This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
2000 Ford Taurus with 58, 500 miles. Vehicle was sitting in my garage, engine off. Upon sliding into the drivers seat, I heard a loud bang and the entire car shook. Nothing external evident on inspection. Took to dealer and was informed that both front springs and one rear spring were broken. Dealer replaced both front springs as part of a safety recall, and both rear springs for which I was charged $481. It was just my good luck that the failure occurred in my garage and not on the highway at highway speeds, where the spring could have ruptured a tire.
While driving over a speed bump front suspension collapsed. Consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealership for repairs. Within two months rear suspension collapsed while driving over the same speed bump.
Coil spring broke unexpectedly while car was in motion; destroyed driver's side front tire, stabar, and punctured strut; control of the vehicle was lost
While driving the driver's side front coil spring broke. The spring punctured the tire which caused it to deflate. The front suspension locked up and the bearing plate blew out which broke the stabilizer link.
My wife was leaving work and upon setting in the car hear a load noise, on investigation by a aaa mechanic the front coil spring on the driver's side had broken and punctured the tire. The plastic linkage connecting the anti-sway bar was also broken. If the car had been moving it would have wrecked and possibly rolled. I thought this had been fixed on earlier models of the Taurus, I know there was a recall to put anti-puncture protection from broken springs.
Excessive front tire wear due to design and/or manufacturing defect in upper strut plate installation, resulting in improper alignment/chamber that cannot be corrected through realignment. This can result in tire failure, with obvious catastrophic results.
While driving the vehicle at slow speed the steering wheel will rock side to side vibrating heavily and it will be hard for the consumer to control the front vibration of the vehicle. Dealer has been notified.
While driving at highway speeds vehicle pulls to left, cause unknown. The customer had been to the dealership 6 times for the vehicle veering to the left.
For the record: Front end has a severe vibration that is coming from the engine cradle, espec. When light braking is taking affect or when ever your fooit is on the brake pedal. This is my seventh Taurus and have never come accross this before I suspect that it could be strut valve that might be packing. The dealer will only turn the rotor or offer to balance the tires. This is not the problem so I apt to wait. The ssysmtom also feels like you have 80 psi in the front tires. I'm almost positie its strut rebons/preload packing. This will be a big concern to new owers and it is not a isolated case. This could lead to major suspension damame along with improper handling esp. Under high speed braking. The wheel is not able to follow the imperfections of the road surface therefore the car will handle in a violent manner. Ford should investigate this and recall these cars before accedents start occurring.
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- Youngstown, OH, USA