CarComplaints.com Notes: Most people need a car where the coil springs don't puncture or shred tires while driving. The Taurus fails in that respect.
The 1999-2003 Ford Taurus has a huge problem with coil springs breaking, which can puncture or even shred tires while driving.
The US government spent THREE YEARS (2008-2011) investigating the 2002-2003 Taurus coil springs. Although Taurus/Sable from earlier years were recalled, ultimately the NHTSA did not force a recall. They determined that because there had been no deaths & very few bad crashes & injuries, the broken coil springs defect was no big deal & not a safety defect. Tell that to all the owners who had close calls...
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
14 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
6 / 0
Average Mileage:
87,979 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
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.
While shifting into reverse vehicle surged forward and collided with the vehicle in front. Driver sustained minor injuries. Vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection, and dealer was unable to resolve the problem. The insurance company totaled the vehicle.
While attempting to put the vehicle in reverse the gear shifter became stuck in park. The vehicle suddenly accelerated backwards and impacted several trees before coming to final rest.
My daughter was pulling into a parking space, she applied the brakes, the car lunged ahead and hit the building. The passenger air bag deployed and not the drivers air bag. She had her seat belt on and hit the steering wheel. I talked to Ford and they siad to go through my insurance company.
While pulling out of parking lot vehicle started to surge. Vehicle ran into a wall before stopping, driver suffered injuries. Contacted dealer.. consumer also stated the check engile light would illuminate.
While parking vehicle it lunged forward, jumping a curb, damaging a house. *akconsumer picked car up from dealer, pulled into a parking lot when it suddenly surged forward.
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- Bristol, CT, USA