Front Suspension Control Arm Problems of Ford Taurus

On October 23 2019, I retained mavis discount tire to inspect my new york state registered 2003 Ford Taurus. Mavis discount tire passed the vehicle, determining the vehicles condition complied with NY state safety standard of roadworthiness. 12/12/2019, after repairing the transmission at gorilla auto works, I was informed of a serious structural situation, control arm assembly "severely deteriorated". On January 20th 2020, I again referred the vehicle to caskinete Ford carthage new york for further evaluation, at Ford motor company standards, as was informed, that the control arm assembly was not repairable, at the present condition, did not meet new york state or federal safety standards, contrary to the original status, and inspection , issued 10/23/2019 mavis discount tire arsenal st. Watertown new york. Further evaluations, study revealed, that failure of this condition, underway, at us interstate average speed of traffic, potentially catastrophic incident would result, eminent risk of loss of life. Per us agency standards, I have made all reasonable efforts to resolve this complaint with relevant state agencies, dmv. Etc. Additional efforts included relevant new york state political representatives, to include new york state senate. *please note the, possibly intentional omission by mavis staff, of the vehicles mileage. Obtained by other records.

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The right lower control arm rear bushing has worn out. The car has 70,000 miles on it. I don't think it should wear out with that few miles on it.

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Driver's side rear tie rod separated at moderate speed resulting in temporary loss of control and near crash (fish tailed until car stopped). Ford dealer inspected and found drivers side rear tie rod broken at ball and socket. Ford dealer also found passenger side rear upper control arm loose. Ford dealer also found leaking passenger side, rear shock; all before 90k miles.

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Just bought the car and doing some routine service , oil change , brake inspection etc. Noticed that the rear body mounts on the subframe had rust rot. And looking over the rest of the subframe noticed that the lower control arms on the front mount of both left and right sides were rotted out completely. The repair work is more than what I paid for the car. I can't even put the car on the road. It will not pass inspection. For a car that is only 10 years old the subframe shouldn't be rotted out like this. Ford should give some kind of assistance with this problem.

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.

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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.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that the frame was rusted and the lower control arm and drive shaft fractured while the contact was driving low speeds. The dealer and manufacturer denied any assistance with repairs to the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 138,777.

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I was driving approx. 75 mph down the interstate and lost control of my 2008 Taurus x. My vehicle left the road several times, almost overturned before I was able to get it stopped. A witness said my car was going sideways and he could not believe it didn't roll. The left lower control arm broke off of the sub frame. Ford motor company had an engineer look at the vehicle as they said this has never happened before and wanted to make sure that I had not hit anything. Ford has to been cooperative. I wanted to talk to the engineer or someone from Ford because I'm now afraid to drive this car. If this had happened near a steep embankment or heavy traffic, we would have been seriously injured or killed. I had my 2yr old granddaughter with me. If there are more incidents, there should be a recall. They are trucking in new parts and Ford motor CO. Wants the old part.

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I was backing out of my garage when I heard a loud noise, my left front coil spring fractured and put a hole through my tire, also caused damage to the control arm. Needed to replace control arm, coil and tire.

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Car experiences vibration at highway speeds and has a rattle in the "front end". Dealer inspected the vehicle and found the front end "link pins" to be worn. These pins attach the lower control arm to the frame of the vehicle and in turn, hold the front tires in position. These pins have been replaces twice on this particular vehicle. Once at approx 21,000 miles and again at approx 56,000 miles. The dealer says they see this "a lot on the Taurus" and state that Ford has now changed the part due to excessive wear. This is a critical component as failure of this part could result in the front wheels coming off the vehicle (per the dealership). Again - symptoms are front end vibration, which is not corrected by tire balance.

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Wheel alignment was off due to corrosion. All four tires were warped, and needed to be replaced. Dealership was aware of problem. The dealer replaced rear right and left side lower control arms and bushings to correct the alignment problem. The driver side mirror had failed and was installed by the dealer. (continental tire size p215/60r16).