2 months ago advised by walmart that tires were dry rotting. 3 weeks ago took car in to mechanic and was advised tire was separating and that all 4 tires needed replacing due to age and dry rot. Went back to sam's club because I still had about 40% left on my warranty. They only would cover the one separating and refused to do anything about the other 3 tires. Today, driving down the freeway, the tread peeled off the tire damaging my car but luckily no accident. Also found out the tire was manufactured over one year before I purchased it. Please crack down on retailers selling old tires and not honoring warrantes and telling people to drive on dangerous tires. I have pictures of the tire. Update 9/15/15 updated 11/02/2017

- Arizona, AZ, USA

Excessive tire wear, tread separation, poor handling, vibration.

- Lake Charles, LA, USA

I have a 2000 Ford Taurus wagon that my spring snapped and sitting on top of my tire. Read that there was a recall, however it is saying it would have had to happen before 2005. I feel it should still be covered by Ford and I am a single mother of 3 and my income is limited. Paying between $600 and $1500 to have repaired is not available to me.

- River Rouge, MI, USA

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Taurus. The vehicle had cooper lifeliner touring sle T-rated tires, size 215/60/R16, the dot number was unavailable. While driving approximately 55 mph the vehicle started pulling to the right. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. The technician stated that the front driver or front passenger tire was damaged. The failure mileage was 90,000. The current mileage was 100,005.

- San Diego, CA, USA

I have a 2000 Ford Taurus that has had 2 right front coils springs break within a five year period. Both incidents resulted in a torn side wall on the tire.

- Muskegon, MI, USA

I have a 2000 Ford Taurus and the front coil springs broke about a 1 1/2 years ago and now the rear spring on the right side has broke. Why has there not been a recall on this problem to fix the car. I under stand there was a recall on the front springs but I never received a recall notice. Why is it Ford won't address this problem. This is just as bad as the Toyota's problem. I had to paid to get the car repaired. In fact it is in the shop now getting new rear springs put on it. There is only 67,000 miles on the car.

- Paris, IL, USA

Front tires purchased at walmart P215 60 16 douglas xtratrac. With less than 10000 miles started shaking and vibrating in curves and to a stop, vibrates very bad at 65 miles per hour. I had walmart look at them for a broken belt. They balanced them and said that was the problem. I drove the car home, the problem was worse. I gave a two week trial they just got worse. I went back to them and they said there was no problem. Not being able to drive the car in this condition I had to purchase two new tires, (not douglas) I now have uniroyals, the problem is gone. I have the old tires, I want to have them looked at by someone but don't know where to take them. If of government has control over this type of thing why don't we have a place to go to for help. And I am talking about a building with people in it. So I can show them these tires. Or are these people producing these products protected by the ronald reagan act?

- Independence, KY, USA

Brought 2000 Ford Taurus in to repair shop to have tires replaced. Rec'd phone call that both rear strut springs were broken and they would not put tires on because of the safety issue of springs poking into tires & causing accident. So struts need to be fixed first to the tune of $1000, which I don't have. Apparently, this is common in tauruses, and Ford should be offering to pay some or all of the repairs.

- Franklin, MA, USA

- the contact owns a 2000 Ford Taurus. While driving the vehicle at 10 mph she heard a loud noise. The contact was able to drive to a nearby repair shop. The mechanic determined that the rear spring failed and punctured the rear driver's side tire. There were no injuries. The failure mileage was 71,282. The mechanic replaced the rear coil springs. The vehicle was still making noises, and the contact was taking the vehicle to a Ford dealer. The contact has the repair invoice. The consumer states that getty service the wrong part on the vehicle. The consumer took the vehicle to walls Ford and they repaired the vehicle. The dealer stated that he repaired rear struts and rear shock absorber. The sway bar links were replaced. Updated 05/04/07

- Amesbury, MA, USA

2000 Taurus left rear tire blew out. The consumer lost control of the vehicle and drove off the roadway and struck a ditch in the median.

- Monroe, MI, USA

Failure of air bag deployment in 2001 Ford Taurus. This was a high speed crash where the consumer could not control the vehicle and impacted a concrete bridge rail. When the consumer first took possession of the vehicle, it had a bad shimmy in the front end when the brakes were applied. The dealer found the rotors were warped, a few days after the rotors were replaced the rear end of the vehicle fish tailed, the dealer then discovered the rear drums were not round and had to be replaced. Months later the vehicle fish tailed again and the tires had to be replaced.

- Syosset, NY, USA

While the vehicle was parked in the driveway driver's side coil spring sheared off. This caused the driver's side tire to inflate, and the left side of the vehicle collapsed to the ground. Consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic replaced the tire and coil spring due to worn out parts.

- Mendota, IL, USA

Bad shimmy and wobble in front drivers side also makes steering wheel wobble bad.

- Lebanon, TN, USA

While driving 50 mph consumer heard a loud noise. Consumer pulled over to the side to examine the vehicle. Consumer nearly lost control of the vehicle because the right (passenger) front dropped dangerously low. Consumer determined that the right tire blew out, and the coil spring broke. The broken end of the spring went in the inside of the sidewall, which damaged the tire. Also, vehicle was running on a smooth road when incident occurred.

- Streator, IL, USA

While traveling at normal speed torsion bar broke, causing front passenger tire to blowout.

- Hartford, MI, USA

The vehicle alignment will eat off tire, causing tread wear and tear. The front tire(s) had wore out. The dealer sent the consumer to the tire company and they sent the consumer back to the dealer stating it was an alignment problem. The tires were rotated and soon after the wires were seen extending out of the left front tire. The consumer requested reimbursement.

- Halls, TN, USA

While driving at 55 mph and no warning, the rear passenger tire experienced a blow out, and caused the tire to split. Continental model contact sa, size#P21560R16, dot#acx844P1900. Consumer had to pull over.

- Jefferson, OH, USA

Tires: Reported vibration, shimmy and pulling to the left. Took to dealer 6/24/2000 (1829) miles, balanced tires. On 11/14/2000 (9061)miles, 04/23/2001 (12871) balanced tires. Finally, 5/25/2001 (14518) replaced two front tires. Vibration and shimmy stopped but kept pulling to the left. On 10/10/2001 (23876) miles, charged me for alignment, car stopped pulling. Transmission: At approximately 40800 miles car had a noticeable shudder while going in reverse. Took to the dealer and was told it was a cracked casing as noted in tsb 15559 NHTSA number (630095) caused by miss manufacture of a part. Was informed dealer or Ford Motor Co. Would not assist with repair cost to exceed $1495. Brakes: Reported brake problem on 5/25/2001 and 10/10/2001 when it was server, shaking and control problems when stopping. Dealer cut front rotors which was out of spec.- problem is back. Fuel: Have smelled gas in my car many times. Bought to dealers attention and of course could not find anything. Car is to have 18 gal. Tank but runs out of gas before that. Gas gauge reads empty at 12 gal. And was told it was built to be that way. Several complaints filed with you also describe my problems. ODI numbers 760669, 896396, 897642 and 862471 are some. **dimsii IVOQ entry posted after 12/12/02 cut over to artemis**769760

- Pittsford, NY, USA

The vehicle's tires were cracked and separated. The dealer was notified. Nlm

- Saint John, IN, USA

I own a 2000 Ford Taurus wagon SE with oem touring contact as - P215/60R16 - 94T tires. The Ford's B-column sticker lists the correct tire inflation as 30 psi, both front and rear. The american tire distributor 2003 tire guide, published by bennett garfield lists the correct pressure for this make and model as 33 psi. I have suffered from severe cupping that I believe to be related to following, the Ford inflation specification. I am forced to replace my tires with only 36,000 miles after at least 12,000 miles of chatter from the damaged treads. I no longer feel safe using these tires.

- Richmond, VA, USA