Brought my car in for an oil change and the mechanic informed me that both of my rear coil springs are broken. Not sure when this happened but notice a couple of weeks earlier that the back end of the car was sagging.

- Roselle, IL, USA

Car sitting in driveway and we noticed a flat tire. Upon further inspection the drivers side coil spring broke and was stuck in the tire.

- Kentwood, MI, USA

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus. The contact stated while driving 10 mph in reverse, the front drivers side coil spring broke and damaged the tire. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where they diagnosed the failure and stated that was a common problem with the coil springs. The vehicle was repaired at the owners expense. The failure and current mileage was 78,000.

- Sumico , WI, USA

Car began making noise while driving. Local garage found broken rear spring and replaced both rear struts and rear springs.

- Tomahawk, WI, USA

Front spring broke while in garage, puncturing front tire.local garage replaced both front struts, springs, and tire {1]. contacted local dealer to inquire about recall or warranty.they where not helpful.

- Tomahawk, WI, USA

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus. The contact stated while driving approximately 5 mph in reverse out of his driveway he heard a loud banging noise. After inspecting his vehicle he noticed that the front drivers side coil springs fractured and punctured the tire. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who advised him that the shocks, struts, the stabilizer links for the front driver and passenger side had all been damaged as well and needed to be replaced. The coils springs were repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. The failure and current mileage was approximately 109,800.

- Quincy, MA, USA

Left front spring cracked/broke, shredded front left tire.

- Westmont, IL, USA

While backing up in my 2003 Ford Taurus ses, front driver side coil snapped and slashed tire.

- Sterling, MA, USA

Coil spring busted, went into my tire.

- Kane, PA, USA

Driver's side coil spring snapped while sitting in the cold. Thinking tire was flat moved car over a few feet in driveway and shard of metal from coil spring shredded inside of tire. This is our third Taurus (also have an '01 and '02) that the same thing has happened to.

- Saline, MI, USA

At approximately 126000 miles first of two coil springs broke in the front driver's side of the car. Had both front coil springs replaced. Three weeks later was backing out of parking space at work only to have the transmission pump fail. Car acted exactly as described in many other complaints here, sudden loss of power, high engine rev and an inability of the car to work in any gear. Had the car towed to my mechanic and was then told that not only did the transmission need to be rebuilt but I also had a rear coil spring that now was broken. Have purchased many Ford vehicles but this is enough to make you look at a different manufacturer.

- Fort Wayne, IN, USA

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus. The contact was driving 5 mph, when the front driver side tire blew. The vehicle was stopped and the contact noticed that the front driver side coil spring was fractured and had pierced the tire. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where the coil spring was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but offered no assistance. The failure and current mileages were 68,250.

- Howell, MI, USA

I heard from an acquaintance that there were several issues posted on the NHTSA website regarding the failure of coil springs on the Ford Taurus. I too experienced the complete loss of control of my 2003 Taurus while driving in heavy traffic due to coil spring failure. With the initial jolt and subsequent dragging of the car to bring it to a safe area to bring the car to a stop, I actually thought I had hit a person or large object. When I got out of my car I found the the front end of the car sitting on top of my tire. My mechanic actually took pictures of the car as he could not believe the amount of damage that had occurred. I had to replace the struts, springs, sway bar links, lower ball joint and axle shaft. All of this at 61K miles!! for a cost of $1300. In closing, my 2003 Ford Taurus has been involved in 2 serious malfunctions posted to the NHTSA website which could have easily resulted in serious injury or death to myself or fellow motorists if I was not able to react quickly and control the car with a complete collapse of the front end or complete loss of power with the transmission failure (ref #fbn24-10467). Both of these issues occurred within 4 months (5K miles) of each other (66K - 71K) and cost in excess of $4,000.0 to repair. Given the number of coil spring complaints received by the NHTSA and the open investigation (NHTSA action number: EA08018), I would think either Ford or the national highway transportation safety administration take responsibility and issue a notification of these serious issues with this car (and the other year/models listed in nhsta action # EA08018)) and the steps to remediate those issues before the issue causes serious injury or death.

- Marshfield , MA, USA

Front drivers side coil spring broke and punctured the front drivers side tire.

- South Lyon, MI, USA

Was told by Ford dealer both front and rear coil springs on drivers side were broke on my 2003 Ford Taurus. Found out this is a ongoing problem that Ford has with no recall. Bought this car new and now I have only 71,000 miles.paid $1354.12 to have car repaired and im very unhappy with Ford over this. Ford should make good for this repair.

- Pocono Summit, PA, USA

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while in reverse, the left front strut spring broke and punctured the tire. A month before, the right front strut spring had broken and punctured the tire. The vehicle was repaired. The contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 68,000.

- Dearborn Heights, MI, USA

While exiting my driveway the left front spring coil let go puncturing the tire and rendering the vehicle inoperable. Had to have vehicle towed to repair facility for replacement. Ford Motor Company had a recall on this component on some other of its vehicles, but I was informed my vehicle was not in the recall. It seems to be an ongoing problem. When are they going to admit the problem and fix it, when someone has a serious crash or dies?

- Peabody, MA, USA

Drivers side front coil spring in the strut broke and slashed the adjacent tire. This was noticed when the car was beginning to be backed out of a parking spot. We had to replace both strut assemblies for safety sake, replace the damaged tire as well. We opted to replace the other three tires due to wear. Also, the garage recommended we replace the ball joints and LH side tie rod end. The front end was aligned as well. Total cost $1871. I am outraged that there is a recall for 1999 thru 2001 Taurus cars but nothing covering up to and including 2003's. I also think it is ridiculous that the cutoff to repair this problem occurs when a car exceeds 100000 miles. This is a known design defect and all Ford Taurus cars should have been recalled and repaired. My daughter was lucky this failure occurred in a parking lot and not when going 65mph! severe injury and death could have been the result and other people may have been involved! I implore NHTSA to force Ford to engage in a retroactive recall for all affected Taurus cars. It is inexcusable to have a design defect of this magnitude on the public highways. I can understand a broken spring can occur, but the complaints clearly show that the spring then slashes the tire, causing an immediate blowout and potential loss of control of the vehicle.

- Fort Loramie, OH, USA

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Taurus SE (na). The contact stated that the front coil springs broke while the vehicle was being reversed at 5 mph and punctured the tires. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where the coil springs and tire were replaced. The contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 125,000 and the current mileage was approximately 132,000.

- Haverton, OH, USA

The suspension coil spring fractured and punctured the tire next to it, causing the tire to explode.

- Slippery Rock, PA, USA