| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007099131 | Incident Date: Dec, 31 2006 |
| Consumer's City: DELMAR | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: TAURUS | Model Year: 2002 |
| 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#: 1FAFP58S22G | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 18 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Nov, 11 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The front coil spring on the driver's side snapped and destroyed the tire on my 2002 ford taurus. luckily the car was not in motion when it happened. both front coil springs had to be replaced, as well as the sway bar, and the tire, plus an alignment had to be done. the repair cost over $500. the coil springs are not covered in the extended warranty i purchased from ford even though every other part in the front end suspension is covered. given what i have learned about the long history of faulty coil springs in ford cars (going back to 1993) it seems likely that they exclude this part from the warrantly deliberatley. also, there was a recall for 2001 taurus cars due to coil spring failure, but ford refuses to extend the recall to 2002 model cars, even though the problem with snapping coil springs is identical. shame on ford, and shame on the nhtsa if it does not force ford to do a recall on this part. |
