2000 taurus ses with 58,708 miles on it. I drove to work, put in a full day and went to go home. Car would not move- found left front tire flat. Went to add air and nothing happened. Checked tire and found the coil spring had broken and punctured the inside sidewall. Since I am a long time ford dealer technician and have done many spring recalls on the older tauruses and the car has so few miles on it I contacted ford to see if they would repair the concern. They would not. I then went to order a new spring and found the part on backorder(part not available I.e ford has run out). Having read all the complaints, isn't it time for an investigation into this dangerous and I'm sure soon to be fatal defect?
2000 Ford Taurus suspension complaints
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2000 ford taurus- while backing up out of driveway front spring broke and punctured tire.
While in the driveway vehicle was parked and consumer heared a loud noise coming from the garage. Left front strut broke and cut the front tire, vehicle was no longer under warranty.
Reversing out of driveway, big thunk, front left car fell down. Front left coil spring had snapped, a bit fell off other part of coil spring punctured left front tire.
While driving at a slow speed on an even road, my right front spring broke, puncturing my front tire and caausing a loss of control of the vehicle.
While in the driveway vehicle was parked and front driver's side coil spring broke, cutting the tire in half. Imagine what would happen if consumer was driving on the highway and coil spring broke, cutting tire in half.
When backing out of a parking space front coil springs broke. As a result, while driving the smell of burning rubber was produced.
When pulling out of the driving right front wheel detached from the vehicle. Consumer took vehicle to a repair shop, where the lower ball joints were replaced due to rust and wear. Consumer still has the defective lower ball joints. *ak
While backing out of driveway front struts snapped. As a result, the spring punctured the driver's side tire. *ak consumer replaced tire and strut.
The front strut was damaged when the front spring broke cutting the tire. *ph the consumer was leaving out of his driveway when the front tire blewout. The tire looked as if I were cut on the inside with a knife. The consumer was informed that the driver front spring had broken and cut the tire. The consumer was later told that the front strut had been damaged when the spring broke. The consumer requested to be compensated. *sc
While driving over a speed bump front suspension collapsed. Consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealership for repairs. Within two months rear suspension collapsed while driving over the same speed bump.
While driving 5 MPH front passenger spring/struts/axle snapped and failed. Consumer managed to pull over, and had the vehicle towed. Dealership was in the process of repairing the problem.
While parking front strut spring broke, puncturing the front passenger side tire.
While driving front suspension rod broke.
Bad shimmy and wobble in front drivers side also makes steering wheel wobble bad.
While driving 50 MPH consumer heard a loud noise. Consumer pulled over to the side to examine the vehicle. Consumer nearly lost control of the vehicle because the right (passenger) front dropped dangerously low. Consumer determined that the right tire blew out, and the coil spring broke. *ak the broken end of the spring went in the inside of the sidewall, which damaged the tire. Also, vehicle was running on a smooth road when incident occurred.
Duplicate report. See odi reference number 10061264 for correspondence information. *mjj ltr fm robert babcock, sr. (ny) enclosed is a copy of his article urging a recall of the 2000 ford taurus after his wife's 2000 taurus collapsed due to defective front spring coils, reply to the canadaigua office, dot/I# 2004-5061. Consumer also spoke with several other ford taurus vehicle owners who have experienced the same difficulty.
Coil spring broke unexpectedly while car was in motion; destroyed driver's side front tire, stabar, and punctured strut; control of the vehicle was lost
Ltr fm robert babcock, sr. (ny) encl a copy of his article urging a recall of the 2000 ford taurus after his wife's 2000 taurus collapsed due to defective front spring coils, reply to the canadaigua ofc, dot/I# 2004-5061. *ph
Front drivers side coils spring broke, puncturing tire. This happened when vehicle was parked! Had it happened when driving, could have been an accident.
While backing out of the driveway front right coil spring broke and punctured the front passenger's side tire. *ak this was an issue for the 1993 ford taurus. The consumer felt that ford never fixed the problem original.
The car was just filled with gas and car washed the night before our planned trip. Yes a highway trip was planned! We got into the car in the morning and went to back up and we heard a noise after only moving around a foot. The car felt funning in the steering. So I got out of the car and found that the front driver side tire was flat. So I went to the garage to get the air compressor to fill the tire. When trying to fill the tire I found that it would not hold any air. After further inspection I found the tire's inside wall was slit wide open. Great! So then proceeded to remove the tire to have it replaced. The goodyear tire was just purchased this summer and only had 13000 miles on it. That's when I found the spring around the strut had broken and cut the tire. What would of happen if we were on the highway and crashed. Would they say that the tire just blew and that's what caused the accident. How many 2000 taurus crashes have happened and the true root cause of the spring was never identified? Or has it? This is the first broken spring I have ever had on a vehical and this one only has 45,000 miles on it. I have driven vehicals over 150,000 miles without this ever happening. There has to be a design or manufacturing issue here for that to happen. The springs fracture looked clean and new! I plan to retain the parts but feel someone needs to cover the cost and time to have everything repaired. Will it happen again? Should we get rid of the car? Please advise. What a valentines day present!
This complaint concerns a 2000 ford taurus.n monday, 2/9/04, my wife, carol, was leaving a parking space at work and the front wheels spun on the ice a little. She heard a pop and got out to look. The drivers front tire was flat. Aaa came to change the tire and the mechanic had to use the tow lift to raise the car enough to get the jack under it. He replaced the tire with the spare and she drove home. When I looked at the tire, it had been cut all the way around on the inside just below where the tread meets the sidewall. On tuesday, 2/10/04, I took the car to bj's wholesale club on route 20 in auburn, ma, to purchase a new tire, and when they removed the spare they could see that the large spring that goes around the strut had broken and had cut the tire. They said that they have seen a considerable number of these broken springs on ford tauruses. I had the car towed to harr ford in worcester, ma to be repaired. The service manager I spoke to there said he has not noticed a significant number of these failures. I feel that this could be a serious problem with the ford taurus because it caused an explosive blowout of the tire and had it occured at highway speed would likely have resulted in a serious crash. I think that this should be looked into as a possible design flaw that could require a recall of these vehicles to prevent the deaths that are bound to occure if these springs are indeed faulty.
While driving the driver's side front coil spring broke. The spring punctured the tire which caused it to deflate. The front suspension locked up and the bearing plate blew out which broke the stabilizer link. *ak
The front driver coil spring failed and cut the tire in half. The sway bar link and the speed sensor broke. Dealer indicated, nothing they could do, advised the consumer to call the manufacturer. *ak
I am the original owner of a 2000 taurus with 83,000 kilometers on jan 6th when I sat in my vehicle I heard a loud noise in the left front of my car and the front end dropped onto to the tire. It was towed to the garage where they discovered the front coil spring had broken and put a slash in the tire rendering it unusable. I got my car back on jan 9th. Several days later and about 270 additional kilometers the car was now making a strange noise on the right front side of the vehicle. I managed to drive it back to the garage carefully and upon investigation it was discovered the right front coil spring was now broken. This is a concern to me firstly because it could have caused a accident especially on the left had side by dragging us into oncoming traffic and after an investigation no one would know for sure the spring was the original cause of the accident, maybe it would be blamed on the tire. Secondly with the cost of the tire this has cost me out of pocket roughly $500 us for something that in my opinion was defective from right from the date of manufacture. Additional concerns are that not everyone will report these incidents and there are more of these vehicles out there and the metal fatigue isn't going away it will only get worse. Ra.
Defective coil spring. *ph while driving 70 MPH the front coil spring failed and broke causing the vehicle's tire to rub and product smoke. Both struts, cv axle, and tire had to be replaced as well as an alignment performed. The service manager agreed that this was not a normal repair for a vehicle less than 4 years old with 56,000 miles. *tt
Main problem is the transmission....in reverse it starts to buck and grind; motor mount also failed
While backing out of the driveway, the consumer heard a popping noise from the rear. The consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealer for analysis and the mechanic replaced both coil springs and struts due to corrosion.*ak *jb
I have a 2000 ford taurus station wagon with 62,000 miles. I had a blow out on my front passenger tire. The coil spring had broken and rubed against the tire and caused the blow out. Fortunately it happened 5 min before I was going on to the interstate. From doing some research I have found that ford notoriously has had problems with the coil springs on many makes. I am aslo hearing that the rear springs are a problem also from different garages. The first issue is the safety of the individuals. The other issue is this is costing me about $400.00 to $500.00. Which I can not afford being single.
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