Car not running, ignition off. Coil spring broke in half and point of spring ejected through tire causing tire to blow up. Fortunately I just turned the car off and was getting ready to enter dr. Office. It was only minutes after exiting a highway. I was just sitting there and heard a loud explosion like a gun shot sound and a woosh of the air exiting the tire immediately.

- Vineland, NJ, USA

Flat tire while driving. When consumer went to check what problem was, he found out that coil springs snapped and punctured tire. Contacted dealer, and dealer was not willing to do anything. Consumer did not have a flat tire while driving, the vehicle was sitting in consumer's garage and that is when he noticed the flat tire, while changing tire, consumer noticed that the coil spring had snapped, which had punctured the tire and destroyed the wheel speed sensor and made the vehicle not being able to move, vehicle had to be towed.

- Sussex, WI, USA

Left coil spring broke and punctured tire.

- Brownstown Township, MI, USA

Left front spring coil snapped. Dealer repair shop describes it as "left front spring broken and sitting on tire and wrapped around strut" was told by repair shop that this not happen on a car with so few miles. Ford declines to say this is a safety problem but this is not the first or only make and model with this problem. Was told by dealership owner that this is going to turn into a major problem for Ford.

- Owego, NY, USA

Front coil spring cracked in half, causing vehicle to sway.

- Ronkonona, NY, USA

Left coil spring snapped in half and shot through left front tire.

- Ronkonona, NY, USA

When accelerating from stop sign coil spring snapped, causing front end to collapse, strut to be bent, tire to be shredded. While this part has not been recalled yet, this vehicle has needed more than $2000 in repairs in the last 9 months.

- Westminster, MD, USA

While I was driving my Mercury Mystique down the road on 12/06/00 left front of my car dropped my car filled with smoke and my car stopped abruptly I was unable to move my vehicle off the road. A 6 inch piece of coil spring broke off dropping my left side of my car to the road.

- Brocton, NY, USA

Has 6 recalls for defective parts already- the coil springs will eventually be recalled someday and god knows what else. Was told by the service manager that the same coil springs were recalled in other Ford some time ago and they missed these because the date was different. The car is unsafe. When is a car considered a lemon!

- Indiana, PA, USA

Right front coil spring broke while consumer was driving. Nlm

- Cambridge City, IN, USA

Front coil spring broke unexpectedly which may cause a loss of vehicle control. Ford provided no help.

- Cherry Valley, NY, USA