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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007105501 | Incident Date: Apr, 24 2007 |
| Consumer's City: BRIGHTON | Consumer's State: MA |
| 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#: 1FAFP552X2G | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 10 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 31 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: On april 25 2007 started the 2002 ford taurus passenger sedan vechicle in garage aqnd immediately heard a horrendous explosion noise . immediately following the front left tire deflated. i thought that the explosive type noise was excessively high . also, thought t i had a bad tire that blew out. i called aaa to change my tire that evening,and aaa mechanic realized he could not get the tire off the car and looked under with flashlight to see why. he said that he reason he could not get the tire off the car was becasue the spring broke and was embedded into the front tire. he handed me the top of the spring that was broken. *ak upon the ordeal fo getting car out ofgarage and to ford muzi dealership/service department, i was informed by the several of the flatbed drivers that this was a problem with ford taurus and they had seen this happen before. i was further informed by the drivers that ford had recalled other years of this model. one he driver said he had one instance of a 2002 model on the highway also., i consulted with the service department manager who told me that it was a problem with the ford taurus and that other years were recalled for this problem but not the 2002. upon review of the nhts information the 1999 , 2000 , and 2001 ford taurus sedans have been recalled for the exact same thing that has just happened to my car. this is indeed a very serious safety problem with this 2002 ford taurus and most definely could have caused my death as well as others if this happened on the highway, or anywhere else.with fast speeds i am sure this car would have turned over instantaneously as it happended so fast, a matter of less than 1-2 minutes for the tire to delfate. i hope that your safety department will address this issue promptly because i am sure that this can and will happened to other owners of this 2002 ford taurus passenger sedan |
