Rear Suspension Coil Springs problems of the 2003 Mercury Sable

The contact owns a 2003 Mercury Sable. The contact stated while driving approximately 25 mph, a loud noise emitted outside of the vehicle. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed that the rear passenger side tire exploded due to a fractured coil spring. The vehicle was towed to a private mechanic where it was diagnosed that both front clock springs, the coil springs, and the stabilizer spring bar needed to be replaced. The contact also stated that the failure occurred on the front driver's side several months later. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The approximate failure and current mileage were 91,000.

The contact owns a 2003 Mercury Sable. The contact stated that both rear coil springs were fractured. The contact spoke with the manufacturer in regards to prior year vehicles being recalled for this failure, but was informed that the 2003 model year was not included. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 86,600.

My 2003 Sable suffered a front left coil spring fracture that destroyed the front left tire and caused me to veer into a fence post while driving in a parking lot. The coil spring that sliced into the tire was pinpoint sharp, as was the smaller portion of the spring that fell off the car. The front left tire was destroyed, the strut an spring assembly needed to be replaced after the car was towed to a repair facility. The car was not drivable. The fence post damaged the left door of the car. If this failure had happened at highway speeds, the tire would have been shredded to pieces and the car would be sent off the highway with catastrophic results. I am afraid to drive the car at highway speeds. The car was inspected by a Ford dealer 4 days after the front spring failure and found to have corrosion on the rear springs with the paint or enamel on the spring compromised causing rusting on the springs an possibly causing a future failure of the springs.

The contact owns 2003 Mercury Sable. While driving at low speeds exiting a driveway, the contact heard an unusual scraping sound coming from the rear of the vehicle. The contact could not locate the origin of the noise upon further inspecting the vehicle. The following day, he found the drivers side rear coil spring had fractured from the vehicle and cut the rear drivers side tire. The vehicle has not yet been repaired. The failure and current mileages were 55,068.

Ford springs. On Saturday, January 5, 2010, the front drivers side coil spring on my 2003 Mercury Sable GS snapped and punctured my tire. (car has 70k miles). There is corrosion on the coil but only were it failed. I have saved the piece of coil that was in my tire. My brother is a mechanic and told me that there may be a recall on the spring. He did the work on the car because I needed to be at work on Monday morning but told me to check it out. I found many complaints on the consumer affairs website but none for my model year. I contacted Ford and registered a complaint (#0289562315). The gentleman told me that my car wasn't included in the recall and that my car wasn't covered under warranty. He told me that I would be responsible for the cost of the repairs. I am very worried about the rear springs too. I frequently drive with children in my car. At the very least, I expected them to offer to inspect the rear springs but they offered nothing. Ford should pay for repairs when they are aware that a part is failing. I needed to replace the 2 front struts, buy 2 new tires (mine were discontinued) and pay for a front-end alignment.

Day 1 - failure or left front coil spring - speed approx. 30mph spring just popped with a loud jarring bang. Had vehicle towed to repair facility - repaired and replaced left front spring assembly. Next morning - failure - left rear coil spring. Resulting in tire blow out speed 5 mph. Currently back at repair facility. Ford/Mercury are known to have spring problems but evidently unless someone dies nothing will be done about it. Contacted Ford about the problem the said no recall nothing we can do. Just look at the complaints - obviously this is not a freak occurrence.

Car went in for state inspection mechanic at dealership found (driverside) left rear coil spring on strut broken and strut leaking, replaced spring and strut under extended warranty at 45,205 miles on 05/15/2008. This was the first spring on this car to break, second spring 02/21/2010 odi number 10312550, I just want this defect to get repaired before it kills someone. This is bad metal you can see it is crystallized at the break.