Gary of Clinton MI (02/12/09) I was parked in a parking lot when the left front spring on my 2004 Ford Taurus exploded puncturing my new front tire that had less than 3000 miles on it. My Ford dealer sold me my new set of tires. Ford Motor Company or my ford dealer would do nothing for me. The new front tire was ruined because the Ford defective spring broke. I had to pay the total expense to include the tow bill back to the dealer that not only sold me the car bur just put on the new tires. Had I been on the road I probably would not be here now. I had to wind the spring out of my tire before it could be removed. Must be some peopld have to be hurt or killed before Ford will listen. I have been a VERY loyal ford customer my entire life bur this makes you wonder!! This happened 2/1/2008
Total cost for tow, new spring and new tire was 465.00. (Lesss expensive than a funeral though)
Jeanah of Mogadore, OH February 9, 2009
Jeanah of Mogadore OH (02/09/09) I have experienced spring issues. Just before Christmas 2008, the driver's side front spring blew and shredded the tire. This Saturday, February 7, 2009, the rear passenger side spring blew and shredded that tire. Surely Ford should take responsibility for the bad springs. There are reports all over the web indicating that 2002 Ford Taurus owners have experienced the very same issues. Luckily, both springs blew as I was backing out of a driveway. If this had happened on the expressway, I, and and others on the road, could have died. It's clearly only a matter of time before the other springs go.
Over 400-500 for each spring together with 120-150 per tire. As this is my only form of transportation, it is difficult for me to go to work while the car is in the shop.
Willis of New Castle, PA February 8, 2009
Willis of New Castle PA (02/08/09) front springs broke on 2000 ford taurus. ford replaced them, but then the rear springs broke and they don't replace them.
rear springs cost me over 300 and a lot of work to replace them.
Jaime of Elkhorn, WI February 6, 2009
Jaime of Elkhorn WI (02/06/09) Ford Springs: While backing out of my driveway this morning, as I sat down behind the wheel of my '02 Ford Taurus, I heard an awful metal shearing noise and felt the front end drop. I just started to back out (I had to try to get out of the way of my wife who who needed to get around me in our driveway) when my tire exploded! A quick inspection of my front driver's wheel well showed me a snapped spring. The tire was shredded from the coil and the ensuing driving (I had to get the car in towing position).
This is going to be very costly!! The 125 tire which had little road life was shredded, the flatbed towing will be 100, the new tire, and this doesn't compare to the mechanic repair costs (looking at the 55 pages on Consumer repairs dealing with Ford Springs, I look to be lightened of anywhere between 300-700!). Thankfully it happened in the driveway and not out on the roadways. There is no way that I could justify buying another Ford vehicle after paging through all these testimonials. Sad thing to say, especially in these hard times for our domestic auto industry!
E of Mahomet, IL February 4, 2009
E of Mahomet IL (02/04/09) I too own a 2002 Ford Taurus purchased from the City of Champaign where it was used as a city car. Last week when I started to back out of my driveway I heard a strange grinding noise in the left front of my car. Before I could pull back into the driveway the left front tire blew and come to find out the coil spring had broken and blew out my tire. I am not working and cannot afford the 500 plus that it is going to take to replace the springs, and after reading the rest of these posts apparently ALL springs on the car along with the cost of the tire that the coil breaking caused. If anyone is interested in starting a class action suit please contact me!!
Broken coil spring resulted in shredding of my left front tire.
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