Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / TAURUS / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005011321 Incident Date: Mar, 12 2005
Consumer's City: FRANCESTOWN Consumer's State: NH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: TAURUS Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Suspension:front:springs:coil springs
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FAFP52U9WA Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 13 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 07 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 13 march 2005, pulling out of our driveway, right front tire went suddenly flat. removal of the tire showed that the spring on the right front strut broke, puncturing the tire. looking at the fracture zone it appears that corrosion had started at a defect in the steel, creating a crack that eventually yielded to the applied stress and failed. looks exactly like the problem in 1999 tauruses identified in nhtsa recall number 04v332000.*ak