Front Suspension Control Arm problems of the 1999 Ford Taurus

Two problems related to front suspension control arm have been reported for the 1999 Ford Taurus. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Front Suspension Control Arm problem

Failure Date: 09/26/2013

My son is 22 yrs old he bought this 199 Ford Taurus from a used car dealer in March 2013,him and his girlfriend was driving down the highway when all of a sudden,the car jerked to the left really hard he could not control it no steering control,needless to say he went down a ditch thru a yard and hit this ladys parked car in her drive way totalling it,and hit the side of her house,his girl friend was critically injured having to be airlifted,this accident resulted in a seriouse injury and seriouse property damage,his girl friends seat belt failed to lock causing her to go forward the airbags did deploy but because seat belt failed to lock her head ended up hitting windshield when she got jerked forward. ,,,after accident had the car looked at by a mechanic,the sub frame had rusted out and broken and the lower control arm had snapped causing the car to jerk to the left and causing this severe accident.

2 Front Suspension Control Arm problem

Failure Date: 10/09/2011

The contact owns a 1999 Ford Taurus. While driving approximately 5 mph, the contact drove over an uneven road surface and noticed that the driver side of the vehicle seemed to drop down toward the ground. The contact parked the vehicle and noticed that the drive axle was fractured at the cv joint and the control arm was bent on the front driver side of the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 21,000.




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