2004 Ford Taurus: broken coil spring

7 of the 375 complaints about the 2004 Ford Taurus describe broken coil spring.

owner complaints: 7
of this car's complaints: 2%
typical mileage: 109,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below

Broken coil spring by model year

2011
1
2010
1
2008
4
2006
1
2004
7
2003
247
2002
766
2001
381
2000
324
1999
128
1998
33
1997
11
1996
16
1995
29
1994
15
1993
79
1992
15
1991
1
1990
1

What owners say

Filed Apr 18, 2013 · Suspension · 118,000 miles · MN

I own a 2004 ford taurus. The left rear tire went flat while parked. While changing the left rear tire, I noticed that the coil spring bottom plate had fractured and let the spring hit the tire. The sharp point of the spring end punctured the tire, causing it to go flat. I saw that an identical complaint was entered into this web site just a couple of weeks ago. This vehicle model may have a time-based stress failure in this component, since the mileage in the other complaint was considerably lower.

Filed Dec 19, 2012 · Suspension · 100,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford taurus. The contact stated that he changed the front driver's side tire because it was flat and he noticed that the coil spring was fractured, which caused the tire to become flat. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 100,000.

Filed Jan 30, 2012 · Suspension · 139,000 miles · NV

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford taurus. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH, there was a loud popping sound in the front end of the vehicle. The contact was able to pull over but did not notice anything wrong. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic who stated there was a broken coil spring on the right side . The contact also stated that just recently the left coil spring broke. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 139,000 and the current mileage was 139,338.

Filed Jul 22, 2011 · Suspension · 109,000 miles · WI

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford taurus. The contact stated that the front driver side coil spring fractured. The failure caused the sway bar to detach and puncture a tire. The contact stated there was no warning prior to the failure. The contact had the vehicle towed to a dealer but the vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The failure and current mileages were 109,000. Updated 11/03/11*lj updated 11/04/11.

Filed Aug 5, 2010 · Suspension · 117,697 miles · CT

The right front coil spring on my 2004 taurus failed catastrophically, without warning, immediately as the car was placed into drive just after being started in the driveway. This destroyed the right front tire, which suddenly exploded when the broken spring end punctured the sidewall, creating an 8-inch rupture. The car had not moved an inch, as the failure occurred exactly as the transmission was placed into drive with foot on the brake. The car had 117,617 miles on it when this happened.

Filed Mar 18, 2010 · Suspension · 73,537 miles · MO

Vehicle: one owner 2004 ford taurus wagon, 73,500 miles, no accidents. Passenger side front coil spring fractured resulting in catastrophic puncture of the tire. Fortunately, this occurred as I was backing out of the garage so there was no accident. The fracture surface was clean and showed no evidence of prior damage other than slight surface corrosion.

Filed Aug 13, 2009 · Suspension · 81,500 miles · MT

Left front coil spring broke unexpectedly, puncturing/ruining left front tire, and breaking sway bar linkage. Luckily, car was moving at low speed when this happened.