The contact owns a 2004 Ford Taurus. The contact took the vehicle to get inspected when he noticed the rear spring was faulty. The mechanic stated that the springs needed to be replaced. The current and failure mileages were 31,000. Updated 02/01/08. Updated 02/01/08

- Watkins Glen, NY, USA

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Taurus. The vehicle had a cracked rear spring, and the struts needed to be replaced. The current failure mileage was 43,958. There were no previous failures with the vehicle. It failed the NY state inspection due to the cracked suspension system. The contact stated that the 2000 and the 2001 vehicles were under defect investigation, #PE05054, opened on 01/24/2006 and closed on 2/5/2007. The NY state inspection department considered it a hazard. The current mileage was 43,968.

- Scarsdale, NY, USA

When turning to the left or going over bumps sounded like items were shifting or clunking in the trunk. Everything taken out of the trunk and the noise continued. The rear suspension was looked at and found to have loose rear sway bar links. The sway bar was replaced.

- Peoria, IL, USA

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.

- Harrisburg, PA, USA

While backing out of the driveway, the consumer heard a popping noise from the rear. The consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealer for analysis and the mechanic replaced both coil springs and struts due to corrosion.

- Highwood, IL, USA

In reading th is particular complaint was one that I also experience daily and agree with original complainant in a blanket appeal to the Ford Motor Corp to fix on a recall list sent soon.this is a 6-passenger rated sedan. This problem has been reported to the dealer several times, but dealer says nothing wrong. Last week I put the car up on a hoist and made a visual inspection myself, and found defects that I believe warrant a recall. The problem: Whenever I have one or two passengers in the back seat, the rear suspension make clunking noises. During my inspection, I found that the torsion bar is too weak and allows a the car to bottom out with a frame crossmember hitting the torsion bar. This happens on both torsion bars. These are parts that are not designed to hit each other (no rubber bump pads). In fact, if I were not so careful, this bottoming out could break the torsion bar a cause the car to lose control. In addition, there is evidence of the tailpipe rubbing against the left torsion bar which could eventually cause a carbon monoxide leak under the cabin. Also, there is a brake line that is being rubbed and worn because it is wedged against the left torsion bar and will eventually wear through. I feel that all of these problems should be corrected at no cost to me by the dealer. The weak torsion bars that allow the car to bottom out may need a recall to replace with stronger ones. This is an extreme safety hazard especially for those who purchased this car as a family car and regularly put people in the back seat. I was surprised to see that you don't have this problem on your recall list already. Jm.

- Washington, PA, USA

I was attempting a lane change at 75 mph the rear end of the car came around. I have noticed that the rear of the car slides very easily, I feel this is an engineering flaw. I was in a accident the airbags did not deploy and I was in the hospital. I have lost my car in a probable total loss. I feel that the rear of the car was engineered incorrectly. The rear of the car is too loose and loses traction on turns too easily. **dimsii IVOQ entry posted after 12/12/02 cut over to artemis**768219

- Channahon, IL, USA

This is a 6-passenger rated sedan. This problem has been reported to the dealer several times, but dealer says nothing wrong. Last week I put the car up on a hoist and made a visual inspection myself and found defects that I believe warrant a recall. I took about 35 photos and can make them available to you. The problem: Whenever I have one or two passengers in the back seat, the rear suspension make clunking noises. During my inspection, I found that the torsion bar is too weak and allows a the car to bottom out with a frame crossmember hitting the torsion bar. This happens on both torsion bars. These are parts that are not designed to hit each other (no rubber bump pads). In fact, if I were not so careful, this bottoming out could break the torsion bar a cause the car to lose control. In addition, there is evidence of the tailpipe rubbing against the left torsion bar which could eventually cause a carbon monoxide leak under the cabin. Also, there is a brake line that is being rubbed and worn because it is wedged against the left torsion bar and will eventually wear through. I feel that all of these problems should be corrected at no cost to me by the dealer. The weak torsion bars that allow the car to bottom out may need a recall to replace with stronger ones. This is an extreme safety hazard especially for those who purchased this car as a family car and regularly put people in the back seat. I was surprised to see that you don't have this problem on your recall list already. I can send you photos and/or take my car to an NHTSA inspection site for verification of these problems.

- St. Paul, MN, USA

My complaint about the rear suspension of my vehicle is that the body frame suspends down over the rear tires causing rubbing with frame and rear tires. Also causes exhaust system to vibrate against flooring of vehicle.

- Mckeesport, PA, USA

I received FMVSS no 110- does this result in this problem with my car. No safety defect listed in the summary.

- Greenwood, IN, USA

When is loaded 600lbs, when turning or driving get a rattling sound from bottom rear end. This goes away when car is unloaded.

- Elmwood Park, IL, USA