAL GARAGE SAID THIS IS A REAL COMMON PROBLEM). *NM

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON 2001 FORD TAURUS AT 41,000 MILE. TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AND BEGAN FAILING AGAIN AT 77,000 MILES. CAR BEGAN VIBRATING AROUND 45 MPH UNTIL 60 MPH, FORD DEALERSHIP TOOK IT FOR A TEST RIDE AND SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND I SHOULD GET NEW TIRES. NOW AT 97,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AGAIN. SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHEN DRIVING, SLIPS ON THE UPSHIFT, CLUNKS ON THE DOWNSHIFT. WHEN DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED OF VIBRATION CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, NOW THAT IT HAS FAILED COMPLETELY THERE IS NO LONGER A WARRANTY. *NM

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

REAR COIL SPRING BROKE GOING DOWN HIGHWAY - LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. ALMOST CAUSED A VERY SEVERE ACCIDENT. BROKEN COIL SPRING CAME WITHIN INCHES OF SLICING THE TIRE. WAS TOLD BY FORD DEALER ONLY THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE QUALIFIED FOR RECALL REPLACEMENT (ONLY AFTER THEY FAIL). THIS MAKES NO SENSE. ANOTHER GARAGE REPORTED SEEING THESE REAR SPRINGS BROKEN ALL THE TIME. *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.

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

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.

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

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

MY CAR WAS RIDING LOW IN THE REAR FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS. I HEARD A LOUD NOISE ONE NIGHT, JUST AFTER I STARTED ENGINE AND HAD DRIVEN ONLY A FEW YARDS. LEFT CAR THAT NIGHT AT BILL MARSH FORD-NEWTOWN, PA. THE NEXT MORNING I FOUND A PIECE OF MY RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING IN MY PARKING SPACE AT WORK. BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT PART OF A RECALL, ONLY THE FRONT SPRINGS ARE COVERED. *JB