broken rear spring

I have a '93 Escort LX that had both rear springs broken near the bottom at around 130k miles. I bought it with 119k miles on it so don't know the earlier history. I was told by the mechanic at the repair shop (Goodyear) that this is a common problem with Escorts. I had to have the springs replaced again at 170k miles when the upper strut support on the left side rotted out causing the spring to shear. It rubbed against the tire but did not puncture it.
A coworker just bought a '97 Mercury Mystique from an elderly woman. The car has only 17k miles on it and it too has a boken spring!!! Sounds like FOMOCO has a problem with rear coil springs. Anyone aware of TSB's or recalls on defective springs?? I know of a recall to install a shield to prevent tire puncture if the sprigs break.

I personally have never had to replace the springs on any of my Escorts yet.

I have replaced all 4 springs on my wagon and have done this on other escorts also hard to find in junkyards because there all broke too.

My `92 had both rear sprins broken at the top when I bought it. I just also replaced 2 broken front springs on my `94 Tempo ... it makes me curious about defective Ford springs too.


I have a '93 Escort LX that had both rear springs broken near the bottom at around 130k miles. I bought it with 119k miles on it so don't know the earlier history. I was told by the mechanic at the repair shop (Goodyear) that this is a common problem with Escorts. I had to have the springs replaced again at 170k miles when the upper strut support on the left side rotted out causing the spring to shear. It rubbed against the tire but did not puncture it.
A coworker just bought a '97 Mercury Mystique from an elderly woman. The car has only 17k miles on it and it too has a boken spring!!! Sounds like FOMOCO has a problem with rear coil springs. Anyone aware of TSB's or recalls on defective springs?? I know of a recall to install a shield to prevent tire puncture if the sprigs break.

My 95 escort had a rear broken spring too, broke up near the top.

Just had to get the rear springs replaced on my mother In-Laws 99 SE. The car only has 30k miles. I have never had to replace springs because of rot before. I've replaced shocks and struts for normal wear, but never for spring rot. Sad quality.

97 has never had a broken spring. The struts replaced yes. But, no broken springs. 140,000 miles on it

I have two 95's, a tracer and a escort. Both rear springs on both cars are broken. 60k when they went.

Just replaced both of my rear springs on my 94 EGT due to them being broken. I was checking out the springs after I took them out and they're tapered towards the bottom where they just so happened to be broken.

I also have a 93 escort lx. I got the car at about 130k and I had the springs break at about 155k. At first I blamed myself (I caught air off a railroad track incline) But in my reading I've learned that it is pretty common, so now I just blame age. My neon took the same jump and no harm was done.

I broke a rear spring some time ago, and then a front spring this year. These care are notorious for it.

I had to replace the rears to pass inspection. I probably had somewhere around 130 or 140k miles. They were broken at the bottom. I replaced struts at the same time; I needed new ones anyway. If the springs break again, I might just try cutting the broken sections off and drive with a slightly lowered back end.

97 lx wagon needed new springs. Maybe we overloaded it once by having four people in it and a hundred pounds in cargo. We never really noticed it that much but once new springs and shocks were in the back it was great.

Slightly off subject ....

But does anyone know a source of slightly longer, or stiffer, springs so I can boost the rear of my '82 wagon a bit?

is the recall for 1999 models also? what,s the syptoms of a broken spring? i recently purchased a 1999 lx and it don,t feel too good at interstate speeds.

'97 escort wagon, the springs were broken(cracked) but we did load it with about 650lbs. once or twice. Replaced them with $20 springs from parts store.

We got helper springs at autozone for our wagon. They are 2 blue springs that go inside each coil and the set was about $30-35. They only down side is that it's not quite as smooth of a ride over speed breakers or big bumps.

We had a broke rear passenger spring that we replaced in Jan '06 and my hubby went ahead and replaced the driver side at that same time before that one had a chance to break. We carry alot of weight in our back from time to time so I don't know how much that had to do with it. the passenger side rear strut is factory but the driver is not just because we had a wreck a few months after we bought it brand new and it had to be replaced.

I just had my rear ones replaced in my 91 escort with 150,000 miles on it. The place that I had do the repair work sent me to a junkyard for the replacements, but all they had were broken ones. I ended up buying new ones. Ford has had recalls on front springs on the Tauraus's that I have owned, as when they break, they puncture the tire. My mechanic told me that the fords are notorius for this problem accross the model line.

is the recall for 1999 models also? what,s the syptoms of a broken spring? i recently purchased a 1999 lx and it don,t feel too good at interstate speeds.update= drove it 10,000 miles now and love it. great little car. don,t know if the springs are broken,but it goes along very well.

My 92 Escort had a broken rear spring for a few years before I replaced it. It was near the bottom where the spring tapers in a little. I blamed it on the plastic 'powder coat' being split away. Maybe I should look in junkyards for extra springs for the car?
I also replaced the strut on the broken spring, since it had lost is fluid and the shaft showed signs of rust.