Sway Bar problems of the 2000 Ford Taurus

I was driving 30mph on a Friday when the driver's side rear tire blew out. I made a service call to come and change my tire to the spare. Once I was at the repair shop to get a new tire, the mechanic showed me what had happened to cause the blow out. The rear spring coil had busted while I was driving and lacerated the tire. My car was deemed unsafe and I was without it for a full weekend because the repairs couldn't be made until Monday. Not only did I have to replace the rear spring coils, but also the struts, sway link bar, and a new tire for a grand total of $986. I also had the front spring coils replaced (because one was cracked) 13 months earlier.

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.

I was driving my 2000 Ford Taurus down the highway at 70 mph with my wife and small child, on our way to church, when the passenger side spring broke and nearly pulled our car into a guard rail and off a bridge. This happened sometime in 2004 and I can still remember the exact location on hwy 59. It's a day I doubt I ever forget. I remember the mechanic telling me a front spring should never fail. He said there were no current recalls, so I was stuck with the bill. I remember being furious with Ford not only because my family nearly died, but because they wouldn't own up to something that should never happen. Here it is nearly 12 years later, and I found an invoice from 2008 for new struts and sway bars that cost me nearly $1,000. I can't help but think that bill was somehow related to what happened when my spring broke in 2004, but maybe not. Based on the number of complaints, I feel it is time for the recall to be expanded to include other Ford owners, especially since we are all dealing with the same exact issue. I have submitted a complaint to Ford 1-800-392-3673 and I believe my next step with be the ftc 1-877-382-4357. This is an obvious wrong that needs to be made right.

The front driver coil spring failed and cut the tire in half. The sway bar link and the speed sensor broke. Dealer indicated, nothing they could do, advised the consumer to call the manufacturer.

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.