1999 Ford Taurus defect investigations
Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1999 Ford Taurus. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.
- FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING FRACTUREPreliminary Evaluation PE04044 · opened May 24, 2004 · closed Aug 16, 2004 · led to recall 04V332000
Odi possesses 130 vehicle owners questionnaires (voq) alleging front suspension coil spring failure in the subject (model year 1999-2000) vehicles.an additional 11 voqs concerning my 2001 vehicles have been found, bringing the total to 141.more than 75% of these reports allege that the broken spring damaged or puncture…
- FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING FRACTUREPreliminary Evaluation PE02080 · opened Oct 22, 2002 · closed Apr 29, 2003
A total of 161 front suspension spring failures are known to odi and ford from all sources, 59 of these leading to tire damage.these failures are concentrated in the corrosion states, where 253,814 subject vehicles were sold.warranty and consumer complaint data show that the subject fleet experienced a spring fracture …