2002 FORD TAURUS Problems & Recalls

Backing out of parking space resulting to damage to both vehicles . Brake\gas pedals. Position of driver ( body turned) relative to pedals while backing car can allow drivers foot to be in contact with both pedals. Increased pressure on the brake can allow increased pressure on the gas pedal all...

Backing out of parking space resulting to damage to both vehicles . Brake\gas pedals. Position of driver ( body turned) relative to pedals while backing car can allow drivers foot to be in contact with both pedals. Increased pressure on the brake can allow increased pressure on the gas pedal all...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH WHILE DRIVING HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO BRAKE MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUBURN AUTOMOTIVE (500 S. OPDYKE RD, WATERFORD, MI 48328, (248) 332-9300) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT T...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH WHILE DRIVING HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO BRAKE MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUBURN AUTOMOTIVE (500 S. OPDYKE RD, WATERFORD, MI 48328, (248) 332-9300) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT T...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE FRONT AND REAR DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT DROVE TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACT NOR INFO...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S WINDSHIELD WAS LOOSENING ON THE UPPER PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WAS COMING OUT OF THE MOLDING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FA...

Mileage: 129,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S WINDSHIELD WAS LOOSENING ON THE UPPER PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WAS COMING OUT OF THE MOLDING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FA...

Mileage: 129,000

TAKATA RECALL: I BOUGHT A CAR FROM A MAN LESS THAN 5 MONTHS AGO AND I SLOWLY STARTED TO NOTICE SOME THINGS. I STARTED OUT WITH 3 WINDOWS WORKING INSTEAD OF FOUR WHICH I WAS NOT TOLD. MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW DOESN'T EVEN WORK AND IT STOPPED ABOUT A MOTH AGO. A WEEK BEFORE THAT MY AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON...

TAKATA RECALL: I BOUGHT A CAR FROM A MAN LESS THAN 5 MONTHS AGO AND I SLOWLY STARTED TO NOTICE SOME THINGS. I STARTED OUT WITH 3 WINDOWS WORKING INSTEAD OF FOUR WHICH I WAS NOT TOLD. MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW DOESN'T EVEN WORK AND IT STOPPED ABOUT A MOTH AGO. A WEEK BEFORE THAT MY AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON...

TAKATA RECALL: I BOUGHT A CAR FROM A MAN LESS THAN 5 MONTHS AGO AND I SLOWLY STARTED TO NOTICE SOME THINGS. I STARTED OUT WITH 3 WINDOWS WORKING INSTEAD OF FOUR WHICH I WAS NOT TOLD. MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW DOESN'T EVEN WORK AND IT STOPPED ABOUT A MOTH AGO. A WEEK BEFORE THAT MY AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON...

ON 14 OCT 2017, THE SUBJECT VEHICLE HAD JUST BEEN SERVICED. ON THE DRIVE HOME, THE THROTTLE CABLE BECAME STUCK CAUSING THE CAR TO NOT STOP ACCELERATING. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY AND STOPPED THE CAR BY CRASHING INTO A DUMPSTER/FENCE AT A SERVICE STATION.

Mileage: 126,139

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE DOOR AJAR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED EVEN WHEN THE DOORS WERE NOT OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES COULD NOT BE DE...

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE DOOR AJAR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED EVEN WHEN THE DOORS WERE NOT OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES COULD NOT BE DE...

Mileage: 110,000

FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING A BLOWOUT ON THE TIRE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET

Mileage: 62,000

DRIVING AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 25 MPH ,MY CAR SUDDENLY REVVED UP AND SPED UP WITHOUT MY PRESSING THE GAS. I NEARLY REAR-ENDED A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I PRESSED ON MY BRAKE AS HARD AS I COULD BUT IT DID NOT HELP MUCH .I DOWNSHIFTED TO 3RD GEAR BUT STILL NOT MUCH HELP. FINALLY IT RETURNED TO NORMAL SPEED. ...

Mileage: 236,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SUDDENLY WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. MY BACK DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT WON'T WORK. I LOOK IT UP AND SAW A RECALL BUT WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THERE WASN'T A RECALL ON MY CAR. PLEASE HELP

Mileage: 146,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SUDDENLY WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. MY BACK DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT WON'T WORK. I LOOK IT UP AND SAW A RECALL BUT WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THERE WASN'T A RECALL ON MY CAR. PLEASE HELP

Mileage: 146,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SUDDENLY WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. MY BACK DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT WON'T WORK. I LOOK IT UP AND SAW A RECALL BUT WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THERE WASN'T A RECALL ON MY CAR. PLEASE HELP

Mileage: 146,000

THE CAR HAS EXPERIENCED 2 FAILURES OF THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT SPRING RESULTING IN DESTRUCTION OF THE TIRE. FIRST AT 75,000 MILES SECOND AT 100000 MI. BOTH TIRES FLATTENED AT BETWEEN 30 & 50 MPH

Mileage: 100,000

COIL SPRING IN DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT STRUT FAILED SUDDENLY WHEN VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON RESIDENTIAL STREET IN SISTER BAY, WI. THERE WAS A LOUD BANG WHEN SPRING FRACTURED AND SUSPENSION COLLAPSED. FAILURE OF COIL SPRING OCCURRED AT ABOUT 10:15 AM ON THURSDAY JUNE 29, 2017. AFTER VEHICLE WAS SAFE...

Mileage: 134,128

ENTERING MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN GAS PEDAL "BROKE". CAR ACCELERATED TO HIGHEST RPM AND I HAD TO COUNTERACT THIS BY PUTTING BOTH FEET ON MY BRAKES TO KEEP MY CAR FROM FLYING OFF AND HITTING SOMETHING. EXTREMELY SCARY. CAR CANNOT BE TURNED ON WITHOUT THE ENGINE REVVING TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE SPEED. HAD ...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE FRONT COIL SPRING DETACHED WITHOUT WARNING, PUNCTURING THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT AND HER CHILDREN WERE RESCUED BY A FAMILY MEMBER WHO TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDE...

Mileage: 79,365

COOLING SYSTEM PROBLEM. HAVE REPLACED WATER PUMP 4 TIMES IN THIS VEHICLE. THERE IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE WITH THE COOLING SYSTEM. PLEASE ISSUE RECALL. SPECIFIC PROBLEM...CAR SHUTS DOWN.

Mileage: 150,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS, IT STARTED TO STALL AND AND NOT PICK UP SPEED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. IT STARTED SHAKING AND CUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES. I WAS ABLE TO START IT BACK UP TWICE THEN IT STOPPED IN FRONT OF MY JOB. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP. THEY STATED THE COMPUTER WENT OU...

Mileage: 132,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD THUMPING NOISE FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WELL. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING WAS RUPTURED AND DAMAGED THE TIRE SEVERELY. WHEN THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTU...

Mileage: 99,000

THE BOSCH CO. HAS NOT GOT BACK TO ME ABOUT ITS BRAKE PAD RECALL (RECALL NOTICE 16E026) ON PADS PGD598. I CALLED STARTING IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR AND THEN TWO OR THREE MORE TIMES AND STILL NO RESPONSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE SUSPENSION COIL FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND DAMAGED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

Mileage: 190,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND LEFT SIDE OF THE BODY THAT REQUIRED MEDIC...

LATE SEPTEMBER EARLY OCTOBER I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM BOSCH ABOUT A RECALL ON BRAKE PADS I HAD GOTTEN FROM PEPBOYS. I WORK FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN UTAH AND WE DO MOST OF THE WORK OUR SELF. SO I CALLED THEM AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD CALL BACK TO TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO DO FOR THIS RECALL. AFTER 2 W...

Mileage: 62,782

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH WAS MALFUNCTIONING, BUT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V106000 (...

Mileage: 233,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH WAS MALFUNCTIONING, BUT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V106000 (...

Mileage: 233,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPR...

Mileage: 100,000

THE DRIVER'S DOOR HANDLE WILL FREEZE UP ON PARTICULARLY COLD DAYS, AND THE DOOR WILL NOT STAY SHUT ONCE IT HAS BEEN OPENED. CONSEQUENTLY, THE DOOR HAS TO BE TIED SHUT, OR IT HAS TO BE HELD ON TO. IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE ATTEMPTED SEVERAL "SURE" FIXES FOR THE PRO...

Mileage: 125,000

WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO AN INTERSTATE(210FRWY IN LA), THE VEHICLE BEGAN ACCELERATING ON IT'S OWN UP TO 4000 RPM'S. THE CAR REACHED UP TO 80 MPH WITHOUT TOUCHING THE PEDAL. I HAD TO USE THE NEUTRAL SETTING ON TRANSMISSION TO SLOW DOWN AND EVENTUALLY EXIT THE BUSY HIGHWAY. AFTER CHECKING UNDER THE H...

Mileage: 88,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 10-20 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO SLOW IT DOWN. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT A PLASTIC TAB LINKED TO THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL CABLE FRACTURED AND SEIZ...

Mileage: 87,667

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AT TWENTY SIX PERCENT THROTTLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION PER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE12033. THE CONTACT ALSO REFERENCED NHTSA ITEM NUMBER: 100526000, WHI...

Mileage: 107,672

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED FOR AN OIL CHANGE, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE REAR SPRING WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,654.

Mileage: 120,654

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE MAKING A TURN AT 30 MPH, A LOUD BANGING AND GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, REMOVED THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE, AND NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE W...

Mileage: 150,500

SEAT BELT WILL NOT BUCKLE ON FRONT PASSENGER SIDE I THINK SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE LATCH INSIDE BECAUSE THE MALE WILL NOT FIT INSIDE THE BUCKLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY SLOW DOWN OR STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT R...

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO OPERATE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT AND THE SPRING WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT SPRING NE...

Mileage: 91,000

LOWER BODY HAS SEVER RUST. ROCKER PANELS ARE COMPLETELY ROTTED OFF DESPITE TAKING CARE TO WASH THE CARS UNDER BODY IN THE WINTER. FLOORS ARE SOFT. UPPER BODY HAS NO RUST ISSUES. LOWER BODY I HAVE HAD TO TREAT WITH RUST PREVENTATIVE EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS. I BELIEVE THE CAR WILL BE TOO...

Mileage: 40,000

ALL SPRINGS ON THE CAR CRACKED. THE FRONT SPRINGS WENT FIRST AROUND 80000 MILES. THE REARS SHORTLY AFTER. THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVE ABLE AFTER THE FRONT SPRING BROKE. WHILE BACKING UP, I HEARD A BANG FOLLOWED BY A RATCHETING SOUND. THEN NOTICED THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE CAR WAS DROPPED WAY DOWN. FOR T...

Mileage: 80,000

I THE OWNER OF A 2002 FORD TAURUS,THE TRAN IS CRAP,SECOND TIME REPLACEMENT,WHAT R U GOING TO DO ABOUT A RECALL.WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL.TRANS GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mileage: 90,000

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE COIL SPRING ON FRONT DRIVERS SIDE FRACTURED. COIL SPRING PUNCTURED TIRE AND THE TIRE IMMEDIATELY DEFLATED RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE.

Mileage: 80,000

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE COIL SPRING ON FRONT DRIVERS SIDE FRACTURED. COIL SPRING PUNCTURED TIRE AND THE TIRE IMMEDIATELY DEFLATED RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE.

Mileage: 80,000

WATER LEAKS INTO FRONT PASSENGER FIREWALL/FLOORBOARD AREA WHICH CAUSES FAN BLOWER MOTOR, HEATER COIL AND ALL RELATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS/COMPONENTS ATTACHED. HAPPENS ALL THE TIME STATIC OR IN MOTION.

Mileage: 110,000

WATER LEAKS INTO FRONT PASSENGER FIREWALL/FLOORBOARD AREA WHICH CAUSES FAN BLOWER MOTOR, HEATER COIL AND ALL RELATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS/COMPONENTS ATTACHED. HAPPENS ALL THE TIME STATIC OR IN MOTION.

Mileage: 110,000

THE KEY TURNS OVER BUT THE CAR WON'T START.

THE KEY TURNS OVER BUT THE CAR WON'T START.

THE CAR IS LEAKING GAS FROM THE GAS TANK I FOUND OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR ON THE INTERNET.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS ON OR OFF, THE BRAKE LAMPS ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V755000 (EXT...

Mileage: 182,606

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS ON OR OFF, THE BRAKE LAMPS ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V755000 (EXT...

Mileage: 182,606

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS ON OR OFF, THE BRAKE LAMPS ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V755000 (EXT...

Mileage: 182,606

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT REMAINED ON CONTINUOUSLY. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND UNPLUGGED THE BATTERY SO THAT IT WOULD NOT BE DRAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 171,000.

Mileage: 171,000

DRIVING OUT OF TOWN THE VEHICLE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ANY PROBLEMS INCLUDING NO DASHBOARD LIGHTS OR WARNINGS DISPLAYING ANY NEED OF MAINTANANCE. WHILE TURNING ONTO ANOTHER STREET AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED THEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR TO GO, THE DRIVETRAIN SUDDENLY STOPPED PULLING AND THE CAR STOPPED . THE EN...

Mileage: 245,000

DRIVING OUT OF TOWN THE VEHICLE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ANY PROBLEMS INCLUDING NO DASHBOARD LIGHTS OR WARNINGS DISPLAYING ANY NEED OF MAINTANANCE. WHILE TURNING ONTO ANOTHER STREET AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED THEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR TO GO, THE DRIVETRAIN SUDDENLY STOPPED PULLING AND THE CAR STOPPED . THE EN...

Mileage: 245,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS HAS A BROKEN REAR COIL SPRING. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY SEVERAL MECHANICS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IF THE SPRING POPS OFF IT COULD SHRED MY TIRE WHILE I'M DRIVING. THE FORD TAURUS 1999-2001 HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS SAME ISSUE, BUT THE 2002 HAS NOT BEEN. I HAVE NOTICED SEVER...

Mileage: 190,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT HESITATED TO SWITCH INTO THE REVERSE POSITION. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED...

Mileage: 190,000

I NOTICED THE REAR OF THE CAR WAS LOW. FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE TWO BROKEN SPRINGS AT THE REAR. I FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL UP UNTIL 2001 BUT NOT FOR 2002. I FEEL THIS IS WRONG SINCE THE COMPANY IS STILL USING THE SAME SPRINGS THAT WERE UNDER RECALL. THIS PROBLEM STILL EXISTS WITH THE SAME POTENTI...

Mileage: 65,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE SPLINE AND TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RE...

Mileage: 152,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE IN THE REVERSE POSITION, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED O...

Mileage: 180,000

TRAVELING ON DARKENED ROAD WITH AUTOMATIC HEADLAMPS ENGAGED AT NIGHT. HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY CUT OFF, AND HAD TO CHANGE SELECTOR SWITCH TO MANUAL HEAD LIGHTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES.. I HAD THE LIGHT SENSOR REPLACED BUT NO CHANGE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, THE CAUSE IS MOST LIKELY THE...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HAVE TROUBLE SLOWING DOWN. THE FAILURE ONLY RECURRED ONCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR RE...

Mileage: 120,000

I PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW IN 2002 AFTER PREVIOUSLY OWNING SEVERAL FORD VEHICLES. ON JULY 20, 2012, I ATTENDED A FAMILY FUNERAL A LITTLE OVER TWO HOURS AWAY FROM MY HOME. WHILE RETURNING HOME VIA I-75 IN MIDDLE GEORGIA, THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED. WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY...

Mileage: 124,741

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKE LIGHTING SYSTEM WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

Mileage: 170,000

FORD IS AWARE THAT THEY HAVE A FIT PROBLEM WITH THE COWL AND AIR CABIN FILTER AREAS OF THESE CARS THAT CAUSE WATER TO LEAK ONTO THE FLOOR OF THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS CAUSES CARPETS TO GET MOLDY/SMELLY. THE LEAK SOMETIMES ALLOWS WATER TO SHORT/RUIN THE BLOWER MOTOR. I BELIEVE RECALL NUMBER 03V087000 ...

Mileage: 150,000

FORD IS AWARE THAT THEY HAVE A FIT PROBLEM WITH THE COWL AND AIR CABIN FILTER AREAS OF THESE CARS THAT CAUSE WATER TO LEAK ONTO THE FLOOR OF THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS CAUSES CARPETS TO GET MOLDY/SMELLY. THE LEAK SOMETIMES ALLOWS WATER TO SHORT/RUIN THE BLOWER MOTOR. I BELIEVE RECALL NUMBER 03V087000 ...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIF...

Mileage: 79,000

I AM BEING TOLD THIS THIRD PARTY AS I WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE ACCIDENT SCENE AND HAVE NOT SEEN A POLICE REPORT. MY 19-YR OLD DAUGHTER WAS EXITING A MAIN ROAD SLOWING TO A STOP. SHE WAS DOING APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MPH WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. ...

Mileage: 50,000

I AM BEING TOLD THIS THIRD PARTY AS I WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE ACCIDENT SCENE AND HAVE NOT SEEN A POLICE REPORT. MY 19-YR OLD DAUGHTER WAS EXITING A MAIN ROAD SLOWING TO A STOP. SHE WAS DOING APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MPH WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. ...

Mileage: 50,000

I AM BEING TOLD THIS THIRD PARTY AS I WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE ACCIDENT SCENE AND HAVE NOT SEEN A POLICE REPORT. MY 19-YR OLD DAUGHTER WAS EXITING A MAIN ROAD SLOWING TO A STOP. SHE WAS DOING APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MPH WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. ...

Mileage: 50,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES WERE PRESENT IN AN AROUND THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER ...

Mileage: 179,000

WAS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AND WENT TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE BY ITSELF UP TO 4000 RPM'S AND I WAS UNABLE TO GET IT TO STOP. HAD TO KEEP TWO FEET ON THE BRAKES UNTIL I COULD GET IT TO A STOPPING PLACE. WHEN I HAD TO STOP I WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AN THE ENGINE WAS...

Mileage: 111,000

WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE LEFT FRONT SPRING COIL BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. THERE WAS A RECALL OF 1998-2001 TAURUSES BECAUSE OF THAT DEFECTIVE PART. THOUGH OLD, THE CAR HAS FEW MILES ON IT AND RARELY DRIVEN IN THE WINTER. THE SPRING COIL LOOKED ALMOST NEW...NO RUST. OBVIOUSLY 2002'S...

Mileage: 77,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. DURING WET WEATHER CONDITIONS, WATER LEAKED INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS M...

Mileage: 171,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES WERE PRESENT IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED A FUEL LEAK UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD FRACTURED IN HALF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP, FIL...

Mileage: 178,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,700. UPDATED 9/12/14*CN

Mileage: 99,700

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. AFTER THE CONTACT FILLED UP THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL, HE NOTICED A STRONG FUEL ODOR. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE FUEL TANK WAS RUSTED AND CORRODED AND NEARLY FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTU...

Mileage: 108,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED CAUSING THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. THE CONTACT PULLED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A SPARE TIRE. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 90,000

SEE ODI 10222968 FOR DETAILS. THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATION. SUMMARY: DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED WHEN BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. THIS HAD THE SAME CONDITIONS AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL 04S17 ON 1999 TO 2001 TAURUS. AFTER REPAIR AT MY OWN COST, I SOLD ...

Mileage: 90,300

MECHANIC IDENTIFIED FUEL TANK FAILURE AND RECOMMENDED TANK REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 24,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE LEAF SPRING BECAME FRACTURED. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW AND NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPEN...

Mileage: 91,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE LEAF SPRING BECAME FRACTURED. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW AND NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPEN...

Mileage: 91,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED RAPID ACCELERATION AFTER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS SLIGHTLY PRESSED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT AFTER REMOVING HIS FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ...

Mileage: 116,000

MY SON WAS DRIVING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS ON 4-15-2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 A.M. HE HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 35 MPH. WHILE DRIVING, THE CRUISE CONTROL BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. HE TRIED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL BY HITTING THE BRAKE. THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE AND THE CAR KEPT ACCEL...

Mileage: 141,768

MY SON WAS DRIVING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS ON 4-15-2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 A.M. HE HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 35 MPH. WHILE DRIVING, THE CRUISE CONTROL BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. HE TRIED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL BY HITTING THE BRAKE. THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE AND THE CAR KEPT ACCEL...

Mileage: 141,768

MY SON WAS DRIVING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS ON 4-15-2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 A.M. HE HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 35 MPH. WHILE DRIVING, THE CRUISE CONTROL BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. HE TRIED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL BY HITTING THE BRAKE. THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE AND THE CAR KEPT ACCEL...

Mileage: 141,768

MY SON WAS DRIVING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS ON 4-15-2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 A.M. HE HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 35 MPH. WHILE DRIVING, THE CRUISE CONTROL BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. HE TRIED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL BY HITTING THE BRAKE. THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE AND THE CAR KEPT ACCEL...

Mileage: 141,768

WHILE DRIVING MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DROPPED & MY TIRE EXPLODED. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE COIL SPRING FAILED WHICH TORN THE INSIDE OF MY TIRE ALMOST COMPLETELY OFF. I KNOW THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER FORD TAURUS HOWEVER WAS TOLD BY FORD MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL SO THEY WOULD...

Mileage: 153,940

WHILE DRIVING MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DROPPED & MY TIRE EXPLODED. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE COIL SPRING FAILED WHICH TORN THE INSIDE OF MY TIRE ALMOST COMPLETELY OFF. I KNOW THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER FORD TAURUS HOWEVER WAS TOLD BY FORD MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL SO THEY WOULD...

Mileage: 153,940

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES AND HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN ACCELERATING. I AM UNABLE TO STOP IT EVEN STANDING ON THE BRAKE. I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY OFF IN ORDER TO STOP THE CAR. I AM AFRAID I AM GOING TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM? I BROUG...

Mileage: 45,600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BLOWER RELAY SWITCH CONTINUOUSLY FAILED IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR MECHANIC; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT MADE REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BLOWER RELAY SWITCH CONTINUOUSLY FAILED IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR MECHANIC; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT MADE REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING, HE HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN ...

Mileage: 97,000

DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH. HEARD NOISE. SPRING COIL DRIVERS FRONT SNAPPED. HIT NO BUMPS, SMOOTH ROAD. READING ABOUT FORD'S ISSUE WITH THIS. THEY SHOULD STEP UP. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURING THE TIRE. NOT A CHEAP FIX. *TR

Mileage: 131,000

THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, IT SIMPLY SNAPPED IN HALF. IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT IT DID ANY TIRE DAMAGE THOUGH I WILL RECHECK IT AFTER SPEAKING TO MY MECHANIC WHO ALSO TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD AND HE STATED "THE SPRINGS THAT FORD USES ARE JUNK".

Mileage: 145,000

COMING UP TO A YIELD ON RED RIGHT TURN ONLY LANE AT A STOP LIGHT WITH A CAR IN FRONT OF ME, THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTED TO ACCELERATE. I NARROWLY AVOIDED HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BY SLAMMING ON MY BRAKE. THE CAR WAS STILL TRAVELING AT ABOUT 5-10MPH WITH THE PEDAL BRAKE FULLY ENGAGED. I NAVIGATED ...

Mileage: 169,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE EXITING A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT END OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. ...

Mileage: 127,000

WHEN I PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE I HEARD A POP AND THEN MY TIRE WENT FLAT AFTER LOOKING AT THE TIRE I SEEN THAT THE SUSPENSION COIL WAS LODGED IN MY DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE COIL WASN'T EVEN RUSTED. I LOOKED UP TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND THERE WERE TONS OF TAURUS THAT THIS HAS HAP...

Mileage: 153,291

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL PUMP WIRES HAD MELTED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WIRES WERE ALSO MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL PUMP WIRES HAD MELTED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WIRES WERE ALSO MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE...

Mileage: 130,000

THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE BROKE AT THE THROTTLE BODY BRACKET CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV UP TO AND STAY AT 4000 RPM. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND SHUT IT OFF. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE SUDDENLY BLEW, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE ...

Mileage: 156,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED, CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC OR DEALER. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE ANY RE...

Mileage: 122,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 03V087000 (VISIBILITY) HOWEVER, HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS LISTED ON THE RECALL...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER PENETRATED THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED THE CLIMATE CONTROLS TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER PENETRATED THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED THE CLIMATE CONTROLS TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

MY WIFE WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. DESPITE HITTING THE BRAKES, IT STILL WAS GOING 70!! IT TOOK 2 MILES TO GET THE ACCELERATOR FROM STICKING. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE BUT FORD IS STILL NOT COMMITTING TO COVER IT FOR US YET! *TR

Mileage: 114,000

CAR INTERMITTENTLY LOSES POWER TO POWER WINDOWS AND DASH BOARD LIGHTS. SOMETIMES IT TAKES ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO COME BACK OR NOT AT ALL, UNTIL NEXT START. TRY TO RESTART SAME OUTCOME, AT LEAST IT DRIVES. PROBLEM IS IF YOUR WINDOWS ARE DOWN CAN'T RAISED THEM. LIVE IN CALIFORNIA FORTUNATELY VERY LIT...

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR AND BRAKE FLUID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE SERVICE WAS PERFORMED. HOWEVER, THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAI...

Mileage: 113,000

1ST MAJOR INCIDENT- ON SEPTEMBER 12TH -TRAVELING AT APPROX 50 MPH AND WHEN I TRIED TO BRAKE THE CAR WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN BUT STAYED OR EVEN ACCELERATED ITS SPEED.I EVENTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GET CONTROL OF THE CAR AND CONTINUED TO MY DESTINATION. MY WIFE CALLED THE SANDY SPRINGS FORD DEALERSHIP AND WE MA...

Mileage: 116,500

1ST MAJOR INCIDENT- ON SEPTEMBER 12TH -TRAVELING AT APPROX 50 MPH AND WHEN I TRIED TO BRAKE THE CAR WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN BUT STAYED OR EVEN ACCELERATED ITS SPEED.I EVENTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GET CONTROL OF THE CAR AND CONTINUED TO MY DESTINATION. MY WIFE CALLED THE SANDY SPRINGS FORD DEALERSHIP AND WE MA...

Mileage: 116,500

1ST MAJOR INCIDENT- ON SEPTEMBER 12TH -TRAVELING AT APPROX 50 MPH AND WHEN I TRIED TO BRAKE THE CAR WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN BUT STAYED OR EVEN ACCELERATED ITS SPEED.I EVENTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GET CONTROL OF THE CAR AND CONTINUED TO MY DESTINATION. MY WIFE CALLED THE SANDY SPRINGS FORD DEALERSHIP AND WE MA...

Mileage: 116,500

MANY 2002-2006 TAURUS VEHICLES ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. BROKEN PLASTIC HOUSING FOR CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WHERE IT JOINS THROTTLE BODY. CRUISE CONTROL CABLE HANGS UP IN CRACK OF BROKEN HOUSING. VEHICLE ACCELERATES WITH FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR TO 60 MPH OR MORE. EXCESSIVE BRAKING TO PREVENT RUNNING OV...

Mileage: 118,250

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, SMOKE EMERGED FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE AS THE CONTACT NOTICED THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000...

Mileage: 91,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, AN EXTREMELY LOUD NOISE EMITTED AS THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWERVE. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED DUE...

Mileage: 95,000

AFTER OPENNING THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HOOD TO CHECK FLUID LEVELS, THE HOOD ABRUPTLY AND UNINTENTIONALLY DROPS, SUBJECTING THE OWNER TO SERIOUS BODILY INJURIES. THERE'S NO LATCH TO MAINTAIN THE HOOD OPEN AND THE DEVICES TO SLOW THE HOOD MOVEMENT DO NOT PROPERLY OPERATE. *TR

Mileage: 94,100

THE VEHICLE HAS AN OVER WHELMING GAS SMELL, STARTED OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE NOW INSIDE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS NEITHER CAN EXPLAIN WHERE THE SMELL IS COMING FROM. SMELL IS SO POWERFUL IT MAKES YOU SICK. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

I HAD THE EXPERIENCE DESCRIBED EXACTLY IN YOUR CURRENT INVESTIGATION PE 12-033. THROTTLE WAS STUCK OPEN WHICH CAUSED ENGINE TO REMAIN BETWEEN 3000-4000 RPMS EVEN WHILE DECELERATING OR STOPPED. PHYSICAL INSPECTION REVEALED FRACTURED SPEED CONTROL CABLE COLLAR. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF FORD AS AGRE...

Mileage: 136,800

I HAD THE EXPERIENCE DESCRIBED EXACTLY IN YOUR CURRENT INVESTIGATION PE 12-033. THROTTLE WAS STUCK OPEN WHICH CAUSED ENGINE TO REMAIN BETWEEN 3000-4000 RPMS EVEN WHILE DECELERATING OR STOPPED. PHYSICAL INSPECTION REVEALED FRACTURED SPEED CONTROL CABLE COLLAR. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF FORD AS AGRE...

Mileage: 136,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING...

Mileage: 99,103

WAS COMING OFF US 501 IN CONWAY SC AND HEARD A LOAD POP SOUND PUT BRAKES ON AND CAR KEEP ON GOING IT WOULD NOT STOP THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE CAR IT KEEP RACING UP. HAD NO WERE TO GO BUT THE BACK END OF A GMC TRUCK. CAR WAS TOWED TO CONWAY FORD. ON 6/10/2013 TALK TO SERVICE AND THEY SAID THEY ...

Mileage: 109,930

WAS COMING OFF US 501 IN CONWAY SC AND HEARD A LOAD POP SOUND PUT BRAKES ON AND CAR KEEP ON GOING IT WOULD NOT STOP THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE CAR IT KEEP RACING UP. HAD NO WERE TO GO BUT THE BACK END OF A GMC TRUCK. CAR WAS TOWED TO CONWAY FORD. ON 6/10/2013 TALK TO SERVICE AND THEY SAID THEY ...

Mileage: 109,930

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW AND EXIT I-77N IN CHARLOTTE, NC LAST SUNDAY, THE THROTTLE REMAINED OPEN. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE CAR OFF IN GEAR. AFTER CALLING FOR ASSISTANCE, I NOTICED THAT THE COLLAR FOR THE SPEED CONTROL WAS FRACTURED AND THE CABLE WAS GETTING STUCK ON THE BRO...

Mileage: 119,750

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE ...

Mileage: 100,000

BROUGHT CAR IN FOR INSPECTION AND THE REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURES ALMOST SLICING THE TIRE. WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL AS THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ARE QUITE ENORMOUS. PLUS THIS IS DANGEROUS AND A LIFE COULD BE LOST! *TR

Mileage: 83,350

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE COIL SPRING WAS REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 109,833. *TR

Mileage: 109,833

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE COIL SPRING WAS REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 109,833. *TR

Mileage: 109,833

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, A LOUD NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE WAS DEFLATED AND EXHIBITED A PUNCTURE AS A RESULT OF THE FRACTURED COIL SPRING. THE VEH...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, A LOUD NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE WAS DEFLATED AND EXHIBITED A PUNCTURE AS A RESULT OF THE FRACTURED COIL SPRING. THE VEH...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, A LOUD NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE WAS DEFLATED AND EXHIBITED A PUNCTURE AS A RESULT OF THE FRACTURED COIL SPRING. THE VEH...

Mileage: 100,000

I LOOKED UP MY CAR RECALLS AND THERE WHERE 3 AND WHEN I CALLED FORD THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WEBSITE IS WRONG AND THERE IS NO RECALLS. EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH MY CAR IS ON THE RECALLS. I JUST NEED TO KNOWN WHAT TO DO NOW. *TR

Mileage: 165,000

I LOOKED UP MY CAR RECALLS AND THERE WHERE 3 AND WHEN I CALLED FORD THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WEBSITE IS WRONG AND THERE IS NO RECALLS. EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH MY CAR IS ON THE RECALLS. I JUST NEED TO KNOWN WHAT TO DO NOW. *TR

Mileage: 165,000

I LOOKED UP MY CAR RECALLS AND THERE WHERE 3 AND WHEN I CALLED FORD THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WEBSITE IS WRONG AND THERE IS NO RECALLS. EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH MY CAR IS ON THE RECALLS. I JUST NEED TO KNOWN WHAT TO DO NOW. *TR

Mileage: 165,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN A LOUD NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE TO HER DESTINATION AND LATER NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS DEFLATED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE TIRE. THE V...

Mileage: 161,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE CHANGING THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE, HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BECAME FLAT AND HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED. THE ...

Mileage: 71,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE CHANGING THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE, HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BECAME FLAT AND HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED. THE ...

Mileage: 71,000

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR EVEN THOUGH THE SHIFT LEVER FEELS AS IF IT IS SHIFTING. WHEN LEVER IS IN D OR R, ENGINE JUST REVS. IN N THE CAR CAN BE PUSHED. IN P THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE PUSHED. *TR

TOOK CAR TO TIRE SHOP FOR WHEEL ALIGNMENT. SHOP CALLED TO US THAT RIGHT REAR SPRING BROKE AT TOP OF COIL NEAR THE RUBBER DAMPER. NO ACCIDENT HAS EVER OCCURRED WITH THIS VEHICLE. TOLD BY SHOP BOTH REAR SPRINGS MUST BE REPLACED FOR SAFETY PURPOSES. SHOP AND LOCAL NAPA STORE CONFIRMED THAT THIS PROBL...

Mileage: 48,000

THIS INCIDENT IS LIKE THE OTHERS PREVIOUSLY FILED. THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND POPPED THE TIRE. ACTUALLY SLICING INSIDE THE TIRE. THE MECHANIC SAID HE SEES THIS PROBLEM ALOT. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I HAD TO CHANGE BOTH FRONT SPRINGS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 94,323

WITH A HARD PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL AT 55MPH..THE GAS PEDAL STUCK IN THE FULLY PRESSED POSITION AFTER LIFTING MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL...I THEN PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND STOMP THE GAS PEDAL A FEW TIMES AND THEN THE GAS PEDAL RELEASED FROM THE FULLY PRESSED POSITION. *TR

WITH A HARD PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL AT 55MPH..THE GAS PEDAL STUCK IN THE FULLY PRESSED POSITION AFTER LIFTING MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL...I THEN PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND STOMP THE GAS PEDAL A FEW TIMES AND THEN THE GAS PEDAL RELEASED FROM THE FULLY PRESSED POSITION. *TR

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED IN TWO PLACES - APPROX 3/4 OF A COIL AT THE TOP AND APPROX 1/2 COIL AT THE BOTTOM. SLICED TIRE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE INSIDE SIDEWALL - ALMOST ALL THE WAY AROUND. ALSO DAMAGED THE TOP MOUNT OF THE SWAY BAR LINK. THIS IS MY DAUGHTER'S CAR. HAD THIS OCCURRED AT SPEED ON...

Mileage: 90,866

CAR WAS NOT MOVING, WAITING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT TO TURN LEFT IN A LONG LINE OF CARS WHEN SIDE AIRBAGS UNEXPECTEDLY DEPLOYED FOLLOWED BY THE THE FRONT DRIVER-SIDE AIR BAG. LUCKILY I WAS NOT INJURED, THOUGH DISORIENTED, DEAF AND BLIND FOR A MINUTE OR SO FROM THE EXPLOSIONS AND SMOKE IN THE CAR TH...

Mileage: 139,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND DESTROYED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ORDERED A SPRING AND A STRUT AND WOULD PERSONALLY REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ...

Mileage: 75,000

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL THE COIL SPRINGS ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. I WAS LUCKY NOT TO BE ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE FRONT ONE BROKE. I WAS MORE OR LESS SETTING IDLE WHEN IT BROKE. THE SPRING WENT THROUGH THE TIRE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD H...

Mileage: 134,345

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE WHEN THIS INCIDENT HAPPENS. I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND NOTICED FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW. AFTER I REMOVED THE TIRE I REALIZE THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. AS I THINK IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN I CALLED FORD INFORMING THIS INCIDENT...

Mileage: 159,000

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING CAME LOOSE AND SHREDDED TIRE ON 2002 FORD TAURUS WAGON WITH 95,116 MILES. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES [XXX] SAID THAT THIS FAILURE WAS NOT RELATED TO NHTSA RECALL 04V33200 FOR DEFECTIVE COIL SPRINGS ON 1999-2001 FORD TAURUS. FORD REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. I...

Mileage: 95,116

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE TIRE WAS SHREDDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC...

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL OFF. NORMAL ACCELERATION UP TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS, UPON RELEASING THE GAS PEDAL THE THROTTLE STUCK OPEN AND THE CAR WOULD NOT DECELERATE WITHOUT HEAVY BRAKING. PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. DISCOVERED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE HAD PUSHED ITSELF BAC...

Mileage: 144,240

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL OFF. NORMAL ACCELERATION UP TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS, UPON RELEASING THE GAS PEDAL THE THROTTLE STUCK OPEN AND THE CAR WOULD NOT DECELERATE WITHOUT HEAVY BRAKING. PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. DISCOVERED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE HAD PUSHED ITSELF BAC...

Mileage: 144,240

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING HAD FAILED, PUNCTURING THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE....

Mileage: 160,000

THIS IS AN APPARENT PROBLEM WITH MANY OF THE FORD TAURUSES WHERE THE HEATER JUST STOPS WORKING. EACH TIME IT STOPS WORKING IT SEEMS TO COST OVER 2,000.00 TO FIX THE ISSUE. THE ACTUATOR MOTOR, THE HEATER CORE, AND THE BLOWER DOOR ALL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED. EVEN AFTER REPAIR IT SEEMS THAT IT WILL ON...

Mileage: 40,000

THIS IS AN APPARENT PROBLEM WITH MANY OF THE FORD TAURUSES WHERE THE HEATER JUST STOPS WORKING. EACH TIME IT STOPS WORKING IT SEEMS TO COST OVER 2,000.00 TO FIX THE ISSUE. THE ACTUATOR MOTOR, THE HEATER CORE, AND THE BLOWER DOOR ALL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED. EVEN AFTER REPAIR IT SEEMS THAT IT WILL ON...

Mileage: 40,000

FIRST INCIDENT OF THROTTLE CABLE BECOMING STUCK AND CAUSING ACCELERATION TOOK PLACE WHILE MERGING ONTO I-25 FROM UNIVERSITY BLVD IN DENVER, CO. ACCELERATED TO HIGHWAY SPEED (60 MPH), HOWEVER, ONCE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS NO LONGER DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UP TO APPROXIMATELY ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD BECOME FLAT. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE TIRE WAS SHREDDED. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TO TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED THA...

Mileage: 126,000

WHILE BACKING MY CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A LOUD POP, FOLLOWED BY A HISSING SOUND IN MY FRONT LEFT TIRE (THE DRIVERS SIDE). I THOUGHT I RAN OVER A NAIL AND IMMEDIATELY STOPPED TO INVESTIGATE. SEEING JUST A FLAT TIRE I TRIED PULLING BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY TO CHANGE THE TIRE, HOWEVER THE CAR W...

Mileage: 109,290

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH AND PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND CRASHED INTO THE CONCRETE PARKING CHOCK. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED ROLLING AND CRASH INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED A SECOND T...

Mileage: 77,000

I WAS TOLD THAT MY TAURUS' REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AND COULD PUNCTURE MY TIRE. AFTER NOTICING THAT MY CAR WAS VERY LOW IN THE REAR, I TOOK IT IN TO GET AN ESTIMATE. TO JUST FIX THE BACK IT WOULD BE AROUND $800, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS FOR WHAT MY CAR IS WORTH. IT IS 10 YEARS OLD AND HAS NUMEROUS O...

Mileage: 125,000

LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND A LINK. *TR

Mileage: 85,541

LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND A LINK. *TR

Mileage: 85,541

LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND A LINK. *TR

Mileage: 85,541

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. ...

Mileage: 199,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENDLY ACCELERATED UP TO 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE THEN CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED TWO BROKEN LEGS, TWELVE CRACKED RIBS AND THE LEFT SHOULDER WAS SHATTERED. A POLICE REPORT WA...

Mileage: 42,000

AT 6:30 A.M. ON 4/4/2012 I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN I FELL ASLEEP ,CROSSED THE CENTER LINE, HIT A SEMI HEAD ON & MY DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. THE 2002 FORD TAURUS WAS A VEHICLE I PURCHASED NEW. THE PASSENGER SIDE WITH NO ONE IN THAT SEAT DID DEPLOY. *TR

AT 6:30 A.M. ON 4/4/2012 I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN I FELL ASLEEP ,CROSSED THE CENTER LINE, HIT A SEMI HEAD ON & MY DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. THE 2002 FORD TAURUS WAS A VEHICLE I PURCHASED NEW. THE PASSENGER SIDE WITH NO ONE IN THAT SEAT DID DEPLOY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV UP. THE CONTACT HEARD A GROWLING AND RUMBLING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT SHIFTED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURNED THE ENG...

Mileage: 12,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V106000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN REL...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH MAKING A LEFT TURN ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS HOME. THE ...

Mileage: 83,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED APPLIED EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP UNTIL CRASHING INTO A CONCRETE PARKING BAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDE...

Mileage: 101,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED APPLIED EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP UNTIL CRASHING INTO A CONCRETE PARKING BAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDE...

Mileage: 101,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY. THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE PARKING MARKER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE POLICE WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WA...

Mileage: 98,000

BEGINNING SHORTLY AFTER MY CAR WAS OUT OF ITS 3,000 MILE USED CAR WARRANTY, WHEN CAR WAS PARKED AND LOCKED THE HORN BEGAN TO GO OFF ANYTIME ANYWHERE - UP TO 5-6 TIMES A DAY. WHY IS THIS A SAFETY CONCERN? BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID WAKING OURSELVES AND NEIGHBORS UP AT NIGHT OR HAVING CAR ALARM GO ...

Mileage: 21,000

THE SEAL LEAKS ON THE FUEL TANK. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR INTO PASSING GEAR TO GO AROUND A VEHICLE IN THE PASSING ZONE ON A HILL. WHEN I RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND ON TOPPING THE HILL WE WERE TRAVELING OVER 70 MPH. I TAPPED THE ACCELERATOR BUT ACCELERATION CONTINUED. COMING DOWN THE HILL I SHIFTED ...

Mileage: 175,660

I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR INTO PASSING GEAR TO GO AROUND A VEHICLE IN THE PASSING ZONE ON A HILL. WHEN I RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND ON TOPPING THE HILL WE WERE TRAVELING OVER 70 MPH. I TAPPED THE ACCELERATOR BUT ACCELERATION CONTINUED. COMING DOWN THE HILL I SHIFTED ...

Mileage: 175,660

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ALSO DEPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A CO...

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ALSO DEPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A CO...

Mileage: 105,000

SIMILAR TO THE RECENT FORD ESCAPE RECALL, THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE BEING STUCK IN FULL THROTTLE. THE ONLY EFFECTIVE WAY TO SAFELY SLOW THE VEHICLE WAS TO COMBINE THE STANDARD BRAKES, EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND SWITCHING OFF THE IGNITION. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

CAR WAS RUNNING GOOD I PARKED THE CAR WHEN I CAME BACK THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE IN REVERSE OR DRIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CUP HOLDER IN THE CENTER OF THE VEHICLE WAS TOO SHALLOW TO HOLD THE CUP. THE CONTACT STATED WHENEVER SHE STOPPED OR ATTEMPTED A TURN, THE CUP WOULD FALL OUT AND ROLL UNDER THE BRAKE OR ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFI...

Mileage: 145,000

WHILE DRIVING THE THROTTLE STUCK IN PLACE AND WOULD NOT DECELERATE. UPON INVESTIGATION THE CLIP THAT HOLDS THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS BROKEN, ALLOWING THE CABLE TO SLIP OUT OF PLACE AND JAM THE THROTTLE CABLE IN AN ACCELERATED POSITION. *TR

Mileage: 177,000

I NOTICED THE REAR OF THE CAR SITTING LOW. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED, AND FRACTURE WAS VERY NEAR TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 122,000

I HAVE A 2002 TAURUS WHERE THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR WAS GETTING SOPPING WET WHEN THE A/C WAS USED. I DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS BACK-FLOW THROUGH THE HIGH DENSITY FOAM SEAL THAT SURROUNDS THE DRAIN SPOUT. THE DRAIN SPOUT GOES THROUGH A HOLE IN THE FIREWALL, AND BLACK HIGH DENSITY FOAM SEALS BETWEEN ...

Mileage: 25,252

SINCE I BOUGHT MY FORD IN JULY 2003 I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT MY WINDSHIELD BEING DEFECTIVE, THE WINDSHIELD ITSELF HAS LITTLE CHIPS IN IT (A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN THE GLASS) AND I'VE ALWAYS COMPLAINED TO MY FORD DEALER ABOUT HIGHWAY NOISE. 9 YEARS LATER THE "NOISE" HAS GOTTEN SO BAD THAT I'M AFRA...

Mileage: 29,000

HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE; HEARD A LOUD SOUND AND SUSPECTED THE COIL SPRING SUSPENSION, SINCE I KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FROM PREVIOUS OWNER COMPLAINTS FROM THIS WEBSITE. LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AND TORE A BIG GASH ON TIRE AND WENT FLAT. CALLED FORD DEALER IN DEARBORN, MI AND THE...

Mileage: 168,000

HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE; HEARD A LOUD SOUND AND SUSPECTED THE COIL SPRING SUSPENSION, SINCE I KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FROM PREVIOUS OWNER COMPLAINTS FROM THIS WEBSITE. LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AND TORE A BIG GASH ON TIRE AND WENT FLAT. CALLED FORD DEALER IN DEARBORN, MI AND THE...

Mileage: 168,000

HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE; HEARD A LOUD SOUND AND SUSPECTED THE COIL SPRING SUSPENSION, SINCE I KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FROM PREVIOUS OWNER COMPLAINTS FROM THIS WEBSITE. LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AND TORE A BIG GASH ON TIRE AND WENT FLAT. CALLED FORD DEALER IN DEARBORN, MI AND THE...

Mileage: 168,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD (GARDEN STATE PARKWAY) AND ALL OF SUDDEN, MY FRONT RIGHT TIRE GOT COMPLETELY FLAT AT FULL SPEED. AFTER TOWING TRUCK CAME AND CHANGED THE SPARE TIRE ON. FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WENT TOTALLY FLAT. THE REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME BOTH FRONT COILS FAILED AND NEEDED ...

Mileage: 96,700

WAS OUT DRIVING AND RUNNING ERRANDS WHEN I STARTED NOTICING WHEN I STOPPED AT A LIGHT,NO MATTER HOW MUCH PRESSURE I APPLIED TO MY BRAKE PEDAL IT SEEMED MY ENGINE WAS EITHER IDLING HIGH OR THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH WITH MY BRAKE SYSTEM. IN THE TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONTROL THE ...

Mileage: 135,000

STARTED THE ENGINE THIS MORNING AND THE ENGINE RACED TO OVER 4000 RPM, HAVING NEVER TOUCHED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TODAY. SHUT IT DOWN AND STARTED IT AGAIN - SAME THING. NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE ON THIS CAR. I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND A BEIGE COLORED PLASTIC GUIDE FOR THE CRUISE CON...

Mileage: 98,000

STARTED THE ENGINE THIS MORNING AND THE ENGINE RACED TO OVER 4000 RPM, HAVING NEVER TOUCHED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TODAY. SHUT IT DOWN AND STARTED IT AGAIN - SAME THING. NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE ON THIS CAR. I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND A BEIGE COLORED PLASTIC GUIDE FOR THE CRUISE CON...

Mileage: 98,000

COMING OFF AN ON RAMP ONTO THE INTERSTATE, THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND THE BRAKE WOULD NOT DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. IT REACHED 85 MPH BEFORE I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, COASTED TO THE SHOULDER, AND SHUT OFF THE IGNITION. I STARTED THE CAR AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP AGAIN, SO I SHUT IT OFF AND...

Mileage: 170,000

COMING OFF AN ON RAMP ONTO THE INTERSTATE, THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND THE BRAKE WOULD NOT DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. IT REACHED 85 MPH BEFORE I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, COASTED TO THE SHOULDER, AND SHUT OFF THE IGNITION. I STARTED THE CAR AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP AGAIN, SO I SHUT IT OFF AND...

Mileage: 170,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A GRINDING NOISE FOLLOWED BY A LOUD BANG. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THE FRONT D...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 35 MPH WITHOUT THE CONTACT DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE CONTACT TO RIVE THROUGH A RED LIGHT. IN ADD...

Mileage: 158,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WEARING PREMATURELY AND WERE REPLACED TEN TIMES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE WAS CAUSING THE ROTORS TO WEAR PREMATURELY. THE FAILURE MIL...

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A SHARP LEFT TURN ONTO A SIDE STREET, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A DEEP EMBANKMENT RATHER THAN TURNING. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS TURNED LEFT AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS STRAIGHT WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A HALT. THE CONCLUSION WAS A BROKEN TIE ROD. THE VEHICLE REMA...

THE VEHICLE LEFT THE DRIVEWAY AND APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS LATER THE FRONT RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE, COMING OUT OF ITS NORMAL POSITION, UNCOILING, THE SHARP EDGE OF THE SPRING CONTACTING THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE, RIPPING AN APPROXIMATE 24 INCH TEAR IN THE TIRE CAUSING INSTANT TIRE DEFLATION. THE INCIDEN...

Mileage: 68,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD BECOME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE CONTACT HAD TO REPEATEDLY PUMP THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED...

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND NOTICED THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND IT CRASHED INTO A CURB. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FLAT TIRE WITH THE SPARE TIRE. THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND NOTICED THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND IT CRASHED INTO A CURB. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FLAT TIRE WITH THE SPARE TIRE. THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BRAKING FROM 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY. THE FAILURE STOPPED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILU...

Mileage: 13,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE SPEED INCREASED ABNORMALLY AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKE PEDAL REPEATEDLY YET, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE SPEED RATE EVENTUALLY REDUCED WHICH ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO BE MANEUVERE...

Mileage: 80,000

MY TAURUS 2002, THREE DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT IT USED, EXHIBITED BEHAVIOR JUST LIKE THAT DESCRIBED IN PE12005 FOR 2005-2006 MODEL YEARS. I HAD TO LIMP HOME, ALTERNATING BETWEEN NEUTRAL AND DRIVE, BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS STUCK AT APPROX 3500 RPM. TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND ON DID NOT CURE THIS. AFTER ABO...

Mileage: 118,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS SEDAN, AND WHILE DRIVING ABOUT A MONTH AGO I PUSHED GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE, THE THROTTLES BECAME STUCK CAUSING THE CARS ENGINE TO SPEED UP TO 80 MPH IN A 30 MPH SPEED ZONE. I HAD TO APPLY AS MUCH PRESSURE TO THE BREAKS AS I COULD TO CONTROL THE CAR, AND FINALLY I WAS ABLE ...

Mileage: 110,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS SEDAN, AND WHILE DRIVING ABOUT A MONTH AGO I PUSHED GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE, THE THROTTLES BECAME STUCK CAUSING THE CARS ENGINE TO SPEED UP TO 80 MPH IN A 30 MPH SPEED ZONE. I HAD TO APPLY AS MUCH PRESSURE TO THE BREAKS AS I COULD TO CONTROL THE CAR, AND FINALLY I WAS ABLE ...

Mileage: 110,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS SEDAN, AND WHILE DRIVING ABOUT A MONTH AGO I PUSHED GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE, THE THROTTLES BECAME STUCK CAUSING THE CARS ENGINE TO SPEED UP TO 80 MPH IN A 30 MPH SPEED ZONE. I HAD TO APPLY AS MUCH PRESSURE TO THE BREAKS AS I COULD TO CONTROL THE CAR, AND FINALLY I WAS ABLE ...

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND THE ENGINE RPMS WERE STUCK AT 4,000. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY TURNING THE IGNITION OFF. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE ENGINE, AND THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CO...

Mileage: 125,000

LEAVING THE DEALER--BEACH FORD---THROTTLE HUNG WIDE OPEN AND COULD NOT STOP THE CAR. WENT BACK TO DEALER AND TECH. SAID " CRUISE CONTROL CABLE CAME LOOSE AND HUNG THROTTLE OPEN" TECH--GLUED TOGETHER AND I DRIVE THIS WAY NOW. SAID HE WOULD PUT HIS WIFE IN THE CAR BECAUSE IT IS SAFE NOW. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

I HAD NOTICED THAT MY ACCELERATOR WOULD GET STUCK JUST LIGHTLY PUSHING ON THE PEDAL ONCE THE CAR WARMED UP IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN BUT IT HAD HAPPENED ALL WINTER LONG. WHENEVER YOU WOULD START IT UP AND START TO DRIVE THE ACCELERATOR WOULD GET STUCK FULL THROTTLE AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUT IT INTO NEUTR...

Mileage: 143,000

RPM RACES UP AND DOWN INTERMITTENTLY AT ALL SPEEDS SINCE 2008. AT TIMES, THE RPM WILL RACE UP TO 4K (4000 RPM) UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF. FOR THE MOST PART, RPM'S JUMP FROM 900 RPM TO 1500 RPM WHETHER COLD OR HOT EVEN WITHOUT APPLYING THE GAS PEDAL. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT FOR A SECOND RELATED INCIDENT. AFTER TAKING MY CAR TO THE DEALER TO CHECK MY FORD TAURUS FOR SUDDEN ACCELERATION 5 WEEKS EARLIER, THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED. MY SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD SON CALLED ME FROM THE PARKING LOT OF HIS HIGH SCHOOL CLEARLY PANICKED THAT UPON PLACING THE C...

Mileage: 73,000

MY SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD SON HAD TOLD ME PREVIOUSLY THAT THE GAS PEDAL HAD BEEN SUCKED DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR ACCELERATED WILDLY. AT FIRST, I DISMISSED IT AS THE FLOOR MAT GETTING TANGLED IN THE GAS PEDAL. BUT THEN I EXPERIENCED IT MYSELF AND IT WAS A WILD AND CRAZY EXPERIENCE TO GET THE CAR U...

Mileage: 71,935

MY SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD SON HAD TOLD ME PREVIOUSLY THAT THE GAS PEDAL HAD BEEN SUCKED DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR ACCELERATED WILDLY. AT FIRST, I DISMISSED IT AS THE FLOOR MAT GETTING TANGLED IN THE GAS PEDAL. BUT THEN I EXPERIENCED IT MYSELF AND IT WAS A WILD AND CRAZY EXPERIENCE TO GET THE CAR U...

Mileage: 71,935

THIS VEHICLE WAS OWNED BY MY MOM WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED. SHE WAS ENTERING HER GARAGE WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN ACCELERATING UNCONTROLLABLY AND WENT THROUGH HER GARAGE DOOR AND WALL. SHE WAS NOT INJURED IN THE INCIDENT BUT HER CAR AND GARAGE WERE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHI...

Mileage: 65,000

WAS RIDING DOWN THE ROAD AT 45MPH AND WENT TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE THROTTLE FAILED TO DISENGAGE WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP USING BRAKES AND SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. OPENED UP THE HOOD AND FOUND A SLEEVE WAS STUCK TO THE HOUSING BODY CAUSING THE TH...

Mileage: 118,143

MY WIFE STARTED TO ACCELERATE OUR FORD TAURUS SES ONTO A HIGHWAY BUT NEEDED TO SLOW DOWN FOR A CAR IN FRONT OF HER THAT WAS TURNING. SHE COULD FEEL THAT I COULDN'T SLOW DOWN. FINALLY SHE SHIFTED THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF SO THAT SHE COULD BRING THE CAR TO A HALT. I CAME TO LOOK ...

Mileage: 162,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD BECOME FLAT. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS OR ...

Mileage: 136,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER GETTING INTO HER VEHICLE AND STARTING, SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WERE FRACTURED AND HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER...

Mileage: 65,000

HAD A FRONT SPRING BREAK A 83000 AND A REAR SPRING AT 135567 BOTH ON DRIVER SIDE TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS WAS 900 $$$. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AND TORE UP TIRE. *TR

DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND CUT INTO TIRE DEFLATING IT. SMOKE FROM WHEEL-WELL BACKED UP TRAFFIC - LIMPED TO A SIDE STREET ON FLAT TIRE. REPLACED COIL SPRING AND TIRE. REALLY WORRIED ABOUT SERIOUS ACCIDENT SHOULD OTHER SPRING BREAK ON HIGHWAY AT HIGHER SPEED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAS NO...

Mileage: 126,000

ON APPROXIMATELY 01-27-12 WE NOTICED VEHICLE WAS NOT RIDING SMOOTHLY. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO FORD AGENCY ON 02-06-12 WHERE VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED ON 10-11-02. WE WERE INFORMED THAT BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $550.72 WHICH WE AGREED TO. MILEAGE ON 02-06-12 WAS...

Mileage: 35,200

STARTED VEHICLE, PUT FOOT ON BRAKE AND PUT INTO DRIVE. AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD,THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. THE LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE NOSED DOWN, AND I STOPPED. INSPECTION OF VEHICLE SHOWED BROKEN LEFT FRONT SPRING. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE HEARD NOISE AND THEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 183,000

SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF TRANSMISSION POWER - NO SECONDARY ACTIONS CAUSED THE PROBLEM, NOR WAS THERE ANY INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. NO LEAKS, NO TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, NO OTHER INDICATORS OF A PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 123,455

BACKING OUT OF GARAGE HEARD LOUD LEAK OF AIR. THOUGHT FLAT TIRE. WHEN ABOUT TO CHANGE TIRE DISCOVERED COIL BROKE AND SLASHED TIRE. THANK GOD DIDN'T HAPPEN A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE WHEN SON BORROWED CAR AND WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY OUT OF STATE. OF COURSE NO RECALL ON THESE COILS SO HAD TO PAY OUT OF ...

Mileage: 35,546

BACKING OUT OF GARAGE HEARD LOUD LEAK OF AIR. THOUGHT FLAT TIRE. WHEN ABOUT TO CHANGE TIRE DISCOVERED COIL BROKE AND SLASHED TIRE. THANK GOD DIDN'T HAPPEN A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE WHEN SON BORROWED CAR AND WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY OUT OF STATE. OF COURSE NO RECALL ON THESE COILS SO HAD TO PAY OUT OF ...

Mileage: 35,546

NEW YEARS EVE WITH MY HUSBAND MYSELF ,SON AND HIS FIANCES DAUGHTER IN THE CAR ,DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 70MPH ,HEADING TO RESTAURANT, RT FRONT COIL BROKE. THANK GOD IT DIDN'T SLICE TIRE AND CAUSE A BLOW OUT AND KILL US OR SOMEONE ELSE. WHY HAS THERE BEEN NO RECALL ON COILS INSTALLED ON FORD TAUR...

Mileage: 75,810

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PIERCED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE...

Mileage: 106,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED. WHILE REVERSING, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PIERCED THE T...

Mileage: 162,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED WITH THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED AT THE REAR TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND THE CUR...

Mileage: 198,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH LATER ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING. THE ...

Mileage: 69,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED. THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD ALSO PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MI...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON AN ICY ROAD, THE VEHICLE SKIDDED AND ROLLED INTO A DITCH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT STRUCK HER HEAD, SUSTAINED NECK AND SHOULDER STRAINS, BRUISES TO HER LEGS AND A LACERATION TO THE ARM. THE VEHICLE WAS TOW...

Mileage: 234,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE WHEN THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE THAT THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEA...

Mileage: 117,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON INSTERSTATE. NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

Mileage: 78,000

2002 FORD TAURUS ALMOST GOT ON FIRE ON 11/2/11. THERE WAS GRAY SMOKE AND HORRIBLE BURNING SMELL COMING OUT OF THE FRONT OF FORD CAR. CALLED THE POLICE DEPT, THEY CAME AND FOUND A BELT BROKE.... IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE POLICE PERSONS THAT CAME TO LET ME KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND WHAT TO DO, ALONG W...

Mileage: 62,200

2002 FORD TAURUS ALMOST GOT ON FIRE ON 11/2/11. THERE WAS GRAY SMOKE AND HORRIBLE BURNING SMELL COMING OUT OF THE FRONT OF FORD CAR. CALLED THE POLICE DEPT, THEY CAME AND FOUND A BELT BROKE.... IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE POLICE PERSONS THAT CAME TO LET ME KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND WHAT TO DO, ALONG W...

Mileage: 62,200

2002 FORD TAURUS ALMOST GOT ON FIRE ON 11/2/11. THERE WAS GRAY SMOKE AND HORRIBLE BURNING SMELL COMING OUT OF THE FRONT OF FORD CAR. CALLED THE POLICE DEPT, THEY CAME AND FOUND A BELT BROKE.... IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE POLICE PERSONS THAT CAME TO LET ME KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND WHAT TO DO, ALONG W...

Mileage: 62,200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND PIERCED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THREE OF THE FO...

Mileage: 60,000

MY DAUGHTER HAD AN ACCIDENT IN A 2002 FORD TAURUS SE WHERE SHE IMPACTED A CONCRETE BARRIER HEAD ON AND HARD ENOUGH TO TOTAL THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS OWNED AND INSURED BY ME. THE WORSE OF THE IMPACT WAS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT END. ONLY THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITH NO ONE SEATED THERE, BUT HER D...

Mileage: 159,200

MY DAUGHTER HAD AN ACCIDENT IN A 2002 FORD TAURUS SE WHERE SHE IMPACTED A CONCRETE BARRIER HEAD ON AND HARD ENOUGH TO TOTAL THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS OWNED AND INSURED BY ME. THE WORSE OF THE IMPACT WAS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT END. ONLY THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITH NO ONE SEATED THERE, BUT HER D...

Mileage: 159,200

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS STOPPED PULLING WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREE WAY. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND FORD WILL NOT HELP WITH ANY OF THE REPAIR COSTS. *TT

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING NEW TIRES INSTALLED AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHEN HE WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE COIL SPRINGS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWA...

TOOK MY CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THEY SHOWED ME THAT MY FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. WAS TOLD THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE AND IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SPRING GO INTO THEIR TIRES. *TT

Mileage: 44,526

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A CLICKING SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR MAT WAS WET. THE CONTACT WAS DID NOT CONFIRM IF THE TWO FAILURES WERE RELATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC BUT NO...

Mileage: 111,000

ON MY VEHICLE, A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES SEDAN WITH A DOHC DURATEC ENGINE, THERE ARE PLASTIC COMPONENTS THAT SECURE THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE TO THE THROTTLE BODY. OVER TIME THESE COMPONENTS WEAR OUT AND BREAK AND BECOME LODGED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO HOLD THE THROTTLE OPEN. THIS CAN HAVE CATASTROPHIC AND...

Mileage: 130,000

A FUEL TANK MOUNTING STRAP FAILED ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS DURING NORMAL DRIVING IN WALTON HILLS, OH. THE STRAP WAS PAINTED REGULAR STEEL AND BADLY CORRODED. THIS DEFECT APPEARS TO BE IDENTICAL TO THE AUGUST 2011 RECALL OF F150 AND F250 TRUCKS FOR POTENTIAL FUEL TANK STRAP FAILURE. THE STRAP WILL H...

Mileage: 204,550

I WAS PULLING MY WIFE'S CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FLAT TILL I NOTICED THAT THE FRONT STRUT (SPRING) HAD BROKEN. I COULD TELL THAT THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT (THE STEEL WAS NOT HEAT TREATED PROPERLY). I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I SPEN...

Mileage: 148,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30-35 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED AND THE ENGINE RPMS INCRESED TO 4000 WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, SHUT THE ENGINE OFF FOR A MOMENT AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART T...

Mileage: 78,000

ON 7/27/11 WHILE DRIVING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WHICH HAS APPROX 41000 MILES I HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER ARRIVING AT MY HOME I DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT HAND FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. ALTHOUGH I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO MY HOUSE THIS COULD HAVE TURNED INT...

Mileage: 41,000

ON 7/27/11 WHILE DRIVING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WHICH HAS APPROX 41000 MILES I HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER ARRIVING AT MY HOME I DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT HAND FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. ALTHOUGH I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO MY HOUSE THIS COULD HAVE TURNED INT...

Mileage: 41,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS XL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MILES PER HOUR MAKING A TURN THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE, AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,...

Mileage: 80,000

GAS SMELL BACK SEAT PASSENGER SIDE, NO ONE CAN SIT IN BACK SEAT OR THEY GET OVER POWERED BY GASOLINE SMELL, 2002 FORD TAURUS I KNOW OF FIVE OTHER CARS IN MY AREA (SAME YEAR AND MAKE) WITH SAME EXACT ISSUE. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE, AT TIMES, WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000. SM.

Mileage: 88,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING HER TO LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING 53 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE DIAGNOSTICS STATED THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,...

Mileage: 103,000

ON MAY 15, 2011 I WAS USING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS TO RUN ERRANDS . AFTER DRIVING FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME I BECAME AWARE OF A STRANGE ODOR, ALL OF THE GAUGES APPEARED NORMAL, AND THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. HOWEVER, I WAS CONCERNED ENOUGH TO GET A SECOND OPINION. FORTU...

Mileage: 76,405

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

NOTICED GRINDING/RUBBING NOISE WHILE DRIVING; NOISE VARIED WITH SPEED, TURNING AND BRAKING. OBSERVED RUBBER RESIDUE IN LEFT REAR WHEEL, ON WHEEL WELL. REMOVED WHEEL, DISCOVERED COIL SPRING RUSTED AND DISLODGED FROM LOWER SUPPORT AND WAS SHAVING THE TIRE. LOSS OF TREAD OBSERVED. COIL SPRING WAS SU...

Mileage: 70,000

WE DISCOVERED OUR 2002 TAURUS IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH A COMPLETELY FLAT TIRE. UPON REMOVAL OF THE TIRE TO PUT ON A TEMP TIRE WE DISCOVERED THE COIL (FRONT PASSENGER) HAD BROKEN AND HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE (IT WAS ACTUALLY THROUGH THE TIRE AND WE HAD TO WORK TO GET IT OUT OF THE TIRE). LUCKILY NO ONE WAS...

BROKEN DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING 2002 FORD. *TR

Mileage: 95,412

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES. THE CONTACTS STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE, THEN THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE FELL ONTO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT SPRING HAD FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE W...

Mileage: 118,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS THAT HAS APPROXIMATELY 39,000 MILES ON IT. ON MONDAY JUNE 13, 2011 I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE AT WORK AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE. I GOT OUT AND MY LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. I ATTEMPTED TO USE THE SCISSOR JACK THAT CAME WITH THE CAR BUT IT COLLAPSED AND BROKE. I H...

Mileage: 39,004

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE ANTI THEFT DEVICE ACTIVATED ON FIVE OCCASIONS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL THE ANTI THEFT DEVICE DE-ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGN...

Mileage: 80,000

MY CAR WAS JUST SITTING IN THE DRIVE WAY, UNTOUCHED, WHEN THE COIL SPRING JUST BROKE AND A PIECE WENT IN TO MY TIRE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT ON JUNE 3, 2011, I WAS HAVING A MUFFLER REPLACED WHENTHE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT MY REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKE WITH A PIECE OF THE R...

Mileage: 95,200

THIS MORNING AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. I STOPPED THE CAR AND LOOKED UNDER THE CAR TO CHECK FOR OBSTRUCTIONS. I THEN TURNED THE CAR AROUND AND BACKED IT BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY. I BEGAN TO PULL FORWARD SLOWLY, ATTEMPTING TO DETE...

Mileage: 68,502

THE RIGHT REAR SUSPENSION COIL BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE CORRESPONDING TIRE, CAUSING IT TO GO FLAT. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR, THE LEFT REAR COIL WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE IN DEFECT AND NO LONGER SAFE FOR DRIVING. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT DRIVING AT A FAST SPEED WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCU...

Mileage: 66,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING SNAPPED CAUSING THE LEFT TIRE TO POP OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THE COIL SPRINGS WERE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE COIL SPRINGS WILL BE RE...

Mileage: 76,000

2002 FORD TAURUS WAGON, FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE WITH TIRE PUNCTURE. SLOWING AS APPROACHING TRAFFIC SIGNAL, SPEED 22MPH, FRONT PASSENGER COIL FAILED. BROKEN COIL SPRING THEN PUNCTURED TIRE, RIPPING LARGE GASH IN INSIDE SIDEWALL CAUSING IMMEDIATE DEFLATION AND BODY OF CAR DROPPED TO THE GROUND SUD...

Mileage: 162,275

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. AFTER HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO THE MECHANIC, I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT ONLY HAS 45,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ONLINE, I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILING DUE TO A MANUFACTURERS DEFE...

Mileage: 44,790

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND AS HE PROCEEDED TO DRIVE, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED AND WAS RESTING ON THE TIRES. HE THEN NOTICED THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED T...

Mileage: 72,000

CAR WAS RECEIVING SAFETY INSPECTION AND WAS NOTICED THAT REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKE BOTH REAR STRUTS REPLACED AT THAT TIME 1-4-10, 119,500 MILES. THE FRONT DRIVER SPRING ALSO BROKE WHILE DRIVING LEAVING PARTS ON THE ROAD ON 5-27-11, 139,123 MILES. BOTH FRONT STRUTS WERE REPLACED AT THAT TIME. *TR

Mileage: 139,123

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHEN HE HEARD A VERY LOUD BANGING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD BEEN PUNCTURED BY THE COIL SPRING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED...

Mileage: 148,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS THE ENGINE WAS STARTED, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE ENGINE WAS QUICKLY TURNED OFF AND THE KEY WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE IGNITION YET THE ENGINE NOISE CONTINUED TO INCREASE EXCESSIVELY WITHOUT THE KEYS BEING IN THE IGNITI...

Mileage: 79,656

PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. BASED ON MECHANICS COMMENTS, DISCUSSION WITH OTHER TAURUS OWNERS AND INTERNET RESEARCH THERE IS SUFFICIENT ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE IS A DESIGN DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION IN THE AND OTHER FORD VEHICLES. I HAD RECE...

Mileage: 114,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD CLANGING NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CONTINUED DRIVING AND UPON REACHING HER RESIDENCE, SHE NOTICED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING HAD COMPLETELY FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN ...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS FLAT. WHEN INSPECTED, HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED AND HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEABLE AND WAS TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ...

Mileage: 80,000

BROKEN LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FRONT TIRE AS WELL AS OTHER SUSPENSION AND DRIVE AXLE COMPONENTS. THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT INVESTIGATION NHTSA EA08-018. NO INJURIES OR CRASH RESULTED. *TR

Mileage: 132,437

THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. IT WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE IT FAILED. I HAVE SEEN ON FORUMS THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND FORD HAD RECALLS UNTIL 2001 FOR THE EXACT ISSUE. THERE IS A DEFECT INVESTIGAT...

Mileage: 92,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PURCHASING 4 NEW TIRES HE NOTICED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE BECAME FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TIRE DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE CAUSING THE FLAT. THE FRONT DRIVERS...

Mileage: 76,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PURCHASING 4 NEW TIRES HE NOTICED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE BECAME FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TIRE DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE CAUSING THE FLAT. THE FRONT DRIVERS...

Mileage: 76,000

THE SPRING OF THE FRONT STRUT ASSEMBLY ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS BROKE IN HALF WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. THERE WAS NO RUST OF ANY KIND AROUND IT. THE STRUT ASSEMBLY WAS THE ORIGINAL ONE FORM THE FORD FACTORY. I SAW ONLINE THAT THIS IS A COMMON AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ISSUE FOR WHICH FORD ISSUED A RECALL T...

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND THOUGHT SHE HIT SOMETHING. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A FLAT TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING WOULD...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND THOUGHT SHE HIT SOMETHING. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A FLAT TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING WOULD...

Mileage: 60,000

DRIVER FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED TIRE. HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONTS. REARS HAD SNAPPED AS WELL. REPLACED THEM TOO. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 38 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE DEALER; HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HER VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN RECALL NUMBER: 04V332000 (S...

Mileage: 65,000

DRIVING VEH ON ROAD,FRONT SPRING BUSTED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO TIRE+POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO OTHER PARTS OF VEHICLE IN THAT AREA. HAD TO REPLACE STRUT AND SPRINGS, AND OF COURSE IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT BOTH FRONT STRUTS + SPRINGS BE REPLACED. VEH IS 2002 FORD TAURUS---FORD DID RECALL FOR EXACT PROBLEM-B...

Mileage: 81,000

AT 7:30 AM ON APRIL 29, 2011, I LEFT MY APARTMENT AND GOT INTO MY CAR TO DRIVE TO WORK. I TURNED ON THE IGNITION AND WENT TO BACK OUT AND IMMEDIATELY I HEARD A SCRAPING NOISE. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND NOTICED THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT. I CALLED AAA AND THEY ARRIVED BY 8:00 AM AND THE GENTLEMAN...

Mileage: 106,000

AT 7:30 AM ON APRIL 29, 2011, I LEFT MY APARTMENT AND GOT INTO MY CAR TO DRIVE TO WORK. I TURNED ON THE IGNITION AND WENT TO BACK OUT AND IMMEDIATELY I HEARD A SCRAPING NOISE. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND NOTICED THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT. I CALLED AAA AND THEY ARRIVED BY 8:00 AM AND THE GENTLEMAN...

Mileage: 106,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH BOTH FRONT AND BACK COIL SPRINGS BROKE. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO FALL ON THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THAT HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODE...

Mileage: 123,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH BOTH FRONT AND BACK COIL SPRINGS BROKE. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO FALL ON THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THAT HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODE...

Mileage: 123,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE LEAVING THE DRIVEWAY HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE THEN LOOKED AT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. WHEN HE ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE A FEW MORE FEET THE NOISE RECURRED. HE DECIDED ...

Mileage: 79,000

WHILE BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE PUNCTURING THE TIRE, SEPARATING THE AXLE, AND DAMAGING THE STABILIZER LINK. FORTUNATELY NO INJURIES OCCURRED.

Mileage: 86,560

JUST STARTING BACKING UP AND HEARD AND LOUD SOUND AND THEN THE TIRE WENT FLAT. TRIED TO CHANGE THE TIRE BUT COULD NOT GET IT OFF. I FOUND THAT THE SPRING HAD BROKE AND WENT THROUGH THE TIRE. CALLED AAA AND THEY SAID THIS WAS COMMON WITH THE 2002 TAURUS AND THAT I WAS LUCKY IT HAPPEN WHILE I WAS NOT ...

Mileage: 140,000

WITHOUT NOTICE, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO RESPOND IN ANY GEAR AND THE ENGINE JUST REVVED. I WAS ON A ROAD THAT WAS NOT BUSY AND ABLE TO COAST OFF OF THE ROAD TO A SAFE LOCATION. HAD THIS HAPPENED ON MY WAY HOME ON THE INTERSTATE DURING RUSH HOUR INSTEAD, I MAY HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN AC...

Mileage: 101,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH SEVERAL CRACKS IN THE RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING. I NOTICED THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED SITUATION BASED ON REPORTS FROM OTHER OWNERS. *TR

Mileage: 138,000

2002 FORD TAURUS SEL: DRIVING AT 40 MPH, PASSENGER'S SIDE SPRING BROKE AND IMMEDIATELY CUT ENTIRE INSIDE DIAMETER OF CAR TIRE. CAR IMMEDIATELY PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND WAS NOT DRIVABLE. CAR WAS DAMAGED AS WELL AS LAWN THAT CAR SWERVED ONTO. HAD TO HAVE SPRING AND TIRE REPLACED, REPLA...

Mileage: 68,888

2002 FORD TAURUS SEL: DRIVING AT 40 MPH, PASSENGER'S SIDE SPRING BROKE AND IMMEDIATELY CUT ENTIRE INSIDE DIAMETER OF CAR TIRE. CAR IMMEDIATELY PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND WAS NOT DRIVABLE. CAR WAS DAMAGED AS WELL AS LAWN THAT CAR SWERVED ONTO. HAD TO HAVE SPRING AND TIRE REPLACED, REPLA...

Mileage: 68,888

WHILE MANEUVERING IN A PARKING LOT, THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED, PUNCTURING THE TIRE AND RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNDRIVABLE.

Mileage: 82,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED BOTH THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRINGS. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAIL...

Mileage: 57,889

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE CONTACT DID NOT CONTACT THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER TO REPORT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 161,000.

Mileage: 161,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS GETTING INTO THE CAR AND SAT DOWN WHEN I HEARD A LOUD METAL POP OR BANG, I GOT OUT AND LOOKED AROUND AND UNDER THE CAR AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING, BUT I HAD NOTICED IF I RAN OVER A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD I WOULD HEAR A CLUNK AT THE REAR DRIVERSI...

Mileage: 161,261

ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 4, 2011, I STARTED MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SE WAGON AND PUT IT IN REVERSE. THE MOMENT THE CAR BEGAN TO MOVE, I HEARD A LOUD "BANG" SOUND AND THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE ANYMORE. I GOT OUT AND SAW THAT THE FRONT TIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WAS FLAT. I CHECKED THE TIRE AND FOUND ...

Mileage: 165,628

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED DUST COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING ...

Mileage: 102,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT COIL SPRING SUDDENLY FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT TIRE. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY A LOCAL DEALER THE FIRST FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE SECOND FAILURE. THE...

Mileage: 71,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHEN SHE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED, CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. SHE NOTIFIED AAA, WHO TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALER. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HER VEH...

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE IN REVERSE, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PRESSURE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ...

Mileage: 35,000

2002 FORD TAURUS FOUR BROKEN SPRINGS, PUNCTURED TIRES, NO RECALL ON THIS YEAR CAR ; PLUGGED HEATER CORE, FRAME ROT,

Mileage: 85,000

BROKEN REAR COIL SPRING, 2002 TAURUS

Mileage: 95,568

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH IN A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY WHEN SUDDENLY, SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY DEFLATED AS A RESULT TO...

Mileage: 145,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SQUEAKING AND LOW GROWL FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY COIL SPRING THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRE...

THIS WINTER I HAD MY RIGHT FRONT STRUT SPRING BREAK AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND THE SPRING WENT RIGHT THROUGH MY TIRE. THE NOISE SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION AND SCARED ME TO DEATH! MY HUSBAND GOT THE SPRING AND STRUT REPAIRED AND PURCHASED A NEW TIRE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED PROBLEM...

Mileage: 120,000

THIS WINTER I HAD MY RIGHT FRONT STRUT SPRING BREAK AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND THE SPRING WENT RIGHT THROUGH MY TIRE. THE NOISE SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION AND SCARED ME TO DEATH! MY HUSBAND GOT THE SPRING AND STRUT REPAIRED AND PURCHASED A NEW TIRE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED PROBLEM...

Mileage: 120,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT A VERY LOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOUD POP. THE DRIVER EXITED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE DRIVER REMOVED THE TIRE AND FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND HAD PIERCED THE ...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT ONE OF THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WAS FRACTURED. BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON THE FRO...

Mileage: 60,209

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT ONE OF THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WAS FRACTURED. BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON THE FRO...

Mileage: 60,209

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT BLOWER MOTOR HAD BECOME INOPERABLE. THE DEALER AS WELL AS AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC MADE TWO ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE TO NO AVAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH THE BLOWER AN...

Mileage: 40,000

I INITIALLY NOTICED A METAL-ON-METAL GRINDING SOUND WHEN I DROVE OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD (LIKE MY SHOCKS WERE BAD). I HAD THE 2002 TAURUS EXAMINED AT MY FORD DEALER, AND THE MECHANIC SAID ONE OF THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WAS BAD. HE ALSO SAID HE WAS SURPRISED THE FRONT TIRE HADN'T BLOWN OUT. HE ADVIS...

Mileage: 39,328

1/4/11 BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND RUPTURED TIRE ( ALL TIRES NEW LESS THAN 800 MILES) REPLACED SPRING AND TIRE 1/8/11 SAME THING AGAIN ONLY RIGHT REAR SPRING THIS TIME AND RUPTURED TIRE SO I REPLACED BOTH REAR SPRINGS AND RIGHT FRONT THEN FOUND OUT IT DAMAGED STRUT AND SW...

Mileage: 62,987

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COLLAPSED WITHOUT WARNING AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY STATED THAT BOTH FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. THE VEHICLE W...

Mileage: 78,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COLLAPSED WITHOUT WARNING AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY STATED THAT BOTH FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. THE VEHICLE W...

Mileage: 78,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES SEDAN WITH 100,000 MILES. RECENTLY, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND I BROUGHT IT INTO THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. APPARENTLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS A ABS/TRACTION CONTROL SENSOR (PART NUMBER 2C219) BURNED OUT. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP AND V...

Mileage: 104,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES SEDAN WITH 100,000 MILES. RECENTLY, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND I BROUGHT IT INTO THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. APPARENTLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS A ABS/TRACTION CONTROL SENSOR (PART NUMBER 2C219) BURNED OUT. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP AND V...

Mileage: 104,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS FOUND FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL JUST SNAPPED AND TORE UP THE WHEEL. LUCKILY IT HAPPENED WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. CHECKED AND FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR UP TO AUGUST 2001 .ALSO, SEEN ON LINE WHEN SEARCHING RECALLS THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THEM ON SAME 2002 TAURUS....

Mileage: 61,000

ON 23 FEBRUARY 2011 I PUT MY 2002 FORD TAURUS IN REVERSE ON MY CARPORT, AND I HEARD A LOUD BANG NOISE.THE CAR LURCHED TO THE LEFT A MADE A LOUD THUD SOUND HITTING HARD ON THE CARPORT FLOOR. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND GOT OUT TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKE AND WAS ...

Mileage: 80,000

BOTH REAR SPRINGS ON MY 02 FORD TAURUS SNAPPED AND BROKE. FORD WILL NOT PAY FOR ANY REPAIR COSTS. I'VE HEARD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON TAURUSES/SABLES, BUT FORD IS NOT DOING ANYTHING. ONLY FRONT SPRINGS WERE RECALLED THRU THE 01 MODELS. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS THE BROKEN SPRING MAY PIERCE THE...

Mileage: 84,000

02 TAURUS SES FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING CRACKED. *TR

Mileage: 77,518

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING. THE PROBLEMS WITH THE SPRINGS BREAKING IS NOT JUST THE FRONT SPRINGS. ON 4/2/10 I REPLACED THE BACK SPRINGS WITH A QUICK STRUT ASSEMBLY DO TO CAR SAGGING AND THE RIGHT REAR SPRING WAS BROKE SLOWLY DIGGING IN TO MY TIRE. I KNOW OF A FEW OTHERS THAT HAVE ...

Mileage: 73,162

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT AN UNKNOWN LOW SPEED A LOUD POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. A SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE ...

Mileage: 124,368

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, SLOWED TO TURN LEFT AND HEARD A POP FROM THE PASSENGER REAR SIDE, FOLLOWED BY A GRINDING NOISE. PROCEEDED ANOTHER BLOCK TO THE HOME DRIVEWAY, CHECKED VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SPRING HAD BROKEN AND WAS EATING THE INSIDE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. CH...

Mileage: 47,743

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE THEY WERE TRAVELING 65 MPH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE DID NOT BLOW OUT AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS HOME WERE THEY WE...

Mileage: 90,000

2002 FORD TAURUS - 83,000 MILES BROKEN COIL SPRINGS FRONT AND REAR. BROKEN RIGHT FRONT COIL SHREDDED TIRE. ALL FOUR STRUTS AND SPRINGS REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON EARLIER MODELS UP TO 2001. FORD SAYS MY TAURUS WAS BUILT A MONTH AFTER THE END OF THE RECALL. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY IS...

Mileage: 83,000

UPON BACKING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, MY BOYFRIEND HEARD A LOUD "POP" AND DISCOVERED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. UPON TAKING OFF THE TIRE, HE DISCOVERED THE SPRING COIL BROKE AND PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE TIRE. APPARENTLY THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND FORD HAS NOT ISSUED A REC...

Mileage: 124,000

DAUGHTER AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN WERE DRIVING MY CAR ON FOUR LANE BUSY STATE ROUTE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN SHE HEARD A CLUNK. AS SHE PROCEEDED SHE BEGAN TO SMELL RUBBER. IN A FEW SECONDS TIRE LOST ALL AIR AND SHE HAD DIFFICULTY MANEUVERING VEHICLE. SHE WAS STOPPED IN LEFT MOST LANE AND WAS TRYING TO GET...

Mileage: 83,650

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND THE TWO REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE CRACKED SIMILAR TO NHSTA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V332000 ( SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HIS ...

Mileage: 134,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING MUCH LOWER THAN NORMAL. THE MECHANIC FURTHER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED T...

Mileage: 80,469

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS WAGON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED WHILE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE COIL SPRING WITH A METAL WRAPPED COIL SPRING. THE COIL SPRING THAT FAILED WAS N...

Mileage: 94,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS, A LOUD MECHANICAL SNAP WAS HEARD, FOLLOWED (ABOUT TWO SECONDS LATER) BY BLOWOUT OF THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. THE CAR SWERVED OUT OF IT'S LANE, INTO A SNOW BANK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (WE HAD 10" OF SNOW THAT DAY). WHEN THE TOW TRUCK LIFTED THE CAR, I SAW THAT THE LEFT ...

Mileage: 140,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. WHEN SHE EXITED THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS DEFLATED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE TIRE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT A PIECE OF THE SPRING FELL ...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT OF HER DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THEN SHE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS DEFLATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPAIRED THE FRONT COIL SPRING AND STRUT. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR L...

Mileage: 175,000

DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE TURNING INTO DRIVEWAY, SPRING PUNCTURED TIRE AND TORN IT APART, ALSO BREAKING STABILIZER BAR. *TR

Mileage: 51,000

JUST AS WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 FOR THE 1999-2001 TAURUS, THREE OF THE FOUR COIL SPRINGS BROKE IN THIS 2002 TAURUS SHREDDING THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AND FOUR NEW QUICK STRUTS, NEW FRONT STABILIZER LINKS, A NEW REAR SWAY BAR LINK,...

Mileage: 140,811

JUST AS WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 FOR THE 1999-2001 TAURUS, THREE OF THE FOUR COIL SPRINGS BROKE IN THIS 2002 TAURUS SHREDDING THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AND FOUR NEW QUICK STRUTS, NEW FRONT STABILIZER LINKS, A NEW REAR SWAY BAR LINK,...

Mileage: 140,811

I HAD A FLAT TIRE THAT WAS STUCK TO THE CAR. I ATTEMPTED TO ROLL THE CAR BACK AND FORTH TO LOOSEN WHEEL. HEARD A POP AND THOUGHT THAT THE TIRE BROKE FREE. WHEN I JACKED THE CAR UP, A PIECE OF THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL FELL OUT. I AM GETTING IT REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BACKING OUT OF HIS GARAGE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD FRACTURED DUE TO A COIL SPRING WHICH PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HE NEEDED TO REPLACE...

Mileage: 89,000

MY CAR WAS PARKED AT MY OFFICE. AT 5:15PM I GOT INTO MY CAR TO LEAVE WORK. I PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE AND AS SOON AS I HIT THE GAS TO BACK OUT THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE LOST ALL OF ITS AIR. I WENT INTO THE SHOP AT MY OFFICE AND GOT MY MECHANIC WHO BROUGHT THE PORTABLE AIR COMPRESSOR TO TRY AND ...

Mileage: 93,662

THIS IS FOR MY PARENTS CAR. THANK GOODNESS IT WAS FOUND OUT WHEN MY FATHER WENT TO MOVE IT INSTEAD OF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. FLAT LEFT FRONT TIRE DUE TO BROKEN LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING AND DAMAGED STRUT. FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR SPRINGS AND YET THEY WON'T PLACE THIS MODEL YEAR...

Mileage: 55,423

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER DOORS LEATHERETTE PANEL HAD FRACTURED AND WAS HANGING FROM THE DOORS. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE NEEDED TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK WHEN THE WEATHER WAS COOLER. WHEN SHE TOOK...

Mileage: 43,049

DRIVING DOWN A STRAIGHT ROAD, HIT A SMALL BUMP, LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. LOUD BANG AND CAR BECAME HARD TO CONTROL. A PIECE OF THE BROKEN COIL SPRING JAMMED INTO THE CV (CONSTANT VELOCITY) JOINT AND DESTROYED IT. ALSO THE STABILIZER LINK WAS BROKEN. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP & APPROXIMATEL...

Mileage: 105,000

WHILE ON HIGHWAY (GOING SLOW DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER) MY TIRE POPPED AND I SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED AFTER TOWING IT THAT MY RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND TURNED INTO THE TIRE DESTROYING IT. MY LEFT REAL COIL SPRING WAS ALSO BROKEN. NEEDED TO REPLACE FRONT AND REAR STRUT ASSEMBLIES, ALIGNMENT...

Mileage: 126,682

LEFT FRONT STRUT SPRING FAILED AS I WAS PARKING THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE FRONT TIRE TO BLOW AND LOCKING THE STEERING NEW STRUT AND SPRING ASSY WAS INSTALLED ALONG WITH A NEW TIRE. *LN

Mileage: 65,329

FORD TAURUS 2002 LEFT FRONT SPRING COIL SNAPPED. DRIVING INTO PARKING LOT, MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT 5 MPH, LOUD BANG AND THE LEFT FRONT OF CAR DROPPED. INSPECTING THE DAMAGE, FOUND THE TOP OF THE SPRING, THE FIRST FULL CIRCLE, SNAPPED COMPLETELY OFF. LOOKING AT THE INTERIOR OF THE SNAPPED SECTION, NOT...

Mileage: 146,980

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE WHEN SHE NOTICED THAT HER FRONT STRUT BROKE, CAUSING THE TIRE TO SHRED. THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE C...

Mileage: 120,000

ON 1/10, I WAS ON MY WAY TO DROP MY KIDS OFF AT THEIR SCHOOL WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO DRIVE FUNNY.I PULLED OVER RIGHT AWAY AND SAW THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS BLOWN..I PROCEEDED TO CHANGE THE TIRE TO MY DONUT WHEN I SAY THE GASH IN MY TIRE AND I LOOKED AT THE WHEEL WELL AND SAW THE SPRING WAS SHEE...

Mileage: 109,000

ON 1/10, I WAS ON MY WAY TO DROP MY KIDS OFF AT THEIR SCHOOL WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO DRIVE FUNNY.I PULLED OVER RIGHT AWAY AND SAW THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS BLOWN..I PROCEEDED TO CHANGE THE TIRE TO MY DONUT WHEN I SAY THE GASH IN MY TIRE AND I LOOKED AT THE WHEEL WELL AND SAW THE SPRING WAS SHEE...

Mileage: 109,000

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING BROKE AND PIERCED TIRE. TIRE IS DESTROYED AND CAR IS INOPERABLE. *TR

Mileage: 160,944

VEHICLE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. WHEN EXITING LOUD NOISE COMING FROM FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. CONDITION WORSENED AS I GOT FURTHER AWAY FROM MY HOME. I REALIZED I COULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR LIKE THIS AS THE NOISE WAS VERY LOUD AND I WAS SMELLING BURNT RUBBER. RETURNING HOME I SAW THE FRONT END HAD COLLAPSED. LAY...

Mileage: 99,900

2002 FORD TAURUS REAR COIL SPRING BROKE. THIS SEEMS TO BE QUITE A PROBLEM WITH THE TAURUS AND WAS RECALLED FOR UPTO 2001. I DON'T KNOW WHY 02 WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL BUT A NEW ONE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

Mileage: 131,608

2002 FORD TAURUS SES WITH APROX 125K MILES FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE ABOUT SIX INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM END, THE SPRING EXTENDED TO THE NEXT COIL, THE BROKEN END CUT THROUGH THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. THE FRONT LEFT TIRE LOOKED AS IF IT WAS CUT WITH A RAZOR, THE SPRING COMPLETELY SEVERED THE TIRE AT T...

Mileage: 125,000

STARTING ON TRIP IN DRIVEWAY, HEARD SCRAPING SOUND AS PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND THEN FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW. SLOWLY BACKED CAR FEW FEET BACK INTO DRIVEWAY. JACKED CAR UP AND PULLED TIRE OFF TO REPLACE WITH MINI SPARE AND NOTICED BROKEN, SHARP END OF COIL SPRING STICKING STRAIGHT OUT AT WHERE ...

Mileage: 114,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS SL. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE SHE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. SHE ALSO SAW SHARP OBJECTS FROM THE COIL SPRING ALL OVER THE GARAGE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS ...

Mileage: 145,157

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE FRONT COIL SPRING ON HER YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE CO...

Mileage: 164,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED BY A SPARE TIRE AND WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL WAS BROKEN AND THE FAILURE HAD CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN UNUSUAL SPINNING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE; SUDDENLY, THE FRONT END COLLAPSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY INFORMED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING ...

Mileage: 61,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS EXITING A RESIDENTIAL CARPORT DRIVING 2 MPH WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BURST. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO INSTALL THE SPARE TIRE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND PIERCED THE TIRE. THE VEH...

Mileage: 107,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXIT A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPLODED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND STRUTS WERE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTI...

Mileage: 79,000

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SNAPPED, PUNCTURING TIRE.

Mileage: 92,566

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE BACKING AND RUINED NEW FRONT TIRE AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE ON OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS. BASED ON THE HUGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS..WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL. OUR CAR HAS 55,000 MILES. WE LIVE IN MINNESOTA. THIS IS CRAZY. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

2002 FORD TAURUS SES. FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING SNAPPED WHILE SITTING IN DRIVEWAY. THE SPRING SUBSEQUENTLY PUNCTURED THE TIRE UPON ITS FAILURE. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR CAUSE FOR CONCERN. THE CAR HAS 80,000 MILES. HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING, A CRASH WOULD HAVE BEEN ALMOST CERTAIN. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

THE FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED AND SHREDDED THE TIRE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WAGON. I ALSO HAD THIS HAPPEN ON A 2000 TAURUS, THIS WAS COVERED BY A RECALL. WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL ON LATER MODELS. THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER ENTERING HIS VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING LOWER THAN NORMAL. HE WENT TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND SAW THAT THE COIL SPRINGS PUNCTURED THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE CAUSING IT TO DEFLATE. THE VEHICLE WAS...

Mileage: 55,000

I PURCHASED A USED 2002 FORD TAURUS TWO YEARS AGO. ABOUT 4 WEEKS AGO, I WAS DRIVING DOWN OF A DRIVEWAY AT WORK AND HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE. I ENDED UP HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND HE FOUND BOTH FRONT SPRINGS BROKEN AND TWO SHREDDED TIRES. BOTH OF THE SPRINGS WERE BROKEN IN EXACTLY T...

I PURCHASED A USED 2002 FORD TAURUS TWO YEARS AGO. ABOUT 4 WEEKS AGO, I WAS DRIVING DOWN OF A DRIVEWAY AT WORK AND HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE. I ENDED UP HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND HE FOUND BOTH FRONT SPRINGS BROKEN AND TWO SHREDDED TIRES. BOTH OF THE SPRINGS WERE BROKEN IN EXACTLY T...

CHRISTMAS MORNING I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN A LOUD POPPING NOISE OCCURRED. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING HAS FRACTURED. I WAS LUCKY TO BE AT HOME DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED. HOWEVER, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 6 MONTHS THAT I HAVE HAD A SPRING FRACTURE ON ME. BACK IN JU...

FORD TAURUS 2002 WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 70 MPH THE FRONT SUB FRAME ( ENGINE CRADLE ) BROKE AWAY DO TO CORROSION CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL DO TO THE FACT THAT THE ENGINE, TRANS AND FRONT HALF SHAFTS ARE HELD IN PLACE WITH ENGINE CRADLE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT IS JUST K...

Mileage: 140,000

BROKEN FRONT SPRING ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. ONLY 40,000 MILES ON IT & IT RUINED A BRAND NEW TIRE. $700. REPAIR COST THAT I COULDN'T AFFORD BUT HAD TO HAVE A CAR, THEREFORE HAD NO CHOICE BUT HAVE IT FIXED. WHY ISN'T SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, REPAIR MAN SAID IT'S COMMON ON THE TAURUS. HAS SO...

Mileage: 40,000

REAR PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKEN

Mileage: 102,000

WE WERE LEAVING OUR HOME ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2010 AND AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE HEARD A NOISE AND FOUND THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE HAD SUDDENLY GONE FLAT. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE WE FOUND THAT THE COIL SUSPENSION SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. FORD HAS RECALLS ON THE TAURU...

Mileage: 117,537

2002 FORD TAURUS SES FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING SNAPPED WHILE BACKING UP IN DRIVEWAY. SHARP END OF BROKEN SPRING GOUGED TIRE, CAUSING AN IMMEDIATE FLAT. RUINED TIRE HAS BEEN REPLACED. NEW COIL/STRUT ASSEMBLIES WILL BE INSTALLED AT ALL FOUR WHEELS FOR FEAR OF CATASTROPHE SHOULD ANOTHER SPRING BREAK WH...

Mileage: 179,820

2002 FORD TAURUS COIL SPRING FRACTURE. SAME PROBLEM AS 2001 FORD TAURUS RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. ALL FOUR COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN ON HIS VEHICLE. THE RIGHT REAR AND LEFT FRONT TIRES WERE DAMAGED BY THE COIL SPRINGS. HE REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE W...

Mileage: 56,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. ALL FOUR COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN ON HIS VEHICLE. THE RIGHT REAR AND LEFT FRONT TIRES WERE DAMAGED BY THE COIL SPRINGS. HE REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE W...

Mileage: 56,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 58...

Mileage: 58,000

DRIVER WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE LEAVING WORK. UPON PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL TO BACK OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE (TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET) THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THE FRONT LEFT FRONT OF THE CAR FELL. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE, WHERE THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE FRONT LEFT SP...

Mileage: 130,514

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SNAPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN THE GARAGE WHEN THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE SPRING HAD PUNCTURED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE SPRING WITH REPLACED...

Mileage: 143,282

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS SE (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REVERSED AT 5 MPH AND PUNCTURED THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE COIL SPRINGS AND TIRE WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER...

Mileage: 125,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH IN REVERSE THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC REPLACED BOTH FRONT SUSPENSION ASSEMBLIES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED RECALL 04V3320...

Mileage: 120,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 8 MPH THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPLODED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. SHE CHANGED THE TIRE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO HER RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WH...

Mileage: 101,900

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT A VERY LOW SPEED SHE HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE. WHILE EXAMINING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. A SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE S...

Mileage: 126,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH HE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE FELL DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE HE WAS TOLD THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAG...

Mileage: 101,000

2002 FORD TAURUS COIL SPRING BROKE AND SWAY LINK CUTTING A HOLE IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE SUCH AS RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 142,000

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH EXACT SAME PROBLEM, SWITCH IS STUCK IN A CLOSED POSITION, FAILED IN THE CLOSED POSITION, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL REMAIN ON, ALSO CAUSED THE BATTERY TO DISCHARGE SEE: 2002 FORD TAURUS RECALL ID FROM NHTSA: 04V106000 OUR VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN T...

Mileage: 104,000

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH EXACT SAME PROBLEM, SWITCH IS STUCK IN A CLOSED POSITION, FAILED IN THE CLOSED POSITION, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL REMAIN ON, ALSO CAUSED THE BATTERY TO DISCHARGE SEE: 2002 FORD TAURUS RECALL ID FROM NHTSA: 04V106000 OUR VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN T...

Mileage: 104,000

ON 22 SEP 10 MY WIFE HIT A PARKED TRUCK IN A 2002 FORD TAURUS. HER CAR HIT THE RIGHT FRONT AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND THE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. SHE SUFFERED A NON-DISPLACED FRACTURE OF THE STERNUM AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. THE CAR APPARENTLY WENT UNDER THE TRUCK'S BUMPER. THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT, HOOD, ...

Mileage: 80,842

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER IT WOULD RAIN, WATER WOULD LEAK INTO THE VEHICLE INTERIOR FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD AND ONTO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WA...

Mileage: 116,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES, IT HAS 69,400 MILES. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR SINCE NEW, IT IS GARAGED 90% OF THE TIME. A COUPLE YEARS AGO I NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER CARPET WAS SOAK AND WET, AND I NEVER THOUGHT ANYTHING OF IT, I ASSUMED THAT MAYBE WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN, I HAD CRACKEDTHE WINDOW OPEN...

Mileage: 69,400

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES, IT HAS 69,400 MILES. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR SINCE NEW, IT IS GARAGED 90% OF THE TIME. A COUPLE YEARS AGO I NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER CARPET WAS SOAK AND WET, AND I NEVER THOUGHT ANYTHING OF IT, I ASSUMED THAT MAYBE WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN, I HAD CRACKEDTHE WINDOW OPEN...

Mileage: 69,400

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES, IT HAS 69,400 MILES. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR SINCE NEW, IT IS GARAGED 90% OF THE TIME. A COUPLE YEARS AGO I NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER CARPET WAS SOAK AND WET, AND I NEVER THOUGHT ANYTHING OF IT, I ASSUMED THAT MAYBE WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN, I HAD CRACKEDTHE WINDOW OPEN...

Mileage: 69,400

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS REVERSING AT AN UNKNOWN LOW SPEED WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD, ABNORMAL POP. HE THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED BY A BROKEN STRUT. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER STRUT AND BOTH...

Mileage: 89,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND WAS DRIVING/ACCELERATING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NOTHING WAS HAPPENING. THE CAR WAS LIKE IN NEUTRAL EVEN THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN DRIVE. THE CAR ROLLED A BIT TO THE SIDE WITH THE IMPULSE IT HAD, BUT HAD TO PUSH IT TO THE SIDE. THE TRANSMISSION'S DRIVE...

Mileage: 116,000

ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO I FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY STRUT SPRING BREAKING AND GOING INTO TIRE! I WAS TOLD THAT ISSUE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION! PLEASE GIVE ME A STATUS! I HAVE FRIENDS WITH SAME ISSUES,AND THESE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED,ITS OBVIOUS THAT THE STRUT OR SPRINGS ARE DEFECTIVE. IM AFRAID OF ...

Mileage: 102,000

ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO I FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY STRUT SPRING BREAKING AND GOING INTO TIRE! I WAS TOLD THAT ISSUE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION! PLEASE GIVE ME A STATUS! I HAVE FRIENDS WITH SAME ISSUES,AND THESE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED,ITS OBVIOUS THAT THE STRUT OR SPRINGS ARE DEFECTIVE. IM AFRAID OF ...

Mileage: 102,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THREE DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IT WAS INSPECTED AND THE INSPECTOR STATED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION AND THE BRAKES WERE DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC TO HAVE THE BRAKES AS WELL AS THE TIRES REPLAC...

Mileage: 63,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING UP HILL THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE MOTOR MADE A NOISE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE GARAGE WHERE THE SPARK PLUGS AND WIRES WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS T...

Mileage: 57,200

OVER THE COURSE OF 8 MONTHS ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, 3 OUT OF 4 FACTORY INSTALLED COIL SPRINGS ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED EACH CORRESPONDING TIRE. THE TAURUS WAS PURCHASED AND USED IN MICHIGAN FOR 6 YEARS, THEN I RELOCATED TO FLORIDA. WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OF LIVING IN FLORIDA...

Mileage: 95,000

WHILE DRIVING AT POSTED SPEED LIMIT, ENGINE STUTTERED AND DIED IN TRAFFIC. BATTERY LIGHT LIT UP. AUTO CLUB RESTARTED CAR AND STATED "NO BATTERY FAILURE".DROVE CAR ALL DAY AND NEXT DAY FOR APPROX. 3 HOURS WHEN SAME ENGINE STUTTER AND DIED IN TRAFFIC OCCURRED. THIS TIME,BESIDES "BATTERY LIGHT" THE "...

Mileage: 34,270

2002 FORD TAURUS COWL LEAK WATER INTO PASS/SIDE FLOOR & RUG BURNING (SHORTING)OUT AC MOTOR FORD ISSUED TSB-03-15-6 RECALL EXISTED 03V087000 BOUGHT 2ND HAND FROM FORD DEALERI HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEM UNTIL THE RAINS CAME IN WINTER OF 2008- 2009 WHEN BLOWER BURNED OUT.I WENT TO FORD DEALER...

Mileage: 72,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING 10 MPH OR MORE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL RUBBING NOISE FROM THE REAR TIRE. THE CONTACT LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED AND DAMAGED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UND...

Mileage: 117,000

'MODEL YEAR : 2002 'MAKE: FORD 'MODEL: TAURUS SE 'COMPONENT*: CAR JUST SHUTS OFF AT REST AND LATELY IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. CRANKS RIGHT BACK UP BUT THIS IS DANGEROUS. HAVE TAKEN TO DIFFERENT MECHANICS BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT IT IS OR HOW TO FIX THE ISSUE. THE RPM BOBS AND THE ENGINE STO...

Mileage: 120,000

INSPECTION FOR FRONT END ALIGNMENT REVEALED BOTH REAR COIL SPRING BROKEN. *TR

Mileage: -95000

2002 FORD TAURUS TAKEN TO REPAIR SHOP FOR ROUTINE SERVICE: OIL CHANGE AND MULTIPOINT INSPECTION. RECEIVED A CALL FROM REPAIR SHOP INDICATING THAT DURING THE MULTIPOINT INSPECTION THEY FOUND THAT THE LEFT REAR COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND SEPARATED. THEY INDICATED THAT THIS COULD HAVE PUNCTURED T...

Mileage: 76,575

OCCASIONALLY, AFTER HEAVY RAIN, THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR OF MY TAURUS WOULD BE SOAKED. THIS WENT ON FOR A FEW YEARS. DURING THE WINTER OF 2007, THE BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED FUNCTIONING DUE TO THE LEAK. WHEN THE BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND COULD NOT DEFROST MY WINDOWS. THIS WAS ...

Mileage: 45,000

OCCASIONALLY, AFTER HEAVY RAIN, THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR OF MY TAURUS WOULD BE SOAKED. THIS WENT ON FOR A FEW YEARS. DURING THE WINTER OF 2007, THE BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED FUNCTIONING DUE TO THE LEAK. WHEN THE BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND COULD NOT DEFROST MY WINDOWS. THIS WAS ...

Mileage: 45,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL GRINDING NOISE NEAR THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT MOVED OFF THE ROADWAY AND WENT TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHERE THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM. THE CONTACTS PE...

Mileage: 94,000

TWO NIGHTS EARLIER I WAS IN MY GARAGE WORKING WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG. I WAS STARTLED ENOUGH TO GO OUTSIDE. BELIEVING IT WAS A VEHICLE THAT HAD JUST DRIVEN BY I WENT BACK TO WORK. THAT EVENING MY SON WAS GOING TO BORROW OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL. AS HE WAS BACKING OUT TO LEAVE THE FRONT PASSENGER TI...

Mileage: 160,843

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE THE TIRE, THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE COIL SPRINGS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 109,0...

Mileage: 103,000

ON JULY 18, 2010, WHILE PUTTING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS INTO REVERSE, THE COIL SPRING ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. THIS HAPPENED AS SOON AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE TO BEGIN BACKING UP. I CURRENTLY HAVE IT AT A BODY SHOP TO LOOK INTO THE REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

MY CAR WAS PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY AND AS I WAS ABOUT TO BACK OUT MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW. A NEW TIRE WAS PURCHASED AND REPLACED ON MY CAR. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT AGAIN, THE BRAND NEW TIRE BLEW AS WELL. AFTER REACHING INTO THE WHEEL WELL, WE FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTU...

Mileage: 130,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TIRE REPAIR SHOP. THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP REPLACED THE FRONT COIL SPRING, STRUTS, THE SWAY BAR LINKS AND THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,687 AND T...

Mileage: 79,687

I WAS BACKING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE TIRE BLEW. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUT A HOLE IN MY NEW TIRE. HAD TO REPLACE BROKEN SPRING, SWAY BAR LINK, NEW STRUT AND NEW TIRE FOR A COST OF $441.82. HAD REPLACED THE BACK SPRINGS A MONTH EA...

Mileage: 118,000

MY FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING BROKE AND CUT A SLASH IN MY TIRE. MY HUSBAND SAYS WE ALL COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED HAD I BEEN GOING FASTER - AS IN DOWN THE HIGHWAY. MY CAR JUST MISSED THE RECALL AND FORD WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I'M WORRIED THAT THE BACK SPRINGS WILL BREAK AND WE'LL ALL DIE. *TR

Mileage: 69,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT AND THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED ONTO THE FRAME. UPON FURTHER EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE WHICH PIERCED THE TIRE. THE CO...

Mileage: 144,008

DRIVING 20 MPH DOWN SIDESTREET WITH WIFE, 3 AND 6 YEAR OLD KIDS IN CAR. VERY LOUD BANG, CAR DROPPED A COUPLE INCHES AND WE PULLED OVER. THE LEFT REAR COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND THE SPRING WAS RUBBING ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. I JUST HAD THE 2 FRONT BROKEN COIL SPRINGS REPLACED ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, A...

Mileage: 66,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A FOUR LANE FREEWAY AND WAS PASSING SOMEONE IN THE LEFT LANE WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR JUST REVVED UP AND LOST ALL ACCELERATION. NO WARNING SIGNS OR ANYTHING. IT WAS A BUSY DAY ON THE ROAD AND I COULD HAVE GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT TRYING TO GET OFF THE ROAD. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO ...

Mileage: 180,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH THE CONTACT BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THREE OF THE FOUR COIL SPRINGS HAD FAILED. THE DEALER REFERRED HIM TO THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTA...

Mileage: 87,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. AS THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, HE HEARD A LOUD CLANGING NOISE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TIRE WAS FLAT AND WAS ADVISED BY AAA THAT THE RIGHT SPRING CLIP HAD BROKEN LOOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE TH...

Mileage: 94,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHE ARRIVED AT HER DESTINATION, SHE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THE DEALER STATED THAT TH...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE AND NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE SUSPENSION WAS SITTING LOWER THAN NORMAL. THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING HAD ALSO BROKEN. AS A RESULT, THERE WAS ALSO A DENT IN THE FRONT DRIVERS TIRE. ...

Mileage: 98,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT TIRE. THE CONTACT INSTALLED THE SPARE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MIL...

Mileage: 80,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. I DISCOVERED ON JUNE 7, 2010 THAT BOTH REAR COIL SUSPENSION SPRINGS ARE BROKEN ON THE REAR OF THE CAR. I HAD A FLAT TIRE THAT I TOOK TO HAVE REPAIRED. THE SIDE WALL WAS CUT AND THE TIRE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. I HAD THE TIRE REPLACED AND BEFORE I COULD LEAVE THE PARKING L...

Mileage: 91,300

BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS BROKE AT THE SAME TIME. THERE WAS NO SPECIAL EVENT THAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE BROKEN SPRING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE RUINED THE TIRE. FORD WAS CONTACTED AND EVEN THOUGH PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM NO RECALL EXISTS FOR MY CAR. BOT...

Mileage: 67,000

WHEN I WAS BACKING MY FORD TAURUS 2002, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND WENT THROUGH MY NEW TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

THE PASSENGER REAR SPRING BUSTED ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WHILE JUST SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING BUSTED WHILE I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE (I ALREADY FILED A COMPLAINT FOR THAT INCIDENT). *TR

Mileage: 89,604

HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES. WATER LEAKING ONTO FLOOR ON PASSENGER SIDE, NOTICEABLE WHEN IT IS RAINING. TWO WEEKS LATER, MY HEATER/AC WILL NOT TURN ON. I TURN THE SWITCH ON AND GET ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. *TR

Mileage: 122,000

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND I HEARD AN EXTREMELY LOUD POP COME FROM THE RIGHT REAR SIDE OF MY CAR WHEN I HAD MADE A LEFT HAND TURN AT A STOP LIGHT. AT FIRST I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT BECAUSE I SAW NO EVIDENT DAMAGE AFTER ARRIVING AT WORK. ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER I NOTICED SOME ABNORMAL TIRE WEAR. I T...

Mileage: 90,900

CAR WAS PARKED,WHEN I WENT TO GET INTO CAR TO GO TO WORK,I HEARD A BANG! I WENT TO INQUIRE,I NOTICED A PIECE OF BROKEN WHITE NYLON STABILIZER LINK,THEN I WENT TO PUT CAR IN REVERSE,AND THE DRIVERS SIDE STRUT SPRING WENT INTO TIRE,IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING,A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED! PLEASE H...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON MAY 27, 2010, WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE FRONT SUSPENSION BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A REPAIR SHO...

Mileage: 98,000

OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS. CAR PARKED IN PARKING GARAGE WHILE AT WORK. AFTER WORK WENT TO CAR, STARTED IT, PUT INTO REVERSE, MOVED NOT EVEN THREE INCHES, SOUND LIKE GUNSHOT, FRONT SPRING BLEW THROUGH FRONT TIRE ON DRIVER SIDE. MY SON SAID I HAD GUARDIAN ANGEL...WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF CAR HAD ACTUALL...

Mileage: 117,000

OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS. CAR PARKED IN PARKING GARAGE WHILE AT WORK. AFTER WORK WENT TO CAR, STARTED IT, PUT INTO REVERSE, MOVED NOT EVEN THREE INCHES, SOUND LIKE GUNSHOT, FRONT SPRING BLEW THROUGH FRONT TIRE ON DRIVER SIDE. MY SON SAID I HAD GUARDIAN ANGEL...WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF CAR HAD ACTUALL...

Mileage: 117,000

OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS. CAR PARKED IN PARKING GARAGE WHILE AT WORK. AFTER WORK WENT TO CAR, STARTED IT, PUT INTO REVERSE, MOVED NOT EVEN THREE INCHES, SOUND LIKE GUNSHOT, FRONT SPRING BLEW THROUGH FRONT TIRE ON DRIVER SIDE. MY SON SAID I HAD GUARDIAN ANGEL...WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF CAR HAD ACTUALL...

Mileage: 117,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED HE HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE IN THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION HAD FRACTURED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND NEITHER THE DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WERE CON...

Mileage: 107,000

WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY MY LEFT FRONT TIRE ON MY 2002 TAURUS EXPLODED. MY CAR HAS UNDER 64,000 MILES ON IT AND MY TIRES WERE LESS THEN 6 MONTHS OLD. THE SPRING BROKE AND CUT THE TIRE HALF WAY AROUND. I WAS JUST STOPPING TO LOOK FOR TRAFFIC WHEN IT HAPPENED. HAD THIS HAPPENED 3 DAYS BEFORE I ...

Mileage: 64,000

MY 2002 TAURUS WITH 76,097 MILES THAT HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT FOR 7.5 YEARS HAD THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING RUPTURE. FORTUNATELY IT BROKE WHEN I PUT IT IN GEAR AND MOVED ABOUT THREE INCHES IN MY DRIVEWAY. IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, I WOULD HAVE FLIPPED AND ROLLED AS I WOULD HAVE H...

Mileage: 76,097

MY CAR IS A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES, TODAY I SAT DOWN IN THE DRIVERS SEAT, BUT WHEN I DID I HEARD A LOUD CRASH MUCH LIKE IF SOMEONE DROPPED A METAL PAN ON THE DROP, AND THE CAR SUNK NOTICEABLY. I WASN'T SURE WHAT TO DO, SO I WAS GOING TO DRIVE IT AROUND THE BLOCK TO TEST IT, BUT I BARELY MADE IT THREE ...

Mileage: 134,135

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE. AFTER EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE COIL SPRING WAS REPLACED. ONE YEAR AFTER THE REPA...

Mileage: 80,000

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURING ADJACENT TIRE AND BREAKING THE SUSPENSION LINKAGE. *TR

Mileage: 108,000

FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE IN 2006. THE FRONT SPRING BROKE AND WENT THROUGH THE SIDE WALL OF THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. COST WAS AROUND 450.00 WITH EVERY THING. THEN IN 2007 OR 2008 THE REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE AND HAD TO BE CHANGED ALONG WIT THE STRUTS . AND ...

Mileage: 60,000

FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE IN 2006. THE FRONT SPRING BROKE AND WENT THROUGH THE SIDE WALL OF THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. COST WAS AROUND 450.00 WITH EVERY THING. THEN IN 2007 OR 2008 THE REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE AND HAD TO BE CHANGED ALONG WIT THE STRUTS . AND ...

Mileage: 60,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE PULLED INTO HIS GARAGE, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. HE PUT THE SPARE TIRE ON AND DROVE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT TO SPEAK WITH THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT RECALLS. W...

Mileage: 140,000

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SPRING BROKE DESTROYING TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 93,829

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE REVERSING, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE. HE THEN NOTICED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD BECOME FLAT. HE HAD THE VEHICLE LIFTED AND FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER AND HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CUR...

Mileage: 127,224

1) DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET GOING APPROX. 25-30 MPH. 2) ONLY OCCURRENCE OF INCIDENT, CAR WAS SERVICED. 3) REPLACED BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND REPLACED PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE WHERE INCIDENT HAPPENED. OLD PART I DON'T BELIEVE IS AVAILABLE. *TR

Mileage: 135,850

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE, RESULTING IN PUNCTURED AND BRAKE LINE. EXTREMELY UNSAFE DUE TO LOSE OF STEERING AND BRAKING. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AS PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS WERE. *TR

OUR 2002 TAURUS WAS SITTING IN OUR DRIVEWAY WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD BANG. WHEN I LOOKED THE CAR OVER, I FOUND A BROKEN REAR LEFT SPRING. ONE END OF THE SPRING WAS ABOUT 1/2 INCH AWAY FROM THE TIRE. IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE ROAD, THE RESULT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. WE HAVE NOT HAD THE REPAIR DONE YET. ...

Mileage: 160,000

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE ALLOWING IT TO SLIP PAST THE BEARING PLATE AND RIP OPEN THE FRONT TIRE. REQUIRED A TOW AND REPLACEMENT OF THE SPRING, SWAY BAR STABILIZER AND THE TIRE. ALSO HAD TO HAVE A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. BECAUSE THE 2002 TAURUS IS NOTORIOUS F...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 10 MPH, THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT STATED HE HAD PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE WITH THE FONT COIL SPRING AND ...

Mileage: 118,479

2002 FORD TAURUS LEFT REAR SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE SIDE WALL MAKING TIRE UNREPAIRABLE. RIGHT REAR SPRING ALSO BROKE BUT NOT YET TOUCHING TIRE SIDE WALL. I DO MY OWN REPAIRS AND THE COST WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $200 . PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE IF REQUESTED. *TR

Mileage: 99,943

BROKEN FRONT SPRING ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. FORTUNATELY, THE SPRING DID NOT BREAK ON THE FREEWAY! *TR

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 40 MPH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO INSTALL THE SPARE TIRE AND DRIVE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE FRONT STRUT ASSEMBL...

Mileage: 109,000

I, LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS, HAVE EXPERIENCED A FAILURE IN THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS OF MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY FATAL, AS THE SPRING RIPS THROUGH THE TIRE WHEN IT FAILS/BREAK. I UNDERSTAND THAT FORD RECALLED ALL 1999-2001 MODELS FOR THIS VERY ISSUE BUT DESPITE I...

Mileage: 87,000

2002 FORD TAURUS SE STATION WAGON FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MILES PER HOUR ON CITY STREET. SEVERALLY GOUGED, BUT DID NOT PUNCTURE, LEFT FRONT TIRE. TIRE, HOWEVER, DID HAVE TO BE REPLACED IN ADDITION TO THE SPRING AND STRUT ASSEMBLY. ALSO REPLACED RIGHT FRONT SPRING AND STR...

Mileage: 103,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON. WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE STREET AND CALLED A MECHANIC. UPON REMOVING THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL HE DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND THA...

Mileage: 109,494

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON. WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE STREET AND CALLED A MECHANIC. UPON REMOVING THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL HE DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND THA...

Mileage: 109,494

LAST FEBRUARY I HAD TO REPLACE THE 2 FRONT COIL SPRINGS IN MY 2002 FORD TAURUS AFTER THE DRIVES SIDE BROKE PUNCTURING THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 85,000 MILES THEN, AND I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN INTO A PARKING LOT AT ABOUT 10 MPH. NOW MY 2 REAR COIL SPRINGS HAVE BROKE AND ARE IN NEED OF R...

Mileage: 85,000

LAST FEBRUARY I HAD TO REPLACE THE 2 FRONT COIL SPRINGS IN MY 2002 FORD TAURUS AFTER THE DRIVES SIDE BROKE PUNCTURING THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 85,000 MILES THEN, AND I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN INTO A PARKING LOT AT ABOUT 10 MPH. NOW MY 2 REAR COIL SPRINGS HAVE BROKE AND ARE IN NEED OF R...

Mileage: 85,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT LEFT SPRING WAS BROKEN. THE MECHANIC REPLACED BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AND STRUTS. WITHIN A FEW WEEKS, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. UPON INSPECTI...

Mileage: 63,119

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED A LOUD, CLICKING NOISE SO HE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WER...

Mileage: 172,000

I BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT WORK AND MY LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AFTER BACKING UP ABOUT 2 FEET. COME TO FIND OUT MY COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND GASHED THE INSIDE OF MY TIRE AND RUINED THE STABILIZER LINK. I HAD THE COIL SPRING REPLACED (QUICK STRUT) ALONG WITH A NEW STABILIZER LINK AND A WHEEL...

Mileage: 66,344

2002 FORD TAURUS DEFECTIVE SPRINGS *GR THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT WHEN SHE HEARD A NOISE. SHE PROMPTLY STOPPED DRIVING, AND DISCOVERED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. SHE PUT THE SPARE TIRE ON AND RETURNED TO WHERE SHE PURCHASED THE TIRES, ONLY TO LEARN THE WARR...

2002 FORD TAURUS DEFECTIVE SPRINGS *GR THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT WHEN SHE HEARD A NOISE. SHE PROMPTLY STOPPED DRIVING, AND DISCOVERED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. SHE PUT THE SPARE TIRE ON AND RETURNED TO WHERE SHE PURCHASED THE TIRES, ONLY TO LEARN THE WARR...

I WAS DRIVING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS (WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR )WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES ALMOST HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND RETRIEVED A PIECE OF A SUSPENSION: SPRING COIL. IT APPEARS TO BE ONE OF THE FRONT SPRINGS. DISASTER WAS AVERTED, BARELY...

Mileage: 80,040

I HAD TO REPLACE A FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING ON A 2002 FORD TAURUS AFTER IT COLLAPSED WHILE SHE WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. SHE HAD TRAVELED @200 MILES IN THE PREVIOUS TWO DAYS WITH PASSENGERS IN THE CAR WITHOUT INCIDENT AND HAD NO INDICATION THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. AS A...

Mileage: 120,000

SEE EA08018... REAR SPRINGS BOTH SNAPPED ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. THANK GOD I HADN'T MADE IT TO THE INTERSTATE YET. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, IT APPEARS THIS EXTREMELY COMMON ON THE 2002 FORD TAURUS AND THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THE CHRONIC NATURE OF THIS ISSUE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT...

Mileage: 165,000

LEFT REAR COIL SPRING IS BROKEN. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

I JUST PURCHASED A 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 40, 673 MILES. I HAD THE VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTED AND REVEALED THAT BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. I LEARNED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THE 2002 TAURUS, AFTER THE FACT THAT I HAD JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. MY DEALER IS REPLACING THEM AT NO CHAR...

Mileage: 40,673

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT SPEEDS OF 5 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE O...

Mileage: 36,000

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE SIDEWALL OF TIRE RESULTING IN A BLOWOUT. *TR

Mileage: 112,000

FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED TIRE. RESULTING IN A FLAT TIRE. FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING SLOWLY FROM A PARKING SPOT. THE SPRING WAS REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 48,500

DRIVING 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 3 KIDS IN CAR AND GOING 55 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING POPPED AND STRUT WENT INTO TIRE. BARELY GOT OFF THE ROAD BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT STEER. WAS TOLD IT WAS UNDER RECALL BUT IT WASN'T. IT WAS THE 2001 FORD TAURUS THAT WAS ON RECALL. HAD TO PAY $545 ...

Mileage: 123,617

2002 SEL NOTICED RUNNING A LITTLE LOW IN THE REAR, BEFORE I TOOK OFF FOR MY 140 MILE DRIVE TO THE RACE TRACK (I AM A CHAPLAIN) I DECIDED TO PULL ONE REAR TIRE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE SUSPENSION. SAW NO PROBLEMS, WAS ABOUT TO PUT IT ALL BACK, WHEN MY TIRE (THANKS GOD) FLIPPED OVER AND I SAW A GROOV...

Mileage: 130,000

I WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A POP AND AIR RELEASING FROM TIRE. WHILE CHANGING THE TIRE MY HUSBAND NOTICED THAT IT WASN'T JUST A NORMAL FLAT BUT THE SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PIERCED THE TIRE. THE CAR WAS TOWED AND IS CURRENTLY WITH MY MECHANIC AND THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO ONLY REPLACE BOTH T...

Mileage: 88,513

THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SNAPPED, AND JETTED INTO THE TIRE, CAUSING AIR TO LEAK AND A CIRCULAR RUT AROUND THE ENTIRE INSIDE RIM OF THE TIRE. LEFT DRIVER AND PASSENGERS STRANDED AND RESULTED IN ALMOST $600 IN REPAIRS. *TR

Mileage: 57,758

BOTH REAR SPRINGS BROKE ON MY 2002 TAURUS AT THE SAME TIME. THE BROKEN SPRING ALSO DAMAGED THE REAR TIRES. MY MECHANIC WOULD NOT LET ME DRIVE THE CAR TILL IT WAS REPAIRED BECAUSE THE BROKEN SPRINGS WERE STICKING INTO THE REAR TIRES. *TR

Mileage: 84,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS SHE WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE FRONT END LOCKED UP ON THE DRIVER SIDE BREAKING THE STRUT ASSEMBLY SPRING AND THE LEFT SWAY BAR LINK. AS A RESULT, THE TIRE ON THE DRIVER SIDE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEH...

Mileage: 81,781

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THE LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE. THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWO YEARS AGO. RECENTLY, THE REAR RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE WHICH WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT HAD CONC...

Mileage: 72,000

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SPRING BROKE WHEN REVERSING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, DESTROYED TIRE SIMILAR TO THE 1999 - 2001 MODELS THAT WERE RECALLED. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

DRIVING ALONG WITHOUT INCIDENT AND HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE. SAW THAT MY TIRE WAS BLOWN AND SMOKING SO WENT TO PUT THE SPARE ON. ONCE CAR WAS JACKED UP TO CHANGE TIRE, THE FRONT COIL SPRING FELL DOWN. NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN AND HAD TORN INTO MY TIRE (THUS CAUSING A HUG...

Mileage: 132,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 10-15 MPH THE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE AND SPRING COMBINATION ALSO FRACTURED THE STABILIZER BAR LINK AND PUNCTURED THE AXLE BOOT. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE ...

Mileage: 140,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 10-15 MPH THE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE AND SPRING COMBINATION ALSO FRACTURED THE STABILIZER BAR LINK AND PUNCTURED THE AXLE BOOT. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE ...

Mileage: 140,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 10-15 MPH THE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE AND SPRING COMBINATION ALSO FRACTURED THE STABILIZER BAR LINK AND PUNCTURED THE AXLE BOOT. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE ...

Mileage: 140,000

THE RIGHT FRONT SPRING FOR THE STRUT RUSTED OUT AND RIPPED OPEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. CAR HAS 70,000MILES. RECALL TO INSTALL SHIELD SO SPRING CAN'T RIP TIRE WAS DONE FOR ALL MODELS UP TO 2002. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. ON LINE REPORT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR INDICATE NUMEROUS OWNERS HAVING THIS SAM...

Mileage: 70,010

REAR COIL SPRINGS FAILED AFTER 74,000 MILES. THIS WAS DISCOVERED DURING A SAFETY INSPECTION. THIS FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO FAIL THE SAFETY INSPECTION AND BY STATE LAW IS NOT DRIVEABLE UNTIL REPAIRED. SPRINGS HAD SPLIT AND WERE PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. THIS CAR IS NOT DRIVEN ON ROUGH ROADS, USED TO ...

Mileage: 74,110

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE INTO 3 PCS., PUNCTURED TIRE AND SHATTERED COMPOSITE STABILIZER LINKAGE. I WAS BACKING UP IN PARKING LOT TO LEAVE WORK WHEN I HEARD AN EXPLOSION, THE CAR DROPPED TO PAVEMENT AND SMOKE BLEW OUT FROM AROUND TIRE AND MOTOR. I AM CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE IS A RECALL IN ORDER ...

Mileage: 71,000

WHILE SLOWLY BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW. I JUST BOUGHT NEW TIRES A FEW MONTHS AGO. WHILE GETTING IT CHANGED, IS WHEN WE REALIZED THE COIL/SPRING HAD SNAPPED. THE MACHANIC SAID IN HIS 35 YRS OF EXPERIENCE, HE HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH A THING. AND TOLD ME TO ...

Mileage: 82,035

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PULLING OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY, THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO DROP LOWER THAN MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAIL...

Mileage: 82,000

ENTERING DRIVEWAY, RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AND CAR "CLUNKED" TO GROUND! HAD DIFFICULT TIME TO GET THE CARJACK UNDER CAR..BECAUSE IT WAS SO LOW, NO REALIZATION AT THAT TIME THAT SPRINGS WERE GONE. REPLACED WITH DONUT SPARE, WHILE DRIVING TO REPAIR SHOP NEXT DAY, CAR STARTED SMOKING AND SMELLING ...

Mileage: 40,833

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL. YESTERDAY MY CRUISE CONTROL CABLE GOT STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 45 IN HOUSTON DURING THE EARLY EVENING. BRAKING HELPED SLOW THE CAR DOWN, BUT IT WOULD ACCELARATE BACK UP AGAIN AS SOON AS THE BRAKE WAS RELEASED. MY SON WAS ABLE TO GET OFF TH...

Mileage: 99,700

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL. YESTERDAY MY CRUISE CONTROL CABLE GOT STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 45 IN HOUSTON DURING THE EARLY EVENING. BRAKING HELPED SLOW THE CAR DOWN, BUT IT WOULD ACCELARATE BACK UP AGAIN AS SOON AS THE BRAKE WAS RELEASED. MY SON WAS ABLE TO GET OFF TH...

Mileage: 99,700

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20MPH, HE NOTICED A CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. SHORTLY AFTER, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DROPPED TO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INFORMED HIM ...

Mileage: 120,000

FORD 2002 FRONT DRIVER SIDE AND BOTH REAR COIL SPRING FAILURE.

Mileage: 88,699

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE IN REVERSE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL WAS DRAGGING AND THE TIRE WAS FLAT. HE REMOVED THE TIRE AND OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE COIL SPRING AND STABI...

Mileage: 83,440

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE IN REVERSE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL WAS DRAGGING AND THE TIRE WAS FLAT. HE REMOVED THE TIRE AND OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE COIL SPRING AND STABI...

Mileage: 83,440

THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SES BUSTED IN HALF AND SHREDDED MY DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR 99-01 TAURUS'S, BUT NOT 2002, EVEN THOUGH A QUICK GOOGLE FOUND PAGES WITH HUNDREDS OF THE SAME PROBLEM REPORTED. IT HAPPENED BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE, BUT AT SPEE...

Mileage: 110,000

2002 FORD TAURUS. RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING BROKEN AT BASE AND HUNG DOWN CAUSING TIRE DAMAGE. DID NOT PUNCTURE TIRE AS BROKEN END WAS FACING AWAY FORM TIRE, BUT POSSIBILITY OF MORE SERIOUS DAMAGE EXISTED. *TR

Mileage: 132,000

BOTH REAR SPRINGS ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SES BROKE. THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE 3 YEARS AGO. *TR

Mileage: 75,664

MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME IN HIS 2002 TAURUS, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. FORTUNATELY HE WAS NOT FAR FROM THE HOUSE AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME. I WAS UPSET BECAUSE I HAD JUST REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES ON 1/3/10. AS WE PROCESSED TO CHANGE THE TIRE, I DISCOVERED TH...

Mileage: 90,930

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE CONTACT CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO CHANGE THE TIRE AND NOTICE THE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCATE MECHANIC. THE LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACE THE FRONT COIL SPRING, STRUT A...

Mileage: 105,000

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE AND HEARD A LOUD HISSING SOUND AND MY VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING IN REVERSE AND WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD, I GOT OUT AND OBSERVED MY FRONT LEFT(DRIVERS FRONT) TIRE GOING FLAT. I LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING, SO JACKED THE TAURUS UP AND SAW THAT THE FRONT ...

Mileage: 120,000

17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS PULLING OUT OF PARKING AREA AND FRONT DRIVER-SIDE TIRE POPPED ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. SHE CALLED AAA AND HAD TO HAVE FLAT TIRE CHANGED BUT WAS INFORMED HAD TO BE TOWED BECAUSE THE COIL BUSTED AND PUNCTURED HER TIRE. PREVIOUSLY IN SEPTEMBER 2009, WE HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON THE CA...

Mileage: 128,000

17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS PULLING OUT OF PARKING AREA AND FRONT DRIVER-SIDE TIRE POPPED ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. SHE CALLED AAA AND HAD TO HAVE FLAT TIRE CHANGED BUT WAS INFORMED HAD TO BE TOWED BECAUSE THE COIL BUSTED AND PUNCTURED HER TIRE. PREVIOUSLY IN SEPTEMBER 2009, WE HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON THE CA...

Mileage: 128,000

FRONT SPRING ON 2002 FORD TAURUS BROKE, PUNCTURING THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 176,000

FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING BROKE, DISABLING THE CAR. THE SUDDEN BREAK TOOK OUT FRONT LEFT SWAY BAR SUPPORT. CAR WAS IMMEDIATELY DISABLED. THIS IS DANGEROUS. COULD CAUSE A CAR TO LOOSE CONTROL AND POSSIBLY FLIP. ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED ON FORD TAURUS MODELS FOR 2001. THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED F...

Mileage: 118,000

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT LEFT DRIVER SIDE SPRING FAILURE. LUCKILY, CAR WAS NOT IN USE WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY IDLE FOR 1 FULL DAY (MARCH 12). TRIED TO USE IT TONIGHT, MOVED A FEW INCHES, SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING WAS HUNG UP. THERE WAS A SOUND OF SOMETHING RUBBING AGAINST RUBB...

Mileage: 102,000

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT LEFT DRIVER SIDE SPRING FAILURE. LUCKILY, CAR WAS NOT IN USE WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY IDLE FOR 1 FULL DAY (MARCH 12). TRIED TO USE IT TONIGHT, MOVED A FEW INCHES, SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING WAS HUNG UP. THERE WAS A SOUND OF SOMETHING RUBBING AGAINST RUBB...

Mileage: 102,000

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT LEFT DRIVER SIDE SPRING FAILURE. LUCKILY, CAR WAS NOT IN USE WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY IDLE FOR 1 FULL DAY (MARCH 12). TRIED TO USE IT TONIGHT, MOVED A FEW INCHES, SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING WAS HUNG UP. THERE WAS A SOUND OF SOMETHING RUBBING AGAINST RUBB...

Mileage: 102,000

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT LEFT DRIVER SIDE SPRING FAILURE. LUCKILY, CAR WAS NOT IN USE WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY IDLE FOR 1 FULL DAY (MARCH 12). TRIED TO USE IT TONIGHT, MOVED A FEW INCHES, SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING WAS HUNG UP. THERE WAS A SOUND OF SOMETHING RUBBING AGAINST RUBB...

Mileage: 102,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THIS MORNING, THE LEFT-FRONT COIL SPRING OF MY TAURUS BROKEN AND IT RIPPED THE TIRE. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE WITHOUT DRIVING. BEFORE THIS, IT WORKED FINE WITH NO PROBLEMS. ALSO I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE SPRING, STRUT AND TIRE FOR MY CAR. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THIS MORNING, THE LEFT-FRONT COIL SPRING OF MY TAURUS BROKEN AND IT RIPPED THE TIRE. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE WITHOUT DRIVING. BEFORE THIS, IT WORKED FINE WITH NO PROBLEMS. ALSO I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE SPRING, STRUT AND TIRE FOR MY CAR. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 10 MPH THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A TURN AND NOTICED A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER EXAMINING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD BECOME FLAT ...

Mileage: 48,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN THE BOLT SNAPPED OFF OF THE WHEEL CAUSING THE CONTACT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO MANEUVER AFTER THE BOLT CAME OFF. A METAL COMPANY TEST...

Mileage: 155,108

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN THE BOLT SNAPPED OFF OF THE WHEEL CAUSING THE CONTACT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HARD TO MANEUVER AFTER THE BOLT CAME OFF. A METAL COMPANY TEST...

Mileage: 155,108

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. *TR

Mileage: 123,000

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. *TR

Mileage: 123,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRVING 30 MPH .THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BROKE OFF FROM THE BOTTOM OF IT'S BASE CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A NEARBY WALL.T...

Mileage: 68,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRVING 30 MPH .THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BROKE OFF FROM THE BOTTOM OF IT'S BASE CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A NEARBY WALL.T...

Mileage: 68,000

I DRIVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN MY FRONT-LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE, SEVERELY DAMAGING THE ADJACENT TIRE. I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT SPRINGS, THE SWAY BAR LINK, FRONT TIRE AND HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE GARAGE. I ALSO HAD TO HAVE A FRONT END ALIGNMENT AFTER REPLACING T...

Mileage: 78,000

I DRIVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN MY FRONT-LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE, SEVERELY DAMAGING THE ADJACENT TIRE. I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT SPRINGS, THE SWAY BAR LINK, FRONT TIRE AND HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE GARAGE. I ALSO HAD TO HAVE A FRONT END ALIGNMENT AFTER REPLACING T...

Mileage: 78,000

TL* THE CONTACT HAS 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT HAD THE FRONT COILS SPRINGS FAIL ON THE VEHICLE, AS A RESULT IT BLEW OUT THE TWO FRONT TIRES. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE OLDER MODEL TAURUS WITH CAMPAIGN NUMBER 04V332000. THE DEALER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE AN...

Mileage: 55,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS SE V6. THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND BEGAN TO RUB THE TIRE. I WAS ONLY DOING ABOUT 30 MPH AT THE TIME ON A SMALL ROAD AND COULD PULL OVER IN ABOUT 300 FEET. THIS CAR ALSO HAD TWO REAR SPRINGS BREAK ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. THE CAR HAS 117,000 MILES ON IT. I HAD A 1999 TAU...

Mileage: 117,500

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS SE V6. THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND BEGAN TO RUB THE TIRE. I WAS ONLY DOING ABOUT 30 MPH AT THE TIME ON A SMALL ROAD AND COULD PULL OVER IN ABOUT 300 FEET. THIS CAR ALSO HAD TWO REAR SPRINGS BREAK ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. THE CAR HAS 117,000 MILES ON IT. I HAD A 1999 TAU...

Mileage: 117,500

MY DAUGHTER WAS BACKING UP HER 2002 FORD TAURUS FROM OUR DRIVEWAY WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. FORTUNATELY MY DAUGHTER WASN'T TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED WHEN THIS OCCURRED OR IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN...

Mileage: 141,000

ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 1ST, 2010 MY WIFE WAS BACKING OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN THE TIRE BLEW. UPON INSPECTING THE CAR I NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND CONTACTED THE TIRE RESULTING IN TIRE FAILURE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT A COIL SPRING HAS BROKEN AND BLOWN A TIR...

Mileage: 131,000

FRONT SPRING BROKE AND SLASHED TIRE. NOW, A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE REAR SPRING IS BROKEN. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

FRONT SPRING BROKE AND SLASHED TIRE. NOW, A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE REAR SPRING IS BROKEN. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

I HAVE BEEN THE OWNER OF TWO 2002 FORD TAURUS AUTOMOBILES. I'VE HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 COIL SPRINGS ON MY FIRST ONE BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY BROKE IN HALF. ONLY ONE BROKE AT A TIME BUT YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE COIL SPRINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR WHEN THAT HAPPENS. SO I HAVE HAD 2 REPAIR JOBS REPLACING...

Mileage: 70,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THE CONSUMERS SON WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED BY THE COIL SPRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT HAD THE COIL SPRING REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE ...

Mileage: 75,000

PROBLEMS WITH NOISE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SHUDDERING SOUND WHILE DRIVING COMES AND GOES. PROBLEM WITH CAR RUNNING ROUGH ENGINE POWER DECREASED, SEAM LIKE FUEL IS POOR, SOME MALFUNCTION CAUSING PROBLEMS IN TRAFFIC. THIS MALFUNCTION ALWAYS HAPPENS ON START UP AND DURING REGULAR OPERATING DURING DRIVI...

PROBLEMS WITH NOISE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SHUDDERING SOUND WHILE DRIVING COMES AND GOES. PROBLEM WITH CAR RUNNING ROUGH ENGINE POWER DECREASED, SEAM LIKE FUEL IS POOR, SOME MALFUNCTION CAUSING PROBLEMS IN TRAFFIC. THIS MALFUNCTION ALWAYS HAPPENS ON START UP AND DURING REGULAR OPERATING DURING DRIVI...

PROBLEMS WITH NOISE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SHUDDERING SOUND WHILE DRIVING COMES AND GOES. PROBLEM WITH CAR RUNNING ROUGH ENGINE POWER DECREASED, SEAM LIKE FUEL IS POOR, SOME MALFUNCTION CAUSING PROBLEMS IN TRAFFIC. THIS MALFUNCTION ALWAYS HAPPENS ON START UP AND DURING REGULAR OPERATING DURING DRIVI...

PROBLEMS WITH NOISE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SHUDDERING SOUND WHILE DRIVING COMES AND GOES. PROBLEM WITH CAR RUNNING ROUGH ENGINE POWER DECREASED, SEAM LIKE FUEL IS POOR, SOME MALFUNCTION CAUSING PROBLEMS IN TRAFFIC. THIS MALFUNCTION ALWAYS HAPPENS ON START UP AND DURING REGULAR OPERATING DURING DRIVI...

THE CAR MADE A LOUD BANG N FRONT END DROPPED TO THE GROUND. DRIVERS SIDE FRONT SUSPENSION BUSTED N BLEW OUT THE TIRE, JUST REACHED HOME DRIVEWAY. IT IS NOT FIXED AS I AM ON LIMITED INCOME. ALSO I DO HAVE THE BROKEN PARTS AND THEY ARE NOT RUSTED AT ALL. ALSO THE TIRE WAS LIKE NEW AND IS TOTALLY SHOT....

Mileage: 124

RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE - SPRING AND TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY PUNCTURED AFTER VEHICLE WAS OUT IN MOTION. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND CUT THE TIRE WHILE HE WAS DRIVING UP A HILL. THE ENTIRE INSIDE OF THE TIRE HAD SHREDDED AND SEPARATED. THE FORD MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO WARRANTY OR RECALL FOR THE FAILU...

Mileage: 79,437

THIS HAPPEN TO MY CAR AND NOW I SEE FIVE OTHERS: 2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT SUSPENSION COMPLAINTS 1 COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10311880 INCIDENT DATE: FEBRUARY 4, 2010 DATE ADDED TO FILE: FEBRUARY 18, 2010 DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPLAINT: LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND RUPTURED LEFT FRONT TIRE, ALSO BROKE ...

THIS HAPPEN TO MY CAR AND NOW I SEE FIVE OTHERS: 2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT SUSPENSION COMPLAINTS 1 COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10311880 INCIDENT DATE: FEBRUARY 4, 2010 DATE ADDED TO FILE: FEBRUARY 18, 2010 DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPLAINT: LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND RUPTURED LEFT FRONT TIRE, ALSO BROKE ...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH HE SMELLED RUBBER BURNING AND THE TIRE BECAME FLAT. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE AND NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE COIL SPRING FAILURE. TH...

Mileage: 139,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS HAD BOTH FRONT SPRINGS BROKEN, 1 TIRE DESTROYED, DRIVE AXEL DESTROYED AND A STABILIZER LINK DESTROYED. THERE IS A RECALL FOR UP TO 2001 AND WONDER WHY THIS CAR WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THIS IS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING. *TR

Mileage: 149,208

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS, WHEN MY 16 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR, THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND BLEW OUT HIS TIRE WHILE HE WAS DRIVING, THIS ALSO HAPPEN TO MY 2000 FORD TAURUS YEARS AGO. I ASSUMED THIS WAS A RECALL DUE TO THE 2000 FORD HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. I CHECKED AND MY 2002 IS NOT ON T...

Mileage: 103,300

MY DAUGHTER'S 2002 FORD TAURUS HAD THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING SNAP OFF AND PUNCTURED HERE NEW TIRE, WHILE BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. I SEE THERE IS A RECALL UP TO 2001 AND WONDER WHY THIS CAR, WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THIS IS VERY DISAPPOINTING. *TR

Mileage: 143,510

2002 FORD TAURUS. BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE DECEMBER 2009 AND JANUARY 2010.. HAD TO HAVE BOTH COILS AND STRUTS REPLACED AND STABILIZER BAR, OVER $2,000. FRONT ONE BROKE AND PUNCTURED/RUINED TIRE FEBRUARY 2010, REQUIRING A TOW TO DEALER MECHANIC. LUCKILY THE FRONT ONE BROKE WHILE IN DRIVEWAY AN...

Mileage: 94,000

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND RUPTURED LEFT FRONT TIRE, ALSO BROKE LEFT SIDE SWAYBAR END LINK. *TR

Mileage: 107,850

LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKEN WITH PUNCTURE OF TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 70,290

MY 2002 TAURUS WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN MY HUSBAND HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BROKE AND PUT A HOLE THE TIRE. THE COST TO GET THE SPRINGS REPLACED AND A NEW TIRE WAS OVER $600.00. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

1. STARTED CAR, A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND BEGAN TO BACK UP AND THE FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW VIOLENTLY. 2. SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND SPEARED FRONT TIRE. 3. REPLACED COIL SPRINGS AND FRONT TIRE AT AN APPROXIMATE COST OF $500. *TR

Mileage: 129,150

1. STARTED CAR, A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND BEGAN TO BACK UP AND THE FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW VIOLENTLY. 2. SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND SPEARED FRONT TIRE. 3. REPLACED COIL SPRINGS AND FRONT TIRE AT AN APPROXIMATE COST OF $500. *TR

Mileage: 129,150

CAR WAS PARKED AND PUT INTO REVERSE TO BACK UP IN DRIVE WHEN TIRE EXPLODED. UPON EXAMINATION THE DRIVERS SIDE SUSPENSION SPRING HAD EXPLODED INTO 2 PIECES AND RIPPED INTO TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 157,000

I WAS DRIVING MY FORD TAURUS 2002 AND THE FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE RESULTING IN THE BROKEN COIL SPRING PUNCTURING MY TIRE CAUSING IT TO GO IMMEDIATELY FLAT. THIS RENDERED MY CAR IMMOBILE, REQUIRED TOWING, AND REPLACEMENT OF BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND MOUNTS THAT HOLD THE COIL SPRINGS. (COST: $...

Mileage: 131,000

I WAS DRIVING MY FORD TAURUS 2002 AND THE FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE RESULTING IN THE BROKEN COIL SPRING PUNCTURING MY TIRE CAUSING IT TO GO IMMEDIATELY FLAT. THIS RENDERED MY CAR IMMOBILE, REQUIRED TOWING, AND REPLACEMENT OF BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND MOUNTS THAT HOLD THE COIL SPRINGS. (COST: $...

Mileage: 131,000

SUDDEN FAILURE OF FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING ON 2002 FORD TAURUS RESULTING IN PUNCTURE OF THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. CAR WAS TOWED TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AND LEFT FRONT TIRE WERE REPLACED. REFERENCE NHTSA EA-08-018. *TR

Mileage: 55,604

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE ---PUNCTURED TIRE ----SPRING DROPPED DOWN ON TRANSAXLE ----LEFT FRONT DROPPED TO ROAD SURFACE -----CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR

Mileage: 133,433

FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING BROKE ON A 2002 FORD TAURUS, PULLING IT OUT OF THE GARAGE. CAR IS IMMACULATE, BARELY DRIVEN (40K MILES), NEVER HIT OR BUMPED. BROKEN SPRING SHREDDED THE TIRE COMPLETELY IN HALF. CERTAIN DEATH WOULD HAVE HAPPENED, HAD THIS OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. FORD IS AWARE OF THE P...

Mileage: 40,340

I DIDNT GET INTO AND ACCIDENT. WENT TO CHANGE MY TIRES, THE REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKE. I REPLACED BOTH SIDES AND SPENT 800. TOOK MY CAR INTO MY DEALER IN JANUARY TO GET MY HEAT FIXED AND THEY TOLD ME THE RIGHT FRONT SPRING WAS BROKE. SO I HAD THE FIX PLUS THE TIE ROD *CN

Mileage: 153,323

I DIDNT GET INTO AND ACCIDENT. WENT TO CHANGE MY TIRES, THE REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKE. I REPLACED BOTH SIDES AND SPENT 800. TOOK MY CAR INTO MY DEALER IN JANUARY TO GET MY HEAT FIXED AND THEY TOLD ME THE RIGHT FRONT SPRING WAS BROKE. SO I HAD THE FIX PLUS THE TIE ROD *CN

Mileage: 153,323

2002 FORD TAURUS LAST MONTH I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH OF THE REAR SPRINGS LAST WEEK I HAD TO REPLACE THE RACK/PINION TODAY AS I JUST STARTED TO DRIVE FORWARD IN MY DRIVEWAY, THE FRONT RIGHT SPRING BROKE AND PIERCED THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE. I WAS GOING SO SLOW IN THE DRIVEWAY THAT THE SHARP EDGE OF THE B...

Mileage: 87,000

2002 FORD TAURUS LAST MONTH I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH OF THE REAR SPRINGS LAST WEEK I HAD TO REPLACE THE RACK/PINION TODAY AS I JUST STARTED TO DRIVE FORWARD IN MY DRIVEWAY, THE FRONT RIGHT SPRING BROKE AND PIERCED THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE. I WAS GOING SO SLOW IN THE DRIVEWAY THAT THE SHARP EDGE OF THE B...

Mileage: 87,000

2002 FORD TAURUS LAST MONTH I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH OF THE REAR SPRINGS LAST WEEK I HAD TO REPLACE THE RACK/PINION TODAY AS I JUST STARTED TO DRIVE FORWARD IN MY DRIVEWAY, THE FRONT RIGHT SPRING BROKE AND PIERCED THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE. I WAS GOING SO SLOW IN THE DRIVEWAY THAT THE SHARP EDGE OF THE B...

Mileage: 87,000

2002 FORD TAURUS SEL, FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING IS BROKEN WHEN THE CAR SITTING IN A PARKING LOT. THE BROKEN SPRING THEN PUNCTURED INTO THE TIRE AND TOTALLY DAMAGED IT. *TW

Mileage: 85,000

I WAS BACKING THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN I HEARD THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLOW OUT, AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE I NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TIRE WAS BROKEN INTO 2 PIECES, WITH ONE OF THE PIECES PUNCTURING THE TIRE. THE CAR IS A 2002 FORD TAURUS, AND THE SPRING HAS NO CORROSION OR...

Mileage: 96,000

2002 TAURUS LX DRIVING AND REAR STRUT ASSEMBLY FAILED SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE, VEHICLE TOWED FOR REPAIR. REAR COIL SPRINGS DEFECTIVE, FINAL COST OF NEW TIRE AND PARTS AND LABOR ON STRUTS APPROX $875- IN REPAIRS. *TR

Mileage: 86,994

TL* THE CONTACT HAS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY THE COIL SPRING BROKE AND BURST THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 101000. UPDATED 03/12/10. *LJ UPDATED 09/21/10*JB

Mileage: 101,000

TL* THE CONTACT WAS OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. SHE STATED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF15 MPH, SHE COULD HEAR WHAT WAS SIMILAR TO BANGING METAL. LATER, SHE NOTICED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. SHE CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THE SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIV...

Mileage: 163,591

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS THAT I PURCHASE NEW. ON 0202/10 MY WIFE WAS BACKING THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN HEARD A LOAD BANG, AND THE CAR SUDDENLY STOP. SHE NOTICED THE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT, AND WHEN I REMOVED THE TIRE I NOTICE THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKE. I'M VERY HAPPY SHE WASN'T DRIVING...

Mileage: 82,345

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS THAT I PURCHASE NEW. ON 0202/10 MY WIFE WAS BACKING THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN HEARD A LOAD BANG, AND THE CAR SUDDENLY STOP. SHE NOTICED THE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT, AND WHEN I REMOVED THE TIRE I NOTICE THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKE. I'M VERY HAPPY SHE WASN'T DRIVING...

Mileage: 82,345

DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING BROKE DESTROYING THE TIRE, BENDING THE STRUT AND BREAKING THE SWAY BAR LINK. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AND THE REPAIR WAS OVER $550. THE CAR WAS PARKED WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

MY FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING SNAPPED WHILE I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY AND WENT RIGHT THROUGH MY TIRE. I DRIVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. *TR

Mileage: 103,000

MY FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING SNAPPED WHILE I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY AND WENT RIGHT THROUGH MY TIRE. I DRIVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. *TR

Mileage: 103,000

THE FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS, CAUSING MY TIRE TO HAVE ONE SIDE COMPLETELY SLICED OFF AND BLOW OUT. UPON GETTING THIS FIXED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THE BACK RIGHT SPRING WAS ALSO BROKEN. I HAD NOT HAD ANY COLLISIONS OR ANYTHING TO CAUSE THIS. UPON SEARCHING THE WEB, I DIS...

Mileage: 103,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE TIRE WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH. THE CONTACT PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, CHANGED THE TIRE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED....

Mileage: 111,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE FRONT SPRING BROKE ON THE DRIVER SIDE PUNCTURING THE TIRE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SEARS TO HAVE THE TIRE AND THE FRONT SPRING REPLACED. A MONTH LATER WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH THE REAR DRIV...

Mileage: 64,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE FRONT SPRING BROKE ON THE DRIVER SIDE PUNCTURING THE TIRE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SEARS TO HAVE THE TIRE AND THE FRONT SPRING REPLACED. A MONTH LATER WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH THE REAR DRIV...

Mileage: 64,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. WHEN HE REMOVED THE TIRE HE NOTICE THAT THE COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO INDE...

Mileage: 52,000

2002 FORD TAURUS, LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED WHILE PARKED, PUNCTURING A HOLE IN THE TIRE. FORTUNATELY WHILE PARKED AND NOT ON THE INTERSTATE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE FORD HAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE 2000 AND 2001 MODELS BUT NOT ON THE 2002 MODEL. OF COURSE MY CONCERN IS THIS HAPP...

Mileage: 129,000

2002 FORD TAURUS, LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED WHILE PARKED, PUNCTURING A HOLE IN THE TIRE. FORTUNATELY WHILE PARKED AND NOT ON THE INTERSTATE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE FORD HAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE 2000 AND 2001 MODELS BUT NOT ON THE 2002 MODEL. OF COURSE MY CONCERN IS THIS HAPP...

Mileage: 129,000

I AM NOT ABLE TO GET MY CAR OUT OF PARK AND MY BRAKE LIGHTS WILL NOT STAY ON WHEN THE BRAKE IS PRESSED. I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2002 FORD TAURUS, BUT AT A DIFFERENT TRIM LEVEL. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS FOR MY VIN AND THAT NO REPAIR RELATED TO THE BRAKE...

Mileage: 143,260

I AM NOT ABLE TO GET MY CAR OUT OF PARK AND MY BRAKE LIGHTS WILL NOT STAY ON WHEN THE BRAKE IS PRESSED. I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2002 FORD TAURUS, BUT AT A DIFFERENT TRIM LEVEL. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS FOR MY VIN AND THAT NO REPAIR RELATED TO THE BRAKE...

Mileage: 143,260

MY COIL SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS BROKE AND BLEW OUT MY FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE YESTERDAY JUST AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. THROUGH SEARCHING FOR A RECALL FOUND THIS HAS HAPPENED TO HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A FACTORY DEFECT AS THE OLDER TAURUSES HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THE...

Mileage: 130,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES WITH 225,000 MILES. ONE DAY WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE CAR DOWN THE ROAD THE FRONT WINDOW GOT THIS PERFECT ROUND CRACK IT THE WINDOW THEN ALMOST SHATTERED. I DID NOT REPLACE IT YET TO SEE ABOUT A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 195,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE, PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND BROKE THE FRONT STABILIZER BAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND THE FORD MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED SINCE THERE WERE N...

Mileage: 83,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE OUT OF HIS GARAGE THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE EXPLODED. AFTER EXAMINING THE TIRE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND CAUSED A BLOW OUT. A LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACED THE STRUTS, COIL SPRING, B...

Mileage: 103,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS HAS BROKEN BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS. THE CAR IS DRIVEN IN THE WESTERN NEW YORK AREA ALL OF IT'S LIFE AND HAS ABOUT 100,000 MILES. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER MODEL YEARS ALSO HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I'M GOING TO REPLACE THESE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM...

Mileage: 100,100

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE CONTACT FILED A CLAIM WITH THE FORD MANUFACTURER. THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS OR WARRANTIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11...

Mileage: 112,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH IN REVERSE THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THE COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE WHICH CAUSED THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO COLLAPSE. THE CONTACT HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE 2001 MODEL VEHICLE...

Mileage: 90,000

HEARD A LOUD BANG WHILE DRIVING A 2002 FORD TAURUS. CAR LEAPT TO THE LEFT AND I HEARD LOUD SCREECHING. I BRAKED AND SLOWED, AND WHEN STOPPED I DISCOVERED A FLAT LEFT FRONT TIRE. WHEN I REMOVED THE TIRE TO PUT ON A SPARE, THE TIRE WAS STUCK ON SOMETHING IN THE BACK. AFTER TURNING IT TO VIEW - I S...

Mileage: 94,550

2002 FORD TAURUS SEDAN W/45K MILES BROKE FRONT LEFT SPRING TAKING OUT TIRE. AAA TOWED CAR TO SHOP WHERE OTHER SIDE DID THE SAME THING WHEN THEY MOVED CAR. CAR OWNED/OPERATED BY 80 YEAR OLD WOMAN. TOTAL COST $850 BY NON FORD GARAGE, AS FORD CLAIMS NO RESPONSIBILITY. I HAVE LOOKED AROUND ENOUGH TO KNO...

Mileage: 45,645

ON JAN 15, 2010, MY WIFE PULLED OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY TO GO TO WORK IN OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS SEDAN. THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT IMMEDIATELY. I QUICKLY PUT ON THE COMPACT SPARE TIRE SO SHE COULD GET TO WORK ON TIME. TWO DAYS LATER, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT ALL OF THE SUDDEN ABOUT A MILE FROM ...

Mileage: 99,361

ON JAN 15, 2010, MY WIFE PULLED OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY TO GO TO WORK IN OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS SEDAN. THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT IMMEDIATELY. I QUICKLY PUT ON THE COMPACT SPARE TIRE SO SHE COULD GET TO WORK ON TIME. TWO DAYS LATER, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT ALL OF THE SUDDEN ABOUT A MILE FROM ...

Mileage: 99,361

BROKEN FRONT COIL SPRING. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 COIL SPRINGS DUE TO THEM BREAKING. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM OVER AND OVER IN THIS MODEL OF CAR. THE MOST RECENT BREAK I HAD INVOLVED THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING AND DESTROYED A FRONT TIRE AS WELL FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT D...

Mileage: 140,348

2002 FORD TAURUS BROKEN FRONT SPRING. *TR

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SUSPENSION COIL SPRING FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY PUNCTURING ADJACENT TIRE. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL IMMEDIATELY LOCKED UP AND THE TIRE DEFLATED COMPLETELY. FORTUNATELY, THE CAR WAS NOT TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED AT THE TIME. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO SHOP WHERE IT WAS NECESSA...

Mileage: 112,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HIS VEHICLE FROM A PARKING SPACE INTO HIS DRIVEWAY; HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO DO SO SINCE THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, HE FOUND THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT TIRE. THE ...

Mileage: 151,525

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS; THERE WAS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER STOPPED THE VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN I...

Mileage: 91,000

ON SUNDAY MORNING I WENT TO GET A PAPER, I STARTED TO BACK THE 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. I THOUGHT IT WAS FROM ICE BUILD UP AND THE COLD WEATHER. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I COULD HEAR SOME NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. I...

Mileage: 123,828

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND A LOUD EXPLOSION CAME FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO EXPLODE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERN OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. ...

Mileage: 75,000

ELECTRICAL PROBLEM - CERTAIN LIGHTS STAY ON, OTHERS TOGGLE ON AND OFF, AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS COME ON AND GO OFF REPEATEDLY WITHOUT NOTICE OR CAUSE. FORD RECALLED VEHICLE AND SAID IT WAS REPAIRED ID#04V106000 AT THAT TIME (A COUPLE YEARS AGO NOW) AT THE TIME THE CAR WAS NEW AND HAD NOT SHOWN ANY PROB...

Mileage: 55,000

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT, I HEARD A POP AND NOTICED THE FRONT END WAS LEANING. WHEN I LOOKED OUT THE DOOR, I CONCLUDED IT AS A FLAT TIRE. LATER THE TOWING COMPANY STATED IT WAS DUE TO THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING BREAKING AND PUNCTURING THE TIRE. THE SPRING, MOUNT, AND STRUT ALL HAD TO ...

Mileage: 107,000

TL*THE CONTACT 2002 FORD TAURUS SE. THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED IT. THE DRIVER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN WHICH PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. TH...

Mileage: 105,000

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE. NEXT DAY, NO HEAT. I HAD A MECHANIC BACKFLUSH THE LINE AFTER WHICH I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME(VERY LITTLE) HEAT FOR ABOUT 1 MONTH JUST TO GET ME THROUGH THE WINTER. FOLLOWING YEAR, I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE BACKFLUSHED AGAIN. SAME RESULTS, BUT NOW THE AC IS STAYING ON WITH THE ...

Mileage: 107,000

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE. NEXT DAY, NO HEAT. I HAD A MECHANIC BACKFLUSH THE LINE AFTER WHICH I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME(VERY LITTLE) HEAT FOR ABOUT 1 MONTH JUST TO GET ME THROUGH THE WINTER. FOLLOWING YEAR, I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE BACKFLUSHED AGAIN. SAME RESULTS, BUT NOW THE AC IS STAYING ON WITH THE ...

Mileage: 107,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. HE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN REVERSE THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND CUT THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE IS AT HIS RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR HIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WILL BE REP...

Mileage: 125,390

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL ABRUPTLY WHILE DRIVING DOWN A CLEAR WINTER ROAD RESULTING IN BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS NEEDING TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH A SWAY BAR LINK. SO FAR NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE TIRES, STRUTS, VEHICLE, OR OCCUPANTS IS APPARENT. I AM BEING CHARGED FOR THE...

Mileage: 73,300

IN THE SUMMER OF 2009 MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP FOR BRAKE ISSUES. WHILE THERE, THE CAR'S BACK SPRINGS WERE FOUND TO BE BROKEN. TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM NEW PARTS WERE REQUIRED AND SUBSEQUENTLY BOUGHT AND REPLACED IN MY CAR. RECENTLY, IN THE PAST MONTH MY CAR STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WI...

Mileage: 105,000

IN THE SUMMER OF 2009 MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP FOR BRAKE ISSUES. WHILE THERE, THE CAR'S BACK SPRINGS WERE FOUND TO BE BROKEN. TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM NEW PARTS WERE REQUIRED AND SUBSEQUENTLY BOUGHT AND REPLACED IN MY CAR. RECENTLY, IN THE PAST MONTH MY CAR STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WI...

Mileage: 105,000

IN THE SUMMER OF 2009 MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP FOR BRAKE ISSUES. WHILE THERE, THE CAR'S BACK SPRINGS WERE FOUND TO BE BROKEN. TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM NEW PARTS WERE REQUIRED AND SUBSEQUENTLY BOUGHT AND REPLACED IN MY CAR. RECENTLY, IN THE PAST MONTH MY CAR STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WI...

Mileage: 105,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT SUSPENSION ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS FAILED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT AS SHE MOVED HER VEHICLE INTO THE DRIVEWAY THE SUSPENSION SNAPPED AND RIPPED THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THERE W...

Mileage: 60,000

MY TAURUS EXPERIENCED A STRUT COIL SPRING FAILURE WHICH RESULTED IN THE CUTTING THE INSIDE WALL OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. BOTH STRUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED THE HIGHWAY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I REPLACED ONE STRUT LAST YEAR SAMETIME AND OTHER THIS WEEK. *TR

Mileage: 112,000

BACKED OUT OF GARAGE, FRONT OF CAR SHOOK THEN LEFT FRONT END DROPPED. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER RETRIEVED A PIECE OF THE BROKEN SPRING OUT OF THE TIRE, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PUNCTURE. THIS IS THE ONLY OCCURRENCE UNDER CURRENT OWNERSHIP. TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE GARAGE W...

Mileage: 124,712

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY IN MY VEHICLE, AND AS I BACKED OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT I HEARD A POPPING NOISE. BY THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG, SO I GOT OUT TO CHECK. THE FRONT LEFT SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS HAD BROKEN AND SLICED MY TIRE OPEN, CAUSING THE POPPING NOIS...

Mileage: 94,000

WINDSHIELD DEVELOPS A LEAK PASSENGER SIDE. I'VE HAD THE BLOWER MOTOR REPAIRED AND THE WINDSHIELD RE-SEALED BUT IS LEAKING AGAIN. WATER PUDDLES IN THE PASSENGER FLOOR. HEATER LOOSES HEAT WHEN BLOWER SPEED IS TURNED UP, THINK THIS MAY BE RELATED TO WATER ISSUE AS WELL. HOPE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE T...

Mileage: 60,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND RIPPED APART THE WHOLE FRONT TIRE. THE CAR WAS UNDRIVEABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A GARAGE. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANICS THAT THIS IS A PRETTY COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2002 TAURUS AND THAT THE FRONT STRUT ...

Mileage: 115,700

BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND PUNCTURED THE SIDE OF THE TIRES (UNFIXABLE). THE CAR WAS NOT MOVING IN EITHER CASE. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

2002 FORD TAURUS - FRONT STRUT AND COIL SPRING FAILURE. ON 12/31/09 AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY THE RIGHT FRONT COIL STRUT SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. (TIRE WAS 6 MOS OLD WITH ONLY ABOUT 9000 MILES OF USE) I HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED AT A LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP THEN ON THE SAME DAY AND ...

Mileage: 123,000

2002 FORD TAURUS - FRONT STRUT AND COIL SPRING FAILURE. ON 12/31/09 AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY THE RIGHT FRONT COIL STRUT SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. (TIRE WAS 6 MOS OLD WITH ONLY ABOUT 9000 MILES OF USE) I HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED AT A LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP THEN ON THE SAME DAY AND ...

Mileage: 123,000

I WENT TO BUY NEW TIRES FOR MY SON'S 2002 TAURUS TODAY. I WAS INFORMED FROM THE TECH AT THE TIRE STORE THAT THE PASSENGER COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. I TOLD HIM TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND STRUT MOUNTS. THE REPAIRS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $840.00. I WILL HAVE THE EXACT PRICE CO...

Mileage: 92,000

FRONT COIL SPRING ON 2002 TAURUS SHEARED AND BROKE. THIS RESULTED IN THE BROKEN COIL TO SLIP OVER THE COMPRESSION BRACKET, AND PUNCTURE THE FRONT TIRE. FORTUNATELY THIS OCCURRED AS I APPROACHED MY DRIVEWAY AS COMPARED WITH THE CONSEQUENCES HAD I BEEN ON THE FREEWAY. THE LOCAL FORD DEALER SAID THE...

Mileage: 137,000

BROKEN COIL SPRINGS FRONT AND REAR ON A 2002 FORD TAURUS. RESULTING IN PUNCTURED TIRES IN BOTH CASES. THEY BROKE WITHIN 7 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. LIVING IN MASS. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

BROKEN COIL SPRINGS FRONT AND REAR ON A 2002 FORD TAURUS. RESULTING IN PUNCTURED TIRES IN BOTH CASES. THEY BROKE WITHIN 7 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. LIVING IN MASS. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

BROKEN COIL SPRINGS FRONT AND REAR ON A 2002 FORD TAURUS. RESULTING IN PUNCTURED TIRES IN BOTH CASES. THEY BROKE WITHIN 7 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. LIVING IN MASS. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE REVERSING HE HEARD A LOUD BANG, AND THEN THE TIRE WENT FLAT. UPON INSPECTION HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS HAD FRACTURED. WHILE BEING TOWED THE DRIVER-SIDE TIRE AND COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WERE NO R...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. HE HEARD A LOUD BANG WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE. LATER, HE ATTEMPTED TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE DRIVE-WAY,BUT IT WOULD NOT RESPOND. UPON VEHICLE INSPECTION HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL HAD FRACTURED AND THEN PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE VEH...

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED, AND THEN PUNCTURED A WHOLE IN THE TIRE. SHE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). SHE WAS ADVISED THAT SINCE HER VEHICLE IDE...

Mileage: 198,000

WATER LEAKS INTO THE HEATER BLOWER BOX WHEN RAINING AND THEN TO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR INSIDE THE CABIN. THE WATER HAS SHORTED OUT THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR AND THE BLOWER MOTOR. THIS ALSO CAUSED RUST TO FORM ON THE FAN, THE MOTOR AND RESISTOR PACK. *TR

Mileage: 79,500

WATER LEAKS INTO THE HEATER BLOWER BOX WHEN RAINING AND THEN TO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR INSIDE THE CABIN. THE WATER HAS SHORTED OUT THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR AND THE BLOWER MOTOR. THIS ALSO CAUSED RUST TO FORM ON THE FAN, THE MOTOR AND RESISTOR PACK. *TR

Mileage: 79,500

MY WIFE WAS BACKING OUR 2002 TAURUS FROM OUR GARAGE WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. WE DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND ALSO PUNCTURED OUR TIRE. REPLACEMENT OF THE SPRINGS, STRUTS AND TIRES COST OVER $1,000. *TR

Mileage: 112,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE. HE STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED THAT THE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE TIRE BECAME FLAT AS A RESULT OF A FAULTY FRONT COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. FORD MOTOR COMPANY STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ...

Mileage: 53,457

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE EXITING A PARKING SPACE HE NOTICED THAT HIS DRIVER-SIDE REAR TIRE WAS FLAT. A MECHANIC CAME TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE, AND CONCLUDED THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED A WHOLE TROUGH THE TIRE. HE CONTACTED THE DEALER. A TECHNICIAN STATED HIS ...

Mileage: 104,000

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING BROKE IN HALF AND SHREDDED THE INNER WALL OF THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 91,000

2002 FORD TAURUS, LEFT REAR COIL SPRING BROKE. PUNCTURED REAR TIRE. COIL SPRING AND TIRE REMOVED AND REPLACED. BROKEN COIL SPRING IS IN MY POSSESSION. *TR

Mileage: 103,000

LAST WEEK A FRONT COIL ON MY TAURUS FRACTURED--VERY LIKELY DUE TO INADEQUATE CORROSION PROTECTION--AND PROTRUDED INTO MY TIRE--SHREDDING THE SIDEWALL OF THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. IF WE HAD BEEN DRIVING AT A HIGHER SPEED, THIS WOULD LIKELY HAVE LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO MYSELF, MY WIFE, OR MY 9 ...

Mileage: 74,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE DRIVER-SIDE FRONT SPRINGS FRACTURED WHILE REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT 4 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER REAR SPRINGS HAD FRACTURED ALSO. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO...

Mileage: 55,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE DRIVER-SIDE FRONT SPRINGS FRACTURED WHILE REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT 4 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER REAR SPRINGS HAD FRACTURED ALSO. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO...

Mileage: 55,000

DROVE CAR OVER 110 MI, PARKED THE CAR, NEXT MORNING, NOTED THAT TIRE WAS FLAT DUE TO BROKEN COIL SPRING. I LIVE IN WESTERN NEW YORK WHERE ROADS ARE TREATED BY SALT. I WAS INFORMED BY FORD DEALER THAT THESE CONDITIONS MOST LIKELY CAUSED FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING TO BREAK AND PUNCTURE THE FRONT TI...

Mileage: 49,417

DROVE CAR OVER 110 MI, PARKED THE CAR, NEXT MORNING, NOTED THAT TIRE WAS FLAT DUE TO BROKEN COIL SPRING. I LIVE IN WESTERN NEW YORK WHERE ROADS ARE TREATED BY SALT. I WAS INFORMED BY FORD DEALER THAT THESE CONDITIONS MOST LIKELY CAUSED FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING TO BREAK AND PUNCTURE THE FRONT TI...

Mileage: 49,417

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS . WHILE REVERSING THE VEHICLE SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVER-SIDE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION SHE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE TIRE, CAUSING IT TO BECOME FLAT. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AN...

Mileage: 102,000

1. THE 2002 TAURUS WAS PURCHASED NEW AND WE HAVE HAD NO UNUSUAL INCIDENTS, ACCIDENTS, OR FAILURES. 2. THE 2002 TAURUS WITH LESS THEN 60,000 MILES WAS PARKED WHEN THE REAR SPRING SNAPPED. THE EDGE OF THE SPRING CUT THE REAR TIRE CAUSING THE TIRE TO FAIL. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WITH THE VEHICLE PARKE...

Mileage: 59,402

BOTH MY 1995 AND 2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT COIL SPRINGS SNAPPED IN NORMAL CONDITIONS WHILE PARKED. THIS RELATES TO YOUR ONGOING INVESTIGATION #EA08018. THE TWO REPAIRS COST NEARLY $2000. I HAVE THE '02 BROKEN SPRING. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, I THOUGHT WAS BAD LUCK - THE SECOND SENT ME TO YOUR WEBSITE WHER...

Mileage: 115,000

BOTH MY 1995 AND 2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT COIL SPRINGS SNAPPED IN NORMAL CONDITIONS WHILE PARKED. THIS RELATES TO YOUR ONGOING INVESTIGATION #EA08018. THE TWO REPAIRS COST NEARLY $2000. I HAVE THE '02 BROKEN SPRING. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, I THOUGHT WAS BAD LUCK - THE SECOND SENT ME TO YOUR WEBSITE WHER...

Mileage: 115,000

THE BLOWER IN MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. THERE IS ALSO WATER ON THE FLOOR BOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHICH I SUSPECT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 71,000

THE BLOWER IN MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. THERE IS ALSO WATER ON THE FLOOR BOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHICH I SUSPECT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 71,000

I AM SEEKING INFO ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WAGON. I HAD A MAINE STATE INSPECTION ON 10/28/09 AND PASSED.THIS WAS DONE AT VIP AUTO PARTS IN SCARBOROUGH, MAINE. I DROVE 10 MILES TO MY DAUGHTERS HOME ON THE MAINE TURNPIKE AT 65 MPR. WHEN I LEFT AND STARTED THE CAR THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW UP, SOUNDING ...

Mileage: 158,000

WHILE BACKING UP, I HEARD A TERRIBLE NOISE AND THE CAR DROPPED TO THE GROUND. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT DUE TO THE SPRING BREAKING AND PUNCTURING THE SIDE WALL OF MY TIRE. MY CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE SPRINGS, SWAY BAR, STRUTS,...

Mileage: 95,000

2002 TAURUS SES(66,698MILES) RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING FAILURE/BROKEN. *TR

Mileage: 66,698

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 5 TO 10 MPH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY PUNCTURED THE TIRE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. ...

Mileage: 81,000

BROKEN REAR DRIVER SIDE SPRING PENDING REPAIR YOU PEOPLE HAVE LIMITED YOUR INVESTIGATION IN EA08018 TO ONLY THE FRONT SPRINGS ON THE TAURUS MODELS. THE BACK SPRINGS ARE GARBAGE TOO. THANKS TO YOU '!@#$% BUREAUCRATS, THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS NATIONWIDE ARE BEING SCREWED OUT OF HUNDREDS AND THOUSAN...

Mileage: 65,963

REAR COIL SPRING BROKE SOMETIME DURING 2006 OR 2007 WHICH CAUSED THE REAR END OF CAR TO SAG AND VEHICLE DID NOT HANDLE AS WELL AFTER WORDS. DURING THE SUMMER OF 2008 MY CAR SLIDE OFF THE HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING 50MPH DURING A RAIN STORM. I ALWAYS WONDERED IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO THE BROKEN COIL...

Mileage: 95,000

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

Mileage: 92,000

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

Mileage: 92,000

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

Mileage: 112,000

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 J...

Mileage: 115,000

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

Mileage: 69,000

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

Mileage: 69,000

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

Mileage: 69,000

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

Mileage: 100,550

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

Mileage: 125,000

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

Mileage: 125,000

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

Mileage: 125,000

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. THER...

Mileage: 120,000

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

Mileage: 66,000

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

Mileage: 66,000

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...

Mileage: 53,111

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

Mileage: 62,765

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 WIT...

Mileage: 61,000

WHEN BACKING OUT OF GARAGE DRIVERS FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

WHEN BACKING OUT OF GARAGE DRIVERS FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

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 TH...

Mileage: 65,000

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...

Mileage: 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

Mileage: 102,000

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...

Mileage: 34,780

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

Mileage: 68,000

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 ...

Mileage: 95,000

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...

Mileage: 131,936

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...

Mileage: 131,936

THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS DAMAGING MY TIRE.

Mileage: 104,000

THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS DAMAGING MY TIRE.

Mileage: 104,000

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

Mileage: 126,000

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 ...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PROCEEDING TO BACK UP THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND SMELLED A BURNING RUBBER ODOR COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PU...

Mileage: 81,354

2002 FORD TAURUS LX, RF FRONT SPRING BROKE AT BOTTOM COIL. RF COIL SPRING WAS REPLACED AT MY COST. SAME PROBLEM AS 99-01 TAURUS/SABLE. MY 2002 IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND NEEDS TO BE. COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. BROKEN PIECE WAS VERY CLOSE TO SIDEWALL OF TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 97,602

2002 FORD TAURUS LX, RF FRONT SPRING BROKE AT BOTTOM COIL. RF COIL SPRING WAS REPLACED AT MY COST. SAME PROBLEM AS 99-01 TAURUS/SABLE. MY 2002 IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND NEEDS TO BE. COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. BROKEN PIECE WAS VERY CLOSE TO SIDEWALL OF TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 97,602

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL INTO A DRIVEWAY FROM A TWO-WAY HIGHWAY, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, SHE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND DAMAGED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO GARAGE AND T...

Mileage: 79,765

BROUGHT VEHICLE TO LOCAL MECHANIC FOR REPLACEMENT OF 2 REAR TIRES. WHILE REPLACING TIRES, MECHANIC DISCOVERED REAR COIL SPRING ON PASSENGER SIDE WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN. ADVISED ME NOT TO DRIVE VEHICLE, THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. REPAIR WAS PERFORMED AT COST OF $911....

Mileage: 40,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED ONTO THE FRONT TIRE. THE DRIVER NEARLY CRASHED BECAUSE SHE HAD DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST MORE THAN $340. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE ...

Mileage: 65,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SES WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN MY RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING BROKE FOR NO REASON. FORD ONLY OFFERS A RECALL ON TAURUS'S MADE IN 2001 AND BEFORE. OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT SEEM TO IGNORE THAT THE 2002 MODELS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE BREAK ALSO CAUSED SIGNIF...

Mileage: 80,473

PULLING CAR INTO THE DRIVEWAY 2002 FORD TAURUS: FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRINGS FRACTURES AND SLICED TIRE. CAR TOWED, TIRE REPLACED AS WELL AS 2 COILS AND 2 SHIELDS PUT ON. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHRATE OF SPEED MY SON WAS NEARLY KILLED WHEN FRONT SPRING BROKE AND WENT INTO THE TIRE. THERE IS NO RECALL ON FORD TAURUS 2002 FOR THIS. *TR

Mileage: 146

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND THE END OF THE SPRING PUNCTURED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THE SPRING, STRUT AND STRUT TOWER WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TIRE AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT DONE. REPAIR COSTS TOTAL $425.00. I HAVE THE SPRING FROM THE VEHICLE AND LOOKS LIKE HAD A WEAK...

Mileage: 55,700

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND THE END OF THE SPRING PUNCTURED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THE SPRING, STRUT AND STRUT TOWER WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TIRE AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT DONE. REPAIR COSTS TOTAL $425.00. I HAVE THE SPRING FROM THE VEHICLE AND LOOKS LIKE HAD A WEAK...

Mileage: 55,700

THE FRONT END OF MY 2002 FORD TAURUS HAD BEEN MAKING SOME CREAKING AND GROANING NOISES. WE THOUGHT POSSIBLY THAT IT COULD BE THE TRANSMISSION, BUT AS I FOUND OUT, IT WASN'T. ON JUNE 7, I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE HIGHWAY TO STOP FOR SOMETHING ON MY WAY TO WORK, AND AS I PULLED INTO THE PARKING SPACE...

Mileage: 69,000

WHEN I GOT INTO MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SES, I PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE. I HEARD A "RUBBING" SOUND FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED AT IT AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. I GOT BACK INTO THE CAR AND PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE. I MOVED FORWARD A COUPLE OF INCHES AND HEARD THE "RUBBING" SOUND A...

Mileage: 85,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. AFTER A HARD RAIN, WATER ACCUMULATES ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE HEATER BLOWER AND AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER ONLY OPERATE ON THE HIGH SETTING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. THE CONTACT BLOGGED AND DISC...

Mileage: 89,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. AFTER A HARD RAIN, WATER ACCUMULATES ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE HEATER BLOWER AND AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER ONLY OPERATE ON THE HIGH SETTING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. THE CONTACT BLOGGED AND DISC...

Mileage: 89,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. AFTER A HARD RAIN, WATER ACCUMULATES ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE HEATER BLOWER AND AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER ONLY OPERATE ON THE HIGH SETTING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. THE CONTACT BLOGGED AND DISC...

Mileage: 89,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES UNDER 100K MILES. LAST WEEK, WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT FROM THE PARKING LOT OF MY APARTMENT AND THE CAR HAS JUST MOVED INCHES, I SUDDENLY FELT SOMETHING PUNCTURED MY TIRE AND THE TIRE WAS LOSING AIR VERY QUICKLY. I STOPPED IMMEDIATELY AND TRIED TO REPLACE THE FLAT TIRE WITH...

Mileage: 97,226

THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR ABOUT A MONTH WAITING TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION. WHEN IT WAS BACKED OUT, THE TIRE GAVE OUT. THINKING IT WAS SIMPLY A FLAT I TRIED TO CHANGE THE TIRE TO REALIZE THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR ABOUT A MONTH WAITING TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION. WHEN IT WAS BACKED OUT, THE TIRE GAVE OUT. THINKING IT WAS SIMPLY A FLAT I TRIED TO CHANGE THE TIRE TO REALIZE THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

2002 TAURUS PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS NEARLY KILLING ALL OF US IN THE CAR. ONLY 80,000 MILES ON CAR. WE WERE JUST GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND HEARD A BANG, WHICH TOOK OUT THE TIRE. I AM BEING TOLD 2002 MODEL YEARS ARE NOT COVERED BY RECALL, AND OBVIOUSLY THE SAME PROBLEM ...

Mileage: 80,088

2002 TAURUS PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS NEARLY KILLING ALL OF US IN THE CAR. ONLY 80,000 MILES ON CAR. WE WERE JUST GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND HEARD A BANG, WHICH TOOK OUT THE TIRE. I AM BEING TOLD 2002 MODEL YEARS ARE NOT COVERED BY RECALL, AND OBVIOUSLY THE SAME PROBLEM ...

Mileage: 80,088

REAR COIL SPRING BROKE UNDER NORMAL USE AND WAS REPLACED AT THE COST OF $800. THIS SITUATION CAUSED A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE FRONT SPRING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BROKE WHILE SITTING IN THE LANEWAY. IT PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVERS TIRE(WHICH I JUST HAD INSTALLED A MONTH PREVIOUS AT $200.00PER TIRE) I DID NOT KNOW OF RECALLS FOR THIS PARTICULAR YEAR OF CAR.. HAD I BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY, I P...

Mileage: 189,931

FAILURE OF RIGHT FRONT SPRING AND PUNCTURE OF ADJACENT TIRE ON 2002 FORD TAURUS IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN. APPROXIMATE MILEAGE ON VEHICLE WAS 81,500. NO PRIOR WARNING OR OCCURRENCE. NO EXTERNAL PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED. WAS BACKING THE CAR OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IN A LOT AND WAS PROCEEDING TO ENTER TH...

Mileage: 81,500

FAILURE OF RIGHT FRONT SPRING AND PUNCTURE OF ADJACENT TIRE ON 2002 FORD TAURUS IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN. APPROXIMATE MILEAGE ON VEHICLE WAS 81,500. NO PRIOR WARNING OR OCCURRENCE. NO EXTERNAL PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED. WAS BACKING THE CAR OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IN A LOT AND WAS PROCEEDING TO ENTER TH...

Mileage: 81,500

2002 FORD TAURUS, COIL SPRINGS BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE. SAME AS NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE04044 I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL OTHER COMMENTS ONLINE ABOUT THE 2002. *TR

Mileage: 72,848

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE TIRE. A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE REAR COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000 AND CURRENT MI...

Mileage: 71,000

MY WIFE HAD OUR FORD TAURUS AT MARK FORD MERCURY IN NEW MILFORD CT. ON SATURDAY MAY 16, 2009 FOR REGULAR SERVICE AT 50K MILES. WITH A PLANNED TRIP OF SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES AHEAD WE WANTED THE CAR TOTALLY CHECKED OUT AND SERVICED AS NECESSARY. MY WIFE STILL COMPLAINED OF THE RIDE FEELING FUNNY, SO W...

Mileage: 50,000

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE ON DRIVER SIDE AND SHREDDED THE INSIDE OF THAT TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 136,312

CAR: 2002 FORD TAURUS SES INDECENT: EXITING DRIVEWAY AND HEARD LOUD NOISE, THAT SHOOK THE CAR, PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING HAD BROKEN, IN TURN HITTING TIRE AND AND BRAKING SWAY BAR. NOTE:JULY 15, 2004 | RECALL ID# 15302 HIDE DETAILS RECALL REASONSUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRING...

Mileage: 117,198

CAR: 2002 FORD TAURUS SES INDECENT: EXITING DRIVEWAY AND HEARD LOUD NOISE, THAT SHOOK THE CAR, PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING HAD BROKEN, IN TURN HITTING TIRE AND AND BRAKING SWAY BAR. NOTE:JULY 15, 2004 | RECALL ID# 15302 HIDE DETAILS RECALL REASONSUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRING...

Mileage: 117,198

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED, THE REAR COIL SPRINGS FAILED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL OR TSB FOR THIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL VEHICLE; THEREFORE, THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR COST. THE CON...

Mileage: 78,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT 5 MPH, THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. A REPORT WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER AN...

Mileage: 89,464

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT A LOW SPEED, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. A LOUD EXPLOSION WAS HEARD. THE CONTACT CALLED THE AUTO PARTS STORE AND WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL REGARDING THE COIL SPRINGS FO...

Mileage: 122,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS ARE SPLITTING IN HALF IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS MAY ALSO BE FAILING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE CONTACT WANTS THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILU...

Mileage: 62,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS ARE SPLITTING IN HALF IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS MAY ALSO BE FAILING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE CONTACT WANTS THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILU...

Mileage: 62,000

LEFT FRONT STRUT SPRING BROKE WHEN PARKED IN THE GARAGE OF MY HOUSE, PIERCING THE NEW TIRE & PREVENTING ME FROM BACKING OUT OF GARAGE. *TR

Mileage: 103,256

REAR SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURES TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY TODAY AND MY LEFT FRONT SPRING 2002 FORD TAURUS 140,000 MILES LET GO AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. THANK GOODNESS THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, FOR IT COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS POSTINGS BY FORD OWNERS ON THIS ISSUE. ...

Mileage: 140,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT THE DRIVEWAY AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND. HE JACKED UP THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. HE FOUND RECALLS ON THE INTERNET FOR THE 1999-2001 MODELS, BUT NOT FOR...

Mileage: 94,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT THE DRIVEWAY AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND. HE JACKED UP THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. HE FOUND RECALLS ON THE INTERNET FOR THE 1999-2001 MODELS, BUT NOT FOR...

Mileage: 94,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND PULLED THE VEHICLE BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY. SHE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS AN...

Mileage: 88,000

CAR 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL 3.0L THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE SPRING BROKE AND CUT THE REAR TIRE. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR WAS BEING BACKED OUT OF THE GARAGE. CAR HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON A FLATBED. BOTH REAR SPRINGS AND THE CUT TIRE ARE BEING REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AND SLASHED TIRE WITH NO WARNING AT ALL; COULD HAVE CAUSED A HORRIFIC HIGHWAY ACCIDENT WHILE TRAVELING AT 65MPH. FORD HAS RECALLED COIL SPRINGS FOR SABLES AND TAURUS MODEL OF 2001 NO FURTHER. THERE IS CLEARLY A SERIOUS PROBLEM. SNOW STATES HAVE HAD RECALLS DUE TO SALT C...

Mileage: 161,000

MY FIANCE WAS DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON I-75 WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO SWAY BAR LINK, TIRE AND STRUT. THIS CAUSED HER TO ALMOST CRASH INTO LEFT CONCRETE BARRIER. VEHICLE WAS TOWED DUE TO IT NO LONGER BEING DRIVABLE. A FEW MONTHS BACK THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SPR...

Mileage: 125,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR BRAKE SERVICE MY MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT 3 OF 4 COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. THE LEFT REAR SPRING SPUN AND CUT A GOUGE IN A TIRE WITH LESS THAN 100 MILES ON IT. THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS ITEM SO FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE SPRINGS I WAS SOCKED WITH ...

Mileage: 67,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR BRAKE SERVICE MY MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT 3 OF 4 COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. THE LEFT REAR SPRING SPUN AND CUT A GOUGE IN A TIRE WITH LESS THAN 100 MILES ON IT. THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS ITEM SO FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE SPRINGS I WAS SOCKED WITH ...

Mileage: 67,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR BRAKE SERVICE MY MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT 3 OF 4 COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. THE LEFT REAR SPRING SPUN AND CUT A GOUGE IN A TIRE WITH LESS THAN 100 MILES ON IT. THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS ITEM SO FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE SPRINGS I WAS SOCKED WITH ...

Mileage: 67,000

ON MY FORD TAURUS THE LEFT FRONT COIL OVER SPRING BROKE TAKING OUT TIRE AND SWAY BAR LINK CALLED FORD MOTOR CO THEY SAID TO BAD NO WARRANTY I THINK IT IS UNFAIR GIVEN THE KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH FORD AND FRONT COIL SPRINGS I HAVE ANOTHER CLAM #10267309. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

2002 FORD TAURUS: DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL BROKE WHILE TRAVELING IN MO. IT DID NOT DAMAGE THE TIRE SINCE THE COIL CAUGHT ON THE TIRE RIM. *TR

Mileage: 95,441

THE FRONT COIL OVER SPRING ON LEFT SIDE BROKE AND RIPPED TIRE APART. *TR

BROKEN FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION SPRING CAUSED TIRE FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 94,600

BROKEN FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION SPRING CAUSED TIRE FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 94,600

MY WIFE DRIVES A 2002 TAURUS SES. IN DECEMBER THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. THANKFULLY, IT WAS PARKED AND DID NOT CAUSE THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING. YESTERDAY A REAR COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TIRE BUT THE TIRE DID NOT BLOW OUT. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A RECALL (ID#14649) THROU...

Mileage: 60,855

MY WIFE DRIVES A 2002 TAURUS SES. IN DECEMBER THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. THANKFULLY, IT WAS PARKED AND DID NOT CAUSE THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING. YESTERDAY A REAR COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TIRE BUT THE TIRE DID NOT BLOW OUT. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A RECALL (ID#14649) THROU...

Mileage: 60,855

STARTED MY CAR, PUT IT INTO DRIVE, TURNED RIGHT TO EXIT MY PARKING SPACE, RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BLEW OUT AND PUNCTURED TIRE, DEFLATING IT IMMEDIATELY. LUCKILY I WAS NOT GOING AT HIGH SPEED OR I COULD HAVE HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT, AS I WOULD HAVE LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 169,520

AS MY WIFE STARTED THE VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE, DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE TEARING THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE AND PUNCTURING IT CAUSING A BLOWOUT. WHEN THE TIRE WAS REMOVED, I FOUND A TEAR IN THE INNER WALL APPROXIMATELY 14 INCHES LONG AND A PUNCTURE. FORTUNATELY, IT OCCURRED IN THE GARAGE, BUT HAD W...

Mileage: 72,356

WENT TO PULL OUT OF MY INTEGRAL GARAGE AND A 6 INCH PIECE OF THE LEFT REAR COIL SPRING FELL OUT ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. *TR

Mileage: 39,500

WENT TO PULL OUT OF MY INTEGRAL GARAGE AND A 6 INCH PIECE OF THE LEFT REAR COIL SPRING FELL OUT ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. *TR

Mileage: 39,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS SEATED IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE. HE SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. HE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS N...

Mileage: 130,000

WHEN PULLING 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF DRIVEWAY ON 4/13/2009 NOTICED SCRAPING NOISE IN DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL AREA. THEN FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT. WHEN REMOVING TIRE TO REPAIR, NOTICED COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND INSIDE WALL OF TIRE HAD BEEN SHREDDED. BROKEN PIECE OF COIL SPRING FELL TO GROUND WHEN TIRE W...

Mileage: 76,675

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRINGS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO SERVICE SHOP AND WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED A SECOND TIME WHILE BACKING UP FROM THE DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT HEARD A SNAPPING SOUND AND EXITED THE VEHI...

Mileage: 53,085

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO GET THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. HE NOTICED ONLINE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRING, BUT ONLY FOR THE 2000...

Mileage: 128,000

FOUND BROKEN LEFT REAR SPRING ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. SEEMS TO BE VERY COMMON COMPLAINT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 83,600

STARTED TO PULL OUT OF PARKING SPACE, FELT AND HEARD A POP, PULLED BACK INTO SPACE. GOT OUT AND SAW FRONT SUSPENSION COIL HAD BROKEN AND SHREDDED TIRE. WHEN CALLED FOR A TOW, THE COMPANY GUESSED IT WAS A 2002 FORD TAURUS, DUE TO ALL THE REPAIRS THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING TO DO. *TR

Mileage: 66,085

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS. I RECENTLY HAD A STANDARD SERVICE VISIT TO MY LOCAL DEALER TO BE TOLD ALL FOUR OF MY COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. I DID FIND A RECALL ON 99-01 MODELS FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS, BUT I FIND IT IRONIC THAT MY 02 HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I CONTACTED FORD, BUT THEY DIDN'T SEEM CON...

Mileage: 66,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD THUMPING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. HE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO HIS DESTINATION. UPON REVIEWING THE FAILURE, HE NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOWER TH...

Mileage: 103,000

MY WIFE WAS BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT ALMOST IN INSTANTLY. UPON TRYING TO CHANGE IT I NOTICED THE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKE. FORTUNATELY IT HAPPENED IN THE DRIVE WAY AND NOT ON THE ROAD. THE CAR IS A 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 63,000 MILES AND AFTER SEVERAL EMAILS AND...

Mileage: 63,152

FRONT SPRING ON 2002 FORD TAURUS WAGON BROKE WITHOUT WARNING PUNCTURING TIRE. 1999-2001 FORD SPRINGS RECALLED...CAR ONLY HAS APPROX. 36,000 MILES ON IT. FORD WOULD NOT TAKE ANY OWNERSHIP OF THE PROBLEM EVENTHOUGH THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS BY OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THANK GOD CAR WAS N...

Mileage: 35,467

OUR 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 29TH 2008 IN HER 2002 FORD TAURUS SES WHEN FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED IN TWO, PUNCTURING THE TIRE AND ALSO BROKE THE STABILIZER LINK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER, WHER...

Mileage: 67,048

ONLY 50,000 MILES ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WHEN THE FRONT SPRING SNAPPED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I WAS PULLING OUT OF A LEVEL SURFACE PARKING LOT WHEN IT WENT. HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 1995 FORD WINDSTAR, BUT THAT WAS COVERED BY MANUFACTURES RECALL. I THINK FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS OBVI...

Mileage: 50,000

I HAVE HAD BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS AND ONE OF THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BREAK ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE FRONT ONE BROKE YESTERDAY AND DAMAGED THE FRONT TIRE AND I JUST BOUGHT THE TIRES THREE WEEKS AGO. NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND BUY A NEW TIRE WHICH IS NOT CHEAP. COIL SPRINGS...

Mileage: 72,000

I HAVE HAD BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS AND ONE OF THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BREAK ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE FRONT ONE BROKE YESTERDAY AND DAMAGED THE FRONT TIRE AND I JUST BOUGHT THE TIRES THREE WEEKS AGO. NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND BUY A NEW TIRE WHICH IS NOT CHEAP. COIL SPRINGS...

Mileage: 72,000

I PLACED MY CAR IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN I HEARD A SWOOSH AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR DROPPED. I GOT OUT AND NOTICED I HAD A FLAT TIRE. I REMOVED THE TIRE AND FOUND PART OF THE COIL SPRING ON THE GROUND AND A WHITE CAP. AFTER REMOVING THE LUG NUTS THE TIRE WAS STUCK TO THE REMAINING ...

Mileage: 48,472

PULLING OUT OF WORK PARKING SPACE, HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE METAL GRINDING AND THEN MY TIRE WENT FLAT. SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. BEFORE REALIZING THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED, TRIED TO CHANGE THE TIRE. HAD TO HAVE A TOW TO FIRESTONE AND WHILE WORKING ON IT THEY FOUND THAT WHEN THE SPRING/COI...

Mileage: 70,000

COIL SPRING BROKE WENT THROUGH TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 128,000

A REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURED ON A THE LEFT REAR SUSPENSION, PUNCTURING THE TIRE AND CAUSING IT GO FLAT. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT SPRING ON OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS JUST BLEW APART. THE CAR DROPPED DOWN THE ROAD, WE WERE ON I-465 ON THE WEST SIDE IF INDIANAPOLIS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WITH A SEMI PASSING US AND BEHIND AT 65 MPH. THANK GOOD NO ONE HURT , JUST IN LESS THAN A SECOND THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS ON THE...

Mileage: 76,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 35 MPH, THE REAR COIL SPRINGS FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER COULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIRS BECAUSE THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE FAILED COMPONENT. CURRENTLY, THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION PERTAINING TO...

Mileage: 40,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT HER FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT AND SEVERELY PUNCTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE COST O...

Mileage: 104,157

THREE WEEKS AGO MY DAUGHTER AT COLLEGE CALLED TO SAYS SHE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE CAR. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A BROKEN REAR COIL SPRING. BETWEEN THE RUINED TIRE AND REPAIR WORK THE BILL CAME TO OVER $1200. TONIGHT SHE CALLED TO SAY THE FRONT SPRING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAD BROKEN AND ONE OF THE NEW...

Mileage: 72,000

HAD A FLAT TIRE ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. AAA CAME OUT TO CHANGE, AND DISCOVERED THE FRONT COIL SPRING BUSTED. MENTIONED ANOTHER MEMBER HAD SAME PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THEM. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2000 AND 2001 MODELS, NOT 2002. IT APPEARS THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED SINCE...

Mileage: 104,157

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE CAUSING TIRE TO BLOW. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SES FAILED. WHEN IT FAILED THE SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. ALMOST HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO SERVICE STATION SINCE I HAD DIFFICULTY IN MOVING THE BROKEN SPRING TO GET THE DOUGHNUT ON THE VEHICLE. LUCKILY THIS OCCURRE...

Mileage: 129,000

FEB. 28 I CLOSE THE TRUCK. I NOTICED JUST BELOW THE LICENSE ON THE TRUNK THE PAINT WAS BLISTERED AND PEELING OFF THE TRUNK. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THERE IN AUG., WHEN I CAREFULLY PUT NEW PLATES ON THE CAR. THE SURFACE IS DOWN TO THE GRAY PRIMER. I GUESS WE WILL HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT REPAINTED AT YOUR...

Mileage: 40,387

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE CAUSING THE ENTIRE FRONT SUSPENSION TO BREAK - $1100 REPAIR. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURING THE TIRE AND FORCING A REPAIR OF $400 FOR COIL SPRINGS+ $125 FOR NEW TIRE. NOW (3/3/09) I AM TOLD THAT THE REAR STRUTS NEED REPLACED DUE TO WEAR (A...

Mileage: 55,000

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WITH ONLY 24,862 MILES ON ONE-OWNER 2002 FORD TAURUS SES 4-DOOR SEDAN. FORTUNATELY IT DID NOT HAPPEN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN OR DURING LOCAL DRIVING. CAR HAD BEEN BACKED INTO RESIDENTIAL BELOW HOUSE GARAGE WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OF PROBLEM. NEXT M...

Mileage: 24,865

DRIVING A 2002 TAURUS WITH 64K MILES. WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN I HEARD A NOISE AND POP AND FRONT LEFT END SANK DOWN. THOUGHT AT FIRST THAT I JUST HAD A FLAT TIRE. WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE THE TIRE, HAD DIFFICULTY REMOVING TIRE. FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING BROKE AND SLICED INTO AND NEARL...

Mileage: 64,000

I REVERSED MY CAR THIS MORNING, AND MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT COMPLETELY. I TOOK THE TIRE OFF, AND THE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD SHATTERED AND RIPPED THROUGH MY TIRE. I CONTACTED FORD WITH MY VIN, AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ABOUT THIS FOR MY CAR. I HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON ...

Mileage: 60,000

2002 FORD TAURUS REAR DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE. NO TIRE DAMAGE. A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. THE TIRE WAS DESTROYED. *TR

Mileage: 87,148

I PULLED AWAY FROM MY HOUSE AND WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE. DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL HAD BROKE AND CAUSED TIRE DAMAGE. AT THIS TIME I DO NOT KNOW IF ANY ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS INCURRED AS VEHICLE WILL HAVE TO BE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. UPON RESEARCHING COIL FAILURES I...

Mileage: 119,837

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE COIL SPRINGS FAILED BETWEEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE AND THE FRAME RAIL. THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY MOVED TO THE RIGHT AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SHOUL...

Mileage: 103,123

2002 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON HAD THE FRONT LEFT COILSPRING SNAP CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/FORD-TAURUS/T2I76QLAVD30DD454. *TR

Mileage: 88,000

PASSENGER COIL SPRING ON 2002 FORD TAURUS SEDAN HAS FAILED AND WAS NOTICED AS A FAILURE TODAY. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. WHEN HE WAS REPLACING THE TIRE WITH A SPARE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE SPARE TIRE. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING ALSO FAILED. THE VE...

Mileage: 28,000

2002 FORD TAURUS WAS SITTING IN THE GARAGE WHEN A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD, IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE FRONT COIL SPRING. IT BROKE IN HALF JUST SITTING IN THE GARAGE. I HAVE HEARD MANY COMPLAINTS THAT 2002 FORD TAURUS' ARE NOTORIOUS FOR THIS ISSUE. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TOLD ME THAT HE'S TOWED A LOT OF TH...

Mileage: 78,890

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 95000 MILES. I HAD (FORTUNATELY) PARKED MY CAR FOR WORK; ON RETURN HAD A FLAT TIRE. ON CHANGING IT, FOUND THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE RIPPED OPEN ALMOST ALL THE WAY AROUND. WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR A NEW TIRE, IT WAS FOUND THE FRONT DRIVER SPRING HAD BROKEN, AND I WAS TOLD "T...

Mileage: 95,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 95000 MILES. I HAD (FORTUNATELY) PARKED MY CAR FOR WORK; ON RETURN HAD A FLAT TIRE. ON CHANGING IT, FOUND THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE RIPPED OPEN ALMOST ALL THE WAY AROUND. WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR A NEW TIRE, IT WAS FOUND THE FRONT DRIVER SPRING HAD BROKEN, AND I WAS TOLD "T...

Mileage: 95,000

FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROOK ON MY 2002 FORD TARUS SEL. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

DRIVING AND SMOKE BEGAN COMING OUT OF THE DRIVER'S FRONT OF CAR. LOUD BANG. COIL PUNCTURED TIRE. ALMOST HAD ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 91,000

DRIVING AND SMOKE BEGAN COMING OUT OF THE DRIVER'S FRONT OF CAR. LOUD BANG. COIL PUNCTURED TIRE. ALMOST HAD ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 91,000

2002 FORD TAURUS REAR COIL SPRING BROKEN. FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO AND REPAIRS WERE MADE. I AM AWARE THE REAR COIL SPRING FAILURE IS ALSO A WELL-KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 2002 FORD TAURUS. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND RESOLVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE SEVERE...

Mileage: 68,185

2002 SES FORD TAURUS. FRONT COIL SPRINGS SNAPPED. SUMMER 2007. AFTER TURNING VEHICLE ON IN GARAGE, PLACE IN REVERSE AND HEARD LOUD BANG AND CAR DROPPED. THE DRIVER SIDE SPRING COIL SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED TIRE. HAD TO HAVE TOWED OUT OF GARAGE. BILL WAS OVER $700. I HAVE READ OF ALL THE COMPLAINT...

Mileage: 90,000

EVERY TIME IT RAINS HEAVY, I END UP WITH WATER ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR. THE DEFROST BLOWER MOTOR HAS SHORTED OUT THREE TIMES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND MANY MANY COMPLAINTS FROM FORD TAURUS OWNERS. DUE TO SOME KIND OF DEFECT,WATER GETS IN THE HEATING SYSTEM AND ENDS UP ON THE PAS...

Mileage: 78,345

BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY, WHEN RIGHT REAR WHEEL MADE TRANSITION FROM DRIVEWAY, CURB, TO STREET, RIGHT REAR STRUT COIL SPRING BLEW APART AND PUNCTURED INSIDE SIDEWALL OF TIRE. WAS NECESSARY TO REPLACE TIRE AND BOTH REAR COMPLETE STRUT ASSEMBLIES. AFTER HEARING OF OTHER SAME INSTANCES I INVESTIGATED...

Mileage: 65,270

THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING ON OUR 2002 TAURUS BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. I WILL NEED TO TOW THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE SPRING IS EMBEDDED INTO THE TIRE AND CANNOT BE REMOVED. TOWING, REPAIRS AND A NEW TIRE WILL BE REQUIRED. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH IN ICY ROAD CONDITIONS, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED. A SHARP EDGE ON THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE SPARE TIRE WAS UTILIZED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE NEAREST TIRE DEALER. THE TIRE DE...

Mileage: 100,000

SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2008, THE FRONT SPRING BLEW AND SHREDDED THE TIRE. ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2009, THE BACK SPRING BLEW AND SHREDDED THE BACK TIRE. THANKFULLY, BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURRED IN A DRIVEWAY. FROM READING NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS ON...

SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2008, THE FRONT SPRING BLEW AND SHREDDED THE TIRE. ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2009, THE BACK SPRING BLEW AND SHREDDED THE BACK TIRE. THANKFULLY, BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURRED IN A DRIVEWAY. FROM READING NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS ON...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND SPLIT IN HALF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRINGS FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THERE WERE NO ...

Mileage: 57,816

REFERENCE FORD TSB #04-15-3. I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES WITH ONLY 39,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND THE BLOWER MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF WATER LEAKING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR. I WAS TOLD BY A LOCAL FORD DEALER THAT THERE IS A RECALL #03V087000 ON THIS PR...

Mileage: 39,000

I PURCHASED A NEW 2002 FORD TAURUS IN NOV. 01'. I HAVE HAD THREE COIL SPRING BREAK. THE FIRST ONE WAS ON 2/16/07. I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND MY FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A GARAGE. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE BROKEN COIL SPRING AND FRONT LEFT TIRE AND BOTH FRONT BALL JOI...

Mileage: 51,816

I PURCHASED A NEW 2002 FORD TAURUS IN NOV. 01'. I HAVE HAD THREE COIL SPRING BREAK. THE FIRST ONE WAS ON 2/16/07. I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND MY FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A GARAGE. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE BROKEN COIL SPRING AND FRONT LEFT TIRE AND BOTH FRONT BALL JOI...

Mileage: 51,816

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER REAR AND FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED A HOLE IN HER VEHICLE'S TIRES. SHE WAS DRIVING 5 MPH AT THE TIME. THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY WAS INCREASED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSUME LIAB...

Mileage: 98,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER REAR AND FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED A HOLE IN HER VEHICLE'S TIRES. SHE WAS DRIVING 5 MPH AT THE TIME. THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY WAS INCREASED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSUME LIAB...

Mileage: 98,000

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE IN HALF WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND OFF, AND THE BROKEN COIL DAMAGED THE STRUT AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. ALL THE BROKEN ITEMS WERE REPLACED, AND THE NON BROKEN ITEMS WERE REPLACED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE TO ENSURE SAFETY. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 93,000 MILES WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT IN OUR GARAGE. PLACING THE CAR IN REVERSE, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THE FRONT LEFT OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED, SLICING THE ADJACENT TIRE. COST OF REPAIR WAS $850. ...

Mileage: 93,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS LEAKS WATER THROUGH THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY FRONT WINDSHIELD AND GETS WATER ALL OVER MY PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD, SOMETIMES 1/2 AN INCH DEEP. THE LEAK HAS ALSO GOTTEN INTO MY BLOWER FAN FOR MY HEATER/AC AND CAUSED IT TO SHORT OUT. THIS MAKES MY CAR VERY HUMID MAKING ALL OF THE GLA...

Mileage: 45,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, AND SLICED INTO THE TIRE. I REPLACED THE TIRE AND WILL HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT SPRINGS. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

1- I DROVE OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND MY FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED MY ALMOST NEW TIRE , AND MY PLASTIC SWAY LINK 2- IT HAPPENED ONCE , BUT FROM WHAT I HEAR IT HAPPENS ALOT AND IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. 3- I HAD AN ESTIMATE FOR ABOUT $600 NOT INCLUDING THE TIRE AT ABOUT $160. *TR

Mileage: 96,000

WHILE MY CAR WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVE WAY AT MY HOME, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING BROKE AND BLEW OUT MY TIRE FRONT TIRE...SHREDDED IT. THANK GOD I WAS NOT DRIVING WHEN IT HAPPENED. *TR

Mileage: 83,000

2002 FORD TAURUS SES PURCHASED 12/31/01. FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, SLASHED TIRE AS I BACKED OUT OF GARAGE. ON INSPECTION, A PIECE OF THE STRUT BROKE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALSO A REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND STRUT WAS DAMAGED. NOW HAVING TO REPLACE 4 COIL SPRINGS, THE STRUTS AND 4 TIRES. $1700, W...

Mileage: 57,000

2002 FORD TAURUS SES PURCHASED 12/31/01. FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, SLASHED TIRE AS I BACKED OUT OF GARAGE. ON INSPECTION, A PIECE OF THE STRUT BROKE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALSO A REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND STRUT WAS DAMAGED. NOW HAVING TO REPLACE 4 COIL SPRINGS, THE STRUTS AND 4 TIRES. $1700, W...

Mileage: 57,000

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2002 TAURUS, AND NOTICED A RUMBLING FROM THE FRONT END. SHE GOT OUT AND LOOKED, AND THE TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT (PURCHASED ONE MONTH PRIOR). WHEN I ARRIVED (AND THE TOW TRUCK RIGHT AFTER), WE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN, AND HAD PUNCTURED AND PRETTY WELL SHREDDED THE...

Mileage: 107,000

2002 TAURUS CABIN LEAK ON PASSENGER SIDE THAT CAUSED MY BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. 1/29/2009 THIS COMPLAINT IS LISTED UNDER RECALL 03V087000. IT IS ALSO LISTED UNDER COMPLAINT NUMBER 10228606 . THE FORD DEALER STATES THAT THIS IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE PROBLEM UNDER WILL NOT FIX IT UNDER RECALL 03V...

Mileage: 105,000

HEATER FAN BLOWER ONLY WORKED ON HIGHEST SPEED ONLY. I FOUND OUT FROM A SERVICE TECHNICIAN THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT A CONTROL SWITCH, BUT WAS A RESISTOR NETWORK P/N F6DZ 19A706 AA. I REPLACED THE PART AND PROBLEM WAS FIXED (TEMPORARILY). SAME PROBLEM RETURNED 5 MONTHS LATER (9/26/08). MORE INQUI...

Mileage: 59,400

HEATER FAN BLOWER ONLY WORKED ON HIGHEST SPEED ONLY. I FOUND OUT FROM A SERVICE TECHNICIAN THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT A CONTROL SWITCH, BUT WAS A RESISTOR NETWORK P/N F6DZ 19A706 AA. I REPLACED THE PART AND PROBLEM WAS FIXED (TEMPORARILY). SAME PROBLEM RETURNED 5 MONTHS LATER (9/26/08). MORE INQUI...

Mileage: 59,400

I WAS BACKING THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN THE DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND ALSO PUNCTURED THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 67,500

BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, FRONT END OF CAR LURCHED UP; ACCOMPANIED BY EXTREMELY LOUD NOISE. UPON INSPECTION, DISCOVERED FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE SHREDDED. I ASSUMED AT THE TIME, THIS WAS THE ONLY PROBLEM. TIRE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL OF MAKE AND MODEL FOR CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF FRON...

Mileage: 74,591

OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS SE SUFFERED A BROKEN COIL SPRING ON THE LEFT FRONT AND RUINED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. TO FIX THE PROBLEM WE ARE INCURRING MORE THAN $750.00 AND FORD KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM ON PREVIOUS TAURUS MODELS DUE TO NHTSA RECALL 04V332000. *TR

Mileage: 91,460

OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS SE SUFFERED A BROKEN COIL SPRING ON THE LEFT FRONT AND RUINED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. TO FIX THE PROBLEM WE ARE INCURRING MORE THAN $750.00 AND FORD KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM ON PREVIOUS TAURUS MODELS DUE TO NHTSA RECALL 04V332000. *TR

Mileage: 91,460

ON JANUARY 10 , 2009, MY 2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED WHILE I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND SLASHED MY TIRE. THE NEXT MORNING, JANUARY 11TH, WHILE MY DAMAGED CAR WAS SITTING IN MY GARAGE, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND RUINED YET ANOTHER TIR...

Mileage: 65,700

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING LOT, THE CONTACT HEARD A LARGE POPPING NOISE. WHEN SHE ARRIVED HOME, SHE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE ALIGNMENT ALSO FAILED DUE TO THE COIL SPRING THAT SPLIT INTO TWO PIECES. THE DEALER STAT...

Mileage: 22,469

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. A RAPID LOSS IN TIRE PRESSURE ACCOMPANIED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT C...

Mileage: 67,025

LEFT FRONT SPRING ON MY 2002 TAURUS BROKE AND THE BROKEN END OF THE SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE CAUSING A TOTAL TIRE FAILURE WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH. *TR

Mileage: 110,536

LEFT FRONT SPRING ON MY 2002 TAURUS BROKE AND THE BROKEN END OF THE SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE CAUSING A TOTAL TIRE FAILURE WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH. *TR

Mileage: 110,536

2002 FORD TAURUS SES WITH 40,000 MILES. VEHICLE WAS PARKED. STARTED TO BACK UP AND FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. UPON CHANGING TIRE, REALIZED INSIDE OF TIRE HAD BEEN SLICED. CAUSE WAS THE COIL SPRING BURSTED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. UPON RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, NOTICED THAT FORD HAD ISSUE...

Mileage: 39,954

LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY,THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURE THE TIRE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MORNING, MY WIFE HEARD A "CLUNK' NOISE AND A THUMP. SHE WENT BACK AND PICKED UP A PIECE OF METAL WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THE BOTTOM COIL OF THE FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING. FORTUNATELY THE TIRE DID NOT GET DAMAGED. THE SPRING WAS CONFIRMED BROKEN WHILE IN THE SHOP FOR OTHER...

Mileage: 160,000

WE RETURNED HOME AFTER A FIVE HOUR TRIP AND PARKED IN OUR GARAGE, A WHILE LATER RETURNED TO CAR TO RETRIEVE AN ITEM OUT OF THE CAR. WHEN I SAT DOWN IN THE DRIVERS SEAT I HEARD A LOUD "BANG" THAT CAME FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. UPON CHECKING THINGS OUT, I FOUND THAT THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE SPRING HAD BR...

Mileage: 110,000

SLOWLY BACKING UP AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND IMMEDIATELY THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WENT FLAT. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO THE YOUNGBLOOD FORD DEALERSHIP (MADISON, GA) I WAS TOLD THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE LOOSE AND IT DESTROYED THE DRIVERS SIDE SWAY BAR AND ALSO DESTROYED THE TIRE. I SA...

Mileage: 96,835

BLOWER MOTOR NOISE, AND LEAKING ON THE FIREWALL. THE LEAKING STARTED IN 2008, I HAD THE TROUGH ABOVE THE FIREWALL AND THE BLOWER MOTOR REPLACED, AND NOW THE BLOWER MOTOR MAKES A LOUD VIBRATING SOUND. MY CAR IS A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES AND IT ONLY HAD ABOUT 50,000 MILES ON IT WHEN IT STARTED LEAKING, ...

Mileage: 55,000

WIFE'S 2002 FORD TAURUS WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WHEN LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. I INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FLAT TIRE,BUT I COULDN'T FILL IT AS FAST AS THE AIR WAS LEAKING OUT. FOUND THAT THE AIR LEAK WAS FROM THE BROKEN COIL SPRING STICKING INTO AND RUPTURING THE INNER SIDEWALL OF TIRE. ONE...

Mileage: 58,956

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS. I LIVE IN A SUBURB OF AKRON, OHIO, ON A STATE ROUTE HIGHWAY. UPON ACCELERATING TO EXIT MY DRIVEWAY, MY RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE IN TWO PUNCTURING MY BRAND NEW TIRE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER BEFORE THE STEERING LOCKED . I HAVE SPOKEN TO BOTH A FORD DEALERSHIP A...

Mileage: 102,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PROCEEDING TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE, THE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THE COIL SPRING FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES ...

Mileage: 90,412

MY SON WAS BACKING HIS 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 56,000 MILES FROM THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING RUPTURED AND IMPALED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED AN ASSESSMENT OF OR AN ESTIMATE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGES. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

MY SON WAS BACKING HIS 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 56,000 MILES FROM THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING RUPTURED AND IMPALED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED AN ASSESSMENT OF OR AN ESTIMATE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGES. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SPRING ON 2002 FORD TAURUS SNAPPED PUNCTURING TIRE AND DAMAGING "WISHBONE". VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AT THE TIME. VEHICLE HAS 158,000 MILES ON ODOMETER. BOTH SPRINGS TIRE(S) AND TWO STRUTS REPLACED BY FORD DEALER. *TR

Mileage: 158,000

FORD TAURUS 2002 FRONT SPRING BROKEN. SHREDDED A BRAND NEW TIRE. HOW MANY TIMES DOES THIS NEED TO HAPPEN BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED OVER TO THE RIGHT LANE VERY ROUGHLY AND ALMOST DROVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER AND HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SPRING SNAPPED, WHICH CAUSED A HOLE IN TH...

Mileage: 152,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRINGS EXPLODED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE COIL SPRING WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE AS WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP AND WAS REPAIRED AT THE COST OF $690 BY THE CONTACT. THROUGH RESEARCH...

Mileage: 95,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRINGS EXPLODED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE COIL SPRING WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE AS WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP AND WAS REPAIRED AT THE COST OF $690 BY THE CONTACT. THROUGH RESEARCH...

Mileage: 95,000

RIGHT REAR SPRING BROKE AND GOUGED INTO TIRE. I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR SPRINGS, TIRES, STRUTS AND RETAINERS. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

I HAD NO HEAT FROM MY 02 TAURUS THIS PAST SEPTEMBER AND AFTER 2 FLUSHES IT IS NOW A CLOGGED HEATER CORE. I NOTICED THAT I AM NOT ALONE WITH THIS CONDITION SINCE I WAS TOLD BY AN ON-LINE BLOGGER THAT THERE IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE TAURUS' COOLANT SYSTEMS HAVING PARTICLES IN THEM WHEN THEY LEFT THE MA...

Mileage: 98,999

WHEN REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE FRONT DRIVERS-SIDE COIL SPRING SUDDENLY LET GO, DESTROYING MY NEW FRONT DRIVERS-SIDE TIRE. THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF SURFACE RUST ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE COIL BUT THE FRACTURE WAS CLEAN METAL. IT IS AT THE DEALER REPAIR SHOP RIGHT NOW. *TR

Mileage: 116,800

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND SHREDDED A TWO WEEK OLD SNOW TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PROCEEDING TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE, THE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THEY CONFIRMED THE COIL SPRING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE COST OF $...

Mileage: 53,156

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE AND THE TIRES FLATTENED. HE REPLACED THE TIRE WITH A SPARE, BUT IT ALSO WENT FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR CENTER AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE COIL SPRING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FAILED AND...

Mileage: 37,800

THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE SHREDDING THE TIRE. UPON INSPECTION THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKE. BOTH OF THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 118,615

OUR FORD TAURUS WAS SITTING IN A SCHOOL PARKING LOT AFTER A BASKETBALL GAME, WE CAME OUT TO THE CAR TO LEAVE. OUR 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CLIMBED INTO THE BACK SEAT AND WE HEARD A LOUD POP/CRACK.. THEN THE FRONT DRIVERS TIRE WENT FLAT... WE HAVE FOUND IT TO BE A BROKEN FRONT COIL SPRING! WE HAVE 3 C...

WENT TO MOVE MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SES ON 12/31/08. HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND WENT TO INSPECT IT. I FOUND BOTH FRONT TIRES FLAT. I CALLED AAA TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED AND THE OPERATOR JACKED THE CAR UP AND FOUND THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD BROKEN IN HALF AND PUNCTURED THE T...

Mileage: 117,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY PUNCTURING MY TIRE AND REQUIRING APPROXIMATELY $ 1,000.00 TO REPAIR. I HAD IT REPAIRED ON THE DAY IT HAPPENED, A SUNDAY, AND IT HAS BEEN FINE SINCE. THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY 2002 TAURUS BUT THERE IS ON THE 2001 ...

Mileage: 55,000

2002 FORD TAURUS. MY SON BOUGHT USED, DRIVEN ONLY 1100 MILES IN THE 6 MONTHS HE HAS OWNED IT, MAINLY TO SCHOOL OR WORK AND BACK. HE WAS BACKING IT OUT OF THE GARAGE, FRONT DRIVERS SIDE FELL DOWN WHEN THE SPRING BROKE AND SPRING EMBEDDED ITSELF IN THE TIRE AND TORE AN 8 INCH GASH. VERY THANKFUL HE WA...

Mileage: 95,161

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS SE WHICH I PURCHASED 5 YRS. AGO, ON12/30/08 I WALKED OUT TO MY CAR TO FIND THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE FLAT. I ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE TIRE OFF AND HAVE IT REPAIRED BUT WAS INITIALLY UNABLE TO GET THE TIRE OFF DUE TO THE SPRING BEING BROKEN AND STUCK INSIDE THE SIDE WALL OF...

Mileage: 140,000

ON 5/3/08- WHILE BACKING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, I GOT A FLAT TIRE. UPON INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM, I NOTICED I COULD NOT GET A JACK UNDER THE CAR IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE TIRE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE PROBLEM ENDED UP THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING FRA...

Mileage: 80,000

COIL SPRING ON VEHICLE BROKE. *TR

Mileage: 66,000

COIL SPRING ON VEHICLE BROKE. *TR

Mileage: 66,000

MY REAR SPRING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY CAR SNAPPED AND SLASHED MY TIRE AS I WAS DRIVING. THE CAR IS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. FROM WHAT I'VE READ ON MANY DISCUSSION BOARDS THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH 2002 FORD TAURUSES. I THINK FORD SHOULD THINK ABOUT DOING A RECALL FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM BEING T...

Mileage: 90,000

BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS SNAPPED INTO TWO PIECES. THE CAR HAS 54,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I REPLACED BOTH STRUTS CONTAINING THE SPRINGS AND KEPT THE OLD PARTS. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS BROKE A FRONT SPRING AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME ONE OF THE SPRINGS HAS BROKEN. IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 A REAR SPRING ALSO BROKE. I ONLY HAVE 32,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF MY CAR I WAS LUCK THE LAST SPRING BROKE IN MY DRIVEWAY BUT RIGHT BEF...

Mileage: 32,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS BROKE A FRONT SPRING AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME ONE OF THE SPRINGS HAS BROKEN. IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 A REAR SPRING ALSO BROKE. I ONLY HAVE 32,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF MY CAR I WAS LUCK THE LAST SPRING BROKE IN MY DRIVEWAY BUT RIGHT BEF...

Mileage: 32,000

WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY (12/17/08), THE DRIVER'S SIDE/FRONT OF MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SIMPLY COLLAPSED. THE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD COMPLETELY SNAPPED DROPPING THE FRONT VEHICLE STRUCTURE ONTO THE TIRE. A JAGGED COIL SPRING PIECE HAD ALSO RIPPED A LARGE GASH INTO THE INTERIOR SIDEWALL OF THE TIR...

Mileage: 55,879

FRONT COIL SPRING PASSENGER SIDE BROKE CAUSING TIRE TO SHRED. FURTHER DAMAGE OF STRUT AND FRONT END UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE AS I WAS DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVE WAY AND WHEN I BACKED UP TO LEAVE, FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING BROKE, DESTROYING THE TIRE AND THE SWAY BAR END LINK. FROM MY RESEARCH THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THE FORD TAURUS. GLAD I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH. *TR

Mileage: 103,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE CONTACT SMELLED RUBBER AND PULLED OVER AT A GAS STATION. SHE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE MANUFACTUR...

Mileage: 145,000

20 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER LEAVING WALMART PARKING LOT GOT A FLAT TIRE. ON REMOVING TIRE DISCOVERED TIRE HAD A HUGE GASH ON THE INSIDE OF TIRE ON FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND OUT STRUT WAS BROKEN HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO MECHANIC FOR REPAIRS. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

WHILE PARKED COIL SPRING FAILED (BROKE) PUNCTURING LEFT FRONT TIRE ON A 2002 FORD TAURUS. VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 90000 MILES ON IT. I HAD TO CUT THE TIRE OFF OF THE COIL SPRING TO REMOVE IT. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE FRONT SET OF COILS WAS REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 90,143

ON 12-17-2008 I DROVE MY 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS I SMELLED RUBBER BURNING. RETURNED CAR TO DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED LEFT FRONT TO BE SETTING MUCH LOWER THAN NORMAL. CAR WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC (FIRESTONE) AND LEFT FRONT SPRING AND STRUT WERE BROKEN. I WAS...

Mileage: 74,218

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE DRIVER FELT AS IF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HE NOTICED THAT THE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE DRIVER WAS GOING TO REPLACE THE TIRE WITH A SPARE WHEN HE NOTICE...

Mileage: 88,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE DRIVER FELT AS IF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HE NOTICED THAT THE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE DRIVER WAS GOING TO REPLACE THE TIRE WITH A SPARE WHEN HE NOTICE...

Mileage: 88,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY, THE TIRE EXPLODED. HE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND REPLACED THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. HE ALSO OBSERVED THAT ...

Mileage: 90,500

REAR SPRING COIL BREAKS CAUSES ADJACENT TIRE PUNCTURE. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

I WAS COMING TO A STOP LIGHT WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG NOISE. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND LOOKED AROUND THE CAR BUT AT THIS TIME SAW NO DAMAGE. I WAS A BLOCK FROM HOME SO I DROVE HOME. AT THIS POINT I DID NOTICE THE FRONT END WAS LOW, SO I JACKED THE CAR UP AND SAW THE SPRING WAS BROKEN. UPON BREAKING ...

THE TAURUS WAS RUNNING GREAT UNTIL ONE MORNING THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT/COIL SPRING GAVE OUT, I JUST REPLACED THE BALL JOINS TOTALING ABOUT $700.00. NOW I HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE TO REPLACE THE COIL. LUCKILY I WAS NOT DRIVING AND THE TIRE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE SAVED BUT IF NOT I HAVE TO INVEST IN NEW TIRES ...

Mileage: 950,000

MY FIANCEE'S 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND TORE THE WHOLE INNER SIDEWALL OFF OF THE TIRE. THE COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE THE CAR WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY OVER NIGHT AND THANKFULLY MY FIANCEE WAS JUST PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN SHE NOTICED THE TIRE HALFWAY OFF THE...

Mileage: 115,000

MY FIANCEE'S 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND TORE THE WHOLE INNER SIDEWALL OFF OF THE TIRE. THE COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE THE CAR WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY OVER NIGHT AND THANKFULLY MY FIANCEE WAS JUST PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN SHE NOTICED THE TIRE HALFWAY OFF THE...

Mileage: 115,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER LEAKS INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, WHICH SHORTENS THE CIRCUIT IN THE FLOORBOARD. SECONDLY, SHE DISCOVERED THAT THE HEATING SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE. SHE HAS NOT HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ...

Mileage: 90,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER LEAKS INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, WHICH SHORTENS THE CIRCUIT IN THE FLOORBOARD. SECONDLY, SHE DISCOVERED THAT THE HEATING SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE. SHE HAS NOT HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ...

Mileage: 90,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER LEAKS INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, WHICH SHORTENS THE CIRCUIT IN THE FLOORBOARD. SECONDLY, SHE DISCOVERED THAT THE HEATING SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE. SHE HAS NOT HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ...

Mileage: 90,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER LEAKS INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, WHICH SHORTENS THE CIRCUIT IN THE FLOORBOARD. SECONDLY, SHE DISCOVERED THAT THE HEATING SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE. SHE HAS NOT HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ...

Mileage: 90,000

MY WIFE WAS BACKING THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE AND THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE POPPED. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE I NOTICED THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND WENT INTO THE TIRE. WE CALLED TWO FORD DEALERSHIPS AND THEY TOLD US THIS WAS NOT COVERED OR UNDER RECALL. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED AND NEW COIL SPRINGS A...

Mileage: 104,000

MY WIFE WAS BACKING THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE AND THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE POPPED. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE I NOTICED THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND WENT INTO THE TIRE. WE CALLED TWO FORD DEALERSHIPS AND THEY TOLD US THIS WAS NOT COVERED OR UNDER RECALL. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED AND NEW COIL SPRINGS A...

Mileage: 104,000

BROKEN COIL ON FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE RIPPED OPEN THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 8,024

BROKEN COIL ON FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE RIPPED OPEN THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 8,024

FRONT RIGHT SPRING SNAPPED ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. BLEW A HOLE IN THE TIRE AS WELL. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

FRONT RIGHT SPRING SNAPPED ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. BLEW A HOLE IN THE TIRE AS WELL. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

REAR SPRINGS SNAPPED IN 2002 FORD TAURUS. CAUSING THE SPRING TO SLIDE INTO THE SIDE OF THE TIRE. SPRING HAS SIGNS OF RUST PITTING,POSSIBLY CAUSING THE STRESS OF THE SPRING TO SNAP. *TR

Mileage: 98,653

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT LEFT SPRING/STRUT BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. I HAVE TO ADMIT I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT MY DAUGHTER HAD PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE. SHE IS SAFE. BUT THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE! WHEN I LOOKED FOR INFORMATION ON A RECALL ON-LI...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. DURING TAKE OFF, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THEY CONFIRMED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE COST OF $552.91. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NO COMPENSATION ...

Mileage: 160,000

BACKING OUT OF GARAGE HEARD A NOISE, LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT. INSPECTION FOUND THE TIRE WAS TORN FROM A BROKEN FRONT COIL SPRING. REPLACED BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND SUSPENSION SWAY BAR LINKS. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER IF IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR

Mileage: 127,252

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WHEN IT FAILED. THE ONLY RECALLS THAT APPLIED TO THE FAILURE WERE FOR THE 1999-2001 MODELS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 102,000. UPDATE...

Mileage: 102,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WHEN IT FAILED. THE ONLY RECALLS THAT APPLIED TO THE FAILURE WERE FOR THE 1999-2001 MODELS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 102,000. UPDATE...

Mileage: 102,000

DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP AND MY VEHICLE SWERVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THEY OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING HAD BROKE AND CUT MY DRIVER SIDE TIRE IN HALF AND ALSO DAMAGING FRONT STRUTS AND ADDITION...

Mileage: 102,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WATER HAS BEEN ENTERING INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR FROM THE COWL UNDERNEATH THE WINDSHIELD. THE FAILURE CAUSES THE MOTOR TO SHORT OUT AND STOP RUNNING. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE DEALER WAS AWARE O...

Mileage: 65,000

2002 FORD TAURUS V6 FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND RUPTURED TIRE IN 2006, REAR COIL SPRING BROKE IN 2008. FRONT STRUT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SPRING WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

2002 FORD TAURUS V6 FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND RUPTURED TIRE IN 2006, REAR COIL SPRING BROKE IN 2008. FRONT STRUT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SPRING WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

FAILURE OF BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS ON 2002 FORD TAURUS AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO TIRES. *TR

Mileage: 79,557

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. SHE NOTICED THAT THE TIRE WAS FLAT AND A SPRING WAS VISIBLE WHERE THE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED. THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE COIL SPRING FAILING....

Mileage: 113,000

DURING ANNUAL REQUIRED STATE VEHICLE INSPECTION, MECHANIC DISCOVERED FRACTURED REAR SPRING. MECHANIC SAYS HE SEES A LOT OF THESE ON FORD TAURUS. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

DURING STARTING OF CAR, RAN VERY ROUGH AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. IT WAS DISCOVERED THERE WAS NO COMPRESSION IN CYLINDER #1DUE TO A BROKEN VALVE SPRING IN THE ENGINE. OIL WAS ALWAYS CHANGED ABOUT EVERY 3000 MI. WITH NO PREVIOUS ENGINE PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

DRIVERS SIDE SPRING BUSTED IN HALF RIPPING THE TIRE APART....WHEN WE WENT TO PUT THE SPARE ON THE COIL DROPPED OFF HITTING THE PAVEMENT BARELY DROVE IT TO FIRESTONE WITH THE COIL HITTING THE SPARE TIRE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN I WAS READY TO GO TO WORK. FIRESTONE ALSO FOUND THE BAC...

Mileage: 50,000

DRIVERS SIDE SPRING BUSTED IN HALF RIPPING THE TIRE APART....WHEN WE WENT TO PUT THE SPARE ON THE COIL DROPPED OFF HITTING THE PAVEMENT BARELY DROVE IT TO FIRESTONE WITH THE COIL HITTING THE SPARE TIRE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN I WAS READY TO GO TO WORK. FIRESTONE ALSO FOUND THE BAC...

Mileage: 50,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 65 MPH, IT FELT AS IF THE ENGINE WERE SHAKING. THE HIGHWAY FELT ROUGH TO DRIVE ON AND THE COIL SPRING SNAPPED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EVERY BUMP AND GROOVE IN THE ROAD FELT AS IF THE ENGINE WERE MOVING AROUND. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT B...

Mileage: 110,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 65 MPH, IT FELT AS IF THE ENGINE WERE SHAKING. THE HIGHWAY FELT ROUGH TO DRIVE ON AND THE COIL SPRING SNAPPED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EVERY BUMP AND GROOVE IN THE ROAD FELT AS IF THE ENGINE WERE MOVING AROUND. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT B...

Mileage: 110,000

BLOWER MOTOR DOESN'T WORK. FORD DEALER FIXED IT. PROBLEM WAS A LEAK IN THE COWL, THEY HAD TO PUT A NEW COWL , COWL SEAL , AND SILICONE A HOLE. WITH ALL THIS IS COULD THIS BE A DEFECT? *TR

Mileage: 44

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON THE STREET, THE CONTACT HEARD AN EXCESSIVELY LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT AND THE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE...

Mileage: 90,000

THE REAR COIL SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS THAT HAS 84,000 MILES IS BROKEN. THE COST TO REPAIR IS APPROX $800. AFTER LOOKING ON LINE THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD TO GET IT FIXED VERY SOON AS IT COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

Mileage: 84,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AT 5 MPH, THE COIL SPRINGS ON THE SUSPENSION FAILED ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. AS A RESULT, THE TIRE FLATTENED DUE TO THE COIL PUNCTURING THE TIRES. THE FAILURE PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED TWO YEARS AGO. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIR...

Mileage: 88,000

WITH THE COLD MICHIGAN WEATHER UPON US, MY HEATER BLOWER IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE REMOVAL OF FOGGY/FROSTY WINDOWS FOR MY CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND OTHERS. FORD HAS HAD COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET AND DEALERS ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, I SPOKE TO MY LOCAL DEALER AND THEY SAID THIS VERY COMMON WITH THE FORD...

Mileage: 70,000

WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR VEHICLE IN 2003 WITH 5,000 MILES ON IT WE WOULD HAVE ISSUES OF THE CAR STALLING WHENEVER WE TURNED ON THE HEATER TO HIGH WHILE DRIVING. WE HAD THE CAR IN SEVERAL TIMES AND IT NEVER GOT RESOLVED. NOW WE HAVE FOUND MOLD UNDER OUR PASSENGER SIDE CARPET AND WATER LEAKS FROM UNDER...

Mileage: 5,000

THE HEAT/AC CONTROL ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SUDDENLY STARTED WORKING ONLY ON THE HIGHEST SETTING, AND THE AIR IS NEITHER HOT NOR COLD. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THE FLOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT ALSO BECOMES DAMP AFTER...

Mileage: 91,000

BROKEN FRONT SPRINGS. *TR

Mileage: 73,223

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THERE IS HEAVY RAIN WATER COMES INTO THE TRUNK. IT SEEMS TO PUDDLE IN THE DECK LID COVER AND WHEN I OPEN THE TRUNK LID, WATER COMES DOWN ONE OF THE TWO HINGES AND POURS INTO THE TRUNK. DEALER HAS TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BY REALIGNING THE TRUNK LID AND BY REPLACING...

Mileage: 49,700

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHEN IT RAINS, WATER SOAKS THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CAWL PANEL. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WAS A BULLETIN RELATED TO THIS FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

Mileage: 49,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHENEVER THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACTIVATE THE REAR DEFROSTER, SHE NOTICED THAT NO AIR WOULD BLOW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS WATER BUILD UP IN THE BLOWER OF THE DEFROSTER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT B...

Mileage: 128,000

BELTED FEMALE OCCUPANT FELT HER VEHICLE PULL TO THE RIGHT. AS A RESULT SHE STRUCK A LIGHT POLE HEAD ON. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SERIOUS INJURIES. *TR

BELTED FEMALE OCCUPANT FELT HER VEHICLE PULL TO THE RIGHT. AS A RESULT SHE STRUCK A LIGHT POLE HEAD ON. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SERIOUS INJURIES. *TR

BELTED FEMALE OCCUPANT FELT HER VEHICLE PULL TO THE RIGHT. AS A RESULT SHE STRUCK A LIGHT POLE HEAD ON. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SERIOUS INJURIES. *TR

THE SUMMARY FROM NHTSA ACTION # EA08018 PRECISELY DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED W/ OUR TAURUS. " THE BROKEN COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE ADJACENT TIRE RESULTING IN LOSS OF INFLATION PRESSURE" IN OUR CASE THE TIRE HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED. **** WE ALSO HAD A SPRING/COIL BREAK W/IN THE ENGINE IN MARCH ...

Mileage: 80,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE DAMAGED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS CO...

Mileage: 91,000

IN 2006, I HAD A FLAT REAR-DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. I TOOK IT TO BE REPAIRED AT DISCOUNT TIRE, IN PLAINFIELD IL. THE MECHANIC PROMPTLY TOLD ME, AFTER HE HAD AFFIXED THE REPAIRED TIRE, THAT I HAD TWO BROKEN REAR SPRINGS. HE THEN TOLD ME TO CONTACT FORD, AS THE TAURUS HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THAT PAR...

Mileage: 40,000

IN 2006, I HAD A FLAT REAR-DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. I TOOK IT TO BE REPAIRED AT DISCOUNT TIRE, IN PLAINFIELD IL. THE MECHANIC PROMPTLY TOLD ME, AFTER HE HAD AFFIXED THE REPAIRED TIRE, THAT I HAD TWO BROKEN REAR SPRINGS. HE THEN TOLD ME TO CONTACT FORD, AS THE TAURUS HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THAT PAR...

Mileage: 40,000

1. DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN, WASHING THE CAR. 2. THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR FAILS, USUALLY WITHIN 2-3 WEEKS AFTER REPLACEMENT, CAUSING THE FAN TO WORK ONLY ON THE HIGHEST SPEED. BECAUSE THERE IS NO AIR CIRCULATION, WINDSHIELD FOGGING BECOMES A MAJOR PROBLEM ON COLD MORNINGS OR WHEN DRIVING IN RAINY CON...

FRONT SPRING BROKE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE BROKEN SPRING SLASHED MY BRAND NEW TIRE. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. SPRING DAMAGED STRUTS AND ALSO NEEDED TO BE RE-ALIGNED. *TR

Mileage: 94

FRONT SPRING BROKE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE BROKEN SPRING SLASHED MY BRAND NEW TIRE. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. SPRING DAMAGED STRUTS AND ALSO NEEDED TO BE RE-ALIGNED. *TR

Mileage: 94

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A WATER LEAK UNDER THE WINDSHIELD THAT LEAKED ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR AND CREATED A PUDDLE. HE DISCOVERED A RECALL PERTAINING TO THE BLOWER CASE/BLOW MOTOR, BUT NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NU...

Mileage: 47,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE IDLING, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICA...

Mileage: 45,000

THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE. UPON INSPECTION THE RIGHT COIL SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALSO. WENT TO TAYLOR FORD TO GET REIMBURSED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PRIOR YEAR TAURUS WAS COVERED IN A RECALL NOT MY 2002. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE. UPON INSPECTION THE RIGHT COIL SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALSO. WENT TO TAYLOR FORD TO GET REIMBURSED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PRIOR YEAR TAURUS WAS COVERED IN A RECALL NOT MY 2002. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

2992 FORD TAURUS SES HEATER BLOWER SWITCH AND SEAL REQUIRED REPLACEMENT FORD DEALER HAD TSB ON SUBJECT AND NEW PARTS NUMBERS TO REPLACE PARTS UPGRADED PARTS. COST $600.00 FORD KNOWS THEY HAVE PROBLEM AND REDESIGNED THE PARTS, BUT WILL NOT STAND UP AND COVER COST. I HAVE OWNED A HONDA AND TOYOTA AND ...

Mileage: 93,376

CAR MADE CLUNKING NOISE - SOUNDED LIKE THE CAR WAS GOING TO FALL APART - TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC - HE INFORMED ME THAT ALL 4 SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

MY A/C BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING AND WAS FILLED WITH WATER WITH TRACES OF RUST. I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND UNDERSTAND MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE; JUST RESEARCH THE INTERNET. *TR

HEATER QUIT BLOWING AIR. WENT TO REPLACE BLOWER MOTOR HAD WATER IN IT. LOOKS LIKE IT HAS BEEN LEAKING FOR LONG TIME. I THOUGHT WATER ON FLOOR WAS WINDOW BEING LEFT OPEN. *TR

Mileage: 93,000

WATER LEAKS INTO PASSENGER FLOOR AREA WHEN IT RAINS. PADDING IS NOW GROWING MOLD. *TR

AFTER TODAY I HAVE REPLACED ALL THE COIL SPRINGS MY 2002 FORD TAURUS, WHICH I PURCHASED BRAND NEW. THE FIRST COIL SPRING TO GO WAS A REAR COIL SPRING, FORTUNATELY WHEN IT DECIDED TO GO I WAS DRIVING ON MY STREET. IT GRAZED THE REAR TIRE CAUSING A GIANT RIP. THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY WHEN...

MY 2002 TAURUS' BACK SPRINGS ARE BROKEN, LIKE MANY OTHER TAURUS OWNERS. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

THE FAN BLOWER MOTOR ON MY DAD'S 2003 FORD TAURUS SE WITH ONLY 33,000 MILES AND ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SES WITH 82,000 MILES BOTH FAILED RECENTLY. MY DAD PASSED AWAY JULY 7TH AND I WAS ATTEMPTING TO SEAL THE CAR WHEN A PROSPECTIVE BUYER MENTIONED THAT THE FAN WASN'T WORKING. I CHECKED IT OUT AND IT ...

Mileage: 82,000

THE FAN BLOWER MOTOR ON MY DAD'S 2003 FORD TAURUS SE WITH ONLY 33,000 MILES AND ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SES WITH 82,000 MILES BOTH FAILED RECENTLY. MY DAD PASSED AWAY JULY 7TH AND I WAS ATTEMPTING TO SEAL THE CAR WHEN A PROSPECTIVE BUYER MENTIONED THAT THE FAN WASN'T WORKING. I CHECKED IT OUT AND IT ...

Mileage: 82,000

WENT FOR TIRE REPAIR AND WAS INFORMED OF BROKEN SPRING AND TIRE DAMAGE. *TR

FRONT COIL SPRINGS FAILED AS CAR WAS BEING BACKED OUT OF DRIVE. BROKEN SPRINGS PUNCTURED BOTH FRONT TIRES. DEALER REPORTED THE FAILURE WAS IDENTICAL TO WHAT WAS SEEN UNDER A RECALL FOR PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS FORD TAURUS'S. SINCE THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL, DEALER CHARGED ME FOR NEW ...

Mileage: 80,000

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING. THE SPRING FAILURE RESULTED IN A BROKEN STRUT, LEFT SIDE DRIVE AXLE, AND LEFT SIDE SWAY BAR LINK. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

MY BLOWER SWITCH STOPPED WORKING ON ALL LEVELS BUT HIGH AND I HAVE WATER ON MY PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD WHENEVER IT RAINS, WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE BLOWER SWITCH AND MOTOR. I HAVE NOT REPLACED ANYTHING YET, BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT WILL STOP WORKING SOON. I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDR...

Mileage: 137,000

WATER APPEARING ON THE FRONT PASSENGER FLOOR MAT, FAILURE OF AC/HEATER BLOWER. VERY NOISY IN THE BEGINNING LIKE BEARINGS FAILING DUE TO WATER GETTING INTO MOTOR. FAN MOTOR NOW NOT OPERATING AT ALL. WATER LEAKAGE MIGHT BE RELATED TO WINDSHIELD RECALL #03V087000. I JUST DISCOVERED THIS WAS POSSIBLY A...

Mileage: 120,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS HAD A WATER LEAK IN THE AC/HEATER BLOWER DURING RAIN STORMS. THE DEALER FIXED THE LEAK BUT I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BLOWER MOTOR AND BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR TWICE. MY BLOWER QUIT RUNNING AGAIN TODAY. MOTOR AND RESISTOR NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS HAD A WATER LEAK IN THE AC/HEATER BLOWER DURING RAIN STORMS. THE DEALER FIXED THE LEAK BUT I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BLOWER MOTOR AND BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR TWICE. MY BLOWER QUIT RUNNING AGAIN TODAY. MOTOR AND RESISTOR NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

I HAVE INVESTIGATED AND DISCOVERED AN UPDATED CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 03M02 - SUPPLEMENT REGARDING ADDITIONAL COVERAGE FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. HOWEVER, I AM UNABLE TO GET ANY SATISFACTION FROM FORD AS TO HOW TO CLAIM THIS. MY ORIGINAL ODI CONFIRMATION NUMBER IS: 102342...

Mileage: 142,024

2002 FORD TAURUS HAS A BROKEN REAR STRUT AND SPRING. I NOTICED ON A VARIETY OF BLOGS/FORUMS THAT THIS WAS/IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. I HAVE NOT REPAIRED YET AND HAVE NOT CONTACTED FORD YET BUT INTEND TO DO SO. *TR

Mileage: 122,000

I WAS TOLD MY REAR COIL SPRINGS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. CAR HAS BEEN MAKING RUBBING NOISE. *TR

Mileage: 105,001

MY WIFE WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE KIDS IN THE BACK SEAT WHEN A LOUD BANG OCCURRED. IT APPEARS THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE SPRING HAD BEEN BROKEN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE IT WAS RUBBING A GROOVE INTO THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE. THE LOUD BANG MUST HAVE BEEN THE PASSENGER SIDE BREAKIN...

Mileage: 113,000

I WAS HAVING WORK DONE ON MY 2002 TAURUS WHEN MY MECHANIC PLACED THE CAR ON THE LIFT HE NOTICED THAT MY TWO REAR SPRINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. THE COST FOR THIS REPAIR WOULD BE $800. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

STRUT BROKE ON 2002 FORD TAURUS, WHICH IN TURN PUNCTURED TIRE CAUSING THE TIRE TO SHRED, FORD HAS RECALLED THIS IN THE 2001 SERIES BUT NOT IN 2002, YET IT SEEMS TO BE THE SAME ISSUE AND HAVE IMPACTED MANY PEOPLE IN THE SAME MANOR, SO WHY NO RECALL ON THIS YEARS MODEL. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. NOW TH...

2002 TAURUS SES - FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE PARKED AT WORK. *TR

Mileage: 82,350

2002 TAURUS SES - FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE PARKED AT WORK. *TR

Mileage: 82,350

FORD ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SWITCHING DEVICES CONTINUE TO BE UNDER RATED WHICH RESULTS IN RANDOM VOLTAGE DROPS AND ENGINE STALLS. THE UNDERRATED SWITCHING DEVICE CONTACTS OVERHEAT WHICH RESULTS IN HIGH RESISTANCE WHICH RESULTS IN HIGHER HEAT WITH RESULTS IN HIGH RESISTANCE UNTIL EVENTUALLY THE RESULTS ...

Mileage: 93,237

FORD TAURUS 2002 FRONT SPRING COIL SNAPS AND PUNCTURES FRONT TIRES. LUCKILY THE CAR WAS PARKED OTHERWISE THE INCIDENT COULD HAVE LED TO SEVERE INJURY AND POSSIBLY DEATH. *TR

Mileage: 97,000

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING BROKE DRIVING THE SPRING INTO THE FRONT TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

WATER LEAKS ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. READ MANY OTHER BLOGS LOTS OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING. *TR

THE HEATER/AC BLOWER OF MY 2002 FORD TAURUS ONLY WORKS ON HIGH. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY AND RECEIVED AN ESTIMATE TO REPAIR WILL COST ME $660.00. THIS ESTIMATE INCLUDES A "FIX" FOR A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW. EVIDENTLY WATER LEAKS INTO THE VEHICLE FROM SOMEWHERE AROUND WHERE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AR...

Mileage: 46,600

MY VEHICLE HAS A WATER LEAK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME THERE IS A HARD RAIN. I BELIEVE THERE IS A RECALL NOTICE INVOLVED, NUMBER 03V087000, BUT SUPPOSEDLY MY VEHICLE IS NOT INVOLVED. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REFERENCE NHTSA COMPLAINT NUMBER 10184014, WHICH APPARENTLY DE...

Mileage: 29,000

EVERY TIME IT RAINS, MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SE LEAKS INTO THE RIGHT PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD. VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS, SHOW THAT NUMEROUS TAURUS VEHICLES LEAK. FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. LEAKING CAUSES BLOWER TO MALFUNCTION AND/OR NOT OPERATE AT ALL. EXTREMEL...

Mileage: 118,000

EVERY TIME IT RAINS, MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SE LEAKS INTO THE RIGHT PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD. VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS, SHOW THAT NUMEROUS TAURUS VEHICLES LEAK. FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. LEAKING CAUSES BLOWER TO MALFUNCTION AND/OR NOT OPERATE AT ALL. EXTREMEL...

Mileage: 118,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT BACKED APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET OUT OF HER PARKING GARAGE, AND THE COIL SPRING FAILED AND RIPPED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE FRONT COIL SPRING, STRUTS, AND FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. ...

Mileage: 70,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT BACKED APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET OUT OF HER PARKING GARAGE, AND THE COIL SPRING FAILED AND RIPPED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE FRONT COIL SPRING, STRUTS, AND FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. ...

Mileage: 70,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON, BROKEN COIL SPRING ON FRONT SHREDDED TIRE, HAD TO REPLACE BOTH SPRINGS, STRUT AND TIRE. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A RECALL ON YEARS 1999-2001, BUT FROM WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE 2002 MODELS AS WELL. *TR

Mileage: 142,024

THE LEFT FRONT SPRING ON THE CAR BROKE WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND TORE THE ENTIRE INSIDE PORTION OF THE FRONT LEFT TIRE CAUSING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR TO COLLAPSE. THE FORD DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AS WELL AS THE ABS SENSOR WHICH WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE COLLAPSE. THE CAR WAS ...

Mileage: 81,500

BOUGHT 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL FROM USED CAR LOT, HAD ABOUT 43,000+ MILES IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR LESS THAN A YEAR. IT PRESENTLY HAS 68,000 MILES (700 MILES DRIVEN WEEKLY), ALL HIGHWAY DRIVING. AT ABOUT 55,000 MILES ( I AM GUESSING), I STARTED HEARING A CLUNK. TODAY I WENT TO CHANGE...

Mileage: 55,000

BOUGHT 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL FROM USED CAR LOT, HAD ABOUT 43,000+ MILES IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR LESS THAN A YEAR. IT PRESENTLY HAS 68,000 MILES (700 MILES DRIVEN WEEKLY), ALL HIGHWAY DRIVING. AT ABOUT 55,000 MILES ( I AM GUESSING), I STARTED HEARING A CLUNK. TODAY I WENT TO CHANGE...

Mileage: 55,000

BOUGHT 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL FROM USED CAR LOT, HAD ABOUT 43,000+ MILES IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR LESS THAN A YEAR. IT PRESENTLY HAS 68,000 MILES (700 MILES DRIVEN WEEKLY), ALL HIGHWAY DRIVING. AT ABOUT 55,000 MILES ( I AM GUESSING), I STARTED HEARING A CLUNK. TODAY I WENT TO CHANGE...

Mileage: 55,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING FAILED. THE CONTACT PAID $350 FOR THE REPAIR; HOWEVER, HIS EXTENDED WARRANTY PAID FOR SOME OF THE REPAIR...

Mileage: 55,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING FAILED. THE CONTACT PAID $350 FOR THE REPAIR; HOWEVER, HIS EXTENDED WARRANTY PAID FOR SOME OF THE REPAIR...

Mileage: 55,000

WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I MADE A LEFT TURN AND MY CAR SEAT TILTED FAR ENOUGH WHERE I HAD TO PULL OVER . THIS WAS AFTER I HAD IT PROFESSONALLY INSTALLED. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2002, MAKE=FORD, MODEL=TAURUS). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PULLING OUT OF A GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY STOPPED FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST 50 FEET DOWN THE HILL TO HER HOUSE...

Mileage: 68,000

THE FLOOR ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE OF THE CAR WAS EXTREMELY WET AFTER A BIG RAIN AND KEPT GETTING WET FOR A FEW DAYS AFTER THE RAIN. NOTHING WAS DONE, OTHER FORD TAURUS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT NOT MINE. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

FAILURE OF REAR COIL SPRING. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

REAR COIL SPRING BROKE. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

WATER LEAKS INTO MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. AFTER STORMS THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD WILL BE WET. APPARENTLY THE WATER LEAKS INTO THE CAR AND AFTER PASSING THROUGH THE BLOWER BOX DRIPS ONTO THE CARPET. MY BLOWER RESISTOR FAILED YESTERDAY AS A RESULT OF THE WATER POOLING INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR. THERE ...

Mileage: 60,000

I WAS HAVING MY TIRE ROTATED AND BALANCED WHEN THE MECHANIC SHOWED MY THAT I HAD A CRACKED REAR DRIVERS COIL SPRING THAT WAS BROKE IN TWO. THE REMAINING SPRING WAS TRAPPING THE BROKEN PIECE. THE BROKEN PIECE WAS STICKING OUT FROM SPRING SEAT AND HAD TURNED A GROOVE INTO MY TIRE. IT WAS ON THE OTHE...

Mileage: 72,000

THE BACK DRIVERS SIDE SPRING SNAPPED AND RIPPED A HUGE HOLE INTO MY TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 76,800

DRIVING HOME FOR A LUNCH BREAK, AND AS I AM DRIVING IT SOUNDS/FEELS LIKE SOMETHING SNAPS I LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR HIT A TREE. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE LOOKED SHREDDED. ONCE TOW AGENCY ARRIVED THEY NOTICED THE FRONT COIL HAD BROKE WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE TIRE ...

Mileage: 91,000

IT WAS AN AVERAGE NORMAL DAY, WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG. I THOUGHT IT ODD SO I GOT OUT TO MY CAR TO CHECK IF I HAD RAN OVER ANYTHING OR BACKED INTO SOMETHING. AT THAT MOMENT I NOTICE MY CAR WAS SITTING IN THE LOWER THAN USUAL. I REENTERED MY VEHICLE WITH THE INTENT...

Mileage: 110,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS WHICH HAS EXPERIENCED 2 SUSPENSION SPRING FAILURES IN THE LAST YEAR. THE REAR LEFT OCCURRED ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO AND THE MOST RECENT WAS THE FRONT LEFT ON 6/26/08. THE FRONT SPRING FAILURE WAS IN A PARKING LOT AS I WAS BACKING OUT, WITH THE SPRING PUNCTURING THE TIRE WITH COM...

Mileage: 105,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS WHICH HAS EXPERIENCED 2 SUSPENSION SPRING FAILURES IN THE LAST YEAR. THE REAR LEFT OCCURRED ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO AND THE MOST RECENT WAS THE FRONT LEFT ON 6/26/08. THE FRONT SPRING FAILURE WAS IN A PARKING LOT AS I WAS BACKING OUT, WITH THE SPRING PUNCTURING THE TIRE WITH COM...

Mileage: 105,000

BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY, HEARD UNUSUAL GRINDING/RUBBING SOUND. BROUGHT CAR INTO LOCAL MECHANIC, WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SUSPENSION COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND HAD RUBBED AGAINST THE TIRE, WEARING A GROOVE INTO IT. THIS HAD THE POTENTIAL FOR A TIRE BLOWOUT AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS...

Mileage: 136,000

WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY HEARD RUBBING NOISE FROM REAR OF CAR, STARTED PULLING FORWARD TO DRIVE AWAY STOPPED TO INVESTIGATE SOURCE OF NOISE, THOUGHT IT WAS FROZEN BRAKES, LOUD NOISE AND REAR TIRE EXPLODED. PUT ON SMALL SPARE TIRE AND DROVE TO WORK. AFTER WORK STOPPED AT TIRE SHOP FOR NEW T...

Mileage: 84,000

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING SNAPPED CAUSING TIRE DAMAGE. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK TODAY TRAVELING AT 60MPH WHEN THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. HE SAID HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE THEN FOLLOWED RUBBING AND MORE LOUD NOISES. HE ALSO SAID THAT HE COULD FEEL THE CAR PULLING INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED. HE PULLED THE CAR OVER TO FIND OU...

Mileage: 64,000

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS TO THE STORE & FELT THE TIRE GOING FLAT. SHE STOPPED TO PUT AIR INTO THE TIRE, & THE TIRE WOULD NOT HOLD THE AIR SO SHE CALLED ME. WHEN I GOT THERE I TRIED TO PUT THE JACK UNDER THE TIRE TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS & I COULDN'T EVEN GET THE JACK UNDER THE...

Mileage: 57,634

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS TO THE STORE & FELT THE TIRE GOING FLAT. SHE STOPPED TO PUT AIR INTO THE TIRE, & THE TIRE WOULD NOT HOLD THE AIR SO SHE CALLED ME. WHEN I GOT THERE I TRIED TO PUT THE JACK UNDER THE TIRE TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS & I COULDN'T EVEN GET THE JACK UNDER THE...

Mileage: 57,634

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS THAT HAD THE DRIVER SIDE SPRING BROKE THIS MORNING, FORTUNATELY IN THE DRIVE WAY, RESULTING IN A BROKEN AXLE AS WELL. IN RESEARCHING ON LINE, I FOUND THAT MODEL YEARS 1999 TO 2001 HAD A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM AND ALTHOUGH IT IS APPARENTLY HAPPENING ON 2002 MODELS (BASED O...

Mileage: 99,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY, HE HEARD THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE DEFLATE. HE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE AND NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. HE DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES IN THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO ...

Mileage: 92,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. IN APPROXIMATELY DECEMBER OF 2007, THE CONTACT HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE AND SPRING. ON JUNE 12, 2008, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH REAR SPRINGS FAILED. THE COST FOR BOTH FAILURES ...

Mileage: 67,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. IN APPROXIMATELY DECEMBER OF 2007, THE CONTACT HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE AND SPRING. ON JUNE 12, 2008, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH REAR SPRINGS FAILED. THE COST FOR BOTH FAILURES ...

Mileage: 67,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. IN APPROXIMATELY DECEMBER OF 2007, THE CONTACT HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE AND SPRING. ON JUNE 12, 2008, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH REAR SPRINGS FAILED. THE COST FOR BOTH FAILURES ...

Mileage: 67,000

JUNE 2007 DISCOVERED BOTH REAR SPRINGS ON OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS WERE BROKE RESULTING IN REAR STRUT FAILURE (47124 MILES). JUNE 12, 2008 (54193 MILES) RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE PUNCTURING THE TIRE. CAR WAS AGAIN REPAIRED AT C & M FORD IN MASSENA WHERE I DISCOVERED 1) THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON 1999-...

Mileage: 54,193

JUNE 2007 DISCOVERED BOTH REAR SPRINGS ON OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS WERE BROKE RESULTING IN REAR STRUT FAILURE (47124 MILES). JUNE 12, 2008 (54193 MILES) RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE PUNCTURING THE TIRE. CAR WAS AGAIN REPAIRED AT C & M FORD IN MASSENA WHERE I DISCOVERED 1) THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON 1999-...

Mileage: 54,193

IN FEBRUARY, 2008, HAD BOTH REAR SPRINGS FIXED ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. WAS TOLD BY THE GARAGE THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR FORD BUT THE 2002 WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. JUST TODAY, JUNE 15, 2008, WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 55 MPH WITH MY FAMILY HOME FROM CHURCH WHEN IT SOUNDED LIKE WE RAN OVER...

Mileage: 75,000

FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 97,925

DRIVERS SIDE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING . SPRING NEEDS REPLACED AS DOES THE REAR TIRE AS THE SPRING TORE INTO THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 73,700

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS HAS A LEAK THAT COMES FROM THE FIRE WALL TO THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTER. IT ALSO LEAKS TO THE FLOOR OF MY VEHICLE. AT ONE POINT I THOUGHT I FELT A SHOCK! I DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE WATER WAS COMING FROM UNTIL MY BLOWER WENT OUT AND RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS I'M NOT THE ONLY O...

Mileage: 111,514

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS HAS A LEAK THAT COMES FROM THE FIRE WALL TO THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTER. IT ALSO LEAKS TO THE FLOOR OF MY VEHICLE. AT ONE POINT I THOUGHT I FELT A SHOCK! I DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE WATER WAS COMING FROM UNTIL MY BLOWER WENT OUT AND RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS I'M NOT THE ONLY O...

Mileage: 111,514

2002 TAURUS, BROKEN SPRINGS AT <60,000 MILES. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION-IT EXPLODED THE FRONT TIRE WHILE DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. IN APRIL OF 2008, WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD SOMETHING BREAK IN THE REAR OF HIS VEHICLE. A MECHANIC STATED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING FAILED. BOTH COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED AT THAT TIME. ON JUNE 8, 2008, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GAR...

Mileage: 34,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT OF A PARKING LOT, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE SUDDENLY FLATTENED. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE H...

Mileage: 52,000

OWNER OF FORD TAURUS 2002 SEL, DEFECTIVE RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE IN 2 PLACES. LOCKING UP FRONT RIGHT TIRE AT LOW SPEED. COULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT AT HIGHER SPEED. FORD PRESENTLY HAS RECALLS ON 2000 AND 2001 SPRINGS BUT NONE ON 2002. WANT COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES T...

Mileage: 86,000

OWNER OF FORD TAURUS 2002 SEL, DEFECTIVE RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE IN 2 PLACES. LOCKING UP FRONT RIGHT TIRE AT LOW SPEED. COULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT AT HIGHER SPEED. FORD PRESENTLY HAS RECALLS ON 2000 AND 2001 SPRINGS BUT NONE ON 2002. WANT COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES T...

Mileage: 86,000

DROVE MY CAR IN NORMAL CONDITIONS. I HEARD A RATTLING NOISE AND WHEN CHECKING IT OUT FOUND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED. TOOK IT IN TO HAVE BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 94,600

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HER VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. SHE ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE TIRE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE TIRE. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES IN TH...

Mileage: 75,633

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHENEVER THE CONTACT STARTS THE VEHICLE, THE RPM'S INCREASE TO 1,100. ALSO, WHEN THE GEAR IS PLACED INTO DRIVE, THE ENGINE IDLES AT HIGH RPM'S. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES IN THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOS...

Mileage: 96,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS HAD WATER IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD. WE COULDN'T EXPLAIN HOW IT GOT THERE. WE CHECKED EVERYWHERE - NOTHING. THEN, OUR DEFROST AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM ONLY WORKED ON HIGH. JUST RECENTLY, NOTHING WORKS. THE BLOWER OR FAN STOPPED PUTTING ANY AIR OUT. I STARTE...

Mileage: 70,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING NO MORE THAN 25 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED BURNING RUBBER AND THEN HEARD A TIRE POP. HE PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED HIM THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRINGS FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE COIL SPR...

Mileage: 100,000

WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I HEARD A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY RAPID RELEASE OF AIR FROM MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. UPON EXAMINATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RIGHT COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND THAT THE PROTRUDING SHARP END HAD REACHED OUT AND SNAGGED THE TIRE RIPPING A GASH 16 INCHES ...

Mileage: 64,000

THE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. I WENT TO DRIVE IT AND IT HAD A FLAT TIRE. ON CLOSER INSPECTION THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING HAD BROKEN AND WENT INTO THE BACK SIDE OF THE TIRE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, BUT THE CAR ONLY HAS 70K MILES ON IT. I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED, A NEW ...

Mileage: 70,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHEN THE CONTACT ENTERED THE VEHICLE, SHE HEARD A SPRING SNAP. SHE EXITED THE VEHICLE TO INSPECT IT, BUT SAW NOTHING UNUSUAL. SHE RE-ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY (APPROXIMATELY SIX INCHES) AND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT...

Mileage: 113,000

2002 FORD TAURUS WITH COIL SPRING FAILURE. CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING DESTROYED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. *KB

Mileage: 91,375

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE WHEELS TO LOCK. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FR...

Mileage: 55,695

FORD TAURUS 2002, BUILT ON 10/9/01 IN CHICAGO. FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND CUT INTO TIRE. WIFE WAS PULLING OUT OF DRIVE WAY TO GO TO SHOP. SON IN LAW AND I DISASSEMBLED STRUT AND SPRING. TRYING TO FIND REPLACEMENT. 1999 THROUGH 2001 MODELS HAVE A RECALL NOTICE OF 04V332000 DATED ...

Mileage: 60,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND AFTER TAKING CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE, MECHANIC NOTICED BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. ONE SPRING WAS STARTING TO RUB AGAINST TIRE. CAR ONLY HAS 51K MILES. IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS AND FORD SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL FOR SPRING REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 51,637

WITHIN ONE MONTH, TWO BROTHER-IN-LAWS AND I HAVE HAD OUR 2002 TAURUS FRONT SPRINGS BREAK CAUSING A FLAT TIRE AND EXTENSIVE LINKAGE REPAIRS. THERE IS NHTSA CAMPAIGN #04V332000, BUT IT ONLY GOES TO MODEL YEAR 2001. FORD SHOULD EXTEND THIS RECALL TO WHAT EVERY YEAR THEY USED THIS DESIGN! A SEARCH OF...

Mileage: 116,000

WITHIN ONE MONTH, TWO BROTHER-IN-LAWS AND I HAVE HAD OUR 2002 TAURUS FRONT SPRINGS BREAK CAUSING A FLAT TIRE AND EXTENSIVE LINKAGE REPAIRS. THERE IS NHTSA CAMPAIGN #04V332000, BUT IT ONLY GOES TO MODEL YEAR 2001. FORD SHOULD EXTEND THIS RECALL TO WHAT EVERY YEAR THEY USED THIS DESIGN! A SEARCH OF...

Mileage: 116,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT FELT A BUMP AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE WHEN SHE TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL. SHE DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. SHE REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE AND WENT TO THE TIRE STORE. SH...

Mileage: 44,483

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT FELT A BUMP AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE WHEN SHE TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL. SHE DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. SHE REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE AND WENT TO THE TIRE STORE. SH...

Mileage: 44,483

YESTERDAY I DROPPED OFF MY CAR FOR AN OIL CHANGE, JUST AS I PULLED IN TO THE MECHANIC'S DRIVE THE FRONT-LEFT OF THE CAR DROPPED 4" AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW. A COIL BROKE, AND RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET IT APPEARS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR FORD. THE 2002 AND LATER MODELS ARE NOT CO...

Mileage: 99,000

NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, TIRES FAILED TO HOLD AIR PRESSURE. BOTH FRONT TIRES WITHIN ONE MONTH OF EACH OTHER FAILED. TIRES APPEARED TO BE DRY ROTTED ON CORNER OF SIDE WALLS. BOTH TIRES HAD SAME AREA OF DRY ROT/CRACKS IN TREAD. TIRES HAD LESS THEN 20,000 MILES ON THEM AND WHERE PROPERLY MAINTAINED. ...

Mileage: 158,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE THEFT LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES IN THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN A ...

Mileage: 118,000

COIL SPRINGS BROKE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHEN I CALLED THE TOW TRUCK COMPANY, HE STATED IT WAS ABOUT THE SIXTH TAURUS HE HAD TOWED THAT MONTH WITH THE SAME, EXACT PROBLEM. WHEN WE GOT TO THE AUTO MECHANIC, HE SAID HE FIXES THESE ALL THE TIME ON TAURUS' AND HE'S VERY SURPRISED THEY WILL NOT COVER...

Mileage: 75,624

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE DROPPED COMPLETELY TO THE GROUND. THE CONTACT PLACED A SPARE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO DRIVE HOME. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE V...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRINGS FAILED DUE TO CORROSION IN THE VEHICLE. THE SPRINGS DETACHED FROM THE COIL PURGE AND SPLIT INTO TWO PIECES. THE SPRINGS PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVE SIDE TIRE, CAUSING IT TO FLATTEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING AT THE TIME OF...

Mileage: 46,000

2002 FORD TAURUS WAGON CAR WAS IN A DRIVEWAY JUST AFTER BEING DRIVEN ON A INTERSTATE. PUTTING CAR IN REVERSE A SOUND OF METAL AND A EXPLOSION OF THE TIRE WAS HEARD (IF IT WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IT WOULD HAVE PEELED IT FROM THE RIM). DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND BROKEN SPRING SL...

Mileage: 53,287

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT LEFT SPRING BROKE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE LEFT FRONT SPRING AND FRONT STRUT ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *KB

Mileage: 104,672

I WAS PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPOT. I HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND AIR RUSHING OUT. I STOPPED AND GOT OUT AND NOTICED I HAD A FLAT TIRE. I CALLED AAA AND SERVICE GUY CAME AND TOLD ME THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. I KNOW FORD HAS A RECALL ON SOME MODEL TAURUS BUT NOT M...

Mileage: 120,000

2002 FORD TAURUS SEL: THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR IS SHOT, WE HAVE REPLACED IT TWICE SO IT MADE ME DO SOME ONLINE RESEARCH. TURNS OUT THIS IS VERY COMMON WITH THE TAURUS AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT ON OUR DIME AGAIN. WE PULL THE MOTOR OUT AND THERE IS WATER INSIDE IT. WE'VE TRIED FINDING A LEAK OR SO...

Mileage: 40,000

I WAS PULLING MY 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF A SPRING UNCOILING. AS I CONTINUED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY I HEARD THE SOUND OF SOMETHING RUBBING AND SMELLED BURNING RUBBER. I MADE A U-TURN AND PULLED BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY. IT WAS THEN THAT I NOT...

Mileage: 60,000

2002 FORD TAURUS , FOUND BROKEN REAR SPRING ON PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR, NOW HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH REAR STRUTS AND SPRINGS ALONG WITH REAR SWAY BAR LINKS. $1000.00 REPAIR I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR . FROM I'VE READ THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. MAY REPLACE THE FRONT STRUTS AND...

Mileage: 84,000

BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE HEARD A LOUD BANG, STOPPED CAR, DRIVERS SIDE OF CAR WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY LAYING ON THE GROUND, THE DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PIERCED AND FLATTENED THE FRONT TIRE ALSO THE UPPER STRUT MOUNT HAD STRESSED SO MUCH THAT THE BALL BEARINGS HAD POPPED OUT. HAD A HECK...

Mileage: 21,700

MY DAUGHTER WHO IS AT COLLEGE, DRIVES A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE OTHER DAY SHE WENT TO BACK OUT OF HER PARKING SPACE AT SCHOOL. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. WHEN THEY TRIED TO PUT THE SPARE ON THEY FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PIERCED THE TIRE. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A GARA...

Mileage: 70,000

MY DAUGHTER WHO IS AT COLLEGE, DRIVES A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE OTHER DAY SHE WENT TO BACK OUT OF HER PARKING SPACE AT SCHOOL. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. WHEN THEY TRIED TO PUT THE SPARE ON THEY FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PIERCED THE TIRE. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A GARA...

Mileage: 70,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. WHEN TAKEN TO A TIRE SHOP, THE MECHANIC INFORMED HER THAT THE FRONT SPRING COIL FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 81,639....

Mileage: 81,639

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS BACKING OUT OF HER DRIVEWAY, SHE HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE AIR COMING FROM HER FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED THE TIRE WAS RUPTURED DUE TO A CORRODED COIL SPRING. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILUR...

Mileage: 53,642

THIS LETTER IS TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WHICH WAS THE FOCUS OF A RECALL OF MODEL YEARS 1999 THROUGH 2001. THIS IS IDENTIFIED UNDER SAFETY RECALL 04S17 AND RECALL NUMBER 04V332000. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS ISSUE STILL PERSISTS WITH THE 2002 MODEL. THE VEHICLE IDE...

Mileage: 94,610

ON 3/12/2008 CAR WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY AND I HEARD A LOUD BANG .TIRE WENT FLAT. LOOKED UNDER CAR AND SPRING WAS BROKEN . IT IS A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES. FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE, RESULTING IN A PUNCTURED FRONT TIRE. LUCKY I WAS NOT DRIVING AT THE TIME. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST 660.00 AT THE LOCAL F...

Mileage: 56,587

WHILE PULLING OUT OF MY ALLEY I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK AND THE LEFT FRONT END OF THE CAR DROPPED DOWN A FEW INCHES AND BEGAN TO MAKE GRINDING/RUBBING NOISES. I CAREFULLY PULLED BACK INTO MY DRIVE AND AFTER JACKING UP THE CAR FOUND THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. IT DID NOT PUNCTURE THE TIRE BUT BROKE SOME S...

Mileage: 96,000

WHILE SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY, IMMEDIATELY UPON PLACING THE CAR IN REVERSE, THE FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURING MY TIRE. THE CAR WAS REQUIRED TO BE TOWED AND I AM NOW PAYING FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR TO HAVE THE SPRINGS REPLACED INCLUDING STRUTS AND BEARINGS IN ADDITION TO REPLACING THE TI...

Mileage: 88,228

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, SHE HEARD A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE TIRE. THE CONTACTS HUSBAND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDECOIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. AS OF APRIL 14, 2008, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THERE...

Mileage: 75,350

FORD ISSUED A RECALL ON ITS TAURUS THAT ENDED WITH 2001 MODELS. THE NHTSA ACTION # IS PE04044. IT DESCRIBES FAILING COIL SPRINGS THAT CAN CAUSE TIRES TO BE TORN UP. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN NOW TO MY 2002. THE CAR WAS IN THE GARAGE AND BEING LOADED WITH SOME THINGS MY DAUGHTER WAS TAKING BACK TO COLLE...

Mileage: 105,032

I HAVE HAD 3 OR THE 4 SPRINGS ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. BREAK. BOTH BACK ONES AND THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. THE BACK ONES WERE DISCOVERED, TO BE BROKEN, BY THE DEALER. I TOOK IT IN BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE THE BACK WAS SCRAPING THE GROUND AT TIMES. THE OTHER DAY I NOTICED THAT THE TIRE ON THE DRIV...

Mileage: 77,000

THE OTHER DAY I NOTICED THAT MY FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. I COULDN'T GET THE TIRE TO HOLD AIR. I FOUND THE PROBLEM ----THE SPRING HAD BROKEN AND WENT COMPLETELY THROUGH MY TIRE. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IT I HAD BEEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. I CHECKED ON FORD RECALLS AND NOTICED THAT T...

Mileage: 78,000

FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKEN ON DRIVERS SIDE CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, BROKEN SWING ARM AND HAD TO HAVE BOTH SIDES REPLACED AND HAVE THE CAR REALIGNED. *TR

WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE WORK THIS MORNING, MY DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE, I FOUND THAT THE SPRING HAD BROKE. AFTER COMING HOME AND DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, ONE THAT FORD SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE A RECALL FOR. *TR

Mileage: 81,543

I BACKED MY 2002 FORD TAURUS OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING BROKE CAUSING A COMPLETE TIRE FAILURE. HAD I BEEN DRIVING WHEN THIS OCCURRED THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS OTHER TAURUS MODEL YEARS (2001 FOR ONE) HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS SAME ISSU...

Mileage: 108,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND STRUCK A GUARDRAIL. HE REPLACED THE BLOWN TIRE WITH A SPARE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTO GARAGE AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT COIL PENETRA...

Mileage: 100,100

I STARTED MY CAR, PUT IT IN REVERSE, STEPPED ON THE GAS, WENT BACK ABOUT 6 INCHES AND HEARD A LOUD CLUNK AND THEN THE SOUND OF A TIRE EXPLODING. I REMOVED THE TIRE AND FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED, LEAVING A SHARP END THAT PUNCTURED THE TIRE. UPON CHECKING ON THE INTERNET, I...

Mileage: 67,048

FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING ON 2002 FORD TAURUS SNAPPED AND RIPPED THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE FOR A FULL 360 DEGREE TEAR. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL NHTSA # PE04044 IN REGARDS TO FRONT COIL SPRINGS ON THE 99 - 01 FORD TAURUS. I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING ON AN OFF RAMP FROM I-95 THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED IN MY CAR. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO BE GOING SLOW ENOUGH WHEN IT BROKE. I WAS INFO...

Mileage: 70,000

1. DROVE CAR APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES. PARKED THE CAR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. UPON RETURNING TO THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS TOUCHING THE TIRE MAKING THE VEHICLE IMMOVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR PROBLEM DETERMINATION AND REPAIR. 2. THE DEALER DETERMINED TH...

Mileage: 79,048

1. DROVE CAR APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES. PARKED THE CAR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. UPON RETURNING TO THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS TOUCHING THE TIRE MAKING THE VEHICLE IMMOVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR PROBLEM DETERMINATION AND REPAIR. 2. THE DEALER DETERMINED TH...

Mileage: 79,048

1. DROVE CAR APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES. PARKED THE CAR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. UPON RETURNING TO THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS TOUCHING THE TIRE MAKING THE VEHICLE IMMOVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR PROBLEM DETERMINATION AND REPAIR. 2. THE DEALER DETERMINED TH...

Mileage: 79,048

1. DROVE CAR APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES. PARKED THE CAR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. UPON RETURNING TO THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS TOUCHING THE TIRE MAKING THE VEHICLE IMMOVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR PROBLEM DETERMINATION AND REPAIR. 2. THE DEALER DETERMINED TH...

Mileage: 79,048

2002 FORD TAURUS, WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED DESTROYING THE TIRE AND SWAY BAR LINK WHILE DROPPING THE FRONT END TO ALMOST THE GROUND. I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER (NEMER, QUEENSBURY, NY) AND WAS TOLD FORD HAD NO RECALLS ON IT. I CALLED FORD ...

Mileage: 90,300

CAR WAS USED FOR A TRIP OUT OF STATE EARLIER IN THE DAY. AFTER STOPPING FOR DINNER FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, MY WIFE HEADED THE CAR HOME. A MILE FROM THE RESTAURANT THE CAR DEVELOPED A FLAT FRONT TIRE AND MY WIFE WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD INTO A PARKING AREA. SHE THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS O...

Mileage: 85,839

PASSENGER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED, WHILE PULLING FROM DRIVE WAY. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 77000 MILES ON IT. I DO NOT DRIVE OVER BUMPS OR GO AROUND HITTING POT HOLES. I KEEP THIS CAR ALIGNED AND I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND FORD SHOULD HAVE TO RECALL THE 2002 TAURUS. WHAT IF THIS SPRING...

Mileage: 77,159

2002 FORD TAURUS. THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. SMOKE BEGAN TO POUR FROM THE VEHICLE AND WHEN SHE STOPPED, THE TIRE EXPLODED! SHE WAS LESS THEN 100 YARDS FROM THE FREEWAY ENTRANCE RAMP. I WAS TOLD BY RICART FORD, THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER A RECALL ...

Mileage: 114,900

WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING BROKE AND BLEW OUT THE TIRE ON OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS. REPAIRS INCLUDED NEW TIRE, A SET OF SPRINGS, THE STABILIZER LINK AMONG OTHER PARTS. *TR

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. *TR

Mileage: 99,950

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR COIL/SPRING BROKE AND RUBBED A GOUGE INTO THE TIRE. LUCKILY MY WIFE MADE IT HOME BEFORE THE TIRE EXPLODED. THIS IS THE 3RD COIL THAT HAS BROKEN ON THE SAME CAR. THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR BROKE A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL BROKE ABOUT A MONTH AGO. THERE...

Mileage: 81,540

2002 FORD TAURUS BROKEN REAR COIL SPRING. THE RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING BROKE LEAVING A SHARP POINTY EDGE. THIS SHARP POINTY EDGE BEGAN TO CUT INTO THE INNER SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE, CUTTING A GROOVE 1/8 OF AN INCH DEEP. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A TIRE BLOWOUT, AND SUBSEQUENT ACCIDENT WITH INJURY OR D...

Mileage: 65,910

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING ON A 2002 TAURUS SE FAILED IMPACTING AND FLATTENING TIRE ON STEERING AXLE AND CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE STEERING. FORTUNATELY, THIS OCCURRED AT LOW SPEED. THIS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MONTHS AFTER FAILURE OF A REAR COIL SPRING ON THE SAME VEHICLE. THE FAILUR...

Mileage: 87,000

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURE RESULTING IN A SHREDDED (BRAND NEW)FRONT TIRE LUCKILY THERE WERE NO INJURIES. SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEM (SEE BELOW) RECALLED ON THE 1998-2001 MODELS. WHY THIS SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURRING ON THE LATER MODELS OF THE TAURUS BUT THE RECALL WAS LIMITED TO 1998-200...

Mileage: 98,000

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKEN. DISCOVERED FLAT TIRE. WHEN REMOVED TIRE, COULD SEE THE BROKEN COIL AND THERE WAS A TEAR IN THE BACK OF THE TIRE. FORD REFUSED TO HELP SINCE IT'S NOT UNDER A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

2002 FORD TAURUS - DAUGHTER WAS READY TO BACK UP IN PARKING LOT AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE - SPRING BROKE DESTROYING TIRE. SO I HAVE TO REPLACE SPRING (AND PROBABLY THE OTHER FRONT ONE DUE TO THE SAFETY PROBLEM FORD HAS WITH THEM.) TIRE, AND OTHER THINGS CONNECTED TO IT!! IT SHOULD BE ON FORD RECALL -...

BROKEN COIL SPRING. *TR

Mileage: 77,178

MY MOTHER "NOLA C. SLAY" 2002 FORD TAURUS. JUST OVER 110,000 MILES (HIGHWAY)FRONT COIL SPRINGS FAILURE. AS I'VE READ IN THE "CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM" THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. LOOK UNDER FORD SPRINGS. HOWEVER, IN FORD'S INFINITE WISDOM, THEY STOP THE COIL SPRING RECALL AS OF YEAR 2001. YOU REALL...

Mileage: 111,422

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. THE SPRING SLICED INTO THE TIRE AND CAUSED IT TO RAPIDLY DEFLATE. *TR

Mileage: 94,000

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE AND HEARD A LOUD HISS AND I GOT OUT LOOKED AT IT AND MY SPRING HAD BROKE PUNCTURED MY TIRE. IT'S NOT ON THE RECALL LIST AND FORD IS REFUSING TO FIX THE ISSUE. HERE IS A LINK TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO AND FORD WILL NOT FIX THE ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL ...

Mileage: 76,714

BROKEN REAR NEARSIDE SPRING CAUSED FLAT TIRE ON HIGHWAY AS BROKEN END OF SPRING WORE THROUGH SIDEWALL . REPAIR PENDING. *TR

Mileage: 92,000

WIFE PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE IN THE DRIVEWAY, FRONT LEFT SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. THANKFULLY SHE WAS NOT ON THE ROAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

WIFE PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE IN THE DRIVEWAY, FRONT LEFT SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. THANKFULLY SHE WAS NOT ON THE ROAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

2002 FORD TAURUS BROKEN REAR COIL SPRINGS. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE WHICH RESULTED IN THEM HAVING TO REPLACE BOTH OF THE TIRES DUE TO DAMAGES TO THE TIRES FROM THE BROKEN SPRINGS. DEALER TOLD THEM THEY HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. *KB THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE LEFT FRONT COIL...

Mileage: 24,000

2002 FORD TAURUS BROKEN REAR COIL SPRINGS. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE WHICH RESULTED IN THEM HAVING TO REPLACE BOTH OF THE TIRES DUE TO DAMAGES TO THE TIRES FROM THE BROKEN SPRINGS. DEALER TOLD THEM THEY HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. *KB THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE LEFT FRONT COIL...

Mileage: 24,000

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE SEVERING THE TIRE, ALL WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED SAFELY IN THE GARAGE. NO INJURIES, BUT I COULD IMAGINE WHAT MIGHT OF HAPPENED IF WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. CAR IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED, AND FORD HAS NOT INCLUDED 2002 MODEL YEAR IN THE TAURUS RECALL FOR THIS KNOWN P...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 1-2 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO SAFETY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE CONTACT'S RESPONSIBILITY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 69,523. UPDATED 04-07-08 *...

Mileage: 69,523

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRES. MY CAR WAS JUST SITTING THERE. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE FROM THE GARAGE WHERE HIS VEHICLE WAS PARKED. UPON INSPECTION, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE TIRE AND NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN...

Mileage: 69,530

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE FROM THE GARAGE WHERE HIS VEHICLE WAS PARKED. UPON INSPECTION, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE TIRE AND NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN...

Mileage: 69,530

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SNAPPED (FRACTURED). STRUT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WITH THE COIL. *TR

Mileage: 81,430

I HAVE NOTICED IN THE PAST FEW DAY WHEN IT HAS RAINED THAT A POOL OF WATER FORMS ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. ALSO, YESTERDAY, MY FAN FOR THE HEATER/AC STOPPED WORKING. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE ACROSS THE US THAT HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE CAR HAS BEGU...

Mileage: 76,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT 5 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A THUMPING AND A GRINDING NOISE. SHE INITIALLY THOUGHT SHE HAD A FLAT TIRE, BUT LATER LEARNED THAT THE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE...

Mileage: 59,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT 2 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED AND SHREDDED THE TIRE. THE CONTACT WENT TO SAM'S CLUB AND PURCHASED FOUR NEW TIRES. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS DAMAGED TOO SEVERELY TO REPLACE THE...

Mileage: 56,000

I TOOK MY 2002 FORD TAURUS TO THE REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE ANY HEAT. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE HEATER CORE AND THEY PROCEEDED TO REPLACE IT. AFTER I PICKED MY VEHICLE UP, BY THE TIME I GOT HOME I HAD NO HEAT AGAIN. THE TECHNICIANS AT THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THEY DO NOT KNOW WHY IT IS NOT HEATING....

Mileage: 74,000

I TOOK MY 2002 FORD TAURUS TO THE REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE ANY HEAT. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE HEATER CORE AND THEY PROCEEDED TO REPLACE IT. AFTER I PICKED MY VEHICLE UP, BY THE TIME I GOT HOME I HAD NO HEAT AGAIN. THE TECHNICIANS AT THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THEY DO NOT KNOW WHY IT IS NOT HEATING....

Mileage: 74,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 45-50 MPH, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 63,237. UPDATED 04-02-08 *BF

Mileage: 63,237

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE WHICH IMMEDIATELY DEFLATED AND CAUSED CAR TO LEAN TO THE RIGHT. THIS HAPPENED WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. AT 48,650 MILES. TO BE CONTINUED...ON 2/25/...

Mileage: 48,653

ON 2/25/08, JUST OVER TWO MONTHS SINCE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE ON PASSENGER SIDE OF 2002 FORD TAURUS AT 51,097 MILES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 51,097

ON 2/25/08, JUST OVER TWO MONTHS SINCE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE ON PASSENGER SIDE OF 2002 FORD TAURUS AT 51,097 MILES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 51,097

FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE CAR WAS PARKED. WHEN THE SPRING BROKE IT PUNCTURED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT, THE SPRING TORE THE SIDEWALL OFF OF THE TIRE. AAA REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE EMEGENCY SPARE, WITHOUT CHECKING FOR ANY PROBLEMS, AND THE SPARE WAS CONS...

FORD ISSUED A RECALL # 03V087000 STATING ISSUES OF WINDSHIELD MOUNTING BEING UNDER STANDARD REQUIREMENTS. THIS CAUSES EXCESS NOISE, WATER LEAKAGE, AND RATTLING. MY VEHICLE WAS MADE A FEW DAYS AFTER THE CUT OFF DATE AT THE SAME PLANT WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS IN ATLANTA. MY VEHICLE LEAKS WATER FROM THE W...

Mileage: 30,000

ENGINE STARTS TO MISFIRE AND LOSES POWER DURING STRONG ACCELERATION TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE ON THE FREEWAY, OCCURS AFTER ENGINE IS WARM, AROUND TWENTY MILES OF DRIVING. THIS OCCURS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND IT IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE. THE DEALER HAS LOOKED AT IT THREE TIMES AND HE STATES T...

Mileage: 53,123

LEFT REAR STRUT SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING AND BLEW TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 79,999

LEFT REAR STRUT SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING AND BLEW TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 79,999

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND THE FRONT END SHOOK. THE VEHICLE DROVE INTO A DITCH AND WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE DRIVER WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT, BUT STRUCK HER HEA...

Mileage: 108,902

WE JUST HAD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS IN MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH ONLY 32000 MILES. DO YOU THINK WHEN I GO TO REPLACE THIS CAR THAT I WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER FORD????????????????????I DON'T THINK SO. *TR

Mileage: 32,930

WE JUST HAD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS IN MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH ONLY 32000 MILES. DO YOU THINK WHEN I GO TO REPLACE THIS CAR THAT I WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER FORD????????????????????I DON'T THINK SO. *TR

Mileage: 32,930

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE SPRING, PLATES, AND TIRES ON BOTH SIDES NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED AT THE COST OF $668.81. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 42,000. ...

Mileage: 42,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE SPRING, PLATES, AND TIRES ON BOTH SIDES NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED AT THE COST OF $668.81. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 42,000. ...

Mileage: 42,000

I DRIVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH ABOUT 79,000 MILES. WHILE BACKING THE CAR OUT OF A PARKING SPOT IN MY DRIVEWAY THE VEHICLE MADE SOME ODD NOISES AND WAS NOT BACKING UP. IT FELT AS IF SOMETHING WAS UNDER THE CAR PREVENTING IT FROM MOVING OR LIKE IT WAS STUCK IN THE SNOW OF THE PARKING SPOT (IT WAS F...

Mileage: 78,797

WHILE GETTING A SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE, THE DEALER NOTICED MY COIL SPRING ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WAS BROKE. FORD HAS HAD A HISTORY OF COIL SPRING FAILURES AND SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL ON ALL SPRINGS. *TR

OUR 2002 SE FORD TAURUS WHILE SITTING PERFECTLY STILL SUFFERED A FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING FAILURE. IT PUNCTURED THE TIRE, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY LED TO IT BEING TOWED AND THE REPLACING OF THE LEFT FRONT TIRE AND THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING, WE REPLACED THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASU...

Mileage: 127,195

2002 TAURUS, BLOWER WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND ONLY WORK ON HIGH SPEED. MILEAGE:56,000. *TR

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

ON FEB 3, 2008 WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, MY WIFE HEARD A LOUD BANG. SHE GOT OUT AND PICKED UP A PIECE OF COIL SPRING LAYING ON THE DRIVEWAY. TOOK THE CAR TO FORD DEALER ON FEB 4, 2008. DEALER DISCOVERED BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKEN, REPLACED SAME. THIS CAR LIVES ON THE HIGHWAY. NEVER OVER...

Mileage: 69,682

1-28-08 INCIDENT DATE I AM FILING THIS LETTER AGAINST FORD CORP BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR OF OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A YEAR THAT WE HAVE HAD A BROKEN SPRING PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME IT WAS THE FRONT SPRING - FORD PAID ABOUT 80% UNDER A RECALL PRO...

Mileage: 55,925

1-28-08 INCIDENT DATE I AM FILING THIS LETTER AGAINST FORD CORP BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR OF OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A YEAR THAT WE HAVE HAD A BROKEN SPRING PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME IT WAS THE FRONT SPRING - FORD PAID ABOUT 80% UNDER A RECALL PRO...

Mileage: 55,925

NO VISIBILITY ON COLD/SNOW DAYS DUE TO HEATER/DEFROSTER FAILURE. HAVING ZERO VISIBILITY IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. NUMEROUS TAURUS OWNERS HAVE INDICATED THE SAME PROBLEM. THE HEATER RESISTOR FAILS DUE TO WATER GETTING INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR COMPARTMENT AND SHORTING OUT THE RESISTOR. THIS IS ...

Mileage: 69,000

2002 FORD TAURUS LEFT FRONT COIL SNAPPED, WRAPPED AROUND THE STRUT ASSEMBLY, BROKE THE SWAY BAR LINK AND PUNCTURED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE GETTING EMBEDDED IN THE TIRE SO AS TO MAKE THE WHEEL IMMOVABLE. FORTUNATELY THE CAR WAS STOPPED AT THE TIME, HOWEVER, A MOMENT LATER AND I'M CERTAIN SOMEONE (MY HU...

Mileage: 100,473

2002 FORD TAURUS LEFT FRONT COIL SNAPPED, WRAPPED AROUND THE STRUT ASSEMBLY, BROKE THE SWAY BAR LINK AND PUNCTURED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE GETTING EMBEDDED IN THE TIRE SO AS TO MAKE THE WHEEL IMMOVABLE. FORTUNATELY THE CAR WAS STOPPED AT THE TIME, HOWEVER, A MOMENT LATER AND I'M CERTAIN SOMEONE (MY HU...

Mileage: 100,473

2002 FORD TAURUS LEFT FRONT COIL SNAPPED, WRAPPED AROUND THE STRUT ASSEMBLY, BROKE THE SWAY BAR LINK AND PUNCTURED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE GETTING EMBEDDED IN THE TIRE SO AS TO MAKE THE WHEEL IMMOVABLE. FORTUNATELY THE CAR WAS STOPPED AT THE TIME, HOWEVER, A MOMENT LATER AND I'M CERTAIN SOMEONE (MY HU...

Mileage: 100,473

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE. CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN THE COIL SPRING BROKE HER TRANSMISSION DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND CAUSED HER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. DAMAGE IS THE SAME AS RECALL. CONSUMERS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED. *KB

THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH ON THE STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT TURN OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL. TAPPING THE BRAKE PEDAL DOES TURN IT OFF. WHEN LEAVING THE FREEWAY AND DRIVING ON SURFACE STREETS, THE CRUISE CONTROL REACTIVATES IF THE RESUME BUTTON IS BRUSHED. MY LOCAL FORD AGENCY EXPLAINED THAT...

Mileage: 77,850

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING SOUND. HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS PUNCTURED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE DEALER STATED THAT HE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FRONT SPRINGS AND FRONT TIRES. THEY ALSO RECOMM...

Mileage: 78,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT OF HER DRIVEWAY, BUT COULD NOT SHIFT THE GEAR OUT OF PARK. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, SHE FOUND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V106000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH); HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURED STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ...

Mileage: 99,000

MY FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. THE COIL SPRING FRACTURE DAMAGED MY FRONT END STRUTS AND LINKS, CUT UP MY LEFT TIRE AND DAMAGED MY LEFT FRONT END AXEL BOOT. I HAD TO PAY $1000 TO GET EVERYTHING FIXED. I CONTACTED THE FORD ...

Mileage: 91,690

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. ON THE EVENING OF JAN. 22, 2008 MY WIFE WAS LEAVING WORK WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD THUMP, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE FELL DOWNWARD. SHE WAS UNABLE TO STEER, MOVE FORWARD OR REVERSE. HAVING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, WE HAD IT TOWED TO A NEAR BY AUTO REPAIR STATION WHERE IT WAS THAN ...

Mileage: 65,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. ON THE EVENING OF JAN. 22, 2008 MY WIFE WAS LEAVING WORK WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD THUMP, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE FELL DOWNWARD. SHE WAS UNABLE TO STEER, MOVE FORWARD OR REVERSE. HAVING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, WE HAD IT TOWED TO A NEAR BY AUTO REPAIR STATION WHERE IT WAS THAN ...

Mileage: 65,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS. ON THE EVENING OF JAN. 22, 2008 MY WIFE WAS LEAVING WORK WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD THUMP, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE FELL DOWNWARD. SHE WAS UNABLE TO STEER, MOVE FORWARD OR REVERSE. HAVING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, WE HAD IT TOWED TO A NEAR BY AUTO REPAIR STATION WHERE IT WAS THAN ...

Mileage: 65,000

2002 FORD TAURUS WITH FAILED COIL SPRINGS. CONSUMER STATES THAT THEIR VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND IT SHOULD BE. COIL SPRING FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO BOTH FRONT TIRES THAT WAS BEYOND REPAIR. *KB

Mileage: 64,070

HEATER FAN NOT WORKING CAUSING LOSS OF DEFROST IN WINTER ALMOST RESULTING IN COLLISION. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

ON DEC 15,2007 PULLING OUT OF MY GARAGE THE SPRING ASSEMBLY BROKE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. NEED TO REPLACE SPRING ASSEMBLY STRUT AND SWAY BAR. CONTACT FORD AFTER THE REPAIR,THEY DID HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SPRINGS ON TAURUS, BUT NOT MY VEHICLE. I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT GOING ANY FASTER WHEN THIS HA...

Mileage: 109,397

2002 FORD TAURUS WITH A FAULTY FRONT SPRING. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT SPRING BROKE CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE PROBLEM IS COMMON ON THOSE VEHICLES AND THAT A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED THROUGH THE 2001 MODELS.*KB

THERE IS A LEAK IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WHEN EVER IT RAINS. THE LEAK COMES FROM ABOVE, AND FLOODS THE FLOOR WHILE THE CAR IS SITTING STILL. THIS HAS CAUSED THE HEATER/COOLING BLOWER TO REPEATEDLY STOP. I HAVE HAS THE FAN REPLACED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 17 MONTHS. I HAVE ...

Mileage: 72,000

THERE IS A LEAK IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WHEN EVER IT RAINS. THE LEAK COMES FROM ABOVE, AND FLOODS THE FLOOR WHILE THE CAR IS SITTING STILL. THIS HAS CAUSED THE HEATER/COOLING BLOWER TO REPEATEDLY STOP. I HAVE HAS THE FAN REPLACED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 17 MONTHS. I HAVE ...

Mileage: 72,000

COMING OUT OF A SHOPPING MALL ONTO HIGHWAY I BROKE THE LEFT FRONT SPRING AND BLEW OUT THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 44,820

THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR SPRING FAILED, PUNCTURING THE TIRE ON OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS. FORTUNATELY AT STREET SPEEDS, NOT HIGHWAY SPEED. *TR

Mileage: 68,325

PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT MY 2002 TAURUS SES RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE CAUSING SUDDEN LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED FOR REPAIR. VEHICLE HAS 86,600 MILES ON IT. ADVISED REPAIR SHOP TO REPLACE FRONT SUSPENSION SPRINGS AND STRUTS, FRONT TIRES, AND ALIGNMENT. LOOK...

Mileage: 86,600

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT 5 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A SUDDEN POPPING SOUND FOLLOWED BY A GRINDING NOISE. HE CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE NOISE WAS CAUSED BY THE COIL SPRINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SHOP AND HE WAS INFORMED OF A...

Mileage: 119,000

BACKING FROM DRIVEWAY WITH SLIGHT BUMP AND FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING EXPLODED AND DESTROYED FRONT LEFT TIRE. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND AM AWAITING ESTIMATE ON DAMAGE. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING UP IN THE DRIVEWAY BETWEEN 1-5 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE AND THE ESTIMATED TOTAL COST FOR REPAIRS WAS $900. FORD HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS AVAILABLE FOR THIS FAIL...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE FAILED. THE TIRE WAS CHANGED AND THE CONTACT DROVE TO A TIRE SERVICE CENTER. SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE COIL SPRING FAILED AND SHE NEEDED TO SEE A MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET B...

Mileage: 135,000

BLOWER MOTOR NOT ALWAYS WORKING, HUSBAND TOOK APART AND IT WAS ALL CORRODED IN THERE. HE CLEANED IT UP AND IT WORKED FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS AND STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN. AND FINALLY QUIT WE REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

I HAVE A 2002 TAURUS. ON 1/8/08 MY WIFE GOT INTO OUR CAR TO BACK OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY. IMMEDIATELY, WITHOUT MOVING THE CAR, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. UPON REMOVING THE TIRE, THE REAL PROBLEM BECAME OBVIOUS. THE FRONT STRUT SPRING HAD BROKEN, RIPPING A LARGE HOLE IN THE TIRE AND LODGING...

Mileage: 100,000

WATER IS LEAKING INTO THE HEATER HOUSING AND ON TO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD THROUGH THE SEAM IN THE HOUSING. WE HAVE BEEN QUOTED A REPAIR PRICE FROM THE FORD SERVICE CENTER OF 500.00 PLUS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WE KNOW THERE IS A TSB#031506 -NHTSA ID#10011149 ISSUED 8/9/04. ON THIS PROBLEM RELATED...

Mileage: 86,000

WATER IS LEAKING INTO THE HEATER HOUSING AND ON TO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD THROUGH THE SEAM IN THE HOUSING. WE HAVE BEEN QUOTED A REPAIR PRICE FROM THE FORD SERVICE CENTER OF 500.00 PLUS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WE KNOW THERE IS A TSB#031506 -NHTSA ID#10011149 ISSUED 8/9/04. ON THIS PROBLEM RELATED...

Mileage: 86,000

MY WIFE WAS BACKING OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS SES OUT OF A PARKING SPOT WHEN SHE HEARD A STRANGE NOISE. SHE GOT OUT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WAS FLAT. UPON REMOVING THE TIRE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE CAR HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAI...

Mileage: 89,000

FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED IN DRIVEWAY ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WAGON CAUSING PASSENGER FRONT TIRE TO DEFLATE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MOVE I SEE A RECALL FOR 2001 AND EARLIER MODELS BUT NONE FOR 2002. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A LOUD POP. I PULLED BACK INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND SAW THAT MY FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD JUST BLOWN OUT. THIS TIRE WAS ONLY TWO MONTHS OLD. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE TIRE STORE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE SPRING HAD BROKE AND HAD CUT DOWN THE TIRE. MY 2002 FORD ...

Mileage: 73,900

I HAVE HAD A 2002 FORD TAURUS FOR 2 YEARS. 54,000 MILES ON IT AND MAINTAINED QUITE WELL. ON JAN. 6, 2008, I HAD JUST DRIVEN BACK FROM A 3 1/2 HOUR DRIVE INTO TORONTO AND BACK. HAD NO ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE. WHEN I WENT OUT LATER IN THE DAY AND BACK MY CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, I NOTICED A RUBBING SO...

Mileage: 64,817

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SES BROKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. HEARING ABOUT THE RECALL / WARRANTY ON THE 1998 - 2001 TAURUS', I CONTACTED MY FORD DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEM, ONLY TO BE INFORMED THAT THE RECALL DOES NOT APPLY TO MY 2002 TAURUS. AFTER SPENDI...

Mileage: 64,650

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SES BROKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. HEARING ABOUT THE RECALL / WARRANTY ON THE 1998 - 2001 TAURUS', I CONTACTED MY FORD DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEM, ONLY TO BE INFORMED THAT THE RECALL DOES NOT APPLY TO MY 2002 TAURUS. AFTER SPENDI...

Mileage: 64,650

ALMOST 5 YEARS AGO I PURCHASED A 2002 FORD TAURUS. ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2007 I WAS GETTING ON THE ON-RAMP OF A HIGHWAY WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM THE FRONT END OF MY CAR. I IMMEDIATELY LOST STEERING AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE RAMP. I CHECKED MY FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE, WHICH APPEARED ...

Mileage: 149,103

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT FOLLOWED BY A LOUD BANG. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE, BUT IT WOULD NOT COME OFF. AFTER CAREFUL INSPECTION, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS FAILED. THE DEALER STATED ...

Mileage: 98,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT FOLLOWED BY A LOUD BANG. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE, BUT IT WOULD NOT COME OFF. AFTER CAREFUL INSPECTION, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS FAILED. THE DEALER STATED ...

Mileage: 98,000

ON CHRISTMAS DAY UPON BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY A FRONT COIL SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SES BROKE AND DESTROYED THE TIRE AS WELL AS RUINED MY CHRISTMAS AS I COULD NOT FIND A REPAIR SHOP IN THE AREA WITH THE PARTS NEEDED UNTIL SEVERAL DAYS LATER. I WAS FORCED TO RENT OUT A CAR FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK ...

Mileage: 102,000

FRONT SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SUDDENLY BROKE WHILE DRIVING. HORRIFIC NOISE SCARED MYSELF AND FAMILY. LUCIKILY I DIDN'T LOSE CONTROL. PULLED CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD. CAR WAS UNDRIVABLE AS BROKEN SPRING WAS CONTACTING THE TIRE AND RIM. . STRANDED IN 20 DEGREE WEATHER. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP W...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. AS OF JANUARY 3, 2008, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 62,000.

Mileage: 62,000

FONT LEFT SPRING BROKE WHILE PARKED, PUNCTURED TIRE.*CN

Mileage: 130,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT LEFT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW. UPON INSPECTION, HE NOTICE THE STRUT SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE LEFT FRONT STRUT SPRING. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 96,958. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, AND NUMBER OF...

Mileage: 96,958

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE, MY LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUT A HOLE THROUGH MY TIRE, ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE CONTROL ARM. NEEDED TO REPLACE CONTROL ARM, COIL AND TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 55,235

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE, MY LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUT A HOLE THROUGH MY TIRE, ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE CONTROL ARM. NEEDED TO REPLACE CONTROL ARM, COIL AND TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 55,235

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE, MY LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUT A HOLE THROUGH MY TIRE, ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE CONTROL ARM. NEEDED TO REPLACE CONTROL ARM, COIL AND TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 55,235

OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS WAGON EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPIC FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS BACKING IT UP. THE LAST TIME IT HAD BEEN DRIVEN SHE DROVE IT HOME AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON A DIVIDED 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND HAD THIS HAPPENED THEN IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL TO HER AND ...

Mileage: 87,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS AFTER HE PARKED, HE NOTICED THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEA...

Mileage: 76,000

A PROBLEM WITH A MALFUNCTIONING STOP LAMP SWITCH AND/OR ASSOCIATED WIRING WITH MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. APPARENTLY THERE IS A RECALL #04V106000 THAT APPLIES TO 836,000 FORD TAURUS AND SABLE VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 2000 AND 2003, BUT NOT TO MY VEHICLE ACCORDING TO FORD. THIS PROBLEM THAT WAS DETE...

Mileage: 107,500

TIRE PUNCTURED AND FLATTENED DUE TO FAILURE OF LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. REQUIRED REMOVAL OF TIRE AND REPAIR ON A SUNDAY. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AND FULL SERVICE ALIGNMENT. *TR

Mileage: 51,555

WHILE DRIVING MY 2002 TAURUS THE FRONT DRIVERSIDE COIL SPRING BROKE GAUGING THE TIRE. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED AND AM WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE REPAIRS WILL COST. I HAVE READ OF MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND FORD WILL NOT PUT THIS ON RECALL ALTHOUGH THE 2001 MODEL IS. HOPEFULLY, ENOUGH PE...

Mileage: 66,444

BLOWER MOTOR FAILED DUE TO WATER POOLING ON ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS DURING RAIN EVENTS. RAIN HAT IN 2002 FORD TAURUS IS DEFECTIVE, AS DESCRIBED IN FORD SERVICE BULLETIN: BULLETIN #: 031506 SEQUENCE #: 10011149 DATE: 08/09/2004 FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. PART IS DUE TO BE REPLACED ...

2002 FORD TAURUS 108,000 MILES, BROKEN FRONT LEFT SPRING 12/10/07, BROKEN RIGHT REAR SPRING 12/20/07, UPON CHECKING RIGHT REAR, ALSO CHECKED LEFT REAR, BROKEN LEFT REAR SPRING ALSO, APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BROKEN FOR A LONG TIME. REPLACED FRONT SPRINGS AND STRUTS-$500 (LABOR WAS DONE BY MYSELF), REPLA...

Mileage: 108,000

2002 FORD TAURUS 108,000 MILES, BROKEN FRONT LEFT SPRING 12/10/07, BROKEN RIGHT REAR SPRING 12/20/07, UPON CHECKING RIGHT REAR, ALSO CHECKED LEFT REAR, BROKEN LEFT REAR SPRING ALSO, APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BROKEN FOR A LONG TIME. REPLACED FRONT SPRINGS AND STRUTS-$500 (LABOR WAS DONE BY MYSELF), REPLA...

Mileage: 108,000

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE CAR SITTING IN DRIVEWAY. *TR

WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR, THE LOW SETTING ON THE BLOWER MOTOR DIDN'T WORK. I HAD THE RESISTOR REPLACED, AND THE MOTOR WORKED FOR A WHILE. THEN I NOTICED WATER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD. WATER WAS ENTERING THE PASSENGER SIDE, BEHIND THE DASHBOARD, THROUGH A LEAK NEAR THE AIR INTAKE OF THE B...

Mileage: 50,000

WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR, THE LOW SETTING ON THE BLOWER MOTOR DIDN'T WORK. I HAD THE RESISTOR REPLACED, AND THE MOTOR WORKED FOR A WHILE. THEN I NOTICED WATER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD. WATER WAS ENTERING THE PASSENGER SIDE, BEHIND THE DASHBOARD, THROUGH A LEAK NEAR THE AIR INTAKE OF THE B...

Mileage: 50,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING SHEARED AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO SLICE OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND A NEW TIRE WAS PURCHASED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 78,000.

Mileage: 78,000

FRONT LEFT SPRING BROKE WITHOUT WARNING, PUNCTURING TIRE, NICKING CV BOOT & RUBBING ABS TONER. VERY DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES IF OCCURRED AT HIGH SPEED. REPAIRS REQUIRED NEW TIRE, REPLACEMENT SPRINGS, ALIGNMENT. CANNOT AFFORD CV BBOT REPLACEMENT & TONER REPLACEMENT. THIS IS A LONG STANDING PROBLEM...

Mileage: 67,099

PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A LOUD POP. GOT OUT AND DISCOVERED LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT AND AND THE COIL SPRING SNAPPED IN HALF. NO CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN YET, AS IT HAPPENED LESS THAN AN HOUR AGO. *TR

Mileage: 47,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT 15 MPH, THE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRINGS FAILED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT BOTH OF THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE FRACTURED AND DESTROYED THE STRUT MOUNTS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THE RECALLS ON THE PREVIOUS Y...

Mileage: 75,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE. SHE THEN SMELLED BURNING RUBBER AND PULLED OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TWO FRONT COILS, SHIELD,...

Mileage: 59,600

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. IN 2005, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT WATER LEAKED INTO THE COWL PANEL, RESTED IN THE BLOWER MOTOR, AND CAUSED A SHORTAGE IN THE BLOWER MOTOR. THE DEALER PAID A SMALL PERCENTAGE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED, ALTHOUGH IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. HOWEVER, THE FA...

Mileage: 52,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. IN 2005, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT WATER LEAKED INTO THE COWL PANEL, RESTED IN THE BLOWER MOTOR, AND CAUSED A SHORTAGE IN THE BLOWER MOTOR. THE DEALER PAID A SMALL PERCENTAGE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED, ALTHOUGH IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. HOWEVER, THE FA...

Mileage: 52,000

SPRING ON FRONT DRIVER SIDE, FRACTURED WHILE DRIVING ON SMOOTH SURFACE IN FAIR WEATHER. FRACTURED SPRING COMPLETELY DESTROYED TIRE AND AT A HIGHER SPEED COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

2002 FORD TAURUS SES FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND SHREDDED TIRE. SPRING IS OFF THE BOTTOM MOUNT AND BROKEN COIL SECTION STILL HANGING FROM STRUT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. OTHER TIME WAS FRONT RIGHT SPRING WHILE WARRANTY WAS STILL IN EFFECT. I WAS MOVING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEE...

Mileage: 99,700

I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY ON 12/4/07 IN ,Y 2002 FORD TAURUS SES WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG UNDER THE CAR. THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. WHEN I REMOVED IT, I SAW THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND CUT INTO THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY ON 12/4/07 IN ,Y 2002 FORD TAURUS SES WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG UNDER THE CAR. THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. WHEN I REMOVED IT, I SAW THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND CUT INTO THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY HE HEARD A POPPING AND GRINDING NOISE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER THEY STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PIERCED THE TIRE. THE CONTACT FELT T...

Mileage: 108,000

THE FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS FRACTURED, PUNCTURING AND SLASHING THE ADJACENT TIRE. THE FORCE OF THIS COIL SPRING FRACTURE ALSO SHATTERED AND SEPARATED THE ADJACENT STABILIZER CONTROL LINK. UPON READING SIMILAR REPORTS OF THESE OCCURRENCES, IT IS NOW APPARENT TO ME THAT ALL FO...

Mileage: 93,545

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. ON NOVEMBER 26, 2007, THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR FAILED. ON NOVEMBER 27, 2007 THE LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WAS ICE IN THE AIR BOX AND IT WAS CORRODED AND COVERED WITH MOLD. A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN STATED THAT WATER WAS ENTERING INTO THE AIR BOX AN...

Mileage: 41,681

WATER LEAKS ONTO THE HEATER/AC BLOWER MOTOR ON MY 2002 TAURUS. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED AT A COST, TO ME, OF $322.00. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH ALL 2001-2004 FORD TAURUS'/SABLES AS EVIDENCED BY THE TSB 04-15-3 FOUND HERE: HTTP://WWW.FCSDCHEMICALSANDLUBRICANTS.COM/FAD/TSB/04153.PDF AND A GOOGLE S...

Mileage: 58,800

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED EVEN WHEN PRESSURE WAS NOT BEING APPLIED TO THE BRAKES. SHE WOULD HAVE TO CUT OFF THE BATTERY TO TURN OFF THE BRAKE LIGHT. SHE TOOK HER VEHICLE TO THE DEALER A...

Mileage: 92,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER LEAKS INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FROM THE WINDSHIELD. THE WATER THEN LEAKS ONTO THE FLOORBOARDS. AS A RESULT, MOLD IS DAMAGING THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE AND THE FLOOR. SHE NOTIFIED THE FORD DEALER IN HER AREA AND THEY STATED...

Mileage: 49,000

HEATER/AC EITHER DIDN'T BLOW OR ONLY BLEW ON HIGH. WHEN IT DOESN'T BLOW THE WINDOWS FOG AND THE BABY IS VERY COLD. REFERENCE RECALL 03V087000 AND COMPLAINT 10184014. *TR

Mileage: 25,900

REAR PASSENGER POWER WINDOW WENT OUT. MECHANIC SAID THAT HE SEES THIS ALL THE TIME AND THAT I'LL PROBABLY BE BACK SHORTLY FOR ANOTHER ONE. HE SAID THAT THEY PUT CHEAP MOTORS IN THEM AND THEY DON'T LAST LONG. *TR

Mileage: 24,500

RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND CAUSED TIRE TO SHRED. *TR

Mileage: 57,950

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE BODY SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER'S PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT STATED THAT NO...

Mileage: 95,000

DRIVER FRONT SHOCK AND STRUT BROKE AND BLEW THE TIRE. LUCKILY I WAS IN DRIVEWAY JUST LEAVING FOR WORK HAD TO CALL TOW TRUCK TO BRING TO GARAGE FOR REPAIR BEING IT WAS A 2002 VEHICLE THE SCHROAD WAS SUPPOSE TO BE PUT ON THE 2002 VEHICLE AND NEWER, BUT THIS DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING ON IT. SO TIRE BLEW...

Mileage: 60,000

DRIVER FRONT SHOCK AND STRUT BROKE AND BLEW THE TIRE. LUCKILY I WAS IN DRIVEWAY JUST LEAVING FOR WORK HAD TO CALL TOW TRUCK TO BRING TO GARAGE FOR REPAIR BEING IT WAS A 2002 VEHICLE THE SCHROAD WAS SUPPOSE TO BE PUT ON THE 2002 VEHICLE AND NEWER, BUT THIS DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING ON IT. SO TIRE BLEW...

Mileage: 60,000

2002 FORD TAURUS WITH BROKEN REAR COIL SPRINGS AND OTHER PROBLEMS. CONSUMER STATES THE COILS SPRINGS BROKE, TIRES ARE WOBBLING, AND THE BELT TENSIONER LOST POWER STEERING. *KB

Mileage: 39,000

2002 FORD TAURUS WITH BROKEN REAR COIL SPRINGS AND OTHER PROBLEMS. CONSUMER STATES THE COILS SPRINGS BROKE, TIRES ARE WOBBLING, AND THE BELT TENSIONER LOST POWER STEERING. *KB

Mileage: 39,000

2002 FORD TAURUS WITH BROKEN REAR COIL SPRINGS AND OTHER PROBLEMS. CONSUMER STATES THE COILS SPRINGS BROKE, TIRES ARE WOBBLING, AND THE BELT TENSIONER LOST POWER STEERING. *KB

Mileage: 39,000

WHEN IT RAINS, WATER ENTERS THE VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE NEAR THE BLOWER MOTOR. RUGS AND MATS ON RIGHT SIDE OF CAR ARE SATURATED. ALL ATTEMPTS AT STOPPING WATER ENTRY ARE FUTILE. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

WHEN IT RAINS, WATER ENTERS THE VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE NEAR THE BLOWER MOTOR. RUGS AND MATS ON RIGHT SIDE OF CAR ARE SATURATED. ALL ATTEMPTS AT STOPPING WATER ENTRY ARE FUTILE. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION SPRING SNAPPED. AS A RESULT, A JAGGED METAL ROD RUBBED AGAINST THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE AND CAUSED IT TO BLOW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT BEING DRIVEN WHEN THE REAR SUSPENSION SNAPPED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEIN...

Mileage: 55,000

ON A RECENT TRIP TO N. CAROLINA WE NOTICED AN ODOR LIKE SOMETHING ELECTRICAL WAS BURNING IN OUR 2002 FORD TAURUS SES. SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE A/C BLOWER WOULD ONLY WORK ON THE HIGHEST SPEED AND WE COULD HEAR A SQUEAKING NOISE BEHIND THE DASHBOARD. WE HAD THE CAR REPAIRED AT A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP IN N...

Mileage: 79,100

BLOWER MOTOR WENT OUT DUE TO WATER COMING IN FROM UNDER HOOD ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. COST $500.00 TO REPAIR AND WAS NO FAULT OF MINE. *TR

Mileage: 70,890

BLOWER FAN ONLY RUNS ON HIGH SETTING, PASSENGER FLOOR GETS WET SOMETIMES. READ ABOUT THIS BEING A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD TAURUS', MINE IS A 2002. *JB

Mileage: 69,000

BROKEN FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

BROKEN FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED. THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE T...

Mileage: 60,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED. THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE T...

Mileage: 60,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR COIL SPRING CRACKED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 70,000. UPDATED 11/1/07 *TR

Mileage: 70,000

WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER SIDE REAR SPRING BROKE IN STRUT ALSO DAMAGING TIRE. VEHICLE HAS 50,981 MILES. HAVE AN APPOINT ON 9/18/2007 TO REPLACE BOTH REAR STRUTS & ALIGNMENT DONE. *JB

Mileage: 50,985

FORD HEATER AUTOMOBILE: FORD TAURUS, 2002, MILEAGE: 54,700 SUBJECT: DESIGN DEFECT, HEATER MOTOR INSTALLATION BACKGROUND: AIR INTAKE FOR THE HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE HOOD AND THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. RAIN FLOWS INTO THIS AREA AND PASSES INTO THE HEATER DUCTING. SOME...

Mileage: 54,700

I'VE NOTICED ON A FEW OCCASIONS THAT MY PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD WOULD BE WET; MY FAN BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING; I WENT TO A LOCAL GARAGE TO HAVE IT FIXED AND WHEN I LEFT I REALIZED THAT THE FAN ONLY WORKED ON HIGH. I CALLED THE GARAGE AND WAS ADVISED THAT I WILL NOW NEED A RESISTOR REPLACEMENT.

Mileage: 50,100

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE INSTANTLY CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. HIS HEAD SLAMMED INTO THE STEERING WHEEL AND CAUSED SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES. THE DEALER AND MANUFAC...

Mileage: 57,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND AS I WAS DRIVING TODAY I SUDDENLY SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING (ELECTRIC WIRES ETC.) THEN THE BLOWER MOTER STARTTED RATTALING AND RUNNING AT VERY LOW SPEED. THEN I TURNED OFF THE AC BLOWER MOTOR. I HAVE HEARD FROM OTHERS THAT WATER LEAK IN THE DASH BOARD HAVE CAUSED OTHER...

2002 FORD TAURUS WAGON, REAR SUSPENSION COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE SITTING IN DRIVEWAY. WOW, THANK GOD WE WERE NOT DRIVING WITH THE KIDS IN THE CAR. *TR

Mileage: 88,795

2002 FORD TAURUS. FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 62,786

WATER LEAKS IN CABIN ON PASSENGER SIDE. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME TAKING IT IN AND NOT REALLY BEING REPAIRED PROPERLY. IT IS A 2002 TAURUS BOUGHT BRAND NEW. *TR

Mileage: 55,397

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE PARKED HE HEARD A LOUD BANG THEN NOTICED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND CAUSED A FLAT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE IS A RECALL THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID# 04V332000) ON THE 2001 FORD TAURUS BUT NOT FOR THE 2002. THE...

Mileage: 60,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 5MPH OUT OF THE GARAGE THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS SHEERED AND SPLIT IN HALF. THE SHARP EDGE OF THE FRONT COIL SPRING CUT INTO THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE T...

Mileage: 43,400

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRES. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, HE DISCOVERED THAT MANY OTHERS EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. THE CONTACT PERFORMS MECHANICAL WORK AND WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLE HIMSELF. THE FAILURE SPEED...

Mileage: 145,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP FOR A TIRE ROTATION. THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LOWER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR AND STATED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WAS BROKEN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WAS 58,486. THE CONSUMER STATED THI...

Mileage: 58,486

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP FOR A TIRE ROTATION. THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LOWER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR AND STATED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WAS BROKEN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WAS 58,486. THE CONSUMER STATED THI...

Mileage: 58,486

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. HE NOTICED THAT DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE THEY FOUND THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE ALSO BROKEN. THE DEALER REPLACED THE COIL SPRINGS, STRUTS AND STRUTS BEARING. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT REIMBU...

Mileage: 94,719

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. HE NOTICED THAT DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE THEY FOUND THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE ALSO BROKEN. THE DEALER REPLACED THE COIL SPRINGS, STRUTS AND STRUTS BEARING. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT REIMBU...

Mileage: 94,719

I PURCHASED A 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL NEW FROM SUNNYSIDE FORD IN HOLDEN, MA IN OCT OF 2002 WITH 6 YEAR 60K MILE WARRANTY PLAN. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 54,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS NOT BEEN ABUSED AND IS DRIVEN ONLY BY MY WIFE AND I. A LEFT REAR COIL SPRING SNAPPED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND WAS REPLACED BY ...

Mileage: 45,000

I PURCHASED A 2002 FORD TAURUS SEL NEW FROM SUNNYSIDE FORD IN HOLDEN, MA IN OCT OF 2002 WITH 6 YEAR 60K MILE WARRANTY PLAN. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 54,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS NOT BEEN ABUSED AND IS DRIVEN ONLY BY MY WIFE AND I. A LEFT REAR COIL SPRING SNAPPED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND WAS REPLACED BY ...

Mileage: 45,000

2002 FORD TAURUS SE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING SNAPPED. THIS WAS RECALLED IN 1999-2001 FORD TAURUS'S WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NOT THE 2002. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS WHEN I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP!! *I COULDN'T FIND FORD ON THE MANUFACTURE SECTION, SO I SELECTED CHRYSLER TO PR...

2002 FORD TAURUS SE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING SNAPPED. THIS WAS RECALLED IN 1999-2001 FORD TAURUS'S WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NOT THE 2002. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS WHEN I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP!! *I COULDN'T FIND FORD ON THE MANUFACTURE SECTION, SO I SELECTED CHRYSLER TO PR...

2002 FORD TAURUS SE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING SNAPPED. THIS WAS RECALLED IN 1999-2001 FORD TAURUS'S WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NOT THE 2002. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS WHEN I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP!! *I COULDN'T FIND FORD ON THE MANUFACTURE SECTION, SO I SELECTED CHRYSLER TO PR...

TL*THE CONTACT'S FRIEND OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EVERYTIME HIS FRIEND TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO GET INSPECTED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS DUE TO A LEAK IN THE EVAPORATION EMISSIONS CONTROL. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS ...

Mileage: 40,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHEN BACKING OUT. I HEARD A NOISE AND THAN AN EXPLOSION WHEN THE FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. THIS WAS THE SAME FAILURE FORD HAD RECALLS FOR 1999 AND 2000 MODELS AS I HAD THOSE CARS. I EMAILED FORD , AND THEY SAID GO TO THE DEALER OR...

Mileage: 93,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO BE LOWER ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED NEW COIL SPRINGS ON BOTH SIDES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 70,000.

Mileage: 70,000

2002 FORD TAURUS-THE LEFT FRONT SPRING ON THE STRUT BROKE CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL, THE CAR PULL HARD TO THE LEFT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND DAMAGED THE RIM, AXLE, BREAK LINE AND A CONTROL ARM. NO UNUSUAL EVENTS OR ROAD HAZARDS WERE INVOLVED, IT BROKE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. OTHER FORD MODE...

Mileage: 68,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHILE PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE FRONT COIL SPRING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. ON JULY 6, 2007, WHILE PULLING OUT ...

Mileage: 47,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHILE PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE FRONT COIL SPRING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. ON JULY 6, 2007, WHILE PULLING OUT ...

Mileage: 47,000

EGR VALVE AND SENSOR WENT BAD. RUSTY INSIDE. *AK

Mileage: 48,550

I PURCHASE 4 KUMHO 215/60/16 TIRES IN MAY OF 2004 AND HAVE PUT LEAST THAN 20,000 MILES ON THEM WHEN I WENT OUT GET MY CAR INSPECTED THEY SAID THAT THE TIRES WERE "JUNK" EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO BE ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY WERE CRACKED AND ONE BELT WAS BROKEN ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE- I FEEL THESE TIRES...

2002 FORD TAURUS, WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE REAR COIL SPRING COLAPSED, SLICING THE BRAND NEW TIRE. THIS WAS THE SECOND TAURUS I OWNED , BOTH SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL THAT HAD THAT ITS REAR COIL SPRING BROKE THIS WA SVERY DANGEROUS AND COST ME LOTS OF MONEY.*AK

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT AND REAR SPRINGS AND STRUTS WERE DEFECTIVE. DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SPRING FAILED, CAUSING A BLOW OUT.*AK

Mileage: 110,000

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT AND REAR SPRINGS AND STRUTS WERE DEFECTIVE. DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SPRING FAILED, CAUSING A BLOW OUT.*AK

Mileage: 110,000

2002 FORD TAURUS FRONT AND REAR SPRINGS AND STRUTS WERE DEFECTIVE. DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SPRING FAILED, CAUSING A BLOW OUT.*AK

Mileage: 110,000

APPROXIMATELY 3-4 MONTHS AGO I FOUND BOTH REAR SUSPENSION SPRINGS BROKEN, SO I REPLACED THEM. ON 06-15-2007, UPON ENTERING THE CAR, THE FRONT-LEFT SUSPENSION SPRING SNAPPED. FORD INDICATED NO RECALLS COVER THE SPRING(S). *TR

Mileage: 78,488

APPROXIMATELY 3-4 MONTHS AGO I FOUND BOTH REAR SUSPENSION SPRINGS BROKEN, SO I REPLACED THEM. ON 06-15-2007, UPON ENTERING THE CAR, THE FRONT-LEFT SUSPENSION SPRING SNAPPED. FORD INDICATED NO RECALLS COVER THE SPRING(S). *TR

Mileage: 78,488

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED HER FRONT TIRE. THE ENGINE FAILED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED WITH THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE SPRINGS WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE DRIVER...

Mileage: 88,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED HER FRONT TIRE. THE ENGINE FAILED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED WITH THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE SPRINGS WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE DRIVER...

Mileage: 88,000

2002 FORD TAURUS - I HAVE WATER LEAKING ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR WHEN IT RAINS. IT SEEMS TO COME IN THROUGH A COWL DURING HEAVY RAIN. THE PASSENGER FLOOR COLLECTS WATER FROM UNDER THE GLOVE BOX AND THE BLOWER AREA. THE FORD DEALER TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS PROBLEM. ALSO, THE DEALER ...

I WAS DRIVING ON A RURAL ROAD AND HEARD A RATTLING SOUND, I THEN HAD MY MECHANIC LOOK AT MY CAR, AND HE FOUND A BROKEN FRONT SPRING ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. *AK

Mileage: 115,002

THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR COIL SPRING WAS OBSERVED TO BE BROKEN DURING A MAINTENANCE CHECK. THE REAR RIGHT STRUT MOUNT BROKE AFTER THE SPRING REPLACEMENT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT EXTRA COST. *AK

Mileage: 86,231

TOOK THE 2002 TAURUS TO THE FORD DEALER WITH AN OIL LEAK ISSUE TO HAVE IT CORRECTED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. WAS INFORMED BY SERVICE MANAGER THAT ALONG WITH THE OIL LEAK THE CAR ALSO HAD A BROKEN REAR COIL SPRING. WHEN QUESTIONED AS TO WHY THAT SHOULD BE A PROBLEM AT 44,000 MILES THE SERVICE ...

Mileage: 44,696

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE BACKING CAR IN DRIVEWAY - PUNCTURED AND DESTROYED DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WHICH WAS BRAND NEW

Mileage: 96,525

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE UNEXPECTEDLY, DESTROYING FRONT RIGHT TIRE AND REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF TIRE, COILS, STRUTS AND MOUNTS PLUS ALIGNMENT. THE COST OF REPAIRS CAME TO $859.61. *AK

Mileage: 81,631

ON MY WAY TO WORK THIS MORNING TAKING THE SAME ROADS I TRAVEL EVERYDAY. I HEARD A THUD FROM THE REAR OF MY CAR I IMEDIATLY PULLED OVER LOOKED AROUND AND UNDER THE CAR AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. LUCKILY I WAS CLOSE TO WORK AND CONTINUED ON THE LAST 1/2 MILE OR SO. AFTER WORK I PULLED THE LEFT ...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 29,000. ...

Mileage: 29,000

2002 FORD TAURUS SE CUSTOMER WAS IN A ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY**CC *JB THE CONSUMER STATED WANTED TO THE STATUS OF HIS COMPLAINT. *TR

DRIVER SIDE REAR COIL SPRING SNAPPED, WEDGING AGAINST TIRE. FORTUNATELY THE CAR WAS TRAVELING UNDER 10MPH AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 82,375

REAR SPRING BROKE DAMAGING TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 55,110

DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION MECHANIC FOUND BROKEN RIGHT REAR SPRING. CAR ONLY HAS 45100 MILES ON IT. REPLACED BOTH REAR SPRINGS AND STRUTS. *TR

Mileage: 45,178

2002 FORD TAURUS THAT I HAD AS A COMPANY LEASED VEHICLE, AND HAVE EVERY RECORD ON SINCE IT ENTERED SERVICE UNTIL NOW, THAT HAS NEVER BEEN WRECKED PREVIOUSLY, HAD A RIGHT FRONT SPRING FAILURE WHEN TURNING A CORNER AT A VERY LOW SPEED. THE SPRING LOOKS LIKE IT HAD A METAL FATIGUE CRACK IN IT, AND IT B...

Mileage: 134,794

I WAS BACKING MY CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE. RIGHT FRONT SPRING SHATTERED, SHOOTING DOWN INTO AND PUNCTURING THE TIRE. I HAD THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY OR EVEN ON A SIDE STREET, THE POTENTIAL THAT MY WIFE AND KIDS COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IS QUITE PROBABLE. ...

Mileage: 63,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE'S FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SURGE TO THE LEFT. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY RISK BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD ...

Mileage: 40,462

I OWN 2002 FORD TARUS. WHILE BACKING CAR OUT OF DRIVEWAY HEARD A ODD SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. AS I WAS STOPPING THE CAR THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE EXPLODED. I REALLY WAS NOT SURE WHAT HAD HAPPENED SINCE I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 2 MPH. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED, AS I ...

Mileage: 97,000

CAR WAS PARKED WHEN LEFT FRONT SRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE, RESULTING IN NEED TO REPLACE TWO FRONT SPRINGS, TIRE, SWAY BARS AND STRUTS. *AK

Mileage: 89,397

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 54 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH IN WHICH BOTH VEHICLES INVOLVED WERE DESTROYED. THE CONTACTS AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 85,000. OKLAHOMA TRAFFIC COLLISION REPO...

Mileage: 85,000

ON APRIL 25 2007 STARTED THE 2002 FORD TAURUS PASSENGER SEDAN VECHICLE IN GARAGE AQND IMMEDIATELY HEARD A HORRENDOUS EXPLOSION NOISE . IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE DEFLATED. I THOUGHT THAT THE EXPLOSIVE TYPE NOISE WAS EXCESSIVELY HIGH . ALSO, THOUGHT T I HAD A BAD TIRE THAT BL...

Mileage: 54,887

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCES A LOT OF WIND NOISE, WATER LEAKAGE, SQUEAKS, AND RATTLES COMING FROM THE VEHICLE'S WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SNOW MAY HAVE ENTERED INTO THE FLOOR BLOWER, MOTOR, AND RESISTER AND THAT SPEED WAS NOT A FACTOR. T...

Mileage: 47,053

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCES A LOT OF WIND NOISE, WATER LEAKAGE, SQUEAKS, AND RATTLES COMING FROM THE VEHICLE'S WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SNOW MAY HAVE ENTERED INTO THE FLOOR BLOWER, MOTOR, AND RESISTER AND THAT SPEED WAS NOT A FACTOR. T...

Mileage: 47,053

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCES A LOT OF WIND NOISE, WATER LEAKAGE, SQUEAKS, AND RATTLES COMING FROM THE VEHICLE'S WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SNOW MAY HAVE ENTERED INTO THE FLOOR BLOWER, MOTOR, AND RESISTER AND THAT SPEED WAS NOT A FACTOR. T...

Mileage: 47,053

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. SHE NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, SHE NOTICED THE REAR COIL SPRING HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE MECHANIC REPLACED BOT...

Mileage: 69,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. SHE NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, SHE NOTICED THE REAR COIL SPRING HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE MECHANIC REPLACED BOT...

Mileage: 69,000

THE LEFT REAR COIL SPRING ON THE 2002 FORD TAURUS FRACTURED TWO DAYS AGO. THE CAR ONLY HAS 31,249 MILES ON IT. NOT ONLY DID THE COIL SPRING BREAK, WHICH IN TURN, SEVERELY DAMAGED LEFT FRONT TIRE, IT ALSO CAUSED THE SUSPENSION TO DROP, DAMAGING THE REAR STRUTS. THE RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING WAS ALSO ...

Mileage: 17,000

2002 FORD, TAURUS HAD BROKEN RIGHT FRONT SPRING. *AK

Mileage: 47,000

I HAVE A 02 TAURUS WHICH LEAKED WATER ONTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD ALSO CAUSING MY AC BLOWER MOTOR TO SHORT OUT. I COULD NOT GET FORD TO ACT EVEN THOUGH A RELATED RECALL EXISTED UNDER 03V087000. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

MAKE: FORD, MODEL: TAURUS, YEAR: 2002, I WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER OF THESE COIL SPRINGS MUBEA: THIS CONDITION HAS EXISTED SINCE 2002 FOR MY COIL SPRINGS RUSTING AND BREAKING CAUSING TIRE AND CAR DAMAGE. I SUSTAINED THIS DAMAGE PULLING OUT OF MY PARKING LOT ONTO I-75 @ 176 MILE MARKER NORTH. W...

Mileage: 50,600

I ENTERED THE VEHICLE (2002 FORD TAURUS), TURNED THE IGNITION, PUT IT INTO REVERSE, MOVED BACK APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES, AND HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND. I REALIZED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. AFTER CALLING A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE THE TIRE OFF (LUG NUTS WERE SCREWED ON MUCH TOO TIGHT TO BE ...

I ENTERED THE VEHICLE (2002 FORD TAURUS), TURNED THE IGNITION, PUT IT INTO REVERSE, MOVED BACK APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES, AND HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND. I REALIZED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. AFTER CALLING A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE THE TIRE OFF (LUG NUTS WERE SCREWED ON MUCH TOO TIGHT TO BE ...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS PUNCTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE CONTACT HAS THE REPAIR INVOICE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 71,000. *AK UPDATE 05/22/07*...

Mileage: 71,000

BROKEN DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SE. *TR

Mileage: 46,564

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAS THE COIL SPRINGS AND REPAIR INVOICES. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

Mileage: 70,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THERE IS A RECALL # 04V332000 FOR THE 2001 TAURUS. THE CONTACT FEELS HIS...

Mileage: 54,000

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. HE NOTICED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT DUE TO A PUNCTURE BY THE COIL SPRING. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE REASON FOR THE FAILURE. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL RECALL # 04V332000 CONCERNIN...

Mileage: 50,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM...

Mileage: 40,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. ON APRIL 6, 2007 THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE VEHICLE'S TIRE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH ON A COLD, WINDY DAY. THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL ON COIL SPRINGS FROM 1999 - 2001. THE CURR...

Mileage: 111,000

I KNOW THERE IS A RECALL ON FORD TAURUS FROM 1999-2001 FOR THE SPRINGS BREAKING. I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ON 03/22/07, THE PASSENGER FRONT SPRING BROKE AT MY HOUSE. IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. WHEN IT BROKE IT SLASHED THE WHEEL APART & BROKE A SENSOR. THEN, AGAIN ON ...

REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF 2002 FORD TAURUS BY A PROFESSIONAL MECHANIC IDENTIFIED A FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT REAR SUSPENSION COIL SPRING. THIS FAILURE OF A CRITICAL SUSPENSION COMPONENT REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS AND STRUTS. PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE ON THE CAR HAD BEEN PERFORMED IN AUGU...

MY WIFE STARTED TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY IN THE 2002 FORD TAURUS AND HEARD A BANG FOLLOWED BY HISSING. SHE SAW THE FLAT TIRE AND CALLED HER BROTHER TO COME HELP SINCE I WAS OUT OF TOWN ,AND AFTER HE JACKED THE CAR UP THEY SAW THE SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE...

Mileage: 61,435

MY WIFE STARTED TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY IN THE 2002 FORD TAURUS AND HEARD A BANG FOLLOWED BY HISSING. SHE SAW THE FLAT TIRE AND CALLED HER BROTHER TO COME HELP SINCE I WAS OUT OF TOWN ,AND AFTER HE JACKED THE CAR UP THEY SAW THE SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE...

Mileage: 61,435

MY WIFE STARTED TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY IN THE 2002 FORD TAURUS AND HEARD A BANG FOLLOWED BY HISSING. SHE SAW THE FLAT TIRE AND CALLED HER BROTHER TO COME HELP SINCE I WAS OUT OF TOWN ,AND AFTER HE JACKED THE CAR UP THEY SAW THE SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE...

Mileage: 61,435

EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE WAS A APPROXIMATELY 100 MILE ROUND TRIP ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING 65 MPH, THE EVENING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE FAILURE CONSISTED OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BREAKING AND SEVERLY DAMAGING THE FRONT DIVER'S SIDE TIRE AND SWAY BAR. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE ...

Mileage: 59,000

EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE WAS A APPROXIMATELY 100 MILE ROUND TRIP ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING 65 MPH, THE EVENING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE FAILURE CONSISTED OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BREAKING AND SEVERLY DAMAGING THE FRONT DIVER'S SIDE TIRE AND SWAY BAR. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE ...

Mileage: 59,000

EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE WAS A APPROXIMATELY 100 MILE ROUND TRIP ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING 65 MPH, THE EVENING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE FAILURE CONSISTED OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING BREAKING AND SEVERLY DAMAGING THE FRONT DIVER'S SIDE TIRE AND SWAY BAR. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE ...

Mileage: 59,000

I HAD A LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING TO BREAK ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WHILE I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND SLICED THE TIRE ALL THE WAY AROUND. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS COLLISION, THE STRUTS WERE ALSO BAD WITCH COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN. I STI...

Mileage: 63,000

I HAD A LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING TO BREAK ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS WHILE I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND SLICED THE TIRE ALL THE WAY AROUND. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS COLLISION, THE STRUTS WERE ALSO BAD WITCH COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN. I STI...

Mileage: 63,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT 3 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A GRINDING NOISE FOLLOWED BY THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE BLOWING OUT. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED FAILURE IN THE REAR COIL SPRING ONCE THE TIRE WAS REMOVED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALER, WHO WAS REPLACIN...

Mileage: 90,000

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRINGS SNAPPED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE PROBLEM WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. THE SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND CAUSED A FLAT. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS WERE DEFECTIVE. APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS LATER THE...

Mileage: 73,000

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRINGS SNAPPED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE PROBLEM WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. THE SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND CAUSED A FLAT. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS WERE DEFECTIVE. APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS LATER THE...

Mileage: 73,000

FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE ON 2002 FORD TAURUS. *JB

Mileage: 75,000

DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE WHEN I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE. THIS DESTROYED THE TIRE, RENDERING IT UNDRIVABLE. *JB

Mileage: 67,000

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS SES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AND WHEN SHE GOT INTO THE VEHICLE THE COIL SPRING ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE SHEARED AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD JUST HAD THE TIRES ROTA...

Mileage: 48,000

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 78000 FAILURE MILEAGE HE DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT WORK. THERE WAS RECALL 04V106000 ON THE SAME YEAR/MAKE AND MODEL, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. ALSO, THE CONTACT HAD PROBLEMS WITH TAKIN...

Mileage: 78,000

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 2002 FORD TAURUS WITH 78000 FAILURE MILEAGE HE DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT WORK. THERE WAS RECALL 04V106000 ON THE SAME YEAR/MAKE AND MODEL, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. ALSO, THE CONTACT HAD PROBLEMS WITH TAKIN...

Mileage: 78,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. EACH TIME THE CONTACT'S FOOT WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS AT THE TIME OF FAILURE, AND THE WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS WERE NOT A FACTOR. IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE FAILURE SEVERAL VALVES HAD TO...

Mileage: 31,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE HAD BLOWN. THE CONTACT HAD THE WHEEL REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING WAS SHEARED AND HAD PUNCTURED THE FRONT PASSENGER TI...

Mileage: 74,560

WHILE MOVING THE CAR ONLY A FEW INCHES WHEN PULLING OUT OF THE GARAGE A FLAT TIRE OCCURRED WITH A LOUD NOISE. INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM IT WAS FOUND THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. IF THE CAR HAD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS FAILU...

Mileage: 90,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT REFERRED TO RECALL # 04V332000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC TO BE REMEDIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 83579.*AK THE CONSUMER INFORMED THERE WERE NO RECAL...

Mileage: 83,579

THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SPRING ON MY FORD TAURUS SNAPPED IN HALF SHOVING THE REMAINING SPRING INTO MY TIRE. THE CAR WAS SITTING IN THE GARAGE WHEN IT HAPPENED.*AK

Mileage: 93,991

JUST BACKING VEHICLE OUT OF GARAGE WITH NO SIGN OF A PROBLEM, LEFT FRONT CORNER OF CAR DROPPED, FOLLOWED BY SOUND OF AIR RUSHING OUT OF TIRE. AFTER JACKING THE CAR UP TO REPLACE THE TIRE, FOUND ONE COIL OF THE FRONT SPRING STUCK IN THE SIDEWALL OF TIRE. SPRING SHOWED NO SIGNS OF RUST, JUST A CLEAN B...

Mileage: 41,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD TAURUS [XXX]. MY FAMILY AND I WERE GETTING INTO THE CAR WHEN SOMETHING BROKE. WE ALL THOUGHT IT WAS A WINDOW BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY BROKEN GLASS. I STARTED THE CAR AND HEARD A CRUNCHING NOISE AND THEN THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE EXPLODED. WHEN CHANGING THE TIRE, I NOTICED THE C...

Mileage: 49,174

TL. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH IN THE 2002 FORD TAURUS THE REAR PASSENGER COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. THE CONTACH CHANGE THE TIRE AND DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED BOTH COIL SPRINGS. JRB

Mileage: 84,700

I BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND HEARD A GRINDING SOUND. I CHECKED THE FRONT END BUT COULD NOT SEE ANY PROBLEMS. I DROVE FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AND HEARD A BANG AS THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. WHEN I CHANGED THE TIRE I FOUND THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING IMPALED IN THE ...

Mileage: 137,554

I BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND HEARD A GRINDING SOUND. I CHECKED THE FRONT END BUT COULD NOT SEE ANY PROBLEMS. I DROVE FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AND HEARD A BANG AS THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. WHEN I CHANGED THE TIRE I FOUND THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING IMPALED IN THE ...

Mileage: 137,554

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SE WAS PARKED WHEN I WENT TO PULL OUT OF THE SPACE, THE CAR MADE LOUD SNAPPING SOUNDS AND WAS JOLTED, THEN WOULD NOT MOVE PROPERLY. I GOT OUT TO CHECK AND THE DRIVER' S SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. PUT ON THE SPARE TIRE, AND FOUND A LARGE GASH CUT INTO THE INNER WALL OF THE FLAT TI...

Mileage: 75,000

MY 2002 FORD TAURUS SE WAS PARKED WHEN I WENT TO PULL OUT OF THE SPACE, THE CAR MADE LOUD SNAPPING SOUNDS AND WAS JOLTED, THEN WOULD NOT MOVE PROPERLY. I GOT OUT TO CHECK AND THE DRIVER' S SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. PUT ON THE SPARE TIRE, AND FOUND A LARGE GASH CUT INTO THE INNER WALL OF THE FLAT TI...

Mileage: 75,000

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SPRING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND THE SPRING AND SWAY BAR WERE REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS LATER THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT SPRING FAILED. THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE WA...

Mileage: 70,000

THE FRONT COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SNAPPED AND DESTROYED THE TIRE ON MY 2002 FORD TAURUS. LUCKILY THE CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION WHEN IT HAPPENED. BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED, AS WELL AS THE SWAY BAR, AND THE TIRE, PLUS AN ALIGNMENT HAD TO BE DONE. THE REPAIR COST OVER $500. TH...

Mileage: 45,000

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY DOING 60 KM ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A BANG AND THOUGHT THE FRONT TIRE BLOW UP BECAUSE THE FRONT OF THE CAR DROPPED AND VEERED TO THE LEFT AND ALMOST CRASHED . THEN HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER THEY CHECK IT AND SAID THE FRONT SPRING BROKE AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT DRIVE...

Mileage: 120,000

2002 FORD TAURUS; 57K MILES; WIFE WAS PARKED AT WORK PARKING LOT (NO OTHER VEHICLE. IN LOT, WAS WORKING ALONE ON A SATURDAY). AFTER WORK SHE WENT OUT AND STARTED THE VEHICLE AND PUT VEHICLE IN (DRIVE). THE VEHICLE MOVED APPROXIMATELY 4 FT. AND A LARGE 'BANG' CAME FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. ...

Mileage: 58,487

TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING THE 2002 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR COIL SPRINGS FAILED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS. THE CONTACT HAD NOT DRIVEN THE VEHICLE FOR A FEW DAYS WHEN SHE NOTICED THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS SAGGING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,253. THE CONTACT ...

Mileage: 83,253

WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF VEHICLE. DAUGHTER CALLED WHILE IN PARKING LOT DESCRIBING FLAT RIGHT FRONT TIRE. WHEN I WENT TO CHANGE TIRE, IT WOULD NOT COME OFF OF ROTOR. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND WAS STICKING THROUGH INSIDE WALL OF TIRE. WHEEL WOULD NOT ROTATE FORWA...

Mileage: 98,000

BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING SNAPPED, PUNCTURING SIDEWALL OF TIRE. CAR WAS TOWED, COST FOR REPAIR $650. *NM

Mileage: 116,550

COIL SPRING FAILURE, LEFT FRONT, SPRING FAILED DUE TO RUST IN STEEL. REPAIR TO SPRING, PARTS AND TIRE AND RIM. COST 243.82. *NM

FAILURE OF FRONT RIGHT SPRING, JUST LIKE THE LEFT FRONT THAT FAILED IN 8/05. *NM

FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURE ON FORD TAURUS FRONT TIRE SPILT LIKE A CAN OPENER GOT TO IT. *JB

Mileage: 46,000

THE FRONT PASSENGER COIL SPRING BROKE ABOUT 50 FEET FROM THE END OF MY DRIVEWAY AFTER THE CAR LEFT MY HOUSE. THE BROKEN SPRING THEN PROCEEDED TO SLICE THROUGH AND RUIN THE TIRE. HAPPENED AT VERY LOW SPEED...THANKFULLY. *NM

2002 FORD TAURUS - FRONT RIGHT SPRING SNAPPED AND PUNCTURED TIRE. 2000 AND 2001 TAURUS IS UNDER A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. FORTUNATELY IT HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT, NOT ON THE HIGHWAY I HAD JUST EXITED. HAD IT BEEN WHILE MOVING - IT COULD HAVE LEAD TO A VERY SERIOUS INJURY. *NM

Mileage: 68,170

THIS A COMPLAINT IN REGARDS TO A 2002 FORD TAURUS. I WENT TO BACK OUT OF THE GARAGE AND NOTICED THAT MY DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. UPON REMOVAL OF THE TIRE, THERE WAS A GASH MADE IN IT'S SIDE WALL BY THE BREAKING OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING. I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID THERE WA...

THE 2002 FORD TAURUS BEGAN TO SHAKE DURING BRAKING OR OVER SPEEDS OF 20 MPH. THE SHAKING BECAME WORSE UNTIL THREE OF THE FIVE LUG STUDS ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL SNAPPED OFF. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BECOME UNDRIVABLE. THE HUB HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REMOVED AND THE FIVE STUDS HAD TO BE REPLACED...

Mileage: 141,000

THE 2002 FORD TAURUS BEGAN TO SHAKE DURING BRAKING OR OVER SPEEDS OF 20 MPH. THE SHAKING BECAME WORSE UNTIL THREE OF THE FIVE LUG STUDS ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL SNAPPED OFF. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BECOME UNDRIVABLE. THE HUB HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REMOVED AND THE FIVE STUDS HAD TO BE REPLACED...

Mileage: 141,000