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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005013695 | Incident Date: Mar, 26 2005 |
| Consumer's City: YORKVILLE | Consumer's State: IL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: SABLE | Model Year: 2000 |
| 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#: 1MEFM55S7YG | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 27 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 17 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Front springs where identified as a possibility of breaking and was notified by ford, the springs did break penetrating into the tire. springs where replaced by manufacturer. fortunately this happened at a low speed not causing an accident when the tire blew out from the spring entering the tire. five months later, a rear spring has broken and again was forced toward the tire, this time not penetrating it, but creating a deep gouge in the tire. car is now in dealer shop for repair and replacement of spring, strut, and tire. ford not aware of problem with rear springs so cost of repair will be at owners expense. i have requested that the ford service department return all parts to me after replacement. it was of the opinion of the service department that the car was not safe to drive until parts were ordered and replaced. concern now is the integrity of the other rear spring.*jb |
