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Search Results   Report Date : November 22, 2009 at 05:31 AM NHTSA Action Number : EA08018 N/A NHTSA Action Number : EA08018 NHTSA Recall Campaign Number : N/A Make / Models :         Model/Build Years:          FORD / TAURUS     2002-2003      MERCURY / SABLE     2002-2003 Manufacturer : FORD MOTOR COMPANY Component : SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS Date Investigation Opened : August 28, 2008 Date Investigation Closed : Open Summary: THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION (ODI) HAS RECEIVED 355 COMPLAINTS FROM CONSUMERS RESIDING IN "SALT BELT" STATES THAT ALLEGE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING FRACTURE IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLES. (NOTE: FOR PURPOSES OF THIS INVESTIGATION, THE "SALT BELT" INCLUDES CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, WEST VIRGINIA AND WISCONSIN). APPROXIMATELY 72% OF THE COMPLAINANTS ALLEGE THE BROKEN COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE ADJACENT TIRE RESULTING IN LOSS OF INFLATION PRESSURE. ODI IS AWARE OF 3 ALLEGED CRASHES RELATED TO THE ALLEGED DEFECT RESULTING IN ONE PERSON INJURED. THE SUBJECT VEHICLES ARE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THOSE PREVIOUSLY INVESTIGATED BY ODI (PE02-080 AND PE04-044) AND RECALLED BY FORD (NHTSA RECALL NO. 04V-332). AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS HAS BEEN OPENED TO ASSESS THE FREQUENCY, SCOPE AND SAFETY CONSEQUENCES OF THE ALLEGED DEFECT. Check to Request Research. Submit below.