1993 FORD TAURUS Suspension Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS AND STRUTS FAILED AND THE SWAY BAR WAS DAMAGED. PRIOR TO THIS INFORMATION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT END WAS LOWER THAN NORMAL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 98I002000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS) WAS REFERENCED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 150,000.

Mileage: 150,000

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE RIGHT SIDE SPRING BROKE. I PARKED THE CAR AND IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS I REPLACED THE WHOLE STRUT . WHEN I WAS DONE I TOOK IT FOR A RIDE AND WENT ABOUT TWO BLOCKS AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING BROKE. *TR

Mileage: 96,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 FORD TAURUS. THE FRONT SUSPENSION FELL OUT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE COIL SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 98V094000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 108,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

Mileage: 106,000

RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING ON LOCAL ROAD. HAD IT REPAIRED AT LOCAL NEARBY SERVICE STATION. RIGHT TIE ROD WAS RUINED TOO. THIS SPRING HAD BEEN REPLACED BY THE FORD DEALER AS PART OF A SAFETY RECALL IN 1998. *NM

Mileage: 134,730

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. HAD TO BE TOWED TO LOCAL SERVICE STATION. BROKEN SPRING COULD NOT BE REMOVED WITHOUT PUNCTURING LEFT FRONT TIRE. ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THIS SPRING HAD BEEN REPLACED BY THE FORD DEALER AS PART OF A SAFETY RECALL IN 1998. MY RIGHT SPRING FROM THIS RECALL ALSO FAILED THE YEAR BEFORE. SEE COMPLAINT WITH INCIDENT DATE 6/9/2003. *NM

Mileage: 148,683

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURE 1993 FORD TAURUS. *AK

Mileage: 140,000

NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS CONCERNING LEAKING HEAD GASKETS. *BF THE VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE WHICH INCLUDE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, COOLING FAN, IGNITION WIRING, COIL SPRING FAILURE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, ALTERNATOR, HEAD GASKET AND MUFFLER. WHILE RESEARCHING THE VEHICLE ON NHTSA SITE THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED SEVERAL RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE RELATED THE FAILURES HIS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS CUT INTO THE TIRE AND CAUSED A TIRE BLOWOUT. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. *AK RECALL# 98I002000. THE CONSUMER'S SON WAS DRIVING WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AND ASSUMED THAT THE TIRE WAS THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE OTHER SIDE BLEW OUT. THE SERVICE DEALER FOUND THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD BROKEN AND HAD CUT INTO THE TIRES. LATER, A TRUSTED MECHANIC OF THE CONSUMER'S FOUND THAT THE SPRING CATCHER BRACKET THAT WAS INSTALLED BY FORD HAD FAILED TO PREVENT THE BROKEN SPRING FROM PUNCTURING THE TIRE. (THE STOP GAG MEASURE DID NOT WORK PROPERLY TO RECTIFY THE DEFECTIVE COILS) *SC *JB

Mileage: 63,000

SUSPENSION FEELS SHAKY AS WELL AS TRANSMISSION. KEY LOCK IS FAULTY. I HAVE HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS AS YOU CAN SEE WITH HEAD GASKET AND TIMING COVER GASKET. ALSO I HAD TO REPLACE CIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER BUT AIR CONDITIONER NEVER WORKED.

Mileage: 200

HEAD GASKET FAILURE FRONT RIGHT SPRING FRACTURE

Mileage: 120,000

WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE TWO FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE, CAUSING FRONT END TO COLLAPSE. *AK

Mileage: 140,000

FRONT COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING.

Mileage: 129,000

RT FROUNT LOWER CONTROLL ARM ASSEMBLY- FROM MILEAGE OF APPROX. 63000 TO PRESENT, 112,000, THE LOWER CONTROLL ARM ASSEMBLY HAS HAD TO BE REPALCED 3 TIMES AND RETORKED 1. I ALSO HAD TO PAY FOR REALIGNMENT AT EACH REPAIR. NOW AFTER THE 3RD REPLACEMENT THE CAR SHIMMIES AND PULLES TO THE LEFT, WHICH IT DID NOT DO BEFORE REPAIR. THE DEALER MORE OR LESS TOLD ME TOO BAD. ONE OF THE REPAIRS WAS NOT DONE BY FORD THERE FOR NOT RELIABLE. THIS CAR HAS A FILE 2 INCHES THICK FROM MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. THERE STILL ISN'T ANY EXPAINATION OF WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 112,424

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS A BROKEN COIL SPRINGS RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE VIBRATION ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND EXCESSIVE "BOUNCING" OF THE SUSPENSION. MR

THE CAMPAIGN STATES THAT REGISTERED OWNERS IN CERTAIN STATES WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS DEFECT. MY FATHER, THE ORIGINAL OWNER, WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. OF COURSE, FORD SAYS HE WAS AND SAYS THE US POSTAL SERVICE FAILED. SINCE MY FATHER LIVES IN FLORIDA, I DOUBT THAT HE WAS EVER NOTIFIED. HOW CAN THIS DEFECT BE TRANSFERRED TO ME, THE NEXT OWNER, IF THE ORIGINAL OWNER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED? I THINK FORD SHOULD REPLACE THE BROKEN COIL SPRING, FREE OF CHARGE. THEY ARE REFUSING BECAUSE IT IS PASSED THE DATE (I HAVE BEEN TOLD 2 CONFLICTING END DATES - 12/31/01 AND 7/4/02.) EITHER WAY THEY WILL NOT PAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO DISPUTE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE BECAME HARD TO STEER, IT SWAYED TO THE RIGHT. RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. BEFORE BEING TOWED TO DEALER, WHILE PARKED, LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE. THERE IS A RECALL BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT AFFECTED DUE TO VIN. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER, HAD HEAD GASKET REPLACED. HOWEVER, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. HAD HEAD GASKET REPLACED AGAIN. *AK CONSUMER HAS BEEN ADVISED THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, THE PAN PLUG LEFT UNDONE CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE OIL, THE RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO OVER TORQUE BOLTS WHICH BURSTED AROUND THE CORE, THE ENGINE IS KNOCKING AND THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED DUE TO LACK OF OIL. CONSUMER HAS LOST TRUST IN THE DEALERSHIP. HEAD LIGHTS FAILED, LIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED. THE WIPERS WERE NOISY, DEALER REPLACED THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AND WIPER MOTOR. THERE IS A POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING, THERE IS A RUBBING NOISE IN THE RIGHT FRONT ON TURNS AND WHEN BACKING UP. THE AIR CONDITIONER IS NOT BLOWING COLD AIR, SHRATER VALVE AND A/C REFRIGERANT WAS REPLACED. THE KEY SWITCH FAILED. THE FAULTY ANTENNA MOTOR FAILED. THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED. TIE ROD WAS REPLACED. *TT

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE RIDES VERY ROUGH. FRONT LEFT SPRING BROKE OFF. THERE ARE TWO RECALLS, 8709 98 I 002 000 AND 8626 98 V 094 000. *AK JLG.

RIGHT WHEEL IS MAKING NOISE WHENEVER A TURN IS BEING MADE OR COMING TO A STOP. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT STRUD ROD/ SUBFRAMES, AND BUSHING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

RIGHT WHEEL IS MAKING NOISE WHENEVER A TURN IS BEING MADE OR COMING TO A STOP. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT STRUD ROD/ SUBFRAMES, AND BUSHING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

THE RACK & PINION PULLS APART AND CAUSES THE FRONT END TO BECOME OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND ALSO CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO STEER TERRIBLY. THE RIGHT FRONT MOTOR MOUNT BURST BECAUSE IT IS HYDRAULIC THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN THE RACK AND PINION GOES OUT. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO HAS A DEFECT IN THE FOURTH GEAR RATIO AND SHOWS ON THE DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER WHEN SERVICED.

WHILE DRIVING FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURING FRONT PASSENGER ,CAUSING A COLLISION. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH FRONT LEFT TIRE HAD A FLAT. THIS WAS CAUSED BY BROKEN SPRINGS. SPRINGS HAD WEDGED IN TIRE AND, CAUSED IT TO GO FLAT. DEALER CHECKED OTHER STRUTS, ALL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

RECALL 98 I 002 000/FRONT COIL SPRINGS: LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL CAMPAIGN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK

RECALL 98 I 002 000/FRONT COIL SPRINGS:REPORTING BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE WHILE PARKING IN A PARKING LOT. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVER UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK CONSUMER REPLACED SPRING FROM ANOTHER SUPPLIER OTHER THAN FORD. *SLC

WHILE PARKING VEHICLE MADE A BANGING NOISE, CONSUMER TRIED TO DRIVE VEHICLE, IT WOULD NOT MOVE BECAUSE COIL SPRING SNAPPED IN HALF, AND WAS PUSHING AGAINST TIRE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BOUGHT VEHICLE USED. WHILE DRIVING 35MPH VEHICLE IT STARTED TO VIBRATE. VIBRATION WOULD STOP, THEN START OVER AGAIN. HAD LOST POWER GOING UPHILL.*AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING 35MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. THEN VIBRATION WOULD STOP, AND LATER START OVER AGAIN. WOULD LOSE POWER WHILE GOING UP HILL.*AK RADIATOR LEAKED AND WAS REPLACED, DEALER ALSO REPLACED HEAD GASKETS. *SLC

REAR SWAY BAR BROKEN.

FRONT SPRINGS BROKE TWICE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND TIRE WAS SLICED/ WENT FLAT EACH TIME. VEHICLE COLLAPSED TOWARDS STREET. PART OF SPRING WAS STICKING OUT. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND SPOKE TO LISA 2209. WAS INFORMED DEALER WILL CALL TO REPLACE FRONT SPRINGS. REAR SPRINGS REPLACED 1/01/ FRONT SPRINGS BACK IN 1998.*AK BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AND THE RIGHT SPRING WAS RUBBING TIRE. LATER ON, THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. THIS INCIDENT INDICATED THAT THE DESIGN WAS FLAWED. *YH

FRONT SPRINGS BROKE TWICE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND TIRE WAS SLICED/ WENT FLAT EACH TIME. VEHICLE COLLAPSED TOWARDS STREET. PART OF SPRING WAS STICKING OUT. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND SPOKE TO LISA 2209. WAS INFORMED DEALER WILL CALL TO REPLACE FRONT SPRINGS. REAR SPRINGS REPLACED 1/01/ FRONT SPRINGS BACK IN 1998.*AK BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AND THE RIGHT SPRING WAS RUBBING TIRE. LATER ON, THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. THIS INCIDENT INDICATED THAT THE DESIGN WAS FLAWED. *YH

VEHICLE HAD A FLAT TIRE ON RIGHT FRONT. WHEN CHANGING TIRE CONSUMER NOTICED FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. *AK *JB

THE VEHICLE FRONT SPRING BROKE, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT THIS PROBLEM BE REPAIRED UNDER RECALL NOTICE 98I-002 BUT WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. NLM

WHILE BACKING UP CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE, THEN, FRONT END OF VEHICLE DROPPED DOWN. RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN, THERE IS A RECALL 98I002000, BUT ACCORDING TO FORD THIS VEHICLE NOT AFFECTED. *AK *JB

IN 1998 VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR FRONT COIL SPRING REPAIRS UNDER RECALL 98 V 094 000. DEALER REPAIRED, BUT CURRENTLY CONSUMER HAD FIND OUT THAT FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN, AND DEALER WAS NOT TAKING CARE OF SPRINGS.*AK

VEHICLE STALLING INTERMITTENTLY, AT ANY SPEED/ANY TIME. DEALER STATED THIS WAS DUE TO A FAULTY IGNITION DEVICE. *AK VEHICLE WILL NOT START WHETHER IT IS IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. STARTER, SPARKPLUGS, AND BATTERY HAVE BEEN REPLACED, DOOR CHIME WOULD SOUND WHEN KEYS WERE NOT IN IGNITION. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND EXPERIENCES ERRATIC SHIFTING. FAULTY FRONT STRUTS CAUSE VEHICLE TO OVERSTEER, TIRES WERE ROTATED AND FRONT WAS ALIGNED TO HELP PROBLEM, HOWEVER DID NOT REMEDY. DASHBOARD RATTLES, HOWEVER DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND THERE IS WIND NOISE WHEN DRIVEN OVER 20 MPH, LEFT DOOR WAS NOT ALIGNED PROPERLY. KEYLESS ENTRY FAILED, PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR LOCK INOPERABLE. EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NEVER INSTALLED. THERE IS A CONSISENT WIND SOUND IN VEHICLE. FRONT END EXPERIENCED SHAKING. EXCESSIVE FUEL CONSUMPTION. DIFFICULT AND NOISY STEERING OCCURRED, DEALER REPLACED POWER STEERING LINE. FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED. EXHAUST REPLACED. FUEL PUMP REPLACED. WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH WAS REPLACED. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS ONLY 47114 MILES ON. *SLC

VEHICLE STALLING INTERMITTENTLY, AT ANY SPEED/ANY TIME. DEALER STATED THIS WAS DUE TO A FAULTY IGNITION DEVICE. *AK VEHICLE WILL NOT START WHETHER IT IS IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. STARTER, SPARKPLUGS, AND BATTERY HAVE BEEN REPLACED, DOOR CHIME WOULD SOUND WHEN KEYS WERE NOT IN IGNITION. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND EXPERIENCES ERRATIC SHIFTING. FAULTY FRONT STRUTS CAUSE VEHICLE TO OVERSTEER, TIRES WERE ROTATED AND FRONT WAS ALIGNED TO HELP PROBLEM, HOWEVER DID NOT REMEDY. DASHBOARD RATTLES, HOWEVER DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND THERE IS WIND NOISE WHEN DRIVEN OVER 20 MPH, LEFT DOOR WAS NOT ALIGNED PROPERLY. KEYLESS ENTRY FAILED, PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR LOCK INOPERABLE. EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NEVER INSTALLED. THERE IS A CONSISENT WIND SOUND IN VEHICLE. FRONT END EXPERIENCED SHAKING. EXCESSIVE FUEL CONSUMPTION. DIFFICULT AND NOISY STEERING OCCURRED, DEALER REPLACED POWER STEERING LINE. FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED. EXHAUST REPLACED. FUEL PUMP REPLACED. WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH WAS REPLACED. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS ONLY 47114 MILES ON. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN DRIVER'S SIDE "FRONT COIL SPRING" FRACTURED AND BROKE. BROKEN SPRING THEN MADE CONTACT WITH TIRE CAUSING A BLOWOUT. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER/DEALER/MECHANIC, WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY RECALL. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING 20 25 MPH FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE ON DRIVERSIDE CAUSED TIRE TO BLOWOUT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS PULLING, SMELLED RUBBER BURNING FROM COIL SITTING ON TIRE, CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND PARKED VEHICLE. MECHANIC SAID CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE HIT A BIG HOLE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM OCCUR. CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE NO HOLES HIT AT ALL. *AK BOTH FRONT STRUTS, COIL SPRINGS AND STRUT BEARINGS WERE REPLACED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS PULLING, SMELLED RUBBER BURNING FROM COIL SITTING ON TIRE, CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND PARKED VEHICLE. MECHANIC SAID CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE HIT A BIG HOLE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM OCCUR. CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE NO HOLES HIT AT ALL. *AK BOTH FRONT STRUTS, COIL SPRINGS AND STRUT BEARINGS WERE REPLACED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS PULLING, SMELLED RUBBER BURNING FROM COIL SITTING ON TIRE, CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND PARKED VEHICLE. MECHANIC SAID CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE HIT A BIG HOLE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM OCCUR. CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE NO HOLES HIT AT ALL. *AK BOTH FRONT STRUTS, COIL SPRINGS AND STRUT BEARINGS WERE REPLACED. *YH

WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED OR MOVED FROM DRIVE OR REVERSE IT MAKES A VERY LOUD NOISE ALSO, STEERING ALIGNMENT GOES OUT ALOT. NO OTHER SIGNS OF PROBLEM. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES HAVE OCCURRED. *AK

FRONT COIL SPRING CAN FRACTURE AS A RESULT OF CORROSION. VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 981002000. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS DUE TO FAILED LUBE TUBE. ENGINE COOLANT LEAK WAS FROM THE TIMING COVER. RIGHT FRONT SPRING IN THE SUSPENSION IS BROKEN. *AK

I FIND IT VERY ANNOYING THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND VARIOUS RECALLS ON THIS PART, THE DEALER STILL FAILS TO REPLACE A PART THEY KNOW IS DANGEROUS. NO SAFET DEFECT MENTIONE DIN THE SUMMARY. *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL FRONT RIGHT SIDE SPRING BROKE (98V-094). YH

STABLIZER LINK BROKE. YH

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS EXCESSIVE SHAKING. DEALER REPLACED MOTOR MOUNTS. BUT, PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 33 MPH, HIT A POTHOLE AND FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE. CONSUMER WOULD FILL IN MORE INFORMATION AS NEEDED. *AK

THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, A RECALL NOTIFICATION WAS PREVIOUSLY SENT REGARDING POSSIBLE FAILURE DUE TO DEFECTIVE PART, HOWEVER MANUFACTURER DID NOT HAVE REPLACEMENT PART AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME, FOLLOW UP NOTIFICATION WAS NEVER RECEIVED PRIOR TO FAILURE NOTIFYING CONSUMER THAT PARTS WAS AVAILABLE ( 98V-094). YH

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE. IT WAS REAR COIL SPRING THAT BROKE AND PUNCTURED REAR TIRES, CAUSING TIRES TO POP OFF.*AK

REAR STABLIZER BRACKET BROKE. CAUSE UNKNOWN . REPAIRS MADE. *AK *ML

RECALL # 98V323000 FORD/SUBFRAME CORROSION: AFTER HAVING RECALL CAMPAIGN COMPLETED, SUSPENSION BECAME UNSTABLE AND LOUD NOSIES CAME FROM VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS. ALSO, VEHICLE OVERHEATED BECAUSE OF A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COOLANT LEAKAGE. OWNER EXPERIENCED NO PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE BEFORE HAVING RECALL CAMPAIGN COMPLETED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FRONT SWAY BAR IS SWINGING BACK AND FORTH UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. *AK

SWAY BAR UNDERNEATH VEHICLE WAS ROCKING BACK AND FORTH. RIGHT SWAY BAR WAS WELDED BACK ON. THE LEFT ONE WAS RUSTED. *AK

LEFT FRONT SPRINGS FAILURE CAUSED THE WHEEL TO LOCK, RECALL ON THE SPRING (98V-094) HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO VIN #. YH

ENGINE COOLANT FAN, STOPPED RUNNING, CAUSING THE CAR TO OVERHEAT. ALSO, FLUID WOULD LEAK OUT, CAUSING THE THERMOSTAT TO FAIL. TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. TOOK TO A MECHANIC WHO CLAIMED THAT VEHICLE NEEDED AN ENGINE OVERHALL, AND NEW ENGINE HEAD GASKETS. CONSUMER NEED TURNING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID STRUT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER FOR THE NOISE TO STOP. *AK

DEALER AND FACTORY REFUSED TO REPAIR AT NO COST ALTHOUGH PROBLEM IS COMMON TO THIS VEHICLE. DEFECT IS MENTIONED IN 70+ PREVIOUS ODI COMPLAINTS AND HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN SUBJECT OF RECALLS IN '94 & '95

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE FIRST TIME WAS UNDER WARRANTY AT 23,000 MILES ON 7/23/1996. THIS SWITCH OPERATES THE HIGH BEAMS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND TURN SIGNALS. WINSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ALSO NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. FRONT SWAYBAR LINKS ALSO REPLACED AT 71,000 WHEN NOTICED A BUCKLING SOUND WHEN DRIVING OVER ROAD IRREGULARITIES. I UNDERSTAND FROM OTHER TAURUS OWNERS THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION IS A WEAKNESS.

WHILE DRIVING RIGHT REAR END LINK STABILIZER BAR BROKE. TAKEN TO DEALER & MECHANIC REPAIRED IT. TWO WEEKS LATER (28 SEP 99) HEARD THE SAME KIND OF LOUD NOISE (THUMPING). THE NOISE WAS MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL. THIS TIME IT WAS THE LEFT STABILIZER END LINK BAR THAT HAD BROKEN. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER & IT WAS REPAIRED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, REPAIRED DEFECT AND RECEIVED REFUND, HOWEVER VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SECOND FAILURE AFTER REPAIR AND WAS DENIED REFUND. MJS

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS EXCESSIVE SHAKING. DEAREL REPLACED MOTOR MOUNTS. BUT RROBLEM EXISTS AGAIN. *AK

VEHICLE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE NOISE AFTER RECALL REPAIR (98V094000 / 98I002000). HOWEVER, THERE WERE OTHER COMPLAINTS OF FAILURE PRIOR TO THE SAME RECALL REPAIRS. DEALER CANNOT FIX PROBLEM. *YC

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE DIES OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. ALSO VEHICLE JERKS. *AK *YC

VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN DRIVEN OVER 60 MPH. NLM

RECALL DENIED (98V-094) BY DEALERSHIP. MJS

NOISE FROM LEFT FRONT WHEEL/SUSPENSION WHILE TURNING MOSTLY IN COLD TEMPERATURES. *AK

SPRING BROKEN/CORROSION PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, DAMAGED STRUTS AND ALIGNMENT DUE TO FAILURE. (98I-002). MJS

THE FRONT STRUTS GROWLED WHEN TURNING, REPAIRS WERE DONE. *YC

FRONT COIL SPRING CORRODED, BROKE AND PUNTCURED THE TIRE. THIS COMPONENT WAS RECALLED TO INSTALL PROTECTIVE SHIELD, HOWEVER CONSUMER NOT NOTIFIED. NLM (98V-094)

AFTEWR RECALL REPAIR (98V-094) OF THE SHIELD, CONSUMER HEARD NOISE DUE TO SHIELD STRIKING A PIECE OF PLASTIC OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD SURFACE. MJS

KEY GETS STUCK IN SWITCH AND SWITCH MOVES WITHOUT KEY. OIL LEAK COMING FROM HEAD AREA . ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON AT 65 MPH THEN GOES OUT WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN TO 55 MPH. FRONT END SEEMS LOOSE WHEN YOU HIT SMALL HOLES IN ROADWAY. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND GOING OVER A BUMP, THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE IS PULLING TO ONE SIDE. *AK

SWAY BAR LINKS PERFORMED POORLY CAUSING NOISE WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. NM

RECALL REPAIRS NOT COMPLETED DUE TO DEALERSHIP PROBLEMS, (98V-009), (98V-094), (98V-323). MJS

STEERING WHEEL FEELS LIKE IT'S GRINDING. WOULD MAKE NOISES WHILE TURNING EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN & NEEDED REPLACING. THE PROBLEM WITH STEERING WHEEL HAPPENED SOON AFTERWARDS. *AK

I HAVE HAD THE COIL SPRING BREAK (LATER RECALLED), HAD A RECALL ON THE MOTOR MOUNTS, AND A RECALL ON THE BODY MOUNTS. TWO COMMENTS: 1) COULD THE FAILURE OF THE FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE OF THE STRUT MOUNT? 2) IF EVERY OTHER MOUNT LOCATED ON THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN RECALLED IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE METAL USED AND THEREFORE THE STRUT MOUNTS MAY ALSO HAVE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.

TRANSMISSION: TAKEN TO AAMCO 8 TO 10 TIMES, TOLD IT NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. IT WAS REBUILT AT LEAST 5 TIMES SINCE THEN. OTHER TIMES THEY REPLACED ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND FIXED LEAKS. JUST HAD ANOTHER LEAK FIXED TWO WEEKS AGO AT ROBKE FORD DEALER IN COV., KY. TRANSMISSION STILL JERKS WHEN SHIFTING. REAR NOISE: SOUNDS LIKE COIL SPRING. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT DISSAPOINTMENT IN THIS VEHICLE, WILL NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN!!!! THANK YOU. *AK

WHILE CROSSING A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND A DROP IN THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE CAR. I PROCEEDED ABOUT 1000 FEET TO WHERE I WORK AND PARKED. WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE THAT NIGHT, THERE WAS A LOUD GROANING FROM THE CAR AS I STARTED TO MOVE IT. I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND FOUND PART OF THE SPRING LODGED AGAINST THE TIRE, PREVENTING IT FROM BEING ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THE DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED BY FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP. THEY STATED THE COIL SPRING WAS CORRODED AND BROKE IN TWO, DAMAGING THE STRUT AND BREAKING THE STRUT BEARING PLATE. I LATER FOUND OUT FORD HAD RECALLED SOME TAURUS MODELS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. I CONTACTED FORD WHO STATED MY CAR WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL NOTICE. THEY WOULD NOT SAY WHY NOT BUT REFERRED ME TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER CONCERNING TWO ADDITIONAL RECALLS THAT DO APLY TO MY CAR. THE INFORMATION ABOUT CAMPAIGN ID 98I002000 AND 98V094000 STATED 281000 CARS COULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM. MINE DEFENITELYHAD THIS PROBLEM WHILE FORD IS DENYING ANY RESPONSIBILITY. *AK

CONSUMER IS NOT SATISFIED WITH RECALL REPAIR, 2 HOUR REPAIR WAS COMPLETED IN 1.10 MIN, POSSIBILITY REPAIR WAS NOT COMPLETED PROPERLY. (98V-323 AND 981-002)

RECALL # 98V094000 FORD/FRONT COIL SPRINGS; CONSUMER DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE UNTIL RECALL WAS PERFORMED. DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT CURRENT PROBLEM BECAUSE MANUFACTURER HAS TO ENGINEER ANOTHER PART TO CORRECT RECALL. *AK

RECALL # 98V094000 FORD/FRONT COIL SRRING: CONSUMER STARTED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE AFTER RECALL WAS PERFORMED. AFTER TAKING VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT PROBLEM COULD NOT BE CORRECTED BECAUSE MANUFACTURER HAS TO ENGINEER ANOTHER PART TO CORRECT RECALL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THERE IS SOME KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE STALLS/CUTS OFF.CONSUMER THINKS THERE IS A BROKEN SPRING. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE IS NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING, AND THERE IS KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING. A LOUD NOISE IS COMING FROM THE STEERING. WHEN CONSUMER IS GOING UP A HILL, THERE IS A VERY LOUD BANGING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE, AND CONSUMER HAD ENGINE HEAD GASKET REPLACED. CONSUMER IS HAVING A LOT OF NOISE PROBLEM. *AK

SPRING CATCHER BRACKET, WHICH IS THE CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR RECALL NUMBER 98I002000 COIL SPRINGS, IS CONTACTING THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

PROTECTIVE SHIELD RECALL WORK NOT PERFORMED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. (98I002)

DEALER INTSALLED FRONT COIL SPRING SHIELDS, CAUSING A BANGING NOISE. I RETURNED VEHICLE A SECOND TIME, NOISE IS STILL HAPPENING WHEN DRIVING OVER SPEED BUMPS AND BAD ROADS. *AK

REAR SWAY BAR END LINK FAILED.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (98I-002- SUSPENSION: SOLID FRONT SPRING COIL) ON THREE OCCASIONS, WHICH CAUSED TIRE TO COMPLETELY SHRED AND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION.

WHEN TURNING VEHICLE OR HITTING A BUMP THERE IS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE REAR OF CAR. DLR REPLACED BOTH REAR STABILZER LINKS.

RECALLS 98V094/98I-002, FRONT COIL SPRINGS; AND RECALL 93V-106, REAR SUBFRAME MOUNTS. THESE RECALLS DO NOT COMPLY WITH THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF 3.0 LITER ENGINE. VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED ALL PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THOSE MENTIONED IN THE RECALLS. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. PROBLEMS STILL EXIST. VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AND MAKING ANY TURN THERE IS A CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATES THE SOUND IS BACK AGAIN, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

RECALL 98S15.COMPONENT THAT WAS INSTALLED TO KEEP SPRING FROM HITTING TIRE FILLS UP WITH SNOW/ICE, THEN SPRING ACTION IS LOST AND SPRING ACTION WILL BOTTOM OUT. VEHCILE STARTED TO SHIMMY DUE TO DAMAGED FRONT SPRING. DEALER CONTACTED AND IS NOT AWARE AND CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER CONTACTED DEALER, NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO REMEDY RECALL PROBLEM. RECALL NUMBER 98I002000. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND THE HEAT WENT OUT. ALSO, WHEN CONSUMER STARTS UP THE VEHICLE IT VIBRATES ALOT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP THREE TIMES, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

RECALL WORK PERFORMED ON THE GUARD FOR THE FRONT SPRINGS, HOWEVER GUARD INTERFERS WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT STRUT CAUSING NOISE.

STRUT MOUNT PLATES WORN OUT.

OUR '93 TAURUS BROKE A COIL SPRING AT 30K MILES AND THE OTHER AT 40K. I PAID TO HAVE BOTH REPAIRS DONE. I WROTE TO FORD TO COMPLAIN WHICH DIDN'T HELP ANY. NOW THE CAR HAS BEEN RECALLED. I HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE JULY'98 TO BE REIMBURSED WHICH FORD SAID THEY WOULD DO IN THE RECALL LETTER. I ALSO HAD THE PROTECTIVE SHIELDS ADDED AS RECOMMENDED IN THE RECALL AT NO CHARGE. NOW I CAN'T GET THE DEALER TO REMOVE THEM. EVERY TIME THE BODY SWAYS, SUCH AS GOING OVER A DIP IN THE ROAD, IT CAUSES A LOUD BANGING NOISE. I SUSPECT THE SHIELDS ARE BOTTOMING OUT ON THE TIRES. THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO PROTECT THE TIRE FROM A PUNCTURE IN CASE THE COIL SPRING BREAKS. AGAIN I TRIED TO CALL FORD HEADQUARTERS BUT ALL I GOT WAS A CLERK WITH NO APPARENT AUTHORITY TO DO ANYTHING. ALSO I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR SUSPENSION ALSO AT 49K MILES. BOTH REAR SWAY BARS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND I HAD A BROKEN RIGHT REAR LINK WHATEVER THAT IS.

OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 98I-002.000 CONCERNING COIL SPRINGS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. THE COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. SHIELDS WERE NOT USED FOR REPLACEMENT. OWNER NOT SATISFIED & IS UPSET. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE VEHICLE SPINNED OUT OF CONTROL CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE DUE TO FRONT COIL SPRINGS THAT WERE NOT PROPERLY FIXED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER HEARD LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE. *AK

EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH GETTING DEALER TO HONOR MFR. RECALL NOTICE # 98S -5 / NHTSA RECALL # 98V-094 000/ FORD COIL SPRINGS. *AK

EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH DEALER HONORING MFR. RECALL NOTICE 98S 15, FORD COIL SPRING. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH DEALER HONORING MFR. RECALL # 98S-15/ 98M-02 : FORD/ FRONT COIL SPRINGS. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RAN OUT OF PARTS AND HAS THEM ON ORDER. DID NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD BE IN, AND THEY HAVE LOTS OTHER CONSUMERS BEFORE HER, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GIVE CONSUMER AN APPROXIMATE TIME FOR REPAIRS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN TO THE RIGHT OR MAKING A TURN TO THE LEFT, THERE IS A LOUD POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHENEVER CONSUMER MAKES A TURN. *AK

CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH FRONT COIL SPRINGS. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE MAKES A CRACKING AND CRUNCHING SOUND AROUND THE FRONT TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. ASSOCIATED WITH RECALL NUMBER 98V094000.*AK

FRONT END OUT OF ALIGNMENT CAUSING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEMS.

FRONT END OUT OF ALIGNMENT CAUSING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEMS.

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT, AND THE TIRES ARE VERY BALD. CONSUMER HAS THE TIRES ROTATED EVERY 3 TO 5000 MILES AND CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER CONCERNING THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. CONTACTED DEALER NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO REMEDY RECALL PROBLEM. RECALL NUMBER #981002000. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL THERE IS ALOT OF VIBRATION. ALSO, THERE IS A LEAKAGE COMING FROM UNDER THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER , AND THE DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROMBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN JULY FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS, RECALL# 98I002000. AFTER DELAY, RECALL WAS COMPLETED. CURRENT PROBLEM WITH WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. *AK *ML

LOOSE FRONT TENSION STRUT BUSHING TO BALL JOINT, DUE TO WELD FAILURE.

RECALL # 98V094 FRONT COIL SPRINGS MAY BREAK WHEN CONTACTING THE TIRE, WHICH MAY CAUSE A TIRE BLOWOUT AND AN ACCIDENT. DEALER HAS NOT RECEIVED THE PARTS AS OF YET. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER CONTACTED DEALER . REPAIRS DELAYED UNTIL PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO REMEDY RECALL PROBLEM. RECALL NUMBER 98V09400. *AK *ML

RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED OVER 60 DAYS AGO, AND THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER CANNOT OBTAIN REPLACEMENT PARTS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

RECALL 98V094000/98S15; THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THE PARTS WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK

COIL SPRING RECALLED, DEALER REFUSED TO FIX UNTIL FAILURE OCCURES.

HAD NOTIFIED DEALERSHIP OF NOTICE OF RECALL. WAS TOLD HAD NOT PARTS AVAILABLE FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS & DID NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS A RECALL LETTER ON THE FRONT COIL SPRING. *AK

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS. HOWEVER, THE DEALER REFUSED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE UNLESS THE CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH COIL SPRINGS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

COIL SPRINGS CAN FRACTURE AS A RESULT OF THE CORROSION IN COMBINATION WITH SMALL CRACKS. THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT HAVE THE PARTS IN, AND THE CONSUMER DOESN'T LIKE DRIVING AROUND WITH COIL SPRINGS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

COIL SPRING FRACTURED CAUSING DAMAGES OF OTHER COMPONENTS (STRUTS & TIRES)RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE TO COLLASPE, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER CONCERNING THE COIL SPRINGS. DEALER HAS YET TO HONOR HER RECALL LETTER SINCE JULY 98. RECALL # 98I- 002.000. *AK

RECALL 98I002000.STARTING IN JUNE, THE CONSUMER KEPT EXPERIENCING VIBRATION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION, ALONG WITH CRACKLING NOISES. THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE COIL SPRINGS. A RECALL NOTICE WAS SENT TO THE CONSUMER, BUT THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR REPAIRS. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT MANUFACTURER RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED IN JULY NOT BEING HONORED DUE TO DEALER INFORMING THAT THE PART ARE NOT AVAILABLE AND WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL LATE THIS YEAR. CONSUMER FEELS UNSAFE TO DRIVE VEHICLE UNTILE REPAIR OF SHIELD ARE MADE. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED. *AK

COIL SPRING FRACTURE CAUSING LEFT FRONT TIRE TO WEAR, RECALL NOTICE RECIEVED AFTER INCIDENT, HOWEVER BEING DENIED.

CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER CONCERNING RECALL #98S1. 5 DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM CONCERNING RECALL #98S15. NOW DEALER WANTS CONSUMER TO PAY $28.00 DIAGNOSTIC FEE. *AK

AFTER HAVING RECALL WORK DONE ON FRONT COIL SPRING, BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY. OWNER STATES SHE DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM UNTIL AFTER RECALL. RECALL # 98V094000.*AK

CONSUMER HAS A COMPLAINT ABOUT MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING SPRING COIL DEFECT. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE, BUT DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE DEFECTIVE PART UNTIL IT BREAKS. CONSUMER'S CONCERN IS WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER HAVING TO TRAVEL ONE WAY EVERY DAY 45 MILES AT 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN THE DEFECTIVE PART BREAKS WHILE THEY ARE TRAVELING . DEALER NOTIFIED AND WOULD ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER HAS RECALL FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS WHICH BROKE, CAUSING SAFETY PROBLEM. RECALL NO 98I002000. DEALERS WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE RECALL. *AK

FRONT COIL SPRINGS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE CAUSING DAMAGE TO STRUTS AND BUSHINGS.

COIL SPRINGS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

HAD RECEIVED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FROM THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING COIL SPRINGS. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE & DO NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD BE. *AK

COIL SPRING FAILURE.

SUSPENSION SYSTEM (CAMBER SHIMS) FAILED CAUSING VIBRATION RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO TIRES.

FRONT SPRING AND FRONT STRUTS FAILED.

FRONT SPRING AND FRONT STRUTS FAILED.

REAR SWAY LINKS FAILED.

FRONT SPRINGS FAILED.

COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED AND REPLACED BY THE REPAIR SHOP AT OWNERS EXPENSE.*AK.ET.

REAR STRUT LINK THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE SWAY BAR HAS CORRODED AND BROKE OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

LOOSE BOLTS ON THE FRONT SUSPENSION CAUSING NOISE.

CONSUMER WAS AT COMPLETE STOP,HEARD LOUD EXPLOSION TYPE NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT FRONT OF VEHICLE, CAUSING THE FLOORBOARD TO SHAKE, FRONT COIL SPRING HAD POPPED OUT OF POSITION. DEALER REPLACED COIL SPRING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, IT WAS RIDING HARD. WAS PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY WHEN SWAY BAR CRACKED. TOOK TO A MECHANIC, NOT DEALER, TO HAVE VEHICLE CHECKED. MECHANIC NOTICED CRACKED SWAY BAR AND REPAIRED IT. *AK

THE VEHICLE'S RIGHT FRONT SPRING COIL HAS CRACKED AND HAS CAUSED THE TIRES TO BE FLAT. TIRES HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK

LEFT REAR SWAY BAR LINK BROKE OFF VEHICLE.

FAILURE OF THE REAR STRUTS AND SWAY BAR END LINKS CAUSING NOISE.

FAILURE OF THE REAR STRUTS AND SWAY BAR END LINKS CAUSING NOISE.

STRUTS LEAKING.

FAILED LINK BOLT RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE IN TWO, LEAVING NO SWAY BAR SUPPORT AT RIGHT REAR.

FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE.

EA97-026; THE COIL SPRING BROKE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE DUE TO RUPTURED SEAL. ALSO, WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, COIL SPRING SNAPPED IN HALF, RESULTING IN INSTABILITY. *AK

TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION WHILE THERE WAS INFORMED THAT BOTHFRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE CRACKED & NEEDED REPLACEMENT BEFORE VEHICLE COULD PASS INSPECTION. *AK

COIL SPRING FAILED.

WHEN TURNING THE CORNER THE VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD NOISE. DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. *AK

PE97035;THE DEFECTIVE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING BROKE OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *AK

WHILE COMING TO A STOP THE FRONT RIGHT SPRING AND UPPER BRAIN BROKE, CAUSING THE TIRE TO BURST. THE FORD DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK

STEERING FELT CLUNKY DURING NORMAL TURNING. PER A SERVICE BULLETIN, SPACERS WERE REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED ON TOP OF THE STRUT BEARING.

FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT TIRE.

THE FRONT SHOCK ABSORBER BROKE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE, AND IT MADE THE CAR HARD TO DRIVE. *AK

VEHICLES LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING COLLASPED AND THE FRAME OF THE CAR FELL ON THE TIRE. *AK

WHILE WAITING IN LINE IN PARKING LOT THE LEFT FRONT SPRING CRACKED IN HALF. OWNER NOTES THAT IF HE HAD BEEN ON HIGHWAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL, OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN THERE WAS A NOISE IN THE CAR, TOOK TO DEALER AND HE SAID IT WAS THE STRUT BEARINGS, CAR HAS 27,000 MILE *AK *JB

LEFT FRONT MCPHERSON STRUT FRACTURED, ALSO REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS/CALIPERS. *AK

SPRING IN STRUT BROKE. *SD

COIL SPRING BROKE DUE TO RUST, CAUSING VEHICLE TO DROP. *SD

STRUTS FAILED. *SD

FRONT END NOISE.

NOISY FRONT END, REPLACED STRUTS. 8AK