imported_mrchaos

Girlfriend was complaining of a noise when she turned the wheel at low speeds. So I had a look for her and look what I found...luckily the dealership had the front springs in stock and I changed them....but what crap....its a 2000 that shouldn't happen ever.

T-Shirt Ninja

ouch, wtf thats messed, they must've used some corrosive acid from the factory

punkindrublic

i suspect those springs were assembled in a ford plant... most likely the cause of failure

Middlemiss

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I've seen some honda's with the similar problem.. although they had a million km's on them and were much older then a 2000.

spracingsports

Fix Or Repair Daily

Found On Road Dead


thats all i got to say about that

CuE

that kinda scares me...

imported_twinbros

to FORD

Notorious

Cynikal.Mindset

its not that bad...all cars have things that go wrong on em...so a spring broke after 4/5 years...alot better than a tranny goin after 30,000km (honda odyssey)

shoulda chopped the other one and lower'd the bad boy

Gunmetalef

fords are built tough.. at least the engines.. but ONLY the engiens are tough.. we had a tauraus and replaces.. litereally every parts. inl. tranny, a/c, p/s, brakes,,, body pannels.. speedo.. rad. .. list goes on.. but nothing on the actual engine was ever needed to be replace (except oil )

The Prophet

shyt happens... things are never going to be perfect

imported_gatherer

the springs that came off my car during the winter one was like that ... but I did manage 200,000+ on them gotta love hondas

bbarbulo

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you know, there is a saying in the world of automotive techs... I've heard this many times... even on TV shows and stuff.

about how you know a car is ready for the junkyard... if you have to replace the springs, or if the frame needs work. haha no joke. I guess it's time to junk that bad boy.

in all seriousness, I had to replace both rear springs on my 86 Jetta 2 door - I was driving down from ottawa to windsor, the back was loaded up with 4 17 inch rims (off my Civic back then) and a pile of other crap... anyways - the spring broke by the time I got to Windsor. that car was so pimp though, wish I had kept it.

I want a Mustang so much that it hurts my head.

Nova_Dust

I hear queaking sounds lately coming from the car...

bdotdan

which engine? i forget which but one of the engines that are available in the taurus and other cars are like bulletproof, same as the 3800 series from GM.

imported_Torrey

Actually the exact same thing happened on my dad's '00 windstar. He's friends with the owner of the dealership and he said that its a common occurance and usually happens when your parked.

His spring collapsed last summer, but the dealership paid for the replacement.

dingus88

well seeign hwo ford does nto build their own springs it's the company that they buy form that makes every other oe spring out there that crapped out on them...looks like a ****ty coating on tehm so it corroded....or you gf hit some hard *** bump trust me I've saw some chicks drive over soem crazy things before with no regard...

punkindrublic

like your tater tot weiner??

brouhaha

had that happen to a ford f-150 super duty at work

dingus88

can't say that has happened before as of yet but I'm still young so you never know

P.S. he knows my wiener is a tater tot cause he takes my tater in his O ring then I shoot my juice on his Kabuice....we have pet names he calls me tater weiner and I call him *** bubble farter It's a good old time