Pete

FORD Taurus – Coil Spring Recalls – FORD IRRESPONSIBLE

A few months ago, I received a recall notice from Ford Motors stating
that the front coil springs of my 2000 Taurus could fracture due to
corrosion. The fractured spring could move past the spring seat and
contact a front tire could result in a crash. Dealers will install
protective spring shields, which would be available in a few months.

For a few months until the shields finally arrived last week, I had
been worrying about that my Taurus would kill me as I use it on the
freeway quite a lot.

When I took my car back yesterday to install the shield, the
dealership driver who took me back to work told me that he had seen a
few Taurus cars which had the coil springs broke and some of the parts
(e.g., ball joint, etc.) were damaged after the break.

This is my first Ford car, and I have been very dissatisfied with it
for the following reasons:


1) I have just done an Internet research on front coil fractures.
Other than one Subaru car once in mid 1990's, Ford Motors is the only
car manufacturer, which had many of its vehicle models (Windstar,
Lincoln, Focus, Sable, Taurus etc.) having the fractured front coil
springs causing recalls since early 1990's.
2) If Ford Motor were a responsible company, it would have built a
better front coil spring for all its cars since the problem happened
in early 1990's for its Taurus and Sable cars. Instead, it kept on
building these poor quality coil springs subject to corrosion and
causing accidents while driving at high speed on highways. Without
any regard to the safety of its customers. Shame shame.
3) If Ford Motors cares about its customers, it would replace the old
coil springs with springs less subject to corrosion, as other car
manufacturers have been using, rather than installing a shield to it
as Ford has done for these fractured springs since early 1990's. As
it stands, I keep worrying that the coil springs of my Ford Taurus
might break in a cold winter day while I am on the highway.