Mechanical failure of substandard equipment. The driver side front coil spring on my 2000 ford taurus ses snapped and punctured my tire. I was in my driveway, thank goodness. Had this happened at highway speed, I am certain I would have been killed. Ford told me they could not help with repair and were not under obligation as no recall had been issued for that year, though there have been large recalls for other model years.
2000 Ford Taurus suspension complaints
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My two children and I got into my 2000 ford tauras on december 27, 2003. We were going to my daughters doctor's appointment. I started my car and put it in reverse. The car barely moved, it seemed stuck. Then we heard an explosion from the front end and the front drivers side lowered. I got out of the car and saw my driver side front tire was flat. Upon trying to change the tire it was discovered that the front coil spring had broken and was embedded in the tire, explaining the explosion we heard. The coil spring put a 4 to 6 inch gash in my tire. Thank god we were in the driveway and not going down the road!!!
The left side front end suspension coil spring snapped one night while parked on a paved driveway. *la the failure caused substantial damage to the front end components and ruined a tire. *
Front suspension spring on the driver's side broke in half and punctured the tire, resulting in a blowout. This occurred while reversing.
Left front coil spring broke while driving 55800 miles on vehicle. Failure caused destruction of two struts, cv axle, a tire, and possibly an ABS sensor. Driver heard a lound clunking noise while the vehicle was in motion on interstate at 70 MPH. Easily could have caused the vehicle to crash.
2003 ford taurus the front spring broke and punctured the tire while driving. Lucky for me it was just outside my home. If this had been the highway who knows what would happen. This is a serious matter! No car 4 years old should do this. The tire was completely shredded! I see a number of these complaints starting to grow in 2003 as these cars become stressed. This is not safe for any ford owner! Please do something to warn people this could happen!
I own a 2000 taurus wagon with 80,000 miles and in excellent condition. About 2 months ago while parked in my driveway I put the shifter in drive, I accelerated gently, but the car would not move forward. I reached down to release the emergency brake, but it was already released. I accelerated hard and within moving forward 6 inches I heard a big bang and the right front end dropped. The coil spring had broken while parked. Within 1 month the car was parked in the driveway, I put the shifter in reverse, accelerating gently, the car would not move, and again I thought I had forgotten to release the emergency brake. No such luck. I accelerated more heavily and within 6 inches of backing up, I heard a big bang and the left front dropped. The exact same thing happened to the left front as happened on the right front. The springs had broken while parked. The spear like broken end was against the tire. When I moved the car the spring pierced the tire. I still have the spring and tire from the right front. Since the left front broke I still have not moved the car.
The left rear spring on our 2000 ford taurus failed. The sharp, jagged end of the broken spring gouged the inner sidewall of the left rear tire, but the tire remained inflated. We dont know when the spring failed or when the tire was damaged. We were unaware of these failures, so we used the car normally driving it at highway speed as well as in town. This is a serious safety problem. The ford dealer discovered the rear spring failure and the tire damage during a routine annual state safety inspection. When I searched the federal safety agency website, I learned that taurus front spring failures were reported at about 45000 miles but no rear spring failures had been reported. We replaced the front & rear springs. Our car was in the dealers repair shop for 25 days. Ford motor company refused to cover the entire repair cost. Ford didnt provide a loner car. I don't know if ford has a proactive program to address this serious safety problem. The 2000 taurus spring failures listed on your website doubled in the last three months. When do you plan to announce the danger of these sudden spring failures? At this point, Im uneasy driving our 2000 taurus even with the new springs. And, Im really uncomfortable when another 1999 or 2000 taurus passes us on the highway. Do the 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2004 taurus cars have this problem too? End you pictures of the gouged tire and broken spring. Where should we send them?
In reading th is particular complaint was one that I also experience daily and agree with original complainant in a blanket appeal to the ford motor corp to fix on a recall list sent soon.this is a 6-passenger rated sedan. This problem has been reported to the dealer several times, but dealer says nothing wrong. Last week I put the car up on a hoist and made a visual inspection myself, and found defects that I believe warrant a recall. The problem: whenever I have one or two passengers in the back seat, the rear suspension make clunking noises. During my inspection, I found that the torsion bar is too weak and allows a the car to bottom out with a frame crossmember hitting the torsion bar. This happens on both torsion bars. These are parts that are not designed to hit each other (no rubber bump pads). In fact, if I were not so careful, this bottoming out could break the torsion bar a cause the car to lose control. In addition, there is evidence of the tailpipe rubbing against the left torsion bar which could eventually cause a carbon monoxide leak under the cabin. Also, there is a brake line that is being rubbed and worn because it is wedged against the left torsion bar and will eventually wear through. I feel that all of these problems should be corrected at no cost to me by the dealer. The weak torsion bars that allow the car to bottom out may need a recall to replace with stronger ones. This is an extreme safety hazard especially for those who purchased this car as a family car and regularly put people in the back seat. I was surprised to see that you don't have this problem on your recall list already. Jm.
Left front coil spring broke and punctured the left front tire. The vehicle was sitting in the parking lot, when spring broke.
The vehicle alignment will eat off tire, causing tread wear and tear. *ak the front tire(s) had wore out. The dealer sent the consumer to the tire company and they sent the consumer back to the dealer stating it was an alignment problem. The tires were rotated and soon after the wires were seen extending out of the left front tire. The consumer requested reimbursement. *scc
While traveling at normal speed torsion bar broke, causing front passenger tire to blowout.
Consumer experienced two broken front coil springs. *ph while driving, there was a terrible noise coming from the front end. When the consumer looked under the vehicle, he found two broken front coil springs. *scc
The front coil spring snapped and sliced the tire. *ak the consumer placed the vehicle in reverse and heard a loud noise. The consumer had gotten out of the vehicle and saw the front driver tire was flat. When the vehicle had taken off, the front coil spring had broke in half and acted as a knife and sliced the tire. *scc
I have a 2000 ford taurus with about 40,000 miles, while pulling out of the driveway one morning I heard a loud explosion, at least one front coil spring broke (the driver side).
While driving vehicle fish tails. Took vehicle to dealer, and dealer said rear struts have failed.
My wife was leaving work and upon setting in the car hear a load noise, on investigation by a aaa mechanic the front coil spring on the driver's side had broken and punctured the tire. The plastic linkage connecting the anti-sway bar was also broken. If the car had been moving it would have wrecked and possibly rolled. I thought this had been fixed on earlier models of the taurus, I know there was a recall to put anti-puncture protection from broken springs.
The front driver side coil spring failed, and punctured the tire.
I have a ford tarus 2000, with 41,000 miles, my wife went to drive the car and before she started the car -the car was stationary- there was an explosive sound in the front due to the left front tire blowing out. I raised the car with a jack and found the coil spring had broken apart and was embedded in the tire. Had someone been driving the car at 70 MPH it is quite likely the car would have rolled over. If a spring failure does happen while the car is at driving velocity and causes the car to wreck in one way or another, the broken spring will be seen as a result of the crash and not as the cause of the crash. The ford people told me there is no recall and that they are allowed 1% failure rate before a recall is initiated. The spring is very critical to steering and to allow 10,000 failures, a possible 10,000 fatalities per million is unacceptable.
The steering wheel vibrated at speeds of 40-50 MPH. Also the automatic transmission did not seem to engage in the correct gear.
Excessive front tire wear due to design and/or manufacturing defect in upper strut plate installation, resulting in improper alignment/chamber that cannot be corrected through realignment. This can result in tire failure, with obvious catastrophic results. Ts
I have owned my 2002 ford taurus for 32 months. During this time, I have hade the the brake pedal switch replaced twice, new rear struts, replaced airbag system. The car is now back at ford to have a new transaxel installed. There have been more than $5,000 in repairs to this car which has just over 60,000 miles.
While driving the vehicle at slow speed the steering wheel will rock side to side vibrating heavily and it will be hard for the consumer to control the front vibration of the vehicle. Dealer has been notified. Please provide further information. Ts
Tires: reported vibration , shimmy and pulling to the left. Took to dealer 6/24/2000 (1829) miles, balanced tires. On 11/14/2000 (9061)miles, 04/23/2001 (12871) balanced tires. Finally, 5/25/2001 (14518) replaced two front tires. Vibration and shimmy stopped but kept pulling to the left. On 10/10/2001 (23876) miles, charged me for alignment, car stopped pulling. Transmission: at approximately 40800 miles car had a noticeable shudder while going in reverse. Took to the dealer and was told it was a cracked casing as noted in tsb 15559 the federal safety agency number (630095) caused by miss manufacture of a part. Was informed dealer or ford motor co. Would not assist with repair cost to exceed $1495. Brakes: reported brake problem on 5/25/2001 and 10/10/2001 when it was server, shaking and control problems when stopping. Dealer cut front rotors which was out of spec.- problem is back. Fuel: have smelled gas in my car many times. Bought to dealers attention and of course could not find anything. Car is to have 18 gal. Tank but runs out of gas before that. Gas gauge reads empty at 12 gal. And was told it was built to be that way. Several complaints filed with you also describe my problems. Odi numbers 760669, 896396, 897642 and 862471 are some. *ph *nlm **dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut over to artemis**769760
I was attempting a lane change at 75 MPH the rear end of the car came around. I have noticed that the rear of the car slides very easily, I feel this is an engineering flaw. I was in a accident the airbags did not deploy and I was in the hospital. I have lost my car in a probable total loss. I feel that the rear of the car was engineered incorrectly. The rear of the car is too loose and loses traction on turns too easily. *ph *nlm **dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut over to artemis**768219
Vehicle has three sets of front wheel bearings replaced within a year, but problem still occurring. Feel free to provide any further information.
This is a 6-passenger rated sedan. This problem has been reported to the dealer several times, but dealer says nothing wrong. Last week I put the car up on a hoist and made a visual inspection myself and found defects that I believe warrant a recall. I took about 35 photos and can make them available to you. The problem: whenever I have one or two passengers in the back seat, the rear suspension make clunking noises. During my inspection, I found that the torsion bar is too weak and allows a the car to bottom out with a frame crossmember hitting the torsion bar. This happens on both torsion bars. These are parts that are not designed to hit each other (no rubber bump pads). In fact, if I were not so careful, this bottoming out could break the torsion bar a cause the car to lose control. In addition, there is evidence of the tailpipe rubbing against the left torsion bar which could eventually cause a carbon monoxide leak under the cabin. Also, there is a brake line that is being rubbed and worn because it is wedged against the left torsion bar and will eventually wear through. I feel that all of these problems should be corrected at no cost to me by the dealer. The weak torsion bars that allow the car to bottom out may need a recall to replace with stronger ones. This is an extreme safety hazard especially for those who purchased this car as a family car and regularly put people in the back seat. I was surprised to see that you don't have this problem on your recall list already. I can send you photos and/or take my car to an the federal safety agency inspection site for verification of these problems.
Vehicle drifts to the left. Dealership has attemted to fix 5 times.
There is a rattling noise when going up hill. Sounds like car is going to fall apart. Dealer is aware of problem, but does not have a solution. Please provide any further information.
Wheel alignment was off due to corrosion. All four tires were warped, and needed to be replaced. Dealership was aware of problem. *ak the dealer replaced rear right and left side lower control arms and bushings to correct the alignment problem. The driver side mirror had failed and was installed by the dealer. (continental tire size p215/60r16)
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