Front Suspension problems of the 2003 Ford Taurus - part 2

I went out to take my daughter to school and noticed I had a flat tire. I tried adding air but no go, so I got the spare out and tried to change it and could not get the tire off it was stuck here the dam coil spring broke and was stuck thorough the tire I had to replace the spring and all parts attached and a brand new tire . And the tires I just purchased a few months before. Ford needs to issue a recall on this right away . What if my daughter and I if the had been moving, it could have pulled us into the ditch, a tree , on-coming traffic, who knows hurting or killing us or someone else . But I guess Ford doesn't care about our safety looked it up online found a place where 355 people had the same complaint . Ford wants $400. 00 dollars to repair . This car only has a little over 47,000 miles on it, I've had it with Fords 3rd Ford car 4th problem all with low miles just out side warranty range. But when my children's safety come in to play sorry chevy here I come. . . . . . .

The left front strut on my 2003 Ford Taurus failed in that the spring broke and punctured the tire causing the tire to go flat and nearly caused a very serious accident. We reported this to our local Ford garage and were informed that Ford models of 2002 and before were recalled but that no recall had been issued for 2003. It is my firm belief that the failure was due to defects in manufacture because my vehicle has never been subject to misuse or abuse.

Loading car for vacation lf coil spring broke in driveway damaged l/f tire this being the only incident which made the car inoperable. Vehicle towed to garage and is now being repaired . Parts are available.

While backing out of my driveway, I heard a loud noise. I got out to investigate and found I had a flat tire on the driver's side. Upon further investigation I discovered that the spring had broken and ripped my tire. This is the same exact thing that happened to my wife's car twice. Luckily I had enough space to put the spare tire on and pull it back into the driveway. I am going to call the dealer tomorrow and work on getting it fixed. I don't think that there is a recall yet on this year, although there definitely should be. I'm just thankful we chose not to take it on our florida trip, who knows where we would've been stranded or if we would've gotten into a terrible accident on the highway.

My son drove 3 1/2 hrs to go back to college, the next time he used the car when he took off the coil spring broke and punctured the tire, if this would of happened on his travel back it could of resulted in death. He is in the process of trying to get the car fixed at a hefty price, they are suggesting that all need to be replaced because this will happen again. This is a dangerous situation.

Coil spring broke and took out brand new tire on a 2003 Ford Taurus. No signs of wear and tear, let go when still in driveway, pulled car into reverse and the spring broke and went through the tire.

I took the car into a Ford dealer on 2 occasions in the last 6 months complaining of a bouncy ride. Asked for the struts to be looked at. Dealer says they found nothing wrong. Less than 3000 miles after last visit, left front strut self destructed. I went out to the car, started it up, put it in gear and heard a loud crashing noise similar to a glass gallon jug being thrown to the ground. The car was not moved forward even an inch as the brake was applied while putting it in forward gear. Then another loud bam and the front of the car came down. Visual inspection found that the left front strut spring exploded and blew out the tire. All 4 struts were replaced with aftermarket parts as Ford is still selling the same version of the strut and spring. Parts were disposed of.

Sudden blow out of left (drivers)t front tire while back up. Tire was removed and stuck on front spring. Inspection of front spring reveals the spring broke into two peices. The lower rung of the spring was found under the vehicle. Not repaires at this time waiting for Ford service to contact if Ford will cover repair.

I have a 2003 Ford Taurus with 58,000 miles on it. I was in my garage and just started to back out when I heard a loud bang. The front left tire blew out. After pulling off the tire I discovered that the spring broke and punctured the tire. If I had bin going down the highway my 9 year old son and I could have been seriously injured or even killed. I went online and saw that hundreds of other Ford Taurus owners had the exact same problem with the springs snapping. This is a huge safety issue on a national scale. Everyone on the websites are saying that Ford had a recall until the 2001 model year. I put my VIN # into the Ford motor company's website and searched for a recall but nothing came up. It looks like they sold a defective product and are not stepping up to make their customer's whole.

Have a 2003 Ford Taurus that broke the front spring that shredded the tire there was a recall on older models this problem must not of been fixed. This broke as soon as wife turned off the highway if this would of happened at high speed it could of been bad.

There was no warning. Front spring broke and punctured the front tire when driving to work. Vehicle was towed to plattsburghford and repaired. Dealer advised this is common problem with Taurus. That the 2003 never had a recall but other year Taurus did.

My wife backed out of the driveway in our 2003 Ford Taurus, the left front spring broke and punctured the tire. I replaced the strut, spring and tire. I checked with Ford to see if there was a recall. The spring recall only covered 2002 Taurus. I still have the spring, strut and maybe the tire. I reported this with Ford, even gave them the serial # off the spring and strut.

My wife started to drive the car and heard a scraping noise. Then the right front tire blew out. The right front spring had broken while the vehicle was parked and punctured the tire when she attempted to drive the car.

I was backing out of my garage, heard a loud crunching noise and a huge bang! my car was unable to go into reverse without pressure on the tire. . . I got out and the tire was blow out! I called the tow company and the technician felt under the car and said my coil spring has broken! he said it was a good thing it happened in my garage and not when I was going down the road!!! Ford had a recall on 1999 - 2002 Ford Taurus cars but obviously the problem never got resolved on the 2003 cars! very frustrating and could have been very dangerous! Ford and the dealership has done nothing to help!.

This was the second time my Ford Taurus front spring failed, the first time was one year earlier. I was slowing down to pull into the driveway when I heard a loud noise, stopped, looked to see if I could find anything wrong, I couldn't tell, so I drove into the driveway and parked it. This one was the driver side. Luckily this time it was only the spring and strut and not the tire also. The first time I was backing out of a parking spot and I heard a loud noise, that one ripped up the tire also. In both situations, I had it towed and repaired. When I called Ford I was told that year wasn't covered under the recall, even though I argued that it was the same problem as the recalled ones. They wouldn't cover the repairs, so I had to pay for it myself. It makes no sense that it's the same exact problem as the recalled vehicles, yet they refuse to add a recall for this model year.

The vehicle shimmied/vibrated in the steering wheel and caused the vehicle to wander across the road, whenever the vehicle was driven at highway speed of 55 mph or more. The vehicle has been to the dealer on five separate occasions. The dealer rotated the tires and balanced each wheels, but the problem continued.